Tinubu Finally Names Minister Designate For Niger Delta, Reshuffles 3 Others | READ MORE
Faith Ukanwa
Aug 21, 2023
Tinubu Finally Names Minister Designate For Niger Delta, Reshuffles 3 Others | READ MORE
President Bola Tinubu has finally appointed a minister designate for the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, following murmuring over the earlier omision of the ministry from the ministerial list.
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According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu has approved the redeployment of Engineer Abubakar Momoh from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development.
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Tinubu also changed the ministry's name from Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs to Niger Delta Development.
The statement added that the Federal Ministry of Youth will be re-assigned to a Minister-Designate soon.
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The President also reshuffled the Ministers-Designate allocated to the Federal Ministries of Transportation, Interior, and Marine & Blue Economy.
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In the new arrangement, Adegboyega Oyetola is redeployed as the Minister of Marine & Blue Economy, Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo is redeployed as the Minister of Interior, while Hon. Sa'idu Alkali is redeployed as the Minister of Transportation
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Furthermore, both Ministers of State in the Oil & Gas sector are now domiciled in the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources with Senator Heineken Lokpobiri as the Minister of State (Oil), Petroleum Resources and Hon. Ekperipe Ekpo as the Minister of State (Gas), Petroleum Resources.
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"The President approves the renaming of the Federal Ministry of Environment and Ecological Management as the Federal Ministry of Environment.
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"All aforementioned changes take immediate effect by these directives of the PresidentÔÇØ the statement read in part.
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Meanwhile, the ministers designate are being inaugurated today in Abuja.
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