Okupe Lauds Tinubu For Scrapping Unnecessary Ministries

By Akinwale Kasali

Dr. Doyin Okupe, a former Presidential Spokesman, has lauded President Bola Tinubu for removing some of his underperforming Ministers in a recent Cabinet reshuffle.

Okupe, a former Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, during the 2023 Presidential Election further hailed the action of President Tinubu in scrapping some Ministries, which Okupe says are ‘Superfluous’ Ministries.

He said the mid-term rejigging of the Cabinet was necessary and needful putting into cognizance the present economic State of the nation.

In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, Okupe said, “Scrapping superfluous ministries is in line with removing waste and making government compact and effective, this is commendable.

“For the first time, removal of ministers from the cabinet has not been arbitrary or sentimental, apart from an in-house key performance index report.

“KPMG is also said to be involved in critical performance assessment of the ministers.”

He stressed that Nigerians now expect the President and his new cabinet to pull up their bootstraps and seriously and comprehensively address the nation’s numerous plaguing issues.

He also expressed hope in the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda to reposition the country.

“As I have personally stated in the past, President Tinubu has the capacity and leadership qualities to take Nigeria out of the economic quagmire he met on assumption of office in May 2023,” Okupe said.