Why I Sacked VP Osinbajo’s Aides – Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari has described the sack of over 30 aides of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as part of the reorganisation of the Presidency for improved performance.

A statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, today quoted him as saying this while speaking with journalists yesterday at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on arrival from London after his private visit to the UK.

According to the statement, the President decried the “ethnic and political” interpretations given to the reorganisation of political appointees in the office of his deputy.

Buhari’s words: “They said 35 people were sacked in the vice president’s office.

“We just created some ministries and we reorganised and people are giving it ethnic and political dimensions. It is unfortunate.

‘We are going to work harder and be accountable. We have tried to make Nigerians understand why we do certain things. Accountability from bottom to top is absolutely necessary.

“That’s what I expect and I think that we have been around long enough to impress it on people that we mean what we say.”