Cabinet reshuffle: Arewa elders tell Tinubu to ignore mischief against cabinet members
CHIGOZIE AMADI
Some Arewa leaders in the North have urged President Bola Tinubu to ignore the alleged gossip and mischief against some of his cabinet members.
The elders noted that the majority of serving Ministers in Tinubu’s administration have recorded remarkable successes in their respective portfolios within a few months of their appointments.
In a statement released on Monday by the Secretary, Northern Elders Political Development Group in the North-West, Dr Adamu Giwa, said Tinubu should reward the ministers and not send them packing.
They maintained that some of the Ministers, like those of Budget, Housing, and Defense, have significantly performed in the development of the country under Tinubu’s administration.
The statement read, “We have seen significant development in the housing sector policies under the supervision of Architect Ahmed Dangiwa.
“Again, Minister of Budget Abubakar Atiku has justified his commitment toward ensuring discipline in budgetary control and fiscal responsibility for the government financial budgetary implementation according to due process.
“In the area of security, the ongoing fight against insecurity under the supervision of Minister of State Defense Mohammed Bello Matawalle is yielding expected results compared to what we have witnessed in the recent past.”
The Northern elders applauded Tinubu’s effort through his minister of defence, Bello Matawalle, and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, on working to achieve success in the fight against insecurity.
“We believe that the actions taken so far by the defence minister and his team under operation ‘Fansar Yamma’ in Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina, Niger and Kaduna States respectively will ensure sustainable peace in our region.
“The achievement so far recorded in the elimination of dangerous bandits kingpins, especially in Sokoto, Zamfara and Katsina States axis of the North-West, could be attributed to the political will, good coordination and support of the Federal Government.
“To us, substituting or dropping these loyalists and result-oriented political figures would certainly create a vacuum on the leadership development in the Country”, he said.
They stressed that the issue of propaganda, mischief, and blackmail sponsored against some particular ministers by certain groups of people will never be achieved, and the success of the Tinubu government will prosper.
The group condemned alleged sabotage and misinformation circulated by some opposition groups in the North-West to undermine the success of the ongoing military operations.
The group therefore urged Tinubu to continue with his war against insecurity and support the military and other security agencies to achieve all the necessary efforts in eliminating the criminal element in the region.
