The Centre for Anti-Corruption
and Open Leadership, CACOL, a community-based and civil society organisation
has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently reshuffle his cabinet.
The organization specifically
urged the president to sack the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde
Raji Fashola for making more noise than he worked since he came on board.
It also recommended the immediate
removal of the minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, her petroleum counterpart,
Ibe Kachikwu and the AGF Abubakar Malami.
CACOL in a statement issued by
its Executive Chairman, Debo Adeniran noted that it was glaring that “after
about two and a half years since the inauguration of this government, certain
patterns have unfolded that have exposed mediocrity and incompetence within the
ranks of the cabinet members with regards to their performances in lines of the
duties assigned to them.”
He said, “The Federal Ministry of
Power, Works and Housing: The Ministry superintended over by Mr. Raji Fashola,
(SAN), have over the past years made more noise than any practical achievement
on the ground to justify the funds that has been ploughed into the three
sectors under it. All the actions and policies of the Ministry have compounded
the sufferings of Nigerians in multi-folds; from lack of power supply to the
illogical hike in electricity tariffs, from continually decaying infrastructure
to death traps as roads with a Housing sector that is ‘non-existent’ or in
absolute comatose.
“The Minister is constantly at
loggerheads with institutions, contractors and even the citizenry he is
supposed to serve. The Minister keeps standing logic on its heads by asking the
already impoverished Nigerians to bear the brunt of his failure by asking them
to pay for services not rendered even up to the effrontery of hiking the tariff
of electricity against a background of a country in perpetual darkness. He made
history by achieving the lowest, ZERO, mega watts for more than 18 hours in
history of power generation in Nigeria last year; with nothing to offer than
damage, we call on Mr. President to ask him to honourably resign or he should
be sacked!
“We recommend the immediate
replacement of Mr. Malami Abubakar as the Attorney General of the Federation
and Minister of Justice of this country to save this government and the country
from further embarrassment and criticisms within the comity of nations. The
mantra of this government and one of the campaign cardinal points of its party
is ‘fight against corruption’. For any government to succeed in its policies,
programmes and agenda, the commitment, professionalism, soundness and integrity
of the Chief Law Officer of that government must be impeccable and consistent.
We are afraid, based on recent happenings, the current Attorney-General and
Minister of Justice has fallen short of these critical requirements and
incapable of delivering any fundamental departure from the corruption ridden
past of governance in the country.
“We noted the AGF’s unnecessary
interventions particularly in cases high profile publicly exposed persons and
the needless ‘rivalry’ with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
an agency under his Ministry and which ordinarily reports to him officially.
The Attorney-General was publicly accused of meeting, negotiating, agreeing
terms and collecting N50 billion on behalf of the government without recourse
to both the regulatory agency and supervisory ministry last year. Local and
international criticisms greeted the unprofessional conduct of the Minister and
secrecy associated with his negotiation with MTN. These reasons, amongst others
necessitate our call for the removal of the AGF and Minister of Justice.
“The Minister in charge of the
Federal Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has
been everything but impressive and constantly appears to be confused on
policies and in-depth economic management. The economic terrain under her watch
is riddled by contradictions, policy somersaults and uncertainties. It is our
conviction that it is the concerted efforts of the Central Bank and other MDAs
trying to diversify, particularly the Agriculture Ministry and with the
increase in the price of oil that helped pulled Nigeria out of recession
recently and not via the acumen of the Finance Minister. We recommended that
she should be replaced with better competence and prowess.
“The Federal Ministry of
Petroleum Resources under the superintending Minister of State, Dr. Ibe
Kachikwu has no concrete achievement to showcase 2 years after the inauguration
of this government. All the lofty promises of performance including making the
refineries functional within 6 months and building of new ones given by the
Minister at the assumption of duty has fallen flat on their faces, just as
Nigeria sadly still import refined petroleum products. At this rate, this
situation will persist till this tenure lapses, which will be totally
unfortunate and unacceptable, thus it is time to replace the Minister for
someone with greater acumen, necessary will and skills.
“Quintessentially, we call on
you, Your Excellency to relieve yourself of the position of the Minister of
Petroleum Resources immediately. This is allow you to concentrate fully on the
wholesome administration of the government which clearly can only be done conscientiously
by your esteemed self and against the background of a National Assembly that
apparently lacks diligence in its oversight functions preferring the mundane
for the significant, it becomes expedient. We urge that you concentrate your
energy on supervisory roles over all Ministries and the Presidential leadership
of the country while a substantive Minister is appointed for the Petroleum
Resources Ministry.
“Your Excellency, as a matter of
fact we recommend changes in almost all other Ministries; they are either
prostrate or in comatose, some are even approaching non-existence in status.
Nigerians can hardly tell what the Ministries of Education, Health, Aviation,
Commerce and Industry, Solid Minerals Development etc. are doing in these very
challenging times for the country. They all appear to have gone to slumber
following the lack of clue on what to do.”
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