President Bola Tinubu has sworn in members of his cabinet after screening and confirmation by the senate.
The event, which kicked off at 10am, is ongoing at the banquet hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Tinubu had earlier assigned portfolios to the ministers.
The swearing in was done in batches of five.
The first five ministers sworn in were:
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice
Lateef Fagbemi
Minister of State, Gas Resources
Ekperipe Ekpo.
Minister of State, Labour and Employment
Nkiruka Onyejeocha
Minister of Women Affairs
Uju Kennedy
Minister of Education
Tahir Maman
Second batch:
Minster of Agriculture and Food Security
Abubakar Kyari
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Yusuf M. Tuggar
Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri is the Hon. Minister of State (Oil), Petroleum Resources
Third batch of ministers:
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development
Festus Keyamo
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation
Betta Edu
Minister of Sports Development
John Enoh
Minister of Works
David Umahi
Minister of Niger Delta Development
Abubakar Momoh.
