Ministry of Youth: President Tinubu makes U-turn, reassigns 63-year-old Abubakar Momoh
President Bola Tinubu has approved the redeployment of a 63-year-old, Engr. Abubakar Momoh as Minister-Designate from Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development.
According to a release issued on Sunday evening by presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, the Federal Ministry of Youth is to be re-assigned to a Minister-Designate soon.
President Tinubu has been criticized for appointing who has advanced in age as a minister in the Federal Ministry of Youth.
Also, the Ministers-Designate allocated to the Federal Ministries of Transportation, Interior, and Marine & Blue Economy have been reshuffled as follows: Adegboyega Oyetola is redeployed as the Minister of Marine & Blue Economy, Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo is redeployed as the Minister of Interior and Hon. Sa’idu Alkali is redeployed as the 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: Senator Heineken Lokpobiri is the Minister of State (Oil), Petroleum Resources while Hon. Ekperipe Ekpo is the Minister of State (Gas), Petroleum Resources
The President also approved the renaming of the Federal Ministry of Environment and Ecological Management as the Federal Ministry of Environment.
The release further stated that all aforementioned changes take immediate effect by these directives of the President.
