2023: APC begins Niger Delta takeover bid with Omo-Agege, Amaechi, Akpabio, Sylva

The emergence of Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege as Deputy Senate President, DSP, re-appointment of Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi as Minister of Transport, appointment of Obot Godswill Akpabio as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Timipre Sylva as Minister of State for Petroleum  Resources and Festus Keyamo, SAN, as Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, appear to have clearly signaled a deliberate attempt by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to take over Niger Delta geopolitical zone from the dominant Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

But for Edo State, which is controlled by the APC, the ruling party at the National level, has often suffered defeat in the oil and gas- rich region as a result of the financial muscle of PDP, hence the ministerial appointment of Akpabio, Sylva and the ever rugged Amaechi, retaining the Transport Ministry, would provide the platform for APC chieftains to empower their loyalists ahead of the 2023 polls.

It remains to be seen if the new development would favour the APC in the forthcoming Bayelsa State Governorship election.



Below are the full list of Ministers and their portfolios:

1) Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah – Abia, Mines and Steel Development, State

2) Muhammed Musa Bello – Adamawa, FCT

3) Sen. Godswill Obot Akpabio – Akwa Ibom, Niger Delta

4) Chris Ngige – Anambra, Labour & Employment

5) Sharon Ikeazor – Anambra, Environment, State

6) Adamu Adamu – Bauchi, Education

7) Amb Maryam Katagum – Bauchi, Industry, Trade and Investment, State

8) Timipre Silva – Bayelsa, Petroleum, State

9) Sen. George Akume – Benue, Special Duties

10) Mustapha Baba Shehuri – Borno, Agriculture, State

11) Godwin Jedi-Agba – Cross River, Power, State

12) Festus Keyamo – Delta, Niger Delta, State

13) Ogbonnaya Onu - Ebonyi, Science and Technology

14) Dr. Osagie Ehanire – Edo, Health

15) Clement Ikanade Agba – Edo, Budget and National Planning, State

16) Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo – Ekiti, Industry, Trade and Investment

17) Geoffrey Onyeama – Enugu, Foreign Affairs

18) Dr. Ali Isa Pantami – Gombe, Communication

19) Emeka Nwajuba - Imo, Education, State

20) Suleiman Adamu – Jigawa, Water Resources

21) Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed – Kaduna, Finance, Budget and National Planning

22) Dr. Mohammad Mahmoud – Kaduna, Environment

23) Mohammed Sabo Nanono – Kano, Agriculture

24) Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd) - Kano, Defence

25) Hadi Sirika – Katsina, Aviation

26) Abubakar Malami – Kebbi, AGF and Minister of Justice

27) Ramatu Tijani Aliyu – Kogi, FCT, State

28) Lai Mohammed – Kwara, Information and Culture

29) Gbemisola Saraki – Kwara, Transportation, State

30) Babatunde Raji Fashola – Lagos, Works and Housing

31) Adeleke Mamora – Lagos, Health, State

32) Mohammed A. Abdullahi – Nasarawa, Science & Tech, State

33) Amb. Zubairu Dada – Niger, Foreign Affairs, State

34) Olamilekan Adegbite – Ogun, Mines & Steel Devpt

35) Sen. Omotayo Alasuadura - Ondo, Labour, State

36) Rauf Aregbesola – Osun, Interior

37) Sunday Dare – Oyo, Youth and Sports

38) Dame Pauline Tallen – Plateau, Women Affairs

39) Rotimi Amaechi – Rivers, Transportation

40) Mohammed Maigari Dangyadi – Sokoto, Police Affairs

41) Engr. Sale Mamman – Taraba, Power

42) Abubakar D. Aliyu – Yobe, Works and Housing, State

43) Sadiya Umar Faruk – Zamfara, Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development