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President Bola Tinubu has sworn in seven new ministers to his cabinet at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja.
This follows their confirmation by the Senate on Thursday, during which all seven nominees were confirmed after being screened individually.
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The new cabinet members took the oath of office in two batches—four in the first batch and three in the second—after their citations were read by the State House Director of Information, Abiodun Oladunjoye.
The first four appointees include Idi Maiha (Minister of Livestock Development); Yusuf Ata (Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development); Dr Suwaiba Ahmad (Minister of State, Education); and Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu (Minister of State, Foreign Affairs).
Subsequently, Dr Jumoke Oduwole (Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment), Dr Nentawe Yilwatda (Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction), and Muhammadu Dingyadi (Minister of Labour and Employment) took their oaths before the President.
In a major cabinet reshuffle on October 23, Tinubu approved the reassignment of 10 ministers to new portfolios, dismissed five others, and nominated seven new ministers for onward transmission to the Senate for confirmation.
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for her appointment.
Bianca reaffirmed her commitment to aligning with the government’s foreign policy objectives.
She spoke after the swearing in of the newly appointed ministers at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Bianca disclosed that Tinubu had made things easier by establishing a clear foreign policy.
“The President has made things easier by establishing a clear foreign policy direction,” she said.
Speaking further, she emphasised the importance of leveraging the creative potential, skills, and capital of young Nigerians and the Diaspora to enhance service delivery.
