Wednesday 5 March 2014

Jonathan to swear in 11 new ministers


President Goodluck Jonathan will on Wednesday swear in 11 ministerial nominees that were cleared by the National Assembly.

A statement issued by Dr Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Tuesday in Abuja, said the swearing-in would take place at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa before the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.

Those to be sworn-in are Musiliu Obanikoro (Lagos), Mohammed Wakil (Borno), Abduljelili Adesiyan (Osun), Aminu Wali (Kano) and Akon Eyakenyi (Akwa Ibom).

Others are Lawrencia Labaran (Kaduna State), Dr Tamuno Danagogo (Rivers), Asabe Ahmed (Niger), Aliyu Gusau (Zamfara), Boni Haruna (Adamawa) and Dr Khaliru Alhassan (Sokoto State).

The President had on February 21 forwarded names of 12 ministerial nominees to the Senate for clearance, from which 11 were cleared.

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