The newly appointed Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau has finally resumed duty on Thursday night almost 24 hours after his inauguration.
There were concerns earlier that the minister who were said to have prefer the Defence Ministry had refused to visit his new ministry.
The Minister who was sworn in alongside other 35 ministers
by the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday and was directed to hit the ground running immediately, kept
Service Chiefs for more than seven hours before showing up.
In his speech while speaking on assumption of office,
Dambazau stated emphatically that: “My leadership will have
zero tolerance for corruption, indolence, sectarianism,
cronyism, and most of all, impunity.”
While challenging all the Service Chiefs to guide people’s
trust jealously, the minister vowed that “leadership
at all levels will be held accountable” for their actions.
He pledged to improve on all levels of welfare, logistics
and general workplace safety of the staff of the ministry.
Earlier, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Bassey
Ekpeyong said the task ahead was enormous, calling for the
cooperation of all Service Chiefs in achieving the
objectives of the present administration.
