Throwback to when Buhari described ministers as noisemakers

<p>Buhari said ministers are mostly in government to make noise.</p>, <span>Muhammadu Buhari's tenure ended on May 29, 2023. Presidency</span>, <h2>In 2015, the immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari claimed that ministers are not what we think they are in terms of their contributions to governance.</h2>, <p>In saner climes, the idea of having ministers is to form a cabinet with a group of right-thinking and skilled leaders who will be involved in the decision-making process of a government.</p>, <p>These ministers oversee their ministries and also perform political and administrative duties to keep the government running, but Nigeria’s former President does not seem to see their roles from this perspective.</p>, <p>In September 2015, during an interview with a French television station, France 24, Buhari who, at the time, was still looking for people to work with — four months into his administration — belittled his would-be ministerial appointees on an international TV.</p>, <img src="https://cdn-fmcrawler.shalltry.com/public/prod/files/images/2023-07-20/original/7802769a-055f-4bbc-8a0d-cdef978c1726.jpg">, <span>Former President Muhammadu Buhari (Channels TV)</span>, <p>When asked if the absence of a Finance Minister was affecting Nigeria’s capital market and economy, the former President said ministers are mostly in government to make noise.</p>, <p>He argued that Permanent Secretaries do most of the jobs ministers take credit for.</p>, <p>Responding to the question, Buhari said, “No. It is what we know and which we learnt from the Western system. The civil service provides continuity, the technocrat. And in any case, they are the people who do most of the work.</p>, <p>“The ministers are there, I think, to make a lot of noise; for the politicians to make a lot of noise, but the work is being done by the technocrats. They are there; they have to provide the continuity, dig into the records and then guide us, (those of us) who are just coming in.</p>, <p>“They have been there, some of them for 15 years, som