Buhari assigns Ministers; Fashola heads Power and Works; Amaechi to head Transportation (pledges to complete ongoing rail projects)

President Muhammadu Buhari has assigned his newly-appointed ministers offices.

The full list of the ministers and their offices are as follows:

Abdulrahman Dambazau (Kano) – Interior

Abubakar Bwari Bawa (Niger) – State for Solid Minerals

Abubakar Malami (Kebbi) – Justice

Adamu Adamu (Bauchi) — Education

Adebayo Shittu (Oyo) – Communications

Aisha Abubakar (Sokoto) – State for Trade, Industry and Investment

Aisha Alhassan (Taraba) – Women Affairs

Amina Mohammed (Gombe) – Environment

Anthony Onwuka (Imo) – State for Education

Audu Ogbeh (Benue) – Agriculture

Babatunde Fashola (Lagos) – Power, Works and Housing

Chris Ngige (Anambra) – Labour and Employment

Claudius Daramola (Ondo) – State for Niger Delta

Geoffrey Onyeama (Enugu) – Foreign Affairs

Hadi Sirika (Katsina) – State for Aviation

Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa)–State for Agriculture

Ibeh Kachikwu (Delta) – State for Petroleum

Ibrahim Usman Jibril (Nasarawa) — State for Environment

Isaac Adewole Folorunsho (Osun) – Health

James Ocholi (Kogi) – State for Labour

Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) – Solid Minerals

Kemi Adeosun (Ogun) – Finance

Khadija Bukar Abba (Yobe) – State for Foreign Affairs

Lai Mohammed (Kwara) – Information

Monsur Dan-Ali (Zamfara) – Defence

Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa) – FCT

Muhammadu Buhari – Petroleum

Mustapha Shehuri (Borno) – State for Power

Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi) – Science and Technology

Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia) – Industry, Trade and Investment

Osagie Ehanire (Edo) – State for Health

Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) –Transportation

Solomon Dalong (Plateau) – Youths and Sports

Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa) – Water Resources

Udo Udo Udoma (Akwa Ibom) – Budget and National Planning

Usani Usani Uguru (Cross River) – Niger Delta

Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna) – State for Budget and National Planning

In a related development, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has pledged to complete all ongoing rail projects around the country and extend rail lines to all parts of the country.

Mr. Amaechi made the pledge during his first day in office as minister shortly after his inauguration by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday(today).

He said he would resume work fully on November 17 when the new Permanent Secretary, Sabiu Zakari, would equally assume duty at the ministry.

The minister said his meeting with the Permanent Secretary and the Directors on November 17 would begin by looking at the budget and its level of implementation.

He said the meeting would be necessary to chart a new course toward completing all ongoing projects, especially the rail and extending it to different part of the country.

Mr. Amaechi, however, called for cooperation from all parastatals and agencies of the ministry and the aviation sector.

He promised to ensure a smooth working relationship with the Minister of State for Aviation for the development of the sector as well as meeting the expectations of Nigerians.

The minister also urged the staff to always play by rule.

“I belief in principles of discharging my duties,” he said.

“We are interested in completing all ongoing rail projects around the country because we don’t want to disappoint Nigerians."

“It is important that we realise that we have a mandate to deliver on our promises and there is competition among the ministers to deliver and we don’t want to take last.”