The President just reshuffle his cabinet, 9 ministers affected, they include;
Minister of Education, Housing and urban dev, Foreign affairs, National Planning, Environment, Science and Tech, and Minister of State for Power, Defence and Agric.
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details later

....I am patiently observing while I wish him goodluck!

Those are the ministers who are either nominated by the 'rebellious' PDP governors or sitting on the fence when they are supposed to support him.

Little wonder Nyesom Wike is fighting Rotimi Amechi with everything he has

Ko soro! I must be appointed. If not,GEJ should forget 2015.

tomakint: ....I am patiently waiting

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Finally, Minister of Education goes, (breath of relieve), and this woman that can't stand the sound of a gun, wotz dat her name again, the Minister of state for Defence

FRONT PAGE, PLEASE.. THIS IS SERIOUS...hmmmmmmmmm finally

Nathaniel734: The President just reshuffle his cabinet, 9 ministers affected, they include;
Minister of Education, Housing and urban dev, Foreign affairs, National Planning, Environment, Science and Tech, and Minister of State for Power, Defence and Agric.
details later

Education, housing, foreign affairs, national planning, science & tech are expected to be changed this is goodnews!

2015 election thingz activated

Ministers of state do not count, so I'll reduce the number of those thrown under an interstate bus to six.

Jonathan Sacks Ministers in Cabinet Reshuffle

President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday sacked nine ministers in his cabinet, the first major shake up since he appointed the cabinet shortly after he was sworn in president in May 2011.

Although the names of ministers affected by shake up had not been released at the time of this report, 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.

Source: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/jonathan-sacks-ministers-in-cabinet-reshuffle/158761/

This is serious!

The ministers affected are 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).

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I could have sworn Ama Pepple and Olugbenga Ashiru were both performing ministers

Quite interesting, Rufai is in the news due to ASUU but Usman was just recently in the NESG week.

Good riddance....Things fall apart..

Olusola Obada is missing on this list!

Here's why we'll miss them

1. Ruqqayatu Rufai (Former Education Minister)

She was the 'mother of all strikes' if you know what I mean - ASUU, ASUP even Unity Schools. Bravo However, these strikes don't seem to be doing GEJ's government a favor.

We also remember she set the controversial cut-off mark for students from the North who wrote common entrance exams to gain admission into Unity Schools where a male student from Yobe could be admitted with a score of 2 whilst his counterpart in Enugu needed 134.

Oh, lastly, we must not also forget this one: she dared the cabal when she said Nigerian students who cheat during the West African Examination Council (WAEC) examinations could henceforth be jailed up to five years or fined N200,000. Mehn, this is a morally corrupt country - anyway, I liked this one

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2. Mrs. Zainab Kuchi (Former Minister of State for Power)
This woman made us remember 'ojuju calabar' She told a South African delegation that evil spirits were preventing Nigeria from achieving sustainable electricity Perhaps, the evil spirits behind our power woes didn't like it especially when she recommended exorcism as a sloution

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3. Olusola Obada (Former Minister Of State For Defence)
I've not really understood the rationale behind her appointment especially considering the fact she has no military background.

Well, it's rather ironic that her defence line was not strong when she fainted at the Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration in Abuja early this year.

One account says that the minister was taken by surprise by the sounds of artillery fire during the celebration. Another report claimed that the minister slumped due to exhaustion caused by standing for several minutes.

Badooooo!

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4. Hadiza Mailafia (Former Minister of Environment)
She's not so much in the news except for the recent allegation that her ministry "usually holds on to funds donated by international agencies for the support of environmental projects in Nigeria, thereby causing project delay".

We must not forget the flooding that occurred in some states last year. However, there was one landmark (although not new) - she said Nigerians were the biggest causes of their problems! Paradoxical She told the FEC that "we no dey hear word" and we have very dirty habits and attitudes towards the environment - I support her on this one sha!

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5. Ama Pepple (Former Minister of Lands)
Pepple was our former HOS - Obj 'handpicked' her when he was Baba of the 'old' PDP She was 'easygoing' so she no 'show' herself too much for news.

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5/9 * 100 = 56% Note this government's stance that the cabinet is 'women friendly' - the replacements will void or prove this!


True, politics is also involved here but just some mention about some of the men:

6. Olugbenga Ashiru (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs)
This man job no easy wallahi. He more or less represents the Nigerian brand and the consulate offices we have/embassies aren't nice holiday destinations. Moreover, some people have tried to 'kobalize' him on FG's stance concerning gay marriage - how the man go take manage The index of any person who occupies this seat will always start first from our embassies here and there. We must not forget also how FG take vex di way all dese oyibo diplomats go dey put nose for soup wey we cook here - these diplomats had to be warned to 'comment their reserve' when it comes to expressing their public opinions on our issues. Ahan what nonsense by dis pipul

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7. Buka Tijjani (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs)
Just the mention of the Agriculture Minister's name shows where the synergy isn't!

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8. Shamsudeen Usman (Former Minister of National Planning)
This one - I smell so much politricks in it. It's funny, at the Nigeria Economic Summit that held recently, participants did mention that government should ensure that their policies are sustainable - Usman was present alongside Adesina (Education Minister) and VP Namadi Sambo. Elumelu particularly 'saved' Adesina's job by pleading to government to leave round pegs in round holes for longer periods. Hmmm

The caveat is that analysing politics in Nigeria isn't often straightforward - decisions aren't always based on performances but based on ethnicity (5 from the North & 4 from the South), gender (5W/4M), region and all other indices that aren't objective or benefit Nigerians in general. We even employ 'federal character' in dismissals hence someone could lose his/her job for flimsy reasons.

Save for today is Wednesday, National cake-sharing day FEC meeting day, I wouldn't have been surprised if some of these Ministers got to know of their sack on pages of Newspapers like Inuwa (Former Minister of Youths Development) did.

God bless Nigeria

More enemies..

Mustay: Olusola Obada is missing on this list!

Wike is also missing.

Mustay: Olusola Obada is missing on this list!

Yes, you are right. Minister of Sate for Defence - Erelu Olusola Obada - is missing from the PT list.

The minister for works they always escape the axe.. Is d dude backing GEJ

Talking about Mike Onolememen

alaoeri:
Wike is also missing.

Wike did brag about becoming a substantive minister in the foreseeable future, not so long.

The cake must go round now.
It's time for another set of PDP strong members to have their own share of the cake.

Nyesom Wike
Denziani Allison Madueke

^^ The above names are conspicuously missing!

So the former minister of education will now be joining the ASUU strike.

Na im sabi.
Just noticed ASUU chairman's name is....
#complete it yourself if you like#.

One of the reasons the new pdp felt aggrieved was due to the fact that some of their candidates for the pdp convention were disqualified; could it be that GEj is making space to accommodate them?

As i effused earlier, this must cause a very elephantinic obstreperous saga which may be abstruse to understand, but i assure you will oblitrate malicious contents about GEJ from his objurgators

Ati new ministers and old minister o, are they not PDP members? Are they not politicians? What do they really have to offer Nigerians except their pockets.
The president is just using the appointment to compesate them and make the cake go round their strong members.

eGuerrilla:

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I could have sworn Ama Pepple and Olugbenga Ashiru were both performing ministers

This is not about performance.....it's all about doubt of their allegiance in the current roforofo fight going on in the party.

Nyesom Wike said it, that he will become a Senior Minister some weeks back..... Wike: the New Minister of Education.
With Nyesom Wike as the Minister of Education, No hope for the end of ASUU strike yet, cuz he will majorly focus on the dirty politics with Gov.Ameachi & 2015

That shall not be Our portion in IJN.

ujchief: Nyesom Wike
Denziani Allison Madueke

^^ The above names are conspicuously missing!

That makes any claim of non-performance against those sacked sound more unreasonable

Dog eat dog politics...

Wike may become the next education minister. for those who call GEJ clueless and daft. This part of him is just loading...you have no idea what a man with power can do. Ask the syrian president. 2015 promises to be interesting