President Bola Tinubu has announced a reshuffle in his yet to be inaugurated cabinet.
A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, Sunday evening revealed the reassignment of portfolios for some ministers-designate.
Below is the presidential aide’s full statement:
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
President Bola Tinubu has approved the redeployment of Engr. Abubakar Momoh from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development.
The Federal Ministry of Youth is to be re-assigned 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 approves the renaming of the Federal Ministry of Environment and Ecological Management as the Federal Ministry of Environment.
All aforementioned changes take immediate effect by these directives of the President.
Ajuri Ngelale
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
August 20, 2023
QUESTION: Does this mean that the Portfolios given to those Minister designates were not well thought out before making those appointments?
COMMENT: The knee-jack decisions and the summersaults of PBAT on highly important national issues do not reflect a government that is certain of what she is doing, which may affect the confidence of foreign investors wanting to invest in Nigeria. Nigerians are still dealing with the after effects of the not well thought out policy of the removal of fuel subsidy on the country, one that heavily relies on that particular product, from transportation, to power generation, and so on.
The flip flop has to stop.
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