The death of Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), weeks after the senior presidential aide’s infection with coronavirus, has undoubtedly created a void in the upper echelons of the current regime.

Based on their antecedents as some of Buhari’s closest associates, the following are the probable candidates for Kyari’s replacement. According to government officials, any of these associates could land the top job.

Muhammad Bello

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Alhaji Muhammad Bello, who hails from Adamawa State, was born on January 8, 1959.

An alumnus of the prestigious Barewa College, Zaria, the minister is a graduate of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained a BSc. in Management with bias for Banking and Finance in 1980, as well as MBA in the same field.

Bello was in charge of credit and marketing at the ICON Merchant Bank Plc and later a director at Habib Bank Plc and several other firms.

Adamu Adamu

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu is an accountant, writer, former journalist and public analyst.

Adamu Adamu was appointed as Minister of Education by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. He studied Accountancy at the Ahmadu Bello University.

Upon receiving his university degree, Adamu was hired as an accountant at CCP, and then continued to work at the CNL in Bauchi State, before joining the local government in the same position.

Adamu began a career as a writer and a public analyst, later emerging a newspaper editor in 1984 and becoming a columnist for Daily Trust. His articles were also syndicated in several news outlets, including the London-based Crescent International.

Isa Pantami

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, hails from Pantami District of Gombe State. Pantami lectured at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in Information Technology before joining the Islamic University of Madinah as Head of Technical Writing in 2014.

In 2016, he was appointed as the Director General/CEO of the National Information Technology Development Agency.

He attended Federal University of Technology, Bauchi (popularly known as Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University) where he obtained a BTech in Computer Science in 2003. He also obtained an MSc in Computer Science in 2009 and an MBA in Technology Management 2011 session from the same University.

Pantami also holds a PhD in Computer Information Systems and Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methods from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.

Hameed Ali

The Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali, was born in Dass, Bauchi State on January 15, 1955.

Ali was commissioned in 1977 after he received his training at the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna. He attended Sam Houston State University, Texas from 1984 to 1988 and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Criminology, and an educational certificate from the Nigeria Defence Academy.

After retirement, he became secretary of the apex northern sociopolitical group, Arewa Consultative Forum.

Ali is an All Progressives Congress member. He supported Buhari’s presidential bids from 2003 to 2019. On 27 August, 2015, Buhari appointed him the CG of Customs.

Kashim Shetimma

Kashim Shettima was born in Maiduguri, Borno State. He earned a BSc in Agricultural Economics from University of Maiduguri in 1989 and an MSc in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan in 1991. Shettima joined the University of Maiduguri as a lecturer with the Department of Agricultural Economics and was in the academia from 1991 to 1993.

In 2011, he was elected governor of Borno State on the platform of the now defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party. In February 2019, he was elected the senator for Borno Central.

Babagana Kingibe

Ambassador Babagana Kingibe was born on June 25, 1945 in Borno. In 1960, he got a government scholarship to complete his Ordinary Levels and Advanced Levels at Bishop’s Stortford College, United Kingdom. In 1965, he received his bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of Sussex.

In 1965, he returned to Nigeria and was employed as a researcher at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria.

He was appointed the Ambassador to Greece, Cyprus and later Pakistan between 1981 and 1985. In 1986, Kingibe became a permanent secretary in the presidency of General Ibrahim Babangida.

Kingibe also served from October 2002 to September 2006 as the Special Envoy of the African Union to Sudan and subsequently Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and head of the African Union Mission in Sudan.

In June 2007, he was appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation

Souce: https://punchng.com/likely-successors-of-kyari-as-chief-of-staff/?amp=1

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Apart from kingibe,the remaining candidates are well qualified

How about someone like Akinwumi Adesina? Must nepotism be number 1 in Nigeria?

Dr Akinwumi Adesina is a proven administrator. He would do better than all those people listed up there

Since we are listing profiles here, let me drop the profile of Akinwumi Adesina for those who do not know

* Akinwumi Adesina is the President of the African Development Bank

* He was Vice President of Policy and Partnerships for the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

* He attended a village school in Oyo and went ahead to graduate with a Bachelors in Agricultural Economics with First Class Honors from the University of Ife, Nigeria (1981) (Note: A first class from OAU is no joke)

* He was the first student to be awarded this first class in that department in OAU

* He has his masters from Purdue University in Indiana

* He has a PhD (Agricultural Economics) in 1988 from Purdue where he won the Outstanding PhD Thesis for his research work.

* He worked at the Rockefeller Foundation since winning a fellowship from the Foundation as a senior scientist

* His short time as Minister of Agriculture in Nigeria created the agricultural revolution we are enjoying today.

* He is the current President of the African Development Bank

I am tired of typing.

Las las 2+2 will always be 4.
All of them na LOOTENANTS.
It's not a question of their qualification, it's a question of their willingness to make a better Nigeria

Na Dem Dem...Let's watch and see how it goes sha

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The man who the cap fits should wear it but trust Oga Presido...His choice go shock una

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All North? One Nigeria my foot! *spits*

Northern Nigeria

Interesting

Smh. Baba never reach destination dem don dey lobby for him post. Inside life . If someone had told him he'd be dead before May, DSS would have probably arrested the person

Looks like not our business....To hell with his choice

Mtcheeww.. Government of favouritism and nepotism. The government for the North.. SMH!

The hawks will all want someone who'll be pliable. Don't think Abba Kyari was all that bad. Maybe due to his loyalty to Buhari he made many enemies. As for Kingibe, I think he's too loud and ambitious for the role of COS. AB actually did it well.... Hameed Ali might just be the best choice.

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It will likely be someone from the north.

It is the President's prerogative to appoint someone close and loyal to him as his COS.

He is at liberty to select any of his kids or wife for the position.

QED

Desmond Elliot would succed Abba kyari
Lol what am I even typing
Dix wan wey buhari picker don die so hope say aza too never die

Buhari will give it to Adamu Adamu because he has been his speech writer for long and he knows Bubu very well, he understands his body language and he is a modest person. But again, all the men mentioned are currently employed except Kinjibe who has been on the reserves bench of the cabal in the villa. Then considering his age, he fits the age bracket of the typical cabal member. And he is very articulate too. But nothing will change for good regardless of who gets it. This is Nigeria.

Kashim Shettima will be picked ....the guy played an important role in Buhari becoming president. He planned the whole "missing chibok girls" saga when he was governor of Borno which in turn gave Jonathan a lot enemies and made him look incompetent in the face of Nigerians and the world. That kidnap destabilized Jonathan and gave Buhari an upper hand in winning that elections

Fff

Why only from the north?

Tinubu will be a perfect man for the job. We no go gree o, we no go gree.

Criteria for becoming the CoS to the president:

Who the president prefers - 90%

Credentials - 10%

For the credentials, I don't know much.

But if it is based on firmness, honesty, focus and standing up for the truth no matter whose ox is gored, Hamid Ali perfectly fits the socket.

If it is however on the basis of scholarship and experience, Adamu Adamu is the right peg. 

Though las las, na who the president want, na him go be his CoS. 

Migrating foreigners can cry blood, no one gives a flying fvck.