Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana has condemned the proposed ministerial list being presented to President Goodluck Jonathan for his cabinet after the May 29 inauguration.
The human rights activist in a telephone interview with media sources in Ado Ekiti stated that the list was populated with people without zeal to serve the country.
According to him, most members of the Peoples Democratic Party on the list would mess up the next administration and return the country to the path of disgrace and catastrophe.
He said, “President Jonathan should have a rethink on the nominations if he hopes to rationalise the confidence reposed in him by millions of Nigerians who backed him with their votes in the last election.
“The list of the coming ministers is retrogressive and below par. It is a business as usual list of grey hairs and spent ideas. They are those who are supposed to have served the party. They are people who regrettably have not and can never serve the people.” He appealed to the President to appoint vibrant and brilliant young people, who have the integrity and passion for development to help him build the nation. Mr Falana said it was high time Mr President dropped the party sycophants and replace them with technocrats.
“Those we need are a crop of highly dedicated and committed patriots in the middle class who will commit what I will refer to as ‘class suicide’. They will do the unusual and reverse the trend of non-performance.
“I was just reading in the papers today that Rauf Aregbesola directed that no one should celebrate his six months in office with government funds. Infinitesimal as this may seem, it is the beginning of some sense of decency.”
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