{"id":41359,"date":"2015-08-20T14:50:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T13:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=41359"},"modified":"2015-08-20T14:50:26","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T13:50:26","slug":"ministers-buhari-wont-tell-us-says-lai-mohammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/ministers-buhari-wont-tell-us-says-lai-mohammed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministers: Buhari won&#8217;t tell us, says Lai Mohammed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1440074034924_21892\" class=\"base-card-body\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1440074034924_21835\" class=\"msg-body inner  undoreset\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"email-wrapped\">\n<div id=\"yiv9613724141\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1440074034924_21893\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to disclose to his party those he wants to appoint ministers.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1440074034924_21897\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking with the Leadership, the National Publicity secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated that only president Buhari knew those he would appoint as he had decided to keep it \u2018to his chest.\u2019<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1440074034924_21898\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said, \u201cWe will wait for September, and whatever else anyone has said is just innuendos. I don\u2019t know why Nigerians are in such a hurry. If a man has a mandate for 48 months, I don\u2019t think it is inordinate to spend four months. Who will get medal because he appointed ministers within record time? It is the quality of the ministers \u2013 when they are able to deliver \u2013 that the country judges him with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1440074034924_21899\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The party chieftain stressed that the president should not be put under pressure to name ministers as the citizens will hold him responsible if he appoint wrong people into his cabinet.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1440074034924_21900\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe have seen people that appointed ministers in the first month, what happened to them at the end of the day?\u201d He queried.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1440074034924_21901\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">On who and who may make the list and the condition with which they may be appointed, Mohammed said: \u201cI know that there are informal meetings going on daily between the president and leaders of the party. I don\u2019t think there is anywhere either at NEC, NWC or Caucus that anybody has discussed the issue of ministers. The president I know has kept this thing very close to his chest.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1440074034924_21902\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe constitution says there would be federal character in the appointment of ministers and I think the president is not going to violate the constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"base-card-clear\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to disclose to his party those he wants to appoint ministers. 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