Yakubi Busari,Jos
Desirous of accommodating political interests in the state, Governor Simon Lalong has approved the creation of six additional ministries to compliment the existing ones.
The Secretary to the Government Mr Rufus Bature who stated this in a statement made available to newsmen, Jos the state capital said the plan is to reinvigorate it’s machinery to deliver on the five policy thrust of the rescue administration.
He said; “Ministry of Transportation is to be carved out of the present ministry of Works and Transport.
Secondly the Ministry of Mineral Development will be excised from Ministry of Environment and Mineral Development, while the Ministry of Physical planning and Urban development is to be carved out of the present ministry of Housing and Urban Development. The Ministry of Economic Planning which includes the planning department of the ministry of finance and the state Planning commission to be carved out of the present ministry of finance and economic planning. Others are Ministry of Science and Technology which is now created from the ministry of education, science and technology and the Ministry of special duties and inter -governmental affairs.”
According to him, “the primary purpose for the creation is for the rescue administration to consolidate power, by appointing a “breed of political big-weights” (or a political force) that can deliver critical voting-blocks during the upcoming 2019 elections. To accommodate the entire set of these individuals, more ministries have had to be created to give them portfolio.”
