JUST IN: Major Reshuffle in Nigeria’s Ministries as Tinubu, FEC Announce Key Structural Changes

President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Executive Council (FEC) have approved significant restructuring of Nigeria’s federal ministries, reshaping key government agencies.

At today’s FEC meeting in Abuja, it was announced that the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs and the Ministry of Sports Development have been scrapped, with their responsibilities reallocated to new or existing bodies.

This was disclosed in a post by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on his verified X handle, @aonanuga1956.

The tweet reads: “President Tinubu and Federal Executive Council scrap Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of sports development. There will 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.

The National Sports Commission will take over the role of the Ministry of Sports. 

The FEC also approved the merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of Culture and Creative Economy. 

The decisions were taken today at the meeting of Federal Executive Council in Abuja.”