PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has scrapped the Niger Delta and Sports Development ministries.
The President has 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.”
He added that the National Sports Commission (NSC) would oversee sports-related activities in Nigeria, and assume the duties formerly performed by the Ministry of Sports Development.
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