Former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has said the female ministers in the cabinet of President Bola Tinubu dress like beauty pageant contestants.
Shittu made this known during an interview during a television programme on Wednesday, adding that government functionaries should take public offices with seriousness.
The ex-Minister, who served under former President Muhammadu Buhari from 2015 to 2019, made the remark in reaction to Tinubu’s address to his ministers at the retreat on Wednesday.
At the opening of a three-day retreat at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Tinubu had warned that ministers who do not perform on their assignments will be shown the door.
Speaking about the President’s warning, Shittu said, “I’m happy that President Tinubu appointed a number of female ministers; but my impression whenever I see them on television is as if they are going to beauty competitions based on the type of dresses they wear”.
