President Muhammadu Buhari needs sufficient time to study what he inherited before taking key decisions on ministerial appointments and others, the founder of Save Nigeria Group (SNG), Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said.
He urged Nigerians to give the President time to assess what he met on ground in order to make sound decisions that will take the nation forward.
Bakare spoke with our correspondent last Sunday shortly before declaring open the annual convention of the Glory Christian Centre, Lagos.
The theme of the convention was: “One thousand times more opened.”
The senior pastor of Latter Rain Assembly Ogba, Lagos, said: “I think it is good to give the new government time to settle down and time to assess what they have inherited from the Jonathan’s government so that they can sit down and begin to put the Nigerian house in order. And it’s good to give them time.”
On why key appointments into the new administration were being delayed, he said: “That will take its time. Remember the President told the nation that he did not get the handover note until May 28.
“So, his transition committee didn’t have anything to work with. Just few days back, it handed over the report in 8,000 pages reduced to about 800 pages.
“It is when you have studied what was handed over to you that you begin to think of who to put where to help you.
“And I can assure that behind the scene that a lot is going on in the engine room.”
He said the new faces of the current administration might start emerging before the end of the month.
Affirming that Buhari will deliver on his promise to change the nation, the former vice presidential candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), added: “You have heard that we will have a lean, as against an over bloated government. All these things will take time. You don’t do these things in a hurry.”
Questioned on whether he will accept the offer of a ministerial appointment, the fiery preacher simply said: “I will cross that river when I get to the bridge.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Very very good comment by eminent Pastor Bakare.
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