₦airaland Forum

President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari appeared
to have dashed the hopes of the governors elected on
the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
when he rejected their plans to submit a ministerial list
to him.
The APC governors, led by Governor Rochas Okorocha of
Imo State, had, last Tuesday, visited Buhari in Abuja to
pledge loyalty and make some demands.
At the meeting, some requests were placed on the table
openly, while the request to drop the list of possible
ministers came up for discussion behind the closed door.
Sources close to the meeting between the governors and
General Buhari indicated that the state chief executives
came out of the visit with heavy minds.
Planning to maintain the tradition already instituted by
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) where the state
governors as party leaders in the states are requested to
submit list of possible ministers and Ambassadorial
appointees to the president, the governors threw the
request at Buhari.
But it was learnt that the General rejected the proposal
and declared that the Constitution does not mandate
him to take a list of ministerial nominees from them.
The president-elect was also said to have rejected the
call for a bailout for the states that have been unable to
pay salaries, with a source informing Sunday Tribune
that the General flatly rejected the proposal, saying the
he was aware the Federal Government was not owing
the states their allocations.
A source close to the discussion told the Sunday Tribune
that General Buhari told the governors that those of
them in their second terms could not complain about
the state of government finances, as they have all been
collecting allocations from the Federal Government all
along.
A source in the know said: “The governors practically
went out of the visit with their tails between their legs.
The General first threw aside the request that he grant
bailout to the states. He told them that the governors
going for second term in office cannot complain about
the state of the economy, having collected all their
allocations to date from the Federal Government. He
ruled out the possibility of bailout.
“The General was also very unequivocal when he was
told that the governors want to submit a ministerial list
to him. He clearly said he cannot go into that
discussion. He insisted that the Constitution does not
mandate him to collect such list from the governors and
that the state chief executives should concentrate on
sourcing good materials that would help them run the
states adequately.”
The source quoted Buhari as saying that “I do not think
we can discuss that issue of Ministerial list. The
Constitution clearly does not mandate me to take a list
from the governors. To me, the governors should
concentrate on getting good hands to help them in
discharging their duties in the states.”
The APC governors had made a meal out of their
meeting with General Buhari last week, with media
reports indicating that they were in Abuja to submit
ministerial lists to the president-elect. But the sources
said that they left the meeting disappointed, as the
General turned down their two major requests.
Source: www.newspunch.org/buhari-shocks-apc-governors-rejects-ministerial-list/
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I hope dis won't turn to war among Apc leaders but it's good to be selective cos he wants to run a plain administration and decent , may God protect our president elect

welcome to hell

Hmmmm.... Observing APC in 3D

God protect d ruled! Cos all these greedy, selfcentred rulers eehh...make them sha no eliminate Buhari

@Bonana

Pls provide the source.......of the news

Chiaka:
@Bonana
Pls provide the source.......of the news

Done that

On the right track. To fight corruption is has to start from home.

if this is true... i am 100% in support of GMB

SAI BABA will not tolerate political thieves by using quota system to still our common wealth like GEj and PDP did in the past !!!