President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday sacked the minister of youth
development, Inuwa Abdulkadir, for failing to ensure that a pro-Jonathan
candidate Yakubu Shendam emerged the president of the National Youth
Council of Nigeria (NYCN) at its recent congress in Minna, the Niger
State capital.
Shendam was beaten by Abdullahi
Abdulmajeed, a candidate allegedly sponsored by the five northern PDP
governors who had been traversing the country to hold discussions over
problems in the PDP.
Niger State governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu hosted the youth council election in Minna after an earlier election on May 26, 2013, in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, ended in a deadlock.
However, the governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, had gone ahead to
declare Shendam winner and the former youth minister presented him to
President Jonathan, leading to a flood of petitions questioning the credibility of the process.
The development led to a fresh election in Minna where Abdulmajeed
defeated Shendam to emerge the president of NYCN. The emergence of
Abdulmajeed was said to have infuriated the presidency which felt
slighted that its candidate could not be made president of the council.
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