Ministerial appointment: N’Assembly awaits nominees as Tinubu sends list to DSS, EFCC, others

Expectations on the ministerial list have heightened as President Bola Tinubu clocks over 40 days in office.

In accordance with the law, Tinubu must appoint his cabinet within 60 days of taking the oath of office on May 29 and submit it to the Senate for approval.

Legislators and other Nigerians are eagerly awaiting the list of ministers who would help to deliver the President’s renewed hope agenda with less than 18 days left for him to present it to the National Assembly as stipulated by the constitution.

The federal parliament was expecting Tinubu’s cabinet list, according to numerous NASS Assembly sources, with some expressing concern over the delay.

The MPs said they did not anticipate a further delay on the list while speaking on the condition of anonymity to avoid any backlash.

The Department of State Services, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and a few security agencies were close to finishing their required checks on the list, according to confirmation from The PUNCH on Sunday evening.

It was learned that the individuals who had been designated as potential ministers were undergoing final checks by the Department of State Services and members of the Presidential Strategy Team.

The list would be made public very soon, according to many Presidency sources.

Meanwhile, the President was still on schedule, unlike earlier when there were delays, according to Hon. Alex Egbona, Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) in the 9th Assembly.

He hopes that the president will post this Tuesday or top Tuesday.

Also, Hon Ugochinyere Ikenga, a member of the House of Representatives from Imo State, stated Nigerians had been concerned however believed that the President could ship the listing soon.

He additionally stated he believed it’d now no longer be just like the beyond while ministers have been appointed after six months.

Meanwhile, a former Chief of Staff to the previous Imo Gov. Rochas Okorocha, Mr Uche Nwosu, has cautioned President Bola Tinubu, to make sure that his ministerial listing is made from 60 in keeping with cent of technocrats from the personal area and forty in step with cent of politicians.

He gave this recommendation in the course of a digital information convention on Sunday in Abuja. He mentioned that this will make sure a efficient and colourful cupboard.

He stated, “What I anticipate from Mr President is to make certain the nominees are human beings which have competence, character, patriotic, with out a atom of nepotism.”

Nwosu added, “We trust that we’d have ministers who will constitute Nigeria and now no longer ministers who’re coming to mention they may be ministers representing their states.”

He in addition said that Nigeria has many ready people living withinside the united states that would function ministers, however the ones in Diaspora may also make the listing.

He stated, “We have a whole lot of capable Nigerians dwelling in Nigeria that could do the paintings of a minister in unique fields and there’s not anything incorrect in having a former governor occupy a ministerial submit if he has completed well.

“I don’t see some thing incorrect in that, and additionally if Mr President needs to feature humans withinside the Diaspora to his ministerial listing, there may be not anything incorrect in that additionally.”

Also, the United Nations Women Country Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Beatrice Eyong, has known as for fifty in step with cent girls representatives withinside the ministerial listing.

She stated this at some stage in the maiden version of ReportHer Awards, in Lagos, stated, “We are advocating 50 in step with cent ladies illustration in public places of work as President Bola Tinubu prepares to launch names of ministers and heads of businesses and parastatals of the government.

She stated, “We name at the President to make this a reality. We are partnering with the media so one can gain the sustainable improvement dreams due to the fact if gender equality and girls empowerment aren’t achieved, we’re in no way going to attain the Sustainable Development Goals and decrease poverty.”

This got here because the Federal Government drew up a listing of forty one exclusive secretaries that might paintings with the federal cupboard contributors on the diverse ministries.

The listing of the private secretaries on Grade Levels thirteen to 14, which became compiled through the Head of Service, Folashade Yemi-Esan, has been despatched to the safety businesses for screening and vetting.

Though the President has appointed a few Special Advisers and new carrier chiefs, Nigerians predicted him to announce the Federal Executive Council participants with out an awful lot put off in step with his promise to hit the floor strolling from day one.

But speculations were rife approximately the identities of the ministerial nominees with bookmakers making variations approximately feasible appointees.

In reaction to the speculations and tension sparked through the postpone in saying the ministers, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, informed newshounds ultimate week that the listing of ministers could be unveiled soon.

He stated, “About the ministerial listing, the easy reality is that is an govt presidency. We’re now no longer going for walks a parliamentary system. So the President, the greenbacks prevent on his table, and he makes a decision whilst it’s healthy and right for him to make his cupboard listing.”

However, in readiness for the disclosing and resumption of the ministers, the FG has published the private secretaries to numerous ministries in which they’re predicted to paintings with the ministers whose names could be despatched to the National Assembly for screening any second now.

The memo in regards quantity HCSF/CMO/CPA/908II/one zero one completely acquired through our correspondent on Sunday discovered that forty one personal secretaries were selected way of means of the Federal Government to serve withinside the workplaces of ministers.

The round dated July 5, 2023, referred to that the secretaries will resume ultra-modern July 11, 2023.

It changed into titled, ‘Posting of Confidential Secretaries (SGL thirteen-14) withinside the pool of the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation’ and signed on behalf of the HoS, Yemi-Esan, through the Permanent Secretary, Career Management Office, Dr Marcus Ogunbiyi.

The memo turned into addressed to the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume; all everlasting secretaries, the Department of State Services and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.

It changed into additionally copied to the carrier chiefs and the Inspector- General of Police, the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria and the chairmen of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission; Economic and Financial Crimes Commission; Code of Conduct Bureau; Police Service Commission and Federal Character Commission.

Others who have been additionally notified protected the chairmen of Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission; Independent National Electoral Commission, National Population Commission; Federal Inland Revenue Service, Clerk of the National Assembly, amongst others

A listing connected to the memo stated thirteen of the secretaries have been published to the ministries of works and housing, youths and sports activities improvement, education, industry, exchange and investment, humanitarian affairs, OSGF, amongst others, to fill vacancies at the same time as the relaxation have been published to vice personal secretaries who have been in advance deployed withinside the ministries.

Some of the private secretaries are Oju Inyima who turned into deployed from the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs to the workplace of the Minister of Communication and Digital Communication; Osemeke Ogor of Agric and Rural Development Ministry who turned into published to Water Resources; Onaivi Justina (Works and Housing) now published to Petroleum Resources; Noimot Adewale (Transportation) however redeployed to Agric and Rural Development Ministry and Mbadiwe Cordelia (Education) however dispatched to Agric and Rural Development.

Also at the listing are Nwosu Christiana (Communication and Digital Economy) who has been mobilised to Police Affairs; Adesina-Abioye Ololade (Youth and Sports Development) who become moved to Transportation ministry; Ikade Aina (Science Tech and Innovation) who has been transferred to the Education ministry; Evan-Helen Igbokwe (Works and Housing) and Yusuf Sadiq (Water Resources) who’ve each been despatched to the Education ministry.

The memo examine partly, “I am directed to carry the approval of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation for the deployment of the subsequent Confidential Secretaries SGL. thirteen-14 withinside the Federal Civil Service. Please observe that this posting takes instantaneously effect.

“All Directors of Human Resources Management/Administration are required to publish info of compliance to this posting preparation to the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation no later than Wednesday twelfth July, 2023.

“Please notice that every one deployed officials ought to be generic and documented through the respective ministries as rejection of officials could now no longer be condoned way of means of the workplace of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. All coping with over and taking up strategies need to be finished on or earlier than Tuesday eleventh July, 2023.

“All officials involved are reminded that failure to stick to this posting preparation contravenes the provisions of the Public Service Rules 030301 (b) and might be met with suitable sanctions.”

The PUNCH reviews that the Public Service Rules  030301(b) states that refusal to continue on switch or to simply accept posting is misconduct that is inimical to the photograph of the carrier and which may be investigated and proved. It also can cause termination and retirement.”

Speaking in an interview with our correspondent, a high-located civil servant referred to that private secretaries have been published to paintings along ministers of their every day activities.

He additionally mentioned that the exclusive secretaries could be dispatched to the ministries this week.

The civil servant, who spoke beneathneath the situation of anonymity out of appreciate for civil carrier guidelines which save you civil servants from talking to the press, stated, “In each ministry, you’ve got got a personal secretary published to the workplace of the minister. A minister can also additionally pick out to paintings with the secretary or can also additionally determine to paintings together along with his or her personal exclusive secretary and in such cases, the personal secretary can be moved to any other workplace however will nevertheless be called a exclusive secretary.’’

 “It is the Office of the Head of Service that posts exclusive secretaries however different times, a person can be appointed from a ministry to be the exclusive secretary withinside the ministry.

“The ones which are published will paintings with the minister, this is if the minister wants, however it will likely be on report that the Head of Service published a person there due to the fact each time there may be a vacancy, a ministry will request,’’ the respectable added.

Source:Punch

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