President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday assigned portfolios to the ministers that will work in his government.
This announcement, however, came with mixed reactions from Nigerians on social media.
This newspaper earlier reported that President Tinubu appointed the immediate past Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, as minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Festus Keyamo as Aviation Minister.
Upon the unveiling of the portfolios, Nigerians took to social media platforms to express how they feel about President Tinubu’s decision.
While some had questions about Tinubu’s percieved silence on naming a petroleum minister, others used the opportunity to make predictions on how the new ministers will perform in their various positions.
One of the ministers trending on social media is Wike, who contested the presidential ticket of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but lost to former vice president, Atiku Abubakar.
Politics Nigeria gathered some of the reactions on X, formerly known as Twitter, on the night of the announcement of the designation of all 45 ministers.
@medley_poetic wrote: “You’d never see him appoint a petroleum minister. Reserved because it’s where the money is. You can only have someone like Peter Obi appoint a technocrat as petroleum minister because he is not the usual Nigerian politician that sees leadership position as pocket enriching.”
@oJ_osas: “Two ministers for agriculture, water resources, housing and urban development, steel development, and one minister of sport. We have been having these ministers for years. What have they been doing? And what are these ones going to do differently to bring about positive impact?”
@amakvitaa: “Mr Tinubu is really preparing for a rerun election, Nysom wike to generate 25% in FCT as Minister of FCT with the usual Rivers State Abracadabra, Nice move.”
@joeabah wrote: “If it’s true that Wike is the new FCT Minister, it would mean that he’ll be the first southerner to be FCT Minister. It will also mean that his band is back with a bang. Abuja gardens will no longer need to close by 7pm because Wike will come with his 40-year-old whiskey.”
@adeniyisegun114 said: “I won’t be surprised if @GovWike ended up demolishing the @OfficialPDPNig unfinished national secretariat.”
@MichaelOkwegba: “With Umahi as Minister of Works and Wike as FCT MINISTER Nigeria will now feel the Ebonyi and Rivers magic. I expect the FCT and federal roads all around the country to look very different in the next 36 months. May the good Lord strengthen them to deliver quality services.”
@Primus_unbound: “Bello Matawalle as Minister of State Defense? Someone who couldn’t handle bandits in his own state? I could laugh if it wouldn’t hurt so much.”
@sama_on_point: “PBAT deploying Dele Alake to Solid Minerals is similar to a Coach deploying Messi at Leftback or Ronaldo at Rightback!!! APPALLING! Asiwaju just go waste Dele Alake slot for Solid Minerals!”
@lukziz: “This is like the most disappointing ministerial list i have seen in the 24 years of democracy in this country… I don’t think the president really mean “renewed hope” for a common man maybe the renewal of hope is for the political cronies, because they are the one sharing things.”
