President Goodluck Jonathan, in his first major cabinet shake-up since his inauguration on May 29, 2011, sacked nine ministers on Wednesday.
The sacking , announced by the...
Minister
of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, shocked the Federal Executive Council
members, most of whom had arrived the Council Chambers in the
Presidential Villa in high spirits exchanging banter.
Before they left, deafening silence
enveloped the Council Chambers as the President reeled out the names of
the affected ministers. Some of the sacked and retained ministers
betrayed their emotions as they shed tears.
The Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, announced the cabinet shake-up after the weekly FEC meeting in Abuja.
The sacked ministers are Prof.
Ruqayyatu Rufai (Education); Okon Ewa-Bassey (Science and Techology);
Olugbenga Ashiru (Foreign Affairs); Hadiza Mailafia (Environment);
Shamsudeen Usman, (National Planning); and Ama Pepple (Housing, Lands
and Urban Development).
The Minister of State for Defence,
Olusola Obada, and her counterparts in the Agriculture Ministry,
Alhaji Bukar Tijani and Power, Zainab Kuchi, were also affected.
____________________________________Goodluck to them.
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