President Ahmed Tinubu has scrapped the Ministries of Sports Development and Niger Delta Affairs.
That was one of the resolutions at the Federal Executive Council (FEC), meeting on Wednesday in Abuja.
In their place 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, South East Development Commission and North East Development Commission, while the National Sports Commission will take over the role of the Ministry of Sports. The FEC also approved the merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of Culture and Creative Economy.