The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has stated that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not afraid to fire any minister who fails to perform their duties.
In an interview with Channels Television on Monday, August 28, Ngelale explained that before appointing his ministerial cabinet, the president had commissioned several reform committees across all sectors of the economy, and the ministers already had set benchmarks that they must achieve within set timelines.
“The President has set the benchmarks,” he noted on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.
“The question now is about enforcements and the President has shown, as he did during his time in Lagos State as governor, that he is not someone that is afraid to fire anybody.
“He is not somebody that is afraid to levy quick sanctions to ensure that they get the results that he wants ’cause, ultimately, if this administration fails, they will not say a minister failed or a set of ministers failed. They will say President Bola Tinubu failed, and he will not accept failure.”
Ajuri also addressed the issue of reducing governance costs during the interview. He stated that President Tinubu is committed to implementing the Oronsaye report, which recommended reducing the number of Federal Government parastatals, commissions, and agencies.
According to Ngelale, the fact that there are now more ministers does not change the president’s willingness to cut governance costs.
