President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in seven new ministers recently cleared by the Senate.
Gatekeepers News reports that the President equally carried out a minor cabinet reshuffle which affected 11 ministerial positions.
See the list of the ministers’ new portfolios:
- Adeleke Mamora/minister of science and technology (formerly minister of state, health)
- Mu’azu Jaji Sambo/minister of transportation (formerly minister of power)
- Umanna Okon Umanna/minister of Niger Delta
- Sharon Ikeazor/minister of state, Niger Delta (formerly minister of state, environment)
- Gbemisola Saraki/minister of state, mines and steel development (formerly minister of state, transportation)
- Umar Ibrahim EI-Yakub/minister of state, works and housing
- Goodluck Nanah Opiah/minister of state, education
- Ekumankama Joseph Nkama/minister of state, health
- Ikoh Henry Ikechukwu/minister of state, science, and technology
- Odum Udi/minister of state, environment
- Ademola Adewole Adegoroye/minister of state, transportation.
President Buhari swore in the seven ministers whose appointment was confirmed by the Senate on June 29 before the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday.
Umanna, El-Yakub, Opiah, Nkama, Udi, Adegoroye, and Ikechukwu were appointed to fill in the vacuum left by Rotimi Amaechi, Ogbonnaya Onu, and five others who resigned in May to pursue political ambitions.
