President Muhammadu Buhari is set
to retain at least 70 per cent of his first-tenure cabinet members in this
second term of his presidency.
A reliable source at the
presidency revealed that the President is retaining most of cabinet members
based on trust.
The top government source said
that it was in the nature of Buhari to trust his allies despite the public
outcry for him to change some of his previous appointees.
According to the source, a list
which was submitted yesterday, contains the names of mostly the now
ex-ministers.
The President is bound by the
constitution to appoint a minister from each of the 36 states of the
federation.
According to the source,
“Nigerians should expect to see most of the old faces. There are no two ways
about it.
“President Buhari is retaining at
least 70 percent of his cabinet members. He works on trust. These are people
who served with him in the last tenure and have not been found guilty of any
offence.
“Most of his Ministers and aides
are returning and most of them will still continue from where they stopped. The
President does not believe in changing people just for the sake of doing so.
“You should have known this with
the re-appointment of the Chief of Staff and the Secretary to the Government of
the Federation.”
Another government source, who
spoke to DAILY POST on the condition of anonymity, was already frowning at the
President’s decision to return some ministers, who according to the source, did
not meet the expectations of Nigerians during his (Buhari) first term.
The source, who spoke in anger,
wondered why the ex-Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Tunde Fashola;
ex-Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalong; ex-Minister of Labour and Employment,
Dr. Chris Ngige; FCT Minister, Mohammed Bello; among others, are coming back to
serve in the second term of President Buhari.
The source, who also confirmed
the names of the appointees in Buhari’s second term list, said, “To tell you
the truth, these men did not do anything that should warrant them coming back.
“Yes, the President has submitted
a list to the National Assembly containing some of Fashola, Amaechi, Ngige and
others, in fact 80 per cent of his previous cabinet members even the Minister
of the Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello, who obviously didn’t bring
any change in Abuja in the last four years are there.
“Talking about Fashola, it is not
obvious to Nigerians that this man did not bring any visible transformation, or
anything new to the country.
“Has the power sector witnessed
any change as promised by this administration? How about the housing? I’m
telling you that Fashola did absolutely nothing to warrant his return.
“Some of us were thinking that
President Buhari will reward good works and dedication in his second term
appointments but right now we are disappointed even with the inclusion on Ngige
who had serious issues with Labour towards the end of the first tenure.
“The President’s decision means
that Nigerians should expect little or nothing from his administration in the
next four years because the people he has appointed have nothing to offer and
this is a slap on the face of Nigerians who gave him a second chance.”
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