A onetime governor of Anambra, Sen. Chris Ngige, on Friday said there was no pushover in the first batch of ministerial nominees forwarded to the Senate for screening by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Ngige stated this while reacting to questions from State House Correspondents, after a closed door meeting with President Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He expressed optimism that the nominees would assist the President to deliver on his campaign promises to Nigerians.

“If you look at the list very critically, you will observe Mr President want to go his voyage with people who have cognate experience in governance.

“When I mean cognate experience, we are talking of people who have been tested, tried and trusted by their various people.

“So, I don’t think Nigerians should expect anything less than what Mr President is already doing from that team.

“The team will help Mr President to deliver on most of the promises he made to Nigerian people, in fact much more quickly than is even envisaged because I don’t think there is anybody on that list that you can call a pushover in terms of government business,’’ he said.

Ngige, who is one of the ministerial nominees, frowned at those criticising the President for not attaching portfolio to the names of the nominees.

According to him, the Constitution does not say that the President must attach portfolio.

He stated that the constitution only prescribed that those to be appointed as ministers must have qualifications that would enable them to be members of the House of Representatives.

“That is the minimum and you know that the age of the House of Representatives is lower than that of the Senate and the educational qualifications as enshrined in the Constitution. There is nothing there about not attaching portfolios.

“The President is taking it slowly according to his words. When people say he his Baba go slow, he said; yes, yes that he will go slow and steadily and steadily we shall get there.

“In other climes like America and other developed world, they attach portfolios and that is what their constitution says.’’

Ngige dismissed the insinuation that some of the ministerial nominees were “analogue and old school’’.

“Am I analogue? Don’t let Anambra people hear that you called me analogue. I am digital and I don’t know who is analogue on that list,’’ he concluded. (NAN)

http://www.leadership.ng/news/466187/ministerial-nominees-not-pushover-but-digital-says-ngige

Ngige get mouth

Lol ..

..Analogue Peoples Congress

What will Anambra people do if they hear Ngige called Analogue? Please let us know.

People get bad mouth sha.Analogue-Old school,Digital-modern

Well said Ngige very digital

Naso you just dey talk... Na im one woman kick you commot Senate.
...... Digital ko

...............
How does this make unilorin send me admission letter

They are digital over analogue system... Nyquist and shanon model for controlling noise makers ...lol Nigeria noisemaker minister ....no be me talk am ooo na buhari

cc lalasticlala

Of course, you and your 'goons' are analogue... In your mind the vibrant youths across the country should be sidelined because to you they ain't experienced. Experience in what sense if I may ask? ...maybe looting, embezzling.

hmmm, ok. time would tell

whether analogue or digital,let them give the man minister of works......eastern roads need to be revamped

Is he a machine? Nigerian journalists will just be misusing words anyhow..

Nigige is very speedy in acting.

Ngige we know that u ain't Analog just that you joined an analog party..

Digitalised Ngige ...
We get your back jaweeh...
Repping Anambra.

Very funny

[color=#770077][/color] so how do we describe him. perhaps hybrid.

i b Anambra bt I happy for dat name

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what's he feeling like? the face of anambara?

people with very bad mouth full boo's #list

he is truly ANALOGICAL going by his word

But Dr. Ngige became analogue when, as a doctor, he lined behind a certificateless man to be president of Nigeria in this 21st century, Tufiakwa!!!

So what should they call u

Will they do more than a dead rat?

I know some of your people will see you as bast___rd just because u supporting change govt... #MinisterNgige

Don't let Ngige see this:
http://www.naijiant.com/articles/buhari-is-ngige-the-change-nigerians-voted-for/

Ok