It was suspected that Ita Okon Ekwa sack was due to his underperformance in the ministry.
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Business News gathered that those affected by the sack include the Ministers
are Education, Prof (Mrs) Ruqayyatu Rufai, Foreign Affairs, Ambassdor Olugbenga
Ashiru, Environment, Mrs Hadiza Mailafia,
Housing, Lands and Urban Development, Ms Ama Pepple and their counterpart in National
Planning, Dr. Shamsudeen Usman
Also caught in the line of Jonathan’s fire, were some ministers of state,
namely Agriculture, Alhaji Bukar Tijani, Power, Mrs Zainab Kuchi and Defence, Mrs
Olusola Obada.
The Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, in his usual
briefing after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting confirmed this
development, saying the President, through the Secretary to the Government of
the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, named the ministers that will
oversee the affected ministries.
Accordingly the Minister of State, Foreign Affairs II,
Prof. Viola Onwuliri, would be in charge of the ministry, Education is to be
supervised by the Minister of State, Nyesome Wike, the Minister of Solid Minerals,
Musa Sada takes charge of the Ministry of Housing, Lands and Urban Development,
the Minister of Communications Technology is to oversee the Science and
Technology Ministry, the Minister of State for Works, Amb. Bashir Yuguda, is to
supervise the Ministry of Planning, Maku is to oversee the Ministry of Defence
whereas Mr Dairu Ishaku, Minister of State for Niger-Delta, will look after the
Ministry of the Environment.
Maku said that the Ministers of Agriculture and Power, Dr.
Akinwumi Adesina and Chinedu Nebo, respectively, will take charge of their
ministries pending the appointment of new ministers of state. According to him,
the President expressed satisfaction with the services of the affected
ministers, since their appointment, assuring them that he would continue to
engage them in the future.
“These ministers have been affected in
the cabinet reshuffle and the President-in- Council expressed his satisfaction
and happiness over their commitments to government since they were appointed.
He also thanked them for their service to their fatherland
and said he will continue to engage them in one way or the other in the
implementation of the Transformation Agenda and of course, in the various
challenges that government faces around the country and in terms of efforts to
transform our country.
President Jonathan, was indeed pleased to say because of
what they have done in serving this country, he reassured them that this
government will continue to use their services in the development of the
country and thanked them for their services to this administration and to the
Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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