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Tinubu Shuffles Ministerial Positions, Reinstates Niger Delta Ministry

 


By Iheanyi Chukwudi

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the redeployment of Engr. Abubakar Momoh from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development.


The Federal Ministry of Youth is to be re-assigned to a Minister-Designate soon.

Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement said that the President also reshuffled Ministers-Designate allocated to the Federal Ministries of Transportation, Interior, and Marine & Blue Economy.


His Excellency, Adegboyega Oyetola is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Marine & Blue Economy, while Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Interior.

Hon. Sa’idu Alkali is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Transportation.

Furthermore, both Ministers of State in the Oil & Gas sector are now domiciled in the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources with Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri as the Hon. Minister of State (Oil), Petroleum Resources.

Hon. Ekperipe Ekpo is the Hon. Minister of State (Gas), Petroleum Resources.


The President approves the renaming of the Federal Ministry of Environment and Ecological Management as the Federal Ministry of Environment.


Ngelale said that "All aforementioned changes take immediate effect by these directives of the President."



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