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  • Niger military junta announces interim government

     

     

    Niger coup leaders

    Adnan Adams Mohammed 

     

    Twenty-one names of Nigeriens, made up of both security personnels and civilians, have been announced by the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Fatherland (CNSP) military leadership this morning as new ministers of Niger. 

     

    Mr. Al-Amin Zain Ali Mahman was named as the Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance and General Salifu Mody as the Minister of State and Minister of National Defense. 

     

    This comes four days after the expiration of ultimatum given by ECOWAS to the Niger military junta to reinstate Mohammed Bazuom as the legitimate President. 

     

    The announcement of new ministers could help the junta leaders gain the confidence of the people of Niger as new ministers will help in the smooth administration of the country.

     

    Below is the full list of ministers:

     

    1. The Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance: Mr. Al-Amin Zain Ali Mahman

     

    1. Minister of State and Minister of National Defense: General Salifu Modi

     

    1. Minister of State, Minister of Interior, Public Security and Territorial Administration: Brigadier General Mohamed Tomba

     

    1. Minister of Youth and Sports: Colonel Major Abdel Rahman Amadou

     

    1. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Nigerians Abroad: Mr. Bakari U Sangari

     

    1. Minister of Public Health, Population and Social Works: Doctor Colonel Major Jarba Hakimi

     

    1. Minister, Director of the Office of the President of the National Council for the Protection of the Homeland: Dr. Somana Boubaker

     

    1. Minister of Agriculture and Livestock: Mr. Mohamed Haj Othman

     

    1. Minister of Higher Education, Research and Technological Innovation: Professor Mohamedou Seydou

     

    1. Minister of National Education, Literacy, Vocational Education and the Advancement of National Languages: Ms. Elizabeth Sharif

     

    1. Minister of Transport and Equipment: Colonel Salisu Mehman Salisu

     

    1. Minister of Water, Sanitation and Environment: Colonel Mizama Abdullah

     

    1. Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Keeper of Seals: Mr. Ali Daouda

     

    1. Minister of Public Service, Labor and Employment: Mrs. Aisha Abdullah Tondi

     

    1. Minister of Urban Planning and Housing: Mr. Salisu Tahiru Amado

     

    1. Minister of Humanitarian Action and Disaster Management: Ms. Isa Lawan Wandarama.

     

    1. Minister of Petroleum, Mines and Energy: Mr. Mohamed Mustafa Barki

     

     18- Minister of Crafts and Tourism: Madame Geshin Agishata Atta

     

    1. Minister of Communications, Post and Digital Economy: Mr. Sidi Mohamed Gallio

     

    1. The Minister of Commerce and Industry: Mr. Seidu Asman

     

      21- Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister in charge of Finance: Mr. Moumoni Boubacar Saido

  • Watch Video: Nigeriens cheers their new military leaders..as coup leader speaks to the nation at their great stadium

    Niger coup leaders

     

    Adnan Adams Mohammed

    The great stadium of the city of Niamey, Niger capital town was filled beyond its capacity with civilians to cheer their new military leaders as they speak to the nation in outdoor event for the first time since announcing a military takeover of seat of government a week ago.

     

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  • Guinea, Mali and Burkina Faso support Niger coup…warn against any foreign military intervention

    Niger coup leaders

    Adnan Adams Mohammed

     

    Mali and Burkina Faso military Juntas have declared support to the coup leaders in Niamey, Niger.

     

    By this, they are tactically protecting and instituting a new era of military leaders across the Francophone subsaharan region.

     

    In a statement issued in response to resolutions of the ECOWAS Head of States emergency meeting held on Saturday, Mali affirmed that, they stand together with Burkina Faso to defend Niger and further warned that any foreign military intervention in Niamey will be considered a declaration of war on both nations with Niger.

     

    “I warn that any military intervention against Niger will be considered as a declaration of war against Burkina Faso and Mali,” Col. Abdoulaye Maiga, State Minister for Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, Mali military government juxtaposed.

     

    The announcement was in response to the outcome of a summit by regional bloc ECOWAS that gave a 7-day deadline to Niger’s coup leaders to free detained president Mohamed Barzoum and restore civilian rule or face consequences, with military force an option being considered.

     

    Mali further denounced the persistent sanctions by the ECOWAS upon the three countries terming the illegal.

     

    “The transitional governments of Burkina Faso and Mali, One: have expressed their fraternal solidarity of the people of Mali and Burkina Faso with their brothers in Niger who have decided of their own accord to take their destiny in hand and to assume their sovereignty. Two: Denounce the persistence of the regional organisations to apply sanctions that aggravate the suffering of the population and imperil the spirit of PanAfricanism. Three: Refuse to apply these illegal, illegitimate and inhumane sanctions against the Nigerien people and authorities,” said Col. Abdoulaye Maiga. The declaration came from Col. Abdoulaye Maiga, State minister for Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, Mali junta, who spoke on the state television network ORTM.

     

    The nations are run by military governments in West and Central Africa, where there have been nine successful or attempted coups since 2020.

     

     

  • Niger junta to face tough time as Nigeria cuts electricity supply

    Adnan Adams Mohammed

     

    Information just received indicates that Nigeria has cut electricity supply to Niger following coup d’etat.

     

    The power cut to Niger is one of the blows the ECOWAS bloc plans to hit at the military junta to deter them to release power to civilian administration.

    Niger junta suffer power cut from Nigeria

    The coup d’etat, which has ignited fear in many ECOWAS Heads of State as they feel threatened and uncertain of their fate and also shaken the root of France emperial colonialism on the Francophone subsaharan countries.

     

    However, many have reacted to the power cut as they feel Nigeria is making a hasty big mistake as their hydroelectricity generation dam source its water from Niger.

     

    “Nigeria has a joint agreement with Niger to provide electricity in exchange that the upstream neighbor will not obstruct the flow of water to the country’s hydroelectric Dams in Jebba, Kainji, Niger State”, a Twitter page by name Official Papa Lily commented. “Our power generation will drop, if Niger reacts to this power outage.”

     

     

    Below are some tweets:

     

    The Egalitarian

    “They don’t know because they don’t read. After the war, Niger will build a big dam and release water as it pleases downstream. Either as flood or in trickles. Niger will loose.”

     

    Chief Numso

    “If Niger Dams the Kanji Dam we are actually finished, we are actually making a mistake we will regret badly.”

     

    Yussif Nasir Ahmad

    “It is finally time for them to start thinking inwards. They should invest in their capacity to generate electricity for themselves. So that Nigeria will supply Nigerians the electricity for Nigerians to use. Already, the energy supply in Nigeria is below deficit.”