Breaking: Tinubu Announces ‘Cabinet’ Shake-Up

President Bola Tinubu has approved a cabinet shake-up with the redeployment of at least four of his yet-to-be-inaugurated ministers with the re-emergence of the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development.

A statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Media, Ajuri Ngelale said that Engr. Abubakar Momoh who had earlier been announced as the minister of Youth has been redeployed to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development.

He said that the Federal Ministry of Youth is to be re-assigned to a Minister-Designate soon.

The statement announcing the approval of President Tinubu on the cabinet shake-up, read thus:

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.

All aforementioned changes take immediate effect by these directives of the President.

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