Cabinet Change: Group Tasks Tinubu On Appointment Of Technocrats

As President Bola Tinubu plans to reshuffle his cabinet, a group, Mandate Protection Vanguard (MPV), has called on the president to consider experienced and skillful personalities as ministers in the new cabinet to be constituted.

The group in a statement by its coordinator, Comrade Gbenga Soloki, saidd there is no doubt that several eggheads abound across the six geopolitical zones that could add value and acceptability to the government.

“While no one is begrudging Mr President for appointing politicians and close allies as ministers and ministers of state, there are several other qualified Nigerians who have excelled in both private and public services, while some have served at the state level, others have been privileged to operate at the federal level.

“The present economic challenges in the country deserve the services of credible and economically savvy ministers who can deliver on their core areas of competence in order to make the programmes and projects of the administration popular and to achieve far reaching end results that will ultimately rescue the country out of the present quagmire.

Given the vexed challenges in the power sector, they suggested that, “Firstly on the list of would-be candidates for the new appointment is one time minister of Power in Nigeria, Prof Bart Nnaji. No doubt, Bart Nnaji is a seasoned administrator, who is also experienced in the power generation sector.

“He is a professor of Electrical Engineering, who was minister of Power, special adviser on power to the president and was the chairman of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).”