Presidency Denies Plan To Sack Some Ministers

Presidency denies plan to sack some ministers
By Elizabeth Archibong
September 28, 2009

The Federal Government on Monday denied reports that the President, Umaru Yar’Adua, is planning to reshuffle his cabinet. Some national daily newspapers had reported that a reshuffle was on the cards, with one paper going further to say about seven cabinet members had been slated for removal in the planned changes.

But the Special Adviser to the Nigerian President on Media and Information, Segun Adeniyi, has denied the reports.

“I don’t know where the speculations about cabinet reshuffle are coming from, but let me state for avoidance of doubt that there is no plan by the president to replace ministers at this point in time, the daily speculations in some newspapers have indeed become a needless distraction as the public is being made to believe a lie,” Mr Adeniyi said.

The Yar’Adua government carried out its last cabinet reshuffle on October 29, 2008. During that reshuffle, 20 of the 42 ministers in the cabinet were dropped. Although, the rumoured shake-up was said not to be as sweeping, several ministers and their aides have been having sleepless nights in Abuja because of the widespread claims of an impending cabinet change. Indeed many ministers have started intense lobbying to keep their job, at the detriment of their job, according to the statement from Mr. Adeniyi.

The Nigerian president returned to the country last Friday from a much criticised trip to Saudi Arabia. A lot of commentators were unhappy that Mr. Yar’Adua went to the Arab country at a time the United Nations was holding its General Summit during which the Nigerian president was expected to deliver a speech and that he also attended the opening ceremony of a state of the art University while Nigerian Universities have been closed for over three months.

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Nigerians will do with Yar'adua re-shuffling himself.

Muneer2

Will u be happy with Yar'adua's deathography??

I bow for yaradoer, Just reshuffling cabinet as if he once gamble with cards, wake up baba go slow now turned baba stand still.If u r tired,handover the remaining 20months to turaya;sure she will make a good president.

it wont change anything.he should just pack out of that Aso Villa. A visionless Idiot like him can't  be in dat villa popping up champagne while most of the youths and undergrads sits at home to do absolutely nothing.
Perhaps, he wants to interchange finance minster and d CBN governor  so dat sanusi can apply his usual dose dat ostracized Akingbola who knws?anything goes in 9ja these days
YAR'ASNAIL  needs an authentic slap dat will awake him frm his slumber shiiioooooorrrr _hiss

wht all dis

This lame duck President can't re-shuffle a pack of cards talk less  his corrupt cabinet.   Who is fooling who ?

short,concise and factual.  thumbs up bro. I knw dat wen its time,I mean d ryt time God himself will descend frm heaven cos of 9ja 

Too bad the man is denying this which if it was true, may have been a turning point for his "motionless" goverment.He needs a reshufflement as bad as a renal dialysis.Maybe, the new ministers will be able to do some little work in office before his political or biological demise (whichever comes first).

Right

watin concern me 

Abeg make them no deny am oooo, i want them to sack That Attorney GENERAL OF FRAUD, then SAM UGWU(VEGETABLE) Follow

NLers, please take things easy o.

Yara dua will find his feet after the 1st term. Am saying in essence, please give him a second term.

Thanks