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New List of Federal Ministers of Nigeria & Their Ministries - After Yar'Adua Drops 20 Ministers
October 29, 2008 | posted by Nigerian Muse (Archives)

TABLE 1: Federal Ministers of Nigeria & Their Ministries

(in Alphabet Order of Ministries)

As on October 29, 2008

Compiled by NigerianMuse.com

For an old list, see:

http://www.nigerianmuse.com/essays/?u=MONDAY_QUARTERBACKING_A_Quick_Look_at_Yar_Adua_s_Ministers_And_A_Few_Troubling_Issues_to_Ponder.htm

S/N	Ministry	Name of Minister	State of Origin	Status	Comment
1.	Agriculture/Water Resources	Abba Sayyadi Ruma	Katsina
2.	Agriculture/Water Resources (State 1)	Adamu Maina Waziri	Yobe	Dropped on 10/29/08
3	Agriculture/Water Resources (State 2)	Demola Serikii	Lagos
4.	Attorney-General/Minister of Justice	Mr Michael Aondoakaa (SAN)	Benue
5.	Commerce/Industry	Chief Charles Chukwuemeka Ugwu	Imo	Dropped on 10/29/08	Aliyu Idi Hong, Supervising Minister
6.	Commerce/Industry (State)	Alhaji Ahmed Garba Bichi	Kano	Dropped on 10/29/08
7..	Culture/Tourism	Prince Adetokunbo Kayode	Ondo
8.	Culture/Tourism (State)	Dr. Aliyu Idi Hong	Adamawa
9.	Defense	Vacant	Bauchi
10.	Defense (State)	Mrs. Fidelia Akubata Njeze	Enugu
11.	Education	Igwe Aja- Nwachukwu	Ebonyi	Dropped on 10/29/08
12.	Education (State 1)	Anthony Jerry Agada	Benue	Dropped on 10/29/08
13.	Education (State 2)	Mrs. Aishatu Jibril Dukku	Gombe
14.	Energy (State) Gas	Olatunde Emmanuel Odushina	Ekiti	Dropped on 10/29/08
15.	Energy (State) Petroleum	H. Odein Ajumogobia	Rivers
16.	Energy (State) Power	Mrs. Fatima Balaraba Ibrahim	Kebbi	Dropped on 10/29/08
17.	Environment/Housing	Halima Tayo Alao	Kwara	Dropped on 10/29/08
18.	FCT	Dr. Aliyu Moddibo Umar	Gombe	Dropped on 10/29/08	Ministry to be supervised by Remi Babalola
19.	FCT (State)	Senator John James Akpanudoedehe	Akwa-Ibom	Dropped on 10/29/08
20.	Finance	Dr. Shamsudeen Usman	Kano
21.	Finance (State)	Aderemi W. Babalola	Oyo
22.	Foreign Affairs	Chief Ojo Maduekwe	Abia
23.	Foreign Affairs (State 1)	Tijani Yahaya Kaura	Zamfara	Dropped on 10/29/08
24.	Foreign Affairs (State 2)	Amb. Baudu M. Hirse	Plateau
25.	Health	Vacant		Vacated by resignation of Prof. Adenike Grange (Lagos) on 3/26/08
26.	Health (State)	Vacant		Vacated by resignation of Gabriel Yakubu Aduku (Kogi) on 3/26/08
27.	Information/Communication	John Ogar Odey	Cross-River
28.	Information/Communication (State)	Ibrahim Dasuki Nakande	Plateau (ANPP)	Dropped on 10/29/08
29.	Interior	Maj. Gen. Godwin Abbe (Rtd).	Edo
30.	Interior (State)	Hassan Alhaji Haruna	Jigawa	Dropped on 10/29/08
31	Labour	Dr. Hassan Muhammed Lawal	Nasarawa
32.	Mines/Steel Development	Chief Sarafa Tunji Ishola	Ogun	Dropped on 10/29/08	Demola Seriki, Supervising Minister
33.	Mines/Steel Development (State)	Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Gusau	Sokoto	Dropped on 10/29/08
34.	Science/Technology	Mrs. Grace Ekpiwhere	Delta
35	Science/Technology (State)	Malam Hassan Bako Zaki	Taraba
36	Transportation	Mrs. Diezani K. Alison-Madueke	Bayelsa
37..	Transportation (State)	Prince John Okechukwu Emeka	Anambra	Dropped on 10/29/08
38	Transportation/Air (State)	Felix Hassan Hyet	Kaduna	Dropped on 10/29/08
39.	Youth Development	Senator Akinlabi Olasunkanmi	Osun
40.	Women Affairs	Saudatu Usman Bungudu	Zamfara (ANPP)	Dropped on 10/29/08	Grace Ekpiwhere, Supervising Minister
41.	Minister/Deputy Chairman National Planning Commission	Senator Muhammed Sanusi Daggash	Borno	Dropped on 10/29/08	Godsday Orubebe, Supervising Minister
42.	Minister/Chairman, National Sports Commission	Abdularahman Hassan Gimba	Niger	Dropped on 10/29/08	Alhassan Bako Zaku

On 10/29/08, Prince Dickson <pcdbooks@yahoo.com> wrote:

Cabinet Shake: Aliyu Modibbo, Charles Ugwu And 18 Others Relieved.

In a press release signed by Olusegun Adeniyi the President’s SA on Media it said that in furtherance of ongoing efforts to reposition and strengthen his Administration for enhanced effectiveness in service delivery, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua today relieved the following Ministers of their appointments:

1.    Adamu Maina Waziri

2.    Charles Ugwu

3.    Ahmed Garba Bichi

4.    Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu

5.    Jerry Anthony Agada

6.    Fatima Balaraba Ibrahim

7.    Emmanuel Olatunde Odusina

8.    Halima Tayo Alao

9.    Aliyu Modibbo Umar

10.                       John James Akpanudoedehe

11.                       Tijani Yahaya Kaura

12.                       Ibrahim Dasuki Nakande

13.                       Alhaji Haruna Hassan

14.                       Sarafa Tunji Isola

15.                       Ahmed Mohammed Gusau

16.                       Felix Hyatt

17.                       John Okechukwu Emeka

18.                       Saudatu Usman Bungudu

19.                       Mohammed Sanusi Daggash

20.                       Abdulrahman Hassan Gimba

At the conclusion of today’s meeting of the Federal Executive Council, President Yar’Adua thanked the outgoing ministers for their services to the nation since the inception of the present Administration and wished them well in their future endeavours.

The President also directed that until new Ministers are confirmed by the Senate and sworn into office, Mr. Remi Babalola (Minister of State, Finance), will serve as Supervising Minister for the Federal Capital Territory Authority.

Similarly, Mr. Demola Seriki (Minister of State, Agriculture and Water Resources) will serve as Supervising Minister for the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development while Dr. Aliyu Idi Hong (Minister of State, Culture and Tourism will serve as Supervising Minister for the Federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Alhaji Alhassan Bako Zaku (Minister of State, Science & Technology) is to act as Supervising Minister for the National Sports Commission; Elder Godsday Orubebe (Minister, Special Duties) will act as Supervising Minister/Vice Chairman, National Planning Commission and Mrs. Grace Ekpiwhre (Minister, Science & Technology) will oversee the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs.

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Dominic
10/29/2008 10:48:21 pm

This is the story of Nigeria. More than one year wasted. It Yar Adua THREE months to come up with these people, and it took him nearly two years to realise they were the wrong people. Nigeria is experimenting with incompetents when it should be most-urgently pushing ahead. All the good work that people like Obiageli did in education is now totally lost, and we are now back to square zero. What a nation

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nwadike chikezie
10/31/2008 4:48:22 pm

let the redemployment also reflect fairness of all states. let it not be a plan to get rid of some states or enthics from thier hold on federal position

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Dayo
10/31/2008 7:38:51 pm

Please point out what in this list of dropped ministers look like an agenda against an ethnic group or state.
I know there are precedents that cannot be ignored but I cannot wait for the day we will stop looking at everything through jaundiced eyes of ethnicity, state of origin, etc.
This practice is really depressing. How does it matter to me where the minister of works, transportation, health, etc come from if I have good roads, can travel safely across the country with good access to health care? As far as I am concerned the relevant minister can be from Cameroun sef!!!

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FRANKLIN ELLAH
11/04/2008 9:57:00 am

yar'adua has just begun his job as a president,. a president is always full of surprises for effective service delivery,. so i say to yar'adua, keep it up. nigeria must change whether it is ready or not. by God's grace you shall deliver.

Brave Presido

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taka
6/26/2009 12:19:34 pm

urgency and clear and fearness in duty is what Nigeria need not delay; yar'adua is not taken this advantage in which even in the next 10year his 7 point agenda will not complet. for now yar'dua is not performing well...

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FRANK
6/26/2009 6:22:22 pm

Well, at first, i thought yar'adua was going to make it but it is very clear that he cant even change himself not to talk of Nigeria. Some days ago, he granted amnesty to the militants arrested and th(more...)

Abdu
11/06/2008 8:35:24 am

He has droped dem...gud or bad,he shld appoint new ones in earnest.Haba President Yaradua,time is not on our side.remember ur 7point agenda,u can carry dat out in dis few years remaining.God bless Nigeria,God bless Yaradua,God bless Us all.amen

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Chioma
2/10/2009 9:17:42 am

Pleaae I need the current Nigerian Ministers

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akinyemi i a
3/25/2009 9:43:53 am

good

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M. C Magaji
3/26/2009 8:23:09 pm

Another hopeless game by our leaders. God take total control please.

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Rosa
7/27/2009 9:39:21 am

please i need the current list of ministers and ministries

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nnaemeka
12/15/2009 4:26:25 pm

let the good hands be chosen no matter their tribal religious or political affliactions

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