Buhari Swears in Sambo as New Minister of State, Works/Housing

• Presides Over Security Council Meeting

President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in the newly appointed Minister of State, Works and Housing, Malam Muazu Sambo.

The event was held shortly before the opening of the meeting of the National Security Council in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday.

Sambo, representing Taraba State,  replaced the former Minister of Power, Mamman Sale, from Taraba, was posted to the Ministry of Works and Housing as Minister of State, Works and Housing.

Meanwhile, President Buhari is currently presiding over the National Security Council meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Those in attendance at the security meeting include Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Ministers of Police Affairs, Justice, Defence, Interior and Foreign Affairs.

Others are service chiefs, the National Security Adviser to the President retired Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno; Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba; Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi as well as the Director-General, NIA, Abubakar Rufa’i.