President Bola Tinubu is expected to receive the scorecard of members of his cabinet this week. The Administration will be one year old next week, but the ministers will clock nine months in office tomorrow, having been sworn in on August 21 last year. The scorecard of special advisers and heads of key departments and agencies will also likely be delivered to the President.
Forty-eight ministers were inaugurated by the President, but they are now reduced to 46, following the departure of Minister of Labour and Employment Simon Lalong, who resigned to take up his seat at the Senate following his victory at the Court of Appeal. He left the government on December 20. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu has been on suspension since March 6 to allow a probe into allegations of misappropriation of funds in her ministry.
There is anxiety in the cabinet over whether the assessment report will lead to a reshuffle or removal of some ministers. Although the report was compiled by Special Adviser on Policy and Coordination/ Head of Central Coordination Delivery Unit (CDCU) Hadiza Bala-Usman, the President has the final say on it.
