The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Spokesman, Festus Keyamo, on Wednesday faulted a comment by the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) vice presidential candidate, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, in which he (Okowa) reportedly mocked Kashim Shettima’s remarks on the nation’s security situation, IgbereTV reports
In a tweet in response to an internet story, Keyamo highlighted the constitution from 1999 and stated that the president has the authority to delegate any duties to his vice president or ministers.
Addressing Okowa, Keyamo tweeted: “I respectfully disagree, your Excellency. The President may assign any responsibility within his purview to either his Vice President, VP or Ministers.
“This may include some aspects of security issues too. That is why for instance you have a Minister of Defence. It is possible that in the well-known forward-thinking nature of @official BAT, possible assignment of some responsibilities in this regard have been discussed with his VP-to-be & H.E Shettima just can’t wait to hit the ground running. This is not absurd sir.
”When H.E Shettima says ‘taking charge ‘, it’s in the context of discharging responsibilities assigned to him by @oofical ABAT. But he will report back to his boss just as your principal Atiku Abubakar was reporting to OBJ since he wasn’t in a position to make any final decision”
