*Elevates Taiwo Oyedele to Finance Minister; Nominates Darma for Senate approval
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday sacked the Minister of Finance and Cordination minister of Economy, Mr. Wale Edun. Also sacked was the Minister for Housing Hamed Dangiwa.
In a press release signed by office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume it stated that: “The President has approved a minor cabinet reshuffle in the membership of the Federal Executive Council.
According to a memo signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, two cabinet members, Mr. Wale Edun and Arc. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa are to leave the cabinet while their replacements have been named.
Edun, until the latest development, was the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy. He has been directed to hand over to Mr. Taiwo Oyedele who is now to take over as Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy. Oyedele was formerly a Minister of State in the ministry.
Also Mr. Muttaqha Rabe Darma (PhD .) has been named as the ministerial nominee and minister designate for the Housing and Urban Development Ministry.
The memo also directed Dangiwa to hand over to the Minister of State in the ministry.
The memo stated that “all handing over and taking over processes should be completed on or before close of business on Thursday 23rd April, 2026.”
Explaining the President’s decision, Akume said: “These changes are aimed at strengthening cohesion, synergy in governance as well as achieving more impactful delivery on the economy to Nigerians, through the Renewed Hope Agenda.”
He said the President, in approving the cabinet reshuffle, has fully exercised his powers as conferred on him by Sections 147 and 148 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999, as amended).
The President thanked the outgoing ministers for their services to the nation while wishing them the best in all their future endeavours.
The President, Akume noted, equally assured all cabinet members that “the process of reinvigoration shall be continuous.”
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Communicate our reforms and policies to the public in a manner that would foster confidence and trust says VP Kashim Shettima at NIPC Week
Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima yesterday charged all Public Relations practitioners in Nigeria to concisely and clearly communicate government reforms and policies to the public in a manner that would foster confidence and trust.
Alhaji Shettima stated this in Kaduna at the 3rd Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR, Week CROC City 2026.
The Vice President, Senator charged Public Relations (PR) practitioners in Nigeria to concisely and clearly communicate government reforms and policies to the public in a manner that would foster confidence and trust.
Specifically, he noted that policies and reforms, such as those being undertaken by the administration of President Bola Tinubu can only succeed if citizens understand how they serve the public good.
Senator Shettima gave the charge on yesterday in Kaduna during the 3rd Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) Week, CROC City 2026, being hosted by the State Governor, Senator Uba Sanni.
VP with Kaduna State governor, Uba Sanni also commissioned the newly built Brigadier Abba Kyari Banquet Hall at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House (Government House), Kaduna.
Speaking at the NIPR Week 2026, organised by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations the Vice President underscored the indispensability of public relations to communicating government policies, observing that policies and reforms that are poorly explained often lead to public distrust and resistance.
“As a government, we regard public relations as a strategic function of governance. It is integral to building trust, managing uncertainty, and sustaining reform. We must communicate not only what we are doing, but why we are doing it, how it serves the public good, and what place the citizen occupies in the success of that effort.”
