President Bola Tinubu has declared that he is not ready to reduce the size of his cabinet to reduce the cost of governance.
The president who spoke during his inaugural presidential chat in Lagos on Monday said every appointment was for a purpose.
The media chat was broadcast nationwide.
According to the president, Nigeria is a big country and required enough and competent hands for it to be well governed.
He said the size of the cabinet was determined by the size of the country.
The president added that each member of the cabinet was adding value to the governance, hence, the idea of reducing the size was not attractive to him.
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His words: “Let’s talk about efficiency. They are all adding value.”
The president also spoke on the tax reform bills which have generated controversy across the country.
In response to a question, the president asserted that the reform had come to stay.
He said it would be wrong to do things the old way and expect to get a different result.
“We can’t continue to do what we were doing. We can’t retool this economy with the old method. It is about what Nigeria needs.
“A new dawn is here. I am convinced and you should help to propagate that conviction,” he said.
