Who would have thought anything could easily get our minds off nose masks, social distancing and the escalating COVID-19 pandemic infections? That\u2019s what has been happening since Monday when news filtered in that President Muhammadu Buhari had settled for Prof. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari as his Chief Of Staff (COS). Unless you\u2019ve been under a rock,
Who would have thought anything could easily get our minds off nose masks, social distancing and the escalating COVID-19 pandemic infections? That’s what has been happening since Monday when news filtered in that President Muhammadu Buhari had settled for Prof. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari as his Chief Of Staff .
Buhari’s choice of the former Under United Nations Secretary as replacement for the late Mallam Abba Kyari, has racked up huge interest, including views and comments, across mainstream and non-mainstream platforms. For instance, as at 6:34pm Wednesday, the appointment was trending on Twitter in mostly two search categories: ‘Chief of Staff’, with 33,300 tweets and ‘Gambari’ with 34,500 tweets.
The mixed reaction to Gambari’s new role is not unexpected. Anyone occupying the COS office at this time is bound to attract critical scrutiny, with the opprobrium, valid or otherwise, endured up by the previous occupant. Gambari himself must be aware of the challenges ahead when he accepted the job offer. Ditto President Buhari, who is probably hoping that the career diplomat will be able to bring his decades of diplomacy experience to bear.
Mandela said: “We also take this opportunity to salute the Special Committee against Apartheid, which has been and is a very important instrument in our struggle against the iniquitous and oppressive policies of the South African Government. We salute also the States that make up its membership, which have been unrelenting in their resolve to contribute everything they could to ensure that the world was mobilized to act against the apartheid system.
Just like some were skeptical of Gambari’s appointment because of Myanmar’s aversion to people of different races, the authors noted that the Nigerian won over his critics through his competence and character. When Ban Ki-moon of South Korea became the eighth Secretary-General of the UN, replacing Kofi Annan, he reshuffled senior staff. Lynn Pascoe, a career US State Department diplomat was appointed Under-Secretary-General, replacing Gambari. Gambari, however, was kept on in a new job created for him as special adviser to the Secretary-General on the International Compact with Iraq and other issues.
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