The youth wing of the Arewa
Consultative Forum, ACF, has declared that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led
government is not sectional as being speculated in some quarters.
Speaking with Dailypost,
President of the Forum, Yerima Shettima, insisted that the Buhari government
was not sectional because even the Northern part of the country was not
“feeling any impact” of his administration.
Shettima said this while reacting
to Buhari’s appointment of Yusuf Magaji Bichi as the substantive
Director-General of the Department of State Security, DSS.
Bichi’s appointment generated controversies from all corners, with many
accusing the president of nepotism.
Reacting to the appointment,
Shettima said Buhari reserved the right to appoint who he feels would be loyal
to him.
The ACF President stressed that
Buhari may have lost confidence in the former Acting DSS DG, Seiyifa reason his
appointment was not confirmed.
He said, “The appointment is at
the discretion of the President. It is his right to appoint anyone in that
capacity and it has to do with secret and you can’t give your secrets to
someone you doubt, especially with the way politics is these days.
“To me, I see no issue there even
though we are aware of the fact that Seiyifa was to retire any moment from now,
but that not withstanding, if you can give somebody who is retired the
appointment what about this one that is still in the service?
“However, maybe the President has
no confidence in Sieyifa and I hope he gave the appointment in the interest of
the country and on personal grounds.
“Loyalty to Nigeria must be
hundred percent. Interest of the country must come first before any political
appointment otherwise he will be remembered for his actions.”
On Bichi’s appointment portraying
the Buhari government as being sectional, the ACF youth president said, “Well,
for me every Commander-in-Chief will always look at people that are loyal to
him and will always be on his side whenever this is any problem.
“Some of us feel that the Buhari
government is running like a syndicate that only favours a few individuals and
I think government should be all inclusive. Sectionally, I will say no because
the North has seen the worst in terms of suffering.
“In area of education and
everything we are the most suffered region, so he is not sectional. Some of us
in the North are crying because we have been shortchanged.
“The Buhari government is in the
hands of a few individuals and everything fails in that light.
“So, when you say sectional is
like it is strictly a Northern affair but we are also not feeling any impact
here.”
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ReplyDeleteFunny people. There is a neo ous and ethnic agenda behind the fact that every weapon bearing agency in Nigeria is not only headed by a northern but a Fulani Muslim northerner. We have Jesus and He is bigger than very mountain erected against us
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