“The Chief of Staff is not making any decisions that the President does not want him to make.” IbrahimGambari ChiefOfStaff Buhari Nigeria
As their flames appeared to flicker, giving sign of burning out soon, the announcement of Abba Kyari’s replacement reignited it all over again. Professor Ibrahim Gambari, a worthy scion of Ilorin Emirate royal family and renown diplomat and scholar, has assumed office as the new chief of staff to the President. With his appointment, analysts of assorted qualifications and backgrounds, are back on the podium with spirited and passionate analysis.
In attempts to get at some reasonable answers, we have been treated to all manner of sociological and political treatise since the death of Abba Kyari simply because of the larger than life image of the late chief of staff and his visibility, to say nothing about his alleged power and authority, as the highest-ranking member of the Executive Office of the President.
It is therefore appropriate to say over and over again that this is not the first time this country would have a chief of staff to the president. Nigeria, since President Shehu Shagari’s tenure from 1979 to 1983, has had five chiefs of staff at different times, Professor Gambari being the sixth. The White House Chief of Staff, this glamorous position – power-packed and influential – evolved from a humble beginning. The roles of the private secretary to the president, personnel, scheduling, coordination of information, control of the president’s travels and movements among others, were formalized and given the title of assistant to the president in 1946.
The relationship between President Ronald Reagan, a former Hollywood star, who was a very successful American president from 1981 to 1989, and his chief of staff, Donald Regan, typically illustrates the kind of synergy required for the smooth running of the White House. Their relationship is still cited today as a typical example of the power and influence such ranking Presidential aide can exercise.
The duty of getting the Cabinet and leaders of the Senate informed of this development devolved on the chief of staff. But he could not freely carry out this onerous responsibility without clearing it with Nancy Reagan, the First Lady who also depended on her astrologer friend in San Fransisco to give the green light. The astrologer must tell them the right time to do anything in the White House.
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