President Bola Tinubu reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday,
sacking five of his 47 ministers, and appointing seven fresh persons as
ministers pending Senate confirmation.
Despite the shake-up on Wednesday, about 30 ministers were not affected; they were not sacked or redeployed.
They are:
- MINISTER OF POWER – ADEBAYO ADELABU
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- MINISTER OF DEFENCE – MOHAMMED BADARU
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- MINISTER OF STATE, DEFENCE – BELLO MATAWALLE
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- MINISTER OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT – AHMED M. DANGIWA
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- MINISTER OF BUDGET & ECONOMIC PLANNING – ATIKU BAGUDU
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- MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES & SANITATION – JOSEPH UTSEV
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- MINISTER OF POLICE AFFAIRS – IBRAHIM GEIDAM
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- MINISTER OF STEEL DEVELOPMENT – SHUAIBU A. AUDU
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- MINISTER OF FINANCE AND COORDINATING MINISTER OF THE ECONOMY – WALE EDUN
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- MINISTER OF FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY (FCT) – NYESOM WIKE
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- MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION – SA’IDU ALKALI
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- MINISTER OF STATE (GAS) PETROLEUM RESOURCES – EKPERIPE EKPO
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- MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT – BALARABE ABBAS LAWAL
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- MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY – ABUBAKAR KYARI
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- MINISTER OF STATE, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY – ALIYU SABI ABDULLAHI
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- MINISTER OF INTERIOR – OLUBUNMI TUNJI-OJO
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- MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS – YUSUF M. TUGGAR
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- COORDINATING MINISTER OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE – ALI PATE
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- MINISTER OF AVIATION AND AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT – FESTUS KEYAMO
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- MINISTER OF WORKS – DAVID UMAHI
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- MINISTER OF STATE (OIL) PETROLEUM RESOURCES – HEINEKEN LOKPOBIRI
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- MINISTER OF INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – UCHE NNAJI
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- MINISTER OF SOLID MINERALS DEVELOPMENT – DELE ALAKE
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- MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND NATIONAL ORIENTATION – MUHAMMED IDRIS
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- ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE – LATEEF FAGBEMI
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- MINISTER OF MARINE AND BLUE ECONOMY – ADEGBOYEGA OYETOLA
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- MINISTER OF STATE, LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT– NKIRUKA ONYEJEOCHA
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- MINISTER OF SPECIAL DUTIES AND INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS – ZEPHANIAH JISALO
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- MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, INNOVATION AND DIGITAL ECONOMY – BOSUN TIJANI
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The President also sacked five ministers and nominated seven new ministers for Senate confirmation.
The President removed Yusuf Sununu as Minister of State for Education
and reassigned him as the Minister of State, Humanitarian Affairs and
Poverty Reduction.
Olatunji Alausa was removed as Minister of State, Health and reassigned as the Minister of Education.
Bello Goronyo was removed as Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation and reassigned as Minister of State Works.
Abubakar Momoh was relieved as Minister of Niger Delta Development and reassigned as Minister of Regional Development.
Tinubu
reassigned Uba Maigari Ahmadu as Minister of State, Regional
Development, from his previous portfolio as Minister of State, Steel
Development.The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris
Uzoka-Anite, was reassigned as Minister of State Finance to deputised
the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale
Edun.
Sports Minister John Enoh was reassigned as the new Minister of State, Trade and Investment.
Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim was removed as Minister of State, Police Affairs and reassigned as Minister of Women Affairs.
Ayodele Olawande was elevated as Minister of Youth Development from
his initial portfolio as Minister of State for Youth Development.
Minister of State, Environment, Iziak Salako was reassigned as Minister of State, Health.
Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, appointed 48
ministers in August 2023, three months after his inauguration. The
Senate immediately screened and confirmed the ministers. One of the
ministers, Betta Edu, was suspended in January while another, Simon
Lalong, moved to the Senate.
There have been calls for the President to reshuffle his cabinet as
many Nigerians have not been impressed by the performance of some of the
ministers, especially in the face of unprecedented inflation,
excruciating economic situation and rising insecurity.
In September, presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said the President
would reshuffle his cabinet but didn’t give a time to the
reorganisation.
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