Oshiomhole pays courtesy visit to President Buhari

Adams Oshiomhole who is the former governor of Edo state has met President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed doors amid rumour of a cabinet shake-up.

The Punch reports that the former governor met with the president on Tuesday, January 3 at the State House in Abuja for a one-hour meeting.

This visit is fuelling speculation in some quarters that there would be a cabinet shake-up in 2017 and Oshiomhole was being considered for a ministerial appointment.

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The governor however said he was just paying a courtesy visit to the president for coming to Edo state for the gubernatorial campaign.

He declined to respond to questions about his alleged consideration for nomination in the president’s vabinet.

Meanwhile, the much-anticipated cabinet reshuffle by President Buhari may have to wait till May 2017 when the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration would be two years in office, it was learnt.

It was gathered that the initial reports had indicated this January for the removal and redeployment of some cabinet ministers as the case may be, but impeccable sources according to Leadership said that the president was no longer keen on the idea after pressures from within and outside the government.

A source at the National Assembly who revealed this said the President Buhari was advised to wait till the second anniversary of his inauguration, in the hope that it will help him to fix round pegs in round holes this time around and avoid the “mistakes of the past.”

Source: Legit.ng