The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) have criticised the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo for allegedly
refusing to assign office to two new ministers that were recently
sworn in.
The
party also said that the Acting President has shown that he is not
capable of running the country, despite statements by the Presidency
that he is in charge.
According to reports, the spokesman of the PDP, Dayo Adeyeye said
“The Acting President is not in charge of the country. He is not in charge of anything. This is why nothing is moving forward. How
do you explain a situation where two of the ministers who were sworn in
after much pressure from the people and the National Assembly have not
been assigned portfolios?
He is
not in charge. He is a mere figurehead and cannot do anything. The
cabals are still in charge. That is why nothing is moving forward in
this country.The two ministers
are just idle. They have no offices, nowhere to resume to and nothing
to do. What is the essence of their being sworn in then? They are
ministers without portfolios.
It
is a constitutional breach on the side of the government because each
state ought to have a minister each. Now, these two states had been
without ministers for long and after you reluctantly appointed them, you
refused to give them offices.”
There
are unconfirmed reports that President Buhari, who has been outside
Nigeria for over 97 days, will assign portfolios to the ministers when
he returns.