LIST OF MINISTERS REASSIGNED TO NEW PORTFOLIOS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu, former Minister of State, Education is now Minister of State at the Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction ministry; Dr. Morufu Olatunji Alausa, former Minister State for Health becomes Minister of Education.; Bello Muhammad Goronyo, former Minister of State for Water Resources and Sanitation is now Minister of State for Works;
Senator Abubakar Eshiokpekha Momoh, the Minister of Niger Delta Development becomes the new Minister of Regional Development; while Mr Uba Maigari Ahmadu Minister of State Steel Development is now Minister of State Regional Development; and Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, former Minister of Industry, Trade
and Investment is now the Minister of State at the ministry of Finance.
Sen. John Owan Enoh, former Minister of Sports Development is the new Minister of State for Trade and Investment; while Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, former Minister of State, Police Affairs is now the Minister of Women Affairs; Ayodele Olawande, Minister of State for Youth Development becomes the substantive Minister for Youth Development; and Dr. Salako Iziaq Adekunle Adeboye, former Minister of State for Environment is now the Minister of State for Health.
MINISTERS DROPPED ARE AS FOLLOWS
- Barr. Uju-Ken Ohanenye Minister of Women Affairs
- Lola Ade-John Minister of Tourism
- Prof Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education
- Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo, Minister of State, Housing and Urban
Development - Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim Minister of Youth Development
LIST OF NEW MINISTERS AND PORTFOLIOS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
- Dr Nentawe Yilwatda Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction
- Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, Minister of Labour & Employment
- Bianca Odinaka Odumegu-Ojukwu, Minister of State Foreign Affairs
- Dr Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment
- Idi Mukhtar Maiha, Ministry of Livestock Development
- Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development
- Dr Suwaiba Said Ahmad, Minister of State Education
The President thanked the outgoing members of the Federal Executive Council for their service to the nation while wishing them the best in their
future endeavours.
He then charged the newly appointed ministers as well as their reassigned colleagues to see their appointment as a call to serve the nation. He added
that all appointees must understand the administration’s eagerness and determination to set Nigeria on the path to irreversible growth and invest the best of their abilities into the actualisation of the
government’s priorities.
