THE NATION
Following the eyebrow raised by the alleged skewed composition of the presidential inauguration committee of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu’s spokesman in the South East, Dr. Josef Onoh has said that the committee was not a substantive appointment by the President-elect.
In a statement made available to The Nation, Onoh said that there was no point in the unnecessary alarm being raised by a section of Nigerians.
He maintained that the inauguration list was a not a list of the appointments, but rather a continuation of the administrative structure of the incumbent government that is in exit while trying to inaugurate an incoming one.
The Nation learnt observers in the South East had raised objection that the 14-member inauguration committee was devoid of any member from the geopolitical zone.
But Onoh said that the President-elect has not played any role in the inauguration of the incoming government and has not isolated anybody from the south east or any other part of the country, noting that Tinubu remains the Nigerian president-elect for everyone in a united Nigeria.
He stated that despite agitations from different quarters, Tibubu would be a president for all Nigerians where nobody would be excluded from the affairs of the country in his government…
