President Muhammadu Buhari will appointment Ministers only when it is feasible, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina said Tuesday.
Speaking in reaction to massive public concern on why the president has not formed his cabinet, Adesina said that the president is preparing the grounds for the Ministers, saying that they would be appointed at the fullness of time.
He said: “The appointment of Ministers is constitutional because the constitution prescribes that there must be a Minister from at least one state of the federation and President Muhammadu Buhari will do what is constitutional. So, he will constitute a cabinet.
“But then when he does it is his prerogative. He is the one who will determine when he needs that cabinet. But for now, he has said that he wants to lay a proper foundation for the administration and that’s why he has been working with bureaucrats; the various Permanent Secretaries.
“For the past two weeks and still going forward, the Permanent Secretaries have been briefing him on the state of their ministries and then, I am sure at the fullness of time, the Ministers will be appointed.” – Vanguard.
Buhari cannot teach Nigerians Democracy and turn himself to all knowing.There has been other Presidents in the past in Nigeria and the tradition is that Presidents appoint Ministers after swearing in,hence Buhari must appoint Ministers without further delays in line with his earlier promise to unvail his cabinet one week after swearing in.
Adesina will not accept this cheap position if he has not been appointed as Media Assistant.Nigerians are interested in seeing what Buhari is upto in his Northern Agenda appointments.He has made 14 appointments so far and 13 went to the North and only Mr Adesina from Ekiti State got Assistant Media officer while Shehu Garba got Senior Spokesperson.
If he accepts it is Constitutional issue then Buhari should fullfil the constitutional requirements right away,we cannot wait for him for ever since the constitution did not envisage Baba Go slow president in Nigeria.
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