Reactions have continued since yesterday, when President Bola Tinubu reorganised his government. Among these is the Niger Delta Ministry’s “scrapping.”

The Federal Government has clarified that the Ministry was not eliminated, nonetheless. only changed the name.

Chief Edwin Clark, an Ijaw chieftain and elder statesman, really stated that the Niger Delta people would not accept the transfer.

He asked President Tinubu to give the Niger Delta’s residents an explanation for his decision to disband the ministry.

Chief Clark also claimed that the federal government intended to finance additional zonal development commissions using the South-South zone’s resources.

Reshuffle of the Cabinet
According to Vanguard, the President’s highly anticipated cabinet reorganisation was revealed yesterday like a tornado. After everything was said and done, ten ministers were redeployed and six lost their seats.

In an attempt to expedite his Renewed Hope Agenda, President Tinubu also noted seven names for cabinet appointments. Amb. Bianca Ojukwu, widow of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, is on the list.

The National Assembly has been tasked with verifying the names of Bianca and the other six ministry nominees.

Shehu Dikko was also named head of the National Sports Commission (NSC) by the president.

Along with the Ministry of Niger Delta Development, the Ministry of Sports Development was abolished, and Dikko will now oversee its operations and programs.

The Ministry of Niger Delta Development was renamed the Ministry of Regional Development, according to Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.

Following yesterday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja, he addressed reporters.

The Niger Delta Development Commission, or NDDC, was still in existence, according to Engr. Abubakar Momoh, the minister of the recently established Ministry of Regional Development and the previous head of the Ministry of Niger Delta Development.

Under the Ministry of Regional Development, he added, the Ministry of Niger Delta Development was renamed and granted more authority.

The new ministry, he claimed, was established to oversee all of the Ministry of Niger Delta Development’s agencies as well as other regional commissioners around the nation.

“I would like our people in the Niger Delta region to know that that hasn’t taken anything away from them,” he stated.

“The Ministry of Regional Development still oversees the NDDC, and all other relevant agencies are still in operation. All that has to be done is switch the names.

He said that no one in the Niger Delta area should believe that the Ministry of Niger Delta has been disbanded.

“Everything about the Niger Delta, even the buildings, is still there. Only the name has changed, and the ministry’s operations have obviously expanded.