KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will put forth to the cabinet the suggestion by Umno delegates to reinstate the Federal Territories Ministry.
He said he had discussed the matter with the Federal Territories Umno liaison committee chairman and Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.
"I have discussed this with him, he is more than qualified to become a minister, but he deserves a portfolio bigger than the Federal Territories Ministry.
"But if this is what the leaders in this division want, insyaAllah I will make this our agenda," the Umno president said in his winding-up speech at the Umno general assembly.
Johari was former second finance minister, and is currently the Titiwangsa member of parliament.
He is the only Umno member to win a seat in the central belt in the 15th General Election.
He first won the seat in the 2013 general elections before being appointed deputy finance minister in 2015, and was subsequently appointed second finance minister after a cabinet reshuffle in 2016.