As part of a major cabinet shakeup that took place on Wednesday, President Tinubu has forwarded a list of 7 names to Senate for confirmation.
Besides the movement of Ministers, some parastatals were reviewed. Shehu Dikko is the new Chairman of the National Sports Commission;
Sunday Akin Dare becomes the Special Adviser to the President on Public Communication and Orientation. He will work from the Ministry of Information and National Orientation.
List Of Ministers Reassigned To New Portfolios:
1. Hon Dr. Yusuf Tanko
Sununu formerly Minister of State, Education Minister of State but now
Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty
Reduction
2. Dr. Morufu Olatunji
Alausa Minister State, Health Minister of Education
3. Barr. Bello Muhammad Goronyo formerly Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation but now Minister of State Works.
4. Hon. Abubakar Eshiokpekha Momoh formerly Minister of Niger Delta Development but now Minister of Regional
Development
5. Uba Maigari Ahmadu formerly Minister of State Steel Development but now Minister of State Regional Development
6. Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite formerly Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, now Minister of State Finance
7. Sen. John Owan Enoh formerly Minister of Sports Development, now Minister of State Trade and Investment [Industry]
8. Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim formerlt Minister of State, Police
Affairs but now Minister of Women
Affairs
9. Ayodele Olawande formerly Minister of State for Youth Development but now Minister for Youth Development
10. Dr. Salako Iziaq Adekunle Adeboye formerly Minister of State,
Environment, now Minister of State, Health
LIST OF NEW MINISTERS APPOINTED AND PORTFOLIOS
1. Dr Nentawe Yilwatda
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction
Ministry of Humanitarian
Affairs and Poverty Reduction
S/N Name of Minister Designation of
Minister
Ministry
2. Muhammadu Maigari
Dingyadi
Minister of Labour & Employment
Federal Ministry of Labour & Employment
3. Bianca Odinaka Odumegu-Ojukwu
Minister of State Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
4. Dr Jumoke Oduwole
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment (Trade and Investment)
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment
5. Idi Mukhtar Maiha
Minister of Livestock Development
Federal Ministry of Livestock Development
6. Rt. Hon. Yusuf Abdullahi Ata
Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development
Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
7. Suwaiba Said Ahmad
Minister of State Education
Federal Ministry of Education
“The President thanked the outgoing members of the Federal Executive Council for their service to the nation while wishing them the best in their future endeavours.
“He then charged the newly appointed ministers as well as their reassigned colleagues to see their appointment as a call to serve the nation.
“He added that all appointees must understand the administration’s eagerness and determination to set Nigeria on the path to irreversible growth and invest the best of their abilities into the actualisation of the government’s priorities,” the statement concluded
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