The much anticipated designation of portfolios for ministers by President Bola Tinubu which was made public recently after Nigerians had waited for over three months, was one that once again, threw up the well worn cliche that in Nigeria, anything goes.
If Nigerians had thought that there would be a paradigm shift in the way things are done when it comes to appointments, many were mightily disappointed as the exercise was another charade reminiscent of the era of former President Muhammadu Buhari where he held the country to ransom for over six months before naming his cabinet made up of political acolytes, family members and cronies.
During the Buhari era, we had ministers who confessed they knew nothing about the ministries they headed and depended on underlings to do the job. Many were appointed ministers as compensation for “a job weldone.” There were appointees whose portfolios were not defined but had to be given a job.
