New Cabinet: Why Buhari Keeps APC, The Whole Nation Waiting

President Muhammadu Buhari has officially announced the appointments of only two aides, Femi Adesina and Malam Garba Shehu, and the state chief of protocol since the May 29 inauguration. This makes the whole Nigeria waiting and wondering why the new president is not making haste.

Buhari previously hinted that he would  have a different, personalised approach, unlike the PDP style. After the first appointments and the decision of the National Assembly to approve his list of 15 special advisers, many believed that other appointments would soon follow.

However, Buhari went on two foreign trips (Niger and Chad) followed by participation in G-7 summit in Germany on June 7-8. This means the flow of appointment is expected by the middle of the upcoming.

Osita Okechukwu, a chieftain of the APC, Enugu state, explained why the president kept everyone guessing:

“For some of us who work with President Buhari, our own concern basically is the quality of aides. I think it is the quality that is giving him the greatest headache. He is bothered about the quality because he is not the type who will appoint somebody today and then drop him the next day. He wouldn’t like that to happen.”

According to the APC chieftan, the second issue is balancing the geo-political zones, the ethnic and religious creeds.

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“There are those who call themselves ex-ministers, if you ask them their record while they were ministers, they might not show anything tangible. But what they brandished around was that they were an ex-minister, ex-governor, ex-this and ex-that. But when you look backward and ask yourself, if these ministers and governors have done so well, why is Nigeria sliding into a failed state?

“So, if those ex-governors and ex-ministers have done so well, why are we where we are? These are some of the issues President Buhari is looking into. Yes, you are this. You are that. You are a money man. You did this. Did they discover electricity? Are they the same people who looted us dry? So, these are issues that are confronting him on a daily basis.”

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“So, these are what President Buhari is also confronted with. Unlike others, he has been on the tough for a long time. He virtually knows everybody from every nook and cranny. Don’t forget that in our years in the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party, there were those who sabotaged him. He went ahead to nominate them as if there were no yesterday. This is an old market. It’s not a new market. A lot of people want to say President Buhari we have given you the names, go ahead and announce it. The man is saying I have a social contract with the Nigerian people. I have a threshold. To fight corruption, as he said, you must start from in-house.”

“I think in few days’ time, some people will be in place,” Okechukwu concluded.

Details on Daliy Trust.

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