Tinubu Appoints 62-year-old Abubakar Momoh as Youth Minister
By Kabir Akintayo
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed a 62-year-old Abubakar Momoh as Minister of Youth.
Mr Momoh’s name was among the 45 ministerial nominees screened by the Nigerian Senate in July.
He was also among the nominees that were given portfolios by the President on Wednesday and they will be sworn-in at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja, next Monday.
Nigerian youths have over the years kicked against the appointment of older people as representatives of the youth constituency in any capacity.
POLITICS DIGEST reports that Momoh was born in 1961 and he has been into politics for decades.
Momoh hails from Imiegba-North Ibie in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo state. He is a Civil Engineer by professional training having graduated from University of Benin over three decades ago.
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He was a councilor, local government chairman and later, a member of Edo State House of Assembly in 1999, where he distinguished himself as one the most performing lawmakers in the state.
Momoh was elected as a member of House of Representatives for Etsako Federal Constituency and he served from 2003 and 2007.
He was among those who championed the governorship election of Adams Oshiomhole under the then Action Congress (AC) in 2007.
Engr Momoh was also elected for the second time into the House of Representatives between 2011 and 2015, and he was reputed to have executed projects across all the wards in the three local government areas that make up Etsako Federal Constituency.
He lost the Edo North Senatorial election in 2015. Momoh dumped APC for PDP in 2019 and flew the party’s ticket in the Edo North senatorial election but also lost in the poll in the zone.
Thereafter, Momoh returned to the APC and joined forces with other chieftains of the party to work tirelessly in ensuring the success of the party in the 2023 general elections, with APC recording landslide victory in Edo North.
Momoh also served as a member of the APC Presidential Council.
