President Bola Tinubu has said that he will not reduce the size of his cabinet as he carefully assigned portfolios to his cabinet members to ensure effectiveness and efficiency.
The president made this known while answering questions during the media chat of Monday night in Abuja.
“I’m not prepared to bring down the size of my cabinet. There is a reason I put them together.
“You cannot give people assignment they cannot manage, in governance, there must be efficiency and effectiveness.
“Let us pay attention to efficiency and effectiveness.”
“I’m not ready to shrink my cabinet, I need them,” President reiterated.
Many Nigerians have complained that there is need to cut down on the cost of governance by reducing the number of cabinet members at all levels of government.
Insisting that his cabinet was necessary, President Tinubu maintained that Nigeria as a large country needs clear-cut responsibilities for officials for them to be able to deliver on their assigned roles. the President insisted that Nigeria as a nation “must focus” on efficiency” in public service.