Bianca, Six Others To Be Sworn-in as Ministers Monday

By Gideon Njoku

By Monday, November 4, President Bola Tinubu will have the full complement of  his Cabinet. According to a statement by his Special Adviser  Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu will swear in his newly appointed Ministers-designate on Monday.

President Bola Tinubu will swear in seven newly-appointed ministers on Monday. He nominated them after he dropped five of his Ministers from his Cabinet.

One of the seven to be sworn-in is Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, widow of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Head of State of defunct Biafra Republic, former Beauty Queen and former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain. She will be sworn-in as the Minister of State, Foreign Affairs.

Mr Onanuga’s statement reads released Sunday reads:

“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will swear in the new seven ministers tomorrow Monday. The Ministers are Dr Nentawe Yilwatda – Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction; Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi – Minister of Labour & Employment; Bianca Odinaka Odumegwu-Ojukwu – Minister of State Foreign Affairs,” he said.

“Others are Dr Jumoke Oduwole – Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment (Trade and Investment), Idi Mukhtar Maiha – Minister of Livestock Development; Yusuf Abdullahi Ata – Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development and Dr Suwaiba Said Ahmad – Minister of State Education.”

The Senate had last week cleared the ministers following a screening in Abuja. They were appointed after President Bola Tinubu reshuffled the cabinet following calls for a rejig.

Tinubu sacked five ministers and nominated seven others as ministers, and forwarded their names to the Senate for confirmation.He also re-assigned 10 ministers to new portfolios.

Others to be sworn-in are Nentawe Yilwatda Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Maigari Dingyadi,  Minister of Labour and Employment, Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of Industry, Idi Maiha  Minister for the newly created Livestock Development Ministry, Yusuf Ata,Minister of State, Housing, and Urban Development, and Suwaiba Ahmad, Minister of State Education.

Bianca’s father, late Christian Onoh, was the Governor of Old Anambra State.