President Bola Tinubu initiated a long-anticipated cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, announcing the dismissal of five ministers and nominating seven new candidates for Senate confirmation.
In addition to the new appointments, Tinubu re-assigned ten ministers to different portfolios, signaling a strategic shift within his administration.
Notable nominations include Bianca Odumegu-Ojukwu for Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Nentawe Yilwatda as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, officially concluding the tenure of suspended minister Betta Edu.
Other new appointees are Maigari Dingyadi as Minister of Labour and Employment, Jumoke Oduwole as Minister of Industry, Idi Maiha as Minister for the newly established Livestock Development Ministry, Yusuf Ata as Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, and Suwaiba Ahmad as Minister of State for Education.
In this reshuffle, the President relieved Uju-Ken Ohanenye from her position as Minister of Women Affairs, along with Lola Ade-John (Minister of Tourism), Tahir Mamman (Minister of Education), Abdullahi Gwarzo (Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development), and Jamila Ibrahim (Minister of Youth Development).
Expressing gratitude, the President thanked the outgoing members of the Federal Executive Council for their service to the nation and wished them well in their future endeavors.
He urged the newly appointed and reassigned ministers to view their appointments as a call to serve the country.
“The administration is eager and determined to set Nigeria on a path to irreversible growth,” he stated, emphasizing that all appointees must invest their utmost efforts in achieving the government’s priorities
