New Cabinet List: Boss Mustapha, Education Minister Out, Marwa In

There are reports indicating that Secretary General of the
Federation, Boss Mustapha, may not make the new cabinet list being
compiled by President Muhammadu Buhari, Daily Independent
reports.

It was learnt that he was being opposed over his role in the
2019 governorship election in Adamawa State.

It was gathered that Boss Mustapha has issues with some cabal
members at the presidency.

It was learnt that there is a collective agreement to present
Mohammed Buba Marwa as a replacement.

Also, Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, is reported to be
missing on the list over his perceived poor performance.

Current ministers who excelled during President Muhammadu
Buhari’s first term will be considered for automatic appointment
into his cabinet during his second term in order to ensure
continuity, Daily Independent has gathered.

Aside performance as ministers, a presidency source told Daily
Independent that cabinet members who contributed immensely to the
victory of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), especially
President Buhari’s reelection, will be considered.

He particularly singled out Babatunde Fashola, Minister of
Power, Works and Housing; Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of
Information and Culture, and Udoma Udo Udoma, Minister of Budget
and National Planning, as ministers who are being considered to be
retained in the next administration.

He said aside his role as a super minister who supervised three
key portfolios, Fashola also served as Director of Election
Planning and Monitoring for the APC Presidential Campaign Council,
a task he performed creditably well to the admiration of the
president.

On his part, Lai Mohammed received a lot of accolades from the
party leadership and President Buhari for his role in his home
state of Kwara for leading the assault against the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), which not only recorded hundred percent
victory for the APC but also ended Senate President Bukola Saraki’s
dominance of the state.

Speaking further, he said as Minister of Budget, Udoma played a
key role in stabilising the administration throughout the period of
recession and also when the price of crude oil, Nigeria’s major
source of income, was drastically reduced.

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