Revealed: Real reasons ministerial list is delayed

Why Buhari fired CSO, AO

Written by:
Taiwo Adisa -Abuja

FURTHER details have emerged as to the true reasons the government of President Muhammadu Buhari has not released the list of ministers expected to serve in the administration for vetting by relevant security agencies.

The Department of State Services (DSS) plays a key role in the screening of appointees, especially ministerial and ambassadorial nominees, but sources said in Abuja that the decision to delay the list was partly due to the fact that the president did not want to release the names to the former Director General of DSS, Mr Ita Ekpeyong.

The bad blood generated between the DSS and the campaign organisation of General Muhammadu Buhari had informed the procurement of a private security organisation by the campaign team, in place of DSS operatives.

It was gathered that the Buhari team had carried the animosity over into governance and had signposted Ekpeyong and the DSS as an enemy.
It was further gathered that while media reports were indicating that the president would hit the ground running upon his swearing-in, the DSS had constituted a team to vet the ministerial list immediately it was made available by the president.

But the organisation, under Ekpeyong, had to disband the team when nothing was forthcoming, it was gathered.

Sources in the administration said Buhari did not want the DSS under Ekpeyong to handle his list of ministers, a carryover from the bad blood of the presidential campaign period.

Ekpeyong was, last week, relieved of his position in what was seen as the first of the security chiefs to be so axed by the administration.
It was gathered though the president was till compiling names of his ministerial nominees, hatred for the DSS under Ekpeyong was responsible for the delay in releasing the ministerial list by the Buhari-led administration.

Sources in government said that while the president was said to have compiled a list containing some of the names of his would-be ministers all along, he refused to make it available to the DSS, which ordinarily carries out some vetting before the screening by the Senate.

A source in the polity said the president could make available the ministerial list to the DSS any moment from now, following the resumption of Lawan Daura as the Director General of the Service.

The Senate, it is noted, will not commence screening of appointees whose curriculum vitae is not accompanied by security reports from the DSS.

It was also gathered that the misgivings between the administration and the DSS eventually consumed the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Abdurahman Mani, who was, last week, relieved of his position.

Sources said Mani’s alleged closeness to Ekpeyong and the service’s former spokesperson, Marylyn Ogar, might have also cost him the job.
Mani, hitherto a close ally of Buhari, whom he had served in the last four years, was promoted by the DSS on the promptings of the president when he became president-elect.

It was learnt that the DSS under Ekpeyong had presented possible names to Buhari as his CSO, but that the president rejected the names and opted for Mani.

When he was, however, told the Mani was not up to the rank of CSO to the President, he asked the Service to promote him so he could do the job.

Sources, therefore, said it was curious to see the same Buhari order the cancellation of the promotion and transfer of Mani out of the Presidential Villa.

Source http://tribuneonlineng.com/revealed-real-reasons-ministerial-list-delayed

UDOM is right!

Why allow petty rivalries to keep the nation at a standstill? Since you didn't trust the guy why not relieve him of his duties? Besides something as petty as this could never be the reason for the delay.

What a Yoruba would say is, "Mani ti gbabode"

Vaguely concocted. If u ask dem now, they would say dey hav done investigative journalism.

I don't belive Tribune reports.

Secret Coup 30th May
Osinbajo will announce ministers eventually

Petty i must say ... A nation at standstill because of the President disdain for Ita Ekpeyong led DSS .

Just that? Buhari is a die-hard tribalist. I laugh at the Mumu Southerners that voted for him.
Una go cry tire.

l dont think this is true because it is so watery a reason to keep Nigeria standing still

However, from the fore-going (that is if it anything to go by), l have made the following observations:
1..I hope PMB is not trying to play politics of bitterness. If what happened during the campaign has been brought into the business of governance, then somebody should tell Mr President that we are no more in the 1980s...He should start working and stop hating

2.. If Mani was promoted when he was not due for that...what was PMB thinking? The shoe was obviously bigger than Mani. Yes PMB has the right to promote him (Mani), this implies that he could have as well gone to the street and bring any of the beggers and ask for their promotion (without due process) to become his CSO. Does this mean that the APC-led government will not have any regard for due process?

3..The writer also said the PMB is still compiling his ministerial lists.... if this is true....hmmm...then l dont know how long it will take him to assign them potfolios

Any way....#lnthefullnessoftime

In Phyno's voice: I see liessss everywhere
Liesss everywhere, everywhere

It's like they just had to come up with one fairy tale to feed the populace with.


We are still waiting for the fullness of time to reach. maybe it will be during the time of our Children's children

No jej

there is always excuse for what ought to be done not done. Even sick Yar;adua was more agile than our general... Nawao

Huh

Their f***king business
Very soon
AMERICA WILL KNOW

We dey wait. It is as if the ministerial list will be inscribed in gold and diamond.

Let see

Novermb rr

Lies, hearsay !!!

trash journalism

If it's not coming from Femi Adesina I ain't believing shait

PMB is not ready for the job full stop