President Bola Tinubu has sacked five of his ministers in a major cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday.
He also re-assigned 10 ministers to new ministerial portfolios and appointed seven new ministers for Senate confirmation
This was announced after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday, according to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, the president’s spokesperson.
“The appointment of Shehu Dikko as Chairman of the National Sports
Commission.
“The appointment of Sunday Akin Dare as Special Adviser to the
President on Public Communication and Orientation working from the
Ministry of Information and National Orientation,” the Presidency said.
DAILY GIST reported earlier that the president scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development.
Additionally, Tinubu approved the merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of Culture and Creative Economy.
The Ministers redeployed are:
* Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu as Minister of State Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction.
* Dr. Tunji Alausa as Minister of Education.
* Barr. Bello Muhammad Goronyo as Minister of State for Works.
*Hon. Abubakar Eshiokpekha Momoh as Minister of Regional Development.
* Uba Maigari Ahmadu Minister of State for Regional Development.
* Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite as Minister of State for Finance.
* Sen. John Owan Enoh as Minister of State for Trade and Investment Industry.
* Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim as Minister of Women Affairs.
* Ayodele Olawande as Minister for Youth Development.
*Dr. Salako Adeboye as Minister of State for Health
The 5 ministers removed by the President are:
• Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, minister of women affairs;
• Lola Ade-John, the minister of tourism
• Jamila Bio Ibrahim, minister of youth development.
• Tahir Mamman, the minister of education
• Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo, the minister of state, housing and urban
development.
The new ministers are:
▪︎ Bianca Odumegu-Ojukwu, Minister of State Foreign Affairs
▪︎ Nentawe Yilwatda, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, officially bringing an end to the tenure of suspended Betta Edu.
▪︎ 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
▪︎ Suwaiba Ahmad as Minister of State Education.
The President charged the newly appointed ministers to see their appointment as a call to serve the nation.
Tinubu maintained that 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.
