Nigeria’s Tinubu Fires Five Ministers in First Cabinet Shake Up
- Finance minister among those who retain seat in cabinet
- President Tinubu says action will reinvigorate his cabinet
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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu announced an overhaul of his cabinet, relieving five ministers of their positions in the first such shakeup since he took office in May 2023.
Tinubu dropped the minister of women affairs, tourism, education, housing and urban development, as well as the minister of youth development, the presidency said in a statement on Wednesday.