President Bola Tinubu has scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development.
Special Adviser to the president on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a post on his official X handle on Wednesday.
He said the decisions were taken at the meeting of the FEC in Abuja.
According to him, “there will now be a Ministry of Regional Development to oversee all the regional development commissions, such as the Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West Development Commission, North East Development Commission”.
He also stated that the National Sports Commission will take over the role of the Ministry of Sports henceforth.
During the FEC meeting, the president also approved the merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of Culture and Creative Economy.
Observers of governmental affairs opine that the creation of the new Ministry of Regional Development was anticipated following the recent creation of regional development commissions with some still to be announced.
Already, legislative works are at advanced stages preparatory to the creation of North Central
Development Commission and South East Development Commission to round off one development commission each for the six geopolitical zones of the country.
