Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau
state has created six additional ministries to the 17 ministries in the state,
bringing the total number to 23.
Five of the ministries were carved
out from the existing ones.
Rufus Bature, Secretary to the
Government of Plateau, announced the creation of the new ministries in a
statement issued on Saturday.
He said that a Ministry of
Transport has been carved out from the Ministry of Works and Transport.
“Ministry of Mineral Development
is to be excised from the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Development.
“The Ministry of Physical
Planning and Urban Development has been carved out of the present Ministry of
Housing and Urban Development.
“A Ministry of Economic Planning
has been created out of Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and State
Planning Commission,” Bature said.
According to the statement, a
Ministry of Science and Technology has been created out of the present Ministry
of Education, Science and Technology.
Also, an entirely new Ministry of
Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs has also created.
Bature said that the new ministries
will take off immediately.
Lalong had on Wednesday forwarded
19 names to the House of Assembly for confirmation as commissioners.
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