Former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume has commended President Bola
Tinubu over fresh appointments into Boards of key federal agencies.
However, Ndume urged Tinubu to accommodate more
southeasterners in his next set of board appointments.
The new appointees unveiled during the weekend include
Muhammad Babangida son of former military Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, who
was named the Chairman of the revamped Bank of Agriculture.
Others were Lydia Kalat Musa, Chairperson of the Oil and Gas
Free Zones Authority; Jamilu Wada Aliyu, chairman of the National Educational
Research and Development Council; Yahuza Ado Inuwa, Standards Organisation of
Nigeria and
Sanusi Musa, named Chairman of the Institute for Peace and
Conflict Resolution.
The list also includes Professor Al-Mustapha Aliyu as
Director-General of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa; Sanusi
Garba Rikiji as Director-General of the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations
and Abdulmumini Aminu-Zaria, Executive Director of the Integrated Water
Resources Management Commission.
Checks revealed that apart from Mohammed Babangida from
Niger State in the North-Central, both Kano and Kaduna had three and two
appointees, respectively.
Sokoto and Zamfara in the North-West region have a slot each
while Oyo State produced Tomi Somefun as the Director General of the National
Hydro-Electric Power Areas Development Commission.
Recall that Tinubu had last May appointed 12 individuals
from northern states into significant positions in federal agencies.
Ndume commended Tinubu for taking necessary steps to calm
frayed nerves in the North over his appointments.
He said: “This appointments and the one he did last May when
he gave 12 key agencies to competent individuals from the North were assuring
enough. It goes to show that he is a responsive leader who listens to
criticisms and surrenders to genuine and legitimate agitation.
“These two appointments will reassure the North,
particularly its elders, that President Tinubu isn’t a leader that will
deliberately promote an agenda to alienate the region which stood with him
during the last general elections.”
The senator representing Borno South however appealed to
Tinubu to consider the South-East in his next appointments.
“The wrong narrative that the South-East has been abandoned
and would not count in patronage distribution should not be allowed to fester
for long.
“It is even a breach of the Federal Character Principle, as
enshrined in the 1999 Constitution to strip an entire region of adequate
representation.
“This is a big mistep that must be corrected. Every part of
the country deserves sense of belonging in a federation.
“While I acknowledge Mr. President’s steadfastness with this
appointments, we are hopeful that subsequent nominations will reflect broader
national inclusiveness, by accommodating more individuals from the South-East.”
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