To refute the claims of imbalanced appointments made by President Bola Tinubu, the Presidency has apologised for the mistakes in the list of appointments that was made public.
According to The Intercept, opposition leaders have been talking about the president’s appointments lately, accusing him of giving preference to his tribesmen and women over Nigerians from other ethnic groups.
In a recent interview with Arise Television, Senator Ali Ndume, an APC senator from Borno South, charged that the President had violated the federal character concept in his selections.
Despite the fact that they are members of the same party, Ndume claimed he had the right to criticise the president as a lawmaker, which is why he chose to draw attention to his “lopsided appointments.”
The administration issued a list of President Tinubu’s appointments along with their geographical zones in response to the accusation.
The President had nominated 29 individuals from his home area of the Southwest, 35 from the North West, 22 from the South-South, 16 from the South East, 25 from North Central, and 24 from the North East, according to the list.
Critics of the President have, however, noted that the list was incomplete since it omitted the name of a significant appointment from the President’s home area.
Since it was evident from the list that the South East is severely under-represented in President Tinubu’s administration, the exclusion of Femi Gbajabiamila, the President’s Chief of Staff, from the list served to further solidify the narrative of regional imbalance against his administration.
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As the document triggered debate on social media, the Special Adviser, Media & Public Communication/Spokesperson to the President, Sunday Dare, has apologized for the errors in the list.
“We have noticed a number of errors in the list of appointments tweeted. We are sorry. We will provide an updated list later. Thank you,” Dare appealed to Nigerians on X.
However, Dare did not explain why Gbajabiamila’s name was omitted from the list.
