The publicity secretary of Afenifere, Mr Yinka Odumakin
Vanguard reports that Odumakin made a statement on Tuesday, October 6, reacting to the long-awaited ministerial list finally announced by Bukola Saraki, the Senate president, the same day.
“Nearly everybody on that list has been involved one way of the other, at one level or the other since 1999. Quite a few of them have serious allegations against them.
“In fact, some of them are poster boys of corruption. We hope that those who would do the screening will do a thorough screening. If we are fighting corruption on one hand, then those who have been portrayed to be corrupt should not be promoted to higher responsibility.
“There are some who have governed at the state level and have been alleged to be corrupt. So, to jump that and move to become ministerial leaders, rubbishes the whole concept of our fight against corruption,” he said.
Ahead of the announcement of the ministerial list, Odumakin noted that there would be no excitement or surprise in the list. According to him, Buhari should have submitted the names of his ministerial nominees at Eagle Square on May 29,2015.
Meanwhile, Malam Balarabe Musa, the former Kaduna state governor, alsoexpressed his deep disappointment with the ministerial list. He said that there was nothing spectacular about those officials included in the list and wondered why it had taken the president months to come up with those nominees.
