I didn’t know most of those I appointed as ministers during my first tenure, I will appoint those that I know this time – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to calls for him to form his cabinet, saying he appointed people he never knew as ministers during his first tenure.

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Addressing the leadership of the National Assembly during a dinner on Thursday night in Abuja, the President said he is under pressure to unveil his ministerial nominees.

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“I am very much aware about it and I am under tremendous pressure on it,” he said.

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President Buhari added, “The last cabinet which I had, most of them, a majority of them I didn’t know.

“I had to accept their names and recommendation from the party. I worked with them for three and a half years.”

The President, however, explained that the delay was to nominate people he knows personally and can work with.