President Muhammadu Buhari has wondered why people are anxious over ministers,saying he is not in a hurry..Speaking to newsmen at the Summit of the African Union in Johannesburg, South Africa, he said
“I don’t know why people are so anxious about ministers. But eventually
we will have (them). But the main reason is that I have an interim
committee which I agreed with the former President Jonathan that the ministers of the outgoing government should hand over their notes or their documents to this interim committee so that a position can be prepared for the new government to start from with clear records from ministers.“But the ministers
knew that they were going while the technocrats, the permanent
secretaries and directors and so on, would remain. If anything goes
wrong they would be invited to explain, but unfortunately the outgoing
government did not cooperate.
“So, what the committee did was to divide itself into about five
sub-committees and got a resource person that was willing to come and
bring the document, and so they prepared and I got the report I think
three days ago.I was waiting for this report because I would like to
know the position of things in the government especially in terms of
finance and petroleum industry. So, I am not in a hurry to get ministers.“I want to get ministers after at least I have seen the report because I don’t have to appoint a minister today and sack him the next week because this report would give me what actually happened in terms of security, and economy of the country.“And since I have to have ministers
from politicians and technocrats, I wouldn’t (like to) make the mistake
of getting somebody, who has been involved on account of
accountability.“
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