By Emeka Ugwuanyi
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday redeployed three ministers-designate to new ministries.
The redeployment was contained in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale.
President Tinubu also renamed the Ministry of Environment and Ecological Management to Federal Ministry of Environment. At last, he also named a minister-designate for the Ministry of Niger Delta Developmenta
The changes, according to the presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, take immediate effect.
According to the statement, Engr. Abubakar Momoh has been redeployed from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development. The Federal Ministry of Youth will be reassigned to a minister-designate soon.
“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 also approved the renaming of the Federal Ministry of Environment and Ecological Management as the Federal Ministry of Environment.
“All aforementioned changes take immediate effect by the directives of the President,” Ngelale said in the statement.
The President had last week assigned portfolios for the 45 ministers-designate and reserved the Minister of Environment and Ecological Management for Kaduna State.
