Goodluck Jonathan, sent names of 12 ministerial nominees
including four women to the Senate for confirmation, Jonathan also, for the first
time in the history of the country, sent the names of newly appointed service
chiefs to the Senate for confirmation.
The service chiefs are Air Marshal Alex Badeh, Chief of
Defence Staff; Major General Kenneth Minimah, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral
Usman Jibrin, Chief of Naval Staff and Air Vice Marshal Adeola Amosu, Chief of
Air Staff.
Two of the ministerial nominees are from Kano State.
The ministerial nominees, after confirmation, are expected
to be deployed to fill the vacant positions created following the sack of 11
ministers by the president late last year and the resignation of Dr. Mohammed
Pate, as Minister of State for Health, last year.
The nominees are former National Security Adviser, NSA,
General Aliyu Gusau, rtd, Zamfara State;
former governor of Adamawa State, Mr. Boni Haruna, representing his state;
current Nigerian Ambassador to China, Aminu Wali (Kano) and former Nigerian
Ambassador to Ghana, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro (Lagos State).
Others are Hon. Mohammed Wakil from Borno State, Alhaji
Abduljelili Oyewale Adesiyan from Osun State, Hajia Jamilla Salik (Kano), Mrs.
Akon Etim Eyakenyi (Akwa Ibom), Mrs. Lawrencia Labaran Mallam (Kaduna), Dr.
T.W. Dagogo (Rivers), Asabe Asmau Ahmed (Niger) and Dr. Khaliru Haruna
(Sokoto).
Jonathan, in his letter dated Monday, January 20, 2014, said
he acted in line with Section 147 (2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, as amended on the ministerial nominees while his second
letter entitled, “Appointment of the
Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs for the Armed Forces of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria,” which asked the Senate to confirm the service chiefs was
in compliance with the provisions of Section 18 (1) of the Armed Forces Act,
Cap.A.20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
The Senate President received the two letters yesterday and
subsequently read them at the plenary.
The President asked the Senate to give expeditious consideration to the
two letters.
Last September, the President dropped nine ministers-six senior
and three junior in what was considered a major cabinet reshuffle.
They were the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador
Olugbenga Ashiru; Minister of Education,
Professor Ruqqayat Ruf’ai; Minister of
National Planning, Samsudeen Usman;
Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ama Pepple; Minister of the
Environment, Hajia Hadiza Mailafia; and
Minister of Science and Technology, Prof. Bassey Ewa.
The ministers of states affected were those of Defence,
Erelu Olusola Obada; Agriculture, Alhaji Bukar Tijani; and Power, Alhaja Zainab
Kuchi.
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