I know Nigerians are eager to know the reason why the Minister of Youths Development was fired by the President.I thought of his age earlier but never knew the President observed his inefficiency.
President Goodluck Jonathan says he sacked the Minister of Youths Development, Inuwa Abdulkadir, for failing to provide appropriate leadership towards open and transparent elections of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN).
He described as regrettable and unacceptable, the minister’s deviation from his administration’s commitment to free, fair and credible elections of the youth council.
The president was yesterday reacting to media reports linking the minister’s sacking to his disloyalty or closeness to a particular governor or governors said to be opposed to him.
Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati, in a statement yesterday, stressed that Jonathan had no preferred candidate in youth council elections.
Abati said: “We’ve noted with regret the several false speculations in the media yesterday on the reason for the termination of the appointment of the former Minister of Youth Development, Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir by President Goodluck Jonathan. While many media outlets erroneously attributed the minister’s sacking to his disloyalty or closeness to a particular governor or governors said to be opposed to the president, the most disingenuous and malicious speculation was by a national newspaper which claimed that Alhaji Abdulkadir was fired for failing to ensure that a Pro-Jonathan candidate emerged as president of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN).
“We wish to assure the general public that nothing could be further from the truth. President Jonathan regards all Nigerian youths as his wards and constituents. Claims that he had a preferred candidate in the NYCN elections are completely baseless and without justification as there was absolutely no reason for him to prefer one candidate over others.
“In point of fact, it was Alhaji Abdulkadir’s regrettable deviation from this presidential commitment in the management of the NYCN elections that led to the decision to relieve him of his appointment as Minister of Youth Development. President Jonathan was very displeased with the mishandling of the NYCN elections in Makurdi and Minna by the Ministry of Youth Development which resulted in the unfortunate fractionalization of the youth council,” the statement added.
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