Yesterday President Yar'Adua swore in his new ministers.
Not to sound negative or anything but does anyone seriously expect anything better from this crew than what we've had since 2007?
Here's the old:
Justice - Chief Mike Aondoakaa
Agric and Water Resources - Dr. S. Abba Ruma
Foreign Affairs - Chief Ojo Maduekwe
Interior - Gen. Godwin Abbe (rtd)
Finance - Remi Babalola
the redeployed:
Mrs. Deziani Allison-Madueke - Transportation to Mines and Steel Development
Dr. Shamsudeen Usman - Finance to National Planning
John Odey - Environment
Chief Adetokunbo Kayode - Labour
Dr. Hassan Lawal - Works and Housing
Mrs. Grace Ekpiwhre - Science & Tech to Works and Housing
the new:
Dr. Shettima Mustapha - Defence
Prof. Dora Akunyili - Information and Communications
Senator Adamu Aliero - Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin - Health
the recycled and recycled and recycled and you never tire?:
Dr. Rilwanu Lukman - Petroleum
Now what do we have here?
On the surface, I'd say we have a former governor of a dry state handling the FCT, a pharmacist handling our national PR, an agriculturalist is to handle national defence and an eminently qualified but ooollllllldd man to run petroleum.
To clarify, I have nothing against these people. I actually have a ton of respect for some of them. I just hate this feeling of deja vu because square pegs seem to be placed in round holes.
So now I've got to hope that Prof Akunyili impresses like she did at NAFDAC. And good God Rilwan Lukman is back. The man must have great grandkids in school by now. Yeesh!
Well, like I said yesterday, I hope he at least reduces our pump prices for fuel.
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