President Muhammadu Buhari has
explained that 35 aides were not sacked from the Office of the Vice President
instead they were redeployed to a new ministry.
The President who fielded
questions from NTA State House Correspondent at the Presidential Wing of the
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, upon his return from a private
visit from the United Kingdom described the interpretations of his directives
as a sack as ‘unfortunate’.
The President described what
happened as a re-organisation and not a sacking, stressing that, a new ministry
has recently been created, that is, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster
Management and Social Development.
“They said 35 people were sacked
in the Vice President’s office but we just created a ministry and we
reorganized but people are giving it an ethnic and political dimension. It is
unfortunate,” the President said.
It would be recalled that while
media report had widely reported the sack of 35 aides including the circulation
of a list of those sack, informed sources insisted that what the President
directed was a redeployment and not a sack.
The President’s comment in the
NTA interview last night on arrival from his UK private trip indicated that
although some Presidential aides had confirmed the sacking of 35 aides, the
President only gave express instructions for redeployment to ministries not
sacking.
Meanwhile, President Buhari
assured Nigerians that he was more energized and ready for work. “We are going
to work harder to be accountable and try to make Nigerians see why we do
certain things. Accountability from bottom to top is absolutely necessary,” he
said.
It would be recalled that some
people had falsely reported and claimed that President Buhari had sacked 35
aides in the Office of the Vice President to whittle down the powers and
influence of the Vice President.
Some also claimed that the
sacking of the 35 aides were to reduce the influence of the Vice President
ahead of 2023 elections and were masterminded by a certain cabal with the
Presidency.
The Presidency has however always
maintained that the President and his deputy, Prof Osinbajo enjoy a very good
relationship.
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