Presidency releases full list of president’s appointees

The Presidency has released a full list of all the appointments made by President

The list was released by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Saturday, November 4, 2017.

The comprehensive list of 159 appointees by the President was released in response to a report by BusinessDay that an overwhelming majority of the Buhari’s appointees were from his native northern region.

“Here is an updated table of President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointments, disproving the allegations of lopsidedness,” the presidential spokesperson reportedly noted.

This is coming following report that 81 of the president’s 100 political appointees are northerners.

Adesina denied the claims saying “To claim, suggest or attempt to insinuate that the President’s appointments are tilted in favour of a section of the country is simply untrue and certainly uncharitable.

“From all records, majority of the President’s appointees across different portfolios are not from the North, as the publication erroneously alleged,” he said.

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From the list Ogun state has the highest number of appointments with 21, followed by Imo and Kano states with 15 each, and Edo and the president’s home state of Katsina with 14 each.

The Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has no appointee — the worst case; while Ebonyi and Abia have two each, Kebbi has three, while Zamfara, Sokoto, Oyo, Enugu, Ekiti and Akwa Ibom have four each.

Below is a full list of appointments made by Buhari from the 36 states and FCT, as provided by the presidency.