President Bola Tinubu on Sunday redeployed former Governor of Osun State and Minister-designate, Adegboyega Oyetola, from the Ministry of Transportation to the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy while he moved Bunmi Tunji-Ojo (formerly designated as the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy) to the Ministry of Interior.
The President also redeployed another Minister-designate, Abubakar Momoh, from the Ministry of Youth to the Ministry of Niger Delta Development while Sa’idu Alkali was redeployed as the Minister of Transportation.
“The Federal Ministry of Youth is to be re-assigned to a Minister-Designate soon,” said presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Sunday.
“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
“The President approves the renaming of the Federal Ministry of Environment and Ecological Management as the Federal Ministry of Environment.”
He said the changes take immediate effect.
The President had last week assigned portfolios for the 45 ministers-designate. They will all be sworn in today.
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