News: President Jonathan fires the Minister of Sports, Mallam Abdullahi

President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi. The country leader directed one of the the 11 newly sworn in ministers, Dr. Tamuno Danagogo, to take over from Abdullahi. The sack was announced just before the commencement of  (Wed.Mar.05) today's meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation, FEC. The President said new ministers would also be named next week.
The sworn-in ministers are:
Musiliu Obanikoro (Lagos), Minister of State Defence;
Mohammed Wakil (Borno), Minister of State Power;
Abduljelili Adesiyan (Osun), Minister of Police Affairs;
Aminu Wali (Kano), Minister of Foreign Affairs;
Akon Eyakenyi (Akwa Ibom), Minister of Land and Housing;
Lawrencia Laraba(Kaduna State), Minister of Environment;
Tamuno Danagogo (Rivers), Minister of Sports;
Asabe Asmau Ahmed (Niger), Minister of State Agriculture;
Aliyu Gusau (Zamfara), Minister of Defence;
Boni Haruna (Adamawa), Minister of Youth Development; and
Khaliru Alhassan (Sokoto State), Minister of State, Health.


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