Following the victory of the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the presidential elections, internal politicking over the formation of the cabinet of president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has started in earnest.

Although, some individuals have been penciled down for certain offices, selection of those to fill the coveted “juicy” positions may not be an easy task as powerful party members and others who gave Buhari support from outside the APC are pushing one or two nominees they believe can do a good job.

DAILY POST on Monday gathered that former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo may have been presented by former president Olusegun Obasanjo as the possible Minister of Finance for the Buhari administration.

Soludo was a member of the economic team for the Obasanjo administration prior to becoming the governor of the CBN.

Soludo’s presentation to the incoming administration as candidate for Minister of Finance is reportedly causing disquiet within the inner circles of the party, 247ureports said.

Many APC chieftains are said to be against his candidature on two grounds. One is that Soludo remains a card carrying member of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) and his appointment would been as taking from Peter to pay Paul.

The other is that it was under Soludo that the banking sector almost collapsed, a situation confirmed by former CBN chief and Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, a staunch supporter of the APC.

It was also under Sanusi that the banking industry went through a recapitalisation process that led to the reduction in the number of banks from 50 to 25.

His clean up also witnessed the prosecution of bank Chief Executive Officers who were discovered to have robbed their own banks by almost unilaterally awarding contracts to phoney organisations and companies they either own or had substantial omnterest in.

DAILY POST gathered that former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, is strongly against Obasanjo’s recommendation.

Sources say he had in fact reached an agreement with Buhari prior to the APC presidential primaries concerning appointment into ministerial positions.

Tinubu, it was learnt, extracted an agreement from Buhari, to which the president-elect appended his signature.

According to the agreement, Tinubu will provide names for nine ministerial positions.

Some of the positions are said to include Petroleum, Finance, Works, Federal Capital Territory and Interior.

It is to this end that the camp of the party’s co-founder, Tinubu, frowns at the presentation of Soludo as Minister of Finance.

Soludo, who is keen on returning to government, is reported to have been convinced by Obasanjo to accept the position.

It is however left to be seen if Buhari will oblige Obasanjo’s request or stick to his agreement with Tinubu.

Obasanjo played a key role in Buhari’s emergence as APC presidential flagbearer and his eventual victory at the polls, thus, his words would not be discarded with a mere wave of the hand.

Soludo had been heavily critical of the economic policies of the Jonathan administration.

The most critical was in the build up to the general election where he alleged that the current adminstration mismanaged over N20 trillion of Nigeria’s money.

His criticisms, which were published in major newspapers and websites, unsettled the Jonathan administration with the Minister of Finance, Nigozi Okonjo-Iweala, taking on Soludo in more than one rejoinders.

Soludo faced a legal battle spearheaded by the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), when he was, in 2012, accused of taking kickbacks from the company that handled the production of polymer notes he introduced during his tenure as CBN Governor.

The case was used to cast a dent on his Anambra gubernatorial aspiration which he lost.

Soludo was in February 2015 cleared of all the charges.

shamelly:
I think this people should just leave buhari alone and let him appoint his ministers himself...or are they planning to loot nigeria again?
Why all this disagreement about ministerial nominees...it seems there is more to it

BlackTechnology:
Lol

Change indeed


The illiterate masses have been abandoned

Sai Baba



When is Buhari probing Tinubu and OBJ

shamelly:
I think this people should just leave buhari alone and let him appoint his ministers himself...or are they planning to loot nigeria again?
Why all this disagreement about ministerial nominees...it seems there is more to it

Already, Tinubu, according to a highly placed source, had reached an agreement with General Mohammadu Buhari prior to the APC presidential primaries – concerning the appointment of ministerial positions. The source reveal that Tinubu extracted an agreement from Buhari – which Buhari appended his signature on as preconditions to his participation in the APC primaries – of appointing nine [9] ministerial positions to the Buhari administration. The nine ministration slots are said to be the nine ‘juiciest’ ministerial slots – including that of Petroleum, Finance, Works, FCT, Interior.

shamelly:
I think this people should just leave buhari alone and let him appoint his ministers himself...or are they planning to loot nigeria again?
Why all this disagreement about ministerial nominees...it seems there is more to it

Mutuwa:
Recycling.. get some one novel plz...
Meanwhile...

A few minutes ago Nigeria's president-elect Muhammadu
Buhari declared that stealing is corruption. In a press statement
the former General said he will make all necessary arrangements
to update all state documents and educational textbooks to that
effect. Buhari said, "from now on let all be notified that stealing
shall be corruption and likewise acts of corruption shall be
regarded and dealt with as stealing. Let there be no ambiguity."
The General further stated that this important new legislation
will be applied retroactively due to the critial needs of the
broke nation. -
Adapted by NewsRescue from Shafiu Haladu
original

Flets:
With Tinubu at the helm of affairs, the incoming government is already a failed one.

With Amaechi tipped as SGF, Its business as usual.

With Saraki seeking senate president, Nigerians should forget about any law at the favour of the masses

Ngige who openely agreed to rigging his way into anambra state govt house under PDP is already tipped for a ministerial role..... what greater corruption?

Okorocha who would be losing his seat next Saturday is also favoured to be part of the new cabinet after his monumental fraud in Imo state

Who is more PDP than Amaechi? .... 8 years as speaker of house and 6.5yrs as governor all under PDP.

[size=18pt]Where is the change[/size]?

BlackTechnology:
Lol

Change indeed


The illiterate masses have been abandoned

Sai Baba



When is Buhari probing Tinubu and OBJ

idupaul:
Any thing OBJ suggest is usually not the best interest of the country, its only in the best interest of OBJ .. Buhari should avoid OBJ because OBJ is responsible for 85% percent of the problems that got us here.

idupaul:
Any thing OBJ suggest is usually not the best interest of the country, its only in the best interest of OBJ .. Buhari should avoid OBJ because OBJ is responsible for 85% percent of the problems that got us here.

knightsTempler:
From frying pan to fire, lol.

Change you ask for change you 'll get.