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Yar’Adua sacks 20 ministers

  1. Posted on Thursday 30 October 2008 - 18:11
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    President Umaru Yar’Adua on Wednesday sacked 20 of his 44-member cabinet.
    Among them were Minister and Deputy Chairman, National Planning Commis-sion, Senator Mohammed Sanusi Daggash, and Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Aliyu Modibbo Umar, both of whom were believed to be in the President’s kitchen cabinet.
    Special Adviser to the president, Media and Publicity, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi in a statement said: “At the conclusion of today's (yesterday’s) meeting of the Federal Executive Council, President Yar’Adua thanked the outgoing ministers for their services to the nation since the inception of the present administration and wished them well in their future endeavours.
    The President also directed that until new ministers are confirmed by the Senate and sworn into office, Mr. Remi Babalola (Minister of State, Finance), will serve as supervising minister for the Federal Capital Territory Authority.
    Similarly, Mr. Demola Seriki (Minister of State, Agriculture and Water Resources) will serve as supervising minister for the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development while Dr. Aliyu Idi Hong (Minister of State, Culture and Tourism) will serve as supervising minister for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
    Alhaji Alhassan Bako Zaku (Minister of State, Science & Technology) is to act as supervising minister for the National Sports Commission; Elder Godsday Orubebe (Minister, Special Duties) will act as supervising minister/vice chairman, National Planning Commission and Mrs. Grace Ekpiwhre (Minister, Science & Technology) will oversee the Ministry of Women Affairs.
    Before the FEC meeting on Wednesday, the ministers arrived at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja, before 9am in high spirits. But hours after the meeting ended, some of them wore sombre look as they departed in trickles.
    Yar’Adua had relieved most of them of their posts, thus signifying the end of the much-awaited cabinet reschuffle and their less than 15 months as FEC members.
    Yar’Adua, according to a source close to the meeting, took a valedictory photograph with them.
    The Full List
    Adamu Maina Waziri, Minister of State Agric (Yobe); Charles Ugwu, Minister of Commerce and Industry (Imo); Ahmed Garba Bichi, Minister of State, Commerce (Kano); Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu, Minister of Education (Ebonyi); Jerry Anthony Agada, Minister of State Education (Benue); Fatima Balaraba Ibrahim, Minister of State (Kaduna); Emmanuel Olatunde Odusina, Minister of Energy Gas (Ekiti); Halima Tayo Alao, Housing and Environment (Kwara); Aliyu Modibbo Umar, Minister of FCT (Gombe); John James Akpanudoedehe, Minister of State FCT (Akwa Ibom); Tijani Yahaya Kaura Ibrahim Dasuki Nakande, Minister of State Information and Communications (Plateau); Alhaji Haruna Hassan, Minister of State Interior (Jigawa); Sarafa Tunji Isola, Minister of Solid Minerals (Ogun); Ahmed Mohammed Gusau, Min. Of State Solid MineraL (Zamfara); Felix Hyatt, Min. of State Aviation (Kaduna); John Okechukwu Emeka, Minister of State Transportation (Ports) (Enugu); Saudatu Usman Bungudu – Women Affairs; Mohammed Sanusi Daggash, Min. National Planning (Borno); Abdulrahman Hassan Gimba, Sports (Niger).

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