Minister-designates have arrived at the Conference Centre of the State House Presidential Villa in Abuja for their inauguration by President Bola Tinubu.
This is as seen in a video obtained by Naija News on Monday morning.
It would be recalled that ahead of today’s inauguration ceremony, the Minister-designates had gone through a documentation process over the weekend at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF).
See the video of their arrival at the venue of the inauguration..
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Meanwhile, ahead of today’s inauguration, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday approved the redeployment of Engr. Abubakar Momoh from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development and directed all minor amendments to ministry nomenclature and portfolio allocation.
According to presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale in a statement, the Federal Ministry of Youth is to be reassigned to a Minister-Designate soon.
The statement also noted that 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 and 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 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 these directives of the President.
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