Former Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, has pointed out duplication in ministerial portfolios even as he advised President Bola Tinubu to urgently address it.
Akande stressed that it was important for Tinubu to clarify portfolios like Innovation and Social Development which could cause friction between the ministers.
Laolu who was a guest on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily breakfast show on Friday, said it was important for President Tinubu to make the clarifications to forestall clashes between his ministers.
In his words:
“We have the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation and we also have the Minister of Communication, Innovation, and Digital Economy. That has to be sorted out,” Akande counselled.
The journalist also urged President Tinubu to make comprehensive civil service reforms as a priority agenda item in his government, stating “it’s a big deal.”
He also spoke on the significance of a performance-based evaluation system in government, even as encouraged President Tinubu to develop clear measures for assessing civil servant performance and relating it to career advancement.
“These Ministers serve st the pleasure of the president. He is the one that sets the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs); he’s the one that determines, within the law, who should be in place” in the cabinet”, he said.
