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| 2013 Nigerian Ministers. Photo Credit : www.nigeriaworld.info |
President Goodluck Jonathan
recently made some changes to his cabinet.The former minister of power Prof.
Bath Nnaji willfully resigned paving the way for the president to nominate a
former vice chancellor of one of the Nigerian University Prof. Chinedu Nebo to
take over as a minister of the most dreaded power sector. Highlight
below are the list of the current ministers updated as at 6/1/2013. The process
of nominating ministers in a large country like Nigeria in a rigorous one.
The Nigerian ministerial nominees are normally divided into
two, the federal and the ministers for state. The federal minister basically
takes care of proceedings in the various ministries while the ministers for
states act complementarily to the federal minister.
Each state of the federation sends a nominee by its governor
to the presidency a name of carefully selected candidates for consideration. The
president forwards the names of such candidate to the senate for screening and confirmation.
The process of screening in the senate is rigorous one that sees each
ministerial nominee undergoing a tough session of questions and answers.
Only the senate is vested with the power to carry out the
ministerial screening processes. If a
nominee is successfully screened in the senate, he or she immediately assumes
duty as a substantive minister of the federal republic of Nigeria. The basic
role of a minister is to oversee the operations and functionality of its various
ministries. The minister is deputized by the various permanent secretaries of
each ministry.
In assuming the office, all the ministers are usually
required by the constitution to sign the ministerial code of conduct form. This
is done to make sure that while rendering their services to their father’s
land, they uphold fairness, transparency, accountability and justice in all
their dealing while in office.
The minister is conferred with the power from the
constitution as either a federal or state minister to be in charge of any
matter arising or related to their various ministries. For example; the Nigerian minister of
agriculture is saddled with the responsibilities of making sure best
agricultural practices and policies are adhered to in the country. A good
example of such policy may include making sure farmers in the rural areas receive
subsidized rate of fertilizer supplies.
In the absence of any minister, the permanent secretary of
the ministry in view assumes temporarily the duties of such minister. For a
full job description of the functions and duties of a federal and state
ministers in Nigeria, please check the nineteen ninety nine (1999) of the
federal republic of Nigeria to see full layout of the minister statutory duties
and powers.
President
Goodluck JONATHAN
Vice President Namadi SAMBO
Vice President Namadi SAMBO
Minister of Agriculture &
Natural Resources Akinwunmi Ayo ADESINA
Minister.of Aviation
Stella ODUAH-OGIEMWONYI
Minister of Communication Technology Omobola
Johnson OLUBUSOLA
Minister of Culture & Tourism Edem DUKE
Minister of Defense Bello MOHAMMED
Minister of Education Raqayyatu RUFAI
Minister of Environment Hadiza Ibrahim MAILAFA
Minister of the Federal Capital
Territory Bala MOHAMMED
Minister of Finance
Ngozi OKONJO-IWEALA
Minister of Foreign Affairs Olugbenga ASHIRU
Minister of Health Onyebuchi CHUKWU
Minister of Information & Communications
Labaran MAKU
Minister of Interior Abba MORO
Minister of Justice & Attorney
Gen. Mohammed Bello ADOKE
Minister of Labor & Productivity
Chukwuemeka WOGU
Minister of Lands, Housing, &
Development Ama
PEPPLE
Minister of Mines & Steel
Development Musa Mohammed SADA
Minister of National Planning
Commission Shamsudeen
USMAN
Minister of National Sports
Commission Ibrahim
Isa BIO
Minister for the Niger Delta Affairs Peter Godsday ORUBEBE
Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani ALISON-MADUEKE
Minister of Police Affairs Caleb OLUBOLADE
Minister of Power Nebo CHINEDU
Minister of Science & Technology
Ita Okon Bassey
EWA
Minister of Special Duties Ernest
OLUBOLADE
Minister of Sports Yusuf SULEIMAN
Minister of Trade & Investment
Olusegun
AGANGA
Minister of Transport
Idris UMAR
Minister of Water Resources Sarah
Reng OCHEKPE
Minister of Women's Affairs Zainab MAINA
Minister. of Works Mike
ONOLEMEMEN
Minister of Youth Development Bolaji ABDULLAHI
Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria
Sanusi Lamido SANUSI
Ambassador to the US Adebowale ADEFUYE
Permanent Representative to the UN,
New York Joy OGWU
N/B: These Names are subjected to change as the presidency shuffles its cabinet. The Minister of information Labaran Maku was recently deployed to the defense ministry.
Please to keep this blog updated with the names of the current ministers, you very much welcome and free to list them on the comment box.
N/B: These Names are subjected to change as the presidency shuffles its cabinet. The Minister of information Labaran Maku was recently deployed to the defense ministry.
Please to keep this blog updated with the names of the current ministers, you very much welcome and free to list them on the comment box.
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