Why ‘Minister of State’ position was created – Shehu Sani

Shehu Sani a former lawmaker who represented Kaduna West at the Red Chamber has stated reasons why the position of ‘Minister of State’ was created,

According to Sani,  the position of ‘Minister of State’ was created to settle people with ministerial appointments.

The Kaduna born politician made this known via a  post on his verified Twitter handle on Friday, with  Sani saying that  the country has only twenty ministries.

However, the social critic advocated cutting the cost of governance by reducing the number of ministers.

He wrote, “When the country has only 20 ministries and the President has to settle 43 people with Ministerial appointments, the ‘Minister of State’ was invented. Cutting the cost of Governance should begin with cutting the number of ministers.”