{"id":171914,"date":"2025-07-31T17:13:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T16:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/atikus-busy-vp-tenure-yet-redundant-says-baba-ahmed"},"modified":"2025-07-31T18:55:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T17:55:45","slug":"atikus-busy-vp-tenure-yet-redundant-says-baba-ahmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/atikus-busy-vp-tenure-yet-redundant-says-baba-ahmed","title":{"rendered":"Atiku&#8217;s Busy VP Tenure Yet Redundant Says Baba-Ahmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Political Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, on Thursday disclosed said Atiku Abubakar was one of the busiest Vice Presidents in Nigeria\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>Baba-Ahmed, however, said Atiku became redundant during the second term of former President Olusegun Obasanjo\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on TVC, he noted that Nigerian Presidents usually pick good Vice Presidents but they (Vice Presidents) become redundant while in office.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cOur Presidents pick very good people to become their deputies and they become redundant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn his first term, Atiku was one of the busiest VP we ever had but in his second term he wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObasanjo became a President, his background was military and he had a politician \u2013 Atiku was actually elected as a governor in Adamawa State but had to give up his governorship to become a Vice President.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baba-Ahmed disclosed that the former Vice President is an exposed and hardened politician.<\/p>\n<p>He said Obasanjo initially saddled Atiku with huge responsibilities during their first term but things changed during their second term.<\/p>\n<p>Baba-Ahmed added: \u201cHe (Atiku) was an exposed, hardened politician who knew the system and Obasanjo delegated a huge amount of responsibilities to him and I think he did competently well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut somewhere along the line, within the first and second term, I think something happened that affected their relationship and he ended up being a very idle Vice President for the rest of the second term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe politics of managing the Vice President\u2019s office is very complex, too many people read meanings into it and for me it boils down to the disposition of the President, the chemistry between the President and the Vice President, and sometimes, it\u2019s up to the mischief of people close to the President.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Political Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, on Thursday disclosed said Atiku Abubakar was one of the busiest Vice Presidents in Nigeria\u2019s history. Baba-Ahmed, however, said Atiku became redundant during the second term of former President Olusegun Obasanjo\u2019s administration. 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