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I’m not in a hurry to appoint minister-Buhari
Kunle Awosiyan |
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he will not be in a hurry to appoint ministers until he has all the necessary reports in the key areas of the country’s economy and security.
He told journalists at the African Union Summit in Johannesburg on Monday, saying that he just received part of the report about three days ago and would need to study it carefully.
“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.”
“I want to get ministers after at least I have seen the report because I don’t have to appoint a minister today and sack him the next week because this report would give me what actually happened in terms of security, economy of the country.”
“And since I have to have ministers from politicians and technocrats, I wouldn’t (like to) make the mistake of getting somebody, who has been involved on account of accountability,” the President said.
The President said that he was being careful in order not to make mistakes in appointing individuals especially to key positions such as in the finance and petroleum ministries.
“I don’t know why people are so anxious about ministers. But eventually we will have them,” he said.
Buhari said he had set up an interim committee which I agreed with the 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 could be prepared for the new government to start with clear records from ministers.
“So, what the committee did was to divide itself into about five sub-committees and got 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,” he said.