Ahead Of Inauguration, President Tinubu Reshuffles Cabinet, Creates New Ministry

By Ayodele Oni

Ministers due for inauguration on Monday have been reshuffled in a minor cabinet readjustment.

This followed concerns and condemnations which trailed allocations of portfolios to the Ministers and the scrapping of the Ministry of Niger Delta. Niger Delta Stakeholders had threatened fire and brimstone over the non- allocation of a Minister to it.

President Bola Tinubu has, therefore, approved the redeployment of Engr. Abubakar Momoh from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development.

The Federal Ministry of Youth is to be re-assigned to a Minister-Designate soon.

The Ministers-Designate allocated to the Federal Ministries of Transportation, Interior, and Marine & Blue Economy have been reshuffled as follows:

“H.E. Adegboyega Oyetola is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Marine & Blue Economy.

Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Interior.

A statement by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Sunday,  stated that “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:

“Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri is the Hon. Minister of State (Oil), Petroleum Resources. 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.”