President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Executive Council (FEC) have announced the dissolution of the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development.
The decision was made on Wednesday during a Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja, as disclosed on the X handle of Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President.
In place of the Niger Delta Ministry, the government has introduced the Ministry of Regional Development, which will oversee all regional development commissions across the country.
These include the Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West Development Commission, and North East Development Commission. Advertisement In a similar move, the responsibilities of the scrapped Ministry of Sports Development will now be handled by the National Sports Commission.
This transition reflects a reorganisation aimed at streamlining the management of sports in the country.
The FEC also approved the merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of Culture and Creative Economy, signifying a broader effort to consolidate government functions.
However, Onanuga did not provide any details on the future roles of the ministers who were previously overseeing these scrapped ministries, leaving questions about how they will function going forward.
