As part of efforts geared towards reinvigorating his administration’s ability for efficiency and to deliver his promises to Nigerian, President Bola Tinubu has sacked five ministers.
This is as he reassigned ten other ministers and nominated seven new ones.
Top on the list of the new ministers is Bianca, widow of Biafra leader, Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu (Minister of State for Foreign Affairs).
As stated in the release issued by the Presidency on Wednesday, the sacked ministers are Professor Tahir Mamman (Education), Uju-Ken Ohanenye (Women Affairs); Lola Ade-John (Tourism); Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo (Housing and Urban Development), and Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim (Youths Development).
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Minister reassigned are Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu (Minister of State, Education) as Minister of State Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction;
Dr. Morufu Olatunji Alausa (Minister State, Health) as Minister of Education;
Barr. Bello Muhammad Goronyo (Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation) as Minister of State Works;
Hon. Abubakar Eshiokpekha Momoh (Minister of Niger Delta Development) as Minister of Regional Development;
Uba Maigari Ahmadu (Minister of State Steel Development) as Minister of State Regional Development;
Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite (Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment) as Minister of State Finance;
Sen. John Owan Enoh (Minister of Sports Development) as Minister of StateTrade and Investment [Industry];
Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim (Minister of State, Police Affairs) as Minister of Women Affairs;
Ayodele Olawande (Minister of State for Youth Development) as Minister for Youth Development;
Dr. Salako Iziaq Adekunle Adeboye (Minister of State, Environment) as Minister of State, Health.
New nominees for ministerial posts are:
Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction (Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction);
Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, Minister of Labour & Employment (Federal Ministry of Labour & Employment);
Bianca Odinaka Odumegu-Ojukwu, Minister of State Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs);
Dr Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment (Trade and Investment) (Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment);
Idi Mukhtar Maiha, Ministry of Livestock Development (Federal Ministry of Livestock Development);
Rt. Hon. Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development (Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development);
Suwaiba Said Ahmad PhD, Minister of State Education (Federal Ministry of Education).
Other actions approved by the president read:
“The renaming of the Ministry of Nigeria Delta Development to Ministry of Regional Development to oversee the activities of all the Regional Development Commissions. The Regional Development Commissions to be under the supervision of the new Ministry are; the Niger Delta Development Commission, the South East Development Commission, the North East Development and the North West Development Commission.
“The immediate winding up of the Ministry of Sports Development and the transfer of its functions to the National Sports Commission in order to develop a vibrant sports economy; The merger of the Federal Ministry of Tourism and the Federal Ministry of Arts and Culture to become Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy…
“The appointment of Shehu Dikko as Chairman of the National Sports Commission;
“The appointment of Sunday Akin Dare as Special Adviser to the President on Public Communication and Orientation working from the Ministry of Information and National Orientation.”
