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Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, has explained why military personnel from the Igbo tribe weren't among the new service chief appointments.
Speaking in a recent interview with Vanguard, he says anybody can be appointed as a service chief as long as the person is a Nigerian.
"Security is an area where you take the very best. It is not something you subject to emotional considerations or other primordial sentiments. Take the very best who can deliver particularly at a critical time like this," he said.
"All the Service Chiefs he appointed he never met anyone of them except the Chief of Army Staff that he met casually in Chad. He was the Commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force. So, all of them got appointed based on their service records. Now, are we going to say that we will subject efficiency to ethnic and regional balances? I am not saying that it is not constitutional."
According to him, there is federal character in Nigeria's Constitution, "but there are some areas where you can’t sacrifice efficiency for ethnic or regional balancing.
"Get the very best that can do the job particularly at a time of crisis like we have in security. So, I don’t think it would have been proper shopping for people to fill positions as critical as Service Chiefs if they aren’t the very best we can get.
Speaking in a recent interview with Vanguard, he says anybody can be appointed as a service chief as long as the person is a Nigerian.
"Security is an area where you take the very best. It is not something you subject to emotional considerations or other primordial sentiments. Take the very best who can deliver particularly at a critical time like this," he said.
"All the Service Chiefs he appointed he never met anyone of them except the Chief of Army Staff that he met casually in Chad. He was the Commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force. So, all of them got appointed based on their service records. Now, are we going to say that we will subject efficiency to ethnic and regional balances? I am not saying that it is not constitutional."
According to him, there is federal character in Nigeria's Constitution, "but there are some areas where you can’t sacrifice efficiency for ethnic or regional balancing.
"Get the very best that can do the job particularly at a time of crisis like we have in security. So, I don’t think it would have been proper shopping for people to fill positions as critical as Service Chiefs if they aren’t the very best we can get.
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