PRESIDENT TINUBU RESHUFFLES CABINET AND SACKS 5 MINISTERS
News of cabinet reshuffle as President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday reshuffled his cabinet and sacked five of his 47 ministers, and appointing seven fresh persons as ministers pending Senate confirmation
The President also nominated seven new ministers for Senate confirmation.
The President removed Yusuf Sununu as Minister of State for Education and reassigned him as the Minister of State, Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction.
Olatunji Alausa was removed as Minister of State, Health and reassigned as the Minister of Education.
Bello Goronyo was removed as Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation and reassigned as Minister of State Works.
Abubakar Momoh was relieved as Minister of Niger Delta Development and reassigned as Minister of Regional Development.
Tinubu reassigned Uba Maigari Ahmadu as Minister of State, Regional Development, from his previous portfolio as Minister of State, Steel Development.
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Uzoka-Anite, was reassigned as Minister of State Finance to deputised the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun among others.