NIGERIAN President Bola Tinubu has sacked five ministers and appointed seven new ones in a major cabinet reshuffle aimed at making his administration more efficient, his office said on Wednesday.

The shake-up comes during worsening economic hardship and frustration with the administration in Africa’s most populous country.

Mr Tinubu appointed new ministers for humanitarian and poverty reduction, trade and investment, labour and livestock development, along with junior ministers for foreign affairs, education and housing, the statement said.