The Member representing Obokun/ Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun State, Rep. Wole Oke, has said that appointment of Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, as the Chief of Staff (CoS) is the best decision President Muhammadu Buhari has made going by his wealth of experience.
Oke, who stated this in a statement made available to Frontline News Online in Abuja on Thursday declared that Nigerians stands to gain a lot from President Buhari’s choice of Gambari as Chief of Staff.
The lawmaker elected under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) however counselled Nigerians not to mind the negative opinions of some people against the new Chief of Staff for the nation to move forward
Specifically, Oke said that Amb. Fafowora opinion of the newly appointed CoS was subjective and personal to him and should be ignored by well-meaning Nigerians
He said: “our knowledge of Prof Gambari is at variance to Amb Fafowora submission. Gambari is a scholar of repute, a swift diplomat, very responsible, he has character of a statesman.”
The law maker who stated that time had come for Nigeria to take an extremely deep look at herself, in order to craft both creative and innovative pathways of moving the country stressed the need to grab the opportunities inherent in the present challenges to greatly improve the future for Nigeria
He said: “as an experienced public officer of Professor Gambari’s stature, both at home and abroad, and his vision for Nigeria and Africa, which he had exhibited across the globe, I feel that Nigeria is indeed in very good hands with him as the Chief of Staff
“Nigerians across the Federation and in the Diaspora, must work concertedly with one another, to promote common grounds, on which the survival of our great nation depends
“The surest way of attaining this is through ensuring that Nigerians, especially her elites commence talking with each other and not at each other, with the hope of rapidly promoting National Unity”.
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