Tinubu assigns portfolios to new ministers

President Bola Tinubu has assigned portfolios to two newly sworn-in ministers following their oath-taking at Thursday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held in the Council Chambers of the State House.

A statement by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said Dr Bernard Mohammed Doro from Plateau State will head the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, while Dr Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh (SAN) from Enugu State will take charge of the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology.

Dr Doro was confirmed by the Senate to replace Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, who became the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in July 2025.

An alumnus of the University of Jos where he earned a Bachelor of Pharmacy, Doro also holds an LL.B from University College London (UCL), an MBA in Information Technology and Business Strategy from the University of Leicester, and an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice from Anglia Ruskin University.

He is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Business Administration and an MPhil in Leadership and Management at the Catholic University of Murcia, Spain, and previously served as Financial Secretary of the APC’s United Kingdom Chapter.

Dr Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, was nominated from Enugu State to replace Uche Nnaji, who resigned on October 7, 2025.

Udeh earned his LL.B degree from the University of Nigeria in 2005 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2006. He also holds a Doctor of Laws in Public Law from Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and an LL.M in Public International Law from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.

He previously served as Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Enugu State.