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Did You Say Technocrats? Meet The Fresh Air Team by ama27(f): 9:59am On Jul 05, 2011
The minestarial nominations are closely watched by all - foreign and local and will be a major indication of the strategy, approach and steer of the FG

It will be one of the initial indicators of whether or not we are going to get the much awaited and publicised 'Fresh Air'
More than anything i am hopeful. 
It will be good to get a clear view of each nominee, their portfoilio and their profile so that we know from the onset  the  'Fresh Air' Team.  I will start with our new Minister of Aviation -Princess Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi

The profile has been courtesy wikipedia and i have tried to stay away from controvesial issues/reports as it will be beneficial to look at the list objectively.
I think more emphasis will be placed on the new appointees

Minister of Aviation Profile  ( Courtesy Wikipedia)

POLITICAL CAREER
Princess Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi has been nominated as the Minister for Aviation on the 29th of June 2011 [1]. She also serves as the Director of Administration and Finance for Jonathan/Sambo Presidential campaign Organization and is also the Vice President for Neighbour2Neighbour Campaign Network.[2]

BACKGROUND
Princess Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi was born into the Royal Home of Igwe D.O. Oduah of Akili-Ozizor, Ogbaru L.G.A. in Anambra State on January 5, 1962. Being a focused individual with a clear career vision, Princess Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi bagged her Bachelors & Masters Degree in Accounting & Business Administration respectively in the United States of America. Upon her return to the fatherland in 1983, she joined the NNPC as a Public Servant. Her dedication to service, gave her the opportunity to receive numerous awards for outstanding achievements.[3]
In 1992, she left the NNPC to establish the Sea Petroleum & Gas Company Limited (SPG), a leading Independent Marketer of Petroleum Products in Nigeria where she is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). She has successfully carved a niche for herself as a leading Entrepreneur in the Oil & Gas sector.[4]

PERSONAL DETAILS
She is married to the Minister for Works & Housing, Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi and they are blessed with children. She is a generous employer of labour and a philanthropist of exceptional magnitude, who has touched lives and communities. In recognition of her outstanding contributions to the development of the nation, she was rewarded with a National Honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) by the former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Her philanthropic contributions includes:
i. Establishment of a Skill Acquisition Centre
ii. Launching of Farmers Loan Scheme
iii. Initiating Echo Heart Foundation etc.

The returning Ministers (profilecourtesy wikipedia)

Emeka Wogu -Labour  and Productivity - Wogu was born on 29 January 1965 in Umuahia, Abia State and completed his secondary education at Ngwa High School, Aba (1978-1980). He attended Imo State University (1982-1986) obtaining an LLB, and the Nigerian Law School (1986-1987) where he obtained a BL. In 1990 he established a private law practice, Emeka Wogu & Co. He earned his Masters in Public Administration at the University of Calabar (2001-2002). He holds several traditional titles including Omezuru of Ohazie, Kpakpandu of Aba, Nwadiala of Aba and Amulutto of Oshogbo.Wogu was vice-chairman of the Aba South LGA in Abia State (1991-1993), becoming chairman of the LGA in 1993. He was elected to the Federal House of Representatives in 1998. In 1999 he was briefly the political adviser to Orji Uzor Kalu, governor of Abia State. He represented Abia State for two terms as commissioner at the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission.[3]Immediately after being appointed Minister of Labour on 6 April 2010, Wogu had to deal with a strike by federal civil servants across the country that was planned to start on 8 April 2010. After meeting with the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council, which represents the eight unions involved, they agreed to hold off until the end of April 2010 while their concerns were being addresses.

[b]Bala Mohammed -[/b]Mohammed was born in 1958 in Alkedim. He studied English at the University of Maiduguri (1979–1982), where he gained a BA.] He joined The Democrat as a reporter in 1983, then working in the public service as an administrative officer from 1984-2000. He worked in the Ministries of Internal Affairs, Solid Minerals, Power and Steel and Transportation and Aviation. He retired as director of admin in the Nigerian Meteorological Agency. He then served as a senior special assistant to Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State from 2000 to 2005. He was Director of Administration, Nigeria Railway 2005-2007.[2]
Mohammed was elected Senator for Bauchi South in April 2007 for the All Nigeria People's Party.[1] He reportedly fell out with Yaguda after the state Governor married President Umaru Yar'Adua's daughter and decamped to the People's Democratic Party (PDP).[4] In March 2010 he accused Yuguda of being behind a move by people in his constituency to recall him from the Senate.[5] He was the first to call for declaring President Umaru Yar'Adua incapacitated and making Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan the acting President.[1]
After assuming office as Minister for FCT in April 2010, Mohammed stated his determination to attack the problems of garbage and lack of potable water in the FCT.[6]

Deziani Allison –Madueke – Petroleum Resources - Diezani Agama was born on December 6, 1960 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Her father was Chief Frederick Abiye Agama. She studied architecture in England and then at Howard University in the United States, and worked in USA for some years before returning to Nigeria, joining Shell Petroleum Development Corporation in 1992. In 2002, she attended Cambridge University for her MBA.[1] In April 2006, Shell appointed her its first female Executive Director in Nigeria.[2]
Since 1999 she has been married to Admiral Allison Madueke (retired), one-time Chief of Naval Staff who was at various times governor of Imo and Anambra State.[1]
Alison-Madueke was appointed Transport Minister in July 2007. In June 2008 she was subject to a Senate probe after it emerged that as Transport Minister she had paid 30,9-billion naira ($263-million) to contractors between December 26 and 31 2007. She has however never been charged or tried for these allegations and has strongly denied any wrongdoing.[3] In September 2008 there was an unsuccessful attempt to kidnap her at her house in Abuja.[4] On December 23, 2008, she was appointed Minister of Mines and Steel Development.[5]
In October 2009, the Senate of Nigeria indicted Diezani Alison-Madueke and recommended prosecution for the alleged transfer of N1.2 billion into the private account of a toll company without due process and in breach of concession agreement. However, the allegations have never been taken to law, and the Minister maintains her innocence.[6]
After Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan became acting President in February 2010, he dissolved the cabinet on 17 March 2010, and swore in a new cabinet on 6 April 2010 with Alison-Madueke as Minister for Petroleum Resources.[7]

Elder Godsday Orubebe- Niger Delta -
Elder Peter Godsday Orubebe (born 6th June, 1959) was appointed Nigerian Minister of Niger Delta on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet. Orubebe was born on 6 June, 1959 at Ogbobagbene, Burutu Local Government Area in Delta State.[2] He is of Ijaw origin.[1] He attended the University of Lagos, gaining a B.Sc in Political Science in 1985. Later he obtained a Masters Degree in International Relations from Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma in 2005.
Orubebe became a Supervisory Councilor, and later Chairman of Burutu LGA. In July 2007, President Umaru Yar'Adua appointed him Minister of Special Duties.[2] Later he became Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs when that ministry was created in December 2008.[3] In January 2010 he said that the proposed 10% equity share policy on infrastructural development in the Niger Delta region would make vandalism and crisis a thing of the past.[4]
Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu –  Health - Professor C.O. Onyebuchi Chukwu is a renowned professor of medicine with a post graduate specialist training in orthopaedic surgery. He is a fellow of West African college of Surgeons and a fellow of International college of Surgeons. He was born on 22nd of April 1962 in Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria. He hails from Afikpo in Afikpo North L. G. A. of Ebonyi State. He has held several administrative and managerial positions in the public service and is currently the Honourable Minister of Health of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Professor C.O Onyebuchi Chukwu has distinguished himself in many endeavours of life, both in academics and in service to humanity.
Previous to his current appointment, Professor C. O. Onyebuchi Chukwu was Head, Accident and Emergency Department, Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria (1996-1998); Senior Lecturer in Surgery/Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Abia State University/Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Aba, Nigeria (1999-2000); Head, Department of Surgery, Abia State University/Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Aba, Nigeria (1998-2000). He became an Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki in 2000; Chairman Medical Advisory Committee Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria (2000-2003); Senior Lecturer in Surgery/Senior Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon in Ebonyi State University/Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria (2000 – 2007)and the Chief Medical Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (2003-2008).In 2007, he was appointed a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ebonyi State University Abakaliki; the Deputy Provost, College of Health Sciences, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki (4th November, 2008 – Date) and a Visiting Professor of Surgery, University of Nigeria Enugu Campus (with effect from 6th April 2010).
The distinguished Professor served as president of Rotary Club of Abakaliki South, Captain of Abakaliki Golf Club and Assistant-Governor Rotary International, 2008/2009; 2010/2011, District 9140 Zone 22. Professor C.O.Onyebuchi Chukwu holds the membership of many national and international professional bodies. He has also attended and participated in several academic and professional conferences and workshops. He was appointed the Honourable Minister of Health of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in April 2010. He joins the PMNCH Board in May 2010.He is happily married to Mrs Christiana Osinachi Buchi-Chukwu.

Navy Capt Caleb Olubolade Minister of State FCT - Navy Captain Omoniyi Caleb Olubolade (born 30 November 1954) is a former Military Administrator of Bayelsa State, Nigeria who was appointed Minister of Special Duties on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet.[1]Olubolade was born on 30 November 1954 at Ipoti-Ekiti in Ijero LGA of Ekiti State. He was commissioned into the Nigerian Navy in 1974, and attended courses including the Britannia Royal Naval College, UK in 1975 and the Naval College of Engineering, India in 1979.[2] On June 9, 1997 he was appointed Military Administrator of the newly created Bayelsa State by the military government of General Sani Abacha.[] As governor, on 4 May 1998 he established the Bayelsa State Council for Arts & Culture.
Olubolade retired from the Nigerian Navy in 1999 at the start of the new democratic regime.[5]In April 2006, Olubolade was briefly arrested during a House of Representatives by-election in the Ekiti South II Federal Constituency.[6] He was an aspirant to become Action Congress (AC) candidate for governor of Ekiti State in the April 2007 elections.[7] Later in 2006 he defected to the People's Democratic Party (PDP). He was appointed Chairman of the Ekiti State Project Monitoring Committee by Governor Segun Oni

Musa Sada – Mines and Steel - Architect Musa Mohammed Sada (born 25 February 1957) was appointed Nigerian Minister of Mines & Steel Development on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet.[1]Sada was born on February 25, 1957 in Mani, Katsina State. He attended Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria and gained a B.SC in 1982 and M.Sc in Architecture in 1984. He earned an MBA from ABU in 1998. He practiced as a professional architect until being appointed Commissioner of Works, Housing and Transportation for Katsina State in 2007

Yusuf Suleiman –Transport - Alhaji Yusuf Sulaiman (born 30 January 1963) was appointed Nigerian Minister of Transport on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet.[1]Sulaiman was born in Sokoto on 30 January 1963. He obtained B.Sc Degree in Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria in 1986 and MBA from ABU in 1989. He joined the civil service, where he worked in various positions. Before being appointed Minister he was Chairman of the Governing Council of the National Teachers' Institute, Kaduna.[2]After being appointed Minister of Transport on 6 April 2010, Sulaiman said the Ministry was committed to transforming the shipping industry to comply with global best practices

Bello Adoke – Attorney General - Barrister Mohammed Bello Adoke, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (born 1 September 1963) was appointed Nigerian Attorney General and Minister of Justice on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet.[1]Adoke was born on 1 September 1963 in Kogi State. He gained a degree in law from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and 1985, and was called to the Nigerian Bar in October 1986.[1] He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in International Tax Law from Robert Kennedy University in Zurich, Switzerland and a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from Keble College, Oxford.[2]
He held positions with the Kwara State Schools' Management Board, Kano State Ministry of Justice and private law firms before establishing his own practice. He was a member of the Board of Peugeot Automobile from 2006 to 2008 and Chairman of the Board Audit Committee of Unity Bank.[1] He has acted as an arbitrator in England and Nigeria, handling commercial disputes involving Shell Ultra Deep and the Federal Government of Nigeria, Global Steel Holdings and the Bureau of Public Enterprises Investment, and AES Nigeria Barge and Lagos State Government.[2]
His appointment as Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 6 April 2010 was seen as an attempt by Jonathan to introduce a fresh approach in pushing through electoral reforms.
Prof Rqqayyatu Rufai- Education – could not get a full profile but from what I have read so far she is well qualified to lead the Education Ministry
Shamsudeen Usman –National Planning Ministry

Labaran Maku - Information and Communication

We eagerly await the rest of the team
Re: Did You Say Technocrats? Meet The Fresh Air Team by aljharem3: 12:19pm On Jul 05, 2011
the same people over and over again

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