Why Buhari must urgently reshuffle cabinet – Group

The Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators (NCNDE) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to reshuffle his cabinet.
Its demand follows Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan aka Mama Taraba’s declaration that she will support former vice president Atiku Abubakar over President Buhari in 2019.

A statement by its National President, Israel Eshanekpe, on Sunday said that the federal cabinet as presently constituted had “many disgruntled and disloyal persons”.
“The president, as a matter of urgency, should rejig his cabinet, sack as many as possible and appoint those who share in the vision and mission of his administration without considering tribe.
“Loyalty must be absolute and the lack of it is dangerous to any human organisation”, he said.
It stated that unfaithful members of the cabinet were more than those who truly loved the president and all he represented.

The group alleged that most persons in the All Progressives Congress (APC) were members of the opposition who were voted out of office by Nigerians in 2015.
“It is unfortunate that most of such persons were appointed into the administration of change at the detriment of the foot soldiers of a new Nigeria,”‎ it added.
The group said that the intentions of such persons were to give the administration a bad image before Nigerians and the international community, but insisted that it must be resisted by the president.
It urged the president to consider loyal and patriotic party members who had stood by him and the administration.

​Indications emerged on Sunday that President ‎Buhari may effect a cabinet reshuffle at Wednesday’s federal executive council meeting.
​However, Abubakar ​has backed comments made by Mama Taraba

Atiku who recently said he was sidelined by the party after the 2015 general elections, said Alhassan’s declaration “couldn’t have been said any better”.