Senator John Owan Enoh has been appointed as Nigeria’s new Minister of Sports Development, replacing Sunday Dare who had been the Minister from 2019 – 2023.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development will no longer be merged together, as they are now different ministries.
Senator Enoh, born on 4th June 1966, was confirmed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the allocation of portfolios to all the appointed ministers that passed through screening by the Senate in July.
He becomes the 36th person to supervise Nigerian sports since Joseph Modupe Johnson (JMJ) in 1960.
The new sports minister was a senator representing the Central Senatorial District of Cross River State in the 8th assembly that ran from 2015 to 2019. Enoh hails from Etung LGA of Cross River State.
