Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has reshuffled his 45-member cabinet, naming seven new ministers, sacking five and reassigning 10 others to new portfolios, a spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu announced an overhaul of his cabinet, relieving five ministers of their positions in the first such shakeup since he took office in May 2023.Most Read from BloombergClim

President Bola Tinubu’s long-anticipated cabinet reshuffle has sent ripples across Nigeria’s political landscape, with a mix

The newly appointed ministers, who would still have to be confirmed by the Senate, are Nentawe Yilwatda, Muhammadu Dingyadi, Bianca Odumegu-Ojukwu, Jumoke Oduwole, Idi Maiha, Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, Suwaiba Ahmad.

Uju Ohanenye, who until yesterday was Nigeria’s women’s affairs minister, has spoken after President Bola Tinubu sacked her. PREMIUM TIMES reported that Ms Ohanenye is one of the five ministers Mr Tinubu sacked on Wednesday.

The much-anticipated cabinet reshuffle was announced on Wednesday as President Bola Tinubu scrapped two ministries, merged two others and created a new ministry.

The Presidency has made some clarification regarding President Bola Tinubu’s reshuffling of his cabinet. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said ministers were not sacked but discharged.

FCT minister Nyesom Wike and three others retained their positions as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday, October 23, carried out a major cabinet reshuffle.

The President also re-assigned 10 ministers to new ministerial portfolios and appointed seven more to join his cabinet. In his bid to rejig his cabinet, President Bola Tinubu sacked five of his ministers on Wednesday,