Ahead of Cabinet Dissolution, Scramble for Ministerial Appointments Begins

Following a hint by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, that President Muhammadu Buhari might dissolve his cabinet before his May 29 terminal date, jostle for ministerial appointments by outgoing and prospective ministers have begun, THISDAY learnt last night.

Adesina had told Arise TV, a broadcast arm of THISDAY, Thursday morning that Buhari might dissolve his cabinet before May 29 to pave the way for a fresh team that would help him navigate the new tenure he won last Saturday.

….THISDAY gathered that intense lobby had begun with outgoing ministers reaching out to the president’s kitchen cabinet for support.

This Day, Friday 1, March.

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