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  • EFCC Arrests Ex-power Minister, Sale Mamman, Over N22bn Fraud

    EFCC Arrests Ex-power Minister, Sale Mamman, Over N22bn Fraud

    Former Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over an alleged N22bn fraud.

    According to reliable sources, the former minister was arrested early Wednesday and was subsequently detained at the headquarters of the anti-graft agency.

    The arrest is said to be in connection with the Commission’s ongoing investigation into alleged corruption in the execution of some power projects.

    Specifically, Mamman is alleged to have conspired with staff of the Ministry in charge of the accounts of the Zungeru and Mambilla Hydro Electric Power projects and diverted N22 billion, which they shared amongst themselves.

    The investigations have also uncovered properties in Nigeria and overseas linked to the suspects, while millions of naira and United States Dollars have been recovered.

    Taraba-born Mamman, who was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in August 2019, was dismissed exactly after two years in 2021.

  • Why I Reshuffled My Cabinet – Buhari

    Why I Reshuffled My Cabinet – Buhari

    President Muhammadu Buhari has given the reason behind a reshuffle in the cabinet he formed on August 21, 2019.

    DAYBREAK had reported that Mohammed Sabo Nanono, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Sale Mamman, Minister of Power, were fired.

    They were replaced by Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, Minister of Environment, and Abubakar D. Aliyu, Minister of State, Works & Housing.

    Speaking through Femi Adesina, his media aide, the president said the changes were sequel to the “tradition of subjecting our projects and programmes implementation to independent and critical self-review”.

    “These significant review steps have helped to identify and strengthen weak areas, close gaps, build cohesion and synergy in governance, manage the economy and improve the delivery of public good to Nigerians.”

    “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. The weekly Federal Executive Council meetings was not spared because the traditional mode was altered.

    “As we are all aware, change is the only factor that is constant in every human endeavor and as this administration approaches its critical phase in the second term, I have found it essential to reinvigorate this cabinet in a manner that will deepen its capacity to consolidate legacy achievements.”

    Buhari is not known for reshuffling his cabinet.

    During his first term between 2015 and 2019, the ministers who left the cabinet resigned on their own.

    Among them were Kemi Adeosun, former Finance Minister, who was involved in a certificate scandal, and Amina Mohammed, former Environment Minister, who got a UN job.

    The president had reappointed 12 ministers during his second term.