President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has distanced himself from
the ministerial lists which went viral recently in the social media, noting
that he will not follow the same pattern used by the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, in selecting members of its Federal Executive Council, FEC, in the last 16
years.
Dismissing the speculative list in an interview with Daily Trust
at his Daura country home, Buhari said, “I am not speaking about it; I have not
put anything on paper, so nobody has seen it and I haven’t discussed it with
anybody; I am just keeping it close to my chest.”
According to him, “I am ardent listener of Hausa Service of
Voice of America (VOA) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) from 6am
to 7am every morning. I am going to quote myself because I heard in one of the
interviews that I said the type of people I am supposed to appoint, like in the
cabinet and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, and service
chiefs, will be different. Definitely my approach is going to be different from
what we had under the PDP where governors nominated ministers.”
He noted that in the incoming administration, “Education and healthcare
will get more attention. Of course, security is Number One. Certainly, there is
a lot to do but we are hoping that we‘ll get good people to be in charge of
ministries who can apply themselves to their responsibilities so that in no
time Nigerians would begin to see the difference.”
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