Five former ministers are still listed as members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet on the website of the Office of the Secretary to the Governm
Five former ministers are still listed as members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet on the website of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation many months after they resigned their appointments to pursue different ambitions. The names of the five former ministers and their former portfolios are still listed on the website, www.osgf.gov.ng. which was upgraded with N64m.
The former ministers who are still on the list include Kemi Adeosun, (Finance); Kayode Fayemi, (Solid Minerals Development); Aisha Al-Hassan, (Women Affairs and Social Development); Khadija Abba-Ibrahim, (Minister of State for Foreign Affairs); and Ibrahim Jibril, (Minister of State for Environment). Although there is a column designed for the date of resignation in case the public officials had left the government, this has not been updated to reflect the current status of the five former ministers.
Apart from the former ministers, a former Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives), Suleiman Kawu, is still on the list of the government appointees. Kawu resigned in 2018 to contest the House of Representatives election in Kano State, which he won. Zainab Ahmed, who Buhari has named as Adeosun’s replacement in the Ministry of Finance, is still occupying her position as the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning on the list.
Also, Aisha Abubakar, who had since been named the Supervising Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, still maintains her position as the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investments.
While inaugurating the website on May 21, 2018, Boss Mustapha, the SGF had put the cost of the upgrading, which he said, included procurement of laptops, training of officials and consultancy services, at N64m. The Federal Government had allocated N64m for the project in the 2017 budget. The contract was awarded by the Bureau of Public Procurement in accordance with the Procurement Act.
