It’s On Record, Tinubu Is The First Nigerian President To Appoint Southerner As FCT Minister- Nwagba

A former member of the Abia State House of Assembly, Dr. Blessing Nwagba, said it is on record that President Bola Tinubu is the first Nigerian president to appoint someone from southern Nigeria to be the Minister of the FCT. She said that in the last administration of Muhammadu Buhari, most of those appointed were from the North.

Dr. Nwagba says, according to The Sun report, “President Tinubu, while appointing his service chiefs, ensured that the three major ethnic groups of the nation were represented in the leadership of the nation’s security architecture. He also ensured that the two major religions were represented. It is also on record that Asiwaju Tinubu is the first Nigerian president to appoint a Southerner as the Minister of FCT. In the last administration, the majority of appointments went to the North, and the then president claimed they were the people he was comfortable working with. President Tinubu, as the governor of Lagos State, selected his team from across the Southwest and even from the Southeast.”