Hadiza Bala-Usman, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy and Coordination, has stated that her principal would sack any minister that does not perform well.
She made the revelation at the opening of a retreat in Uyo, the Awka Ibom capital, on Wednesday.
While asking for the total commitment of delivery officers and directors of planning in ministries who were present at the retreat, Bala-Usman urged them to get serious with their jobs.
“We must understand that the president is very serious about his promises and that ministers will be assessed, and ministers will be dropped if they don’t perform,” she said.
“You must understand that as ministerial delivery desk officers you are the engine room that will provide that feedback and constantly track ministerial progress and report challenges and bottlenecks to the central coordinating and delivery unit (CDCU).
“As I was saying at the ministry of aviation recently, we will be assessing FAAN on customer experience at the airports; are the escalators, lifts, and conveyor belts functional? How swift is security clearance both for passengers and vehicles in accessing the airport?
“What are the consequences of delayed time of departure for airlines? These are things that everybody can feel and see. When we are talking about agriculture, we want to see our index of fertilizer use per hectare grow in view of the attendant investment that has been made in fertilizer interventions.”
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Senator George Akume, who was represented by former Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Olusegun Adekunle, reminded participants about Tinubu’s plan to ensure the active and direct participation of citizens in governance and the role they need to play in ensure that ministries and parastatals deliver on their mandates.
Bala-Usman explained that the retreat was to introduce the delivery officers to the framework of the delivery chain for progress tracking and building the officers’ capacity for monitoring the delivery plan.
She stated that the participants are the engine room for the feedback needed for the assessment and encouraged them to put in their optimal performance in the intense delivery plan.
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