President Tinubu
Tinubu sacks six ministers, appoints seven new ones, reassigns 10
President Bola Tinubu has unveiled the much-awaited cabinet reshuffle, sacking six ministers on Wednesday, and nominating seven new ones to the Senate for confirmation.
The President also re-assigned 10 ministers to new ministerial portfolios.
Indeed, Bianca Odumegu-Ojukwu was nominated as the Minister of State Foreign Affairs, while Nentawe Yilwatda as the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, officially bringing an end to the tenure of suspended Betta Edu.
The President also nominated Maigari Dingyadi as the Minister of Labour and Employment, Jumoke Oduwole as the Minister of Industry, Idi Maiha as Minister for the newly created Livestock Development Ministry, Yusuf Ata as the Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, with Suwaiba Ahmad as Minister of State Education.
Those relieved include Uju-Ken Ohanenye as Minister of Women Affairs; Lola Ade-John as Minister of Tourism; Tahir Mamman as Minister of Education; Abdullahi Gwarzo as Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development; and Jamila Ibrahim as Minister of Youth Development.
The President appreciated the outgoing members of the Federal Executive
Council, FEC, for their service to the nation, wishing them the best in their
future endeavours.
He charged the nominated ministers as well as their reassigned
colleagues to see their appointments as a call to serve the nation.
According to him, all appointees must understand the administration’s eagerness and determination to set Nigeria on the path to irreversible growth and invest the best of their abilities into the actualisation of the government’s priorities.
Earlier, newstide247.com reported that the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development were scrapped by the Federal Government.
These were bold decisions taken on Wednesday at the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in Abuja, chaired by President Bola Tinubu.
This information was disclosed on the X handle of the Special Adviser Information and Strategy to President Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga on Wednesday.
Consequent upon these decisions, there will now be a ministry of regional development to oversee all the regional development commissions, such as Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West Development Commission, and the North East Development Commission.
Also, the National Sports Commission will take over the role of the Ministry of Sports.
In the same vein, the FEC also approved the merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of Culture and Creative Economy.
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