Mr Akume has his job cut out for him in his new assignment, unlike in his last role where little was known about his official duties.
by President Bola Tinubu as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation last week was received with mixed reactions by Nigerians.
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday swore in the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation , George AkumeMr Akume is in no way a newbie on the political terrain, for he has been in power in one form or another, either by appointment or election, since the country returned to civil rule in 1999.
Before his ascension to the top political job in the state, he had previously worked as a public civil servant, rising to the top of his career before venturing into the murky water of politics. He later found relief in the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria , a political creation of Bola Tinubu, who founded the party to advance his own political interests and those of his allies.
But this time, Mr Ortom could not hijack the APC from him and thus returned to the PDP, where he was reelected for a second term in 2019. Mr Akume, however, lost his return bid to the senate for a fourth term to Emmanuel Oker-Jev of the PDP, but he did not stay in political Siberia for too long. The APC tsunami in the state also quenched the ambition of Mr Suswam, who wanted to return to the Senate for a second term. Mr Ortom could not also fulfil his ambition of retiring to the Senate, just like his predecessors, in the election.
The position of the APC substantive national chair became vacant in 2020 following the removal of Adams Oshiomhole from the seat. The leadership of the party, including the Buhari presidency, had zoned the position to the North-central geopolitical zone, after which the Mai Mala Buni-caretaker-led committee was asked to conduct a national convention to elect a new chair for the party, among others.Mr Akume threw his hat into the ring, even while serving as a minister.
But the group’s ambition vapourised on the day of the election following the deft move of Bukola Saraki, ex-Kwara governor, who emerged as the Senate President alongside Ike Ekweremadu, a PDP senator, now serving a jail term in the United Kingdom for organ trafficking. A cursory check shows that the new SGF has never been invited by either the EFCC or ICPC over the allegation or any other.
He said although he lost the original copies of the aforesaid certificates, he had the certified true copies of the credentials from the awarding institutions.
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