President Bola Tinubu began today the reshuffling of his cabinet with the sacking of five ministers and the nomination of seven new ones for Senate confirmation.
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. Bianca Odumegu-Ojukwu was nominated 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.
President Tinubu and the Federal Executive Council, FEC also scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry, and the Ministry of Sports Development. There will now be a Ministry of Regional Development to oversee all the Regional Development Commissions. The National Sports Commission will take over the role of the Ministry of Sports. The FEC also approved the merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of Culture and Creative Economy.
