I’ve no knowledge of Interior Ministry-Aregbesola – TheNigerialawyer

The new Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on
Wednesday said he has no knowledge of how the ministry
operates.

He disclosed this when he visited the ministry shortly after he
was inaugurated and assigned portfolio alongside other ministers by
President Muhammadu Buhari.

While speaking at the ministry, Aregbesola said apart from
stories about the ministry on the pages of the newspapers, he had
no idea of its policies and operations.

“My relationship with the ministry is distant. What I know about
the ministry is what I read in the newspapers,” he
acknowledged.

Aregbesola instructed Barr. Georgina Ehuriah, the Permanent
Secretary, who had been in charge since the dissolution of the last
cabinet, to continue running the ministry until Monday when he will
formally take over.

“I will come to take over on Monday. I give the Permanent
Secretary the grace to run the ministry till then. We will be ready
by Monday to take on the huge assignment,” the former Osun State
governor said.

Meanwhile, he has assured staff of the ministry and personnel of
all paramilitary agencies under its purview of purposeful
leadership.

He said: “I promise you a realistic, reasonable and commendable
leadership,” while urging staff of the ministry to be ready for
more work as he will be demanding much more from them.