President Bola Tinubu has asked the senate to confirm seven
new ministerial nominees.
Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter read by Senate
President Godswill Akpabio on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on
Thursday.
The president fired five ministers and appointed these new
ones in a cabinet shakeup on Wednesday.
The new appointments were announced in a statement issued by
the presidency after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting.
Bianca Odinaka Odumegu-Ojukwu was appointed as minister of
state foreign affairs and Jumoke Oduwole was assigned to the ministry of
industry, trade and investment.
Nentawe Yilwatda was appointed to replace the suspended
Betta Edu as the minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty reduction while
Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi was named the new minister of labour and employment.
While, Idi Mukhtar Maiha was appointed as the minister of
livestock development, Yusuf Abdullahi Ata was named as the minister of state,
housing and urban development.
Also, Tinubu approved the appointment of Suwaiba Said Ahmad
as the minister of state, education.
Meanwhile, Shehu Dikko was appointed as the chairman of the
National Sports Commission (NSC) which will now take over the duties of the
now-scrapped ministry of sports development.
Those relieved of their duties were Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye,
minister of women affairs; Lola Ade-John, the minister of tourism; and Jamila
Bio Ibrahim, minister of youth development.
Others are Tahir Mamman was also relieved of his duty as the
minister of education while Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo was let go as minister of
state, housing and urban development.
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