Professor Usman, Yusuf, former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has taken a swipe at what he considered as the lopsided appointments by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in favour of his ethnic group.
Prof Yusuf described the appointments and allocation of juicy offices to only Yoruba ethnic group as not only insensitive but also reckless and dangerous especially coming from a president who lost his home state to the opposition and got only 10 per cent of the eligible voters in a still contested election.
Yusuf, known for his bold stand on national issues, noted that the allegations of nepotism against President Tinubu by some sections of the north and other parts of the country, were genuine and worrisome.
Read him: “Yoruba and Fulani are just two of hundreds of ethnic groups in Nigeria. I opposed APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket from the outset because I said that our politics must reflect our diversity.
“President Tinubu’s ongoing appointments have not reflected our diversity. They have been shamelessly too top heavy in favour of his ethnic group, which is only one out of the six geopolitical zones of the country.
“Leadership requires wisdom and humility. I see neither in President Tinubu’s rash of appointments. He is either poorly advised or he is showing Nigerians who he truly is.” [Sun/Forefront]
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