GUARDIAN NG
The Tinubu Shettima Diaspora Network (TSDN), an APC support group, has appealed to Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, to consider loyalty, commitment and competence in selecting members of his cabinet.
Dr Uche Ogbonnaya, the group’s Director-General, made the appeal while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.
He noted that there were great Nigerian brains making waves in different fields in the Diaspora within the APC, willing to come back to the country to contribute to its development, if given the opportunity.
He, therefore, advised that loyal and dedicated party members within and outside the country should be considered in every political appointment because they had worked for the party and the country generally.
Ogbonnaya said this was critical, to ensure that Tinubu’s promise of upholding the party’s reward system during the campaigns was kept.
He added that now that the election was over, the president-elect should begin shopping for those that would work with him as ministers and other cabinet members to enable him to hit the ground running after his inauguration on May 29.
Ogbonnaya, however, noted that having Mr Ade Omole, the Director of Diaspora, APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) as the country’s next Foreign Affairs Minister, would not be out of place.
He said this was especially because Omole had paid his dues as a loyal and dedicated party man in the APC, in Nigeria and in the Diaspora community.
He described Omole as an experienced diplomat and administrator of resources with executive experience in varying fields spanning management roles in Hewlett Packard, JP Morgan Investment Bank, and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) among others.
“Professionally, Omole is a United Kingdom Defence Ministry NSV-certified Senior Consultant with over 30 years of experience in the International Project Management Industry.
