President Tinubu sacks 6 ministers, appoints 7 others as replacement
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sacked six Ministers from his cabinet and also forwarded to the National Assembly seven ministerial nominees to take over the vacant positions.
The Ministers that were relieved from the cabinet were Prof. Tahir Mamman, (Education), Uju Kennedy Ohanenye (Women Affairs), Mohammed Gwarzo (State for Housing), Jamila Ibrahim (Youth Development), Lola Ade-John (Tourism) and the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu, who has been replaced.
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The President also forwarded seven new ministerial nominees to the National Assembly including wife of late Dim Odeimegwu Ojukwu, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu for confirmation.
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, presided over by the President, at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The President also changed the nomenclature of the Ministry of Niger Delta, renaming it Ministry of Regional
Development.
President Tinubu had earlier threatened to sack some of his ministers found to have under-performed in the last one year since he took over power.