Trailing claims that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ministerial portfolios allegedly favoured the South West region, a former Presidential aspirant of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) party, Adamu Garba II, has countered, insisting the President did an excellent job from his cabinet picks.
According to him, those complaining are from the North and should also remember that the vice president, National Security Adviser, Deputy Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives and other top positions are Northerners.
The President also gave the North most of the security and agricultural management, in addition to soft infrastructure like health and education viz: Minister of Defense, Minister of Interior, Minister of Police Affairs, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Health, etc.
Garba in a tweet said, “Why the complaints, like seriously why?! As far as I am concerned, President Tinubu has done an excellent job from his cabinet picks:
“Those complaining from the North, we should remember that we have: Vice President, National Security Adviser, Deputy Senate President, Speaker of House of Representatives, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief of Defense Staff.
“The President also gave the North most of the security and agricultural management, in addition to soft infrastructure like health and education, viz: Minister of Defense, Minister of Interior, Minister of Police Affairs, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Health, Minister of Education, Minister of Steel Development, Minister of Housing etc.
“With these, the North can protect the farms, expand and grow foods and industrialize. So why the complains?
“Quality of the individuals as some may call it? That is grossly unfair. No one runs a ministry by himself or his ideas alone. You usually have aids and boards to assist in decision making, in addition to the President calling the final shots. We must understand the working of the system.
“As you may know, my face is all over the place during the campaign, promoting President Tinubu’s candidacy, but also getting attacked, insulted and was taken to the mud, but I don’t complain for not getting picked, why, because the picks were balanced and objective enough to start a unified and strong government.
“Government is a function of time F(t), the fact that I get nothing now doesn’t mean that I won’t get tomorrow. But I know when things are done the right way and I will support it even if it doesn’t favor me.
“This is the spirit that we must all carry in this country. Government is getting formed, the major part is done now. All we need is to do everything possible to support the success of the government program which in turn translates to the success of Nigeria.
“We have problems with the economy, food security and general security issues, our job is to stand behind our leaders to do the right thing for our country.
“The complaint time is over, the campaign is over, opposition is over, now is the time for governance. Governance is apolitical which affects everyone, thus, the success is governance is success for all.
“While we are confident that Nigeria will be great, it is important for us to individually commit to making this greatness a reality.”
