At least 6, 000 appointments would be made by President Muhammadu Buhari

At least 6, 000 appointments would be made by

President Muhammadu Buhari.

In an interview with Sahara TV on Saturday, the

Senior Special Assistant to the President on

Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated that

Buhari would be fair to all. He also called for

patience reassuring Nigerians that there are

more than 6,000 appointments the president is

yet to make.

Buhari, who recently sacked the country’s service

chiefs that served under ex-President Goodluck

Jonathan and dissolved the boards of many

Federal Government parastatals across the

country, has been criticised for not constituting

his cabinet and appointing people into various

boards of parastatals.

The President is also being pilloried for allegedly

favouring the North in the appointment he had

made so far. But, “I think President Muhammadu

Buhari is sensitive to the diversity of this

country. He has more than 6,000 appointments

to make. Therefore, why would anybody use less

than 10 appointments to judge the President on

this matter? Again, it boils down to the lack of

patience. This man is an experienced leader.

Nigeria stands to gain from the accumulation of

wisdom that he has garnered over his long life

on earth. He has sworn to an oath that he’s a

President of all.

“This government will make as many as 6,000

appointments. And he is bound, even if he

doesn’t wish it, by the constitution of the

Federal Republic of Nigeria to reflect federal

character.”

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