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U.S Cautions Jonathan on New Cabinet
- By Williams Ekanem
- Published May 23rd, 2011
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As President Goodluck Jonathan dissolves his cabinet and plans to appoint new cabinet after inauguration on May 29, the United States hopes he acts in responsible and inclusive manner.
Only last week, Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, charged President Goodluck Jonathan to constitute an executive council based strictly on competence, integrity, sound technocratic acumen and high sense of public purpose, even as he set a nine-point agenda for the nation’s leaders to move the country forward.
Oshiomhole who spoke at the Tell Magazine’s 20th Anniversary Lecture, entitled “An agenda for deepening democracy, good governance and development in the next four years and beyond,” said the nation needed a new vision and fresh dynamism in governance over the next four years.
He noted that Nigeria could not afford a return to the “come-and-eat tradition” of the past, which reduced governance to rewarding godfathers and other political merchants with portfolios well beyond their competencies.
Answering reporters’ questions on the outcome of the presidential elections at the State Department in Washington D.C. in late April, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, Johnny Carson said that, “. I hope that he will act in both a responsible and inclusive manner in the selection of those individuals for his cabinet.”
According to Carson, “ I cannot say what kind of cabinet or government President Jonathan will put in place. But I do note that the constitution does call for the president of the country to select from individual states various cabinet members.”
Based on the sporadic outcome of the post election crisis, the number diplomat on African affairs advised that the Nigerian President, “ will be reaching out to heal the political divisions that were uncovered during the election process.”
Commenting on the elections, Carson said that, “despite some technical imperfections, those elections represent a substantial improvement over the flawed 2007 electoral process.
Only last week, Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, charged President Goodluck Jonathan to constitute an executive council based strictly on competence, integrity, sound technocratic acumen and high sense of public purpose, even as he set a nine-point agenda for the nation’s leaders to move the country forward.
Oshiomhole who spoke at the Tell Magazine’s 20th Anniversary Lecture, entitled “An agenda for deepening democracy, good governance and development in the next four years and beyond,” said the nation needed a new vision and fresh dynamism in governance over the next four years.
He noted that Nigeria could not afford a return to the “come-and-eat tradition” of the past, which reduced governance to rewarding godfathers and other political merchants with portfolios well beyond their competencies.
Answering reporters’ questions on the outcome of the presidential elections at the State Department in Washington D.C. in late April, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, Johnny Carson said that, “. I hope that he will act in both a responsible and inclusive manner in the selection of those individuals for his cabinet.”
According to Carson, “ I cannot say what kind of cabinet or government President Jonathan will put in place. But I do note that the constitution does call for the president of the country to select from individual states various cabinet members.”
Based on the sporadic outcome of the post election crisis, the number diplomat on African affairs advised that the Nigerian President, “ will be reaching out to heal the political divisions that were uncovered during the election process.”
Commenting on the elections, Carson said that, “despite some technical imperfections, those elections represent a substantial improvement over the flawed 2007 electoral process.
