There are strong indications that President Goodluck Jonathan may eventually drop embattled Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, as the President is set to reshuffle his cabinet, barely 14 months to the next general elections.
Few days ago, President Jonathan hinted that he would forward the names of ministerial nominees to the Senate for approval. This was when he hosted the North-West caucus of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, who paid him a courtesy visit at the State House.
As reported by Leadership newspaper, only four present members of Jonathan’s cabinet may likely survive the imminent shake-up. They are; Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke (Petroleum), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina (Agriculture), and Labaran Maku (Information and Supervising Minister of Defence).
If this eventually happens, Oduah will be dropped by the President and replaced by another person.
She has been in the news over her alleged procurement of two BMW bulletproof cars. Also, her educational degrees were put into questions by two online news platforms; SaharaReporters and Premium Times.
There are indications that the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Osita Chidoka, may eventually replace former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, who was removed from the cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan after she was accused of corruption. On Thursday, President Jonathan sent Chidoka's name to the…
Following the resignation of seven Ministers from his government, President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, reshuffled his cabinet to fill the vacant positions left by the departing Ministers. The President restructured his administration at the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. With the reorganisation, the Minister…
HAVING tried all the delay tricks in the book, President Goodluck Jonathan is now confronted with a choice: retain the Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, or sack her. The President’s body language and vacillation demonstrate unmistakeably that he prefers to keep the controversial minister. This is a tragic error of judgment…
