The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga has revealed why he dismissed five Ministers from his cabinet.
Onanuga, in an interview with AriseTV on Thursday, October 24, disclosed that the sack of the ministers was based on the public scorecard.
He added the overall revamp of the cabinet was a significant undertaking and part of the President’s plan since the Ministers were sworn in last year.
The aide recalled that the President’s Special Adviser on Policy, Hadiza Bala Usman, was tasked with overseeing the performance appraisal, which included collecting public feedback on the ministers.
Onanuga said: “He told them that he has the power to hire and fire, and that he would not hesitate to remove ministers who could not perform.
“He also mentioned that there’ll be a performance appraisal which he said Hadiza Bala Usman, his Special Adviser on Policy should lead.
“Hadiza brought technology to the task, asking Nigerians to score the ministers.
“So, whomever was removed out of the Ministers was removed based on empirical facts. The public perception of those Ministers, and they are the people who actually did the scorecard. The President only acted on the result, that is the public perception of those ministers, that’s what happened.”
It is recalled that President Tinubu on Wednesday, October 23, reshuffled his cabinet, sacking about five Ministers, reassigning 10 and appointing seven new Minister-designates.
