BUHARI Sacks Agriculture,Power Ministers Over Poor Performance

As part of moves signaling commencement of cabinet reshuffling, President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Ministers of Power, Saleh Mamman and his Agriculture and Rural Development counterpart, Sabo Nanono over alleged poor performance.

The president also announced the redeployment of two ministers who are to take over the mantle of leadership from the sacked ministers and ensures there was no vacuum in the ministries’ administration.

The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Mahmoud Abubakar is to take over as the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development while the Minister of State for Works, Abubakar Aliyu, is to take over as the Minister for Power.

Announcing the development on Wednesday, Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said that the reshuffling exercise would continue in accordance with the provisions of the constitution.

Details shortly…