Education Minister, Tahir Mammam Assumes Office, Seeks Staff Cooperation

The newly sworn-in Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mammam, and the Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, have assumed office.

Naija News reports that the education minister, upon assumption, sought the cooperation of Nigerians, especially the staff of his ministry, in the task that lies ahead of him.

According to him, the Education Ministry is the foundation of all, so if it works well, everything will follow perfectly fine. He noted that the ministry is at the heart of President Bola Tinubu’s mandate, and his expectation is very high.

The Minister of State, Sununu, also sought cooperation and understanding of Nigerians, especially the Ministry staff to improve the standard of education.

It was gathered there was wide jubilation by the staff of the Federal Ministry of Education and supporters of the Ministers to welcome them to the Ministry soon after their swearing-in by President Bola Tinubu on Monday.

The Ministers were received in the office by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr Andrew David Adejo, and other heads of education parastatals and agencies, amongst others.

While welcoming them, the permanent secretary pledged to cooperate with the Ministers for a successful operation.