By Kolawole Ojebisi
The Senator representing Borno South, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has advised President Tinubu that more heads will have to roll in his Cabinet in a bid to reposition the country on the path of progress and economic rejuvenation.
Ndume who said this in reaction to Tinubu’s recent disengagement of five ministers from his Cabinet stressed that the rejig was not far-reaching enough.According to Ndume, “ more needs to be done because some ministers are still missing in action.”
In a press statement issued on Saturday, Ndume, however, described the rejigging of the federal cabinet, which led to the establishment of the ministry of regional development to oversee all regional commissions in the country as a welcome development.
He said: “We saw President Tinubu’s cabinet reshuffle last week, which was a masterstroke. I’m particularly pleased about establishing the Ministry of Regional Development to oversee regional commissions. The President’s decision to streamline ministries also exemplifies his commitment to reducing the cost of governance.”
It would be recalled that Tinubu had on Wednesday reshuffled his cabinet by sacking five ministers and naming seven others. The president also swapped the portfolios of 10 other ministers.
Ndume, a former Chief Whip of the Senate also called on the President to convene a national economic summit as part of efforts to proffer home-grown solutions to the economic situation in the country.
He suggested that personalities such as two-time former minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili; Mansur Muktar, Akinwumi Adesina, Aruma Oteh and Tope Fasua, should be saddled with the task of driving the proposed economic summit.
“This national economic summit should be purely led by these eminent Nigerians, and they will come up with recommendations instead of the IMF and World Bank’s prescriptions that are harsh and hard on the ordinary citizens.
“I believe if the recommendations are good, President Tinubu will implement them, and this will help the country in no small ways,” Ndume added.
The senator hailed what he called a recent move by Tinubu to reduce the cost of governance in the face of economic difficulties and urged other arms of government to do the same.
