Special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media in addition to publicity, Femi Adesina, says ‘It is, indeed, faux for anyone to say that President Buhari’s appointments are lopsided.”
According to Mr. Adesina: “From all records, bulk of the President’s appointees across dissimilar portfolios are non from the North, every bit the publication erroneously alleged.”
The presidential spokesman said this on Sabbatum spell reacting to a report.
“It must hold upward stated clearly that, despite the distractions in addition to biased reportage of this article, President Muhammadu Buhari remains committed to serving all Nigerians, no affair the tribe, ethnicity or region, in addition to he is likewise determined to ensure that Nigeria remains rigid in addition to united. He has, in addition to volition proceed to maintain organized faith with i Nigeria in addition to has shown this with the administration’s various projects inwards dissimilar parts of the country’s geopolitical zones,” Adesina added.
Below is his total statement:
The above-titled article every bit originally published yesteryear Business Day on Sunday, 29th October, 2017, is either an ignorant travail or a mischievous endeavor yesteryear the publication to mislead the populace in addition to portray the Buhari direction inwards bad light.
Although the publication claims to hold upward a fact-checking reportage, what it did essentially is roughly putting together a string of misleading statements across 2 pages of a newspaper.
To force this biased reportage, which wrongly claimed that 81 of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 100 appointees are Northerners, the author unilaterally selected 100 appointees to stimulate abode the distraction presented every bit “facts”.
To claim, advise or endeavor to insinuate that the President's appointments are tilted inwards favour of a department of the province is only untrue in addition to for certain uncharitable.
First of all, the publication could non fifty-fifty cross the t’s in addition to dot the i’s properly. For instance, the author wrongly named the Director-General, NISER, every bit Haruna Yerima, whereas the DG, NISER is genuinely Folarin Gbadebo-Smith. Again, the author wrongly identified the CEO, NDLEA every bit Muhammad Abdallah. However, Mrs. Roli Bode-George is the CEO, NDLEA.
Why volition a publication of the condition of Business Day embark on such shoddiness, or are nosotros to conclude this was calculated to utilise a detail perception?
The article likewise wrongly named Tunde Irukera every bit Executive Secretary of CPP,-whatever that is- instead of Consumer Protection Council (CPC). Rather conveniently, the publication ignored mentioning that Mr Emeka Nwankpa is chairman of CPC. Not alone that, the author claimed that the Director-General of the Budget Office is Aliyu Gusau, whereas Mr. Ben Akabueze is the actual DG, Budget Office.
Besides, the publication made non precisely one, but several errors on names in addition to positions, inwards what could hold upward seen every bit a deliberate endeavor to mislead the reading public, along the lines of about intended distortions of the truth.
For example, in that place are several other appointments the publication failed to mention, which clearly shows the fair geopolitical spread of President Buhari’s appointees. For instance, the publication didn’t elevate Sharon Ikeazor, Director-General, PTAD, who is from Anambra, South East; Folorunsho Coker, DG, NTDC; who is from Lagos, South West; Ituah Ighodalo, of the National Council of Privatisation, who is from the South South; Eze Duru Ihioma, Chairman, NPC, who is from Imo, South East, alongside many others.
There are at to the lowest degree 50 names of the President’s appointees that the article didn’t elevate that are non from the North, spell in that place are about others that were already inwards house earlier the direction came inwards but reconfirmed yesteryear the Buhari administration.
Aside from that, several names of board members/appointees from other parts of the province were deliberately left out. These include Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, NCC Chairman, Lord's Day Dare, NCC Executive Commissioner, Jide Zeitlin, NSIA Chairman, Anthony Ayine, Auditor General of the Federation, Anibor Kragha, COO NNPC, Chiedu Ugbo, physician NDPHC, Uche Orji, CEO NSIA, Osita Okechukwu, DG VON, Yemi Kale, DG NBS in addition to Waziri Adio, Executive Secretary NEITI, alongside several others.
The attached graph shows the breakdown of electrical flow Federal Government means appointments per province reflecting the truthful painting demo of the spread.
Thus, the publication’s inconsistencies in addition to selective reportage are questionable, to say the least. And this is divisive with its many misleading statements that should hold upward taken with a pinch of salt. What Nigerians quest at in i lawsuit are unity in addition to constructive dialogue that would aid the field march forrad on the correct path non divisive, misleading reportage.
It is, indeed, faux for anyone to say that President Buhari’s appointments are lopsided. From all records, bulk of the President’s appointees across dissimilar portfolios are non from the North, every bit the publication erroneously alleged. If the publication did non receive got ulterior motives, a unproblematic research from official sources inwards the Presidency would receive got prevented this unwarranted populace disinformation.
It must hold upward stated clearly that, despite the distractions in addition to biased reportage of this article, President Muhammadu Buhari remains committed to serving all Nigerians, no affair the tribe, ethnicity or region, in addition to he is likewise determined to ensure that Nigeria remains rigid in addition to united. He has, in addition to volition proceed to maintain organized faith with i Nigeria in addition to has shown this with the administration’s various projects inwards dissimilar parts of the country’s geopolitical zones.