Buhari to sack AGF Malami, 14 others

<p><strong>President Muhammadu Buhari is reportedly set to sack the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice&comma; Abubakar Malami before the end of 2021&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Not just Malami&comma; 14 other members of Buhari&&num;8217&semi;s cabinet may soon be dismissed before 2022&comma; <em>SaharaReporters <&sol;em>has gathered&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A top source in government&comma; however&comma; told the online medium that Malami has begun moves to truncate the plans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Chief Law Officer of the country was said to have met with top members of the Aso Rock cabal to prevail on the President not to sack him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;watch-as-governor-sanwo-olu-arrives-tinubus-2023-presidential-campaign&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff00ff&semi;">Watch As Governor Sanwo-Olu Arrives Tinubu&&num;8217&semi;s Presidential Campaign Ground &lpar;Video&rpar;<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;President Buhari is planning to sack 15 Ministers with Malami topping the list&period; Someone gave him the hint and he has started fighting back so bad&period; He doesn’t want to be sacked&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Moreover&comma; he is enjoying the support of lots of corrupt politicians&comma; including senior members of the cabal because he is assisting them to sabotage corruption cases&comma;<&sol;strong><&sol;em>” a presidential source told <em>SaharaReporters<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Buhari had on September 1 sacked Saleh Mamman&comma; the Minister of Power&semi; and Sabo Nanono&comma; the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The President in a statement after their sacking said changes in his cabinet will be <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a continuous process”&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Two years and some months into the second term&comma; the tradition of subjecting our projects and programmes’ implementation to independent and critical self-review has taken firm roots through sector reporting during Cabinet meetings and at retreats&comma;”<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>the statement signed by Femi Adesina&comma; presidential spokesman had read&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;These significant review steps have helped to identify and strengthen weak areas&comma; close gaps&comma; build cohesion and synergy in governance&comma; manage the economy and improve the delivery of public good to Nigerians&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I must commend this cabinet for demonstrating unparalleled resilience that helped the government to navigate the disruption to global systems and governance occasioned by the emergence of COVID-19 shortly after inauguration&period; The weekly Federal Executive Council meeting was not spared because the traditional mode was altered&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As we are all aware&comma; change is the only factor that is constant in every human endeavour and as this administration approaches its critical phase in the second term&comma; I have found it essential to re-invigorate this cabinet in a manner that will deepen its capacity to consolidate legacy achievements&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>By Doris Israel Ijeoma<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;