Ministerial List: Buhari Disappoints APC Governors

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President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, seems to have thwarted governors of his All Progressives Congress, APC, as he has bluntly told them he is not mandated by the constitution to accept ministerial nominees from them.

Sunday Tribune reports that at a meeting with the governors on Tuesday in Abuja, Buhari also advised them to concentrate more on governing their states rather than getting involved in matters of the Federal Government.

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State had led the APC governors to Buhari to pledge their loyalty to him. They also used the occasion to make some demands.

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The paper quoted a source in the know of what happened at the meeting to have said, “The governors practically went out of the visit with their tails between their legs.

“The General first threw aside the request that he grant bailout to the states. He told them that the governors going for second term in office cannot complain about the state of the economy, having collected all their allocations to date from the Federal Government. He ruled out the possibility of bailout.”

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Continuing, the source also said, “The General was also very unequivocal when he was told that the governors want to submit a ministerial list to him.

“He clearly said he cannot go into that discussion. He insisted that the Constitution does not mandate him to collect such list from the governors and that the state chief executives should concentrate on sourcing good materials that would help them run the states adequately.”

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Buhari was quoted to have told his guests that, “I do not think we can discuss that issue of ministerial list. The Constitution clearly does not mandate me to take a list from the governors. To me, the governors should concentrate on getting good hands to help them in discharging their duties in the states.”

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