President Muhammadu Buhari, last night, reduced federal ministries from 42 to 25.
This may not be unconnected with the promise of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to cut down the cost of governance.
It was learnt that some of the affected ministries merged include Federal Ministry of Information and Culture. The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation was a stand-alone ministry while the Information Ministry was also a separate ministry.
Also, involved in the merging tussle is the Ministry of Budget and National Planning.
Before Tuesday, the Budget Office of the Federation was an agency under the Ministry of Finance while National Planning was a stand-alone ministry.
Federal Ministry of Works and Federal Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development were not left out as the two were merged to become Federal Ministry of Works and Housing.