We Can't Afford to Pay 42 Ministers - Buhari.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his government and Nigeria can not afford to pay forty two ministers and that not all the minister nominees that have been screened will have portfolios.

More so he went on to say that the country Nigeria was 'material and morally vandalized' and that he will reduce the numbers of ministries.

Backing the 36 Minister nominees Buhari said that he can not work outside the constitution and that ministers must be appointed in conformity with the constitution of the Federal Government in that ministerial appointment must reflect the 36 states of the country.

And that these minister nominees though representing their sates some will not have portfolios but will be part of his cabinet.

'We can not work outside constitution there must be a cabinet representative from each state.

'There used to be forty two ministers but I think we can barely keep half of that now because we can not afford it.

'Others may not be substantive ministers but they will sit in the cabinet because that is what the constitution says and we can't operate outside the constitution

'We are reducing the number of ministries we can't afford to pay.

Buhari in the interview also said that the country has no money to pay salaries as the government had to seek the Central Bank governor to look for ways to pay states workers' salaries.

'Where is the money? Do you know the Federal Government has to help twenty seven states out of thirty six to pay salaries?.

'Nigeria can not pay salaries. Nigeria had to summon the Governor of the Central Bank to see how it could pay salaries not to talk of projects, agreements signed with foreign countries, counter funding and so on. The country was materially vandalized and morally so.




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