Director-General of Akpabio for Senate President Campaign Organisation, Senator Ali Ndume, has said that with the appointment of Senator George Akume as the new Secretary to Government of the Federation, SGF, President Bola Tinubu has demonstrated that his campaign mantra “Renewed Hope”, has come to stay.
Commending the President over his choice of Akume, a former Benue State governor and immediate past Minister of Special Duties, Ndume believed that the agitation by leaders from the North Central Zone about the non-inclusion of the region in the appropriation of 10th National Assembly leadership positions, will fizzle out.
The chairman, Senate Committee on Army, said all the appointees so far announced by President Tinubu are senators and a Speaker of the House of Representatives.
He said the administration of President Tinubu will be rancor-free, especially its relationship with the National Assembly, unlike previous ones that undermined the parliament.
“I want to commend President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for keeping to his campaign mantra, ‘Renewed Hope’. This is the first time politicians are appointed by a President to head key positions in government. This will be a rancor-free administration. All the appointees so far are grassroots politicians.
“George Akume was a governor, minister, a senator and now the Secretary to Government of the Federation. President Tinubu is a senator. Kashim Shettima is a senator. The First Lady is a senator. Femi Gbajabiamila as the Chief of Staff to the President is a veteran parliamentarian. Even the Chief of Staff to the Vice President, Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, is a senator too.
“It means there won’t be any reason to have any rancor with the National Assembly. The Executive will be run by former members of the National Assembly, unlike previous governments run by so called technocrats who brought in consultants to steal our money. This is truly democracy at work.
“This has now settled the agitation by stakeholders from North Central. They’ve gotten the lion’s share now. Akume’s appointment has put everything to rest. He will become one of the most powerful people in government,” Ndume stressed.
President Tinubu had on Friday in Abuja announced the appointment of Akume as the new SGF as well as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as the Chief of Staff and former Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, Senator Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, as the Deputy Chief of Staff.
The President made the announcement during a meeting with the Progressives Governors Forum, PGF led by its chairman, Hope Uzodinma of Imo State.
