May 14, 2026

List of States Yet to Get a Ministerial Appointment.

By Farouk Mohammed

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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari‘s ministerial list was read today by senate president Bukola Saraki.

Twenty-one names were on the list, each from a state of the federation. The following states however are yet to get a ministerial position.

It’s enshrined in the constitution of Nigeria that a president must appoint at least one minister from each state of the country.

The states yet to get a ministerial appointment are:

  1. Abia
  2. Adamawa
  3. Bauchi
  4. Benue
  5. Borno
  6. Cross River
  7. Enugu
  8. Imo
  9. Jigawa
  10. Osun
  11. Ondo
  12. Sokoto
  13. Yobe
  14. Zamfara
  15. Bayelsa
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