"I Don't Know Why People Are So Anxious About Ministers"- President Buhari

Posted by Lolade on Tue 16th Jun, 2015 - tori.ng

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, June 15, urged Nigerians to be patient over the selection of Ministers for his cabinet.

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, June 15, attributed the delay in selecting his team to the late submission of the transition committee’s report on the previous administration.

The President told reporters at the African Union (AU) Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, that he was being careful not to make mistakes in appointing individuals, especially to key positions, such as finance and petroleum ministries.

“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 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 but the technocrats, the permanent secretaries and directors and so on, they know they 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 get 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 what position in the government especially in terms of finance and petroleum industry. So, I am not in a hurry to get ministers." he added.