President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday, swore in Mr. Joseph Tegbe as the new Minister of Power and Sola Enikanolaiye as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
The short event took place at the Presidential Villa in the presence of the ministers’ spouses and senior government officials.
Following the resignations of the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, and the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, to further their political careers, the President had nominated the two new ministers, who the Senate cleared on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
Born in Ibadan, Oyo State, the new Minister of Power is a fiscal, economic and institutional reform strategist and stakeholder engagement expert with over 35 years of professional experience across the public and private sectors, a statement by the President’s media aide, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed.
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“He holds a First Class Degree in Civil Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, a Master’s degree in Business Administration (Switzerland) and a Master’s degree in Public Administration (Birmingham).
“He worked as a Senior Partner and Head of Advisory Services at KPMG in Africa, where he led transformational initiatives, including the design and implementation of major presidential reforms and the articulation and implementation of a strategy for subnational governments,” it stated.
It also said that Tegbe was involved in fiscal policy restructuring at all levels of government, and has worked with organisations such as the Nigerian Communications Commission, Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Nigeria Revenue Service, Shell, Huawei, General Electric, MTN, and Odu’a Group, among others.
