No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

- Abraham Lincoln

This a reminder to the detractors of our dear President Buhari. Even after the Presidency has explained that the delay in announcing the Presidents cabinet is attributed to the late handover over of transition documents (on the 28th of May) which meant the Joda committee tasked with studying the briefs and making recommendations could only submit their report yesterday, he has been inundated with criticism from forgetful TANoids. Let us also note that if President Buhari announces his cabinet next week, it would be the earliest ever done in Nigeria's democratic history.

Goodluck Jonathan announced his cabinet 6 weeks after inauguration despite promising to announce after 2 weeks. This was even after serving for more than a year as acting President following Former President Yar'adua's death.

Chyz2:
Jonathan Assigns Portfolio To 31 Ministers, Creates New Ministries, Redeploys Minister Of Transport

Posted: July 11, 2011 - 21:16

By SaharaReporters, New York

Exactly six weeks after he took office, President Goodluck Jonathan today updated his cabinet to 31 Ministers.  He had vowed he would have the full cabinet, which is expected to be made up of 42 persons, in place in two weeks.

A statement from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Anyim Pius Anyim, also announced changes in the cabinet today, as approved by the president. Among them:

    Yusuf Suleman has been moved from the Ministry of Transport to the Sports Commission as Chairman and Minister after he reportedly demanded huge bribes from NIMASA last week. Mr. Suleiman was slated to be dropped from the cabinet but the Sultan of Sokoto reportedly intervened; Idris Umar is now the Minister of Transport;  Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade moves to the Ministry of Police Affairs; Mrs. Olajumoke Akinjide becomes Hononorable Minister of State, FCT; and A new Ministry of Communication Technology.

The government said the new Ministry would be headed by a Minister "who is very versatile in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT), to give it the desired focus in view of the critical importance of ICT in driving a modern economy.". Mr. Jonathan also made Olusegun Aganga, the former finance minister,  the  "Trade and Investment" minister. The new ministry is expected to bring investments into Nigeria.

Jonathan's cabinet is mostly his old cabinet from the previous administration.  His critics question his snail pace as well as lack of courage to bring in a healthy dose of technocrats to generate new ideas and momentum.

While he has preached a so-called "transformational agenda," Jonathan has so far failed the first test of transparency by failing to declare his assets or generate an offensive against corruption, Nigeria's perennial enemy.  Indeed, cracks may already have begun to appear in the fabric of his government, as the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed B. Adoke, declared during his screening at the Senate that the anti-corruption agencies do not properly understand their their statutory mandates, and that they lack the capacity to investigate and prosecute economic crimes.  But it is to those agencies that Jonathan pledged to hand his war against corruption.

The updated cabinet is as follows:
Table showing the list of the Ministers and their portfolios

S/N/ NAME/ PORTFOLIO/ STATE/ ZONE
1.Barrister Emeka Wogu- Honourable Minister for Labour, Abia- SE
2. Hajia Zainab Maina- Honourable Minister for Women Affairs, Adamawa-NE
3. Prof. Ita Okon Bassey Ewa- Honourable Minister for Science and Technology, Akwa-Ibom
4. Mrs. Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi- Honourable Minister for Aviation, Anambra-SE
5. Senator Bala Mohammed- Honourable Minister for Federal Capital Territory, Bauchi- NE
6. Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke- Honourable Minister for Petroleum, Bayelsa- SS
7. Comrade Abba Moro- Honourable Minister  for Interior, Benue- NC
8. Hajia Zainab Ibrahim Kuchi- Honourable Minister for State for Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs,Niger-NC
9. Alhaji Bukar Tijani- Honourable Minister of State for Agric and Natural Resources, Borno- NE                 
10. Elder Godsday Orubebe- Honourable Minister, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Delta-SS
11.Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu- Honourable Minister for Health, Ebonyi-SE
12. Arc. Mike Onolememen- Honourable Minister for Works, Edo- SS
13. Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade (rtd)- Honourable Minister for Police Affairs, Ekiti-SW
14. Professor Bart Nnaji- Honourable Minister for Power, Enugu- SE
15. Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman- Honourable Minister for Sports, Sokoto- NW
16. Prof. (Mrs) Viola Onwuliri- Honourable Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Imo- SE
17. Prof (Mrs) Ruqayyatu Rufai- Honourable Minister for  Education, Jigawa-NW
18. Dr. Shamsudeen Usman- Honourable Minister for National Planning, Kano-NW
19. Arc. Mohammed Musa Sada- Honourable Minister for Mines and Steel Development, Katsina-NW
20. Dr. Bello H. Mohammed- Honourable of Minister for Defence, Kebbi-NW
21. Mohammed B. Adoke, SAN- Honourable Attorney Gen. of the Federation/Honourable Minister of Justice, Kogi-NC
22. Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi- Honourable Minister for Youth Development, Kwara-NC
23. Mr. Olusegun O. Aganga- Honourable of Minister for Trade and Investment, Lagos-SW
24. Mr. Labaran Maku Honourable Minister for Information and Communications, Nasarawa,-NC
  25. Dr. Samuel Ioraer Ortom-Honourable Minister of  State, Trade and Investment, Benue-NC
26. Amb. Olugbenga Ashiru-Honourable Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ogun-SW
27. Erelu Olusola Obada -Honorable Minister of State, Defence, Osun-SW
28. Mrs. Olajumoke Akinjide Honourable Minister of State for FCT, Oyo-SW
29. Senator Idris A.Umar Honourable Minister for Transport , Gombe-NE
30. Dr. Yerima Lawal Ngama Honourable Minister of State for  Finance, Yobe-NE
31. Amb. Bashir Yugudu -Honourable Minister of State, Works, Zamfara: NW

https://www.nairaland.com/711303/jonathan-assigns-portfolio-31-ministers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_President_Goodluck_Jonathan#July_2011_cabinet

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We are expecting the list by Monday.

The difference maybe would be GEJ was operating under the government of his OWN political party bearing in mind that they were all PDP ministers.

PEOPLE expect that the new PARTY and GOVERNMENT in power would quickly put new ministers but as the OP stated, time Is needed to ensure that the proper people are chosen for effectivness and efficiency.

We must not be quick to forget the roles that many politicians played overtly and subvertly to ensure that APC wins and so their needs have to be catered for also but not to the detriment of national interest.

I hope the level of disappointment won't be very high when the ministerial list is eventually released.

God bless the President.

An opposition that lacks the capacity to address issues will only be left with lies, deceit and hypocrisy.

Thank you, Rawani.

One shouldn't expect anything meaningful from the TANoids. They are being led by a boy who writes articles b4 thinking.

Rawani:
Hypocrisy.

Stop comparing apples to oranges. GEJ was already president and had a cabinet in place. Can't you see from your topic that while some were newly appointed, others were reassigned.

Nice try but try harder next time.

Very interesting.

Did we have all these attacks we are having now back then over this issue?? My guess is no.

So some Nigerians and PDP supporters should just take a chill pill. The announcements would be made in due course.

omenka:
Very interesting.

Did we have all these attacks we are having now back then over this issue?? My guess is no.

So some Nigerians and PDP supporters should just take a chill pill. The announcements would be made in due course.

Ostrich, it wasn't a new cabinet but rather a rejigging of an already existing cabinet.

When will the Daura President appoint an Ambassador to West Germany.

Bt Buhari should hav announce d SGF and chief of staff even if it takes him a month to announce his ministers

Sunnybobo3:


Stop comparing apples to oranges. GEJ was already president and had a cabinet in place. Can't you see Dron your topic that while some were newly appointed, others were reassigned.

Nice try but try harder next time.

So you know the circumstances surrounding their presidency are different, then why do you guys keep insisting he announced his cabinet in record time even when the circumstances in this regard favoured Jonathan? Why did it take him 6weeks to "update" his cabinet??

Sunnybobo3:


Stop comparing apples to oranges. GEJ was already president and had a cabinet in place. Can't you see Dron your topic that while some were newly appointed, others were reassigned.

Nice try but try harder next time.

No, he was acting President and inherited Yar'aduas cabinet in 2010 which he reshuffled. He had all the time when he was acting to constitute a new cabinet ready for his inauguration in 2011.

Second of all, he dissolved his cabinet before May 29th.

Third of all, it is unconstitutional for ministers to function without being sworn in, so they could not have continued after dissolution.

Finally, while you were reading, did you not see where he promised to announce his cabinet after 2 weeks & failed?

Goodluck Jonathan did not have his own cabinet till 6 weeks after his inauguration.

Sunnybobo3:


Ostrich, it wasn't a new cabinet but rather a rejigging of an already existing cabinet.

When will the Daura President appoint an Ambassador to West Germany.

It is high time you guys started behaving like adults. Leave the childish tantrums to the kids around here buddy.

Imagine "mere" "re-jigging" took him a whooping SIX WEEKS!! How much more time would it have taken if he were to start afresh??

Come on dude, let it go. There's no argument here.

They thought they could bury us but they never knew we're like seeds... Barca and company don't start a war you know you can't win...

fashoo2010:
Bt Buhari should hav announce d SGF and chief of staff even if it takes him a month to announce his ministers

For what reasons?
What do you know about governance?
Are u a learner ?

LMAO! Pa Buhair and his cohorts. Blindfulness.


Jonathan already has an existing goverment. And what he did was a shake up.

Even COS and SGF we never have. Its bad!

Rawani:
An opposition that lacks the capacity to address issues will only be left with lies, deceit and hypocrisy.

Change mean doing things differently or does it has a new meaning now

alfred5:
LMAO! Pa Buhair and his cohorts. Blindfulness.


Jonathan already has an existing goverment. And what he did was a shake up.

Even COS and SGF we never have. Its bad!

Were the ministers in office for those 6 weeks?

NO.

Were there any FEC meetings for those 6 weeks?

NO.

Interesting comparison...

Maxymilliano:



Change mean doing things differently or does it has a new meaning now

It means doing things differently. The whole point is that PMB should be allowed to establish and run his government without petty and baseless issues thrown about to discredit his administration. However any genuine criticisms are good for our national development.

Progressives on nairaland seem more than 'armed to the teeth' to put those stoats from pdp on their toes.
From passingshot, omenka, cleverly, etc, I have always found something rich to hold on to.
Dont worry, we shall kill what is left of pdp .

omenka:
Very interesting.

Did we have all these attacks we are having now back then over this issue?? My guess is no.

So some Nigerians and PDP supporters should just take a chill pill. The announcements would be made in due course.

We as Nigerians expect a different direction due to the new slogan in our political terrain, CHANGE! Or should we still be comparing Change with cluelessness as alleged by APC ?

This is a TKO, truth most times ultimately prevails.

Firefire:



We as Nigerians expect a different direction due to the new slogan in our political terrain, CHANGE! Or should we still be comparing Change with cluelessness as alleged by APC ?

That you expect CHANGE doesn't mean you should expect an ostrich to fly across the Atlantic ocean. Understand??

Besides, how come you guys that were/are his most vicious critics, who never supported/support him nor believed/believe in the change slogan, or see anything good in him, are the ones demanding the change most?? Isn't that somewhat ironic??

Rawani:
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

- Abraham Lincoln

This a reminder to the detractors of our dear President Buhari. Even after the Presidency has explained that the delay in announcing the Presidents cabinet is attributed to the late handover over of transition documents (on the 28th of May) which meant the Joda committee tasked with studying the briefs and making recommendations could only submit their report yesterday, he has been inundated with criticism from forgetful TANoids. Let us also note that if President Buhari announces his cabinet next week, it would be the earliest ever done in Nigeria's democratic history.

Goodluck Jonathan announced his cabinet 6 weeks after inauguration despite promising to announce after 2 weeks. This was even after serving for more than a year as acting President following Former President Yar'adua's death.

cc: passingshot, beremx, obiagelli, midolian, orlandoowoh, quotasystem, cramjones, egift et al.

It's good you brought this as a separate thread even though we treated it in various posts.

What I can assure the progressives here is that, many of the protection seeker's die-hard fans are becoming irritated by his "substanceless", deceitful and half-truths articles here. Hence you see many of them view his threads without making comments. Dem don dey tire of their oga at the top.

Sunnybobo3:


Ostrich, it wasn't a new cabinet but rather a rejigging of an already existing cabinet.

When will the Daura President appoint an Ambassador to West Germany.

will appoint when people like u get brain transplant. mumu

midolian:
Thank you, Rawani.

One shouldn't expect anything meaningful from the TANoids. They are being led by a boy who writes articles b4 thinking.

You know what they say, a fish rots from the head.

Rawani:


Were the ministers in office for those 6 weeks?

NO.

Were there any FEC meetings for those 6 weeks?

NO.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/anyim-appointed-sgf-as-jonathan-dissolves-cabinet/92324/






Anyim Appointed SGF as Jonathan Dissolves Cabinet

By Ahamefula Ogbu
31 May 2011
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Anyim Pius Anyim, Former Senate President

The speculation and lobbying over who would become the next Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) ended Monday with the appointment of former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim into the position regarded as “prime minister” in some circles.

This confirms THISDAY report last week that the former Senate President was being strongly considered for the position, with former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, being also tipped to return to the cabinet if the discussions go well.

And while General Andrew Owoye Azazi retained his position as National Security Adviser, the cabinet was finally dissolved by President Goodluck Jonathan a few days after he told his ministers to carry on until the appointment of new ones.

Anyim, who now replaces Alhaji Yayale Ahmed will be sworn in Tuesday at the Council Chambers, Presidential Villa in Abuja, at noon.

The statement issued by the Director of Information in the Presidency, Musa Aduwak, said: "President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the appointment of Senator Anyim Pius Anyim as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. He will be sworn in on Tuesday, 31st May, 2011 at the Executive Council Chambers at 12 noon.

"Also, President Jonathan has approved the re-appointment of General O. A. Azazi as the National Security Adviser.”

Anyim, born on February 19, 1961, was Senate President under Obasanjo from 2000 to 2003, sought to become the national chairman of the PDP in 2007 but the governors rooted for and installed Prince Vincent Ogbulafor instead.

In the heat of the failure of former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to transmit a vacation letter to the National Assembly when he went for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia in 2009, Anyim led a delegation of 41 eminent Nigerians to the federal legislature calling on Yar’Adua to send the letter so that Jonathan, who was then vice-president, could be made acting president.

Also Monday, Jonathan formally dissolved his cabinet, saying their letters showed that their appointments ended on May 29, 2011, even though he had asked them to continue till the next cabinet is formed.

In the statement also signed by Aduwak, he said the president thanked them for their cooperation and asked them to be available when called for service to the country at any time.

The statement read: "In accordance with the appointment letters of members of the Federal Executive Council, Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants, Special Assistants, and other political appointees, their appointments ended on May 29th, 2011. This brings to a close the former administration, and marks the beginning of the new one.

"The President thanked all the outgoing ministers, advisers and assistants and other political appointees for their service to the nation. He particularly lauded their patriotism and dedication, and wished them God's blessings in their future endeavours.

"The President called on them to always see themselves as partners in progress with the new administration, stating that the Federal Government would from time to time draw from their repository of knowledge in steering the ship of state."

The dissolution of the cabinet has effectively resolved constitutional issues raised by some lawyers over the validity of their continued stay in office beyond the life of the last administration which terminated on Sunday.

Lagos lawyer, Mr Festus Keyamo, Monday raised a legal puzzle on the non-dissolution of the Federal Executive Council, describing it as illegal and unconstitutional.

Keyamo, in a statement made available to THISDAY, said the continuous stay in offices by the ministers amounts to a fresh appointment by the president which needs the approval of the Senate in accordance with Section 147(2) of the 1999 Constitution as amended.

The section states: “Any appointment to the office of Minister of the Government of the Federation shall, if the nomination of any person to such office is confirmed by the Senate, be made by the President.”

He stated that anything short of this will amount to a progression in illegality and unconstitutionality.

He stated that if this anomaly was no immediately corrected, all official actions performed by the ministers after the fresh oath of office by the President would be null and void.

Supporting Keyamo’s argument, Chief Emeka Ngige (SAN) said beginning from Monday, any minister found in his or her office would be deemed to have breached the constitution.

He argued that ministers are supposed to go with the government that appointed them and that since the current ministers were appointed by President Jonathan to serve an administration that ended May 29, 2011, their reappointments would be subject to Senate’s confirmation.

Ngige also argued that apart from the fact that Jonathan was starting a fresh tenure, which requires that all his ministers whether old or new be screened afresh, the National Assembly is equally new and replete with new members.

But constitutional lawyer, Dr. Joseph Nwobike (SAN), disagreed with the views of Keyamo, saying  since the constitution does not have fixed tenure for ministers like the office of the president, and governors, it means that no law prevents them from continuing in office if the president so desires.

Nwobike argued that since the ministers had already been screened by the Senate, a fresh oath of office by the president should not prevent them from performing their duties as ministers as long as the President has not sacked them.

He stated that it is only those who were not in the cabinet before that need to appear before the senate for screening and not those already serving.

Corroborating Nwobike’s submission, another lawyer, Fabian Ajogwu (SAN), faulted Keyamo, saying that he may have confused Section 151 (3) of the Constitution which deals with the appointment of Special Advisers Section 147(2).

Ajogwu noted that under Section 151 (3), any appointment made pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be at the pleasure of the president and shall cease when he ceases to hold office.

He stated that there was nowhere in the constitution where it was stated that once a minister is appointed, his or her tenure has a fixed duration and has to be re-screened by the senate.

He contended that it is only new ministers that need to appear before the senate for screening and not the old ones.

Also, an Owerri-based legal practitioner, Donald Dewingwe (SAN) in his contribution, faulted Keyamo, saying that there was no provision in the constitution that stops the president from retaining a minister or asking any of them to continue in office.

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2rutalk1:
Mr op, don't allow sentiment to becloud ur sense of reasoning. Every enlightened person knows that the national assembly must be inaugurated before ministers are appointed and ratified by them. Perhaps, we are talking about SFG and COS or didn't you read in the update you quoted that it was the SFG under Jonathan, Anyim Pius Anyim that made the announcement. If Jonathan had not appointed SFG before then Anyim's name wouldn't have been quoted. So tell Buhari to at least appoint SGF and COS

Mr President will appoint whoever he want and at whatever time he wish!
Anybody that ain't pleased with that should go and hug transformer.

Mr op, don't allow sentiment to becloud ur sense of reasoning. Every enlightened person knows that the national assembly must be inaugurated before ministers are appointed and ratified by them. Perhaps, we are talking about SFG and COS or didn't you read in the update you quoted that it was the SFG under Jonathan, Anyim Pius Anyim that made the announcement. If Jonathan had not appointed SFG before then Anyim's name wouldn't have been quoted. So tell Buhari to at least appoint SGF and COS

These pdp agents nd apc haters are so pained dat it is affecting dia ability to think straight. Dia hatred is making dem to look for every trivial issue and make a mountain out of it.
If it takes an existing govt 6wks to appoint a new cabinet,how long should it take an entirely new govt to appoint new cabinet members?

Rawani:


No, he was acting President and inherited Yar'aduas cabinet in 2010 which he reshuffled. He had all the time when he was acting to constitute a new cabinet ready for his inauguration in 2011.

Also, while you were reading, did you not see where he promised to announce his cabinet after 2 weeks & failed?

Goodluck Jonathan did not have his own cabinet till 6 weeks after his inauguration.

Why should he constitute a new cabinet when he was happy with the one he had?

Sunnybobo3:


Why should get constitute a new cabinet when he was happy with the one he had?

Because it is unconstitutional (Section 147(2) of the 1999 Constitution as amended).

There is cabinet in place. Just a reshuffle 6weeks after inauguration.