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Breaking! Tinubu amends portfolio allocations; assigns Oyetola, others new ministries

Breaking! Tinubu amends portfolio allocations; assigns Oyetola, others new ministries

President Bola Tinubu has on Sunday announced a change in the allocation of ministries to his ministers-designate.
He has moved some of the ministers-designate to ministries other than those they had been assigned last week.

A statement by Ajuri Ngelale Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, noted that Tinubu 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.

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The statement explained that the Ministers-Designate allocated to the Federal Ministries of Transportation, Interior, and Marine & Blue Economy have been reshuffled as follows:

(A) H.E. Adegboyega Oyetola is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Marine & Blue Economy

(B) Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Interior

(C) Hon. Sa’idu Alkali is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Transportation

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.

All aforementioned changes take immediate effect by these directives of the President.

Breaking! Tinubu amends portfolio allocations; assigns Oyetola, others new ministries

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