President Bola Tinubu has rejigged his cabinet after months of growing calls from Nigerians.
The president on Wednesday implemented eight actions which include sacking five ministers, reassigning ten others to new ministerial portfolios, appointing seven new ministers for Senate confirmation, renaming of the Ministry of Niger Delta Development to the Ministry of Regional Development to oversee the Regional Development Commissions, scrapping to the Ministry of Sports Development and transferring its functions to the National Sports Commission, among others.
The sacked ministers include:
Uju-Ken Ohanenye, the minister of Women Affairs
Lola Ade-John, the minister of Tourism
Tahir Mamman, minister of Education
Abdullahi Gwarzo, the minister of State, Housing and Urban Development
Jamila Ibrahim, the minister of Youth Development.
This was contained in a press statement released by the presidency on Wednesday.
Read the full list of the sacked, redeployed and new appointed ministers in the press statement below.
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