Buhari sacks Ministers of Agriculture and Power

President Muhammadu Buhari has relieved two ministers of their appointments.

They are the Ministers of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono, and his Power counterpart, Saleh Mamman.

This pronouncement by Buhari was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Femi Adesina, on Wednesday, September 1, in Abuja.

According to the statement, Buhari mandated the deployment of the Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abubakar, has been redeployed to the Ministry of Agriculture while the Minister of State for Works, Abubakar Aliyu is to take over as Minister of Power.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu on Tuesday, August 31, warned tertiary institutions not to give admissions outside the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS).

Adamu said this in his address at the 2021 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions held virtually, at the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) headquarters in Bwari, Abuja.

The minister said any institution that violated the directive would be sanctioned

He said that the warning became necessary to safeguard the integrity of the admissions process.

Adamu, therefore, mandated institutions to give admissions only through CAPS.

“It is saddening that in spite of the clear directives at previous policy meetings; some institutions still illegally admitted candidates outside CAPS.

“I consider such acts as a direct affront on the system and appropriate sanctions shall be applied on those found to have been involved in such disruptive acts,” he said.

According to him, similarly, any institution that issued admissions letters to candidates; outside CAPS will be punished for gross indiscipline and fraud.

“As a demonstration of our resolve, I have directed JAMB to bring forward for appropriate sanctions; the list of all institutions involved in the violation of the directive of government earlier conveyed.

“The ministry is very resolute that Heads of such institutions will be held responsible, either in or out of office.

“The consequence of the illicit act was grievous enough to subject candidates to a “gloomy future”; hence making it impossible for them to take full advantage of their acquired certificates,” he said.