Ahead of Friday’s inauguration of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, there are indications that he may be heading for a collision with the party's governors over the appointment of ministers in his cabinet.
Buhari has vehemently
rejected the ministerial list sent to him by the state governors and the
party leadership in the states.
The source said Buhari had argued that it is not proper for the state
governors to handpick his ministers for him even when they on their own
undertake the appointment of state commissioners.
“He is insisting that no one has the right to appoint ministers for him
since he would not appoint commissioners for any of the state
governors,” the source said.
It was learnt that part of the reason Buhari decided to embark on what
seemed an impromptu foreign trip to the United Kingdom was to escape
from the pressures already being mounted on him by influential persons
to favour their candidates.
The disagreement is coming on the heels of imminent jostling for
positions by party chieftains and those regarded as non-partisan
professionals and technocrats seeking for plum jobs in the incoming
administration.
One of the party chieftains who spoke on the condition of anonymity at
the sidelines at the just concluded policy review retreat in Abuja said
that the so-called professionals and technocrats are being used as a
ploy by those from outside the APC who did not participate in the
opposition struggle for power to hijack the plum positions in the
cabinet.
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