Former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has risen in defence of President Bola Tinubu as he faces allegations of skewing appointments in favour of the South-West.
Tinubu’s administration has been under attack for giving most strategic appointments to the people from his South-West region.
Senator Ali Ndume recently came hard on him, declaring that it was way too bad.
But speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Sani countered the nepotism allegation against Tinubu, arguing that the Buhari administration was worse in terms of favouritism.
According to him, It is clear the nation has a very short memory, and then we simply forget what happened the last time Buhari was in power. What was the profile of nepotism at that time?
“The DG of SSS, Daura was from Katsina state, the DG of NIA, Rufai was from Katsina state, the MPA, my sister Hadiza, she’s from Katsina state, Director of Federal Mortgage Bank, Katsina state, SMEDAN, Katsina state, FRCN Katsina state, NIMET Katsina state, NIMASA Katsina state, Railway Corporation, Katsina state, all those things, you don’t talk of Chairman of federal civil service about 30 (of them) We don’t have time, I can state all of them. All from Katsina state.
“At a certain time in this country, the Controller General of Immigration is from northern Nigeria. Customs, Hamid Ali is from northern Nigeria, Civil Defense, Audi is from northern Nigeria, Chairman of Federal Road Safety Corps is from northern Nigeria. Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba is from northern Nigeria, the Chief of Naval staff, the Chief of Army Staff, they’re all from northern Nigeria. We have had all these things here, and you have never had any person from the southern part of the country raising issues.”
He then took a swipe at Northerners criticising Tinubu, insisting that they lacked the morality to do so.
“And when you keep quiet when it favored you, and now you speak out when it doesn’t favor you,” he said.