President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari discriminatory appointment which ignores the Federal Character provision becomes more obvious as he makes four top political appointments all going to the North


The new positions incudes:
    Engr. Babachir David Lawal, (Adamawa, North-East) - Secretary to the Government  of the Federation

    Alhaji Abba Kyari, (North)   –        Chief of Staff to the President

    Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd.), (Bauchi, North-East) – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service

    Mr. Kure Martin Abeshi, (Nasarawa, North-Central)  – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service


   Other appointments includes  Senator Ita S.J. Enang – SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate)
    Hon. Suleiman A. Kawu   –        SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives)



The appointments were announced  in a statement issued by the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina.


The statement said the president also appointed Alhaji Abba Kyari as his Chief of Staff ; retired Col. Hameed Ali as Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service, while Mr Kure Abeshi is the new Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service.


It stated that the president also appointed Sen. Ita S. Enang as Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate) while Hon. Suleiman A. Kawu is the new SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives).


According to the statement, the appointments are with effect from August 27.

The new Secretary to the Government of the Federation hails from Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
He graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1979, with a Bachelor of Engineering Degree.

He worked with the Delta Steel Company, Aladja, Nigerian External Telecommunications Limited and Data Sciences Limited, before establishing his own ICT and Telecommunications consulting firm in 1990.


He is also a member of the Nigeria Computer Society, the Nigeria Society of Engineers and the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria.


Alhaji Abba Kyari, the new Chief of Staff to the President holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University of Warwick in Law and Sociology.

He had worked with the New Nigeria Development Company, New Africa Holdings, African International Bank, United Bank for Africa, Unilever, and Mobil, in various capacities.


The new Comptroller-General of Customs, Ali, holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Criminology.

He was military administrator of Kaduna State from 1996 to 1998.


The new Comptroller- General of Immigration, Mr. Abeshi hails from Nasarawa State.
He joined the Nigerian Immigration Service in 1989 as an Assistant Comptroller.

His educational qualifications include a Masters Degree in Public Administration.