Below are names of ministers sacked by President Jonathan: Ruqayat Rufai (Education); Zainab Kunchi (Power, [State]); Buka Tijani (Agriculture [State]), Shamsudeen Usman (National Planning); Ita Okon (Science and Technology); Olugbenga Ashiru (Foreign Affairs); Ama Pepple (Lands) and Hadiza Mailafia (Environment). The speculation is rife that he wants to appoint new ministers with strong political ties in their states of origin to bolster his chances in the 2015 presidential election. Nigerians had long expected President Jonathan to rejig his lackluster cabinet which has largely failed to deliver services to the Nigerian people. But while the expectation mounted, Mr. Jonathan repeatedly dispelled speculation that he had plans to fire non-performing ministers. Last August, he unveiled a rating procedure known as Performance Contract Agreement for ministers but said he would not use the result of the assessment in considering who to fire. Mr. Jonathan said the assessment would only appraise his administration’s performance and delivery of targets to Nigerians. Hmm!
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 16:01:22 +0000
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