Yar’Adua reshuffles cabinet, Reps insist on full budget – The Guardian
July 15, 2009 by tim
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua yesterday swapped the portfolios of four members of the Federal Executive Council, just as the House of Representatives, after a heated session yesterday resolved to ” reject the claim by the Executive that the budget can not be fully implemented on account of inadequate funding; that the House insist that in line with president’s mantra of strict adherence to the rule of law, the 2009 Appropriation Act must be complied with to the letter, failing which the House will invoke the relevant sections of the 1999 Constitution.”
According to the swapping, the current Minister of Interior, Maj-Gen. Godwin Abbe (rtd), becomes the new Minister of Defence and will take over from the incumbent Minister, Alhaji Shettima Mustapha who is to move to the Ministry of Interior.
