Ministerial list: Like Buhari, Tinubu fails to name Minister of Petroleum

President Bola Tinubu has failed to name a minister of petroleum resources as he assigns ministerial portfolios.

During the previous administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister of Petroleum portfolio was assigned to the president.

But Buhari had assigned the Minister of State for Petroleum to Timipre Sylva.

However, Tinubu split the ministry into two as he forms his cabinet.

Newspot observation was confirmed by the Director of Media and Publicity of the defunct Tinubu-Shettima Campaign Organisation, Bayo Onanuga.

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A statement by Onanuga reads partly: “Surprises as President Tinubu releases portfolios of ministers. Tinubu has not named the Minister of Petroleum.

“The ministry, however, has been broken into two, with 2 ministers of state, all from the South South.”