The ministers, nine of them, were relieved of their positions by the President at the end of the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC.
While some Nigerians who spoke with P.M.NEWS described the action as targeted at the President’s perceived enemies within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, others said it was normal for Jonathan to hire and fire any cabinet member as the Nigerian constitution stipulates.
The affected ministers included those of the Environment, Hadiza Ibrahim Mailafa; National Planning, Shamsudeen Usman; Education, Ruqayyatu Rufai; Science and Technology, Ita Okon Bassey Ewa; Housing and Urban Development, Ama Pepple and Foreign Affairs, Olugbenga Ashiru.
Ministers of State affected included those for Agriculture, Bukar Tijani Borno; Defence, Olusola Obada and Power, Zainab Kuchi.
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