Human & Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has implored President Muhammadu Buhari to fill the vacant positions of his former Ministers who recently resigned from their various portfolios to pursue their political ambitions.
Olanrewaju Suraju, chairman of HEDA in a statement,said there was need for the President to bring in new Ministers without delay.
He recalled that it took President Muhammadu Buhari over six months to appoint ministers in 2015 which not only kept Nigerians angst, but held the economy standstill.
He added:“The President should not waste time to replace the 10 ministers who have resigned to pursue their political ambitions. He should make haste and present new Persons to the National Assembly for confirmation before the Parliamentarians are engrossed with the electoral campaigns.
“Let him not repeat what happened in 2015, when the country was kept in the dark for six months. Many of the offices, particularly the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, are too important to be left vacant at this time of political developments in the country”
Suraju advised the President should look for competent hands to do the jobs in those Ministries, and shun cronyism and other primordial sentiments in choosing the right persons this time.
“We wish the President can get men and women who are capable, to revamp those Ministries within the short but critical time left for the government. Though, every sector of the economy is begging for competent hands to revive them. The country needs and deserves the right people needed to occupy the right positions at the right time with the right resources to achieve the right results,” he stated.
