Category: Tinubu’s Cabinet: The Top 10 Round Pegs in Round Holes

TAHIR MAMMAN – (Minister of Education) Tahir Mamman is a lawyer and educationist who has risen to the peak of both legal and teaching professions.  He became the Director-general of the Nigeria Law School, the apex institution for legal education in…

AHMED MUSA DANGIWA – (Minister of Housing and Urban development) Ahmed Musa Dangiwa is a quintessential professional who has devoted virtually all his adult life to the service of housing development. Trained as an Architect, Dangiwa has over 30 years working…

LATEEF FAGBEMI – (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation) Until his appointment and deployment as the 24th Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice in August, Prince Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, SAN, was the Lead Counsel of…

MOHAMMED IDRIS MALAGI – (Minister of Information and National Orientation) One of the best testimonials any new minister would wish to receive on assumption of office was the one issued to Mohammed Idris Malagi, Minister of Information and National Orientation. Writing…

MUHAMMAD ALI PATE – (Minister of Health and Social Welfare) Muhammad Ali Pate has lived all his life in the medical world: as a medical student; teacher and Professor of public health; medical entrepreneur, administrator and policy maker in public and…

YUSUF TUGGAR – (Minister of Foreign Affairs) Until his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs in August this year, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar was the Nigerian Ambassador to Germany for five years, a position he occupied until his appointment. In a way,…

BOSUN TIJANI – (Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy) At 46, Olatunbosun Tijani is one of the young elements in the new Federal Executive Council constituted recently by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He represents the President’s response to the yearning…

ENGR. DAVE UMAHI – (Minister of Works) To Dr. David Umahi, assuming office as Nigeria’s minister of Works is like walking into his sitting room: he is as familiar with his new beat as he is with his living room. He…

PROF. TERLUMUN UTSEV – (Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation) One of the most befitting ministerial appointments made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is that Prof. Joseph Terlumun Utsev, the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation. His professional and career backgrounds…

WALE EDUN – (Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy) Olawale Edun’s appointment as a minister did not come as a surprise to followers of President Bola Tinubu. Less surprising still is Edun’s assignment as minister of finance and…