President Bola Tinubu begins the cabinet reshufflement with the scrapping of Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development.
Announcing this today, October 23, the Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, said that there would now be a ministry of regional development to oversee all the regional development commissions, such as Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West Development Commission, North East Development Commission.
He said that the National Sports Commission would take over the role of the Ministry of Sports, adding that the decisions were taken at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting today.
Onanuga said that the president has also approved the merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of Culture and Creative Economy.
Details later…
