the chance of them submitting possible ministerial list.
The APC governors, led by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, had,
last Tuesday, visited Buhari in Abuja to pledge loyalty and make some
demands, Tribune reports.
In a bid to maintain the tradition already instituted by the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) where the state governors are requested to
submit list of possible ministers and Ambassadorial appointees to the
president, the governors threw the same request at Buhari and he was
said to have out-rightly rejected it, declaring that the Constitution
does not mandate him to take a list of ministerial nominees from them.
A source who made this known while speaking with Tribune said:"The
General was also very unequivocal when he was told that the governors
want to submit a ministerial list to him. He clearly said he cannot go
into that discussion.
"He insisted that the Constitution does not mandate him to collect
such list from the governors and that the state chief executives
should concentrate on sourcing good materials that would help them run
the states adequately."
The source quoted Buhari as saying that"I do not think we can discuss
that issue of Ministerial list. The Constitution clearly does not
mandate me to take a list from the governors. To me, the governors
should concentrate on getting good hands to help them in discharging
their duties in the states."
--GistReel
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