A group, Concern Christians of Nigeria in Kaduna State, has asked the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to reserve the positions of Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chief of Staff to the President for Christians when forming his cabinet.
According to the group, since the President-elect and his Vice President-elect are both Muslims, the positions of SGF and Chief of Staff should go to Christians for the sake of fairness, equity, and justice.
This was contained in a statement by the leader of the group, John Audu-Kwaturu, titled ‘Presidential Election: Christian Group Tasks Tinubu on Inclusive, Equitable Appointments,’ issued in Kaduna on Thursday.
The statement read, “The Presidency should be inclusive and fair. It is no longer news in Nigeria that the President-elect, His Excellency Bola Tinubu, and his vice, Kashim Shettima, are both from the same faith, which has stirred up so much uproar within the political space in Nigeria.
“This is the first time since 1999 that both the office of the President and that of the Vice President are occupied by persons of the same faith (Muslim). We are among the Christians who stood up and supported the Muslim-Muslim ticket. Thus, the Christian communities are calling for fairness in terms of appointments to key positions in the incoming government.
“Since the office of the President and that of the vice are Muslims, then the office of the Chief of Staff to the President and that of the SGF should be Christian so that the Christian communities will not say that the Presidency is being Islamised. This will show inclusion in the incoming government, and it will also ease the present tension in our nation.
“We call on Mr. President-elect to use his brilliant ideas to balance things out, as we’ll continue to pray for him and also to support him.”
