Buhari names himself Minister of Petroleum, assigns portfolios to others + full list

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday named himself the Minister of Petroleum Resources.

Buhari is to be assisted by Dr. Ibe Kachikwu as Minister of State for Petroleum Resources.

The President also assigned portfolios to other ministerial nominees at a ceremony at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

There had been controversy over Buhari emerging as the Minister of Petroleum Resources.

Some had argued that for him to emerge a minister, he must subject himself to screening and confirmation by the Senate like other nominees.

Below is the list of other ministerial nominees and their portfolios:

Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) – Transportation
Chris Ngige (Anambra) – Labour and Employment
Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) – Solid Minerals
Babatunde Fashola (Lagos) – Power, Works and Housing
Abdulrahman Dambazau (Kano) – Interior
Aisha Alhassan (Taraba) – Women Affairs
Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi) – Science and Technology
Kemi Adeosun (Ogun) – Finance
Abubakar Malami (Kebbi) – Justice
Hadi Sirika (Katsina) – State for Aviation
Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa) – Water Resources
Solomon Dalong (Plateau) – Youths and Sports
Ibe Kachikwu (Delta) – State for Petroleum
Osagie Ehanire (Edo) – State for Health
Audu Ogbeh (Benue) – Agriculture
Udo Udo Udoma (Akwa Ibom) – Budget and National Planning
Lai Mohammed (Kwara) – Information
Amina Mohammed (Gombe) – Environment
Ibrahim Usman Jibril (Nasarawa) – State, Environment
Anthony Onwuka (Imo) – State for Education
Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa) – FCT
Adamu Adamu (Bauchi) – Education
Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia) – Industry Trade and Investment
Aisha Abubakar (Sokoto) – State for Trade, Industry and Investment
Khadija Bukar Abba (Yobe) – State for Foreign Affairs
Claudius Daramola (Ondo) – State, Niger Delta
Geoffrey Onyeama (Enugu) – Foreign Affairs
Monsur Dan-Ali (Zamfara) – Defence
James Ocholi (Kogi) – State for Labour
Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna) – State for Budget
Mustapha Shehuri (Borno) – State for Power
Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa) – State for Agric
Isaac Adewole Folorunsho (Osun) – Health
Usani Usani Uguru (Cross River) – Niger Delta
Abubakar Bwari Bawa (Niger) – State for Solid Minerals
Adebayo Shittu (Oyo) – Communications.