President Bola Tinubu on Monday administered the oath of office to Mr. Joseph Tegbe as Minister of Power and Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The appointments follow the resignation of at least two ministers ahead of the All Progressives Congress’ May 2026 primary elections.
A statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the brief ceremony was attended by the ministers’ spouses and senior government officials at the Council Chamber.
Tegbe and Enikanolaiye were nominated on May 5 and promptly screened and confirmed by the Senate the following day.
They are the second set of ministers inducted into the Federal Executive Council since Secretary to the Government of the Federation Dr. Muttaqha Darma directed all ministers with political ambitions to resign ahead of the party primaries.
Enikanolaiye, a seasoned diplomat from Igbagun, Kogi State, brings 35 years of experience in Nigeria’s foreign service. He previously served as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and International Relations and has held postings in Addis Ababa, Belgrade, Ottawa, London, and New Delhi. He retired as Permanent Secretary in 2017 and is a recipient of multiple national honours, including the Presidential Civil Service Merit Award.
Tegbe, born in Ibadan, Oyo State, holds a First Class degree in Civil Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University and advanced degrees in Business and Public Administration from Switzerland and the University of Birmingham. With extensive experience in both public and private sectors, he has worked with KPMG Africa, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Shell, Huawei, General Electric, MTN, and leads the Nigeria-China Strategic Partnership as Director-General.
President Tinubu first constituted his Federal Executive Council on August 21, 2023, swearing in 45 ministers in the largest single-day cabinet inauguration since 1999. Since then, the cabinet has undergone at least 12 reshuffles, with Monday’s swearing-in marking the latest in a series of strategic ministerial changes.
