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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