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| 2013 Nigerian Ministers. Photo Credit : www.nigeriaworld.info |
President Goodluck Jonathan
recently made some changes to his cabinet.The former minister of power Prof.
Bath Nnaji willfully resigned paving the way for the president to nominate a
former vice chancellor of one of the Nigerian University Prof. Chinedu Nebo to
take over as a minister of the most dreaded power sector. Highlight
below are the list of the current ministers updated as at 6/1/2013. The process
of nominating ministers in a large country like Nigeria in a rigorous one.
Each state of the federation sends a nominee by its governor
to the presidency a name of carefully selected candidates for consideration. The
president forwards the names of such candidate to the senate for screening and confirmation.
The process of screening in the senate is rigorous one that sees each
ministerial nominee undergoing a tough session of questions and answers.
Only the senate is vested with the power to carry out the
ministerial screening processes. If a
nominee is successfully screened in the senate, he or she immediately assumes
duty as a substantive minister of the federal republic of Nigeria. The basic
role of a minister is to oversee the operations and functionality of its various
ministries. The minister is deputized by the various permanent secretaries of
each ministry.
