The Presidency on Saturday insisted that
President Muhammadu Buhari’ s appointments are not lopsided in favour
of the North as suggested by a recent media report.
The Special
Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina ,
stated this in a statement made available to journalists . The media
report had claimed that 81 of Buhari’ s appointments are from the North .
But Adesina described the report as a mischievous attempt to mislead
the public and portray the Buhari administration in bad light.
He
said the writer unilaterally selected 100 appointees to drive home the
distraction presented as “facts ”. “To claim , suggest or attempt to
insinuate that the President’ s appointments are tilted in favour of a
section of the country is simply untrue and certainly uncharitable, ”
Adesina said .
The presidential spokesman insisted that it is
false for anyone to say that Buhari’ s appointments are lopsided. He
added , “From all records , majority of the President’ s appointees
across different portfolios are not from the North , as the publication
erroneously alleged. “If the publication did not have ulterior
motives , a simple enquiry from official sources in the Presidency would
have prevented this unwarranted public disinformation .
“It must
be stated clearly that , despite the distractions and biased reportage
of this article, President Muhammadu Buhari remains committed to serving
all Nigerians, no matter the tribe , ethnicity or region, and he is
also determined to ensure that Nigeria remains strong and united . “He
has , and will continue to keep faith with one Nigeria and has shown
this with the administration ’s diverse projects in different parts of
the country ’ s geopolitical zones .
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