Governor Idris Wada after much speculations sworn in members of a 65-man cabinet after waiting for six months.
In the cabinet are 18 commissioners, about 41 Special Advisers, three special assistants, etc appointed at various stages since in January, as principal aides.
In the wake of Wada’s administration, a group of eminent Kogi indigenes were assembled by the governor to create a policy framework for his administration. The committee worked tirelessly and came up with a working document for the governor. The governor was advised on policy issues that will help move Kogi forward.
One of the major recommendations include running a lean government. The committee believed a lean government will reduce overhead and help save money more that can be used for developmental purposes.
A stakeholder, Engineer George-Olumoroti Olusola, while reacting to the 65-man cabinet of governor Wada said, “I still have my reservations about the seriousness of Wada’s administration,and will reserve my comments on whether his plane will take us to the promised land or not. Checkout all performing governors like Lagos, Imo, Edo and Rivers, they have something similar “lean exco”.
Olumoroti wondered why Kogi will go for a cabinet that is bigger than what richer state have.
“Wada came into office and setup a think-tank committee and some of the major recommendations include running a lean government and “don’t appoint caretaker committee but conduct election into local governments”, but Wada flushed these critical recommendations down the drain and did the opposite,with our lean resources in kogi, bogus civil service ticket and no strategic plans on ground to boost internally generated revenue; I am at a loss where Wada will get money to implement his transformational agenda or we are cruising aimlessly again like we did with Ibro’s 9 years? ” he said
Ironically, the 18 commissioners appointed by Wada are more than the 16 commissioners who served under Ibrahim Idris regime.
