There are indications that the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will form his cabinet within 30 days after his inauguration.
Reports emerged on Friday that part of the bills signed into law by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), as part of the fifth amendment to the Constitution was that presidents-elect and governors-elect should submit the names of their ministerial and commissioner nominees within 60 days of taking the oath of office for confirmation by the Senate or state House of Assembly.
Many Nigerians had in 2015 lamented the delay in the appointment of ministers by the Buhari regime.
Speaking with one of our correspondents on Friday, the Special Adviser to the president-elect, Mr Dele Alake, disclosed that it would not take Tinubu up to 60 days to assemble a team of competent hands for his government.
He said, “I told you in an earlier interview that it didn’t take Asiwaju more than three weeks to form his cabinet as governor. That was as at that time. I think 60 days is even too much. A month, maximum, is enough for any serious government to form its cabinet and put a structure of government in place after the swearing-in.”
His position was re-echoed by the Director of Media and Publicity for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga.
Although he declined to give details, Onanuga distanced his principal from some names of possible cabinet members being mentioned in the media.
He added, “What I can assure you is that even if the list is not ready on the first day, it will not take Asiwaju more than one month to put his cabinet together. He definitely will not wait for 60 days to assemble a competent cabinet.”
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