I read this post and just thought to share this
event going on in our beloved country Nigeria. Please read and share your
thoughts.
From Punch
The frosty relationship between President
Goodluck Jonathan and five northern governors on Monday claimed its
victim as the President ordered the sack of the Minister of Youth Affairs,
Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir.
Our correspondents learnt that the minister was
sacked, among other reasons, because of his continuous loyalty to the Sokoto
State Governor, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko.
Until his appointment, Abdulkadir was the state
Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice in the Wamakko administration.
It was gathered that the minister would be
replaced by another indigene of Sokoto State that could be trusted to deliver
the state for Jonathan in 2015.
The minister was said to have stayed this long
because of the belief that he would shift his loyalty from Wamakko to the
President.
A Presidency source said, “The President cannot
afford to retain any minister, who is working at cross purposes with him in any
state.
“Ministers are supposed to be the eyes of the
President in the states. If the President cannot guarantee a minister’s
loyalty, such a minister will go. That is why he has been asked to
leave.”
The sack of Abdulkadir was announced through a
statement by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,
Senator Pius Anyim.
The statement signed by Anyim’s Special Assistant
(Media), Sam Nwaobasi, reads, “His Excellency Dr. Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan, GCFR President and Commander–in–Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal
Republic of Nigeria has relieved Inuwa Abdul-kadir, Esq of his appointment as
Honourable Minister of Youth Development with effect from August 26, 2013.
“The former minister is to hand over to the
Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Youth Development. Mr. President
expresses appreciation to the former minister for the time he put in the
services of the nation and wishes him success in his future endeavours.”
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