The Presidency has rubbished unfounded allegations of nepotism and ethnicism against President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The president has been widely accused of largely preferring his Yoruba tribe at the expense of other regions in terms of appointments, especially in the security sector of the country.
In the wake of the appointment of Major General Olufemi Oluyede as Acting Chief of Army Staff, many persons, especially netizens, accused President Bola Tinubu of “Yorubanisation”, a term which commonly means favouring his tribe, the Yoruba.
Oluyede was appointed to stand in for General Taoreed Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff, who has been away from the country on health grounds.
Some Nigerians have argued that there were equally competent generals who could stand in for Lagbaja other than another person from the South West.
Apparently weighing into the conversation, Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Public Communications and Orientation, shared a list of the heads of security agencies appointed by Tinubu.
According to the list, the North West has the highest appointees (eight), followed by the South West (five) and North Central (four).
North East has three appointees, according to the presidential aide’s list, while South South and South East have one each.
“Facts do not lie. Below we see laid bare the facts about the regional outlook of President Tinubu’s appointments within 20 security agencies. The label of him favouring Yorubas in the Security set up does not fit. Nigeria we hail thee!,” Dare captioned the post.
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