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Full List: States, Region Of Tinubu's Ministers Confirmed By Senate

POSTED ON August 8, 2023 •   Politics      BY Samuel O . Adeniyi

The Senate has confirmed 45 of the 48 ministerial nominees by President Bola Tinubu.

The confirmation of Tinubu's ministers was announced by the Senate president, Godswill Akpabio, on Monday, August 7.

The nominees who were confirmed are:

  • South-South Zone
    • Ekperikpe Ekpo (Akwa Ibom)
    • Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa)
    • Betta Edu (Cross River)
    • John Enoh (Cross River)
    • Festus Keyamo (Delta)
    • Abubakar Momoh (Edo)
    • Nyesom Wike (Rivers)
  • South East Zone
    • Nkiru Onyejiocha (Abia)
    • Uju Ohaneye (Anambra)
    • David Umahi (Ebonyi)
    • Uche Nnaji (Enugu)
    • Doris Uzoka (Imo)
  • South West Zone
    • Dele Alake (Ekiti)
    • Tunji Alausa (Lagos)
    • Lola Ade John (Lagos)
    • Ishak Salako (Ogun)
    • Bosun Tijjani (Ogun)
    • Olawale Edun (Ogun)
    • Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo (Ondo)
    • Adegboyega Oyetola (Osun)
    • Adebayo Adelabu (Oyo)
  • North East Zone
    • Tahir Mamman (Adamawa)
    • Yusuf M Tuggar (Bauchi)
    • Ali Pate (Bauchi)
    • Abubakar Kyari (Borno)
    • Alkali Ahmed Saidu (Gombe)
    • Uba Maigari Ahmadu (Taraba)
    • Ibrahim Geidam (Yobe)
  • North West Zone
    • Mohammed Badaru (Jigawa)
    • Maryam Mairiga Mahmoud (Kano)
    • Abdullahi T Gwarzo (Kano)
    • Ahmad Dangiwa (Katsina)
    • Hanatu Musawa (Katsina)
    • Yusuf Tanko Sununu (Kebbi)
    • Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi)
    • Bello M Goronyo (Sokoto)
    • Bello Matawalle (Zamfara)
  • North Central Zone
    • Joseph Utsev (Benue)
    • Zephaniah Bitrus Jisalo (FCT)
    • Shuaibu A Audu (Kogi)
    • Lateef Fagbemi (Kwara)
    • Imaan S-Ibrahim (Nasarawa)
    • Mohammed Idris (Niger)
    • Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi (Niger)
    • Simon Lalong (Plateau).

The Senate rejected the nomination of one nominee, Suleiman Hassan Adamu, from the North Central Zone.

The confirmation of Tinubu's cabinet comes after they were screened by the Senate Committee on Screening and Appointments. The committee had recommended that all the nominees be confirmed.

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