The new Ministers of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite and Uchechukwu Ogah have resumed at their desks.
Adegbite and Ogah were led into the Ministry by the Permanent Secretary, Abdulkadir Muazu, at exactly 2.35pm local time on Wednesday.
The duo arrived the Ministry moments after a swearing in ceremony at the Presidential villa by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Messrs Adegbite and Ogah succeeded Kayode Fayemi, now Ekiti State Governor and Abubakar Bawa, a former federal lawmaker.
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Both men pledged to work assiduously in repositioning the sector towards an increased Gross Domestic Product for the nation.
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