The Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed says President Muhammadu Buhari will decide the fate of ministers who declared interest in elective offices but later backed out.
He made the comment while addressing State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, he will need to confirm the status of the returning ministers from the President.
“The other question about ministers returning or not going, I think you need to give me more time so that I can tell you exactly what the situation is,” he said during the briefing.
“Right now, I need to cross-check. I need to confirm again from Mr President what the situation is. You see the final decision on who is going, who’s coming back, who’s not going lies with Mr president.”
His comment followed Buhari’s directive to members of his cabinet seeking elective positions in next year’s poll to resign. About nine ministers were affected but some of them later rescinded their decision to vie for an elective post.
Before then, Buhari had a meeting with all outgoing ministers.
