President Goodluck Jonathan is set to transmit a new list of ministerial nominees to the National Assembly upon their resumption to plenary.
The President disclosed this himself whilst receiving a delegation of Peoples Democratic Party chieftains from the North West region.
He said, “We have also agreed to tackle the issue of desert encroachment robustly. I’m yet to get the last briefing; I believe it is because there is no substantive Minister of Environment yet, but immediately the National Assembly resumes, they will get the list of ministers so that we will get a law that will establish a body.
“We are no longer going to play with this. We have assigned N10 billion as a take off fund, this is from the ecological fund not from line budgeting.”
The President did not disclose if he would sack and replace the Aviation minister, Stella Oduah who is embroiled in a certificate scandal and was indicted in a corruption scandal late last year.
However in his New Year address to the country, the President stated that his administration would take on a tougher stance on corruption.
The President said, ”Our administration believes that the cost of governance in the country is still too high and must be further reduced. We will also take additional steps to stem the tide of corruption and leakages.”