{"id":199417,"date":"2026-04-24T18:41:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-swears-in-darma-as-housing-minister"},"modified":"2026-04-24T19:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:46:31","slug":"tinubu-swears-in-darma-as-housing-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-swears-in-darma-as-housing-minister","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu swears in Darma as Housing Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Muttaqha Darma as the new Minister of Housing and Urban Development after his Senate clearance.<\/p>\n<p>Darma from Katsina State replaced Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, who recently resigned.<\/p>\n<p>This is contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The president congratulated Dr Darma for coming on board at this very challenging time of national development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have a very rich and interesting background. As a leader, we need competent hands like yours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no doubt that you have rendered valuable services in all the assignments you have embarked upon; You are a fitting peg in the right position,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The President urged the new Minister to be ready to serve in any capacity in which he is called upon.<\/p>\n<p>Darma is a distinguished Nigerian scholar, administrator, and development expert who holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree from the University of Liverpool and a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Atlantic International University, USA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Muttaqha Darma as the new Minister of Housing and Urban Development after his Senate clearance. Darma from Katsina State replaced Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, who recently resigned. This is contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":199416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-199417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tinubu swears in Darma as Housing Minister - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Muttaqha Darma as the new Minister of Housing and Urban Development after his Senate ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-swears-in-darma-as-housing-minister\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tinubu swears in Darma as Housing Minister\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Muttaqha Darma as the new Minister of Housing and Urban Development after his Senate ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-swears-in-darma-as-housing-minister\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-24T17:41:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-24T18:46:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1777056347.339461.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"790\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"528\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-swears-in-darma-as-housing-minister#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-swears-in-darma-as-housing-minister\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tinubu swears in Darma as Housing Minister\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-24T17:41:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-24T18:46:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-swears-in-darma-as-housing-minister\"},\"wordCount\":190,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-swears-in-darma-as-housing-minister#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1777056347.339461.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-swears-in-darma-as-housing-minister#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-swears-in-darma-as-housing-minister\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-swears-in-darma-as-housing-minister\",\"name\":\"Tinubu swears in Darma as Housing Minister - 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