“In addition, all communications and appointments from you to the presidency should be routed through the Office of the Chief of Staff as it is the normal in this presidential system.”
Yesterday, the bungling contraption that the Muhammadu Buhari presidency has become over time advertised itself publicly with the fight between the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, a retired army general, and the Presidential Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, over the nation’s security blowing into the open.
The memo, addressed to the service chiefs and copied to the president and ministers for foreign affairs, defence, interior, police affairs and Kyari himself, is dated December 2019. While declaring the retreat open on November 5, 2015, Buhari said: “In addition, all communications and appointments from you to the presidency should be routed through the Office of the Chief of Staff as it is the normal in this presidential system.”
“As such, unprofessional practices such as presiding over meetings with service chiefs and heads of security organisations as well as ambassadors and high commissioners to the exclusion of the NSA and/or supervising ministers are a violation of the constitution and directly undermine the authority of Mr. President.
“Pursuant to the foregoing, you are by this letter directed to desist from these illegal acts that serve nothing but the continuous undermining of our national security framework. Any breach of this directive will attract the displeasure of Mr. President.” Security experts, opposition and federal lawmakers have responded by advising the president to fire his service chiefs.
National security sources told Premium Times yesterday that the fresh memo showed how Kyari had helped in keeping the service chiefs in office despite overwhelming calls for their ouster.
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