The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has explained the reasons behind the dismissal of five ministers from the president’s cabinet.
In an interview with AriseTV on Thursday, October 24, Onanuga stated that the decision to remove the ministers was based on their performance as reflected in a public scorecard.
He further noted that the cabinet reshuffle was a major part of the president’s broader plan, which had been under consideration since the ministers were sworn in last year.
He said: “He told them that he has the power to hire and fire, and that he would not hesitate to remove ministers who could not perform.
“He also mentioned that there’ll be a performance appraisal which he said Hadiza Bala Usman, his Special Adviser on Policy should lead.
“Hadiza brought technology to the task, asking Nigerians to score the ministers.
“So, whomever was removed out of the Ministers was removed based on empirical facts. The public perception of those Ministers, and they are the people who actually did the scorecard. The President only acted on the result, that is the public perception of those ministers, that’s what happened.”
