Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo has said appointments made by President Muhammadu
Buhari favour Christians as well as the southern part of the country.
Speaking
in an interview with a group of journalists and social media practitioners in
Lagos weekend, the vice president dispelled allegations of nepotism against the
President.
The
transcript of the interview was yesterday released to State House
correspondents by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media
and Publicity, Laolu Akande.
The
vice president noted that the membership of Buhari’s cabinet comprised 18
Christians and 18 Muslims.
However,
he pointed out that the two biggest appointments in government – the post
of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the Head of the
Civil Service of the Federation are held by Christians.
He
said: “Look at the cabinet, for example, from the point of view of the religion,
it has an equal number: 18 Christians, 18 Muslims; but, we have the Secretary
to the Government of the Federation as well as the Head of Service who are
Christians. So, we have 20 Christians to 18 Muslims; that’s the structure of
the cabinet. So, if you take that narrative you may argue that perhaps the
Christian have the upper hand; that’s a possible narrative."
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