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

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.