{"id":17655,"date":"2019-11-06T13:21:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T13:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=17655"},"modified":"2019-11-06T13:21:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T13:21:12","slug":"why-abba-kyari-is-assistant-president-more-powerful-than-osinbajo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/why-abba-kyari-is-assistant-president-more-powerful-than-osinbajo","title":{"rendered":"Why Abba Kyari is assistant President, more powerful than Osinbajo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Akin Alabi, House of Representatives member representing Egbeda\/Ona federal constituency, has weighed in on the criticism that President Muhammadu Buhari<\/a>\u2019s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari travelled with a bill to London for Buhari\u2019s assent.<\/p>\n

Alabi pointed out that in a presidential system of government as practiced in Nigeria, the position of the Chief of Staff is more powerful than that of the Vice President.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST reported that Kyari presented the amended Deep Offshore Act to Buhari in London on Monday.<\/p>\n

However, the lawmaker insisted that the Chief of Staff is the assistant President.<\/p>\n

In a series of tweets, Alabi pointed out that the Vice President is \u201cmerely a stand-in for the president.\u201d<\/p>\n

He wrote: \u201cWhether you like it or not, in a presidential system of government (eg, US, Nigeria), the post of the Chief of Staff is more \u201cpowerful\u201d than that of the Vice President. He is the assistant President. The Vice President is a stand-in for the president.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is NOT the duty of the Vice President to take a bill to the president. It\u2019s the job of an assistant. Like the Chief of Staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Vice President has been excellent performing his constitutional duties and the ones assigned to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the President decides NOT to see Vice President Osinbajo as a PA, which I don\u2019t think he should, then I\u2019m 100% in support of that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand the political agenda of the noisemakers but anyone ready to learn should learn.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know whether there are problems between the Chief of Staff and the Vice President. Maybe there is. It\u2019s politics and it happens everywhere. But with this bill signing issue, there is nothing out of the ordinary for the Chief of staff to bring a document for the president.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Akin Alabi, House of Representatives member representing Egbeda\/Ona federal constituency, has weighed in on the criticism that President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari travelled with a bill to London for Buhari\u2019s assent. 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