PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has sacked five of his ministers.
This was contained in a message posted on X by the presidency on Wednesday, October 23.
The ministers sacked are Uju Kennedy-Ohanneye (Women Affairs), Lola Ade-John (Tourism), Tahir Mamman (Education), Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo (State, Housing and Urban Development), and Jamila Bio Ibrahim (Youth Development).
The President also announced Sunday Dare, former Minister of Youth and Sports, as his special adviser on public communication and orientation.
Bianca Onoh, the widow of the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, was also appointed as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
Others appointed are Muhammadu Dingyadi (Minister of Labour and Productivity), Jumoke Oduwole (Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment), and Yusuf Abdullahi Ata (Minister of State, Housing, and Urban Development)
The list includes Idi Muktar Maiha (Minister of Livestock Development), Suwaiba Ahmad (Minister of State for Education), and Nentawe Yilwatda (Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction)
The President also reshuffled some ministers. Those affected include Uba Maigari Ahmadu from Steel Development to the new Ministry of Regional Development as Minister of State; Doris Uzoka-Anite from the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment to the Ministry of Finance as Minister of State.
Similarly, former Minister of Sports, John Owan Enoh, was moved to the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment as Minister of State; Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, who was moved as Minister of State, Police Affairs Ministry to the Ministry of Women Affairs; Ayodele Olawande, former Minister of State for Youth Development, was promoted to full minister at the ministry; and Salako Iziaq Adeboye was moved from the Ministry of Environment to the Ministry of Health as Minister of State.
Others are Yusuf Tanko Sununu from the Ministry of Education to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction as Minister of State; Moruf Olatunji Alausa was moved from the Ministry of Health to the Ministry of Education as the Minister of State, and Bello Goronyo from Water Resources and Sanitation to Ministry of Works as Minister of State.
The ICIR reported that Tinubu earlier announced the scrapping of the Niger Delta and Sports Development ministries.
The President also merged the ministries of Tourism and Culture and Creative Economy.
This was revealed in a tweet by the special adviser on information and strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, on Wednesday, October 23.
According to the tweet, the decision was reached during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held in Abuja on Wednesday.
The statement read, “President Tinubu and Federal Executive Council scrap Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development.
“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.”
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