By Abiola Olawale
A former spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar campaign in the 2023 election, Daniel Bwala has revealed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu might likely reshuffle his cabinet in the coming weeks.
Bwala, a lawyer who also described himself as a public affairs analyst, said Tinubu has used the first year of his four-year administration to assess the ministers he appointed to know their strengths and weaknesses.
Bwala made this known while responding to recent damaging comments by the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume.
The New Diplomat reports that Ndume, while speaking with the press had raised an alarm that some personalities in the Presidential Villa are allegedly sugar-coating the situation of Nigeria to Tinubu.
The Federal lawmaker said those individuals are allegedly painting the wrong perspectives and feeding the President with lies.
He had said: “The major problem with this government is that its doors are closed, to the extent that even some ministers cannot see the President, not to mention members of the National Assembly, who do not have the opportunity to meet with him and discuss the issues affecting their constituencies.”
However, Bwala, reacting in a statement titled ‘Ali Ndume, the rant of an expert in grandstanding’, said Ndume was unfit to criticise Tinubu.
Bwala added that recently, the assessment of the current crop of Ministers was done and in a couple of weeks President Tinubu might likely unveil a cabinet reshuffling
He said: “Senator Ndume constantly disparages President Tinubu’s administration over his cabinet members. He is quick to forget that many of the so-called cabinet members were brought by people like him, governors and party leaders from across the states of the Federation.
“And Mr. President has repeatedly told whoever cared to listen that he would not run a cabinet that is not prone to reshufflement like Nigerians witnessed under former President Muhammadu Buhari.
“Only recently, the assessment of the current crop of Ministers was done. And in a couple of days or weeks from now, President Tinubu would unveil a new cabinet reshufflement.
“Why cannot Senator Ndume wait till that time to know if he will continue with his wailing and ululation? Senator Ali Ndume has continued to show that he is an overrated political beneficiary of our system and in endless search of his self-discovery.”
