The Secretary to the Government
of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha has disclosed that President Muhammadu
Buhari will unveil his cabinet in July.
Mustapha made the disclosure
while explaining that the delay was to allow the National Assembly complete its
leadership processes and lawmakers resume from recess.
He made the disclosure in an
interview with The Guardian on the sidelines of the just-concluded meetings of
the African Export-Import Bank in Moscow.
The SGF assured that Buhari will
place the issue before the National Assembly as quickly as possible.
He said: “Our system is unique.
We have an executive system where your membership of a parliament denies you
the opportunity of being a minister, unless you resign from parliament.
“Mr. President is working on his
list or must have concluded. He mentioned in his Democracy Day broadcast that
he is going to assemble competent Nigerians to help him implement his
programmes.
“He was inaugurated on May 29. We
had the Democracy Day celebration on June 12. It was a choked-up programme as
we had to work towards the emergence of the leadership of the National Assembly
because there is nothing you can do if their leadership does not emerge.
“So far, we have part of the
leadership that has emerged. The other part will emerge after they return from
their recess. They are reconvening on July 2 and it is when they reconvene that
we expect they will finish other complements of their leadership.
“There are other key officers
needed in the introduction of an executive bill. You don’t go directly to the
Senate President; you only write to him. It is the Majority Leader, who
represents the party in the Senate that has the responsibility of introducing
the bill, and he has received the list too.
“I believe that within the month
of July, he will submit the list. It is then up to the Senate to do the needful
and conclude the exercise. I keep emphasising that if you have a very good
leadership in the National Assembly, these things can be finished in a period
of one week or two.”
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