THE CABLE
Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, minister-designate, says she was “quite nervous” during the ministerial screening process, but the guidance of Basheer Lado, special adviser to the president on senate matters, helped her during the exercise.
Odumegwu-Ojukwu spoke in Abuja on behalf of the other ministers-designate at a meeting with Lado.
The former ambassador said the presidential aide told them all they needed to know during the screening exercise which helped them.
“We cannot thank you enough for how you have navigated us all through this process and how you have made us quite comfortable through the whole procedure,” she said.
“I speak for myself, I don’t know about anybody else, I was quite nervous, we were just wondering basically if this day will come and go.
“But from the onset, each person here, you made the effort to get in touch personally, speak to us, tell us everything that we needed to do, all the documentation that needed to be done and saw us through this, from beginning to completion.
“So, I will just like on behalf of everybody here and I congratulate all my colleagues here, but on behalf of all of us, we just say a very very big thank you. We really appreciate your efforts.
“We appreciate your considerations, we appreciate your sacrifice, because we were calling you at odd hours of the night and you were always available to speak to us and to guide us through this.
“So I thank you so very much on behalf of all of us here.”
