Few hours to the ministers’ inauguration on Monday in Abuja, President Bola Tinubu has approved the shuffling of portfolios earlier assigned to the appointees.
In the latest exercise announced on Sunday, Engr. Abubakar Momoh has been changed from the Federal Ministry of Youths to the newly created Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development while the Ministry of Youths is to be re-assigned to a Minister-designate soon.
Also affected are ministers-designate allocated to the Federal Ministries of Transportation, Interior, and Marine & Blue Economy.
A statement by Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity and given to Persecondnews on Sunday, said ex-Osun Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola is to take charge in the Ministry of Marine & Blue Economy, while Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo will man the Ministry of Interior.
Hon. Sa’idu Alkali will take oath tomorrow as the Minister of Transportation.
Furthermore, both Ministers of State in the oil and gas sector are now domiciled in the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources with the following designations:
(I) Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri is the Hon. Minister of State (Oil), Petroleum Resources.
(ii) Hon. Ekperipe Ekpo is the Hon. Minister of State (Gas), Petroleum Resources.
The statement also said the President has approved the renaming of the Federal Ministry of Environment and Ecological Management as the Federal Ministry of Environment.
All the changes take immediate effect.
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