Unconfirmed reports reaching
Naij.com have it that President Muhammadu Buhari has secretly appointed
the former permanent secretary of the federal Ministry of Works, Hakeem
Baba-Ahmed, as a private secretary.
However, Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant to
the president on media and publicity, said: “We have not been informed of
the appointment of a private secretary.”
Baba-Ahmed had reportedly been named private secretary
to Buhari after the two-day presidential retreat for the incoming ministers
that finished on Friday, November 6.
Separately from the offices of the president and his
vice, the offices of the chief of staff to the president, and the private
secretary are believed to be other powerful positions.
The major appointments by the Buhari since he
took office on May 29 caused controversy across the political sphere for their
supposed lopsidedness.
So far, there have been no key appointees of southeast
and southwest natives into Buhari’s cabinet, a move widely seen by Nigerians
from the two zones as a careful attempt to sideline their people, an accusation
strongly rejected by the presidency.
Meanwhile, President Buhari is set to finally
inaugurate his ministers on November 11, Wednesday.
The president yesterday swore
in the new chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and
five commissioners with an assurance that he would not interfere with the work of the
commission.
Source: Naij.com
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