CABINET RESHUFFLING: How Tinubu Sacked 5 Ministers, Appointed 7, Redeployed 10

CABINET RESHUFFLING: How Tinubu Sacked 5 Ministers, Appointed 7, Redeployed 10

Following the cabinet reshufflement, President Bola Tinubu has sacked the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman (SAN), and his Minister of Women Affairs counterpart, Barr. Uju-Ken Ohanenye.

Tinubu further removed Lola Ade-John (Minister of Tourism) Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo (Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development) and Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim (Minister of Youth Development.)

The President who reassigned ten ministers to new ministerial portfolios also forwarded ten new ministerial nominees to the Senate for confirmation.

The newly appointed ministers are: Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi (Minister of Labour & Employment, Federal Ministry of Labour & Employment; Bianca Odinaka Odumegu-Ojukwu (Minister of State Foreign Affairs) 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.

Those redeployed to new ministries are former Minister of State, Education Hon Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu now Minister of State Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction; Dr. Morufu Olatunji Alausa former Minister State, Health, now Minister of Education, Barr. Bello Muhammad Goronyo former Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation now Minister of State Works, Hon. Abubakar Eshiokpekha Momoh former Minister of Niger Delta Development now Minister of Regional Development, Uba Maigari Ahmadu former Minister of State Steel Development now Minister of State Regional Development.

Others are 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 and 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, Minsister of State, Environment now Minister of State, Health.

According to the statement the President appointed Shehu Dikko as Chairman of the National Sports Commission and Sunday Akin Dare as Special Adviser to the President on Public Communication and Orientation working from the Ministry of Information and National Orientation.