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Jonathan Administration
Goodluck Jonathan's tenure as the List of heads of state of Nigeria, 14th president of Nigeria began on 5 May 2010 following the Umaru Musa Yar'Adua#Death and aftermath, death of Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, President Yar'Adua and ended on 29 May 2015. He had been Vice President of Nigeria, vice president for days when he succeeded to the presidency. A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria), Peoples Democratic Party from Bayelsa State, he ran for and won a full four-year term in the 2011 Nigerian presidential election, 2011 election, winning in a landslide over retired general Muhammadu Buhari of the Congress for Progressive Change. His presidency ended with defeat in the 2015 Nigerian presidential election, 2015 presidential election to the All Progressives Congress candidate, General Buhari after one full four-year term in office. Cabinet Personnel * Chief of Staff to the President (Nigeria), Chief of Staff - Mike Oghiadomhe, Mike Ogidamohe ** Principal Private Secret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabinet Of Goodluck Jonathan
The Cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan was appointed by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria a few weeks after he took office during the terminal illness of President Umaru Yar'Adua. First cabinet – 2010 On 13 January 2010, a federal court empowered Jonathan to manage state affairs while Yar'Adua received medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, and on 9 February 2010 the Nigerian Senate confirmed him as Acting President. On 10 February 2010, Jonathan demoted Minister of Justice Michael Aondoakaa to Special Duties, replacing him by Prince Adetokunbo Kayode. Jonathan retained the remainder Yar'Adua's cabinet until 16 March 2010, when he dissolved it in an assertion of his authority over a divided administration where some members questioned his right to act as president. On 6 April 2010, Jonathan swore in his new cabinet. Yar'Adua died on 5 May 2010, and Jonathan was sworn in as president the next day. Minister in the first cabinet were: July 2011 cabinet In July 2011, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Nigerian Presidential Election
General elections were held in Nigeria on 28 and 29 March 2015, the fifth quadrennial election to be held since the end of military rule in 1999. Voters elected the President and members to the House of Representatives and the Senate. The incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan, sought his second and final term. The elections were first scheduled to be held on 14 February 2015. However, the electoral commission postponed it by six weeks to 28 March, mainly due to the poor distribution of Permanent Voter Cards, and also to curb ongoing Boko Haram insurgency in certain north-eastern states. The government closed its land and sea borders from midnight on 25 March until the end of the polling date. The election was extended to 29 March due to delays and technical problems with the biometric card readers. It was the most expensive election ever to be held on the African continent. Opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari won the presidential election by more than 2.5 million vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidency Of Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Jonathan's tenure as the 14th president of Nigeria began on 5 May 2010 following the death of President Yar'Adua and ended on 29 May 2015. He had been vice president for days when he succeeded to the presidency. A member of the Peoples Democratic Party from Bayelsa State, he ran for and won a full four-year term in the 2011 election, winning in a landslide over retired general Muhammadu Buhari of the Congress for Progressive Change. His presidency ended with defeat in the 2015 presidential election to the All Progressives Congress candidate, General Buhari after one full four-year term in office. Cabinet Personnel * Chief of Staff - Mike Ogidamohe ** Principal Private Secretary - Ambassador Hassan Ardo Tukur * National Security Adviser - Sambo Dasuki * Secretary to the Government - Anyim Pius Anyim * Head of Civil Service - Bello Sali Economic policy The Jonathan Administration launched the Transformation Agenda which was designed to improve the produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidency Of Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified by a single elected person who holds the office of "president", in practice, the presidency includes a much larger collective of people, such as chiefs of staff, advisers and other bureaucrats. Although often led by a single person, presidencies can also be of a collective nature, such as the presidency of the European Union is held on a rotating basis by the various national governments of the member states. Alternatively, the term presidency can also be applied to the governing authority of some churches, and may even refer to the holder of a non-governmental office of president in a corporation, business, charity, university, etc. or the institutional arrangement around them. For example, "the presidency of the Red Cross refused to support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
