Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has stated that Nigeria is currently witnessing the worst form of nepotism in its history.
He alleged that rather than work with competent individuals who can tackle the country’s challenges, President Muhammadu Buhari has “opted for his relatives, friends, in-laws and very close associates”
Fayose said this in a statement by Lere Olayinka, his special assistant on public communications and new media.
According to Fayose, the most influential person in the presidency today is said to be one Mamman Daura, a nephew to Buhari.
Fayose lamented that Buhari’s nepotism was evident in the fact that the Personal assistant to President Buhari is said to be the son of Mamman Daura while the state chief of protocol is said to be married to Mamman Daura’s daughter.
He said: “Nepotism is the reason our president discarded competent people in his party that should be running the government with him. The only qualification to hold key positions in the presidency is to know a certain nephew of the president or be a member of his family, that’s nepotism and what nepotism breeds is incompetence.
“The most influential person in the presidency today is said to be one Mamman Daura, who is a nephew of the president. Personal assistant to President Buhari is said to be the son of Mamman Daura while the state chief of protocol is said to be married to Mamman Daura’s daughter.
“It is also the height of nepotism that apart from just two, all security chiefs and heads of all the paramilitary agencies in Nigeria, as well as all the political-heads overseeing all the military and paramilitary arms and agencies are from the north of Nigeria.”
He said Buhari is being “tormented by fear of the unknown”, which he described as the main reason people take to nepotism.
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