A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima has said that President Bola Tinubu’s proposed cabinet reshuffle would not engender any difference.
On the 25th of September, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga said Tinubu “has expressed his desire to reshuffle his cabinet and he will do it”.
Whilst speaking on Politics Today, a programme on Channels TV on Friday, Galadima stated that overhauling the cabinet would not suppress food inflation.
The politician claimed that the President Tinubu desires to reward his cronies with the reshuffle.
“That (planned cabinet reshuffle) has nothing to do with me or any Nigerian. What is of importance to all of us is bringing down the harsh conditions of living and the buck stops only on the table of one man. That is President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” Galadima said.
“No amount of reshuffling can make a difference. As far as that team is only ‘job for the boys,’ nothing will come out of it.
“Anybody that calls himself president or governor is responsible for their cabinet’s performance. He should be told that some of his appointees are more interested in their pockets than service delivery.
“I expected him to do better than this; and to hit the ground running.”
Galadima also asked the president to find a solution to the country’s foreign exchange crisis “which has seen the naira performing abysmally”.
For some time now, there have been several clamour from Nigerians and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Tinubu to reshuffle his cabinet and oust underperforming ministers.
The president’s policies have driven petrol prices to record highs and depreciated the naira to record lows since he assumed office on May 29, 2023.