ABUJA: Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, George Akume has said his office is closely working with that of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation to implement Wednesday’s presidential directive on the merger and winding down of some ministries.

Akume stated this in a statement he issued Wednesday night in Abuja.

According to him, necessary directives have been issued on the implementation of the approval of Mr President.

“All handing over and taking over processes should be completed onf or
before Wednesday 30th October 2024.
In the case of Ministries where there are no Ministers to take-over, the
out-going Ministers should hand over to the Permanent Secretaries.

“The processes for the seamless merger of the Ministry of Tourism with
Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy as well as the winding down of the defunct Ministry of Sports Development are being coordinated jointly by the Offices of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the Head of Civil Service of the
Federation”, he stated.

Akume added that the renaming and the expansion of mandate of the defunct
Ministry of Niger Delta Development is to take immediate effect.

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According to him, the releasing supervising authorities as well as Commissions under the new Ministry have been duly notified on this development.

“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”, he stated.