The Federal Parastatals and Private Sector Pensioners Association of Nigeria (FEPPPAN) has praised President Muhammedu Buhari for nominating Senator Chris Ngige and Barr Sharon Ikeazu to be ministers in his second term administration.
FEPPPAN also said it was solely a prerogative of the president to assign the nominees to any ministry he wished, saying that those who are agitating against Ngige being re-assigned to the Ministry of Labour and Employment where he served as a minister in the first tenure, should know that it was not within their power to decide for the president.
President General of FEPPPAN, Chief Temple Ubani, who stated this in Abuja, said clash of personal interests was the reason some people are canvassing against the former minister of labour and employment.
“Nomination of Senator Chris Ngige and Sharon Ikeazu, the former Executive Secretary of PTAD is a good step in the right direction, and we thank President Muhammadu Buhari for his wisdom in nominating them. Senator Chris Ngige in particular, I have observed that nobody has faulted his reappointment in spite of some reports in the media.
“The good thing is that President Buhari, in his good plan to better the lives of Nigerians knows who will serve well and deliver on their mandate. I think he considered Ngige capable to deliver and it will not be out of point to say that Ngige was a perfect match for the politics and intrigues in the labour world. And he performed excellently well even though some may have contrary opinion.
“For those that are saying he should not be assigned back to labour and employment ministry, it is a case of different folks and different strokes. Such statements are personal opinion which everyone is entitled to.
“In the first place, there are some people who were saying that Mr President should not in the first place reappoint somebody like Senator Chris Ngige as a member of his cabinet. But that is simply someone trying to tell the president to serve personal interest. I think that people sometime forget that there would always be clash of interest in human affairs. Because not for personal interest, I doubt if anybody can specifically point out where Ngige went against Nigerian workers, because I am aware that he assiduously worked for the success of new minimum wage. But thank God Mr President is not a tool anybody can control as wish.
“Any body who has bordered to observe the body movement of Mr President particularly concerning these appointments, will know that he know those he want. No wonder he said he was not going to appoint strangers. So it is his prerogative to appoint those he felt have done well in their first appointment.
“The appointment of former PTAD Executive Secretary, who performed so well especially on the area of pensioners welfare, and reappointment of Ngige shows that the president knows what he is doing and is keeping tab with what is happening and on those who are performing to his expectations.”
