Ministerial reshuffle: President Tinubu replaces five ministers, renames key ministries

Stanley Ihedigbo

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sanctioned eight significant actions to enhance his administration’s efficiency.

These actions align with his commitment to fulfilling promises to Nigerians.

The renaming of the Ministry of Nigeria Delta Development to the 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.

The merger of the Federal Ministry of Tourism and the Federal Ministry of Arts and Culture to become the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy.

The re-assignment of ten ministers to new ministerial portfolios,  the discharge of five Ministers, the nomination of seven and new ministers for onward transmission to the Senate for confirmation.

The appointment of Shehu Dikko as Chairman of the National Sports
Commission; and 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.

The ministers reassigned to new portfolios are Hon. Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu, 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; Barr. Bello Muhammad Goronyo, Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation, now Minister of State Works; Hon. Abubakar Eshiokpekha Momoh, Minister of Niger Delta Development, now  Minister of Regional Development.

The new designated ministers are; Uba Maigari Ahmadu, Minister of State Steel Development, now Minister of State Regional Development; Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, now Minister of State Finance; Sen. John Owan Enoh, Minister of Sports Development now  Minister of State Trade, Investment, Industry; Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim Minister of State, Police Affairs, now Minister of Women Affairs; Ayodele Olawande, Minister of State for Youth Development, now Minister for Youth Development and Dr. Salako Iziaq Adekunle Adeboye, Minister of State, Environment, now Minister of State, Health.

The ministers discharged are, Barr. Uju-Ken Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs;  Lola Ade-John, Minister of Tourism; Prof Tahir Mamman,  Minister of Education; Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo, Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development; Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim, Minister of Youth Development.
The newly appointed ministers are, Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction; Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, Minister of Labour & Employment; Bianca Odinaka Odumegu-Ojukwu, Minister of State Foreign Affairs; Dr Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment; Idi Mukhtar Maiha, Ministry of Livestock Development; Rt. Hon. Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, and  Suwaiba Said Ahmad,  Minister of State 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 actualization of the
government’s priorities.