* Reshuffles some ministers-designate, portfolios
In what can be regarded as bowing to agitation from South-South stakeholders who insist on a ministry that will cater for their needs, President Bola Tinubu has appointed Eng Abubakar Momoh as the Minister-designate of Niger Delta Development.
Tinubu consequently approved the redeployment of Momoh from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, stated this in a statement made available to TheIdeal News on Sunday.
The presidential spokesman added that the Federal Ministry of Youth is to be re-assigned to a Minister-Designate soon.
He also disclosed that the President had reshuffled some ministers-designate with new ministries.
The statement reads in part, “The Ministers-Designate allocated to the Federal Ministries of Transportation, Interior, and Marine & Blue Economy have been reshuffled as follows:
(A) H.E. Adegboyega Oyetola is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Marine & Blue Economy
(B) Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Interior
(C) 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:
(i) Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri is the Hon. Minister of State (Oil), Petroleum Resources
(ii) 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.”
According to Ngelale, the aforementioned changes take immediate effect by these directives of the President.
