Buhari---Nigeria Cannot Afford To Pay 42 Ministers, Not All Ministerial Nominees Will Have Portfolios

President Muhammadu Buhari says his government and Nigeria cannot afford to pay 42 ministers like the past government did and that not all the ministerial nominees that have been screened will have portfolios. He also said that he would reduce the number of ministries.

In an interview with Channels TV and Nigerian Television Authority in New Delhi, India President Buhari said that he is working with a team of people introduced to him by others that he trust and must work with them.


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“This is team work I said I know people but there are people that I accept from other people in our team that I trust without even knowing them.

“May be those that are having problem in the National Assembly I doubt if I have meet him in my life but then I am working with others.

“I did not walk into the presidency alone. I have to defend on all the three tiers of government from all parts of the country,” he said.

He said the 36 ministerial nominees were chosen because he cannot work out outside the constitution and that ministers must be appointed in conformity with the constitution of the Federal Government in that ministerial appointment must reflect the 36 states of the country.


Source...Informationng.com