President Bola Tinubu has approved the reshuffling of four of his newly appointed Ministers; Engr. Abubakar Momoh had been redeployed as the Minster-Designate from the Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development. More so, the Ministers-Designate allocated to the Federal Ministries of Transportation, Interior, and Marine & Blue Economy have been reshuffled as follows: Adegboyega Oyetola is redeployed as the Minister of Marine & Blue Economy, Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo is redeployed as the Minister of Interior and Hon. Sa’idu Alkali is redeployed as the Minister of Transportation.
The statement which was issued by the presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale reads, “Adegboyega Oyetola is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Marine & Blue Economy “Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Interior.“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:“ Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri is the Hon. Minister of State (Oil), Petroleum Resources.“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.”
