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Christian group demands SGF, CoS slots from President-elect, Bola Tinubu

A group under the auspices of Concern Christians of Nigeria in Kaduna State has asked the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, to reserve the position of the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF) as well as the Chief of Staff (CoS) to the President for Christians while forming his government on May 29.

This is coming as the dust over the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket appears to have died down.

According to the group, since the president-elect and the vice president-elect are both Muslims, it is imperative for the two positions to go to Christians for the sake of fairness, equity and justice.

This was contained in a statement by the Leader of the group, Rt. Hon. John Audu-Kwaturu, titled, ‘Presidential Election: Christian Group Tasks Tinubu on Inclusive, Equitable Appointments,’ issued in Kaduna on Thursday.

The group said in the next political dispensation under the Tinubu government, there should be more appointments such that Christians would have a sense of belonging in the country.

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The group argued that equitable and inclusive appointments would douse the current tension following the outcry against Muslim-Muslim tickets of the Tinubu Presidency.

The statement read, “The presidency should be inclusive and fair. It is no longer news in Nigeria that the President-Elect His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu with his Vice, His Excellency, Kashim Shattima, the Vice President-Elect, are both from the same faith, which has stirred 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 that stood out the ground and supported the Muslim-Muslim tickets. Thus, the Christian communities are calling for fairness in terms of appointments into key positions in the incoming government.

“Since the office of the President and that of the Vice President is Muslim Muslim then the office of the chief of staff to the President and that of the SGF should also be Christian 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 bedevilling our nation.

“We appreciate the President-Elect for his kind gesture, we will also want to remind the President-Elect on how his appointment in the campaign council from the director general of the campaign council to the secretary went a long way to ease the tension of the Muslim Muslim tickets.

“We call on Mr President-Elect to use his brilliant ideas to balance up. As we’ll continue to pray for him and also to support him.”

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