Presidency has described as “fake” reports that President
Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled 150 memos signed off by his late chief of staff,
Abba Kyari.
A website had reported on Sunday that Buhari cancelled memos
and appointments by Kyari and set up a panel to review them.
This was later amplified and made to trend on Twitter before
it was published the following day by The Guardian newspaper, which edited the
story a number of times.
However, Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, in a statement
on Tuesday evening, denied the report and assured Nigerians that Buhari has
never abdicated his powers to anybody.
Shehu said: “The attention of the Presidency has been drawn
to media reports alleging that President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled a
number of memos and appointments signed off by his former Chief of Staff. Not
surprisingly, these reports have quoted unnamed sources.
“There is not a grain of truth in these reports and
Nigerians should please ignore the insinuations behind them.
“President Buhari was duly re-elected by Nigerians in
February 2019. He has not and will never cede to anyone else, that power and
trust given to him by the Nigerian people.”
It is however understood that there are currently intense
intrigues in Aso Rock over appointments as different blocs jostle to take
control after Kyari’s death.
“Some people have candidates they will want in certain
positions, so they launched the fake news and got their foot soldiers on Twitter
and in the traditional media to create the impression that Kyari made
appointments without the president’s approval,”TheCable reports quoting a presidency official.
“If you know how memos are done, it is impossible for the
chief of staff to issue one that is not approved by the president. All critical
appointment letters, such as the ones for boards and chief executives, are
issued by the secretary to the government of the federation based on the
president’s written approval.
“What the chief of staff does is to write a memo to the SGF
on behalf of the president and attach a copy of the president’s approval to it.
No SGF will issue any letter without a copy of the president’s approving
instrument.”
Kyari died on April 17 from COVID-19 complications.
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