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Ministers shocked as Chinese firm frustrates power plant

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Ministries Monday, August 22nd, 2011

The workers at the multi-billion naira Olorunsogo Power Plant phase 1 have revealed that SEPCO Electric Power Construction Corporation, the Chinese firm that built it has been frustrating the smooth operations of the eight gas turbines of the power project. This was the shocking revelation during a working visit of the Minister of Power, Barth […]

No dollar salary for ministers –Jonathan

Posted by admin Headlines, Ministries Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan was excited yesterday as he swore in he Minister of Finance and the Coordinator of the National Economic Management Team (NEMT), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The president announced that she and her colleagues from the Diaspora in the cabinet had agreed to be paid in naira and not dollar as reported in the […]

Okonjo-Iweala to be sworn in today

Posted by admin Headlines, Ministries Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will effectively make a comeback this morning as a minister in the Jonathan administration. The former World Bank managing director would be sworn in this morning at 9 a.m. as finance minister and thereafter join her colleagues for the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) at 10 a.m. President Goodluck Jonathan had earlier […]

The Missing Names in Jonathan’s Cabinet – By Muhammad Ajah

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ministries, muhammad Ajah, NNP Columnists, Presidency Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

By Muhammad Ajah, Abuja, Nigeria – August 16, 2011 – The list of Honourable Ministers for the federal cabinet and Special Advisers or Assistants to Mr. President so far released is commendable on one hand. The list is made up technocrats and seasoned political calibers who have distinguished themselves in their fields of specialization. The […]

Okonjo-Iweala rules out conflict with CBN Gov

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Ministries, National Politics Monday, August 15th, 2011

The Finance Minister designate, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said her role won’t put her in opposition with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor,Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. Apparently dousing speculations that she would clash with the CBN Governor on the demarcation between fiscal and monetary policies, Okonjo-Iweala said both of them would work together for the […]

Minister’s Dress Sets Tongues Wagging in Kano

Posted by admin Headlines, Ministries Sunday, July 24th, 2011

Kano — Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Adaeze Ogiemwinyi, set tongues wagging yesterday in the ancient city of Kano over her English outfit locals considered offensive to their cultural values. The minister dressed in a smart dark long sleeve shirt and dark jeans trousers to match had arrived Kano on a chattered flight for an […]

Finance Minister-designate, Okonjo-Iweala, Assumes Duty August

Posted by admin Ministries, National Politics Sunday, July 24th, 2011

FINANCE Minister-designate, Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who is generally expected to head the economic management (transformation) team of President Jonathan’s new government will not be able to join the federal executive council until the middle of August, and this is official. In an email conversation last weekend on her assumption of duty in Nigeria, where […]

Opinion: Fears for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Posted by admin Headlines, Ministries Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

Of all the ministers recently appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan to help him with the task of transforming Nigeria, none excites my imagination on the potential to do something to put Nigeria on a sounder footing as Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Finance Minister in Olusegun Obasanjo’s regime between 2003 and 2006. Okonjo-Iweala, who resigned her […]

No hiding place for corrupt ministers – Jonathan

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Ministries Friday, July 15th, 2011

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday admonished ministers wishing to enrich themselves while in office, to have a rethink, as neither himself nor Vice President Namadi Sambo would be a shield for anyone found wanting by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Throwing more light on what Nigerians should expect in the next four years, President […]

I’ll probe ministries, agencies from 2007 – Jonathan •Directs EFCC, ICPC to investigate states, LGs

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Ministries, Presidency Friday, July 15th, 2011

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, swore in the last batch of nine new ministers, with a declaration that his administration would probe the activities of all federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) from 2007. He has also directed the nation’s anti-corruption bodies to focus greater attention on all tiers of government as he vowed to […]