The Presidency has reacted to recent claims of President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointments favouring the North.
Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesperson on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari stated that there are other factors to consider other than federal character when the president makes his appointments.
Adesina, while admitting that the appointments are indeed more in some regions, explained that appointment is an ongoing process in governance and more appointments would still be made.
“When it is the turn of a person to hold a certain office and you say because he is from a certain region you then bypass him for another person, you have been unfair to that person and also to the system.
“The security system often times operate on hierarchy and efficiency. So if you have a senior person who is also efficient and because he comes from a certain region, you bypass him, I think you are being unjust and unfair to somebody.
“There are some (appointments) that are not necessarily subject to federal character,” he said.
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