inclusion of no fewer than eight dead Nigerians on the list of
appointments into the governing boards of agencies and
parastatals describing the gaffe as a reflection of how the
APC-led government administers the country.
A former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, in a
groupWhatsAppp post, queried the rationale behind the error,
saying “You just appointed Donald Ugbaja as member of the
Consumer Protection Council. You also appointed Chris
Utovas a member of the Nigeria Institute of Social and
Economic Research.
“What is it about you and the dead? Is it some kind of fetish
or is it just a manifestation of your love for and practice of
corspocracy?” he queried
. @MBuhari appointment death toll rises yet again!
• Senator Francis Okpozo
• Rev Fr Christopher Utov
• DIG Donald Ugbaja(retd)
• Garba Attahiru
• Umar Dange
• Magdalene Kumu
• Dr Nabbs Imegwu
• Comrade Ahmed Bunza
Will someone get sacked? Will they review the list?
— Kayode Ogundamisi (@ogundamisi) December 30,
2017
Another social media user, Agbore Olawale cast aspersion on
the APC-led government with a rather comical post.   “The
All Progressives Congress, APC Cemetery/Dead People’s
branch want to thank President Muhammadu Buhari for
finding it worthy to appoint their members into notable
positions.
“The appointed members were Late Reverend Christopher
Utova as member of Nigeria Institute of Social and Economic
Research; Late Senator Francis Okpozo as Chairman of
Nigerian Press Council, Late Chief Donald Ugbaja as a
member of the Consumer Protection Council. Nigerians, una
mumu never do?
Another Nigerian on social media with the name Hon
Akomolafe said, “ Many of us are alive, intelligent, energetic,
very dynamic, vibrant and goal-getters… they won’t give us
opportunity. Maybe because we are commoners… rather they
will go to cemetery to look for the dead! God, we need your
divine help now,” he declared.
In his own post, a Nigerian with the name Rennoffor
described the development as an embarrassment to the
nation, saying, “ this is really embarrassing. This government
is just busy sharing positions to former friends and not even
ensuring that they are alive. Even if they are alive, how do
you expect people of about 80 plus to perform,” he queried.
In the same vein, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
yesterday said the inclusion of some dead persons as
members of various boards by the Federal Government is a
confirmation of the incompetence of the President
Muhammadu Buhari administration.
The PDP, which described the development as an
unpardonable national embarrassment, said it validates its
position that the All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled
Federal Government is confused, disorganized and grossly
incompetent.
In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary,
Kola Ologbondiyan, the opposition party said  Nigerians can
now see the level of recklessness and shoddiness inherent in
the management of the nation under the present
administration.
The statement read: “Nigerians can now see why the
nation’s economy has been in shambles in the last two years.
When we say that this government is completely inept, some
Nigerians did not know to which level, but now they do.
“This inability to tidy up a simple issue of the list of 209
appointees has completely exposed the extent the APC
government is bereft of simple organizational skills to
manage a country like Nigeria, which is in dire need of
development.
“How on earth can a government that cannot compile a
common list handle intricate issues of national planning and
budgeting; issues of health, education, aviation, agriculture,
infrastructure and management of the huge civil service?
“How can they possibly initiate and successfully implement
national and international instruments for
national development in today’s competitive world?
“This also explains why nothing has been working under the
APC government. Furthermore, the mix up in the list also
exposes the corruption in the APC government.
“The fact is that the government of our dear country has
been in wrong hands in the last two years and the situation
will continue to worsen unless the nation is rescued from
them in 2019.
“Finally, we urge Nigerians to disregard the lame excuses by
the APC government and hold them responsible for the woes
that have befallen our country under their inept and
undesirable regime.”
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