Idowu Patrick<\/p>\n
Barely 84 days after he assumed power, President Bola Tinubu\u2019s cabinet took off yesterday, with the president asking his 45 ministers to serve the country with \u201cintegrity, dignity and deliver\u201d in their different assignments, instead of serving their states and regions.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony of the 45 ministers at the State House Conference Centre (Old Banquet Hall), Abuja, Tinubu said the country is currently battling \u201cdaunting\u201d challenges, adding that the ministers must implement \u201clong overdue\u201d reforms and restore the citizenry\u2019s belief in government.<\/p>\n
Tinubu said the assignment before the ministers begins immediately and that they must meet the expectations of Nigerians.<\/p>\n
He told the new cabinet members that they were ministers of the country and not ministers of a region or state.<\/p>\n
The President said: \u201cI expect that you will serve with integrity, dignity and deliver. I will hold you to that standard we all promised Nigerians. Your assignment begins immediately.<\/p>\n
As your country honours you today, by this call to service, you must each work to make yourself worthy in the eyes of God and all our nation\u2019s peoples.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour highest obligation is to return public faith in government so that our people can once again believe what the right hands in government can show.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe in you that the government can be a positive force for transformation and a vehicle for collective progress of this country.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wish you success in this new assignment. We are on this boat, even if it is a vehicle and I am the driver. The entire Nigerians are behind sitting and watching as you and I navigate this vehicle.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe must hold each other responsible. We have to do the job to meet the expectations of all Nigerians.\u201d<\/p>\n
Present at the ceremony that started by 10 am were Vice-President Kashim Shettima; Senate President Godswill Akpabio; Speaker of the House Representatives, Tajudeen Abass; Senator George Akume; Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and Kwara State Governor, Abdularasaq Abdulrahman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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