The
Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, said the President gave the
directive through the office of the Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, SGF, Anyim Pius Anyim.
The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku was deployed to supervise the Ministry of Defence.
The Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike, was assigned to oversee the Ministry of Education, replacing Ruqayyat Rufai.
The Minister of State for Niger Delta Development, Darius Ishaku, will oversee the Ministry of Environment.
The
Minister of Solid Mineral Development, Musa Sada, was assigned to
oversee the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development.
The
Minister of Communication Technology, Omobola Johnson, was appointed to
oversee the Ministry of Science and Technology, vacated by Ita Ewa
Okon.
The
Minister of state, Works, Bashir Yuguda, was assigned to oversee the
Ministry of National Planning following the sack of the longest serving
cabinet member, Shamsudeen Usman, who was first appointed minister by
late President Umaru Yar’Adua.
Mr.
Maku also announced that the Ministers of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina
and Power, Chinedu Nebo were directed to take charge of their
ministries alone pending appointment of new ministers of state.
The
information minister quoted President Jonathan as thanking the removed
Ministers for their service to their fatherland, and saying he would
continue to engage them in “the implementation of the Transformation
Agenda”.
Justifying
the sack of the cabinet members, the president, according to Mr. Maku,
explained that it was necessary that “government is retooled from time
to time to bring new lease of life to an administration”.
The President had earlier announced the sack of nine ministers from his cabinet during the weekly FEC meeting.
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