The Executive Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC), Mr. Auwal Musa Rafisajani on Thursday posited that Nigerians are tired of some of the names of the Ministerial Nominees, especially former Governors submitted by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the Senate for screening.
Mr. Rafinsanjayin who stated this while reacting to the list read on the floor of the Senate by Senator Godswill Akpabio, warned President Tinubu does not need to compromise his cabinet for pleasing “Political Merchants”.
While expressing grave concern over some of the former Governors who have “serious integrity issues”, Mr. Rafinsanjayin lamented that: “What he (Tinubu) did was to do political massaging. He brought in people that he wants to compensate politically.
“How do you expect this much awaited list to only these people, former Governors that have not obviously done what is being expected of them? So, I think many of them on the list, Nigerians will welcome that kind of list.
“Nigerians are tired of seeing so many names in that list not because they have the capacity, many of them don’t have any demonstrative capacity process in their past assignments. I think Tinubu has been caught up in the bid to satisfy some political interests.
“I don’t think Nigerians are looking for settlement of politicians. I think what Nigerians are looking for are people who can actually deliver not people who will do political massaging.
“So, we expected Tinubu to come up with more names that are very progressive that are competent, qualified and have not got any corruption baggage. Some.of the names are not really fantastic. They are not really what Nigerians are looking for.”
In his assessment of the policies reeled out by President Tinubu so far, the CISLAC helmsman argued that what they have rolled out is somersaulting policies. Today you agree on this, tomorrow you are saying something else. I think this government has not settle to put out policies that will address poverty, inequality, insecurity and creating job opportunities.
“I think the government is still perhaps planning, it has not yet come up with concrete pronouncement of policies that can be implemented to address the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians.”
While noting that it may be premature to assess Tinubu’s administration, he maintained that the present administration “should to do something more drastically, more progressive and ore revolutionalised to meet the aspirations of all Nigerians.”
He however applauded the appointment of women into his Cabinet, saying: “It is welcome development to see more women being nominated for the ministerial position, we hope to see more women given political leaderships to ensure balancing end the huge gaps that contributed to inequality and political marginalization of women in Nigeria.
He also called on all the Governors to “ensure women involvement in their cabinet. This will help correct the political ambush suffered by women during the primary elections and the general elections in Nigeria.”
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