…Sacks Five Others
By PAULINE PODKA
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has Bianca Odinaka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, widow of the late Ikemba of Nnewi, has been named Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
Tinubu also named Sunday Dare, former Minister of Sports, as Special Adviser to the President on Public Communication and Orientation.
Also appointed are Nentawe Yilwatda, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, Minister of Labour and Employment, Jumoke Oduwole Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, Minister of Livestock Development, Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, Suwaiba Said Ahmad, Minister of State Education.
Also, President Tinubu has sacked five ministers from his cabinet.
Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made this disclosure while briefing State House Correspondents.
The affected ministers are Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs; Lola Ade-John, the Minister of Tourism; and Jamila Bio Ibrahim, Minister of Youth Development.
Tahir Mamman was also relieved of his duty as the Minister of Education, while Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo was let go as Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development.
The termination of their appointments was announced at the federal executive council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday.
“The president thanked the outgoing members of the Federal Executive Council for their service to the nation while wishing them the best in their future endeavours,” the presidency said in a statement.
He then charged the newly appointed ministers as well as their reassigned colleagues to see their appointment as a call to serve the nation.
“He added that all appointees must understand the administration’s eagerness and determination to set Nigeria on the path to irreversible growth and invest the best of their abilities into the actualisation of the government’s priorities.”
The president also announced the re-assignment of 10 ministers to new portfolios and the nomination of seven new ministers for onward transmission
to the Senate for confirmation.