FULL LIST: Major Shake Up Rocks Tinubu’s Cabinet As President Set To Sack Some Ministers, Others
A source close to President Bola Tinubu claims that he may reshuffle his cabinet and redeploy those ministers who were thought to have done poorly to other ministries.
Recall that Tinubu vowed to fire underperforming ministers in November at the commencement of a three-day cabinet retreat for ministers, presidential aides, permanent secretaries, and high-ranking government employees?
Hadiza Bala Usman was designated by him as a special adviser on policy coordination in order to oversee the performance of the ministers and guarantee collaboration between ministries, departments, and agencies.
The insider disclosed that Tinubu, who completed the arrangements prior to his most recent trip, might reorganize his cabinet as he approaches one year in office.
“Tinubu will reshuffle his cabinet as he clocks the one year in office.
“He had concluded plans before he travelled on who and who to change and redeploy. The Power Minister, Adebayo Adelabu is topping the list of redeployment. He will be taken to another ministry because he underperformed.
“There have been a lot of issues around the sector ever since he came on board. I am telling you this, there was a time Tinubu threatened to sack him after the comments he made that Nigerians are putting on their freezers and Air conditioning.
“The president is not happy with his performance in the power sector aside from Adelabu’s performance index records that are with Bala Usman.”
The source added that Tinubu had directed Adelabu to apologise to Nigerians over his statement justifying the tariff increase for Band A electricity users.
Furthermore, the former governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, who serves as the Minister of State for Defence, may be affected by the planned redeployment, said the source.
