Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has urged
President Muhammadu Buhari to give him the
privilege of nominating an Ekiti State indigene for
appointment into Buhari’s cabinet.
Fayose, who was one of Buhari’s biggest
opponents in the run-up to the March
presidential election, said this in a statement on
Tuesday.
The governor said he had written to Buhari and
was hopeful that the President’s reply would be
favourable.
Fayose said, “I shall be happy to nominate a
worthy and competent professional, who can
always oblige Your Excellency and your cabinet
the benefit of a second opinion in the serious
business of governance.”
He noted that he wrote the letter based on the
declaration made by the President that he would
put the overall interest of the country above
every other particularly political partisanship and
bias.
He said even former President Olusegun
Obasanjo, who was a member of the Peoples
Democratic Party, appointed the late Chief Bola
Ige as the Minister for Justice despite Ige being a
chief of the opposition Alliance for Democracy.
The governor also hinted that his letter was on
the strength of Section 147 sub (2) and (3) of
the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, which states: (2) Any appointment to
the office of the Minister of the government of
the Federation shall, if the nomination of any
such person to such office is confirmed by the
Senate, be made by the President. (3) Any
appointment under sub-section (2) of this
section by the President shall be in conformity
with the provision of section 15 (3) of this
constitution provided that in giving effect to the
provision aforesaid, the President shall appoint
at least one Minister from each state, who shall
be an indigene of such state.
Fayose, who noted that Ekiti is a PDP state,
where the governor, the National Assembly and
the state Assembly members are all PDP
members, said in the spirit of putting in place an
all inclusive government with capacity for
national integration, the President should accord
him the honour and privilege to name the
minister that would come from Ekiti State.
President Muhammadu Buhari to give him the
privilege of nominating an Ekiti State indigene for
appointment into Buhari’s cabinet.
Fayose, who was one of Buhari’s biggest
opponents in the run-up to the March
presidential election, said this in a statement on
Tuesday.
The governor said he had written to Buhari and
was hopeful that the President’s reply would be
favourable.
Fayose said, “I shall be happy to nominate a
worthy and competent professional, who can
always oblige Your Excellency and your cabinet
the benefit of a second opinion in the serious
business of governance.”
He noted that he wrote the letter based on the
declaration made by the President that he would
put the overall interest of the country above
every other particularly political partisanship and
bias.
He said even former President Olusegun
Obasanjo, who was a member of the Peoples
Democratic Party, appointed the late Chief Bola
Ige as the Minister for Justice despite Ige being a
chief of the opposition Alliance for Democracy.
The governor also hinted that his letter was on
the strength of Section 147 sub (2) and (3) of
the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, which states: (2) Any appointment to
the office of the Minister of the government of
the Federation shall, if the nomination of any
such person to such office is confirmed by the
Senate, be made by the President. (3) Any
appointment under sub-section (2) of this
section by the President shall be in conformity
with the provision of section 15 (3) of this
constitution provided that in giving effect to the
provision aforesaid, the President shall appoint
at least one Minister from each state, who shall
be an indigene of such state.
Fayose, who noted that Ekiti is a PDP state,
where the governor, the National Assembly and
the state Assembly members are all PDP
members, said in the spirit of putting in place an
all inclusive government with capacity for
national integration, the President should accord
him the honour and privilege to name the
minister that would come from Ekiti State.
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