Oyegun says Non-APC Members might be Appointed Ministers
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Oyegun, on Monday, said that President Muhammadu Buhari might appoint citizens who are not members of party as Ministers in his administration.
Oyegun also said that he was not interested in the office of the secretary to Government of Federation, SGF as being speculated in different quarters of the country.
According to Oyegun, the party and Buhari’s government are more concerned with having competent people handle the affairs of the government than playing politics with the future of the country.
Explaining why the ministerial appointees have not been announced yet, he said: “There is absolutely no dispute between the party and the president. We agreed that we shall use all manner of people: politicians, technocrats, all manner of people even if not politicians, who can deliver and who subscribe passionately to the agenda of the president to move this country forward, irrespective of where the people come from; irrespective of whether the person is a card-carrying members of the party.
“What is important is the qualification of the person and the ability of the person to deliver on the ideas of Mr. President. What we are interested is in the ability of the people to bring up the ideas that will help Mr. President achieve the set objectives and the ability to deliver on what the President wants.
“Secondly, this is an executive function and the President has the right to consult as widely as possible. This means he might pick people within the party; people outside the party. It is a prerogative the President should exercise and we cannot question that. We are quite happy about the way he is proceeding.”