Thisday Newspaper has scored the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji among the least performing Ministers in the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Executive Council.
The rating entitled “Honest Assessment of Tinubu’s Ministers,” authored by the Saturday Editor, Chima Obinna, rated Tinubu’s Ministers in three categories, namely, “The bright spots,” “Not Pulling their weights,” and the “Sleeping Ministers.”
While Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike; Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, among a few others, featured in the first category, others like the Minister of Power, fell in the category of Ministers not pulling their weights.
However, Enugu-born Uche Nnaji was categorised as a sleeping Minister.
The paper states, “The leading figure among them is the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Geoffrey Nnaji. Nnaji has been largely absent from public discourse to the extent that a lot of persons mistake Bosun Tijani as the person in charge of his Ministry.
“At a time when Nigeria desperately needs forward-thinking leadership to harness technology for national development, his performance has been underwhelming.
“Many observers view his tenure so far as disappointing, marked by a lack of visibility and measurable progress.
“Nnaji has remained colourless and far from inspiring.”
It went further to encourage Tinubu to offload non-performing Ministers like Nnaji, describing them as a liability, who would not allow history to be kind to the president.
“President Tinubu must be reminded that history is kinder to leaders, who prioritize performance over political loyalty. The Nigerian people, who endure daily hardship, cannot afford more years of mediocrity.
“Cabinet reshuffles should be in the table, not as a political tool, but as a performance audit mechanism.
“Ministers, who produce tangible results should be encouraged and those, according to Afrobeat singer, Davido, who are full of ‘cho cho cho, no workings,’ should be shown the exit door,” the assessment concluded.
Hahahhahaha.
Tinubu knows who is working for him and does not need validation from a sponsored-hungry writer.
Ask the writer the difference between innovation, technology processes, and building bridges and roads?
Do you know the average time to have just one innovation?
Do u know how many innovations have come out under the Ministry of Innovations?
Any reasonable writer will not compare the output of the Ministry of Innovation Science and Technology and Works or FCT.
Go to the US, UK, and other developed countries and check how much they invest in Innovation and Technology, how many successful outputs, and the gestation period?
The writer is shameless. Chief Uche Nahi works tirelessly and has making a lot of positive steps in the STI ecosystem.
The writer is shameless. Chief Uche Nnaji works tirelessly and has been making a lot of positive steps in the STI ecosystem. Check his Facebook page and see daily engagement of his consistent verification efforts.