President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to send his ministerial list after the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations, according to sources close to the Presidency.
The president is expected back into the country on Tuesday, baring any last minute change in his plans, to celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir break, his first as President and Commander-in-Chief since he came to office on May 29.
The federal government had on Monday announced Wednesday and Thursday as public holidays for the Islamic celebration.
The statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Oluwatoyin Akinlade, said, “The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 28th and Thursday, June 29th 2023 Public Holidays in commemoration of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration and heartily felicitates with the Muslim Ummah at home and in the diaspora,” the statement signed by Oluwatoyin Akilade,
“We are hopeful that the prayers and sacrifices that come with this great celebration, as well as the message of Eid-el-Kabir, will bring about peace, unity and progress in Nigeria”
Sources close to President Tinubu informed the magazine on Tuesday that the president will, on his arrival be flown to Lagos, where he’s expected to celebrate the holiday with family and friends.
“It has been a busy week for the president since he travelled to France, after which he travelled to the United Kingdom on private visist. We are expecting him today. He will surely celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir in Bourdillon,” one of his aides said.
Another source stated that “the president is planning to send his ministerial list to the Senate next week after the Muslim holiday. The president has shown that he has no time to waste in constituting his cabinet, looking at the decisions he has taken so far since he came to office last month.”
Recall that Dele Alake, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Special Project, had last month told the nation that President Tinubu will constitute his cabinet within a month after swearing in.
“I told you in an earlier interview that it didn’t take Asiwaju more than three weeks to form his cabinet as governor. That was as at that time. I think 60 days is even too much. A month, maximum, is enough for any serious government to form its cabinet and put a structure of government in place after the swearing-in,”Alake said.
Meanwhile, Nuhu Ribadu, on Monday, took over from Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd.) as the National Security Adviser, NSA, during a low key ceremony at the NSA Office in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
Ribadu, a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was elevated to the position, last week, few days after he had been appointed as Special Adviser on Security by President Tinubu.
