President Muhammadu Buhari, had reduced the number of federal ministries to 25 from about 29. Under the new dispensation, the
ministries of police affairs, aviation and special duties appear to have
been scrapped while ministries of Lands, Housing, Urban Development and
Works have been merged to become Ministry of Works and Housing. Also,
the information, culture, national orientation and tourism ministries
have been collapsed into one Ministry of Information and Culture. see others after the cut...
Also, the Ministries of Sports as well
as Youth Development have also been merged to form Ministry of Sports
and Youth Development.
The Ministry of Aviation is now under the Ministry of Transportation, among other mergers.
The development came even as the
President on Tuesday retired 17 permanent secretaries and announced the
appointment of 18 new ones.
In fact, indication that the President
had settled for just 25 ministries was contained in the announcement of
the appointment and deployment of permanent secretaries by his Special
Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina.
The permanent secretaries and their
ministries, according to the list released by Adesina, are Dr. Shehu
Ahmad (Agriculture and Rural Development); Mr. Sunday Echono
(Communications); Alhaji Sabiu Zakari (Transportation); Mrs. Ayotunde
Adesugba (Information and Culture); Ambassador Danjuma Sheni (Defence);
Dr. Shade Yemi-Esan (Education); Mrs. Fatima Mede (Budget and National
Planning); Alhaji Mahmoud Isa Dutse (Finance); Ambassador Bulus Lolo
(Foreign Affairs); and Dr. Amina Shamaki (Health).
Others are Mr. Aliyu Bisalla (Industry,
Trade and Investment); Mr. Bassey Akpanyung (Internal Affairs); Mr.
Taiwo Abidogun (Justice); Dr. Habiba Lawal (Science and Technology); Dr.
Clement Illoh (Labour and Productivity); Dr. Jamila Shu’ara (Petroleum
Resources); Mrs. Binta Bello (Women Affairs); Dr. Babatope
Ajakaiye (Federal Capital Territory); Mrs. Rabi Jimeta (Water
Resources); Dr. Bukar Hassan (Environment); Mrs. Wakama B. Asifieka
(Niger Delta Affairs) and Mr. Istifanus Fuktur (Solid Minerals).
The remaining ones are Mr. Christian
Ohaa (Youth and Sports); Engr. A.G. Magaji (Works and Housing); Mr.
Louis Edozien (Power); Mr. Jalal Arabi (State House); Mr. Mohammed Bukar
(General Services Office, OSGF); Mr. Abbas Mohammed (Ecological Fund
Office, OSGF); Dr. Ugo Roy (Council Secretariat); Mr. Aminu Nabegu
(Special Services Office, OSGF); Ambassador Bamgbose Akindele (Political
Affairs Office, OSGF); Mr. Alo Williams Nwankwo (Economic Affairs
Office, OSGF); Mrs. Obiageli Nwokedi (Special Duties Office, OSGF); Mr.
Innocent Ogbonnaya (Career Management Office, OHCSF); Mr. S.K.Y.
Adelakun (Common Services Office, OHCSF) and Mrs. N. Batagarawa (Service
Policy and Strategies Office, OHCSF).
The newly-appointed permanent
secretaries are Mrs. Ayotunde Adesugba; Alhaji Mahmoud Isa-Dutse; Mr.
Taiwo Abidogun; Dr. Bukar Hassan; Mrs. Wakama Belema Asifieka; Mr. Jalal
Ahmad Arabi; Mr. Sabiu Zakari; Mrs. Obiageli Phyllis Nwokedi; Mr. Aminu
Nabegu and Mr. Bamgbose Olukunle Oladele.
Others are Mr. Alo Williams Nwankwo; Dr.
Shehu Ahmed; Mr. Ogbonnaya Innocent Kalu; Mrs. Nuratu Jimoh Batagarawa;
Mr. Christian Chinyeaka Ohaa; Mr. Bassey Apkanyung; Mr. Louis Edozien
and Dr. Ugo Roy.
Adesina said the appointments took effect from Monday, two days ago.
A top government official told our
correspondent on Tuesday that “the pattern of the list you see in the
statement may be a sign of what to come as far as the number of
ministries to be maintained by the President are concerned.”
Buhari on Tuesday afternoon held a
closed-door meeting with federal permanent secretaries at the
Presidential Villa and reportedly told the affected officials about
their retirement at the meeting.
The permanent secretaries were led to
the closed-door meeting with the President by the acting Head of the
Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita.
Another source told The PUNCH that the
Presidency would not make any formal pronouncement on the sackings until
when the affected officials might have received their letters.
The permanent secretaries who attended
the Tuesday’s meeting with the President included Dr. Godknows Igali
(Power); Mr. Taiye Haruna (Petroleum Resources); Mrs. Anastacia Nwaobia
(Finance); Mr. John Chukwu (Federal Capital Territory); Aliyu Ismaila
(Defence); Nebolisa Emordi (State House); Ibukun Odusote (Office of the
SGF); Mr. Linus Awute (Health) and Abdullahi Yola (Justice), among
others.
PUNCH
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