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.
More to follow
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