The Kaduna State government has announced the restructuring of the State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. This is following an Executive Order signed by Governor Nasir El-Rufai to create and restructure ministries in Kaduna State. A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Samuel Aruwan stated that, “The order abolishes the Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Tourism, the Ministry of Rural & Community Development and the Ministry of Water Resources. It amends the mandates of the ministries responsible for local government, women and social development, works and sports.” EduCeleb.com gathered that under the new arrangement, technology would now belong to another ministry while school sports, which used to be under the education ministry will now reside under the Ministry of Sports Development. This change of mandate of the education ministry means that it would now be known simply as the Ministry of Education. Aruwan explained that the restructuring does not increase the number of ministries beyond the 14 that existed in the first-term under El-Rufai. The technology unit of the education ministry would now fall under the newly created Ministry of Business, Innovation and Technology, which will “coordinate the development of skills, business, trade and manufacturing in the state.” According to Aruwan, the technology aspect “is expected to encourage the development of the digital ecosystem in the state.” The new ministry will also promote tourism and regulate tourism facilities in the state. Two other new ministries created are the Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. “Internal Security and Home Affairs has the mandate to coordinate internal security matters and liaison with security agencies in the state. It is expected to enhance the state government’s capacity to address security challenges. It will also supervise the activities of parastatals and agencies performing home affairs functions.” Housing and Urban Development is to ensure “the construction and maintenance of public buildings and to promote the expansion of the housing stock in the state. It will also be in charge of ensuring the enforcement of development control regulations, and the implementation of urban planning and country planning policies and urban renewal programmes in the state.” “Ministries with amended or expanded mandates include: “Consequent to the restructuring, the Executive Order prescribes that the Kaduna State Government will operate with 14 ministries as follows: “The list of commissioners nominated to lead these ministries will be forwarded to the Kaduna State House of Assembly as soon as it reconvenes,” the statement concluded.