BEVERLY HILLS, June 29, (THEWILL) – The Northern chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, on Tuesday expressed displeasure with the choice of President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointments, wondering if Buhari is “telling us that in Kano, Katsina, Sokoto and other states he has appointed from, there is no Christian?”
Stressing that the President has not been fair to Christians in the selection of those to serve in government, the Secretary of CAN, North, Barr Danladi Yarima, stressed in an interview in Kaduna, that the appointments so far made are in breach of the Federal Character Act.
His words, “CAN is not satisfied with the appointments of President Buhari so far, neither is the body believing that the Federal Government is fair to its members in terms of appointments.
“The question one would ask is that why is it that when it comes to appointments, the federal character principle even when it is adhered to, is always observed in the breach of the law that created it?
Yerima said that another question begging for an answer is that so far, why is every appointment a Hausa/Fulani Muslim? “Buhari should come out and tell us why every appointment now must be a Muslim or Hausa/ Fulani Muslim. Is he telling us that in Kano, Katsina, Sokoto and other states he has appointed from that there is no Christian?” he further asked.
The CAN scribe continued, “Come to the Middle Belt, which has been worst hit by the appointment issue for every government in power with the exception of Jonathan.
“For decades, the Middle Belters have always been at the receiving end and the reasons are obvious, 90 per cent of Middle Belters are Christians.”
