Buhari relieves Ministers of Agriculture, Power of appointments
01 September 2021 |
1:38 pm
President Muhammadu Buhari has relieved two ministers of their appointments.
President Muhammadu Buhari has relieved two ministers of their appointments.
They are the Ministers of Agriculture, Alhaji Sabo Nanono and his Power counterpart, Saleh Mamman.
Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Femi Adesina, confirmed this development on Wednesday in Abuja.
He said the Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abubakar, has been redeployed to the Ministry of Agriculture while the Minister of State for Works, Abubakar Aliyu is to take over as Minister of Power.
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