By Williams Amofokhai
President Bola Tinubu has reshuffled the portfolios of some ministers-designate, with former Governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola among those affected.
Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said Tinubu has approved the redeployment of Engr. Abubakar Momoh from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development.
He said the Federal Ministry of Youth is to be re-assigned to a Minister-Designate soon.
Ngelale stated that the Ministers-designate allocated to the Federal Ministries of Transportation, Interior, and Marine & Blue Economy had been reshuffled.
Oyetola is redeployed as the Minister of Marine & Blue Economy, Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo is redeployed as the Minister of Interior, while Hon. Sa’idu Alkali is redeployed as the Minister of Transportation.
Ngelale said both Ministers of State in the Oil and Gas sector are now domiciled in the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources.
He said Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri is the Hon. Minister of State (Oil), Petroleum Resources while Hon. Ekperipe Ekpo is the Hon. Minister of State (Gas), Petroleum Resources.
He added that Tinubu had approved the renaming of the Federal Ministry of Environment and Ecological Management as the Federal Ministry of Environment.
