
Your token appointments can’t appease Northerners, ADC tells Tinubu
Your token appointments can't appease Northerners, ADC tells Tinubu The African Democratic Congress (ADC) says President Bola Tinubu’s latest appointments are a “desperate ploy to regain the trust of northern Nigerians”. In recent months, many Nigerians—including prominent political figures—have criticised Tinubu’s appointments as “lopsided” and in violation of the federal character principle enshrined in the constitution. In May, the federal government named 12 northerners to the management teams of various federal agencies, a move seen by critics as an afterthought. On Friday, Tinubu also appointed Muhammad Babangida, son of former military president Ibrahim Babangida, as chairman of the Bank of…