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President Goodluck Jonathan, Wednesday dropped the Minister of
Sports and Youth Development, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi from his cabinet.
This is just as 11 new ministers were sworn in by
the president.
Though Abdullahi was absent at the swearing in
ceremony, Jonathan nonetheless announced his replacement.
Dr Tamuno Danagogo from Rivers State, replaced
Bolaji Abdullahi as Sports Minister.
Senator. Muhammadu Musiliu Obanikoro (Lagos), is
the new Minister of State Defence.
Mohammed Wakil (Borno), Minister of State for
Power, Alhaji Abduljelili Adesiyan (Osun), Minister of Police Affairs, and
Ambassador Aminu Wali (Kano), Minister of Foreign Affairs
Also, Mrs Akon Eyakenyi (Akwa Ibom), is the new
Minister of Land and Housing, Lawrencia Laraba Mallam (Kaduna State), Minister
of Environment.
Minister of state for Agriculture is Hajia Asabe
Asmau Ahmed (Niger), Gen. Aliyu Gusau (Zamfara), Minister of Defence, Boni
Haruna (Adamawa), Minister of Youth Development, while Dr Khaliru Alhassan
(Sokoto State),is the new Minister of State for Health.
The President is expected to make further changes
to the cabinet in the coming weeks.
While swearing in the ministers, Jonathan noted
that being Nigerians, "they have already known the problems projected on a daily
basis by the media, which interprets that they have to ensure they excel in
their areas of assignments."
Source: ThisDay
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