President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that Nigerians should pass a verdict on the performance of his appointed officials during the administration’s first year in office so that he will know if he should change them. Asked if Nigerians should expect changes in his team during this anniversary period Buhari said, “I am waiting for the newspapers to tell me the performance of my ministers and whether I should make changes.”

President Buhari explained why his government took off rather slowly. He said former President Obasanjo, who had experience with hand over and take over, recalled that in 1999 outgoing Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar made each ministry to prepare handing over notes and then brief the president-elect, for him to choose what he wanted out of it. He said President Goodluck Jonathan agreed to do the same and asked all his ministers to prepare handing over notes and brief Buhari but they protested at the last minute that Buhari should not be allowed to take over the government before he was sworn-in.

As a result, he said no proper transition took place and after his inauguration he had to take briefings from two ministries a day in order to make up for lost time.

The president also spoke about budget padding. He said though he had been in public life since 1975, he never heard of budget padding until when he saw Minister of Health Prof Isaac Adeoye on television defending his budget before a National Assembly committee.

Buhari said he was shocked when the minister told the committee that he could not defend what he did not propose because the budget had been padded.

He said, “I went [to the National Assembly] and bowed and delivered [the budget] but I did not know that what I delivered was a shell. They removed what they wanted and added other things.” He said when the budget as passed by the National Assembly was brought to him, he refused to sign it because throughout his life he never signed anything that he did not understand.

At one point, he said, Minister of Budget and National Planning Udoma Udo Udoma persuaded him to sign it and he said “I will sign it because I trust you.”

However, he said before he could sign, Udoma read the budget thoroughly and rushed back to him and advised him not to sign it unless amendments were made.

peter1994:
The question i am willing to answer is TELL ME if I should resign

peter1994:
The question i am willing to answer is
TELL ME if I should resign

peter1994:
The question i am willing to answer is
TELL ME if I should resign

Kastonkastroll:
Ugandan why don't you go to aso villa and force the President to resign

temitemi1:
Bunch of incompetent pple!!

peter1994:

easy BOY!, I don't see how that is any of your business.

I'm a true Nigerian (more than u can ever be. ie if u're even 1)

DaBullIT:
There are ministers for a reason

The President can only do so much


and he's offering Nigerians their opinion

as usual , they do not want to give opinion , they want Buhari gone , so as to return the man from their region


this is about hate and making the tenure ungovernable for the current president


Guess what , After Buhari , its Osibanjo


and Buhari still has 3 years and 5 days more

Kastonkastroll:
[s][/s] Go and tell the President to resign in aso villa.

keypad1:
this inept libyan is here already....spits

DaBullIT:
There are ministers for a reason

The President can only do so much


and he's offering Nigerians their opinion

as usual , they do not want to give opinion , they want Buhari gone , so as to return the man from their region


this is about hate and making the tenure ungovernable for the current president


Guess what , After Buhari , its Osibanjo


and Buhari still has 3 years and 5 days more

wxyz1:
What exactly are you saying or what do you intend to say? too childish to comment on public fora

Amanwulu1:
nobody wnts baba to fail, he's only set himself up to fail. What has he done right n hw many has he done wrong? Is he being manipulated by witches n wizards? Possible! Again gej is gone 4 good incase u guys are campagning agaist him, stp n start holding ur leaders responsible.

peter1994:
The question i am willing to answer is
TELL ME if I should resign

mesoprogress:
You have not been able to handle anything

Literally anything.

1 From Petrol availability

2 to economy

3 to corruption fight

4 to negotiations

5 Even tomato pest, you and your team couldn't control.

Where I work, if a team member fails,

we have all failed.
It's a team work, you have failed Buhari.

Kondomatic:
He still blamed Jonathan.



Sometimes I do wonder of he thinks that Jonathan is Aisha's spiritual husband

greatiyk4u:



Don't forget in a hurry that even in death and after about 17 good years, we still blame Abacha cos of his chronic corruption while in office...........abeg give blame to whom blame is due


Back to the opinion poll question;

I think, some ministers like communication,trade and industry,finance, women affairs are performing below average

dmostcheerful:

Who and who blames Abacha, didnt you and your demi god say that Abacha wasn't a thief.
Ndi ara ndi ara everywhere, for your mind you make sence.
Mtchew