Why Tinibu sacked five ministers – Presidency

Abdullateef Fowewe

The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President, Bayo Onanuga, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu’s decision to dismiss five ministers from his cabinet was based on the scorecard by the public.

Onanuga in an interview with AriseTV on Thursday, disclosed that the review was a significant undertaking and part of the President’s plan since the Ministers were sworn in last year.  

He stated that the President’s Special Adviser on Policy, Hadiza Usman was tasked with overseeing the performance appraisal, which included collecting public feedback on the Ministers.

Onanuga said: “He told them that he has the power to hire and fire, and that he would not hesitate to remove ministers who could not perform.

“He also mentioned that there’ll be a performance appraisal which he said Hadiza Bala Usman, his Special Adviser on Policy should lead.

“Hadiza brought technology to the task, asking Nigerians to score the ministers.

“So, whomever was removed out of the Ministers was removed based on empirical facts. The public perception of those Ministers, and they are the people who actually did the scorecard. The President only acted on the result, that is the public perception of those ministers, that’s what happened.”  

Dailyeconomy reports that Tinubu had on Wednesday, reshuffled his cabinet, sacking six ministers including suspended Betta Edun from their ministerial positions.