Cabinet reshuffle: 4 top ministers who retained their positions as Tinubu sacked others

• In the latest cabinet reshuffle, FCT minister Nyesom Wike retained his ministerial position
• Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals, and two other ministers were among those also retained as President Bola Tinubu rejig his cabinet on Wednesday
• The reshuffle, approved on October 23, resulted in five ministers being sacked, seven appointed, and several others reassigned to new portfolios

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

State House, Abuja - Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and Dele Alake, his Solid Minerals counterpart, are among those who were not affected by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's cabinet reshuffle.

Wike, Wale Edun, Keyamo and 1 other minister retained their positions. Photo credit: Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON GSSRS, Wale, Edun, Festus Keyamo
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Wale Edun, Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, and Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, are also among those who retained their portfolios.

List of ministers Tinubu retained

• Nyesom Wike, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister
• Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals of Nigeria
• Wale Edun, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy of Nigeria
• Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development of Nigeria

Recall that on Wednesday, October 23, President Tinubu approved the restructuring of ministries as part of efforts to boost his administration’s performance.

While five ministers were sacked, seven others were appointed into the administration.

However, while some ministers were reassigned new portfolios, others maintained status quo.

The president in a statement, also thanked the outgoing members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for their service to the nation while wishing them the best in their future endeavours.

He, however, charged the newly appointed ministers as well as their reassigned colleagues to see their appointment as a call to serve the nation, stressing that all appointees must understand the administration’s eagerness and determination to set Nigeria on the path to irreversible growth and invest the best of their abilities into the actualisation of the government’s priorities.

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