WHO SHOULD BE APPOINTED MINISTER?
Nigerians are tired of poverty, unemployment, bad roads, poor education, corruption, bad leadership, lack of health care facilities, lack of potable water, lack of good houses, kidnapping, terrorism and so on. It is time to put a halt to our problems. There are ongoing consultations among the members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on who should be or not be a minister in the incoming administration that would be piloted by the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).
Therefore, it is no more news that majority of the leaders in the country are always after themselves instead of working for the interest of the masses. Now that the new government is going to take over from the outgoing administration, the discussions are ongoing on how to form ministerial cabinet that would help to give Nigerians the change they have been waiting for. I would like to advise that the system of my brother or my friend should not be used as criteria for appointing ministers. Somebody should be given a ministerial position on the ground that he or she would deliver and not because of one’s relationship with such a person.
I would also like to advise that ministerial appointments should go beyond party members. If there is somebody that is not corrupt and can render a selfless service for the progress of this nation, even if he or she is not in APC, such a person should be appointed a minster.
Therefore, ministerial positions should not be given anyhow. Minister of agriculture should not be given to somebody who read law in the university, the minister of arts and culture should not be given to someone who has been spending more of his time in America, that doesn’t know anything about Nigeria’s culture. Ministerial positions should be given to people based on their areas of specialisation.
We want to see change that is positive; we want to touch change, we want to feel the change and we want to even eat change. Please, give us the change that we have been waiting for.
Awunah Pius Terwase, Dept of Mass Communication, Benue State University, Makurdi