National Publicity secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated that only president Muhammadu Buhari knows those he would appoint as ministers as the list is being kept secret by the president.
Lai Mohammed
The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is currently keeping the list of those to be given ministerial appointments secret but the ministers will be appointed in the month of September as the president promised.
He gave this information to debunk circulating rumours that Buari will be shifting the appointment date from next month again.
Mohammed said, “We will wait for September, and whatever else anyone has said is just innuendos. I don’t know why Nigerians are in such a hurry. If a man has a mandate for 48 months, I don’t think it is inordinate to spend four months. Who will get medal because he appointed ministers within record time? It is the quality of the ministers when they are able to deliver that the country judges him with.
“We have seen people that appointed ministers in the first month, what happened to them at the end of the day?
“I know that there are informal meetings going on daily between the president and leaders of the party. I don’t think there is anywhere either at NEC, NWC or Caucus that anybody has discussed the issue of ministers. The president I know has kept this thing very close to his chest.
“The constitution says there would be federal character in the appointment of ministers and I think the president is not going to violate the constitution.”