Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Festus Keyamo, who was formerly announced as the minister of state for Niger Delta affairs, has been redeploys, he is now the minister of state for labour and employment.
The statement issued on Tuesday by Willie Bassey, director of information at the office of secretary to the government of the federation, reveal that President Muhammadu Buhari carried out a minor rearrangement of his cabinet.
Tayo Alasoadura, the junior minister in the ministry of labour and employment, was redeployed to take over from Kayemo as the minister of state for Niger Delta affairs.
The insider reveal that their are unsteady relationship between Keyamo and Godswill Akpabio, the minister of Niger Delta affairs.
Their were speculation before now that Keyamo would likely be moved to ministry of justice as minister of state to assist Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation.
Malami has putting within his power two weeks ago to have Kayemo redeployed to resolve the battle between them, but he was advice to backup.
As at time of filing these report, it still remain unclear what type of misunderstanding that is going on between Akpabio and Keyamo.
But what it stands now is that, Keyamo will now be working under Chris Ngige, the minister of labour and employment.
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