The Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga on Sunday disclosed that the affected ministers within the current cupboard shake-up had been politely addressed by President Bola Tinubu at a personal assembly earlier than their dismissal.
Onanuga disclosed this on Channels Tv’s Sunday Politics.
Tinubu had on Wednesday discharged 5 ministers and altered the designations of 10 different ministers.
The appointments had been introduced in an announcement issued by the presidency after the Federal Govt Council assembly on Wednesday.
The discharged ministers had been Minister of Ladies Affairs, Uju-Ken Ohanenye; Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John; Minister of Training, Prof. Tahir Mamman (SAN); Minister of State for Housing and City Improvement, Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo; and Mchange of Youth Improvement, Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim.
However Onanuga insisted that their dismissal was a fallout of the scorecard introduced by the Particular Adviser on Coverage and Coordination, Hadiza (Usman), primarily based on a key efficiency indicator.
The spokesman additionally famous that they had been politely briefed about his choice earlier than the information was made public.
He mentioned, “The president didn’t simply modified his ministers whimsically. The change went via some process. From October final 12 months once we had a retreat, the president informed the ministers that they’d be assessed. Hadiza (Usman), the Particular Adviser on Coverage and Coordination, was out in cost.
“She additionally didn’t do it whimsically. She arrange the usage of know-how, asking residents of Nigeria to truly rating the ministers. To evaluate this course of, I believe some information had been gotten from what folks had been saying and the scoring that the Nigerians themselves made. It was on that foundation that the president acted upon.
“Some folks mentioned (they had been) sacked. However the president used a milder phrase – discharged. When he requested them to go on Wednesday, He was very well mannered and informed them about his choice. He thanked them for his or her providers to the nation and wished them effectively. That was not like what we’re used to earlier than, folks simply being sacked on radio or tv.”
