The Presidency, through Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, has released a comprehensive list of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s appointments to date.
This move comes amid criticisms of alleged regional imbalance in federal appointments.
In the list, South West has 29 appointees of the President as against 24 stated by Dare.
For instance, Femi Gbajabiamila, who is one of the first appointees of the President, appointed as Chief Of Staff on Friday, June 2, 2023, was not mentioned in the list.
South West
- Bosun Tijani – Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy
- Wale Edun – Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy
- Bunmi Tunji-Ojo – Minister of Interior
- Adebayo Adelabu – Minister of Power
- Dele Alake – Minister of Solid Minerals Development
- Dr. Jumoke Oduwole – Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment
- Adegboyega Oyetola – Minister of Marine & Blue Economy
- Olayemi Cardoso – CBN Governor
- Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja – Chief of Army Staff
- Kayode Egbetokun – Inspector General of Police
- Zaccheus Adedeji – Chairman, FIRS
- Adeola Ajayi – Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS)
- Bashir Adewale Adeniyi – Comptroller-General of Customs
- Olanipekun Olukoyede – Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
- Kayode Isiak Opeifa – Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation
- Oluwasegun Faleye – Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund
- Vincent Olatunji – Managing Director/CEO, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT)
- Raji Kazeem Kolawole – Managing Director/CEO, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT)
- Bayo Onanuga – Director General, National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI)
- Sunday Dare – Special Adviser on Information and Strategy
- Tope Kolade Fasua – Special Adviser on Public Communications Orientation
- Peju Adedajo – Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters (Office of the VP)
- Temitola Asekunle-Johnson – Senior Special Assistant to the President on Investment & Privatisation (Office of VP)
- Mariam Temitope – Senior Special Assistant to the President, Job Creation & NSMEs (Office of VP)
- Tunde Rahman – Senior Special Assistant to the President, Regional Development Programmes
- Moremi Ojudu – Senior Special Assistant on Community Engagement
- Tope Ajayi – Senior Special Assistant, Media and Public Affairs
- Segun Dada – Special Assistant, Social Media
- Demola Oshodi – Senior Special Assistant, Protocol
North Central
- Shuaibu Audu – Minister of Steel Development
- Muhammed Idris – Minister of Information
- Zaphanian Jisalo – Minister of Special Duties
- Lateef Fagbemi – Minister of Justice
- Joseph Utsev – Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation
- Nentawe Yilwatde – Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction
- Imaan Sulaiman Ibrahim – Minister of State, Police Affairs
- Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi – Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security
- Bashir Bayo Ojulari – GMD, NNPC Limited
- Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed – Director General, National Intelligence Agency
- Dr. Idris A. Sulaimon – Director General, Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC)
- Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi – Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
- Engr. Jaji O. Abdulganiyu – Controller General of the Federal Fire Service
- Kemi Nandap – Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service
- Haruna Y. Usman – Chairman, Upper Niger River Basin Development Authority
- Dangajere Shuaibu Bawa Jaja – Managing Director, Upper Niger River Basin Development Authority
- Dr. Amos Gizo Yadukso – Chairman, Lower Benue River Basin Development Authority
- Engr. Ninga Terese – Managing Director, Lower Benue River Basin Development Authority
- Abiodun Essiet – SSAP on Community Engagement
- Gimba Kakanda – Senior Special Assistant to the President, Research and Analytics (Office of the VP)
- Isaq Ahmed Ningi – Senior Special Assistant to the President on Digital Media & Emergency Management
- Mr. Aliyu Audu – Special Assistant to the President, Public Affairs
- Sen. Ibrahim Oloriege – Chairman, NHIA
- Tunde Ajibulu – Deputy Executive Secretary (Services), UBEC
- Sunday Sylva Togo Echono – Executive Secretary, TETFUND
North East
- Abubakar Kyari – Minister of Agriculture and Food Security
- Idi Mukhtar Maiha – Minister of Livestock Development
- Sa’idu Alkali – Minister of Transportation
- Yusuf Tuggar – Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Muhammad Ali Pate – Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare
- Ibrahim Gaidam – Minister of Police Affairs
- Uba Maigari Ahmadu – Minister of State for Regional Development
- Ahmadu Musa Kida – NNPCL Non-executive Chairman
- Nuhu Ribadu – National Security Adviser
- Mohammed Buba Marwa – Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
- Hajiya Hafsat Bakari – CEO, Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit
- Prof. Abdu Dauda – Chairman, Chad Basin Development Authority
- Tijjani Musa Tumsa – Managing Director, Chad Basin Development Authority
- Alh. Sanusi Mohammed Babantanko – Chairman, Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority
- Abdulhamid Yahaya Abba – SSAP on Community Engagement
- Dr. Bala Mohammed – Deputy Governor, CBN
- Aliyu Modibbo Umar – Special Adviser (SAD), General Duties
- Sadiq Wanna – Special Adviser (SAD) to the President on Power Infrastructure (Office of the VP)
- Usman Muhammad – SSA to the President on Administration & Office Accommodation (Office of the VP)
- Nasir Yammama – Senior Special Assistant to the President on Innovation (Office of the VP)
- Bashir Maidugu – Deputy State House Counsel (Senior Special Assistant to the President)
- Dr. Daniel Bwala – Special Adviser on Media and Policy Communications
- Mr. Francis Adah Abah – Personal Assistant to the President, Special Duties
- Mumuni Dagazau – Executive Vice President for Downstream
North West
- Mohammed Badaru Abubakar – Minister of Defence
- Hannatu Musawa – Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy
- Ahmed Dangiwa – Minister of Housing and Urban Development
- Bello Goronyo – Minister of State for Water Resources
- Yusuf Tanko Sununu – Minister of State for Education
- Bello Matawalle – Minister of State for Defence
- Hajiya Hafsat Bakari – CEO, Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit
- General Christopher Gwabin Musa – Chief of Defence Staff
- Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar – Chief of Air Staff
- Haliru Nababa – Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service
- Shehu Usman Mohammed – Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission
- Aminu Maida – EVC, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
- Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi – Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)
- Brig Gen YD Ahmed – Director-General, National Youth Service Corps
- Mohammed Buba Marwa – Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
- Abdullahi U. Ganduje – Chairman, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)
- Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu – Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission
- Nasiru Gawuna – Chairman, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria
- Musa Sarkin Adar – Chairman, National Inland Waterways Authority
- H.E. Aminu Bello Masari – Chairman, TETFUND
- Alh. Bashir Usman Gumel – Chairman, Federal Medical Centre, Yola
- Dr. Mohammed Gusau Hassan – Chairman, Federal Medical Centre Birnin Kudu
- Isa Sadiq Achida – Chairman, Raw Materials Research and Development Council
- Amb. Abubakar Shehu Wurno – Chairman, Sokoto-Rima River Basin Development Authority
- Major Gen. Jubril Abdulmalik – Secretary, Civil Defence, Immigration and Prisons Services Board
- Dr. Mohammed Mohammed Aminu – Registrar/CEO, NABTEB
- Abdullahi Tanko Yakassai – SSAP on Community Engagement
- Sani Dattijo – Deputy Governor, CBN
- Rukaiya El-Rufai – Special Adviser to the President on NEC & Climate Change (Office of the VP)
- Hakeem Baba Ahmed – Special Adviser (SAD) on Political Matters (Office of VP)
- Muhammad Bulama – Senior Special Assistant to the President on Politics/Special Duties (Office of the VP)
- Zainab Yunusa – Senior Special Assistant to the President on NEC (Office of the VP)
- Abdulaziz Abdulaziz – Senior Special Assistant to the President, Print Media
- Ibrahim Masari – SSA Politics
South South
- Festus Keyamo – Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development
- Ekperipe Ekpo – Minister of State, Gas Resources
- Heineken Lokpobiri – Minister of State, Petroleum Resources
- John Enoh – Minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment
- Nyesom Wike – Minister of Federal Capital Territory
- Abubakar Momoh – Minister of Regional Development
- Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla – Chief of Naval Staff
- Major General Emmanuel Undiandeye – Chief of Defence Intelligence
- Emomotimi Agama – Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Mrs. Glory Ekpo Oho – Managing Director, Cross River Basin Development Authority
- Sen. Magnus Abe – Chairman, National Agency for the Great Green Wall
- Chief (Barr.) Ebikemi Boi Bosin – Chairman, Niger Delta Basin Development Authority
- Hon. Amgbare Ebitimi – Managing Director, Niger Delta Basin Development Authority
- Mr. Saleh Abubakar – Director-General, National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW)
- Dr. Dakorinama Alabo George – Director-General, Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA)
- Gift Johnbull – SSAP on Community Engagement
- Emem Nnana Usoro – CBN Deputy Governor
- O’tega Ogra – SSA, Digital/New Media to the President
- Mrs. Linda Nwabuwa Akhigbe – SSA, Strategic Communications
- Rowland Ewubare – Group Chief Operating Officer, NNPCL
- Nosa Asemota – Special Assistant, Visual Communications to the President
- Prof. Nenibarini Zabbey – Project Coordinator, HYPREP
South East
- Dr. Doris Anite Uzoka – Minister of State for Finance
- Bianca Ojukwu – Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
- Nkeiru Onyejiocha – Minister of State for Labour
- Sen. Dave Umahi – Minister of Works
- Dr. Uche Nnaji – Minister of Science and Technology
- Uzoma Nwagba – Managing Director, Credicorp
- Rt. Hon. Emeka Nduka – Managing Director, Anambra-Imo River Basin Development Authority
- Adesua Dozie – Company Secretary and Chief Legal Officer, NNPCL
- Hon. Mark Okoye – MD/CEO, South-East Development Commission (SEDC)
- Philip Ikeazor – Deputy Governor for Financial System Stability, CBN
- Sophia Mbakwe – Executive Vice President of Business Services, NNPCL
- Mr. John Ugochukwu Uwajumogu – Special Adviser, Industry, Trade and Investment
- Chioma Nweze – SSAP on Community Engagement
- Kingsley Stanley Nkwocha – SSA to the President, Media and Communication (Office of VP)
- Kingsley Uzoma – SSA to the President on Agribusiness & Productivity Enhancement (Office of VP)
- Mr. Fredrick Nwabufo – SSA to the President on Public Engagement
