Hadiza Bala Usman
The Presidency in Nigeria has debunked the report that Hadiza Bala Usman, the Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Policy and Coordination, has been appointed as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF.
Reports late Saturday said the current SGF, Senator Gorge Akume has been appointed Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to replace Abdullah Umar Ganduje who resigned on Friday.
With Ganduje’s resignation, some party leaders from North-central have gone back to the trenches with a renewed agitation for the region to have the seat back. Akume is from the zone.
Akume has not visibly shown interest in the position of the APC national chairman, but it was gathered that no fewer than five names from the region are being touted to be eyeing the party’s highest administrative office.
They are: Former governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Umar Tanko Al-Makura; former governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye; former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello; Senator Solomon Ewuga, and Senator Sani Musa, who currently represents the Niger East Senatorial district in the Senate.
But the Presidency through the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, described the trending report as fake and advised the public to disregard it.
The presidency in a four paragraph statement, titled: “Akume remains SGF, “ said the status quo remains.
The statement read: “There has been no change in the status of His Excellency, Senator George Akume, as Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, currently in Saint Lucia, has not made any new appointments.
“The information circulating about Akume’s replacement is untrue. Agents of mischief fabricated it.
“The Presidency advises Nigerians to disregard the fake news.”
Share your thoughts on the story Presidency Says George Akume Remains SGF with Nigerian Kicker in the comments section.
