Writings in Naij.com, correspondent Clement Ejiofor reported that five ministers in President Buhari's cabinet may have been pencilled down for sacking. He elaborated. I have wondered if this is news or a figment of the imagination of the writer as in wishful thinking. Are we happy with their performance to date? Definitely not. However floating the kite of a cabinet reshuffle now is definitely unhelpful. Let those who got the jobs settle down and do it.
Dr Kayode Fayemi "was reported to have said that he would need time to learn in his ministry."
This is correct. It applies to almost everyone of the ministers even potential high fliers like Babatunde Raji Fashola. The size, scope and the entrenched interests in just one of the ministries under Fashola, say Power or Works, is capable of styming the most brilliant of us all. When a president or minister says that he/she will hit the ground running, nobody seems to factor in the fact that he/she will have to run the gauntlet set up by the necessary evil called the Civil Service. The 2016 Budget fiasco is a case in point.
Dr Ibe Emmanuel Kachikwu of Petroleum and NNPC was not mentioned in this regard. However I am dragging his name and position into this discussion because in the coming year or so we shall definitely encounter several developments that we, the masses, will be extremely unhappy about. Take the current fuel and electricity scarcity for example. We had it coming due to years of timidity, spineless administration and non-regulation. The government seems incapable (or is it unwilling?) to explain, sell or push through with the new electricity tariff. Everybody prefers to discuss metres. I do not envy Kachikwu. Yes, he sells gas to the power companies, and has no fuel for the masses.
As regards the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, when is he ever going to
