President Muhammadu Buhari says that he is having a tough time concluding the process of selecting his ministers. He attributed this to the massive rot in the system.
However, he reaffirmed his commitment to have his cabinet in place before the end of September. He said ;
“The process is difficult to finish. So, we would continue the screening to come up with people that deserve to hold the positions. This is because, what I see daily in terms of the damage inflicted on Nigeria in the last 10 years is enormous. Only God knows its magnitude."
Giving a hint that some people earlier penciled down for appointments were found to be tainted with corruption, Buhari said ;
‘’There are people that deserve to hold the position because of their knowledge in either financial issues or oil sector or even in governance. But you discover that in one way or the other, and whether they knew it or not, they were dragged to such unwholesome practices.
" Bringing such people will be tantamount to leaving your doors open when you have gone to rest in your apartment. Putting such people in either financial, petrol or works ministry would be dangerous because behind the scene, some people control a person. They would be dictating to them with a threat to award them contracts."
Some analysts argue that the delay in appointing ministers is impacting the economy negatively, especially as regards the confidence of investors, both local and foreign.
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