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
Bruce Goodluck for the state seat of Franklin; he retired in 1998. In 2000 Bruce Goodluck was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). In 2001 he was awarded the Centenary Medal. He died at the age of 83 on 24 October 2016. Bruce Goodluck Bruce John Goodluck (14 May 1933 – 24 October 2016) was an Australian politician in both the federal and Tasmanian state parliaments. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, he was a company director before serving on Clarence Municipal Council from 1972–1975. He was President of the Australian Automobile Chamber of Commerce in 1974. In 1975, he was