President Muhammadu Buhari will
inaugurate his new cabinet on Wednesday, August 21.
Babatunde Lawal, permanent
secretary, cabinet affairs office, said the swearing-in will follow the
induction retreat for ministers-designate.
Boss Mustapha, secretary to the
government of the federation, listed objectives of the retreat to include:
“building of a strong platform for synergy and teamwork; sensitising appointees
on the status of the implementation of policies, programmes and projects of
government from 2015-date, acquainting the appointees with the roadmap for
delivery of government’s priorities and next level agenda (2019-2023) and
deepen the understanding of participants on best practices in conducting
government business”.
Mustapha, said aside the
ministers-designate, others expected at the retreat are head of the civil
service of the federation, federal permanent secretaries and top government
functionaries.
Meanwhile the two-day induction
retreat earlier scheduled for August 15 and August 16, after the Sallah break,
has been rescheduled till August 19 and August 20.
The retreat will now be presided
over by the president.
The ministers designate have been
asked to pick up and study documents ahead of the retreat.
On July 23, the president sent a
list of 43 ministers to the senate for confirmation. The upper legislative
chamber of the national assembly confirmed all the nominees.
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