Dare Babalola
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has stated that President Bola Tinubu has appointed over 20 ministers and other appointees into his cabinet in his two years in power.
Idris made this known when he featured on a live Hausa language phone-in programme “Hannu Da Yawa” on Radio Nigeria Kaduna.
The government appointee also declared that President Tinubu has fulfilled most of the promises he made to the North and would do more.
Idris, during the programme monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said, “Before the 2023 presidential election, Tinubu came to the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation and made some promises on security, education and agriculture to the North.
“Same foundation invited us to their two-day interactive session on Government-citizens’ Engagement with the theme ‘Accessing Electoral Promises: Fostering Government-Citizens Engagement for National Unity’.
“Let it be known that when he won the election, Tinubu kept his promises to the North; he appointed so many people from the North to work with him in his administration.
“They included the Minister of Defence, National Security Adviser, Chief of Defence Staff, Ministers of Agriculture, Women Affairs, Health, Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, myself and many others; in fact, we are more than 60 from the north working with Tinubu.
“This is two years into his administration and we are at the foundation with over 20 ministers and others to narrate all the promises fulfilled and some remarkable achievements touching not only the north but the whole country.”
The minister maintained that reports that the president sidelined the North are misleading.
