Tag: Lopsided Appointments

North still leads in security roles Presidency defends Tinubus appointments

Aminu Imam
Presidency defends appointments

Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Communication and Orientation, Sunday Dare, has defended the Presidents security appointments. Dare was addressing recent criticisms that the presidents appointments of service chiefs were ethnically skewed to favour the Yoruba ethnic group. The criticisms gained traction following the appointment of Major General Olufemi Oluyede as the Acting Chief of Army Staff. On his X page, Dare presented a detailed breakdown showing that the North has a greater representation in security appointments than the South. According to him, out of 22 appointments in…

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IPAC criticises Tinubus appointments, says president favours South-West

Aminu Imam

The Interparty Advisor Council (IPAC) has criticised the appointments made by President Bola Tinubu since assuming office, saying that they favoured the South Western part of the country. National chairman of IPAC, Sani Yabagi, made the criticism while speaking on a television programme yesterday. Yabagi stated that it was disappointing that President Tinubu, who he said is known to be a Democrat, was following the appointment pattern of his predecessor, Muhammed Buhari by giving undue advantage to the people of his region. He pointed out that appointments in Nigeria must…

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Your appointments lopsided, Christian group chides Buhari

Ishaku Yohanna

The Christian Rights Agenda, CRA, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of being religiously biased and lopsided in his appointments. It said available data shows the Presidents appointments, especially in his second term, as heavily skewed against Christians, especially northern Christians. CRA therefore called on the President to, as a matter of urgency, review his lopsided appointments It also challenged the Presidency to make public the entire list of all Federal Agencies and Parastatals and their heads noting that appointments such as Personal Assistants and Special Assistants cannot in any way…

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