Revealed: Why Jonathan fired Minister of Youth Development

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday
relieved Inuwa Abdul-kadir of his
appointment as Minister of Youth
Development.
According to a statement from the Office
of the Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, Pius Anyim, the President’s
directive takes immediate effect.
The statement, which was signed by the
Special Assistant on Media to Mr. Anyim,
Sam Nwaobasi, directed Mr. Abdul-kadir
to hand over to the permanent secretary
of the ministry.
The President expressed appreciation to
Mr. Abdul-kadir for the time he put in the
service of the nation and wished him
success in his future endeavours.
“Mr. President expresses appreciation to
the Former Minister for the time he put in
the services of the nations and wishes
him success in his future endeavor,” it
said.
Although, the statement was silent on the
reason for Mr. Abdul-Kadir’s sack,
presidency sources said it might not be
unconnected with his closeness to the
governor of his home state, Sokoto, Aliyu
Wamakko.
2015 politics
The Sokoto state governor recommended
Mr. Abdul-Kadir for the appointment
when his (Abdul-kadir) predecessor
resigned to contest the governorship
primaries of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, in 2011. Mr. Wamakko was
also an aspirant in the primaries and
eventually emerged the party’s candidate
before winning re-election.
A presidency source claimed that Mr.
Abdul-kadir is an interim official of a new
political association, Voice of the People,
VoP, floated by Mr. Wamakko and five
other PDP governors; and now seeking
the nod of the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, as a party.
It was gathered that the former minister
may have been functioning as the protem
secretary of the new group.
Media reports on Monday had linked
seven PDP governors- Chubuike Amaechi
(Rivers), Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Musa
Kwankwaso (Kano), Murtala Nyako
(Adamawa), Babangida Aliyu (Niger),
Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara) and Mr.
Wamakko, all of who belong to the faction
of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF,
chaired by Mr. Amaechi- with the new
association.
Apart from belonging to the parallel
faction of the governors’ forum, the
governors are also believed to be
opposed to the undeclared second term
aspiration of Mr. Jonathan.
Some of the governors had also visited
some former leaders of the country in
their acclaimed bid to save its democracy.
In the course of the visit, they canvassed
the removal of Bamanga Tukur as the
national chairman of the PDP, an alleged
move to get at the President.

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