Acting President of Nigeria Dissolves Entire Federal Cabinet For No Apparent Reason - Polidicks

[quote]Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has dissolved the federal cabinet, a little over a month after taking up the top job. 'Today, the acting president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, dissolved the Federal Executive Council (cabinet),' Information Minister Dora Akunyili told reporters after a cabinet meeting. 'He did not give us any reason, and so, I cannot give any reason,' she said in a terse statement. 'There is no vacuum as permanent secretaries (directors-general) will take charge. I will also hand over to my permanent secretary tomorrow,' she added. Jonathan last February 9 took office as acting head-of-state after parliament voted to force ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua to hand over until he is well enough to return to work. The following day, he effected a minor cabinet reshuffle, moving the outspoken but controversial Justice Minister Michael Aondoakaa to the obscure Special Duties portfolio. Yar'Adua returned to the country three weeks ago after spending 93 days in a Jeddah hospital receiving treatment for an acute heart ailment. Since then, he has not appeared in public and no official is known to have seen him. Yar'Adua's long absence had worried the United States and European Union. Go to News home [/quote] Source: [url]http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2010/03/18/Nigeria_acting_head_dissolves_cabinet_441566.html[/url] What the actual fuck?

Consolidating power?

Heh, At school we where talking about Nigeria

[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;20811710]Consolidating power?[/QUOTE] Seems to be the most likely explanation

Sounds like it's turning into yet another African dictatorship.

sort of scary, because this guy is one of those dictators that doesn't look all scary or intimidating at all, you barely tell he's that sort of guy. [img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47491000/jpg/_47491714_008827699-1.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=lolwutdude;20811876]sort of scary, because this guy is one of those dictators that doesn't look all scary or intimidating at all, you barely tell he's that sort of guy. [img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47491000/jpg/_47491714_008827699-1.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] I totally thought that was Samuel Jackson... I feel racist. :(

What a bunch of lunatics, well at least he is.

[QUOTE=rantingsocks;20812115]I totally thought that was Samuel Jackson... I feel racist. :([/QUOTE] I have [B]had it[/B] with these mutherfuckin bureaucrats

How will the Nigerian prince send me all my money then? :saddowns:

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Goodluck Jonathan? Best name ever.

What a nut case.

[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;20812386]I have [B]had it[/B] with these mutherfuckin bureaucrats[/QUOTE] In my mutherfuckin' parliament.

Goodluck to him. :v:

[QUOTE=Exploits;20812982]In my mutherfuckin' parliament.[/QUOTE] Everybody strap in

[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;20811710]Consolidating power?[/QUOTE] More legal than purging and executing them.

[QUOTE]'He did not give us any reason, and so, I cannot give any reason'[/QUOTE] [img]http://www.house8.com/weblog/flach_monkey.jpg[/img] Just monkey business.

Good luck, Jonathan! :toot:

Wait, Nigeria actually [i]had[/i] a centralized federal government???

No Doug, everybody knows that the only 2 stable African countries are Egypt and South Africa.

[QUOTE=clockroach;20824244][img]http://www.house8.com/weblog/flach_monkey.jpg[/img] Just monkey business.[/QUOTE] hurr black people are monkeys hurr durr

I wish him Goodluck.

were all gonna die

he better not start emailing me

In before civil war/ethnic genocide/war lording.

[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;20828746]hurr black people are monkeys hurr durr[/QUOTE] No. They are both black and white. Monkeys have learned to use tools.

I expected Acid Did not deliver.

goodluck johnathan? seriously?

Third World politics. As the article mentions this guy was appointed to replace the ill president, and some segments of the government and the people feel this is a shameless power grab. So he's making sure he keeps it.