Afenifere slams Tinubu for appointing 48 ministers amidst hardship

 

In view of the country’s current economic difficulties, Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba sociopolitical movement, has attacked President Bola Tinubu for appointing 48 ministers.

In a communiqué issued by Afenifere on Thursday, following a meeting held at the residence of Chief Ayo Adebanjo in Ogun State, the group lamented that President Bola Tinubu led-government, which pleaded for understanding and sacrifice from Nigerians, was busy using political appointments to buy his legitimacy.

In a statement made available to the media by the group’s Secretary General, Chief Sola Ebiseni, Afenifere called Tinubu’s extensive list of ministers “most bizarre” and irresponsible.

“Afenifere condemns as most unconscionable that a government pleading for understanding and sacrifices from the people in the aftermath of a sudden and harsh removal of petrol subsidy and other cowboy economic policies, would present such unprecedented humongous list of 48 ministers and other such appointments for political appeasement in search of legitimacy,”the communique read.

“Afenifere noted that it is most bizarre that the overwhelming majority of Nigerians, whose daily preoccupation is how to eke a living and sometimes lay their heads wherever their tired limbs are bent, are subjected to the spectacle of opulence and irresponsibility by their political leaders.”

It is regrettable, according to Afenifere, that the parliament, which had a responsibility to restrain Tinubu, has shown itself unable “in the face of this executive rascality, the likes of which make the unfortunate people see no difference and jump on the streets singing praises of unconstitutional power adventurers.”

“This interim period in the political life of the country has further abysmally exposed the pretences and hypocrisy of those who have often paid lip service to progressive inclinations as rapacious power mongers without a thought for the people,” the statement noted.

On Monday, the Senate approved 45 of the 48 ministerial nominees that President Bola Tinubu had forwarded to them.

However, it failed to confirm Stella Okotete from Delta State, Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and Sani Abubakar Danladi, of Taraba State.

Following the screening by the Committee of the Whole, presided over by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on the floor of the Red Chamber, the others were confirmed.
Afenifere slams Tinubu for appointing 48 ministers amidst hardship

In view of the country’s current economic difficulties, Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba sociopolitical movement, has attacked President Bola Tinubu for appointing 48 ministers.

In a communiqué issued by Afenifere on Thursday, following a meeting held at the residence of Chief Ayo Adebanjo in Ogun State, the group lamented that President Bola Tinubu led-government, which pleaded for understanding and sacrifice from Nigerians, was busy using political appointments to buy his legitimacy.

In a statement made available to the media by the group’s Secretary General, Chief Sola Ebiseni, Afenifere called Tinubu’s extensive list of ministers “most bizarre” and irresponsible.

“Afenifere condemns as most unconscionable that a government pleading for understanding and sacrifices from the people in the aftermath of a sudden and harsh removal of petrol subsidy and other cowboy economic policies, would present such unprecedented humongous list of 48 ministers and other such appointments for political appeasement in search of legitimacy,”the communique read.

“Afenifere noted that it is most bizarre that the overwhelming majority of Nigerians, whose daily preoccupation is how to eke a living and sometimes lay their heads wherever their tired limbs are bent, are subjected to the spectacle of opulence and irresponsibility by their political leaders.”

It is regrettable, according to Afenifere, that the parliament, which had a responsibility to restrain Tinubu, has shown itself unable “in the face of this executive rascality, the likes of which make the unfortunate people see no difference and jump on the streets singing praises of unconstitutional power adventurers.”

“This interim period in the political life of the country has further abysmally exposed the pretences and hypocrisy of those who have often paid lip service to progressive inclinations as rapacious power mongers without a thought for the people,” the statement noted.

On Monday, the Senate approved 45 of the 48 ministerial nominees that President Bola Tinubu had forwarded to them.

However, it failed to confirm Stella Okotete from Delta State, Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and Sani Abubakar Danladi, of Taraba State.

Following the screening by the Committee of the Whole, presided over by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on the floor of the Red Chamber, the others were confirmed.