There’s this joke around town that FCT Minister, Mohammed Bello, only proves how useful he is when President Muhammadu Buhari is on his way out of the country through the international Airport in Abuja.
Holding aloft an Umbrella as the rain beats against the tarmac in the background, Bello has come to epitomise just how underwhelming the Buhari cabinet has been.
Buhari took six months to inaugurate his team; when the first six minutes of his Presidency would have sufficed.
The list was made public following weeks of needless drama.
When we eventually got hold of the list, the same old names had returned.
It has been a cabinet of foot-dragging where action is badly needed, worn out ideas where creativity would have made a difference and verbosity where action would have sufficed.
One Minister recommended masquerades as a way of boosting tourism, the other tendered exporting grasses as a solution to Nigeria’s herdsmen crisis and another glibly said recession is just a word.
Agriculture Minister Audu Ogbeh has said so much about diversifying the economy through his portfolio, but there’s been nothing to hold onto, one year after.
Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun loves to talk a big game, but save for her flawless English and Cockney, the economy has faltered, crashed and burned on her watch.
Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, can’t seem to put documents together for the national assembly without creating a scene.
Lai Mohammed stole a behavioural campaign from a PR firm and then denied doing so. When he’s not passing wrong information across, Mr. Mohammed’s disorganised Ministry can be smelt from miles away.
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele is no Minister, but when he’s not raiding the parallel market with the secret police, he can’t say whether his new policy framework is a float or a devaluation.
Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi was last seen boarding a train with the President. When he’s not insulting people from his region in the Niger Delta, he’s starting a fresh battle with the Governor of his State or commissioning press statements to say he didn’t attempt to bribe Judges.
Communications Minister Adebayo Shittu loves to wear hand gloves to parties. Not for him the love for detailed policy that would have revolutionised his Ministry. When MTN accepted in principle to pay a fine for its bad practices, Shittu said he didn’t even know a deal had been struck.
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