-Abba Dukawa
It’s an indisputable fact that Nigeria has, for a long time, depended on oil and gas to keep the government running.
However, the abrupt removal of the oil subsidy by the Tinubu administration has affected the economy and standard of living. The level of anger, uncertainty and hunger in the country has been unprecedented.
Without doubt, 29 May 2023 will go down as one of the turbulent for Nigerians, after the excruciating civil war from 1967 to 1970. Therefore, the administration’s economic policies since last year has caused serious setbacks to the citizens’ well-being. The single paragraph of last year 29 May has had dire consequences on the nation.
Please Mr president as matter of urgency needs to reshuffle the cabinet by fire non performance cabinet members. Within the year in review the target policies have not been achieved. Therefore, cabinet reshuffle is needed as it will strengthen the government for better performance and that target shall achieve in the end.
Almost a year after forming the cabinet, the president tasked them to get to work immediately as Nigerians won’t tolerate any excuse for failure.
Each passing day, Nigerians heard excuse upon excuse and contradiction upon administration policy. The citizens’ future seems bleak with no anticipation of the light at the end of the tunnel.
In spite of the president asking them to get to work as Nigerians won’t tolerate any excuse for failure, the administration’s ambitious Renewed Hope which is the cardinal policy for Tinubu’s government has turned into citizens Renewed frustrations.
President Tinubu’s confidence in them to restore public faith in government is far from being achievable. The people do not feel or see the minister’s positive actions toward transformation and the progress of the country and the citizens at large .
Against the backdrop of President Tinubu asking them not to disappoint Nigerians, and expect them to serve with Integrity, dignity and Competence to actualize the manifesto of the administration, the ministers have failed.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has instructed the 47 Ministers to present their performance scorecards ahead of his administration’s one-year anniversary.
If the President genuinely seeks unbiased evaluations of the Ministers’ performances, he should ask Nigerians for their opinions. What kind of report the President expects from the Ministers? How can Ministers evaluate their own performance? Their valuation will automatically undermine the objectivity of the assessment.
Would any Minister evaluate his or her own performance below expectation? This directive has not been in conformity with the Best Practice across the globe. How can an accused be a judge in his own case?
The scorecards presented by the ministers are not appreciable as a substantial percent of the ministers have failed to grasp their roles adequately, while a small percent have performed fairly. FCT minister, Wike, has performed exceptionally well despite the ongoing economic challenges.
Dukawa write in from Abuja can be reach at abbahydukawa@gmail.com
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