ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Labour Party (LP), has condemned the list submitted by President Ahmed Tinubu, to the Senate for confirmation as ministers/ members of the Federal Executive Council, (FEC).
According to the part In a statement signed in Abuja, on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, there was nothing inspiring about the list.
Ifoh, explained that the names on the list confirmed fears that the Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress administration, was ill-prepared for the task of governance.
The LP Spokesman also declared his party’s intention to seek legal counsel on the legality or otherwise of Tinubu’s decision to submit the ministerial list in piecemeal.
He said the list as forwarded to the Senate and unveiled on Thursday, “completely shattered” the expectations of Nigerians.
Ifoh said: “Nigerians expected more quality, character, dynamic, and resulted-oriented Nigerians to be on that list, but what we saw is a recycling of some failed and clueless politicians who have contributed to bringing Nigeria to its parlous condition.
“Some of these nominees played prominent anti-democratic roles in the previous administration, particularly since 2015, which saw the APC government fail in all its promises to Nigerians.
“We also saw ‘Prependal’ politics in full swing where mainly the cronies and lackeys of the APC national leader were selected for a reward for servitude and blind discipleship.
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“This list does not in any way reflect the enormous reservoir of talents, potentials, and resources Nigeria is known for.
“It still baffles us as to why this government ignored the youthful and technocratic potentials that abound but rather chose to appoint spent forces that have failed Nigeria in the past.”
Ifoh further said: “A glance at the list exposes the absence of technocrats who usually form the nucleus or core policy implementers in any given government and unfortunately in their place are fawning politicians who may not be of any help in the needed efforts in salvaging and repositioning the country for effective delivery, given the socio-economic condition of the people, given the challenges we have with the economy as well as in all other facets of life including security, health, education, and poverty reduction amongst others.
“Assembling transactional and traditional politicians to man the government at this critical point would not give the expected result.
“The political class has failed Nigerians in the past and as the saying goes, we desire square pegs in square holes but that is far from what we are being served.
“We earnestly hoped that there would have been more young people who would be part of the government. At this point in our history, we need people with a track record, young people with energy who can transverse the country, think out of the box, and think all through the night without sleeping, to be able to provide solutions to numerous challenges confronting the nation.”