Why I was not Appointed a Minister- Femi Falana

                            

Human right Lawyer Femi Falana who was expected to be one of Buhari's Ministers explained why he was not appointed into the current administration Cabinet,Speaking to Interview Magazine, he said:

 “I was actually contacted. I was actually invited to come on board. It took me appreciable time to make up my mind

“Along the way, I was made to understand there were people who were opposed to my appointment for ideological reasons. It is their right to do so.”

“For me, it would have been a call to service, not to make money,” he said.

“Those who believed that I should mobilise people to put in a word for me, or wanted me to speak to somebody I fought on principle several years ago were, of course, disappointed

“This guy actually headed one of the universities at a time students were killed.

“I had to support the students’ cause at that time. You don’t then expect me to go to him and swallow my vomit. This is what I mean by the ideological price.”

Falana said there were also “certain leaders” of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that opposed his appointment because he was not a member of the party. “Of course, they are right

“Certain people wanted me to be opportunistic by offering to backdate a membership card for me. I said, ‘no, over my dead body’. I wasn’t looking for a job. I was gainfully employed.”