Following the public outcry over president Buhari's
appointments made recently, the governor of Edo state Adams
Oshiomole, has released a statement defending the
appointments of President Buhari.
In the statement signed by his chief Press secretary, Peter
Okhiria, Oshiomole said the appointments made so far have
been based on merits. According to him, the time has come for
Nigeria to use unusual methods to solve her unusual problems.
The statement in part reads;
"The Nigerian nation has come to a point where we have
to use the best hands to confront the peculiarity of our
problems. It is not all the time we descend to the level of
geopolitical balancing; we need to employ unusual
methods to solve an unusual problem. The level of
decay in the country at present requires very seasoned
hands and incorruptible Nigerians that will help
translate the APC agenda of change for the benefit of all
Nigerians. We must not reduce governance to political
patronage of bread and butter. The governor
congratulates the Chief of Staff, the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation and the Comptroller
General of Customs, all of who he had very close
relationship with and whose credentials stand tall
among their compeers. He wishes them well in their new
jobs of helping to sanitize a system that has become so
rotten and corrupt as a result of manifest incompetence
and mismanagement.”