Maitama Sule Says Buhari Has “The Best” Ministerial Nominees So Far, Faulting Critics

Elder statesman, Ambassador Maitama Sule, has faulted those criticising President Muhammadu Buhari for nominating some older persons as members of his cabinet.

He said the president made the right choice by appointing experienced older persons, whose interest would be to build a better Nigeria and not to amass wealth for selfish motives.

He spoke on an occasion in Abuja, on Tuesday, where experts from Nigeria and other African countries converged to brainstorm on how to address the plight and challenges of the older persons in the continent.

The event, organised by the National Universities Commission (NUC), in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Dave Omokaro Foundation, also witnessed the inauguration of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the African Society for Ageing Research and Development (ASARD).

The Board of ASARD has NUC Executive Secretary, Professor Julius Okojie as the chairman, who also disclosed that the population of older persons aged 60 years and above had been rapidly growing and was expected to increase from 59.8 million in 2012 to 64.5 million in 2015.
Maitama particularly urged President Buhari to take advantage of the aged in Nigeria to achieve the change agenda of his administration, saying every society needed the old people, as well as the dynamism of the young to succeed.