President Bola Tinubu has unveiled his new ministers following their confirmation by the senate, last week.
Ms Lola Ade-John

The Senate last Monday, August 7, it would be recalled, confirmed 45 ministerial nominees out of the 48 nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu.

The confirmation followed the consideration and approval of the nominees during the Monday plenary.

Highlight of the Wednesday’s unveiling was the appointment of a new Minister of Tourism, a development which followed intensive clamouring by industry operators and other stakeholders in the country over the neglect of the sub- sector of the economy for decades by subsequent administrations.

Stakeholders had mounted an appeal, including intensive lobbying for a separate ministry of Tourism in the country.

The new ministry is headed by Ms Lola Ade-John, described as a banker and a seasoned Information and Technology expert.

Ms Ade-John is regarded as a leader in designing, integrating, deploying, and managing core systems for global banking institutions.

With the creation of a Tourism ministry, it is expected that more agencies and parastatals will be added to it to beef up the new ministry, in addition to the existing two agencies operating in the Old Ministry of Culture and Information.

It would be recalled that country’s immediate past minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who also oversaw affairs of Tourism, was recently officially appointed the Special adviser to the Secretary General of the United Nations World tourism Organisation (UNWTO), Zurab Pololikashvili.