Network of former Ministerial Aides (NETMA ), an association of Special Advisers to ministers during the tenure of former President Muhammadu Buhari has commended President Bola Tinubu for nominating technocrats and liberal Nigerians as members of his government of national unity and competence.
Gatekeepers News reports that on Thursday, Tinubu submitted a provisional list of 28 nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation to serve in the soon to be constituted Federal Executive Council in compliance with the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as Amended).
The group in a statement by its Chairman, Dr Philip Ugbodaga, sunday in Benin City, described Tinubu’s choice of ministerial nominees as the best for the country and called on Nigerians irrespective of political affiliation, religious inclination and ethnic background to give the necessary support to the president and members of his new cabinet in the faithful implementation of the renewed hope agenda of the new government that is proposed to take Nigeria to guaranteed peace, development and unity.
He described the choice of the nominees so far as “refreshing, appropriate, revivifying, politically enlivening and in congruity with the expectations of the majority of Nigerians, affirming that the president by his action has demonstrated political adroitness, and dexterity for excellence describing the nominees as patriotic, credible and dynamic Nigerians who are qualified for ministerial positions. They represent a dream team that will actualize President Tinubu’s renewed hope agenda that will fast track and reset the nation’s economic and sociopolitical development.
The group further described the nominees as decent Nigerians who have distinguished themselves in their various fields of endeavor and who worked vey hard to ensure that the All Progressives Congress (APC) recorded victories over other political parties in their respective political domains during the general elections.
“We are further enthused that the new cabinet is a mixture of technocrats, young professionals, politicians, not so old, with commendable gender balance with a 25 percent female representation so far. These Nigerians are driven by exceptional passion to serve and help direct the ship of the Nigeria state to the part of rectitude, progress, development and advancement”, Ugbodaga noted.
The group also commended the President for the nomination, as minister-designate, one of it’s members, Hon Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, a former Special Assistant to Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba who served as the minister of state for education in the last administration.
“We can confirm without equivocation that Imaan will be a huge asset to the new cabinet with her vast and far-flung experience and leadership demonstrated in all her previous positions of responsibilities including serving as the Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and in her current position as the FederalCommissioner for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons.
On the nomination of opposition elements into the Tinubu cabinet, the group stated that, “partisan politics must give way to competence, capacity and the ability to deliver in the quest to building a decent and prosperous environment for the present and future generation of Nigerians,’’.
