There are strong indications that the presidency might be mulling a restructuring of Ministries Department and Agencies of government, following the rollout of the first batch of ministerial list by President Bola Tinubu on Thursday.
The Chief of Staff to the President, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, gave this hint when he said Nigerians should expect to see some new ministries as the president intends to separate portfolios or restructure the ministries in such a way that some may come as stand alone ministries.
“Mr President intends to separate portfolios or restructure the ministries in such a way that you might be hearing new ministries that were not standalone ministries before.”
Below are the proposed ministries as sighted by PRESENTNG
- Ministry of Works and Housing
Split into,
- Ministry of Works – focusing on federal roads and highways.
- Ministry of Housings -…
…restructure and heavily financed to jump-start economic growth.
- Ministry of Transportation
Split into,
- Ministry of Railways & Rail Transport
- Ministry of Waterways & Marine Transportation – in charge of ports, navigable rivers. Note that inland waterways are…
…essentially a concurrent item. - Roads Transport move into Works Ministry
- Ministry of Education
Split into,
- Ministry of Basic & Special Education
- Ministry of Tertiary and Advanced Education
- Ministry of Budgeting and National Planning
- Budgeting to be moved..
…to/merged with Finance. - National Planning to be moved to the Presidency or a new Ministry of Statistics.
- Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- Commerce – move to the Ministry of Trade and Investment.
- Industry – move to a new Ministry of Employment and Industry. See…
…No. 9
- Ministry of Petroleum Resources
Restructure for solid petroleum, that is Bitumen and Tar sand, to be given more resources and attention. - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Rename as Ministry of Agriculture.
- Rural development moved into a new..
…Ministry of Human Development. See No 13.
- Ministry of Interior
- Restructure to handle all identity, birth and death registration, and immigration issues. NPC is to be moved into a new Ministry of Statistics and involved only with the census.
- Ministry of Labor…
..and Productivity
- Rename as Ministry of Employment and Industry.
- Ministry of Information
- Rename as Ministry of Information and National Orientations.
- Ministry of Solid Minerals Development
- Rename as Ministry of Solid Minerals and Mines
- Mines moves from..
…the old Ministry of Mines and Steel Development. See No 12.
- Ministry of Mines and Steel Development
- Rename as Ministry of Iron and Steel.
- Mines move to a new Ministry of Solid Minerals and Mines. See No 11.
- Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social..
…Development
- Social Development move to a new Ministry of Human Development.
