{"id":4795,"date":"2011-12-02T21:02:12","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T21:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/nigeria-sports-minister-fired\/"},"modified":"2011-12-02T21:02:12","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T21:02:12","slug":"nigeria-sports-minister-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/02\/nigeria-sports-minister-fired\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Sports Minister Fired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>President Goodluck Jonathan has relieved the Minister of Sports, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman, of his post with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the Presidency, signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati explained the decision was taken to enable the minister &#8220;focus fully on the pursuit of his declared political ambition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The President thanked Suleiman for his services to the nation and wished him success.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> President Goodluck Jonathan has relieved the Minister of Sports, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman, of his post with immediate effect. 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