Cabinet reshuffle: Tinubu scraps Niger Delta, Sports ministries, merges 2 others
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu began the much-awaited cabinet reshuffle as the president announced the scrapping of the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development.
Bayo Onanuga, presidential spokesman, while announcing this on Wednesday, said, “There will now be a ministry of regional development to oversee all the regional development commissions, such as Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West Development Commission, North East Development Commission.”
“The National Sports Commission will take over the role of the Ministry of Sports,” Onanuga said.
Onanuga, who stated that the decisions were taken at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday, added that the president has also approved the merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of Culture and Creative Economy.
However, it is unclear what the fate of Abubakar Momoh, former Niger Delta Affairs Minister, and John Enoh, former sports minister, is.
Furthermore, the merger details are still being awaited as it has not been stated if Hannatu Musawa, culture minister, would be in charge of the merged ministry or Lola Ade-John, tourism minister, would oversee the ministry.
Details later…
