- Director, strategic communications, Buhari campaign organisation, Festus Keyamo, has declared that he can only vouch for President Buhari and not his appointees
- He argued that those accusing Buhari of appointing northerners to top positions are wrong
- Keyamo also claimed Buhari is understanding in his dealings with Nigerians
Festus Keyamo (SAN), director, strategic communications, Buhari campaign organisation, has declared that he can only vouch for President Muhammadu Buhari’s integrity and not those working for him.
The presidential aide declared this during a chat with ‘The Interview’, a monthly magazine published in Abuja, Punch reports.
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Speaking on the allegations of nepotism and backdoor recruitment at the Central Bank of Nigeria and other public institutions in Buhari's administration, he said:
“Remember there was a time when there was an outcry that they shortlisted certain people or there were more people from certain parts of the country. Like I said, when these things come out and they come to the knowledge of the president, what does he do?
“Do you really expect the president to sit down and compile names of those to employ in MDAs? We cannot vouch for people who work for him. I am saying that openly. I cannot vouch for them. Do you expect the president to sit down, take his pen and begin to shortlist people one by one?
“When the issue of shortlisted candidates was brought to the public knowledge, that it tilted to some areas, he stopped the process.”
Going further, he argued that those accusing Buhari of appointment northerners to top positions are wrong.
“The service chiefs, two are from the south, two are from the north. One is from Ekiti and one, I think is a Calabar man or so. Now, the DSS and the NSA, in some areas when the president concentrates on picking people from some areas, in other areas, he may decide to leave that zone entirely and concentrate on another zone," he said.
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that Festus Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), said he does not believe the figures of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on increase in poverty under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
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Source: Naija.ng