A once-comfortable Principal Secretary in one of the graft laden dockets and a perceived novice in the job but self-styled bureaucrat known to cling to headlines like lifelines, staging shallow victories for the press while nervously watching the elevator ding on the executive floor—because with every step the new boss takes, another layer of the old guard’s façade threatens to crack is a worried person.
Grapevine has it that the new Cabinet Secretary known for his non-nonsensical abrasive approach and has the ear of the President is keen on tangible measures the State Department has instituted to clarify on key but contentious government flagship programmes that have attracted criticism as having been riddled with corruption instead of staging empty public relations stunts to win public trust and change the perception.
Only time will tell if the new boss will achieve much in the cartel-controlled docket amid fears by the PS that apparent weaknesses will finally be exposed.
