President Tinubu Fires 5 Ministers, Redeploys 10 …Makes 7 New Cabinet Nominations

President Bola Tinubu fired five people among members of the Federal Executive Council on Wednesday.

 The president’s Special Adviser  on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, who disclosed this in a statement he issued in Abuja, added that the affected ministers are  Minister of Women Affairs, Uju-Ken Ohanenye; Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John; Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman; Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo; and the  Minister of Youth Development, Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim.

President Tinubu has also made 7 new cabinet nominations with their portfolios already known while naming Shehu Dikko as Chairman of the National Sports Commission.

Dikko is expected to take charge of the activities and programmes of the defunct Ministry of Sports Development.

Former Police Affairs minister  will serve as  Minister of Labour and Employment, while former Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare  has been appointed as Special Adviser on Public Communication and Orientation under the Ministry of Information and National Orientation.

The new faces that will be joining the cabinet are  Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu ( Minister of State for Foreign Affairs), Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, who replaces  Beta Edu as  Minister of Humanitarian, Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, Minister of Labour and Employment,  Dr Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Idi Mukhtar Maiha , Minister of Livestock Development, Rt. Hon. Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development and Suwaiba Said Ahmad, Minister of State, Education.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that  the president’s Special Adviser  on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga disclosed this while talking to  State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting that was presided over by the President, at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Mr Onanuga also disclosed that ten Ministers have been reassigned to new portfolios.

They are Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu, former Minister of State, Education, now Minister of State Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr. Morufu Olatunji Alausa, Minister  of State, Health, now Minister of Education, Bello Muhammad Goronyo Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation, now Minister of State for Works.

Also redeployed are Abubakar Momoh, former Minister of Niger Delta Development, now Minister of Regional Development, Uba Maigari Ahmadu, Minister of State Steel Development, now Minister of State, Regional Development and Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, now Minister of State Finance.

The former Minister of Sports Development,  former Senator John Owan Enoh has been redeployed as  Minister of State Trade , Investment and Industry,  Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, who was the Minister of State, Police Affairs, is now Minister of Women Affairs, Ayodele Olawande, Minister of State for Youth Development, now Minister for Youth Development, while Dr. Salako Iziaq Adekunle Adeboye, Minister of State, Environment,  is now the Minister of State, Health.

‘President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate implementation of eight far-reaching actions to reinvigorate this 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 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 urged 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 actualization of the government’s priorities’ Mr. Onanuga said.

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mr  Mohammed Idris, also clarified  and explained that the Ministry of Regional Development would henceforth  take over the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, North East Development Commission, South East Development Commission and other regional development commissions in the country-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you