President-elect Muhammadu Buhari has dismissed the ministerial lists in circulation on the social media as fake because his ministers will not emerge the way the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) picked members of its Federal Executive Council (FEC) in the last 16 years. Mr Buhari said this in an exclusive interview he granted senior editors of
Daily Trust at his country home in Daura, Katsina State on Tuesday May 19.
''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,'' he said
On how his ministers would emerge, he said;
''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.''
On how he will choose his ministers, he 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. 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.''
Mr Buhari refused to disclose if he would present the list of his ministers to the Senate in the first week of the proclamation of the new legislature.
''I will not make that known before you,'' he said
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