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. He asserted that if
state governors are at liberty to appoint their
commissioners, he, too, should be at liberty to choose
those who would serve with him in the FEC.
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.”
Speaking on the caliber of people that would
populate his cabinet, Buhari said “I have been
around long enough to know people that I can
approach for things like that… Deliberately we will
look for competent people, dedicated and
experienced to head ministries and, of course, there
will be schedules for ministers and we will expect
them to fill them. Economically we will try and stop
a lot of wastages and encourage austerity so that
we can fund the ministries”.
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.
He however refused to comment on whether he
would present the list of his ministers to the Senate
in the first week of the proclamation of the 8th
National Assembly.

Another MUB's good System CHANGE. Afterall, the entire Nation is his constituency. He must have his own way of reaching out to his people to make them feel his Government. You don't dictate to a General, a Dictator trying well to be a Democrat. Up you MUB! Please fire on. You are on track!!!!