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I expected to be reappointed as minister by Buhari —Shittu

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Former Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, says he is surprised that he was not reappointed by President Muhammadu Buhari.

President Buhari inaugurated 43 ministers into the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for his second term administration, and 14 former ministers were reappointed.

Shittu, who was speaking during an interview in Abuja, said although he did not expect that he would not be reappointed, as a Muslim, he took it as his fate.

The ex-minister said, “I took it the way it came.”

“Of course, I expected that I will be reappointed, but when it didn’t happen, as a Muslim, it didn’t take me five minutes before I accepted that it was the will of God.

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“And I have also found comfort in a Quranic verse when God promised that what is to come later is better than what is with you now.

“So, for me, it says we must accept that there is always something better with God, which he gives to his beloved. I see myself as a beloved of God.

“I have come a long way and I have served at the state and national levels and the experience that I have garnered over the last three and a half years cannot be purchased from the stores or from the market,” he said.

He said as public officer, one must always have it in one’s mind that “whatever has a beginning will necessarily have an end.”

“And it is not how long one stays in public office but how well you are able to distinguished yourself,” he said.

The ex-minister, who is a legal practitioner, said he had decided to return to his profession.

“I want to thank God that I am one politician who has a second address in the sense that, if I am not a minister, I will be doing some other productive things which will also contribute to national development.

“Of course, I would have wished that I had another opportunity to serve. I believe the chapter of my public service is not closed.

“By the grace of God, I will continue to be relevant in national development.

“As a lawyer of about 40 years, I now have my chambers opened in Abuja. So now, I am back in practice,” he said.

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