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Cabinet Reshuffle: Tinubu sacks five ministers, reassign others, appoints new ones

By Clifford Ejenavi President Bola Tinubu has sacked five ministers of his cabinet and reassigned others to different ministries. Ministers sacked were Minister of Women Affairs, Barr. Uju-Ken Ohanenye; Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John; Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman; Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo and Minister of Youth Development,…

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By Clifford Ejenavi

President Bola Tinubu has sacked five ministers of his cabinet and reassigned others to different ministries.

Ministers sacked were Minister of Women Affairs, Barr. Uju-Ken Ohanenye; Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John; Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman; Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo and Minister of Youth Development, Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim.

President Tinubu made this decision when he approved the immediate implementation of his eight far-reaching actions to reinvigorate the administration’s capacity for optimal efficiency pursuant of his commitment to deliver on his promises to Nigerians.

The eight actions approved by President Tinubu include:

1. The renaming of the Ministry of Nigeria Delta Development to Ministry of Regional Development to oversee the activities of all the Regional Development Commissions. The Regional Development Commissions to be under the supervision of the new Ministry are; the Niger Delta Development Commission, the South East Development Commission, the North East Development and the North West Development Commission.

2. The immediate winding up of the Ministry of Sports Development and the transfer of its functions to the National Sports Commission in order to develop a vibrant sports economy;

3. The merger of the Federal Ministry of Tourism and the Federal Ministry of Arts and Culture to become Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy;

4. The re-assignment of ten (10) ministers to new ministerial portfolios;

5. The discharge of five (5) Ministers.

6. The nomination of seven (7) new ministers for onward transmission to Senate for confirmation;

7. The appointment of Shehu Dikko as Chairman of the National Sports Commission;

8. 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.

Ministers reassigned to new portfolio are:

1. Hon Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu, Minister of State, Education now Minister of State Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction.

2. Dr. Morufu Olatunji Alausa, Minister State, Health now Minister of Education.

3. Barr. Bello Muhammad Goronyo, Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation now Minister of State Works.

4. Hon. Abubakar Eshiokpekha Momoh, Minister of Niger Delta Development now Minister of Regional Development.

5. Uba Maigari Ahmadu, Minister of State Steel Development now Minister of State Regional Development.

6. Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment now Minister of State Finance.

7. Sen. John Owan Enoh, Minister of Sports Development now Minister of State Trade and Investment (Industry).

8. Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Minister of State, Police Affairs now Minister of Women Affairs.

9. Ayodele Olawande, Minister of State for Youth Development now Minister for Youth

Development.

10. Dr. Salako Iziaq Adekunle Adeboye, Minister of State, Environment now Minister of State, Health.

New ministers appointed and their portfolios are:

1. Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction.

2. Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, Minister of Labour & Employment.

3. Bianca Odinaka Odumegu-Ojukwu, Minister of State Foreign Affairs.

4. Dr Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment.

5. Idi Mukhtar Maiha, Minister of Livestock Development.

6. Rt. Hon. Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development.

7. Dr. Suwaiba Said Ahmad, Minister of State Education.

The President therefore thanked the outgoing members of the Federal Executive Council for their service to the nation while wishing them the best in their future endeavours.

He then charged the newly appointed ministers as well as their reassigned colleagues to see their appointment as a call to serve the nation, adding 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.

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