Some Nigerians on social media on Wednesday received the news of the sacking of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Nanono, with suspicion.

According to them, the minister was fired in connection with the resolve of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to recover grazing routes across the country.

Buhari on Wednesday afternoon sacked Nanono and his Power counterpart, Saleh Mamman, according to presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina.

Adesina also announced that the Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abubakar, has been redeployed to the Ministry of Agriculture while the Minister of State for Works, Abubakar Aliyu is to take over as Minister of Power.

The two ministers – Nanono from Kano State; and Mamman from Taraba State — were in August 2019 sworn in as part of the over 40 ministers who make up the current Federal Executive Council.