President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has also reshuffled the portfolios of ten ministers in his cabinet.
Those reassigned portfolios are Minister of State, Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu, now Minister of State Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction; Minister of State, Health, Dr. Morufu Alausa, who becomes Minister of Education; and Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation, Bello Goronyo, now named Minister of State Works.
Minister of Niger Delta Development, Abubakar Momoh, will head the new Ministry of Regional Development; while Minister of State Steel Development, Uba Ahmadu, will assist Momoh as Minister of State Regional Development.
Former Commissioner for Finance in Imo, Doris Uzoka-Anite, a medical doctor-turned-banker who was Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, is the Minister of State Finance.
Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Enoh, is the Minister of State Trade and Investment (Industry).
Erstwhile Minister of State, Police Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, takes over as Minister of Women Affairs.
Ayodele Olawande, formerly Minister of State for Youth Development, takes over Youth Development, while Minister of State, Environment, Dr. Salako Adeboye, is the Minister of State, Health.
All the other ministers retain their portfolios.
Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said President Tinubu thanked the outgoing members of the FEC for their service to the nation while wishing them the best in their future endeavours.
He charged the new ministers as well as their reassigned colleagues to see their appointments 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,” Onanuga added.
The sacked ministers were part of the President’s initial cabinet sworn in on August 21, 2023, except Dr. Ibrahim who took office on October 9, 2023.
