Nigeria’s newly elected president, Bola Tinubu, has sworn in a new 45-member government. The government is made up of a mix of experienced politicians and technocrats.
The new cabinet includes several former ministers, as well as some new faces. The most notable appointments are those of Rotimi Amaechi as Minister of Transportation and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Minister of Finance.
Amaechi is a former governor of Rivers State and a close ally of Tinubu. Okonjo-Iweala is a former World Bank Managing Director and a respected economist.
The new government faces a number of challenges, including the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency, the country’s high debt burden, and the need to improve the economy.
Tinubu has promised to create jobs, improve security, and fight corruption. He has also stated that he will focus his attention on bringing the nation together and mending the divisions brought about by the most recent elections.
The new government will be tested in the coming months and years. If it is successful, it could help usher in a new era of peace and prosperity for Nigeria.
Cameroon
Compared with Cameroon, which has about a tenth of the Nigerian population, it has over 30 ministries, each of which is under the direction of a political and presidential appointee with the title “minister” or “minister of state” (a higher level). This is for a country of 25 million.
All ministries are further subdivided into directorates and departments. According to the constitution, the position of minister or minister of state must be exclusive and cannot be combined with any other type of employment – this includes MPs and senators.
Ministers, on the other hand, have access to parliament and can participate in debate. Within each ministry, there is a “delegated minister” (French “ministre délégué”), who is the third-ranking political appointee after the minister of state and the minister. The highest-ranking civil servant in each ministry is the secretary-general.
