President Bola Tinubu has announced the movement of 10 ministers to different ministries.
In a press statement issued by Presidency on Wednesday, the new appointment came amid the sacking of five ministers and reshuffling of his cabinet.
The president had sacked five of his ministers.
The names of the sacked ministers are Barr. Uju-Ken Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs; Lola Ade-John, Minister of Tourism; Prof Tahir Mamman SAN OON, Minister of Education; Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo, Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development; and Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim, Minister of Youth Development.
The President also reassigned some of the existing members of his cabinet to different ministries.
The newly reassigned ministers are: Hon Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu, Dr. Morufu Olatunji Alausa, Barr. Bello Muhammad Goronyo and Hon. Abubakar Eshiokpekha Momo.
Others are Uba Maigari Ahmadu, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, Sen. John Owan Enoh, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Ayodele Olawande, and Dr. Salako Iziaq Adekunle Adeboye.
The affected ministries are: Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Minister of Education, Minister of State Works, Minister of Regional Development, Minister of State Regional Development, Minister of State Finance, Minister of State Trade and Investment [Industry], Minister of Women Affairs, Minister for Youth Development and Minister of State Health.
Tanko Sununu was moved as the Minister of State, Education to become the Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction.
Alausa, who is the Minister of State for Health will become the Minister of Education.
Goronyo who is the Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation will become the Minister of State for Works.
Momoh, the Minister of Niger Delta Development will become the Minister of Regional Development.
Ahmadu, the Minister of State Steel Development will become the Minister of State, Regional Development.
Uzoka-Anite, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, will become the Minister of State for Finance.
Enoh, the Minister of Sports Development, will become the Minister of State Trade and Investment [Industry].
Sulaiman-Ibrahim, the Minister of State, Police Affairs will become the Minister of Women Affairs.
Olawande, the Minister of State for Youth Development, will become the Minister of Youth Development while Adeboye, Minister of State, Environment, will become the Minister of State, Health.
