Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari might dissolve his cabinet before May 29, 2019.
After assuming office in 2015, it took the President six months to unveil his cabinet and this attracted widespread criticisms.
But speaking on Arise Television, on Thursday, Adesina said the president would not spend a long time before choosing his cabinet members.
He said the president had already promised to do so as soon as possible.
When asked if the president would reshuffle his cabinet, Adesina said: “One thing about governance is that the first mandate was for four years.
“That mandate lapses on May 29, and shortly before May 29, the president is likely going to officially dissolve his government. That is the way it is usually done.
“He says ‘Thank you’ to everybody that he has called to work with him and then he dissolves that government officially.
“Then when he is inaugurated for a second term, he now reconstitutes a government; he appoints his personal aides, he forms his cabinet, he appoints other people to fill other positions.”
President Buhari was declared winner of the presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday defeating his main rival, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
The president, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won a second term bid after polling over 15 million votes to defeat Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who secured over 12 million votes in the election