OMOJUWA: Ezekwesili responds to ministerial appointment offer

Minister of Education Oby Ezekwesili has been rejecting ministerial appointment since 2007, when she last served the President Olusegun Obasanjo government.

And she insisted, in a series of tweets on Monday, she will never accept any.

Her tweets came days after Japheth Omojuwa, a social media influencer and fellow BBOG activist, mentioned how she was going to be appointed minister by President Muhammad Buhari in 2015.

Japhet had secretly appointed the former World Bank vice president as a director on board his Alpha Reach Media until an international PR scandal brought everything into the open.

He said it was because of her likelihood of her being appointed minister she turned down the PR firm’s offer.

Ezekwesili, however, wondered what the speculation was.

“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?

“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.”