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
Bolaji Abdullahi Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan when he was appointed as the Honourable Minister of Youth Development in July 2011 and later as the Minister of Sports. In December 2016, Abdullahi was announced as the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress. On the 1st of August, 2018, Abdullahi officially resigned as the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress and defected from the party. Bolaji Abdullahi Bolaji Abdullahi (born in 1969) is a Nigerian Politician and Journalist from Kwara State. He served in the cabinet of the former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan when he was appointed as the Honourable