Tinubu Fixes Date to Swear-in Wike, Bagudu, Others

Barring any last minute change, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Monday, August 21, 2023, inaugurate his cabinet after close to eighty days after his swearing-in.

President Tinubu is now set to put his ministers in place to deal with many of the social and economic challenges facing the country.

Sources close to the Presidential Villa told Western Post that the schedules of the President this week did not include swearing-in of ministers.

The source confirmed that the offices of the Chief of Staff and Secretary to the Government of the Federation were finalising arrangements for the cabinet inauguration next week Monday and a ministerial retreat where the ministers would be inducted and sign a service charter to commit to faithful implementation of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the administration.

Recall that the Senate had refused to clear Nasir El-Rufai, Stella Okotete, and Abubakar Sani Danladi due to issues with their security clearance.

Those screened, confirmed and expected to be sworn in on Monday include
ABUBAKAR KYARI, BORNO STATE; ABUBAKAR MOMOH, EDO STATE; NYESOM WIKE, RIVERS STATE; PROF. JOSEPH UTSEV BENUE STATE; JOHN ENO CROSS RIVER STATE; BELLO MOHAMMED, SOKOTO STATE; MOHAMMED BADARU ABUBAKAR, JIGAWA STATE; YUSUF MAITAMA TUGGAR, BAUCHI STATE;:UJU KEN OHANEYE, ANAMBRA STATE; OLUBUNMI TUNJI OJO, ONDO STATE; NKEIRUKA ONYEJEOCHA, ABIA STATE; BETTA EDU, CROSS RIVER STATE; IMAAN SULEIMAN, NASARAWA STATE; DAVID UMAHI, EBONYI STATE; ADEBAYO OLAWALE EDUN, OGUN STATE; AHMED MUSA DANGIWA, KATSINA STATE; UCHE NNAJI, ENUGU STATE and DELE ALAKE, EKITI STATE.

Others are WAHEED ADEBAYO ADELABU, OYO STATE; MUHAMMAD IDRIS, NIGER STATE;:PROF. ALI PATE, BAUCHI STATE; DR DORIS UZOKA, IMO STATE;’LATEEF FAGBEMI (SAN), KWARA STATE; EKPERIKPE EKPO, AKWA IBOM STATE; HANNATU MUSAWAz KATSINA STATE;:IBRAHIM GEIDAM, YOBE STATE; ALIYU SABI ABDULLAHI, NIGER STATE;’HEINEKEN LOKPOBIRI, BAYELSA STATE;:ALKALI AHMED SA’EED, GOMBE STATE; DR. YUSUF TANKO SUNUNU, KEBBI STATE; ATIKU BAGUDU, KEBBI STATE; BELLO MATAWALLE, ZAMFARA STATE; ADEGBOYEGA OYETOLA, OSUN STATE and SIMON BAKO LALONG, PLATEAU STATE.

The rest are ABDULLAHI TIJJANI GWARZO, KANO STATE; OSUN TIJJANI, OGUN STATE; DR MARIYA MAHMOUD, KANO STATE; DR ISIYAKA SALAKO, OGUN STATE; DR TUNJI ALAUSA, LAGOS STATE; LOLA ADE JOHN, LAGOS STATE;’PROF. TAHIR MAMMAN, ADAMAWA STATE; ZEPHANIAH JISSALO, F.C.T; UBA MAIGARI AHMADU, TARABA STATE;:SHUAIBU ABUBAKAR AUDU, KOGI STATE and FESTUS KEYAMO (SAN), DELTA STATE.