Posted 3/30/2024, 8:08:52 AM
Tinubu Faces Backlash from APC Loyalists Over Federal Appointments
- Some APC stalwarts unhappy with Tinubu's choice of appointments, say hopes of foot soldiers who worked for his emergence have been dashed
- Issue is around appointment of Ganduje's son as executive director at Rural Electrification Agency and Tinubu's daughter's husband as CEO of Federal Housing Authority
- Stalwarts say Tinubu so far favoring friends, associates over competence against his vow of appointments based on merit
- Delay in fulfilling promises of political patronage at federal level also concerns APC members
- Some say Tinubu running "one-man" government with kinsmen from Lagos, Osun to detriment of wider APC