Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, representing Borno South, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to dismiss more underperforming ministers to expedite the implementation of his “Renewed Hope” agenda for the country.
In a statement made on Saturday in Abuja, Ndume welcomed the recent reshuffling of the federal cabinet and the establishment of the Ministry of Regional Development to oversee all regional commissions in the country.
He stated, “More needs to be done because some ministers are still missing in action.”
Recall that President Tinubu reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday, dismissing six ministers and appointing seven others, while also swapping the portfolios of ten additional ministers.
Ndume, a former Chief Whip of the Senate, also urged President Tinubu to convene a national economic summit to develop home-grown solutions for the country’s economic challenges.
He recommended that figures like former Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Minister of Education Oby Ezekwesili, Mansur Muktar, Akinwumi Adesina, Aruma Oteh, and Tope Fasua should lead the economic summit.
“This national economic summit should be purely led by these eminent Nigerians, and they will come up with recommendations instead of the IMF and World Bank’s prescriptions that are harsh and hard on the ordinary citizens.
“I believe if the recommendations are good, President Tinubu will implement them, and this will help the country in no small ways,” Ndume said.
The senator hailed the move by President Tinubu to reduce the cost of governance in the face of economic difficulties and urged other arms of government to do the same.
