Oyegun: Why Buhari’s ministerial list is delayed

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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has said that the Ministerial list of President Muhammadu Buhari is being delayed because the President is conducting a thorough check on the background of those he wants to appoint into his government.
Oyegun told newsmen at the party secretariat that the appointment of Ministers was the prerogative of the President, adding that the party was interested in the ability of the people he is appointing to bring about ideas that will help achieve his set objectives and deliver on what he want.

The APC Chairman said the President is open to picking people from all works of life as Ministers especially if those people subscribe passionately to his agenda to move the country forward, whether they are members of the party or not.
He said: “There is absolutely no dispute between the party and the president. We agreed that we shall use all manner of people: politicians, technocrats, all manner of people, even if not politicians, who can deliver and who subscribe passionately to the agenda of the president, to move this country forward, irrespective of where the people come from; irrespective of whether the person is a card-carrying members of the party.
“What is important is the qualification of the person and the ability of the person to deliver on the ideas of Mr. President. What we are interested in is the ability of the people to bring up the ideas that will help Mr. President achieve the set objectives and the ability to deliver on what the President wants.
“Secondly, this is an executive function and the President has the right to consult as widely as possible. This means he might pick people within the party and people outside the party.
“It is a prerogative the President should exercise and we cannot question that. We are quite happy about the way he is proceeding”.