Alhaji Isa Funtua, a close ally of President Muhammadu
Buhari, has given reason he cannot replace the late Abba Kyari as the
president’s Chief of Staff.
Funtua, while reacting to reports that he was likely a
replacement for the Office of the Chief of Staff, said it is an insult to his
personality.
Speaking to BBC Hausa, the elder statesman said he should be
employing people and not struggling for government appointments.
The politician maintained that appointments like Chief of
Staff should be for young people not his age mates, adding that Nigerians
should stop making caricature of public offices
He was quoted as saying, “I heard people mentioning my name
to replace Abba Kyari but I take the story as an insult instead. I have once
worked with the government in the 80s, worked with white men and also was once
a Minister of the Federal republic. For someone to mention my name for that
position is an insult especially for a man who served as a minister nearly 40
years ago and out of government.
“I should be employing people now, not trying to struggle
for government appointments. At my level and age, people should first see if I
am fit to serve and see if I am strong enough and if I am up-to-date with
current realities of governance.
“Even if they approach the president with my name, he knows
he cannot ask me to serve at this age. For God’s sake, you mean at my age, I
should be waking up at 8am to go to work? Haba, I am way passed that lifestyle.
It’s for people like you (referring to the BBC journalist) and other much
younger persons. We should stop making caricatures of public offices simply
because of the sake of getting appointments,” he said.
Meanwhile, a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode,
on Monday, listed Isa Funtua as a member of President Muhammadu Buhari’s
“cabal”.
In his piece, Fani-Kayode hinted that there were powerful
people around the president.
“Some say he was the leader of the cabal. This is a cabal in
which seasoned and skillful old war horses, ancient northern political veterans
and warriors like Mamman Daura, Zangon Daura, Mahmoud Tukur, Ismaila Isa
Funtua, Lawal Daura, Baba Gana Kingibe and many others.”
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