President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, swore in the newly-appointed Minister of State for Works and Housing, Malam Muazu Sambo.

The event was held shortly before the opening of the meeting of the National Security Council in the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Sambo replaces Mamman Sale, former Minister of Power, also from Taraba state.

Those in attendance of the security meeting include Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Ministers of Justice, Defence, Interior, Police Affairs and Foreign Affairs, NAN reports.

Others are service chiefs, Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, the National Security Adviser to the President rtd Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno; Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi as well as the Director-General, NIA, Abubakar Rufa’i.