Senator Abdullahi Adamu, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has explained why President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial list is being delayed.
He said that the delay in announcing the President’s ministers and heads of ministries, departments, and agencies was due to Tinubu conducting thorough consultations before making a formal statement.
According to media reports, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) met with state chairmen from throughout Nigeria on Monday.
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However, it was learned that Adamu and the National Working Committee convened the meeting.
Hon. Ali Bukar Dalori, Borno Chairman, presided over the meeting, which began about 1:45 p.m. on Monday.
According to this online news outlet, the APC national chairman warned party chieftains during the conference not to get too excited over the President’s ministerial list, even though faithful members will make Tinubu’s cabinet.
Adamu stated that Tinubu could not appoint everyone as a minister, thus they should not have unrealistic expectations.
Adamu said, “Every APC member has an inherent right to hope to get some patronage. We cannot all be ministers of the government. We cannot all end up as board members, directors of parastatals, and MDAs across the country.
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“President has just started. He is doing his extensive consultations before coming up with his nominees for ministers. The nomination of the ministers will come first. They will go through their screening until they are pronounced after they have been submitted before Mr President. He will formally appoint his ministers and swear them in. Only then will he disclose each of them to the country to know which minister is going to which ministry and how many ministries we are going to have.
“After that is done, the ministers will assume office, make a comprehensive report, starting from all the ministries and MDAs under them, before we know what vacancies exist for chief executives, directors and part-time directors.
“These are some of the exercises that will take place in the next two months. It cannot happen by next week. But certainly, that is what we should be expecting.
“But we do expect some patronage from the government that we are forming. It is our hope and prayers that Mr President will come along with us in that regard and strengthen the relationship of the party in the states and at the national level will enjoy some level of patronage in the new government.
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“Those are the key issues that we do hope to share with you in the course of this meeting.”
The kidnapping of Ekiti APC Chairman Paul Omotosho was also condemned by the APC national chairman.
He also wished Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu a speedy recovery.
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