JUST IN: SENATE SET TO BEGIN SCREENING OF MINISTERIAL NOMINEES TOMORROW
Tinubu reshuffled his cabinet before submitting his confirmation request to the Senate. The president dismissed five ministers, redeployed ten, and appointed seven others.
Uju-Ken Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs; Lola Ade-John, Minister of Tourism; Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education; Abdullahi Gwarzo, Minister of State, Housing, and Urban Development; and Jamila Ibrahim, Minister of Youth Development, were all fired.
Tinubu then appointed seven others. Yusuf Sununu, who was previously Minister of State for Education, was reallocated as Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction.
Olatunji Alausa was reassigned as Minister of Education, thus removing him from his position as Minister of State for Health.
Bello Goronyo was relieved of his duties as Minister of State for Water Resources and Sanitation and assigned to the Ministry of State Works.
Abubakar Momoh was removed from his duties as Minister of Niger Delta Development and sent to the Ministry of Regional Development.
Tinubu reassigned Uba Maigari Ahmadu to Minister of State, Regional Development, from his former position of Minister of State, Steel Development.
The Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Doris Uzoka-Anite, was reassigned as Minister of State Finance to deputised the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun.
President Tinubu reassigned Sports Minister John Enoh as the new Minister of State, Trade and Investment.
Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim was removed as Minister of State, Police Affairs and reassigned as Minister of Women Affairs.
Ayodele Olawande was elevated as Minister of Youth Development from his initial portfolio as Minister of State for Youth Development.
Minister of State, Environment, Iziak Salako was reassigned as Minister of State, Health