LAGOS – It
would seem that the presidency has finally caved in to criticisms of lopsided
appointments into key national positions in President Muhammadu Buhari’s
government.
Against
this backdrop, President Buhari is said to have, therefore, approved the
reshuffling of service chiefs and others.
Those
believed to have been subsequently approved for replacement include the National
Security Adviser (NSA), the Chief of Army Staff, the Chief of Naval Staff, the
Chief of Air Staff, and the Comptroller-General of Customs.
Investigations by Daily
Independent reveal that apart from the service chiefs, the NSA
and the Customs boss, some key staff at the presidency and heads of some Federal
Government agencies would be replaced.
It
was further learnt that the shake-up was sequel to a memo from the new Chief of
Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, suggesting that
there was an emergency to reshuffle Buhari’s cabinet to accommodate people from
the southern part of the country.
A source revealed that Gambari, in his memo, stressed that disunity in the
country was more widened by the lopsided appointments, thereby pitching the
South against the North.
Similarly,
the new CoS was said to have highlighted several reasons why there was an
urgent need to replace some people in Buhari’s government to embrace national
unity and cohesion.
One of the highlights was that there
was no sincerity of purpose in executing national economic policies as well as
lack of commitment to curtailing insecurity.
President
Buhari was said to have yielded to the urgent need to replace some of the key
position holders, “especially in the security sector”, our source disclosed.
Our
investigations revealed that Gambari’s proposal has leaked to all the
military and other agencies whose heads have been slated for the sack.
Subsequently, the lobby has intensified by interested groups and some politicians, who are said
to have reached out to Gambari to recommend their cronies.
In the
new dispensation, our source hinted that the new Chief of Naval Staff or Chief
of Air Staff might emerge from Kwara State.
Similarly,
the naval chief may alternatively emerge from the Niger Delta.
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