The newly-appointed Minister of Interior, Rauf
Aregbesola, on Wednesday confessed that he lacked knowledge on how his ministry, which
is in charge of internal security, operates.
The minister revealed this when he visited the ministry
shortly after he was inaugurated and assigned portfolio alongside others by
President Muhammadu Buhari.
Addressing the officials of the ministry, Aregbesola said
apart from stories about the ministry on the pages of the newspapers, he had no
idea of its policies and operations.
“My relationship with the ministry is distant. What I know
about the ministry is what I read in the newspapers,” he acknowledged.
Aregbesola, therefore, directed the Permanent Secretary of the
ministry, Georgina Ehuriah who has been in charge since the dissolution of the
last cabinet, to continue running the ministry until Monday when he will
formally take over.
“I will come to take over on Monday. I give the Permanent
Secretary the grace to run the ministry till then. We will be ready by Monday
to take on the huge assignment,” the former Osun State governor said.
Meanwhile, he has assured staff of the ministry and
personnel of all paramilitary agencies under his purview to provide purposeful
leadership.
“I promise you a realistic, reasonable and commendable
leadership”, he said, while urging staff of the ministry to be ready for more
work as he will be demanding more from them.
Earlier in her speech, the Permanent Secretary of the
ministry welcomed the minister to the ministry, adding that the ministry needed
a focus person like him to lead it because of its strategic position in the
security architecture of the country.
She said the proper handing over ceremony will take place on
Monday.
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