President Bola Tinubu has been urged to review the integrity performance of his cabinet members in a bid to achieving the Renewed Hope Agenda.
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, made the call while speaking with journalists on Sunday in Osogbo.
He said that the integrity review would not only ensure that the Renewed Hope Agenda was not compromised, but also allow for transparency and accountability by the cabinet members.
It will be recalled that the president, during a retreat for his cabinet members, promised to engage in a quarterly review of their performance.
Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker said that through the integrity review, the performances of the cabinet members would not only be measured by numerical achievements in their various ministries, but rather how the resources committed to their hands were being used for the benefit of the masses.
He noted that efforts by the president to alleviate poverty among the masses through various intervention programmes were being jeopardised by greedy and unpatriotic individuals.
He appealed to the president not to allow selfish individuals to drag his administration and the reputation he had built over the years to the mud.
“There is a need to genuinely fight corruption in the system, which will in turn renew the hope of the masses in this present administration.
“And that is why the president need to continually engaging in financial integrity review of his cabinet members, who are his foot soldiers in the Renewed Hope Agenda.
“It obvious that Mr President is passionate and committed in lifting millions of Nigerians out of poverty level and revitalised the economy through intervention programmes in various ministry, departments and agencies of government.
“But those who are not in the tune with the president in growing the economy and minimise poverty are the ones who see position of authority as a means of enriching their pockets.
“And this kind of mentality is slowing down the impacts of the various poverty alleviation programmes on the masses”, he said.
Oyintiloye, however, commended the president for the establishment of special presidential panel for the review and audit of existing framework and policy guidelines of the social investment programmes.
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