FG scraps 2 ministries

From left: Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila; Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Folashade Yemi-Esan; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume; Vice President Kashim Shettima; and President Bola Tinubu at the inaugural Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday

President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Executive Council (FEC) have scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry, and the Ministry of Sports Development.

The decisions were taken on Wednesday at the meeting of the FEC in Abuja as reported  on the X handle of the Special Adviser Information and Strategy to President Tinubu, Mr. Bayo Onanuga.

There will now be a Ministry of Regional Development to oversee all the regional development commissions, such as the Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West Development Commission, and the 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.

Onanuga did not state what would happen to the ministers in charge of the scrapped ministries, or how they would function henceforth.

The Niger Delta Ministry is being headed by Abubakar Momoh, with Senator John Enoh is in charge of the Ministry of Sports Development.

The development comes following recent clamour for a reduction in the number of ministries and political officers in the country to reduce governance costs.