President Muhammadu Buhari has set target for his ministers. Buhari had on Wednesday, administered oaths of office on 36 ministers whose appointments had earlier been confirmed by the Senate. After assigning portfolios to them, the President presided over his first Federal Executive Council meeting where he told the ministers to see their appointments as a call to duty.
A top government official told our correspondent on Friday that the President expects the ministers to be on the same page with him in his bid to deliver on the promises he made to Nigerians. He said the President would be assessing the ministers’ performance personally and through the Office of the Chief of Staff.
It was also gathered that part of the criteria to be used would include adherence to the party manifesto on deliverables; adherence to financial regulations/ prudence in the management of human and material resources, as well as level of budget implementation.
The source said, “The ministers cannot afford to go on honeymoon. The President is monitoring and assessing them. They will be fooling themselves if they claim ignorance of this. “The truth is that the expectation is high and the ministers must key into this administration’s mission quickly.”
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, confirmed that Buhari would evaluate ministers’ performance. Adesina said if one did not monitor, one could not evaluate. He said, “The President will definitely assess the ministers’ performance. When you don’t monitor, you cannot evaluate. “It makes sense to expect the President to evaluate them because there are deliverables.”
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