‘Tinubu has lost control’ – ADC raises alarm as FG director refuses to leave office after removal

‘Tinubu has lost control’ – ADC raises alarm as FG director refuses to leave office after removal

 The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has raised the alarm
over what it described as an ‘appointment fiasco’ in the President Bola Tinubu
administration.

 

In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji
Abdullahi, the ADC said the National Assembly must establish whether the
President is still fit to discharge the duties of his office.

 

The party said it is alarmed by an episode in the affairs of
the Federal Government, where a man publicly removed from office by
presidential directive reportedly continues to occupy that same office and
still hold meetings with senior officials of the same government.

 

According to the ADC, if the reports concerning the Border
Communities Development Agency, BCDA, are true, then this is no longer about
one disputed appointment, but something far more disturbing.

 

Parts of the statement read, “Who is actually in charge of
the Nigerian Presidency? When a President announces the appointment of one
person and another simply ignores that directive and carries on in office,
Nigeria is no longer witnessing administrative confusion. We are witnessing a
struggle for control of the Presidency itself.

 

“The BCDA episode cannot be dismissed as an isolated
incident because it follows a growing and disturbing  pattern. Nigerians are still watching in
bewilderment, the embarrassing spectacle of the so-called phantom Presidential
Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), a government agency that
officially did not exist, yet somehow operated at the highest level of
government, and conducted itself with the confidence of a legitimate
institution.

 

“It was only when allegations emerged of its fake
Director-General’s collaboration with the President’s Chief of Staff that the
scandal could no longer be ignored.

 

“Taken together, these episodes reveal a Presidency steadily
losing its monopoly over one of the most fundamental powers of government: the
constitutional authority to appoint and remove public officers.

 

“Today, Nigerians no longer know whether an appointment
announced by the Presidency is final, whether a dismissal actually takes
effect, or whether someone somewhere possesses a superior authority capable of
overruling presidential decisions without explanation.

 

“Effectively, the Tinubu administration has become a place
where official announcements compete with unofficial power, where competing
interests fight over appointments and patronage. Under President Tinubu, the
Nigerian Presidency, like the Nigerian economy and Nigeria’s security situation
has started to resemble a system governed by the principle of the survival of
the fittest.

 

“This is made even worse by a disturbing pattern of public
reversals that has become the defining feature of this administration. From the
hurried suspension of the Cybersecurity Levy after nationwide outrage, to the
withdrawal of the Expatriate Employment Levy following resistance from
investors, to repeated policy summersaults and contradictory government
announcements across several sectors, Nigerians have become accustomed to a
government that announces first, retreats later, and explains afterwards.

 

“A government that cannot consistently stand by its own
decisions gradually loses not only credibility, but authority. Investors become
uncertain. The bureaucracy became confused. Public institutions begin to test
the limits of their power because they no longer know whether Today’s directive
will still exist tomorrow.

 

“At this point, Nigerians deserve answers that go beyond
carefully managed press statements. Who is exercising the constitutional powers
of the President? Who authorises appointments? Who countermanded the
President’s directive at the BCDA, if indeed it has been countermanded?

 

“Who permitted a fictitious agency to masquerade as an arm
of the Presidency? These are not opposition questions. They are constitutional
questions. They go directly to the integrity of executive authority and the
stability of our nation.”

Source: ‘Tinubu has lost control’ – ADC raises alarm as FG director refuses to leave office after removal

 - NigerianEye

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