‘Waste Of Public Funds’ – Sowunmi Slams Tinubu Over 48 Cabinet Members

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Sowunmi, has berated President Bola Tinubu for appointing 48 ministers into his cabinet.

Addressing a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, Showunmi said the appointment of 48 ministers is a waste of public funds and should be rejected by all Nigerians.

The PDP chieftain said that Nigeria was faced with more pressing issues such as stabilizing the naira, security, and national cohesion than creating more ministries and ministers.

He said: “The big issues before the nation in no particular order are, accountability and justice, stabilizing the naira, security, national cohesion, the economy (jobs) and national reorientation to mention but a few.”

Sowunmi advised the government to strive hard to end the hardship being faced by Nigerians following the removal of subsidy on petrol.

He also faulted the modalities for the distribution of fuel subsidy palliatives in the states, saying that the N5 billion palliatives being channeled through the state governors might not achieve the desired objective.

Sowunmi also tasked the government to take urgent steps to stop further depreciation in the naira value, saying that all the measures introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria had not yielded results.