President Buhari has restated his earlier position that some of the
screened ministers will not be getting any portfolio in the yet to be
constituted cabinet. The President had earlier stated this in an
interview with Channels TV in India last week and restated his position
today while receiving the list of screened and confirmed ministers from
the Senate President Saraki this afternoon
"The constitution certainly said there must be one member of the cabinet
from all the states but the constitution did not say I must have 36
ministries so I will exploit that detail because of the economic
imperative to have lots of ministers, substantive ministers, let me put
it that way. I think that the economy as I have seen it now since my
sitting here for the last four months, that we are so much battered.
Although some people are saying I am giving bad
publicity and scaring away investors. Any investor who is interested in
investing in Nigeria will seem to know more about the economy more than
ourselves. So when I come and tell the truth about the position of the
economy of the country, I am going out looking for investors. But I am
confirming to them that we are truthful, that we need them to come and
help us help ourselves by getting in industries, manufacturing and
services. They know our needs. The economy of human resources, I believe
will make them eventually come and help us"he said
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