Expect mixed-grill cabinet – Jonathan

Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, Ima Niboro, who disclosed this yesterday while speaking to newsmen at the State House, Abuja, said the President would also set performance standards for the incoming ministers in order to task them to work in line with the policy programmes of the government.   Niboro said the […]

Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, Ima Niboro, who disclosed this yesterday while speaking to newsmen at the State House, Abuja, said the President would also set performance standards for the incoming ministers in order to task them to work in line with the policy programmes of the government.

 

Niboro said the next government would focus on areas of power, infrastructure and human capacity development. He said, “The President also plans to hit the ground running after inauguration. There is going to be very little time. The President has four years to deliver and he is not going to waste any minute of it. So, the areas the President is going to focus on will be areas of power, infrastructure and human capacity development.

“We are looking at a target where we have an inclusive growth circle in all aspect. It is very easy for people to say oh if he can achieve power he would have done everything. You cannot pursue power when the children are not in school, you cannot pursue education while hospitals are dead. The president is planning an integrated approach to governance on all decisions. So he is going to take the new ministers there and he is going to charge them on the direction he wants this government to take.”

Meanwhile, Jonathan is also meeting key operators of Nigeria’s private sector on Monday in Lagos as part of activities to flag-off the inauguration of the President for a fresh term of office on May 29, 2011.