Buhari Insists There Will Be Ministers Without Portfolio
Adetokunbo Fakeye
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, insist there will be ministers without potifolio due to economy crunch in the country.
President who stated this while receiving the list of 36 ministerial nominees confirmed by the Senate from Dr Bukola Saraki, Senate President, explained that the Federal Government might not be able to fund all the existing ministries, given the unavailability of funds.
He emphasized that his administration would not have 36 ministries because of the economic downturn.
President Buhari, while commending the Senate for a job well done, especially as the National Assembly passed all the names he submitted told his critics that they cannot stop him from telling the country the truth.
He made it known again that some of the ministers would stay without portfolio following an economy that has been battered.
The Senate President while acknowledging the economic challenges facing the country said that the issue of portfolios should not be trivialized.