The Presidency on Saturday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointments do not favour the North as
widely believed. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, stated this in a statement made available to journalists.
Adesina described a report stating that 81 of Buhari’s appointment are from the north as mischievous and an attempt to paint Buhari’s administration in bad light.
“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. 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.”
