President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sacked the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman as well as the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy Ohaneye.
He also re-assigned 10 ministers to new ministerial portfolios and appointed seven new ministers for Senate confirmation.
This was made known by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
The President sacked Uju-Ken Ohanenye as Minister of Women Affairs; Lola Ade-John as Minister of Tourism; Tahir Mamman as Minister of Education; Abdullahi Gwarzo as Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development; and Jamila Ibrahim as Minister of Youth Development.
Tinubu nominated Bianca Odumegu-Ojukwu as the Minister of State Foreign Affairs, while Nentawe Yilwatda as the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, officially bringing an end to the tenure of suspended Betta Edu.
The President also nominated Maigari Dingyadi as the Minister of Labour and Employment, Jumoke Oduwole as the Minister of Industry, Idi Maiha as Minister for the newly created Livestock Development Ministry, Yusuf Ata as the Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, with Suwaiba Ahmad as Minister of State Education.
He also appointed Shehu Dikko as Chairman of the National Sports
Commission.
“The appointment of Sunday Akin Dare as Special Adviser to the
President on Public Communication and Orientation working from the
Ministry of Information and National Orientation,” the Presidency said.
The President thanked the outgoing Federal Executive Council members for their service and wished them success in their future endeavors.
He urged the newly appointed ministers and those reassigned to view their roles as a national duty.
He emphasized the government’s commitment to setting Nigeria on a path of irreversible growth and charged them to put their best efforts into achieving the administration’s key priorities.
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