Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman says President Buhari will likely dissolve his cabinet before May 29.
Speaking on Arise Television today, Adesina said the president will
not spend a long time before choosing his cabinet members. He said the
president has already promised to do so as soon as possible.
“One thing about governance is that the first mandate was for four
years. That mandate lapses on May 29, and shortly before May 29, the
president is likely going to officially dissolve his government. That is
the way it is usually done.He says thank you to everybody that he has called to work with him
and then he dissolves that government officially. Then when he is
inaugurated for a second time, he now reconstitute a government; he
appoints his personal aides, he forms his cabinet, he appoints other
people to fill other positions” he said.
Buhari was declared winner of the presidential election by the
Independent National Electoral Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday. The
president, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won a
second term bid after polling over 15 million votes to defeat Atiku
Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
who secured over 11 million votes in the election.