President Muhammadu Buhari says those he appointed into
offices in his administration earned them.
The president said this during an interview with Arise TV
broadcast on Thursday.
Buhari said he will not pick somebody to fill a particular
position “just to balance up”, while neglecting those who had passed through
the training and ranks.
“They trained in Zaria or Abeokuta, they come through the ranks and because they served under all the circumstances, the crises and everything and they gradually rise to the status,” he said.
“And you think, you
will just pick somebody just to balance up. These positions have to be earned.
There are people who have been there for 10 to 15 years.”
In recent times, critics of the president have accused him
of appointing those from the northern part of the country into strategic positions.
They said the president is negating the principles of
federal character, especially in the appointment of service chiefs.
Buhari said people are not forced to join the security
agencies, adding that those who join have to pass through the processes.
“Just because someone would say there is nobody. If you do
not join, you are not forced to join. When you join, you go through the
rigmarole. You go through the problem,” he added.
When asked what he is doing to make the people of the
south-east feel included in his administration, Buhari said people from the
south-east are in the south-east, adding that they must pass through the
process.
“You better get the list of our civil servants, if you think
there are no people from the south-east. There are people from the south-east,”
he said.
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