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Buhari Slights In Protocol Gaffe At Budget Presentation by saint047(m): 12:17pm On Dec 23, 2015 |
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday
committed a gaffe in protocol during his
presentation of the 2016 proposed budget
to a joint session of the National Assembly.
Immediately after acknowledging Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo, Mr. Buhari bypassed both Senate
President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the
House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara to
mention Governor Umar Tanko Al-Makura of
Nasarawa
State.
SaharaReporters learned that the gaffe has led
to recriminations at the Presidency, with some of
Mr. Buhari’s staffers blaming the blunder on
Lawal Kazaure, a diplomat recently appointed as
the president’s chief protocol officer.
A director at the National Intelligence Agency
(NIA), Mr. Kazaure was appointed as the
president’s chief of protocol based on what one
Presidency source described as Mr. Buhari’s
habit of trusting only people with whom he has
one form of relationship or another.
“Ambassador Kazaure’s only qualification is that
he is married to Mr. President’s niece. He is
married to the daughter of Lawan Daura,” said
the source. Mr. Daura has emerged as one of the
most powerful figures around President Buhari.
Mr. Kazaure was a deputy director at the NIA
before he was redeployed to the Presidential
Villa. Two officials at the Presidency accused the
new chief of protocol of having little or no
knowledge of how protocols work, adding that he
had to be first named “Ambassador” on the
recommendation of the Director General of the
NIA before he could validly be appointed State
House Chief Protocol. Typically, protocol heads
are appointed from the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, with appointees drawn from among the
ranks of senior ambassadors seasoned in
protocol matters.
One source at the Presidency said Mr. Kazaure
had in the last two weeks transferred numerous
competent officials of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs out of the Villa and replaced them with
NIA officials he “trusts to do his bidding.”
The source added that the newly recruited
officials’ lack of experience had contributed to
the president’s gaffe during his budget
presentation. “They [the newly recruited officials]
did not know that, in the order of protocol, the
Senate President comes after the VP, followed by
the Speaker and the Chief Justice of the
Federation.”
A state governor occupies the 10th spot on the
protocol list at official state functions, one of the
irate Presidency officials told our correspondent. Sahara Reporters http:///1SaCyM7 |
Re: Buhari Slights In Protocol Gaffe At Budget Presentation by OZAOEKPE(f): 12:18pm On Dec 23, 2015 |
Re: Buhari Slights In Protocol Gaffe At Budget Presentation by Mjshexy(f): 12:45pm On Dec 23, 2015 |
Too bad, such blunder shouldn't repeat itself again, an ordinary governor beside The S.P or Speaker |
Re: Buhari Slights In Protocol Gaffe At Budget Presentation by Agwoden(m): 1:14pm On Dec 23, 2015 |
So even if the protocol officers goofed, shouldn't the kindergarten President know better after all these years in positions of government. The bread label certificate chanters should come and help out their "frezident". 1 Like |
Re: Buhari Slights In Protocol Gaffe At Budget Presentation by Phronesisugo(m): 2:21pm On Dec 23, 2015 |
Don't be surprise is deliberate to belittle the SP and Speaker,is part the result of having Olodo(Dullard) as president. |
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