Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, Nigeria’s former Minister of Aviation, has reacted to the removal of Dr. Dakuku Peterside, as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA.
President Muhammadu Buhari had on Wednesday, 5th March 2020 reportedly app, ointed the current Executive Director, Administration and Finance, Mr. Bashir Jamoh, as the new Director Genenral.
Dr. Dakuku Peterside who was appointed by President Buhari as head of NIMASA on 10th March, 2016 and whose tenure is to end on 10th March 2020, will be replaced by Mr. Jamoh.
According to the law, the NIMASA DG tenure is a four-year term but renewable for another four years.
Mr. Bashir Jamoh’s elevation signals the exit of Dr. Peterside, a close ally of Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi.
Although, the appointment has not been officially announced, Mr. Fani-Kayode took to his Twitter handle to accuse President Buhari of appointing another Northerner into key position.
He further revealed that Mr. Jamoh is President Muhammadu Buhari’s in-law,
He said, ”Buhari has kicked out Rotimi Ameachi’s ally and southern Christian, Dakuku Peterside, and appointed yet another northern Muslim into a key position in his Government. His name is Bashir Jamoh from Kaduna state.
”Apart from being a northern Muslim, he is also the President’s in-law,” he added.
”I wonder how Buhari’s useful idiots and accursed slaves from the south feel about that? Even the few crumbs that he gave them are now being taken away. Poor lost souls,” he concluded.
