National Telescope national telescope newspaper
Ahead the inauguration of Ministers scheduled to hold today (Monday), President Bola Tinubu has reshuffled portfolios of Ministerial-nominees.
Special Adviser to the President, Ajuri Ngelale disclosed that the president approved the transfer of Abubakar Momoh from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development.
The Ministers-Designate allocated to the Federal Ministries of Transportation, Interior, and Marine & Blue Economy have been reshuffled as follows:
(A) H.E. Adegboyega Oyetola is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Marine & Blue Economy
(B) Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Interior
(C) 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 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 President approves the renaming of the Federal Ministry of Environment and Ecological Management as the Federal Ministry of Environment.
He stated that the changes take immediate effect.
