Ministers and Ministers of State
By convention, there must be one Cabinet member from each of the 36 states in Nigeria, although there are only 19 ministries and at times a Federal minister is responsible for more than one ministry (e.g. Environment and Housing), or the President takes direct control of a key ministry such as Petroleum Resources. To ensure representation from each state, a Minister is often assisted by one or more Ministers of State.
For example, in the new Cabinet announced by President Goodluck Jonathan on 8 April 2010, Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga of Edo State was Minister of Finance while Aderemi Babalola of Oyo State was Minister of State for Finance; Diezani Alison-Madueke of Rivers State was Minister of Petroleum Resources, with no Minister of State; Adetokunbo Kayode of Ondo State was Minister of Defence with Murtala Shehu Yar'Adua of Katsina State as Minister of State for Defence; and so on.
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