72 Hours after POLITICS DIGEST Story, Tinubu Redeploys 62-year-old Youth Minister
POLITICS DIGEST- President Bola Tinubu has redeployed Engr. Abubakar Momoh from the Ministry of Youth to the Ministry of Niger Delta Development.
According to a statement by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, the Ministry of Youth is to be re-assigned to a new minister-designate soon.
This is coming 72 hours after POLITICS DIGEST in an exclusive story exposed the fact that Engr Momoh is 62 years of age and may not be the ideal man to head the Ministry of Youth, in line with the agitation of Nigerian youth groups in recent years.
Momoh’s name was among the 45 ministerial nominees screened by the Senate in July.
He was also among the nominees that were given portfolios by the President last Wednesday before Sunday’s reshuffle, and they are being sworn-in at the State House, Abuja, at the time of filing this report.
Nigerian youths have over the years kicked against the appointment of older people as representatives of the youth constituency in any capacity.
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POLITICS DIGEST had reported that Momoh was born in 1961 and he has been into politics for decades, having served in the Edo state House of Assembly once and also in the House of Representatives for two non consecutive terms.
Engr Momoh could be replaced by the 39-year-old Stella Okotete whose confirmation is still being withheld by the Senate alongside that of Nasir El-rufai (63) and Abubakar Danladi (56).
It is not clear if the President will choose Momoh’s replacement from among the yet -to-be-confirmed ministerial nominees or he will send a fresh name to the Senate.
Other ministers whose positions were reshuffled include:
(A) Adegboyega Oyetola is redeployed as the Minister of Marine & Blue Economy
(B) Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo is redeployed as the Minister of Interior
(C) Hon. Sa’idu Alkali is redeployed as the Minister of Transportation
Furthermore, both Ministers of State in the Oil & Gas sector are now domiciled in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources with the following designations:
(i) Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri is the Minister of State (Oil), Petroleum Resources
(ii) Hon. Ekperipe Ekpo is the Minister of State (Gas), Petroleum Resources
The President in the statement approved the renaming of the Ministry of Environment and Ecological Management as the Ministry of Environment.
