It is deja vu all over again - Same Faces, Same Expectations!
In four years as a Minister for Works, et al, he didn't know what to do with Lagos/Badagry Expressway - an International Highway. He doesn't need to be a Civil Engineer, but as a Governor of the number one state in Nigeria for eight years, he is expected to be well-versed and grounded in the rudimentary of Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour - knowing when to seek outside counsel and knowing those best suited to address the problems that made the search for counsel necessary. He never did. In a similar vein, under his watch, the Mile2/Orile/Apapa/Wharf Road went from being chaotic to a national embarrassment. And that is the only access road to the nation's number one Sea Port. In addition to Power, President Buhari also made him the Minister of Energy and Housing Development.
For the past four years, his regulatory imprint in power generation and supply is practically zero. One, there is no improvement in electricity supply. And two, he lacked the gumption to confront DISCOs and challenge them to implement the ruling of the Court of Appeal, forbidding them from billing electricity consumers in the absence of Smart Meters. A decision which is also the position of the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). Today, the Ministerial list is out and the same over-glorified political careerist is in.
Like most of the names on the list, he is not pragmatic and certainly not inspiring. The fact that he is not a known thief does not excuse his incompetence in the past four years. He is rich. He is professionally accomplished. He was a Governor for eight years. Above all, he is a Senior Advocate of Nigerian (SAN). In other words, he doesn't need to court or curry favor from any political leader or DISCO CEO. Yet, he was a no-show when a certain Disco Queen plunged Edo State to total darkness for about three years, prompting the televised embarrassment of the same lady and her team by Governor Obaseki. It is the same story all over Nigeria. So, what's the rationale or economic explanation for his retention? It is absurd and ill-advised. And that is the price a nation has to pay when their President is an alien in his own country.
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Ikechukwu Oga (Abia) Mohammed Musa Bello (Adamawa) Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom) Chris Ngige (Anambra) Sharon Ikeazor (Anambra) Adamu Adamu (Bauchi) Maryam Katagum (Bauchi) Timi Sylva (Bayelsa) George Akume (Benue) Mustapha Baba Shehuri (Borno) Goddy Agba (Cross Rivers) Festus Keyamo (Delta) Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi) Osagie Enakhire (Edo) Clement Agba (Edo) Adeniyi Adebayo (Ekiti) Geofrey Onyeama (Enugu) Ali Issa Fantami (Gombe) Emeka Nwajiuba (Imo) Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa) Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna) Mohammed Mahmoud (Kaduna) Sabo Nanunu (Kano) Bashir Salihi Magashi (Kano) Hadi Sirika (Katsina) Abubakar Malami (Kebbi) Ahmadu Tijani (Kogi) Lai Mohammed (Kwara) Gbemisola Saraki (Kwara) Raji Fashola (Lagos) Nimbe Momora (Lagos) Muhammed Abdullahi (Nasarawa) Zubeira Dada (Niger) Olamilekan Adegbite (Ogun) Tayo Alasoadura (Ondo) Rauf Aregbesola (Osun) Sunday Dare (Oyo) Pauline Tallen (Plateau) Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi (Sokoto) Saleh Mohammed (Taraba) Abubakar Aliyu (Yobe) Sadiya Umar Farouk (Zamfara)
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