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JUST IN: Buhari appoints Suleiman Minister of Environment 

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PRESIDENT Buhari has approved the appointment of Surveyor Suleiman Hassan as the Minister of Environment, following the resignation of the Minister of State, Ibrahim Usman Jibril.

A terse statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) in Abuja on Thursday night recalled that Jibril resigned to ascend the throne of his forefathers as the Emir of Nasarawa, in Nasarawa State.

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It said the President announced the succession at the Ministry of Environment at the end of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council on Wednesday.

No further details were given.

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