Buhari to appoint ministers soon, says APC

Anxious Nigerians were told on Thursday that President Muhammadu Buhari will soon appoint ministers.
Speaking in Oro, Kwara State, National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, also urged Nigerians to checkmate some unpatriotric elements bent on sabotaging Buhari’s efforts to make Nigeria better.
To Mohammed, who spoke during the annual Ramadan lecture he has been organising in memory of his father in the last nine years, the ultimatum given to Buhari by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the appointment of ministers was uncalled for.
“One should understand that when you win an election with the collaboration of so many forces and groups, you have to be extremely thorough before making an appointment here or there. I am very sure that in a few days time hopefully, the issue of ministerial list and appointment will be a thing of the past.
“The PDP is revelling in its new found glory of opposition and we must indulge them. Honestly, the party is just entertaining itself and Nigerians. The honest truth is that you don’t give anybody ultimatum to appoint ministers. It is more in our own interest to appoint ministers or are we going to appoint any one of them as our minister?
“While Nigerians have made history by voting for the opposition to take over the reins of power from a ruling party that held sway for all of 16 years, they must now follow up by ensuring that the process of change, which they brought about, comes to fruition. And the best way to do it is for Nigerians to remain politically aware and engaged as they were in the run-up to the elections.
“That simply means they must be willing to defend the change they voted for by continuing to support the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, while preventing the reactionary forces, who never voted for change anyway, from sabotaging this party’s change mantra, whatever is worth fighting for is worth defending.
“I say this with all sense of responsibility, and against the stark realities that we face daunting challenges in all sectors. Never before has our nation been put in a situation where it virtually had to start rebuilding from the scratch, after almost all sectors have become nearly comatose. This is why it is necessary for the new government at the centre to make haste slowly, and get it right once and for all.
“Whereas we face huge problems in the economic and security sectors, as well as in the area of infrastructural renewal, just to mention a few, let us restrict ourselves to the social issues alone for the purpose of these remarks. Our health sector is in serious distress, for want of stronger description. Nigeria’s health statistics are worse than the average for African countries, even though we are the giant of Africa”.