By Nudoiba Ojen
President Bola Tinubu has reshuffled his cabinet.
The exercise saw to the re-assignment of 10 ministers to new ministerial portfolios and the discharge of five ministers.
Also, seven new ministers were nominated for onward transmission to Senate for confirmation.
The President also approved the appointment of Shehu Dikko as Chairman of the National Sports Commission.
Tinubu also approved the appointment of Sunday Akin Dare as Special Adviser to the President on Public Communication and Orientation working from the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation.
Other decisions taken at the Federal Executive Council on Wednesday are approval of the immediate implementation of eight far-reaching actions to reinvigorate the administration’s capacity for optimal efficiency pursuant of his commitment to deliver on his promises to Nigerians.
The eight actions approved by Mr. President include:
1. The renaming of the Ministry of Nigeria Delta Development to Ministry of Regional Development to oversee the activities of all the Regional Development Commissions.
The Regional Development Commissions are to be under the supervision of the new Ministry are; the Niger Delta Development Commission, the South East Development Commission, the North East Development and the North West Development Commission.
2. The immediate winding up of the Ministry of Sports Development and the transfer of its functions to the National Sports Commission in order to develop a vibrant sports economy: and
3. The merger of the Federal Ministry of Tourism and the Federal Ministry of Arts and Culture to become Federal Ministry of Art. Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy;
The President thanked the outgoing members of the Federal Executive Council for their service to the nation while wishing them the best in their future endeavours.
He then charged the newly appointed ministers as well as their reassigned colleagues to see their appointment as a call to serve the nation. He added that all appointees must understand the administration’s eagerness and determination to set Nigeria on the path to irreversible growth and invest the best of their abilities into the actualisation of the government’s priorities.
