AS BUHARI’S CABINET BEGINS TO WORK…
The ministers should work hard and give meaning to the ‘change’ agenda After much suspense, President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated his much-awaited cabinet last Wednesday with sparks of surprises. Against the recently expressed opinion that some of the ministers would not have portfolios since the constitution only prescribed 36 ministers and not necessarily 36 ministries, all the ministers were allocated ministries. It is however remarkable that the number of ministries which previously stood at 28 has now been compressed to 24. Ministries like Culture and Tourism, Special Duties, Sports, Police Affairs, Lands and Urban Development have now been swallowed by other related ministries. This is in line with President Buhari’s earlier position on the need to prune down recurrent government expenditure. The allocation of portfolios to the new ministers has also shown that President Buhari is hardly predictable by proving wrong practically all bookmakers on how the minist...