Tinubu re-deploys cousin, Oyetola to juicy marine & blue economy ministry in a rush cabinet reshuffle

Three days after his appointment as Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, President Bola Tinubu has replaced Bunmi Tunji-Ojo with his Osun State political ally and cousin, Adegboyega Oyetola.

Tinubu had earlier appointed Oyetola as Minister of Transportation.

The President in the new reshuffling also approved the redeployment of Abubakar Momoh from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development.

The Federal Ministry of Youth is to be reassigned to a minister-designate soon.

The ministers-designate allocated to the Federal Ministries of Transportation, Interior, and Marine & Blue Economy have been reshuffled as follows:

(A) H.E. Adegboyega Oyetola is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Marine & Blue Economy

(B) Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Interior

(C) Hon. Sa’idu Alkali is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Transportation

Furthermore, both Ministers of State in the Oil & Gas sector are now domiciled in the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources with the following designations:

(i) Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri is the Hon. Minister of State (Oil), Petroleum Resources

(ii) Hon. Ekperipe Ekpo is the Hon. Minister of State (Gas), Petroleum Resources

The president approved the renaming of the Federal Ministry of Environment and Ecological Management as the Federal Ministry of Environment.

All aforementioned changes take immediate effect by these directives of the President.

This recent cabinet reshuffle is seen as the fastest in the history of Nigeria as the portfolios were assigned to the ministers designate barely five days ago.

Oyetola is believed to be first cousins from Iragbiji, Osun state.

Oyetola lost last year governorship election to incumbent Osun state Governor Senator Ademola Adeleke and he contested his defeat from tribunal to court of appeal and finally at supreme court.