From Scrapped Ministry Of Sports, Owan Enoh Moves To Trade/Investment Ministry

Contrary to speculations, Senator John Owan Enoh has not been sacked. Instead, he has been moved to the ministry of trade and investment in the cabinet shake-up that was announced by The Presidency on Wednesday.

At the executive council meeting, some major decisions were also taken, including the strange appointment of new ministers and who were equally assigned portfolios, without recourse to the senate for screening.

 According to a statement from the government, the following decisions were taken:

• 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 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.

•  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;

•  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 re-assignment of ten (10) ministers to new ministerial portfolios;

• The discharge of five (5) Ministers.

•  The nomination of seven (7) new ministers for onward transmission to Senate for confirmation;

•  The appointment of Shehu Dikko as Chairman of the National Sports Commission;

• The appointment of Sunday Akin Dare as Special Adviser to the President on Public Communication and Orientation working from the Ministry of Information and National Orientation