₦airaland Forum

LAGOS—President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministers
may come in two months at the earliest as the new
administration seeks to come to grip with what its
officials claim as the rot it inherited.


Insiders in the new government claim that this is due
to the acute state of affairs of government finances
and resources. It was also disclosed that President
Buhari would in the next few days take very painful
decisions akin to “pulling off the tooth” of a man
without painkillers.


A source close to the president, who made these
known to reporters at the weekend, spoke in
reference to assertions of the president’s slow take-
off as reflected in the failure to appoint key actors of
government. The source dismissed suggestions that
the activities of government had been crippled on
account of the failure to appoint ministers as a
blackmail by politicians keen to get into the pie.



Noting what it referred to as a clearly putrid
inheritance, the source said Buhari was very
determined not to build his government on a “very
rotten foundation.”

“You cannot even begin to imagine the situation we
have met on the ground,” the source who has
unfettered access to the president and is one of
those presently working with him behind the scenes
said.

“Almost everything is in a state of decay. There is
absolutely no way the new government can hope to
achieve anything long-lasting without first building a
new foundation.”


Drastic actions

Giving an indication of the likelihood of the president
taking some very hard decisions to salvage the
country, the source who briefed reporters on the
condition of anonymity said:

“President Buhari’s plan of action will be likened to
that of a doctor who first has to break a poorly set
bone afresh, before resetting it to allow for smooth
and proper growth.”

Responding to criticism that the president failed to
make good use of the period after the election and
even one month after his inauguration to put shape to
his government, the source said it would be difficult to
appoint personnel to offices that no one for now
knows would exist or be scrapped.

President to cut down the number of ministries
“The president plans to cut down the number of
ministries and parastatals. He wants to cut down the
cost of running government. He wants to make sure
that all the loopholes that enable corruption to thrive
are blocked. All these are procedures that require
time and careful planning. You cannot do it in a rush.”

The source noted that the president could not have
initiated the reforms without recourse to the Ahmed
Joda report which he received only on June 12, 2015.
“Remember that he has to make sure that all this is
done without any job losses or mass retrenchments,”
he said. “All this is not a day’s or one-month job.”

Rebuffing suggestions that the activities of
government have been grounded by the failure to
appoint ministers, the close associate of the
president described it as an act of blackmail from
politicians including those from the president’s All
Progressives Congress, APC, who want to be fast-
tracked into government.


“All these reports and agitations are being fuelled by
politicians who want to put pressure on the
President,” he said. “They have tried doing it other
ways and those haven’t worked. Now, they are trying
to use the media. They only want their cronies
appointed to ministerial posts anyhow, and they are
fuelling the agitation through newspapers.”


The source also noted the crisis in the National
Assembly and the adjournment of the Senate till July
21 as another reason why ministers may not be
appointed in the next few weeks.

“Look at how they are fighting among themselves.
The Senate has now adjourned till July 21. That
means no one to scrutinise or approve any ministerial
list until the end of July”, he siad.


Tasked on the statement by the president of the
Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki that the Senate would
reconvene to screen ministerial nominees whenever
called upon, the source gave the inclination that the
president would soon intervene in the crisis that has
split the APC caucus in the two chambers of the
National Assembly.


“The President wants to walk his talk on stable
politics and being a leader for all, he has a plan for
the National Assembly .”

Asked to react to the assertions, Senior Special
Assistant to the President on Media and Public
Affairs, Mallam Garba Shehu said the account of the
president not being in a hurry to appoint ministers
until he was set was very correct.




http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/buhari-to-appoint-ministers-in-2-months/

That's. Too long

K

His Ministers our concern My pocket My concern Certified ebira boy...Navo Oooo

Nigerians are inpatient, d crisis in NASS will hinder d screening process of d ministers..if not d list of d ministers is already in place waitin for calm in NASS... source ur moda pot of gbegiri

Two months is too long!
After the long wait, nothing guarantees we wouldn't still have some looters as Ministers. Why not just appoint them now but be watchful, so that anyone that messes up is sacked and made to return loot

Baba that is too far nah... Anticipation sef dey kill economy ... You won election since March you suppose done draw rough plan nah... Haba appoint now make the economy no stand still, even thou you fit add " testing ministers " to their title. Anybody wey perform well you retain am and kick the butt of any lazy,corrupt minister out. Shekinah

OGA don something o . Nigeria is on fire oo. things r getting rough day by day.

I feel like getting some work done this morning, so I'm going to sit here on nairaland until the feeling passes.

anyway, i'm in if this long wait will calm those thieving politicians and even make them know that their lives do not depend solely on polithieving.

If that is what is going to take for you to succeed and bring Nigerians out of poverty, so be it. It is better late than never. We are all with you, but please don’t give us reasons to regret, as we all regretted Jona’s administration.

Whizzcute:
LAGOS—President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministers
may come in two months at the earliest as the new
administration seeks to come to grip with what its
officials claim as the rot it inherited.


Insiders in the new government claim that this is due
to the acute state of affairs of government finances
and resources. It was also disclosed that President
Buhari would in the next few days take very painful
decisions akin to “pulling off the tooth” of a man
without painkillers.


A source close to the president, who made these
known to reporters at the weekend, spoke in
reference to assertions of the president’s slow take-
off as reflected in the failure to appoint key actors of
government. The source dismissed suggestions that
the activities of government had been crippled on
account of the failure to appoint ministers as a
blackmail by politicians keen to get into the pie.



Noting what it referred to as a clearly putrid
inheritance, the source said Buhari was very
determined not to build his government on a “very
rotten foundation.”

“You cannot even begin to imagine the situation we
have met on the ground,” the source who has
unfettered access to the president and is one of
those presently working with him behind the scenes
said.

“Almost everything is in a state of decay. There is
absolutely no way the new government can hope to
achieve anything long-lasting without first building a
new foundation.”


Drastic actions

Giving an indication of the likelihood of the president
taking some very hard decisions to salvage the
country, the source who briefed reporters on the
condition of anonymity said:

“President Buhari’s plan of action will be likened to
that of a doctor who first has to break a poorly set
bone afresh, before resetting it to allow for smooth
and proper growth.”

Responding to criticism that the president failed to
make good use of the period after the election and
even one month after his inauguration to put shape to
his government, the source said it would be difficult to
appoint personnel to offices that no one for now
knows would exist or be scrapped.

President to cut down the number of ministries
“The president plans to cut down the number of
ministries and parastatals. He wants to cut down the
cost of running government. He wants to make sure
that all the loopholes that enable corruption to thrive
are blocked. All these are procedures that require
time and careful planning. You cannot do it in a rush.”

The source noted that the president could not have
initiated the reforms without recourse to the Ahmed
Joda report which he received only on June 12, 2015.
“Remember that he has to make sure that all this is
done without any job losses or mass retrenchments,”
he said. “All this is not a day’s or one-month job.”

Rebuffing suggestions that the activities of
government have been grounded by the failure to
appoint ministers, the close associate of the
president described it as an act of blackmail from
politicians including those from the president’s All
Progressives Congress, APC, who want to be fast-
tracked into government.


“All these reports and agitations are being fuelled by
politicians who want to put pressure on the
President,” he said. “They have tried doing it other
ways and those haven’t worked. Now, they are trying
to use the media. They only want their cronies
appointed to ministerial posts anyhow, and they are
fuelling the agitation through newspapers.”


The source also noted the crisis in the National
Assembly and the adjournment of the Senate till July
21 as another reason why ministers may not be
appointed in the next few weeks.

“Look at how they are fighting among themselves.
The Senate has now adjourned till July 21. That
means no one to scrutinise or approve any ministerial
list until the end of July”, he siad.


Tasked on the statement by the president of the
Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki that the Senate would
reconvene to screen ministerial nominees whenever
called upon, the source gave the inclination that the
president would soon intervene in the crisis that has
split the APC caucus in the two chambers of the
National Assembly.


“The President wants to walk his talk on stable
politics and being a leader for all, he has a plan for
the National Assembly .”

Asked to react to the assertions, Senior Special
Assistant to the President on Media and Public
Affairs, Mallam Garba Shehu said the account of the
president not being in a hurry to appoint ministers
until he was set was very correct.




http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/buhari-to-appoint-ministers-in-2-months/

with this, it shows our development under this administration will be very slow if they will be one and because the sign am seeing now is not encouraging at all. God please safe us.

jcross19:
with this, it shows our development under this administration will be very slow if they will be one and because the sign am seeing now is not encouraging at all. God please safe us.

Better be slow and steady

See, I am getting tired of all these excuses. Nigerians are waiting for action,not stories.

Between March 28 and june 29 is already three whole months and even the basic framework for change has not even been laid.

You fire the all important nnpc board without immediately announcing replacements. Do they now begin to operate on autopilot?

Many of us supported change at the risk of our personal lives and loss of valuable friends. Buhari should take governance more seriously.

Goodwill is a diminishing asset. This government must not fritter it away

MKO4ever:
Better be slow and steady

I pray ooh .

Whilst appreciating the tenterhooks of political ventriloquists,carpetbaggers,economic chichidodos and a vaudeville of pundits as to what they perceive as the phlegmatic predilection of President Buhari in the constitution of his cabinet,i would rather deposit in their objurgatory piazza the Chinese apophthegm which urges,that sofily sofily catchee monkey.

President Buhari must not be bludgeoned into precipitate,frenetic,fatuous and kamikazeic gambits that is obliviscenceof the twelve years of political anomie and economic marshmallow occasioned by economic vampires and political pachucos. Am sanguine that a little more patience from Nigerians will prove that in Buhari they have found both a political palladium and an economic palisade.....


Ochiske

The source dismissed suggestions
that the activities of government had been crippled on account of the failure to appoint ministers as a blackmail by politicians keen to get into the pie.

Exactly what informed and disabused minds around here have insisted.

There is simply no document the minister could sign which the perm second can't in an event they've not yet been appointed.

Political rent seekers should go find some place else to hang their hats.

If the delay in appointment of ministers translates into meticulous selection of the best technocrats with subsequent excellent performance, then it has my backing and I hope the backings of other patriotic Nigerians too.

nationwide1:
If the delay in appointment of ministers translates into meticulous selection of the best technocrats with subsequent excellent performance, then it my backing and I hope the backings of other patriotic Nigerians too.

I go with you on this!!!

omenka:
Exactly what informed and disabused minds around here have insisted.

There is simply no document the minister could sign which the perm second can't in an event they've not yet been appointed.

Political rent seekers should go find some place else to hang their hats.

I don't want to jump to conclusions so I'm asking this question to see if I'm fully understanding your statement. Does this mean that federal and state budgets can be disbursed/implemented even without a minister in place?

Rubbish

Nigeria see your change! Daura President has nothing to offer.....