NEWS
Presidency Admits Errors In Controversial List Featuring Dead Persons As Appointees
The presidency has reacted to the controversy generated by its appointment, Friday evening, of 1,468 Nigerians into the boards of agencies and parastatals.
The list generated controversy after names of some dead persons were found among the appointees.
Checks also show duplications and appointments of individuals that are no longer in the ruling All Progressives Congress.
The Presidency however downplayed the matter Saturday as, according to a spokesman of the president, there was nothing scandalous about the list.
Speaking to PREMIUM TIMES by telephone, Garba Shehu said “the list has a history” which explains the controversy around it.
“In 2015, Mr. President requested all state chapters of the party to submit names of 50 party members for board appointments,” Mr. Shehu said.
He said the names where compiled by the national secretariat of the APC and forwarded to the then secretary to the government of the federation, Babachir Lawal.
“However, complaint arose from some governors who felt they were not carried along in the process. To answer this, the president constituted a committee under the vice president to review and reflect the interest of the governors”.
Mr Shehu however said action was delayed on the report of the committee headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as President Muhammadu Buhari took ill.
“The president’s trips for medical attention slowed down completion of the process,” he said, until when Mr Buhari decided to revisit the matter recently.
“The current SGF was only directed to complete that process by releasing the list which he apparently did without altering it,” Mr. Shehu explained.
Mr Shehu admitted that errors were committed but added that “no human undertaking can be free of mistakes”.
He said the errors identified with the list were not enough to describe the exercise as scandalous, insisting that “there is no scandal”.
The spokesperson said all errors in the list would be corrected.
[Widget_Twitter id=”1″]
Confusion Trails Abuja Protest as VDM Leaves Venue, Supporters Allege Army Interference
NSA Brokers Peace Deal as Ijaw, Itsekiri Leaders Agree on Power-Sharing Formula in Warri
Oborevwori Mourns as Former Delta Health Commissioner, Dr. Joseph Otumara Dies
Nigeria Won’t Abandon You, Bianca Ojukwu Tells Inmates as Ethiopia Prisoner Transfer Deal Takes Effect
“Only God Can End Insecurity” Remark Sparks Outrage as Defence Minister Faces Backlash
Pro-Tinubu Group Protests in Abuja, Accuses Makinde of Politicising Oriire Schoolchildren Kidnap Case
BREAKING: Abducted Retired Maj-Gen. Rabe Abubakar, Dies in Terrorist Custody
Ogun State Targets 95% Votes for Tinubu in 2027, Cites Economic Reforms
Xenophobia in South Africa: Tinubu Puts MTN, DSTV Licenses on the Chopping Block as Evacuation Begins
”We Are Lacking Boots on the Ground” – Gov. Uba Sani Says Nigeria Needs State Police to Address Insecurity
Inside Jim Ovia’s Two New Waterfront Luxury Towers
I’ll Release Kanu if Elected, Dialogue is Better Than Detention, Says Obi
South Africa to Bill Nigeria, Other Nations for Deportation Costs of Undocumented Migrants
Democracy Day: Leadership is a Trust Bestowed by the People, Says Okowa
