Buhari’s Cabinet: How The Zones Are Represented

After three months of waiting, President Muhammadu Buhari finally inaugurated his cabinet and assigned portfolios to 43 of his ministers on Wednesday.

The ministers took their oath of office during Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting which held inside the Council Chamber at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

A look at the composition of the ministers vis-a-vis the country’s six geopolitical zones shows that President Buhari appointed five senior ministers and two junior ministers from the South West region.

In the North East, four senior ministers and three juniors were appointed in the region.

The North West region got nine senior ministers without a junior mister, while the North Central got three senior ministers and four junior ministers.

The President appointed four senior ministers and two junior ministers from the South East, while  appointing three senior ministers and four junior ministers from the South-South region.

Below are the ministers representing each of the six geopolitical zones:

Ministers from South West (5 Senior Ministers, 2 Junior Ministers)

1. Olamilekan Adegbite – Ogun State – Minister of Mines and Steel Development

2. Tayo Alasoadura – Ondo State – Minister of State, Labour and Employment

3. Rauf Aregbesola – Osun State – Minister Interior

4. Sunday Dare – Oyo State – Minister of Youth and Sports

5. Babatunde Fashola – Lagos State – Minister of Works and Housing

6. Adeleke Mamora – Lagos State – Minister of State for Health

7. Richard Adeniyi Adebayo – Ekiti State – Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment

Ministers from North East (4 Senior Ministers, 3 Junior Ministers)

1. Mohammed Musa Bello – Adamawa State – Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT

2. Adamu Adamu — Bauchi State – Minister of Education

3. Ambassador Maryam Katagum – Bauchi State – Minister of State Industry

4. Mustapha Baba Shehuri – Borno State – State Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

5. Ali Isa Pantami – Gombe State – Minister of Communication

6. Sale Mamman – Taraba State – Minister of Power

7. Abubakar D. Aliyu – Yobe State – Minister of State, Works and Housing

Ministers from North West (9 Senior Ministers, 0 Junior Ministers)

1. President Muhammadu Buhari – Minister of Petroleum.

2. Sadiya Umar Faruk – Zamfara State – Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management.

3. Suleiman Adamu – Jigawa State – Minister of Water Resources.

4. Zainab Ahmed – Kaduna State – Minister of Finance

5. Muhammad Mahmood – Kaduna State – Minister of Environment.

6. Sabo Nanono – Kano State – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

7. Bashir Salihi Magashi – Kano State – Minister of Defence

8. Hadi Sirika – Katsina State – Minister of Aviation

9. Abubakar Malami – Kebbi State – Minister of Justice/Attorney General of the Federation

Ministers from North Central (3 Senior Ministers, 4 Junior Ministers)

1. George Akume – Benue State – Minister of Special Duties

2. Lai Mohammed – Kwara State – Minister of Information and Culture

3. Gbemisola Saraki – Kwara State – Minister of State, Transportion

4. Ramatu Tijjani – Kogi State – Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT)

5. Mohammed H. Abdullahi – Nasarawa State – Minister of State, Science and Technology

6. Zubair Dada – Niger State – Minister of State, Foreign Affairs

7. Paulen Tallen – Plateau State – Minister of Women Affairs

Ministers from South East (4 Senior Ministers, 2 Junior Ministers)

1. Dr. Ikechukwu Ogah – Abia State – Minister of State Mines and Steel

2. Emeka Nwajiuba – Imo State – Minister of State for Education

3. Geoffrey Onyeama – Enugu State – Minister of Foreign Affairs

4. Ogbonnaya Onu – Ebonyi State – Minister of Science and Technology

5. Chris Ngige – Anambra State – Minister Labour and Employment

6. Sharon Ikeazor – Anambra State – Minister of State, Environment

Ministers from South South (3 Senior Ministers, 4 Junior Ministers)

1. Godswill Akpabio – Akwa Ibom State – Minister of Niger Delta

2. Timipre Sylva – Bayelsa State – Minister of State for Petroleum

3. Goddy Jedy Agba – Cross River State – Minister of State, Power

4. Festus Keyamo – Delta State – Minister of State, for Niger Delta

5. Osagie Ehanire — Edo State – Minister of Health

6. Clement Ike – Edo State — Minister of State for Budget

7. Rotimi Amaechi – Rivers State – Minister of Transportation