Buhari: Civil Servants Do Most Of The Work, Ministers Make A Lot Of Noise byOgunyinka taiwo 2:26pm
President Muhammadu Buhari has start to defended his delay
in composing his ministerial cabinet, saying civil servant has to carry on with
there normal duties, but promise that very soon he will appoint his ministers.
Buhari was speaking on Wednesday in an interview with French television station, France 24.
“The ministers are there, I think, to make a lot of noise; for the politicians to make a lot of noise. But the work is being done by the technocrats. They are there; they have to provide the continuity, dig into the records and then guide us, [those of us] who are just coming in.
“They have been there, some of them for 15 years, some for 20 years. So I think this question of ministers is political. People from different constituencies want to see their people directly in government, and see what they can get out of it.”
Buhari did say, that his word still stands that before the end of September, he would have selected all his ministers.
“As for the cabinet, I said we will have one by the end of the month, and time flies. The end of the month is coming too quickly for my liking.
“Yeah, I will stick to it. I will send the names to the national assembly.”
Reminded by his interviewer that “some have quipped that the country runs better without ministers”, the president said: “When you started introducing me, you said I was around 1983 to 1985.
“Even then we had ministers. So under this system, it is constitutional so the vacuum of ministers has to be filled.
Buhari was speaking on Wednesday in an interview with French television station, France 24.
“The ministers are there, I think, to make a lot of noise; for the politicians to make a lot of noise. But the work is being done by the technocrats. They are there; they have to provide the continuity, dig into the records and then guide us, [those of us] who are just coming in.
“They have been there, some of them for 15 years, some for 20 years. So I think this question of ministers is political. People from different constituencies want to see their people directly in government, and see what they can get out of it.”
Buhari did say, that his word still stands that before the end of September, he would have selected all his ministers.
“As for the cabinet, I said we will have one by the end of the month, and time flies. The end of the month is coming too quickly for my liking.
“Yeah, I will stick to it. I will send the names to the national assembly.”
Reminded by his interviewer that “some have quipped that the country runs better without ministers”, the president said: “When you started introducing me, you said I was around 1983 to 1985.
“Even then we had ministers. So under this system, it is constitutional so the vacuum of ministers has to be filled.
https://www.thecable.ng/buhari-civil-servants-work-ministers-make-lot-noise
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