The Presidency has revealed why President Tinubu appointed Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, defended Ojukwu’s appointment while speaking on Arise Television on Wednesday night.
He pointed out her previous role as an ambassador to Spain, saying that her diplomatic background equips her to contribute effectively in this new position.
He said, “Some people will say Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu is widow of Ojukwu and so on, but Bianca has some diplomatic experience. She’s been an ambassador in Spain, and so, asking her to be Minister of State for Foreign Affairs shows you the President’s intention. Even if some people may say it’s political, you can see that the lady has some experience. So, she will add some value in that Ministry of foreign Affairs”
Ojukwu, widow of the late Biafra leader Odumegwu Ojukwu, was appointed Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Affairs by President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011.
In 2012, she became Nigeria’s Ambassador to Ghana and later served as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain.
Meanwhile, President Bola Tinubu is set to announce a cut down in governance expenses following the appointment and re-assigning of new ministers to his cabinet.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made this known in an interview on ARISE TV.
He said, “By tomorrow (today), the President will actually be announcing some cutting down in government expenses, starting from the ministers. Tomorrow, I don’t want to pre-empt it, we have a statement ready, I don’t want to pre-empt it, but it will be drastic to show the government is really serious about reducing the cost of governance.
“The government knows what it’s doing, that look, to really tackle the big issues in our country, you need many hands, many competent hands to really help to drive the agenda of government. It’s not the largeness, but government is going to do a lot of things, like I said, from tomorrow, you will hear some announcements about what government is trying to do to make sure that we reduce the cost of running the government.”
