Recession: Senate calls for sack of ministers

– The Senate has deliberated on how to get Nigeria out of the current economic crisis
– The deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, advocates for the reshuffling of the cabinet by President Buhari to enable him put competent persons in critical sectors
– On his part, Dino Melaye calls for outright sack of the economic team as well as some ministers on the grounds that some have failed the nation
Senator Ike Ekweremadu said the minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun, can be assigned to another ministry.
The Senate has called for a shakeup in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet to allow competent hands serve in critical sectors of the economy in view of the current economic recession in the country.
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The senators who resumed on Tuesday, September 20, weeks after going on recess deliberated on how to get Nigeria out of the current economic crisis and also to invite the executive to explain to Nigerians steps being taken to restore the economy.
At the session, deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, advocated for the reshuffling of the cabinet by President Buhari to enable him put competent persons in critical sectors, Daily Post reports.
He said: “Distinguished Senators, look at my friend Senator Udoma Egba, Minister of Budget and National Planning, as a lawyer, what can he do? He can be at his best in a sector related to his area of competence. ”
Ekweremadu said the minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun, can be assigned to another ministry to give way to a more competent person due to the situation at hand.
On his part, Dino Melaye called for an outright sack of the economic team as well as some ministers on the grounds that some have failed the nation.
He said: “Mr Senate President, we have to tell ourselves the truth at this time of the day, some Minister and Buhari’s economic team have failed and they should be sacked.”
Senate leader, Ali Ndume in his speech, told his colleagues that the economic recession was not caused by the present government