President Bola Tinubu reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday, sacking five of his 47 ministers, and appointing seven fresh persons as ministers pending Senate confirmation......Read The Full Article>>.....Read The Full Article>>
The President also sacked five ministers and nominated seven new ministers for Senate confirmation.
The President removed Yusuf Sununu as Minister of State for Education and reassigned him as the Minister of State, Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction.
Olatunji Alausa was removed as Minister of State, Health and reassigned as the Minister of Education.
Bello Goronyo was removed as Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation and reassigned as Minister of State Works.
Abubakar Momoh was relieved as Minister of Niger Delta Development and reassigned as Minister of Regional Development.
Tinubu reassigned Uba Maigari Ahmadu as Minister of State, Regional Development, from his previous portfolio as Minister of State, Steel Development.
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Uzoka-Anite, was reassigned as Minister of State Finance to deputised the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun.
Sports Minister John Enoh was reassigned as the new Minister of State, Trade and Investment.
Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim was removed as Minister of State, Police Affairs and reassigned as Minister of Women Affairs.
Ayodele Olawande was elevated as Minister of Youth Development from his initial portfolio as Minister of State for Youth Development.
Minister of State, Environment, Iziak Salako was reassigned as Minister of State, Health.
Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, appointed 48 ministers in August 2023, three months after his inauguration. The Senate immediately screened and confirmed the ministers. One of the ministers, Betta Edu, was suspended in January while another, Simon Lalong, moved to the Senate.
There have been calls for the President to reshuffle his cabinet as many Nigerians have not been impressed by the performance of some of the ministers, especially in the face of unprecedented inflation, excruciating economic situation and rising insecurity.
In September, presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said the President would reshuffle his cabinet but didn’t give a time to the reorganisation…READ FULL CONTENT FROM THE SOURCE ↔️
