The newly appointed Minister of
Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said he knows little about the policies
and operations of his ministry, adding that all he knows about the ministry was
what he read in the newspapers.
He said this when he visited the ministry
shortly after he was inaugurated and assigned a portfolio alongside others by
President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, on Wednesday.
The former Osun State governor
said, “I don’t really know much about the operations or policies of the
ministry apart from stories about the ministry on the pages of newspapers. My
relationship with the ministry is distant. What I know about the ministry is
what I read in the newspapers.”
Aregbesola instructed the
Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Georgina Ehuriah, who had been in charge
since the dissolution of the last cabinet, to continue running the ministry
until Monday when he would formally take over.
“I will come to take over on
Monday. I give the Permanent Secretary the grace to run the ministry till then.
We will be ready by Monday to take on the huge assignment,” the minister
stated.
He assured the staff of the
ministry and personnel of all paramilitary agencies under the ministry of
purposeful leadership while urging them to be ready for more work as he would
be demanding much more from them.
He stated, “I promise you a
realistic, reasonable and commendable leadership.”
Earlier in her speech, Ehuriah
said the ministry needed “a focused person like you (minister)” to lead it on
account of its strategic position in the security architecture of the country.
She said the proper handing over
ceremony would take place on Monday.
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