Why I Decided Never To Accept Ministerial Appointment Ezekwesili
Many Buhari supporters seized the opportunity to lambast Ezekwesili, accusing her of being a Buhari critic because the President failed to appoint her as a minister.
by Saharareporters, New York
Apr 28, 2021
A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, says she determined since 2007 that she would never accept a ministerial appointment again.
Ezekwesili said this in a series of tweets on Monday, adding that she had rejected past ministerial appointments.
The former minister’s tweet comes barely two weeks after her former protégé, Japheth Omojuwa, said in an open letter that Ezekwesili was expected to be appointed a minister by the new regime of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.
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A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, says she determined since 2007 that she would never accept a ministerial appointment again.
Ezekwesili said this in a series of tweets on Monday, adding that she had rejected past ministerial appointments.
The former minister’s tweet comes barely two weeks after her former protégé, Japheth Omojuwa, said in an open letter that Ezekwesili was expected to be appointed a minister by the new regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in 2015.
Many Buhari supporters seized the opportunity to lambast Ezekwesili, accusing her of being a Buhari critic because the President failed to appoint her as a minister.
I have been rejecting ministerial appointments since 2007 Oby Ezekwesili
A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, says she determined since 2007 that she would never accept a ministerial appointment again. .
A former Minister of Education,
Oby Ezekwesili, says she determined since 2007 that she would never accept a
ministerial appointment again.
Ezekwesili said this in a series
of tweets on Monday, adding that she had rejected past ministerial
appointments.
The former minister’s tweet comes
barely two weeks after her former protégé, Japheth Omojuwa, said in an open
letter that Ezekwesili was expected to be appointed a minister by the new
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image captionTwo daughters of Humaira Mustapha were kidnapped when gunmen attacked a girls school in Zamfara state
Since December, more than 600 students have been abducted from schools in north-west Nigeria, highlighting a worrying development in the country s kidnap-for-ransom crisis.
Friday s kidnapping of nearly 300 students from the Government Girls Science Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara state, which ended with their release, was the second mass kidnap from schools in less than 10 days. Twenty-seven boys and their teachers who were taken from a school in Kagara, Niger state on 17 February were released on Saturday.
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Why schoolchildren are being abducted in Nigeria
Since December, more than 600 students have been abducted from schools in north-west Nigeria, highlighting a worrying development in the country s kidnap-for-ransom crisis.
Friday s kidnapping of 317 students from the Government Girls Science Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara state, was the second mass kidnap from schools in less than 10 days. Twenty-seven boys and their teachers who were taken from a school in Kagara, Niger state on 17 February were released on Saturday.
The authorities say recent attacks on schools in the north-west have been carried out by bandits , a loose term for kidnappers, armed robbers, cattle rustlers, Fulani herdsmen and other armed militia operating in the region who are largely motivated by money.