Ethnicity plays such a major part in the consciousness of Nigerians so much that, once a list of appointees are released, as most Nigerians go through the list, instead of accessing the strength of the individuals, they immediately attempt to group the appointees by ethnicity, religion or clans.
Is Muhammadu Buhari an ethnic bigot? I would rather argue, that ethnicity may not be at the back of his mind when these appointments are made, rather in putting together his core team, he goes for colleagues, and professionals most of whom he is comfortable with, who only happen to be northerners by tribe. Definitely, it is not a northern agenda as some have opined, I would prefer to call it “comfort level appointments”.
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