Jonathan swears in Shekarau as Nigeria’s Education Minister

President Goodluck Jonathan has sworn-in the four new ministers, who were cleared by the National Assembly.
They include Ibrahim Shekarau, Stephen Oru, Adedayo Adeyeye and Abdul Bulama.
Mr. Shekarau, a former Kano State governor, decamped from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Shortly after swearing them in, the President announced their portfolio and also announced a minor rearrangement in the current cabinet.
The President announced Mr. Shekarau as the new Education Minister; Mr. Adeyeye was named Minister of State for Works; Mr. Oru, Minister of Niger Delta; and Mr. Bulama, Minister of Science and Technology.
Mr. Jonathan also announced that the current Minister of Works, Bashir Yuguda, will now be the Minster of State for Finance and substantive Minister of National Planning.