President Bola Tinubu has 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.
Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement on Sunday evening, said 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, while Hon. Sa’idu Alkali is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Transportation.”
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Ngelale said: “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.”
President Tinubu according to the statement also approved 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,” the statement said.
The Ministers-designate will be sworn-in on Monday, August 21 at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja.
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