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Social media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Lauretta Onochie has reacted to the open letter written by Col. Abubakar Umar (retd) on the President’s style of appointment into the offices of the Federal Government.
MERIDIAN SPY reported earlier, in an open letter addressed to the President on Sunday, titled: “MR. PRESIDENT; PLEASE BELONG TO ALL OF US,” Col. Umar adjudged Buhari’s appointment as ‘lopsided’ and capable of bringing the nation to ruin.
“Mr. President, I regret that there are no kind or gentle words to tell you that your skewed appointments into the offices of the federal government, favoring some and frustrating others, shall bring ruin and destruction to this nation,” he said.
The former Kaduna military governor urged the President to emulate the administration of the late Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Olusegun Obasanjo (Military Government) and the late Alhaji Shehu Shagari whom, according to him, have all been exemplary in terms of appointments.
“I hope you would see your way into pausing and reflecting on the very grave consequences of such failure not just to your legacy but to the future of our great country,” he noted.
Reacting, Onochie, on Monday, said she felt ‘very sorry’ for Col. Umar who, according to her, has been feeding from fake news.
“When I saw this untrue headline, I felt very sorry for Col. Umar Rtd. He’s been feeding on fake news,” she wrote on Twitter. “Fake news can be damaging. Responding to Fake news can be embarrassing. Fake news strips one of every dignity.”
The president’s social media aide further made reference to a research and publication done by Vanguard, tagged ‘APPOINTMENTS: Buhari favoured South more than North – Records’, wherein it listed Buhari’s appointments since he assumed office in 2015.
The documents, the first 43 pages and the second 17 pages, used by the media to arrive at the percentage published, showed that the South got 52.4%, North 47.6%, Vanguard reports.
For example, between 2015 and 2018, the North-Central topped the number of appointments in Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, with 102 appointees, the South-West came second with 101 appointees giving the two zones 35 per cent or 203 of the 567 appointments made.
The South-South came third with 99 appointments, ahead of the North-West, which came fourth with 94. The North-East followed with 93, and the South-East is least with 78. In the North-Central, Kogi topped with 22 appointees, followed by Kwara with 21, and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja got the least with two appointees.
This, Onochie made reference to, as evidence to counter the hypothetical submission of Umar.
