Buhari reels out his dos and don'ts to Ministers-designate, says all foreign trips must be duty-related

President Buhari has reportedly listed his dos and don't to all the ministers-designate ahead of their inauguration this Wednesday November 11th. The dos and don'ts were listed to the ministers during the ministerial retreat which took place in Abuja last week Thursday and Friday.

While speaking at the retreat, Buhari charged the ministers to ensure that all of their foreign trips must be duty related. Among the dos and don't include;

 - Foreign travels must be duty-related

 - ministers must operate within lean resources

 -no more flamboyance

 - strict adherence to the rule of law -compliance to Civil Service Rules

-living above board

-cooperation with Permanent Secretaries

- no more rancour between ministers and ministers of State

- appointment of some aides should be from the civil service - drastic reduction of vehicles in convoys

-all decisions must lead to change.

All the ministers will get portfolios - Shehu Garba

Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Shehu Garba says that contrary to what is being interpreted from President Buhari's chat with Channels TV in India last week, all the 36 ministers recently screened by the senate will get portfolios but not all of them will oversee a ministry. In an interview with Daily Trust, Shehu said

“You know we have a structure of government in place in this country whereby there are substantive ministers and ministers of state. What the president meant (in the interview granted) was that not all the ministers in his cabinet will have the full control of the ministries.

Profile: President Buhari’s ministerial nominees

 Meet the 21 ministerial nominees submitted to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari.

 

Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige 

Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige: Born on August 8, 1952, he was governor of Anambra State from May 29, 2003 to March 17, 2006 under the People Democratic Party (PDP). He is currently a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He was elected Senator for Anambra Central Constituency in April 2011.

 Ngige’s tenure as a Senator of the Federal Republic came to an end following his defeat in the 2015 election by Uche Ekwunife, who has been sworn in as the Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District in the current 8th National Assembly of Nigeria.

Ministerial list: Pat Utomi, Femi Falana, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Festus Odimegwu undergo DSS screening

As Nigerians await the unveiling of President Buhari's ministerial list, sources at the Department of State Security have revealed some names that made the list and have undergone screening by the DSS.

They include Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, frontline Economist Pat Utomi, former Nigerian Breweries MD Festus Odimegwu,  former Osun state governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Former MD of the Federal Inland Revenue, Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okaru, Former Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen Abdulrahman Dambazu rtd, former Legal Adviser of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change CPC Abubakar Malami(rtd) and former Commissioner for DFFinance in Lagos state, Wale Edun. 

Nigerians Attack Femi Adesina Again on Twitter After He Said Buhari Will Appoint Ministers At The 'Fullness Of Time'

The Special Adviser to President Mohammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina in an interview with Vanguard today said Buhari will appoint Ministers into his government at the 'fullness of time'

"The appointment of Ministers is constitutional because the constitution prescribes that there must be a Minister from at least one state of the federation and President Mohammdu Buhari will do what is constitutional. So, he will constitute a cabinet. But then when he does it is his prerogative. He is the one who will determine when he needs that cabinet. But for now, he has said that he wants to lay a proper foundation for the administration and that’s why he has been working with bureaucrats; the various Permanent Secretaries. 

See their tweets after the cut...

Buhari may not name ministers until September - Repor

President Buhari may not name his cabinet members until late August or early September, this is according to a source in the presidency who spoke with Punch. President Buhari is reportedly majorly concerned with cleaning the alleged rot the Jonathan administration left behind before bringing in new ministers.

 “Mr. President is reluctant to build on a rotten foundation he inherited from the Peoples Democratic Party administration. You cannot even begin to imagine the situation we have met on the ground; almost everything is in a state of decay. There is absolutely no way the new government can can hope to achieve anything long lasting without first building a new foundation. 

I Will Have To Vet My Ministers Before Appointing Them – Pres.Buhari

Speaking to newsmen during the AU Summit in South Africa yesterday, president Buhari said he doesn't know why people are anxious about ministers, saying he's yet to appoint them because his predecessor’s transition committee submitted its report on the previous administration to him late.

“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 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 can be prepared for the new government to start from with clear records from ministers.

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Buhari To Announce Ministerial List Monday

There are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari will announce his ministerial list on Monday, June 15, 2015.

It is also revealed that the immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, will be announced Secretary to the Federal Government same day.

Sources said,