I made a decision since 2017 to never accept any “Ministerial Appointment”___ Ezekwesili

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili on Monday said she determined since 2007 that she would never accept a ministerial appointment again.

In a string of tweets, she said the governmental seat in Nigeria is full of people who see public office as a meal

Recall that this statement is coming barely two weeks after her former protégé, Japheth Omojuwa, said in an open letter that Ezekwesili was expected to be appointed a minister by the new regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in 2015.

However, pro-Buhari has used the opportunity to lampoon Ezekwesili, accusing her of being a Buhari critic because the Buhari failed to appoint her as a minister.

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“I keep asking what is it about becoming a minister that these folks find so fascinating, considering the hardship my previous service to Nigeria including as a minister, cost my family and me,? ” she tweeted.

“Finally, I got it. Such an attack is by all those who see public office as a meal. After 2007, I made a decision to never again accept any ministerial appointment in this country. Facts are all around that every time I was offered to be a minister since 2007, I swiftly turned down the offer. I know it kills some of you to accept this but it is what it is.”

After 2007, I made a decision to never again accept any “Ministerial Appointment” in this country.

Facts are all around that every time I was offered to be a Minister since 2007, I swiftly turned down the offer.

I know it kills some of you to accept this but it is what it is✍?

— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 26, 2021