Cabinet of President Umaru Yar'Adua an effort to speed up resolution of the Niger Delta Conflict. The cabinet became part of a power struggle within the Nigerian government after Yar'Adua became extremely ill and left Nigeria to seek treatment in Saudi Arabia, without transferring power to Goodluck Johnathan, his vice-president. Johnathan dissolved the cabinet on 17 March 2010 in what "The New York Times" called "the strongest assertion yet of his authority over a country where his rule has been challenged". Motives given for the dissolution of the cabinet were Jonathan's desire to take the government in a new direction as well as fighting within
Ibrahim Kazaure Duties by President Umaru Yar'Adua in December 2008. He was appointed Minister of Labour and Productivity on 10 February 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan moved Adetokunbo Kayode to the Ministry of Justice. He left office on 17 March 2010 when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet. Ibrahim Kazaure Ibrahim Kazaure (born 12 November 1954) was a Senator in the Nigerian Third Republic and Nigerian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia who was briefly Federal Minister of Labour and Productivity in 2010. Kazaure was born in Jigawa State on 12 November 1954, and gained a National Diploma in