The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is not any under pressure to choose his cabinet, with just six weeks to his inauguration.
Tinubu’s spokesperson, Mr Dele Alake, made the denial just as he also dispelled rumours that Tinubu was abroad for medical attention.
Alake revealed that Tinubu was following developments in the country and was working ahead, adding that
the president-elect was in a relaxed mood, working with little or no distraction in Paris and not in a rush to return home.
He stated, “He is relaxing in France and out of the range of pressure. He is taking his time to do his thing. Despite being away for a while, we are always following the news and developments in the country,” he stated.
In another development, When asked about the alleged Tinubu’s chief spokesperson Festus Keyamo, has said Tinubu has the prerogative to appoint who so wishes into his cabinet.
Keyamo made the clarification against concerns expressed in some quarters that non All Progressives Congress APC members were being considered for appointment into the next administration.
The minister said, “I cannot confirm or deny it. When the President-elect said he would go for competence, expectedly he would search far and wide for competent people. But I cannot specifically or definitely confirm or deny that. It is the complete prerogative of the President-elect.
“As I said, these are matters of conjecture and I cannot engage in conjecture at this period. It is at the complete discretion of the President-elect. I intend to leave it that way.”
Meanwhile, another APC spokesperson, Bala Ibrahim, toldhas expressed that the intention of the president-elect was misconstrued.
He warned that recruiting cabinet members outside the APC would pass a wrong message that the party was full of incompetent persons.
He said, “Are we saying there are no competent people in the APC? Just because the president-elect mentioned ‘government of national competence’, some persons are inferring that he wants to bring in people from the opposition. I think they are getting it wrong. It is akin to saying the entire APC is incompetent. That is incorrect. The APC is full of competent people.
