President Tinubu and Federal Executive Council have scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of sports development. There will now be a ministry of regional development to oversee all the regional development commissions, such as Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West Development Commission , North East Development Commission.
The National Sports Commission will take over the role of the Ministry of Sports.
This was revealed on Wednesday afternoon by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy in a post on his verified X handle @aonanuga1956.
According to the post, the FEC also approved the merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of Culture and Creative Economy.
The decisions were taken at the meeting of the Federal Executive Council in Abuja.
