Breaking: Tinubu Kicks Out Uju-Kennedy, Tahir Mohammed, Others

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October 23, 2024

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Appoints Bianca Onoh, Jumoke Oduwole As Ministers

By Kolawole Ojebisi

President Bola Tinubu has fired five ministers from his cabinet.

The decision was taken on Wednesday. The affected ministers are Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs; Lola Ade-John, the Minister of Tourism; and Jamila Bio Ibrahim, Minister of Youth Development.

Tahir Mamman was also reliveed of his duty as the Minister of Education while Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo was let go as Minister of state, Housing and Urban Development.

In another development, late Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s widow and former Nigerian Ambassador to Netherlands, Bianca Onoh has been nominated as minister of state for Foreign Affairs while Jumoke Oduwole will likely take over the portfolio of Minister of Industry, Trade and Imvestment.

This is the latest in line of the ongoing reforms by the president who has been under pressure to rejig his cabinet.

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