“Only a retired General would rule without ministers” | Prof. Nwabueze takes a swipe at Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has been criticised for the delay in appointment of ministers into his cabinet.

Leader of the Concerned Igbo Leaders of Thought, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, says it is only a retired army general or a former military head of state, that would attempt to lead a country for two and half months without ministers.

Nwabueze stated in an article, that the country’s constitution does not allow the President to govern the country for more than two months without ministers.

He said this in an article titled, “Constitutionality of President Buhari Ruling Nigeria For More Than Two And Half Months Without a Council Of Ministers: The Concerns of the Igbo Leaders Of Thought.”

“It is not likely that anyone other than a retired army general and former head of a military government would ever think of ruling the country for more than two and half months without ministers, knowing full well that the governmental system established for the country by the constitution does not permit him to do that.

“And yet, knowing his antecedents and the influence they must have on him, Nigerians elected him as ‘civilian’ President in the March 2015 election. His election cannot but portray Nigerians as incapable of learning from past experience, a people lacking the degree of political maturity and sagacity required for the successful working of constitutional democracy.”

“Since his inauguration on May 29, 2015, as elected ‘civilian’ President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, a retired army general and former head of the military government, has been ruling the country for more than two and half months without ministers.

“The President ruling for more than two and half months without ministers is really incredible, but, incredible as it is, we Nigerians, as a people, ought to have foreseen it from our experience of the dictatorial way former President Obasanjo who, like President Buhari, is a retired army general and former head of the military government, rode roughshod over the constitutional limitations on his powers.”

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