'That office shouldn’t be political' - Shehu Sani reacts as Tinubu appoints Matawalle as Defence State Minister

The former senator of Kaduna Central District, Shehu Sani, has expressed deep concern as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed the former governor of Zamfara state, Bello Matawalle as the minister of state defence.

Sani in a post shared on his Twitter page on Wednesday night, August 16, wondered why a retired Military officer was not appointed as the defence minister with the current security challenges Nigeria is faced with.

Reacting to the assigned portfolios of President Tinubu's ministers, after one week that they were screened by the Nigerian Senate, Sani tweeted: "In view of the security challenges faced by this country, I thought the Defence Minister should be a retired Military officer with experience and records of accomplishments. That office shouldn’t be just political, especially at this time."

Nigerians react as Tinubu appoints Matawalle as defence minister

@ChimezieChuta tweeted: "We're in a season of anomy. Anything goes."

@legend_082 tweeted: "The minister for Aviation is a lawyer with no experience in the industry."

@CyrusAdemola tweeted: "What can we say? Our minister of economics and budget planning, Atiku Bagudu, has corruption charges against him that dates back as far as Abacha. Senator, all na cruise."

@TimiBlaze tweeted: "I thought you don’t care about corruption?

@BelloMuhammad12 tweeted: "What a Country Bello Mutawalle as a State minister of Defence during his tenure as Governor he gifts Toyota Hilux to Bandit Leaders."