President Bola Ahmed Tinubu 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 presidency said on Wednesday.
The measures he adopted are eight and they include the relieve of the appointment of five Ministers, nomination of seven new ones and the merger of some ministries.
The eight actions approved by Mr. President include:
1. 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.
2. The immediate winding up of the Ministry of Sports Development and the transfer of its functions to the National Sports Commission.
3. 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;
4. The re-assignment of ten (10) ministers to new ministerial portfolios;
5. The discharge of five (5) Ministers.
6. The nomination of seven (7) new ministers for onward transmission
to Senate for confirmation;
7. The appointment of Shehu Dikko as Chairman of the National Sports
Commission;
8. 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:
S/N
Name of Minister, Current Designation of
Minister and New Designation of
Minister
1. Hon Dr. Yusuf Tanko
Sununu Minister of State, Education now Minister of State Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction
2. Dr. Morufu Olatunji Alausa Minister State, Health Minister of Education
3. Barr. Bello Muhammad
Goronyo, Minister of State, Water
Resources and Sanitation Minister of State Works
4. Hon. Abubakar, Eshiokpekha Momoh, Minister of Niger Delta Development, now Minister of Regional Development.
S/N: Name of Minister and Current Designation of Ministry:
5. Uba Maigari Ahmadu, Minister of State Steel Development, now Minister of State
Regional Development
6. Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, now
Minister of State Finance
7. Sen. John Owan Enoh, Minister of Sports Development, now Minister of State, Trade and Investment
[Industry]
8. Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim Minister of State, Police Affairs, now Minister of Women Affairs
9. Ayodele Olawande, Minister of State for Youth Development Minister for Youth Development
10. Dr. Salako Iziaq Adekunle Adeboye
Minister of State, Environment, now Minister of State, Health
MINISTERS TO BE DISCHARGED ARE AS FOLLOWS:
S/N
Name of Minister,Designation of Minister
1. Barr. Uju-Ken Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs
2. Lola Ade-John, Minister of Tourism
3. Prof Tahir Mamman, SAN, Minister of Education
4. Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo, Minister of State, Housing and Urban, Development
5. Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim
Minister of Youth Development
LIST OF NEW MINISTERS APPOINTED AND PORTFOLIOS ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
S/N
Name of Minister and Designation of
Minister/ Ministry
1. Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty
Reduction.
2. Muhammadu Maigari
Dingyadi Minister 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)
5. Idi Mukhtar Maiha, Ministry 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, PhD
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.
