President Bola Tinubu has confirmed that he would be reshuffling his cabinet team based on reports he had received about their performance.
While there is no specific time that the president disclosed for the rejig exercise, the presidency noted that it would be soon.
It indicated that President Tinubu was handed the reports of the activities of his ministers before making the decision that he would overhaul his team.
It added that the president has empirical evidence from performance reports he received in the past months to make some fundamental decisions on which of the ministers would be relieved of their duties.
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Digital/New Media, Mr. O’Tega Ogra, revealed this to State House Correspondents during a joint briefing at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday.
Onanuga said although there is no timeline for the impending reshuffle, the president has “expressed his desire” to do it.
He insisted that there is no timeline for the forthcoming exercise, adding that the President has expressed his desire to reshuffle his cabinet, and he will do it.
According to Onanuga, he is not aware whether the reshuffling would happen before before October 1 or after it but that the cabinet would be rejigged.
In his remarks, Ogra said the decision would not be arbitrary but will be based on performance reports presented by the Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination, Hadiza Bala-Usman. Bala-Usman also heads the Central Delivery Coordination Unit.
He said, “The President’s decision to reshuffle his cabinet is also based on empirical evidence” recalling that President Tinubu, had while speaking at the retreat for the ministers noted that they were going to have periodic reviews and the decisions that are extracted from these reviews will be used to make that final decision.
Investors King had reported that some Nigerians had been demanding the replacement of underperforming ministers in line with Tinubu’s earlier threat that he would sack those who are not performing in his team.