Pressure mounts on Jonathan to reconstitute cabinet

Strong indications emerged on Friday that President Goodluck Jonathan is under pressure to reconstitute  the Federal Executive Council.

Top Ijaw personalities from Ondo, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Akwa Ibom converged on the Bayelsa State capital and took a decision that it was time for the President to take a critical look at his cabinet and make the requisite changes.

The meeting, called by Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, was attended by a former chairman of the defunct Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission, Chief Albert Horsfall; former governor of the old Rivers State, Alfred Diete-Spiff; and former Bayelsa governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha.

Former Minister of Aviation, Alabo Graham-Douglas; former President of Ijaw National Congress, Chief Joshua Fumudoh; and a Niger Delta activist, Ankio Briggs, were also at the meeting.

A prominent personality at the meeting said the performance of the Jonathan administration, security and the 2015 elections were top on the agenda of the meeting.