Gbajabiamila Absent as Presidency Unveils Full List of Tinubu’s Appointments to Date

In an attempt to justify alleged uneven selections, the Presidency has released a list of the President’s appointments to date through Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.

South West has 29 presidential appointees on the list, compared to Dare’s 24.

For example, the list did not include Femi Gbajabiamila, one of the President’s first appointees, who was named Chief of Staff on Friday, June 2, 2023.

The South East has fewer appointments.

Additionally, it seems that the preponderance of important nominations to “juicy” posts originate from the Southwest, where the president hails from.

Here is the list of Tinubu’s appointments today:

South West:

1. Bosun Tijani
Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy
2. Wale Edun
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy
3. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo
Minister of Interior
4. Adebayo Adelabu
Minister of Power
5. Dele Alake
Minister of Solid Minerals Development
6. Dr. Jumoke Oduwole
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment
7. Adegboyega Oyetola
Minister of Marine & Blue Economy
8. Olayemi Cardoso
CBN Governor
9. Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja
Chief of Army Staff
10. Kayode Egbetokun
Inspector General of Police
11. Zaccheus Adedeji
Chairman, FIRS
12. Adeola Ajayi
Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS)
13. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi
Comptroller-General of Customs
14. Olanipekun Olukoyede
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
15. Kayode Isiak Opeifa
Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation
16. Oluwasegun Faleye
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund
17. Vincent Olatunji
(NSITF)
18. Raji Kazeem Kolawole
Managing Director /CEO, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT)
19. Bayo Onanuga
Director General, National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI)
20. Sunday Dare
Special Adviser on Information and Strategy
21. Tope Kolade Fasua
Special Adviser on Public Communications Orientation
22. Peju Adedajo
Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters (Office of the VP)
23. Temitola Asekunle-Johnson
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Investment & Privatisation (Office of VP)
24. Mariam Temitope
Senior Special Assistant to the President, Job Creation & NSMEs (Office of VP)
25. Tunde Rahman
Senior Special Assistant to the President, Regional Development Programmes
26. Moremi Ojudu
SSAP on Community Engagement
27. Tope Ajayi
SSA, Media and Public Affairs
28. Segun Dada
Special Assistant, Social Media
29. Demola Oshodi
SSA, Protocol

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North Central:

1. Shuaibu Audu
Minister of Steel Development
2. Muhammed Idris
Minister of Information
3. Zaphanian Jisalo
Minister of Special Duties
4. Lateef Fagbemi
Minister of Justice
5. Joseph Utsev
Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation
6. Nentawe Yilwatde
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction
7. Imaan Sulaiman Ibrahim
Minister of State, Police Affairs
8. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi
Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security
9. Bashir Bayo Ojulari
GMD, NNPC Limited
10. Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed
Director General, National Intelligence Agency
11. Dr. Idris A. Sulaimon
Director General, Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC)
12. Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi

Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps

13. Engr. Jaji O. Abdulganiyu

Controller General of the Federal Fire Service

14. Kemi Nandap

Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service
15. Haruna Y. Usman
Chairman, Upper Niger River Basin Development Authority
16. Dangajere Shuaibu Bawa Jaja

Managing Director, Upper Niger River Basin Development Authority

17. Dr. Amos Gizo Yadukso

Chairman, Lower Benue River Basin Development Authority
18. Engr. Ninga Terese

Managing Director, Lower Benue River Basin Development Authority
19. Abiodun Essiet

SSAP on Community Engagement

20. Gimba Kakanda

Senior Special Assistant to the President, Research and Analytics (Office of the VP)
21. Isaq Ahmed Ningi

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Digital media & Emergency Management
22. Mr. Aliyu Audu

Special Assistant to the President, Public Affairs
23. Sen. Ibrahim Oloriege

Chairman, NHIA
24. Tunde Ajibulu,

Deputy Executive Secretary (Services), UBEC
25. Sunday Sylva Togo Echono

Executive Secretary, TETFUND

North East:

1. Abubakar Kyari

Minister of Agriculture and Food Security

2. Idi Mukhtar Maiha

Minister of Livestock Development

3. Sa’idu Alkali

Minister of Tranportation

4. Yusuf Tuggar

Minister of Foreign Affairs

5. Muhammad Ali Pate

Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare

6. Ibrahim Gaidam

Minister of Police Affairs

7. Uba Maigari Ahmadu

Minister of State for Regional Development

8. Ahmadu Musa Kida

NNPCL Non-executive Chairman

9. Nuhu Ribadu

National Security Adviser

10. Mohammed Buba Marwa

Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency

11. Hajiya Hafsat Bakari

CEO, Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit

12. Prof. Abdu Dauda

Chairman, Chad Basin Development Authority

13. Tijjani Musa Tumsa

Managing Director, Chad Basin Development Authority

14. Alh. Sanusi Mohammed Babantanko

Chairman, Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority

15. Abdulhamid Yahaya Abba

SSAP on Community Engagement

16. Dr. Bala Mohammed

Deputy Governor, CBN

17. Aliyu Modibbo Umar

Special Adviser (SA), General Duties

18. Sadiq Wanna

Special Adviser (SA) to the President on Power Infrastructure (Office of the VP)

19. Usman Muhammad

SSA to the President on Administration & Office Accommodation (Office of the VP)

20. Nasir Yammama

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Innovation (Office of the VP)

21. Bashir Maidugu

Deputy State House Counsel (Senior Special Assistant to the President)

22. Dr. Daniel Bwala,

Special Adviser on Media and Policy Communications

23. Mr. Francis Adah Abah

Personal Assistant to the President, Special Duties

24. Mumuni Dagazau

Executive Vice President for Downstream

North West:

1. Mohammed Badaru Abubakar

Minister of Defence

2. Hannatu Musawa

Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy

3. Ahmed Dangiwa

Minister of Housing and Urban Development

4. Bello Goronyo

Minister of State for Water Resources

5. Yusuf Tanko Sununu

Minister of State for Education

6. Bello Matawalle

Minister of State for Defence

7. Hajiya Hafsat Bakari

CEO, Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit

8. General Christopher Gwabin Musa

Chief of Defence Staff

9. Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar

Chief of Air Staff

10. Haliru Nababa

Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service

11. Shehu Usman Mohammed

Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission

12. Aminu Maida

EVC, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)

13. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi

Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)

14. Brig Gen YD Ahmed

Director-General, National Youth Service Corps

15. Mohammed Buba Marwa

Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency

16. Abdullahi U. Ganduje

Chairman, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)

17. H. E. Abdullahi U. Ganduje

Chairman, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria

18. Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu

Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission

19. Nasiru Gawuna

Chairman, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria

20. Musa Sarkin Adar

Chairman, National Inland Waterways Authority

21. H. E. Nasiru Gawuna

Chairman, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria

22. H.E Aminu Bello Masari

Chairman, TETFUND

23. Alh. Bashir Usman Gumel

Chairman, Federal Medical Centre, Yola

24. Dr. Mohammed Gusau Hassan

Chairman, Federal Medical Centre Birnin Kudu

25. Isa Sadiq Achida

Chairman, Raw Materials Research and Development Council

26. Amb. Abubakar Shehu Wurno

Chairman, Sokoto-Rima River Basin Development Authority

27. Major Gen. Jubril Abdulmalik

Secretary, Civil Defence, Immigration and Prisons Services Board

28. Dr Mohammed Mohammed Aminu

Registrar/Chief Executive Officer (NABTEB)

29. Abdullahi Tanko Yakassai

SSAP on Community Engagement

30. Sani Dattijo

Deputy Governor, CBN

31. Rukaiya El-Rufai

Special Adviser to President on NEC & Climate Change (Office of the VP)

32. Hakeem Baba Ahmed

Special Adviser (SAD) on Political Matters (Office of VP)

33. Muhammad Bulama

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Politics/Special Duties (office of the VP)

34. Zainab Yunusa

Senior Special Assistant to the President on NEC (Office of the VP)

35. Abdulaziz Abdulaziz

Senior Special Assistant to the President, Print Media

36. Ibrahim Masari

SSA Politics

South South:

1. Festus Keyamo

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development

2. Ekperipe Ekpo

Minister of State, Gas Resources

3. Heineken Lokpobiri

Minister of State, Petroleum Resources

4. John Enoh

Minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment

5. Nyesom Wike

Minister of Federal Capital Territory

6. Abubakar Momoh

Minister of Regional Development

7. Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla

Chief of Naval Staff

8. Major General Emmanuel Undiandeye

Chief of Defence Intelligence
9. Emomotimi Agama

Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

10. Mrs. Glory Ekpo Oho

Managing Director, Cross River Basin Development Authority
11. Sen. Magnus Abe

Chairman, National Agency for the Great Green Wall
12. Chief (Barr.) Ebikemi Boi Bosin

Chairman, Niger Delta Basin Development Authority

13. Hon. Amgbare Ebitimi

Managing Director, Niger Delta Basin Development Authority

14. Mr. Saleh Abubakar

Director-General, National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW)

15. Dr. Dakorinama Alabo George

Director-General, Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA).

16. Gift Johnbull

SSAP on Community Engagement

17. Emem Nnana Usoro
CBN Deputy Governor
18. O’tega Ogra

SSA, Digital/New Media to the President

19. Mrs. Linda Nwabuwa Akhigbe

SSA, Strategic Communications

20. Rowland Ewubare
Group Chief Operating Officer, NNPCL

21. Nosa Asemota
Special Assistant, Visual Communications to the President

22. Professor Nenibarini Zabbey
Project Coordinator, HYPREP

South East

1. Dr. Doris Anite Uzoka
Minister of State for Finance
2. Bianca Ojukwu
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
3. Nkeiru Onyejiocha
Minister of State for Labour
4. Sen. Dave Umahi
Minister of Works
5. Dr. Uche Nnaji
Minister of Science and Technology
6. Uzoma Nwagba
MD, Credicorp
7. Rt. Hon. Emeka Nduka
Managing Director, Anambra-Imo River Basin Development Authority
8. Adesua Dozie
Company Secretary and Chief Legal Officer, NNPCL
9. Hon. Mark Okoye
MD/CEO, South-East Development Commission (SEDC)
10. Philip Ikeazor
Deputy Governor for Financial System Stability, CBN
11. Sophia Mbakwe
Executive Vice President of Business Services, NNPCL
12. Mr. John Ugochukwu Uwajumogu

Special Adviser, Industry, Trade and Investment

13. Chioma Nweze
SSAP on Community Engagement
14. Kingsley Stanley Nkwocha

SSA to the President, Media and Communication (Office of VP)

15. Kingsley Uzoma
SSA to the President on Agribusiness & Productivity Enhancement (Office of VP)
16. Mr. Fredrick Nwabufo
SSA to the President on Public Engagement