Former Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism in Niger State, Jonathan Vatsa believes that there should be power shift to the Southern part of the country in 2023. In this interview in Minna, Vatsa spoke on a wide range of issues including the marginalisation of Niger State by President Buhari, the 2023 presidency and what Nigerians should expect from the newly inaugurated Ministers.
After much waiting games, the President has eventually inaugurated his cabinet; what should Nigerians expect from this cabinet?
A lot, I mean a lot because the time for blame games are over; there are no more excuses this time. Nigerians should expect the change that they were promised. Nigerians should expect something very positive from this cabinet, more so that about six of them or more are coming to continue from where they stopped. These are people like Fashola, Amaechi, Lai Mohammed, the woman in finance and a host of others.
And again, someone like Fashola who was overloaded with three key important ministries will now be overseeing only works and housing which to me, is a good development for the system.
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Apart from the returning ministers, what is your assessment of the new crop of ministers in the cabinet.
Honestly, I have confidence in the new crop of ministers, even though there is enormous work before them but I think with the marching orders that the President gave them and the experience from the two days retreat, they should be able to live up to expectation. Like I said earlier, there are no more excuses, Nigerians will not listen to any further excuses. There are a lot of things to be done, the roads are bad, the electricity is not there and these things are very key to the economy. These are the issues, so the ministers have a big challenge before them, the next 100 days or one year will be crucial for them. They have no choice than to deliver in their various responsibilities.