President Tinubu threatens ministers with sack

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, threatened to sack any of his cabinet members who fail to deliver on their responsibilities stressing that he must succeed by all means to deliver on the expectations of Nigerians who voted him into office.

The president handed down the threat while declaring open a three-day Cabinet Retreat for Ministers, Presidential Aides, Permanent Secretaries and Top Government Functionaries holding at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Speaking on the theme: “Delivering on the Renewed Hope Agenda”, President Tinubu said his administration was not oblivious to the challenges ahead but there must be a clear-cut decision and action plan by all stakeholders to wriggle out of the problems.

He charged his cabinet members to ensure they don’t become clogs in the wheel of Nigeria’s progress.

The President also stated that since becoming President, he had graciously accepted all challenges and liabilities thrown at him by his predecessor.

He said there would be no room for excuses, hence the reason he took his time to assemble all the best brains in his cabinet, who can aid the administration to meet the yearnings and aspirations of the citizens.

“If you are performing nothing to fear, if you miss the objectives, we review, if you have no performance you leave us, no one is an island because the buck stops on my desk,” Tinubu stated at the retreat.

He told the Ministers and other aides: “you are here to help me succeed.”

President Tinubu declared that he is president for all Nigerians irrespective of whether they are affiliated to political parties or not, noting that the country is one big family with people partitioned into different rooms.

“I’m here to give direction to this family making sure the relationship is stronger by giving hope to our people,” he said.

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The President said he had directed the Special Adviser on Policy Coordination, Bala Hadiza to head the Result and Delivery Unit, through which key performance indicators of all ministerial appointees would be monitored.

He said at the end of the retreat all ministers would sign a bond of understanding to track those performing to expectation or not.

Among the key priorities the Tinubu administration wants the cabinet members to focus on are food security, ending poverty, economic growth and job creation, access to capital, inclusivity: drawing on skill base, security, fairness and rule of law and anti-corruption.