There is nepotism in Buhari’s appointment, SGF is not qualified for his office – Melaye

Senator Dino Melaye has expressed that unqualified  individuals have been given appointments in the President Muhammadu Buhari- led government.

Melaye said there were a lot of nepotism in the Buhari’s appointments, adding that the President should  restructure his appointments, without being political but focused on selecting the “best hands”.

Dino Melaye, who represents Kogi Senatorial District made the disclosure in an interview with Vanguard, saying, “Let me tell you, in this government, we have square pegs in round holes.

“You cannot give carpentry work to a tailor and you expect him to perform. We need to rejig the economy managers of this nation because you cannot give what you don’t have.

“Cabinet reshuffle has to do with the ministers. We have strategic positions in this country that is manned by wrong people; a coach is as good as members of his team.

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“The President cannot be minister of petroleum, Minister of Internal Affairs but if he has good aides, the economy will move because these people will be working within their terrain.

“If a tailoring work is given to a carpenter, the output will be a beautiful nonsense.

“The president must rejig his appointments. The president should forget about politics and bring out people with vigour, better hands that will get the job done. Such people should be involved in the process irrespective of the party they belong or their tribes.

Melaye went on to explain the reasons he believes the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal “misbehaved”.

“The SGF misbehaved because he has never worked in any public service in his life before becoming the SGF.

“The SGF of a country is the manager of the entire process of Governance. A man that is not imbibed and indoctrinated in the act of civil administration or the rudiments of public administration, definitely he will misbehave.

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“His appointment is synonymous to someone wearing an oversized shoe and this is applicable to other appointments in this government, there is a lot of nepotism in appointment in this government.

He clarified that President Buhari is the President of Nigeria and not of any party, and therefore should not be partisan about national development process.

He said, “Like I told you earlier, it’s not all about party. Even the president is not an APC president but the president of the federal republic of Nigeria including the witches and wizards of this country. He is the president of everybody. Development process is national and no one should be partisan about it.

“If you find a good man in PDP or APGA that can do the job perfectly, appoint him or her in the interest of National development than to bring an APC man that has no idea of what to do.

“Today in this country there is an organization headed in this country by a lawyer, what do we expect from such appointment? We have ministers that have no cognate experience at all on where to serve.”