{"id":8639,"date":"2016-04-13T00:14:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T00:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=8639"},"modified":"2016-04-13T00:16:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T00:16:14","slug":"how-buharis-contempt-for-ministers-is-affecting-his-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=8639","title":{"rendered":"How Buhari’s contempt for ministers is affecting his administration"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Only three members of President Buhari\u2019s Federal Executive Council have access to President Buhari, investigations by SIGNAL have revealed.<\/p>\n

The three ministers, former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Abdulrahman Dambazzau and<\/span> former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, SIGNAL gathered are the privileged trio who barely enjoy access to the President. More recently, Minister of Budget and National Planning Udoma Udo Udoma has been seen at frequent meetings with the President owing to the 2016 budget scandal which portrayed the Nigerian presidency as incompetent and uncoordinated.<\/p>\n

President Buhari\u2019s style of governance has built a wall around him, keeping him closely shielded from his ministers and other top government officials, many of whom he regards as corrupt.<\/p>\n

Fashola, the Super Minister in President Buhari\u2019s cabinet presiding over the three \u2018juicy\u2019 ministries of Works, Housing and Power came under harsh criticisms shortly before his appointment by Buhari as minister for spending\u00a0N78 million\u00a0on the design of his personal WordPress website while serving as Governor of Lagos State.<\/p>\n

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Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi was former governor of Rivers State. His tenure as governor has come under heavy anti-corruption scrutiny after being\u00a0indicted for corruption\u00a0by a Rivers State Judicial Panel of Enquiry. He was the Director-General of President Buhari\u2019s campaign organization during the last presidential election.<\/p>\n

Dambazzau is in charge of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) as Minister of Interior. Former President Jonathan\u00a0sacked him as Chief of Army Staff,\u00a0reportedly\u00a0for his alleged role in the secret entry of the late President Umaru Yar\u2019Adua to the country in February 2010.<\/p>\n

Working under fear<\/strong><\/p>\n

Informed sources about the development who did not want to be named disclosed to SIGNAL on Monday how Buhari\u2019s ministers carry out their assignment under an atmosphere of complete fear.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ministers can\u2019t even talk to their boss. Everyone works in an atmosphere of fear. Many of them have been digested into a system that makes it a crime to argue or have policy debates with the President. If you have noticed, most of the ministers speak with lack of confidence and some of them have withdrawn into their shell,\u201d a top government official told our reporter.<\/p>\n

The ugly situation in Aso Rock, inside sources say is largely responsible for the lack of coordination and failure of ministers to get a grip of their ministries,<\/p>\n

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