The State House’s (Office of the President,
Federal Republic of Nigeria) official website,
www.statehouse.gov.ng on Saturday still has
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and former
Vice President Namadi Sambo as being in
charge of the country.
But Jonathan and Sambo had since been
replaced by President Muhammadu Buhari and
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on May 29.
While the ex-president and the former vice
president had returned to their bases, Buhari
and Osinbajo are expected to reside in the
State House.
A check on the website also revealed that
names of Mrs. Patience Jonathan and
Hajia Amina Sambo, were still listed as
being the First Lady and wife of the
Vice President, respectively.
In the news section of the site, the latest
information posted was President Muhammadu
Buhari’s inaugural speech.
The official website for the office of the
president also listed ministers in the Jonathan
administration as current ministers, as
pictures and names of 41 ministers were
displayed.
The same situation was discovered when our
correspondent visited the State House’s
principal officers’ and other sections.
The newly elected President Buhari is yet to
name people who will form his Federal
Executive Council.
There are indications that Buhari will reduce
the number of ministers as part of his
strategies for reducing the cost of
governance.
It was learnt that this formed part of the
cost-saving proposals which Buhari presented
during the All Progressives Congress National
Working Committee meeting in Abuja in April.
Those to be done away with are ministers of
state.
The NWC, which is yet to conclude its
deliberations on proposals, according to a
high-ranking member of the APC NWC, is
working on various options, including
streamlining the ministries and parastatals.
The NWC member had said, “No concrete
decision has been reached on any of the issues
yet. We are still meeting tomorrow.”
Comments
Post a Comment