A former Lagos state governorship candidate of the defunct Congress For Progressive Change (CPC), Ambassador Nurain Mumuni, has written an advisory letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, expressing the urgent need for him to reshuffle his cabinet.
Mumuni, a staunch supporter of Buhari who disclosed the content of his letter in an interview yesterday, commended the president “for his courageous battle against corruption, saying that the reconstitution of his cabinet would “address all the shortcomings militating against his noble ideals, dream and vision for Nigeria.”
He emphasised in his letter the necessity for him to reconcile with National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, in order to avert negative impact the simmering rancor could unleash on the soul of the party.
“Permit me to say that for you to govern with legacy, you need to readdress every squad of people around you. This may be in the form of cabinet reshuffle and review of administrative set up so as to provide room to engage people with substance who can complement your efforts in bringing in investors and people with international network and business orientation.
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“Such move may even require scaling down Ministry of Works and Housing and Agriculture Ministry within the schedule of a Senior Special Assistant to the President.”
Mumuni warned the president to be wary of some of his advisers who were out for personal gains.
He said: “The agenda of the people around you does not seem to conform to your dream and vision for Nigeria. I am talking here about those who ingratiate themselves with everybody in the name of ‘diplomacy’ for personal gains.
“I think by our father-son-relationship which has spanned for almost two decades, and which had also seen two of us contesting on the same political platform, right from 2003, when I contested for Senatorial seat of Lagos Central district on the platform of the defunct ANPP, and similarly took a shot at the Lagos state governorship seat on the platform of the defunct CPC in 2011.
“It is in view of this, and coupled with my unalloyed loyalty and commitment to your leadership and without singing my own praise that I think I would have nothing to gain if I failed to truthfully address you as a father.”
Speaking on the seeming under-current between Buhari and Tinubu, Mumuni, who had volunteered to play the role of mediator, said the two leaders of the APC must be reconciled before the feud degenerated beyond control.
“As a leader, I know you cannot allow this feud to continue; it is a dangerous distraction that can only serve as a cog in the wheel of the progress of your administration. Such situation is what the enemies of your administration want, and it takes only your consciousness to nip it in the bud.”
