* Establishes Ministry of Regional Development
The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs and Ministry of Sports Development have been scrapped.
This was announced moments ago through a press statement from the President’s Office, after the Federal Executive Council (FEC), approved the scrapping.
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.
The FEC also approved the merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of Culture and Creative Economy.
The decisions were taken today at the meeting of Federal Executive Council in Abuja.
