3 Aug 2018

Nauru President dumps minister

9:01 am on 3 August 2018

The President of Nauru has dumped a minister from his four person cabinet.

Baron Divavesi Waqa, President of the Republic of Nauru, addresses the United Nations high-level summit on large movements of refugees and migrants. sEP 2016

Baron Waqa Photo: UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

Shadlog Bernicke was the Minister in charge of the Nauru Royalties Trust, the Minister of Telecommunications and the Minister of Communications and Technology.

There has been no indication of why Mr Bernicke has been dumped, but a government official said it was with immediate effect.

President Baron Waqa has temporarily assumed the portfolios.