The Presidency on Monday night said the appointment of
service chiefs is not subject to federal character principle and ethnic
balancing.
Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, stated this while
speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme.
Adesina insisted that security should not be subjected to
politics but competence, adding that his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari,
has the prerogative to appoint those he feels are competent and can do the job
of securing Nigeria against terrorist attacks.
“Don’t subject security to ethnic balancing, don’t subject
security to federal character,” Adesina said.
“In fact, the constitution that prescribes federal character
even gives the President some prerogatives that he can appoint on his own.”
He added: “Security is something you do based on the best.
The best and the brightest, because all you want is for your country to be
secured. The President usually said, ‘unless you’ve secured the country or even
an organisation, you cannot efficiently manage it’.”
“President will always have the prerogative to
appoint those he feels can help him secure the country and have the kind of
country you deserve to have.”
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