At least 11 ministers may be dropped in an imminent cabinet reshuffle earlier confirmed by the Presidency, The Guardian is reporting.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, had earlier confirmed that President Bola Tinubu was planning to reshuffle his cabinet during a media briefing in Abuja. He however said he did not know when this would happen whether before Nigeria’s Independence celebration or after.
But The Guardian on Thursday said the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, could be affected in the exercise. The newspaper stated that the former minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola is a likely replacement for Gbajabiamila. Another option is the current principal secretary to the President, Hakeem Muri-Okunola.
The Guardian also reported that the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Wale Edun is expected to get a junior minister in the person of the Chairman, Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Mr Taiwo Oyedele.
While decisive action is likely to be taken on the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, insiders note that the ministry might be scrapped due to the level of malfeasance and corruption perpetrated under the guise of intervention programmes.
Also, the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, Minister of State, Environment and Ecological Management, Ishak Salako, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Anite, Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo and a few others may also likely lose their jobs in the imminent cabinet reshuffle, the newspaper added.
TheNewsMatrics reports that some members of Tinubu’s cabinet have been accused of failing to deliver on their respective mandates in their past year in office as the government comes under increased pressure to ease the cost of. living crisis.
There were reports last week that Tinubu had asked the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Yemi Cardoso to resign amid the persistent decline in naira value which was debunked by the Presidency.
