President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday completed the process of setting up his cabinet with the inauguration of 36 ministers. This includes substantive Ministers and Ministers of State.
The ministers were also assigned their portfolios at the inauguration, which held in Abuja.
According to Punch, the inauguration was witnessed by top politicians, especially chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress, including the party’s chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.
But the APC National Leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, did not attend the event. As of the time of the inauguration in Abuja, Tinubu was at nearby Kaduna State, inaugurating a new taxi scheme of the state governor, Nasir el-Rufai.
Buhari named Tinubu’s successor in the Lagos House, Babatunde Fashola, as the Minister of Power, Works and Housing and another ally of the APC leader, Lai Mohammed, got the information ministry portfolio.
Fashola’s ministry, a merger of three ministries – Power, Works as well as Housing, Land and Urban Development – is believed to be the biggest under the Buhari administration.
The President, before assigning the portfolios to his ministers, had announced that the number of federal ministries had been reduced to 24. He also reiterated his self-appointment as Minister of Petroleum Resources.
All thanks to The OMnipotent God who at last heard the call of lovers of Nigeria.
The stage is now set for the much anticipated change , with the inauguration of the ministers.
Dear lovers of NIgeria, and all Prayer warriors who had joined hands in Spirit to intercede for the nation, May I implore you all that the battle is yet to be over. Let us all be fervent in our intercessory prayers for the Jebusites the peri sites , the Moabites are still very much around.
God who heard our cries for the change is alive .
Selfish politicians at every level of governance, ministries and parastatals must be openely disgraced.
The time of your restoration is here do not be slack.