Some of my projects were frustrated by colleagues in Buhari’s administration– Adebayo Shittu

“That was my saddest day in government.

“This is one of the things that happened and I was not happy
but at the end of the day, when the federal executive council as a body rejects
a proposal, you cannot do anything.”

Shittu added that he had no regrets serving as minister.

“I did not regret serving because I was able to do other
things,” he said.

“We do know very well that Nigeria had virtually been run
aground before he (Buhari) came onboard. Even as someone who served in the
Buhari government during the first term, I am always honest enough to admit
certain failures that we had.”

Shittu added that the president was sometimes kept in the
dark about contract awards processes and the goings-on in his administration.

“Let me tell you, there were a lot of manipulations and we
even heard that a lot of the so-called approvals did not emanate from President
Buhari,” he said.

“There were a lot of manipulations and approvals which did
not emanate from the president. I am telling you confidently that a lot of it
did not get his attention.”