President Bola Tinubu has sacked six Ministers from his cabinet and also forwarded to the National Assembly seven ministerial nominees to take over from the vacant positions.
The Ministers that were relieved from the cabinet were Prof. Tahir Mamman, (Education), Uju Kennedy Ohanenye (Women Affairs), Mohammed Gwarzo (State for Housing), Jamila Ibrahim (Youth Development), Lola Ade-John (Tourism) and the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu, who has been replaced.
The President also forwarded seven new ministerial nominees to the National Assembly including wife of late Dim Odeimegwu Ojukwu, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu for confirmation.
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, presided over by the President, at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Onanuga also announced that ten Ministers have been assigned new portfolios.
The seven newly appointed Ministers and their portfolios
1. Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda (Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction).
2. Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi (Labour & Employment).
3. Bianca Odinaka Odumegu-Ojukwu (State for Foreign Affairs).
4. Dr Jumoke Oduwole (Industry, Trade and Investment).
5. Idi Mukhtar Maiha (Livestock Development).
6. Rt. Hon. Yusuf Abdullahi Ata – Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development.
7. Suwaiba Said Ahmad PhD – Minister of State Education.
REPORTERS AT LARGE earlier reported that President Tinubu has scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development, Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga announced this on Wednesday.
“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, North East Development Commission. The National Sports Commission will take over the role of the Ministry of Sports.”
