Controversy had trailed President Buhari’s new appointees
as 3 dead people allegedly made the list
- The president on Friday, December 29, President
Muhammadu Buhari approved the appointment of 209
chairmen and 1,258 board members
The presidency on Saturday, December 30, reacted to
the controversy generated by its appointment of 1,468
Nigerians into the boards of agencies and parastatals,
Premium Times reports.
It was earlier reported that controversy had trailed the
massive, historical appointments made by President
Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, December 29, afternames of some dead persons were found among the
Appointees.According to Garba Shehu, a spokesman of the
president, speaking to Premium Times, he said there
was nothing scandalous about the list.
He said: “the list has a history” which explains the controversy
around it. In 2015, Mr. President requested all state chapters of the
party to submit names of 50 party members for board
appointments.”
Shehu added that the names where compiled by the
national secretariat of the APC and forwarded to the
the former secretary to the government of the
federation, Babachir Lawal.
“However, complaint arose from some governors who felt they
were not carried along in the process. To answer this, the
president constituted a committee under the vice president to
review and reflect the interest of the governors,” he said.However the presidential spokesman said action was
delayed on the report of the committee headed by Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo as President Muhammadu
Buhari took ill.
“The president’s trips for medical attention slowed down
completion of the process. The current SGF was only directed to
complete that process by releasing the list which he apparently did
without altering it,” he explained.
Shehu admitted that errors were committed but added
that “no human undertaking can be free of mistakes”.
He said the errors identified with the list were not
enough to describe the exercise as scandalous,
insisting that “there is no scandal”, adding that all
errors in the list would be corrected.
as 3 dead people allegedly made the list
- The president on Friday, December 29, President
Muhammadu Buhari approved the appointment of 209
chairmen and 1,258 board members
The presidency on Saturday, December 30, reacted to
the controversy generated by its appointment of 1,468
Nigerians into the boards of agencies and parastatals,
Premium Times reports.
It was earlier reported that controversy had trailed the
massive, historical appointments made by President
Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, December 29, afternames of some dead persons were found among the
Appointees.According to Garba Shehu, a spokesman of the
president, speaking to Premium Times, he said there
was nothing scandalous about the list.
He said: “the list has a history” which explains the controversy
around it. In 2015, Mr. President requested all state chapters of the
party to submit names of 50 party members for board
appointments.”
Shehu added that the names where compiled by the
national secretariat of the APC and forwarded to the
the former secretary to the government of the
federation, Babachir Lawal.
“However, complaint arose from some governors who felt they
were not carried along in the process. To answer this, the
president constituted a committee under the vice president to
review and reflect the interest of the governors,” he said.However the presidential spokesman said action was
delayed on the report of the committee headed by Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo as President Muhammadu
Buhari took ill.
“The president’s trips for medical attention slowed down
completion of the process. The current SGF was only directed to
complete that process by releasing the list which he apparently did
without altering it,” he explained.
Shehu admitted that errors were committed but added
that “no human undertaking can be free of mistakes”.
He said the errors identified with the list were not
enough to describe the exercise as scandalous,
insisting that “there is no scandal”, adding that all
errors in the list would be corrected.
