Wike gets FCT ministry, Umahi works as Tinubu assigns portfolios to ministers

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday assigned portfolios to the 45 ministers confirmed by the Senate last week.

In the new arrangement, the president appointed the former Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) while his Ebonyi State counterpart, Dave Umahi, was entrusted with the works ministry.

The former minister of state for labour and employment, Festus Keyamo, was assigned to the aviation ministry while the ex-deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Adebayo Adelabu will supervise the ministry of power.