By Udesinanna Stephen
President Bola Tinubu has restructured, redeployed and reshuffled Ministers to new designations.
This was revealed in a press statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President, Ajuri Ngelale.
According to him, the President has separated the Ministry of State (Oil), Petroleum Resources and the Ministry of State (Gas), Petroleum Resources.
He said, “both Ministers of State in the Oil & Gas sector are now domiciled in the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources with the following designations: Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri is the Hon. Minister of State (Oil), Petroleum Resources; Hon. Ekperipe Ekpo is the Hon. Minister of State (Gas), Petroleum Resources.”
Also, he noted President Tinubu has approved the redeployment of Engr. Abubakar Momoh from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development, adding that the Federal Ministry of Youth is to be reassigned to a Minister-Designate soon.
As obtained from the Nigeria Television Authority Twitter handle @NTANewsNow, Ajuri said, “The Ministers-Designate allocated to the Federal Ministries of Transportation, Interior, and Marine & Blue Economy have been reshuffled as follows: H.E. Adegboyega Oyetola is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Marine & Blue Economy; Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Interior! Hon. Sa’idu Alkali is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Transportation
“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.” He directs.