President Muhammadu
Buhari will soon appoint more ministers into his cabinet. He will also make
board appointments, a demand by his party members over the months.
Buhari gave hints of
the new appointments in a speech delivered today to the National Executive of
the All Progressives Congress.
The president at the
moment has 36 ministers, with 14 of them being ministers of state. He doubles
as the full minister of petroleum.
He said he was having a
trimmed cabinet to avoid waste.
Now faced with demands
by his party for more inclusiveness and patronage, he said he would be shifting
ground soon.
The “compressed Federal
Executive Council”, he said, “will be expanded to bring in more supporters at
Federal Level, with fresh ideas to be injected into the government”. He did not
indicate whether he will do a cabinet reshuffle.
Similarly, the
President also hinted he will be appointing more people to the boards of
government agencies and corporations.
“Last year I said we
would re-constitute the Boards of Parastatals. I must regret the fact that we have
not done so, for many reasons.
“Some of us in this
meeting may know I had given instructions since October 2015 for this exercise
to start. But there have been inordinate delays through several Committees in
an attempt to get the balance right and to make sure all parts of the country
are equitably represented.
“On the other hand, I
am keenly aware that our supporters are very eager for these appointments to be
announced. By the Grace of God, these appointments will be announced soon.
Especially now that the economy is improving, we will have the resources to
cater for the appointees.”, he said.
NAN
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