After five months without ministers, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, November 11, inaugurated 36 ministers who were recently screened and cleared by the Senate.
The 36 ministers took their oaths
of office in the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, after which they
were given their portfolios.
The president in his address charged his ministers to
get to work immediately and justify their inclusion in his cabinet.
Below are some of President Buhari’s quotes from the
inauguration:
1. “Cabinet Ministers must proceed to work
speedily to fulfill the confidence reposed in them.”
2. “We are determined to diversify the economy
through Agriculture and explore solid mineral as a revenue earner.”
3. “Our new ministers must proceed to work
speedily and justify their inclusion.”
4. “To be mindful of the need for a Cabinet
that will deliver a better, prosperous nation and respected for the right
reasons.”
5. “We are determined to diversify the economy
with agriculture to achieve self sufficiency.”
6. “We are optimistic that bringing these set
of ministers is a step in the right direction.”
7. “To put round pegs in round holes where
being sensitive to the diversity of the Nation.”
8. “Our commitment to defeat Boko Haram and
all the nuisance it constitutes is as strong as ever.”
9. “Government business is now being conducted
with transparency and sincerity.”
10. “This is another milestone in my
administration.”
11. “I have also made
possible of the need not to repeat such mistakes of the past while the right
people are allocated to the wrong portfolio.”
Source: Naij.com
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