FCT, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu sacked five ministers from his cabinet on Wednesday, October 23.
The presidency said the dismissal is part of “eight far-reaching actions to reinvigorate the administration’s capacity for optimal efficiency pursuant of his (President Tinubu’s) commitment to deliver on his promises to Nigerians.”
Tinubu announced the new development at the federal executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja.
A statement by the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), George Akume, partly reads:
TimesNow.com.ng reports that Barrister Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye (women affairs), Lola Ade-John (tourism), Professor Tahir Mamman (education), Jamila Bio Ibrahim (youth), and Abdullahi Tijjani Gwarzo (junior housing and urban development minister), are the five cabinet members who were dismissed.
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Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Edwin Clark, convener of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), said the people of the south-south region reject the scrapping of the ministry of Niger Delta affairs.
The elder statesman accused the Tinubu-led government of plans to use the money from the south-south geo-political zones to develop the various newly-established development commissions from the geo-political zones.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
