The Presidency has confirmed that President Bola Tinubu will soon rejig his cabinet.
However, it said the exercise will be based on the empirical evidence from performance reports the President has received in the past months.It said Tinubu had verbalised his intent to rejig his cabinet, confirming earlier PUNCH reports of an impending cabinet rejig.
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Digital/New Media, Mr. O’Tega Ogra, revealed this to State House Correspondents during a joint briefing at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday.Onanuga said although there is no timeline for the impending reshuffle, the president has “expressed his desire” to do it.He said, “Let me tell you, I don’t have any timeline. The President has expressed his desire to reshuffle his cabinet, and he will do it.“I don’t know whether he’s going to do it before October 1, but he will surely do it. So that’s what I will say. He has not given us any timeline when he wants to do it, but he will do it. He has expressed his plan that he wants to do it.”