Nigeria

Ministerial appointment is by the President after the Senate confirms the nomination.

Official 2026 records apply presidential ministerial appointment/portfolio powers and Senate confirmation. Appointment and function assignment remain different from reporting.

2026 official executive and parliamentary events corroborate operation of the powers stated in the older legal text. These events do not replace a fully consolidated constitution.

Use source-attributed legal/institutional wording. No complete amendment-history audit, de facto compliance finding, current incumbent certification or automatic edge promotion.

Applicability checked 17 Sept 2026. This is not the provision’s effective date.

• Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (opens in a new tab). Section 147(2); PDF page 73, printed page 61. Document date: 1999. Retrieved 17 Sept 2026.
• Tinubu Approves Minor Cabinet Reshuffle As Edun, Dangiwa Leave FEC (opens in a new tab). 21 April 2026 release, paragraph expressly invoking sections 147/148. Document date: 21 Apr 2026. Retrieved 17 Sept 2026.
• Tinubu Seeks Senate Confirmation of Oyedele, Abe as Minister, NUPRC Chairman (opens in a new tab). 10 March 2026 presidential nomination and Senate confirmation request. Document date: 10 Mar 2026. Retrieved 17 Sept 2026.
• Senate Confirms Oyedele’s Appointment As Minister (opens in a new tab). 12 March 2026 confirmation account. Document date: 12 Mar 2026. Retrieved 17 Sept 2026.

Senate confirmation must remain an appointment condition.

Evidence location: Section 147(2); PDF page 73, printed page 61

Dataset: Africa API reviewed official government evidence (opens in a new tab) · Edition reviewed-2026-09-17

Attribution: Africa API review of public government office facts. Original issuing institutions, source URLs and evidence locators accompany each record. Source prose, images and logos retain their original rights; these are not licensed by this factual compilation.

Licence: Factual observations; no blanket source licence asserted

Retrieved 17 Sept 2026. Dataset publication: Date unknown.

• A live official page can be stale; its retrieval date is not an appointment date or independent confirmation of current service.
• Dated events retain their event types. Appointment, effective appointment and swearing-in are not interchangeable.
• Relationships preserve accountability, appointment and reporting distinctions; no universal president-rooted hierarchy is asserted.
• Missing names, exact dates, portraits and identity matches are not invented.

The President may assign government business, including departmental administration, to the Vice-President or a Minister.

Official 2026 records apply presidential ministerial appointment/portfolio powers and Senate confirmation. Appointment and function assignment remain different from reporting.

2026 official executive and parliamentary events corroborate operation of the powers stated in the older legal text. These events do not replace a fully consolidated constitution.

Use source-attributed legal/institutional wording. No complete amendment-history audit, de facto compliance finding, current incumbent certification or automatic edge promotion.

Applicability checked 17 Sept 2026. This is not the provision’s effective date.

• Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (opens in a new tab). Section 148(1); PDF page 73, printed page 61. Document date: 1999. Retrieved 17 Sept 2026.
• Tinubu Approves Minor Cabinet Reshuffle As Edun, Dangiwa Leave FEC (opens in a new tab). 21 April 2026 release, paragraph expressly invoking sections 147/148. Document date: 21 Apr 2026. Retrieved 17 Sept 2026.
• Tinubu Seeks Senate Confirmation of Oyedele, Abe as Minister, NUPRC Chairman (opens in a new tab). 10 March 2026 presidential nomination and Senate confirmation request. Document date: 10 Mar 2026. Retrieved 17 Sept 2026.
• Senate Confirms Oyedele’s Appointment As Minister (opens in a new tab). 12 March 2026 confirmation account. Document date: 12 Mar 2026. Retrieved 17 Sept 2026.

Portfolio allocation is not an assertion that courts or Parliament report to the President.

Evidence location: Section 148(1); PDF page 73, printed page 61

Dataset: Africa API reviewed official government evidence (opens in a new tab) · Edition reviewed-2026-09-17

Attribution: Africa API review of public government office facts. Original issuing institutions, source URLs and evidence locators accompany each record. Source prose, images and logos retain their original rights; these are not licensed by this factual compilation.

Licence: Factual observations; no blanket source licence asserted

Retrieved 17 Sept 2026. Dataset publication: Date unknown.

• A live official page can be stale; its retrieval date is not an appointment date or independent confirmation of current service.
• Dated events retain their event types. Appointment, effective appointment and swearing-in are not interchangeable.
• Relationships preserve accountability, appointment and reporting distinctions; no universal president-rooted hierarchy is asserted.
• Missing names, exact dates, portraits and identity matches are not invented.