President Bola Tinubu has reassigned new portfolios of ten members of his cabinet.
They include John Enoh, minister of sports development; Yusuf Sununu, minister of state for education; and Ayodele Olawande, minister of state for youth development; Morufu Alausa, minister of state for health; and Abubakar Momoh, minister of Niger Delta development.
Others are Uba Ahmadu, minister of state steel development; Doris Uzoka-Anite, minister of industry, trade and investment; Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, minister of state for police affairs; Bello Goronyo, minister of state for water resources and sanitation; and Salako Adeboye, minister of state for environment.
The ministers were assigned new roles during the federal executive council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday.
Alausa was upgraded to minister of education, with Enoh redeployed as the minister of state trade and investment (industry).
Goronyo will resume as minister of state for works, and Olawande as the new minister for youth development.
Sulaiman-Ibrahim was redeployed as minister of women affairs, with Uzoka-Anite as the new minister of state for finance
During the weekly federal executive council (FEC) meeting, President Tinubu sacked five ministers, and appointed seven new ones
The newly appointed ministers will face the senate for screening and confirmation
Idi Mukhtar Maiha was appointed as the minister of livestock development while Yusuf Abdullahi Ata is the minister of state, housing and urban development.
The president also 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
