*Issues Implementation Guideline
Following the reassignment of ten ministers, discharge of five ministers and nomination of seven new ministers by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, as given 30th October deadline for handing over and taking over processes in the affected ministries.
This was contained in the Implementation of Cabinet Reshuffle and Restructuring of Ministries issued by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
It reads in parts "Necessary directives have been issued on the implementation of the approval of Mr. President, accordingly.
"All handing over and taking over processes should be completed on or before Wednesday 30th October, 2024.
"In the case of Ministries where there are no Ministers to take over, the outgoing Ministers should hand over to the Permanent Secretaries." it stated
It further disclosed that the processes for merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of Arts Culture and Creative Economy and the winding down of the defunct Ministry of Sports Development are being coordinated jointly by the offices of the SGF and the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
The guideline said the renaming and the expansion of mandate of the defunct Ministry of Niger Delta Development is to take immediate effect.
"The releasing supervision authorities as well as commissions under the new Ministry have been duly notified," it added.
"Respective Permanent Secretaries are directed to ensure seamless implementation and also forward one copy each of the hand-over notes to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation for the records." the guideline concluded.