President Muhammadu Buhari has again urged Nigerians to be patient with his four-month search for a cabinet so as to get the right set of people.
The President during his Independence Day address on Thursday stated that he had submitted a cabinet list to parliament for approval.
Nigeria’s Senate President and the Chairman of the 8th National Assembly, Bukola Saraki had confirmed receipt of the ministerial nominee list from Buhari on Wednesday.
"Impatience is not a virtue," Buhari, who took office on May 29, said in a televised speech. "The first set of names for ministerial nominees has been sent to the Senate. Subsequent lists will be forwarded in due course."
Buhari, who says he would keep the key oil ministry,gave no names or time frame after promising earlier Africa's most populous nation would have a government in place by Sept. 30.
Careful and deliberate decisions after consultations get far better results, he said.
Political sources say some of the names thought to be on the cabinet list included former Lagos state governor Babatunde Fashola and the head of the state oil firm NNPC, Emmanuel Kachikwu.
Other names circulating include the erstwhile governor of oil-rich Rivers state Rotimi Amaechi, who was among the first to defect from the People's Democratic Party of Buhari's predecessor Jonathan Goodluck to the current president's All Progressives Congress.
The president, also spoke on the recent developments in the country's main source of revenue, crude oil, and its agency in charge of the natural resource, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation--NNPC.
In his brief speech, he reiterated he was restructuring the mismanaged NNPC and conducting audits of key state institutions such as the central bank, customs and tax authorities as part of the anti-graft campaign.
"Prudent housekeeping is needed now more than ever in view of the sharp decline in world market oil prices," he said. "It is a challenge we have to face squarely."
Africa's largest economy has been plagued with mismanagement and a culture of impunity. This has formed one of President Buhari's main drive from his election campaign.
Buhari's mantra before and during the electioneering campaign that preceded his election in March was CHANGE.
This battle cry has rung through since his election and in the nation's body politics.
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