PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has sworn in seven newly appointed ministers.
The new ministers were sworn in on Monday, November 4 at an event at the Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja.
The new cabinet members took the oath of office in two batches, consisting of four in the first batch and three in the second following the reading of their citations by State House Director of Information Abiodun Oladunjoye.
Among those sworn in are Bianca Odinaka Odumegwu-Ojukwu as the Minister of State Foreign Affairs, Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi as the Minister of Labour & Employment, and Nentawe Yilwatda as the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction.
Others include Suwaiba Said Ahmad, as the Minister of State Education; Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, as Minister of State, Housing, and Urban Development; Idi Mukhtar Maiha, Minister of Livestock Development; and Jumoke Oduwole, as the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment.
The ICIR reported that President Tinubu 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 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 ministers were later screened and confirmed by the Senate.
The ICIR reported that Tinubu fired five of his ministers on Wednesday, October 23.
He also sacked the minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty reduction, Beta Edu, whom he suspended in January over corruption allegations.
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, the 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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