By Charles Okogene
In response to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), remarks on his delay at announcing his commissioners’ list, the Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in a press release issued and signed on his behalf by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said that only competent and qualified men and women of impecable characters will be appointed into the state’s cabinent as commissioners.
Akosile likened the impatience of the party at the delay by the less than a month old governor in announcing his commissioner nominees to that if the proverbial suitor whose wife is on the way to the altar on wedding day but keeps peeping through the windows to check whether the woman has arrived or not and said that the party is apparently bereft of something better to do, is feigning impatience.
According to the release, “it goes without saying that highly qualified and competent men and women will be appointed as commissioners by his excellency, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu.”
Not done, the release saud, “however, we need to remind the PDP that the Constitution is very clear about the issue of Cabinet. There is nowhere in the Constitution where a time frame is stipulated for state Chief Executives on the composition of Cabinet so the PDP needs some tutorials on not only party politics but Government itself. If the party had done its due diligence by first consulting the Constitution, it would not have issued a statement demanding that the Governor hurriedly announces his cabinet members.
“The PDP needs to also be reminded that the Governor had said it countless times during the electioneering that he would put in place a high quality cabinet composed of tested men and women who will join him to drive his vision of delivering a greater Lagos to all the citizens of the State.
“The PDP should therefore busy itself with more important issues that bother on social and economic development of the state.”
