Goodluck Jonathan Dissolves The Federal Executive Council

Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan has dissolved the country's cabinet, government sources say.

Mr Jonathan became acting president in February amid the continuing illness of President Umaru Yar'Adua.

Mr Yar'Adua went to Saudi Arabia for treatment in November last year and, despite returning to Nigeria recently, has not been seen in public.

The cabinet was picked by Mr Yar'Adua and correspondents say Mr Jonathan is now trying to stamp his own authority.

Mansur Liman of BBC Hausa says there had been rumours of the dissolution for some time and Mr Jonathan had already changed several senior personnel.

But our correspondent says this is the biggest move Mr Jonathan has made since becoming acting president and he is clearly plotting a new course for the government.

It was only on 9 February that the National Assembly appointed Mr Jonathan as acting president, allowing him to sign legislation, chair cabinet meetings, reshuffle ministers and release oil funds.

Goodluck Jonathan Dissolves The Federal Executive Council

thank God, that move was long overdue i sincerely hopes he has the presence of mind to appoint credible people to replacee the morons he just sacked! next step is to ensure credible electoral reforms and stable power supply.

KunleOshob:

thank God, that move was long overdue i sincerely hopes he has the presence of mind to appoint credible people to replacee the morons he just sacked! next step is to ensure credible electoral reforms and stable power supply.

My Point

I think he will do just fine.

Aahaaaaaa Izon u have shown to the world the an Ijaw can lead this great country of ours, to the next level i salute your courage Am proud to be an Izon man


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Well done Dr. Goodluck, but this is just the begining before I praise ur name, I wanna see a probe on past activities of the cabinet, I also wanna see Farida fired and probed.

Sending all the members packing is the best option. I think the cabal has finally been decapilated. This marks the end of the cabal or the kitchen cabinet and "oga or madam said"

No more probe at this moment please. . .

at least not to the detriment of actually doing things.

BUILD ROADS, RAIL, SORT OUT THE GAS ISSUE AND GIVE US POWER.

FINISH.