Conduct integrity performance review on cabinet members — Osun APC chieftain urges Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has been urged to engage in integrity performance review of members of his cabinet in achieving the renewed hope agenda of his administration.

This call was made by an Osun All Progressives Congress, APC chieftain, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, while speaking with journalists in Osogbo on Sunday.

Oyintiloye also said that the integrity review would not only ensure that the renewed hope agenda was not compromised, but also allow for transparency, and accountability by the cabinet members, head of ministries, departments and agencies of government.

This call is coming on the heels of the suspension of the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu.

Edu was implicated in financial transactions which involved the transferring of public funds into a private account.

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Following her suspension by President Bola Tinubu, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has since invited her for a series of interrogations.

Newspot also recalled that the president, during a retreat for his cabinet members, promised to engage in a quarterly review of performance of his cabinet members.

This, the president said, would be done through the office of his Special Adviser on Policy Coordination, as head of the new Performance Bond, which contains key performance indicators (KPI) to monitor and measure the performance of the ministers.

Oyintiloye added that through the integrity review, the performances of the cabinet members would not only be measured by numerical achievements in their various ministries, but rather how the resources committed to their hands were being used for the benefit of the masses.

“It was painful that the efforts of the president to alleviate poverty among the masses through various intervention programmes were being jeopardised by greedy and unpatriotic individuals.

“I appeal to the president not to allow any selfish individuals to drag his administration and reputation he had built over the years to the mud.

“There is a need to genuinely fight corruption in the system, which will in turn renew the hope of the masses in this present administration.

“And that is why the president needs to continually engage in financial integrity review of his cabinet members, who are his foot soldiers in the renewed hope

agenda.

“It is obvious that Mr President is passionate and committed in lifting millions of Nigerians out of poverty and revitalising the economy through its interventions programmes in various ministries, departments and agencies of government.

“But those who are not in tune with the president in growing the economy and minimising poverty are the ones who see position of authority as a means of enriching their pockets.

“And this kind of mentality is slowing down the impacts of the various poverty alleviation programmes on the masses,” he said.

He also commended the president for the establishment of the special presidential panel for the review and audit of existing financial frameworks and policy guidelines of the social investment programmes adding that it was the right step in checking fraudulent activities.