PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has forwarded the names of new ministers he appointed on Wednesday, October 23, to the Senate for confirmation.
The President’s request was contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and read during plenary on Thursday, October 24.
According to the letter, the ministerial nominees are Bianca Onoh, the widow of the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, (minister of state for foreign affairs), 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)
Tinubu sought quick consideration of his request by the Senate.
The Senate immediately referred the request to the committee of the whole for consideration.
The ICIR reported that Tinubu fired five of his ministers on Wednesday.
He also sacked the minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty reduction, Beta Edu, whom he suspended in January over corruption allegation.
This decision 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.
The President also reshuffled some ministers. Those affected include Uba Maigari Ahmadu from the Ministry of 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, minister of sports, John Owan Enoh, was moved to the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment as Minister of State; Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, was redeployed 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 the Ministry of Works as minister of state.
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