President Muhammadu Buhari will assign portfolios to his new cabinet members on Wednesday. This was confirmed in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, today in Abuja.
Buhari and the Ministers-designate engaged each other in a two-day retreat, which ended on Tuesday.
The
second and final day of the retreat kicked off with a presentation on
Cabinet Processes and Procedures, by the Secretary to the Government of
the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha.
This was followed by a
presentation by the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr
Adams Oshiomhole, on aligning government policies with the ideology,
manifesto and campaign promises of the ruling party.
“Subsequent
presentations touched on Budgeting, Civil Service Reforms, Public
Procurement, the Relationships among Ministers and Permanent
Secretaries, and Effective Partnerships between Executive, Legislature
and State Governments,” Adesina said.
Adesina also revealed that
the Ministers-designate would be sworn in on August 21 at the State
House, after which they would be allocated portfolios by the president.
“Following
the swearing-in, each minister will be given a mandate, based on the
assigned ministry, and which will spell out priorities, deliverables and
timelines.
“In addition, a robust monitoring and evaluation
framework will also be put in place to track the implementation of all
policies and programmes over the next four years,” he said.