Nasarawa gov reduces ministries to 13

Musa yahaya

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has reduced the 18 ministries in the state to 13.

Sule made the announcement during a stakeholders’ meeting in Lafia.

The five affected ministries, which were scrapped and merged with re-established ones, are Special Education, Science and Technology, Higher Education, Housing and Urban Development, and Community Development and Water Resources.

The 13 remaining ministries include Education, Health, Land and Urban Development, Environment and Natural Resources, Youths and Sports Development, Justice, Finance, and Economic Planning.

Others are Local Government, Community and Chieftaincy Affairs; Women and Social Development; Works, Housing and Transport; Agriculture and Water Resources; and Trade Industries and Investment and Information, Culture and Tourism.