The presidency has reacted to the controversy generated by its appointment, Friday evening, of 1,468 Nigerians into the boards of agencies and parastatals.

The list generated controversy after names of some dead persons were found among the appointees.

PREMIUM TIMES checks also show duplications and appointments of individuals that are no longer in the ruling All Progressives Congress.

The Presidency however downplayed the matter Saturday as, according to a spokesman of the president, there was nothing scandalous about the list.

Speaking to PREMIUM TIMES by telephone, Garba Shehu said “the list has a history” which explains the controversy around it.

“In 2015, Mr. President requested all state chapters of the party to submit names of 50 party members for board appointments,” Mr. Shehu said.

He said the names where compiled by the national secretariat of the APC and forwarded to the then secretary to the government of the federation, Babachir Lawal.

“However, complaint arose from some governors who felt they were not carried along in the process. To answer this, the president constituted a committee under the vice president to review and reflect the interest of the governors”.

Mr Shehu however said action was delayed on the report of the committee headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as President Muhammadu Buhari took ill.

“The president’s trips for medical attention slowed down completion of the process,” he said, until when Mr Buhari decided to revisit the matter recently.

“The current SGF was only directed to complete that process by releasing the list which he apparently did without altering it,” Mr. Shehu explained.

Mr Shehu admitted that errors were committed but added that “no human undertaking can be free of mistakes”.

He said the errors identified with the list were not enough to describe the exercise as scandalous, insisting that “there is no scandal”.

The spokesperson said all errors in the list would be corrected.

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may Allah punish all of you there in the presidency

including buhari media cow ( BMC )
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Dumb damage control by the presidency. Let's assume you are speaking the truth,Tell us,has the committee headed by the VP concluded its task on it before Buhari released it? If no,Why was it released? If yes,you all are fools not to detect the errors.Again,you are telling us that the current SGF s not even aware of anything patterning the list,if so what's his job prescription? All of you there are a disgrace to our dear nation. In a seiner country by now you lots should be putting in ur resignation letters.

No like seriously What do this people take us for?? Anything emanating from the presidency must be without error. That is why only people who are professionals to the core are employed. Even a bank management will never accept this not to talk of a whole presidency and for heaven sake apologize and stop blaming everything from Governors who felt sidelined to the VP heading the committee to PMB being sick to SGF not reviewing the documents before sending it out. It is sheer incompetency, apologize and stop giving excuses.

Allahu Akbar.

So to this slow thinking eediot he must be feeling he has cleared the air about the mishap appointments made by the presidency
Am beginning to affirm that these basstards up there have no feelings for the people they lead. They believe anything they explain to them will be accepted
Bubu cluelessness is exponetial form of GEJ own smh

Is it not these same people that said nobody can nominate candidate to Buhari for appointment?

It's like Nigerians are the most timid and docile people on earth to continue to accept these bunch of people currently occupying Aso Rock. I've never heard such type of explanation from the presidency, it's a pity

The truth about this list thingy according to what I think is this - this is a list that has been pending and it is of recent they decided to act on it, forgetting to update it. It's what we say everytime in this country - until something is late will they act. We are always reactive!

That being said, Shehu should not insult us by trying to downplay this incompetence.

CC: Doctokwus.

usba:
Foolish people come and comment on such trivialities it is in your blood to pursue insignificant issues.

Honestly, how do you look at this and call it insignificant? What is wrong with some of you? How will Nigeria look in the comity of nations?

id911:
Is it not these same people that said nobody can nominate candidate to Buhari for appointment?

It's like Nigerians are the most timid and docile people on earth to continue to accept these bunch of people currently occupying Aso Rock. I've never heard such type of explanation from the presidency, it's a pity

Not "it's like" . . .we actually are. I mean, the way this regime interestingly caged us and silenced our mouth is a model subsequent governments should learn. I mean, it will make a good research project.

What a lame excuse

A dullard is a dullard

Incompetent president.

Foolish people come and comment on such trivialities it is in your blood to pursue insignificant issues.

smulti:
may Allah punish all of you there in the presidency

including buhari media cow ( BMC )
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may He punish you too Aameen

usba:
Foolish people come and comment on such trivialities it is in your blood to pursue insignificant issues.

Such a National disgrace is trivial ? Truly, Nigerians deserve all the bullshit they are getting from their wicked rulers.

[/b]"He said the names where compiled by the national secretariat of the APC and forwarded to the then secretary to the government of the federation, Babachir Lawal."[b]
So Lawal Babachir is simply to be blame now Buhari and his handler are very stupid for taking Nigerians as fools.
So the disgraced ex-SGF crook still complied fellow crooks including ghost ones for the APC government to appoint? Very silly presidency.2019 should come faster. Enough if this shit.

oloriooko:
So to this slow thinking eediot he must be feeling he has cleared the air about the mishap appointments made by the presidency
Am beginning to affirm that these basstards up there have no feelings for the people they lead. They believe anything they explain to them will be accepted
Bubu cluelessness is exponetial form of GEJ own smh

Mjshexy:
Such mistakes shouldn't be covered up with excuses, just accept your faults & apologize to the nation, leadership demands responsibility & accountability.

I'm telling dear.So annoying.

Such mistakes shouldn't be covered up with excuses, just accept your faults & apologize to the nation, leadership demands responsibility & accountability.

It is a lie, it was PDP that coursed it.

it was because of Goodluck Jonathan that this present administration appointed dead people into positions.
lol

Government of dullards

This country is a huge joke. Anything goes.

"There was a country"

Executing a plan for appointment meant to be carried out in 2015 in last minutes of 2017?
That's another sign of a retarded, go-slow government.

See explanation!

Clueless cabinet.

Anybody who has read "Animal Farm" will surely understand all these things.

Thank you.

Some people should the fired seriously .. imagine these group of incompetent team receiving salaries every month....HABA!!! Nigeria my beloved country..

There is Notting to explain.simple.

This is the problem with our country. So they didn't vet the names before publishing it? They will put this one on the SGF's head

They carelessly assign people to various parastatals without even checking if they are qualified for their ministries or agencies and they wonder why the country isn't moving forward.

If it took him 2 years to make these appointments, then there shouldn't have been any mistakes

Alawe:
It is a lie, it was PDP that coursed it.

it was because of Goodluck Jonathan that this present administration appointed dead people into positions.
lol

. Hahahahah. If care is not taken,you will soon hear this thing you ve just said

oderemo:
There is Notting to explain.simple.

. Don't mind him. They bleeped up