By Innocent Orok
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his first major cabinet shake-up after much speculations has sacked five Ministers, Reassigned 10 others, while seven new ones were appointed, including the newly created Ministry of Livestock.
The President according to a statement has approved the immediate implementation of eight far-reaching actions to reinvigorate the administration’s capacity for optimal efficiency pursuant of his commitment to deliver on his promises to Nigerians.
The eight actions approved by Mr President include:
•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 re-assignment of ten (10) Ministers to new ministerial portfolios.
• The discharge of five Ministers.
• The nomination of seven new Ministers for onward transmission to Senate for confirmation.
• 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.
LIST OF MINISTERS REASSIGNED TO NEW PORTFOLIOS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Name of Minister Current Designation of Minister
New Designation of Minister
• Dr Yusuf Tanko Sununu formerly Minister of State, Education, now Minister of State Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction
Dr Morufu Olatunji Alausa, formerly Minister of State, Health, now Minister of Education.
• Barr. Bello Muhammad Goronyo, formerly Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation, now Minister of State Works.
• Hon. Abubakar Eshiokpekha Momoh formerly Minister of Niger Delta Development, now Minister of Regional Development.
• Uba Maigari Ahmadu formerly, Minister of State Steel Development, now Minister of State Regional Development.
• Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite formerly, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, now
Minister of State Finance.
• Sen. John Owan Enoh, formerly Minister of Sports Development, now Minister of State Trade and Investment [Industry].
• Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim. formerly Minister of State, Police Affairs, now Minister of Women Affairs.
• Ayodele Olawande, formerly
Minister of State for Youth Development, now Minister for Youth Development.
• Dr Salako Iziaq Adekunle Adeboye formerly Minister of State, Environment, now Minister of State, Health.
MINISTERS TO BE DISCHARGED ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Barr. Uju-Ken Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs, Lola Ade-John, Minister of Tourism, Prof. Tahir Mamman SAN OON, Minister of Education, Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo, Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development and Dr Jamila Bio Ibrahim, Minister of Youth Development.
LIST OF NEW MINISTERS APPOINTED AND PORTFOLIOS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
• 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.
According to the statement, 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.”
