With the end of the two-day retreat hosted by President
Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, the President is now set to inaugurate
his cabinet on Wednesday.
The President, in a statement by the Special Adviser on Media
and publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, charged the Ministers-designate
to rise to the challenging responsibilities of Ministerial
office.
The second and final day of the retreat kicked off with a
presentation on Cabinet Processes and Procedures, by the Secretary
to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha.
“This was followed by a presentation by the Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on aligning
government policies with the ideology, manifesto and campaign
promises of the ruling party.”
He said that subsequent presentations touched on Budgeting,
Civil Service Reforms, Public Procurement, the Relationships
between Ministers and Permanent Secretaries, and Effective
Partnerships between Executive, Legislature and State
Governments.
The SGF in his remarks announced the introduction of a new
Cabinet Memorandum Review and Approval Process, aimed at improving
the quality and efficiency of government decision-making and policy
implementation, and increasing coordination and coherence within
the Government.
President Buhari in his closing remarks, reminded participants
that the challenges ahead of the Administration remain significant,
and urged them to work collaboratively and purposefully, and give
their best to the task of delivering a more prosperous country for
all Nigerians.
The Ministers-designate will be sworn in on Wednesday August 21,
at the State House, after which they will be allocated portfolios
by the President.
Following the swearing-in, each Minister will be given a
Mandate, based on the assigned Ministry, and which will spell out
priorities, deliverables and timelines. In addition, a robust
monitoring and evaluation framework will also be put in place to
track the implementation of all policies and programmes over the
next four years.
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Chief of the Naval Staff
Naval Chief Calls for Military Cooperation Between
Nigeria, Bangladesh
The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas has
called for closer military cooperation between Nigeria and
Bangladesh. He made this call today while receiving the Bangladesh
High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Shameem Ahsan in his office
today.
Admiral Ibas stressed that Nigeria valued its relationship with
friendly countries like Bangladesh and underscored the fact that
many Nigerian officers have trained in Bangladesh. He further
informed Mr Ahsan of the establishment of the Naval War College
Nigeria and the proposed International Maritime Conference to be
hosted by the Nigerian Navy in 2020. Admiral Ibas therefore invited
Bangladesh to consider sending their officers to the Naval War
College Nigeria in the near future and the Bangladeshi CNS to
attend the Conference.
While stressing the readiness of the Nigerian Armed Forces to
singing an MoU with Bangladesh on military cooperation, the CNS
canvassed for more visits and information sharing between the 2
nations for mutual benefit. He similarly stressed the need for
international cooperation through avenues such as the Indian Ocean
Naval Symposium for a common approach to containing maritime
threats. Earlier, Mr Ahsan had underscored the giant strides made
by Bangladesh in peace keeping operations, agriculture and the
garment industry, stressing that Nigeria and Bangladesh had a lot
in common and areas of cooperation for mutual benefit.
SULEMAN DAHUN
Commodore
for Chief of the Naval Staff