With the order from Buhari to his cabinet members to resign or forget about contesting for any elective position, I think the president has something up his sleeves. In fact, rephrasing the first half of the title of this piece might read something like, Resign or don't contest or be fired!

Few questions:

1. When these guys resign who would man those positions they left?
2. Won't the vacant spaces give Buhari the room to put more of his loyal foot soldiers in those positions to continue the rot?
3. Or, does Buhari now want to be the emperor who rules without a cabinet?

Number 3 is of concern. I doubt the president would start looking for ministers and to fill those spaces and we have at least another 12 months before Buhari leaves that office. So for the next one year he might call the shots like a god. Remember, he already has god-like status.

For what it's worth, I think the president has a plan. By the time these guys are out of office then he can easily round them up and force them to do his bidding. It would then be a case of disobeying him and having EFCC hound you to death, or you obey him and help him install his stooge. In any case, if you resign and are not the preferred, so-called anointed candidate, then you are doomed to follow the presidents orders.

It appears nice on paper asking them to resign, but nobody is asking the right questions, which one of them is Who will man the vacant sensitive positions?

Please feel free to think up real ideas on why you think the political space is shaping up the way it is now, and what you think the president is scheming.

Your thoughts, guys.

By convention time this government would have less than a year

Wetin cum be less than a year to a minister when all of them contesting have opportunity of extending their stake in another government of 4years through negotiation in the presidential race?

Hope you now see what is happening, I can not tell you what buhari would do to those positions

But the ministers are making these decisions themselves

There are permanent secretaries in each ministry who can and probably will act in the capacity of acting ministers.

Although new ministers could be nominated but the time is short

Pem Secretary of the ministry will take over

Truthisunique2:
By convention time this government would have less than a year

Wetin cum be less than a year to a minister when all of them contesting have opportunity of extending their stake in another government of 4years through negotiation in the presidential race?

Hope you now see what is happening, I can not tell you what buhari would do to those positions

But the ministers are making these decisions themselves

I am aware of what they ministers are doing. They are using their 100m/presidential aspiration as a bargaining chip for the next admin; it's sort of a gamble, which is okay.

However, I am looking at it from Buhari's angle. With resignation they are no longer in the cabinet and may not have easy access to Buhari as before, and the word EFCC is real. Don't you think Buhari will also use it to his advantage, like, forcing them to step down for his candidate, which means they also make their delegates vote for the president's candidate, or they (the aspirants stepping down) would face the dreaded EFCC?

GreyLaw:


I am aware of what they ministers are doing. They are using their 100m/presidential aspiration as a bargaining chip for the next admin; it's sort of a gamble, which is okay.

However, I am looking at it from Buhari's angle. With resignation they are no longer in the cabinet and may not have easy access to Buhari as before, and the word EFCC is real. Don't you think Buhari will also use it to his advantage, like, forcing them to step down for his candidate, which means they also make their delegates vote for the president's candidate, or they (the aspirants stepping down) would face the dreaded EFCC?

buhari doesn't need to start threatning them that is too much

They would naturally step aside for his candidate as a thank you to him for allowing them serve

Which one of them do you even see consulting or spending their time apart from the same amaechi that they would be stepping down for

Don't forget their is revelation that is even buhari that is even telling them to go buy form in the first place

Truthisunique2:
buhari doesn't need to start threatning them that is too much

They would naturally step aside for his candidate as a thank you to him for allowing them serve

Which one of them do you even see consulting or spending their time apart from the same amaechi that they would be stepping down for

Don't forget their is revelation that is even buhari that is even telling them to go buy form in the first place

Yes. I know somebody is urging them to buy forms. No sane person will just wake up and go and buy 100million form. There must be a must masquerade in the shadows beating the drums for them.