Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has removed the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, three days after his appointment as Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo and redeployed him to the Ministry of Interior.
The President replaced Tunji-Ojo with Adegboyega Oyetola, whom he appointed earlier as Minister of Transportation.
The cabinet rejig came too quickly and unexpectedly as reports cite internal politics among the president’s top men.
The President in the new reshuffling also approved the redeployment of Abubakar Momoh from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development.
Here are the new changes in the ministerial portfolio:
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 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.
