Secretary to Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal, on Saturday described reports that he was planning to become governor of Adamawa State as baseless.
Addressing reporters in Yola, the state capital, the SGF said due to his current office and age, it was improper for him to be aspiring to become a governor.
The SGF also insisted that he has no plan to sponsor anybody for the governorship race in the state.
Lawal said, “At over 60 years of age and my position as SGF, I should not be thinking of being a governor; governorship should be left for younger people.
“The whole thing is funny; they are even saying that I favour my own tribe of Kilba in federal appointments because Boss Mustafa was recently appointed the Managing Director of Nigeria Inland Waterways Agency.
“People need to know that Mustafa is not only well qualified for the job but also a chieftain of the party who actively participated as an official in Buhari Campaign Organisation.
“Buhari knows Mustafa’s capacity and Buhari’s appointments are always based on merit.
“If they said I engineered the appointment of Mustafa because he is a Kilba man like me, how about other appointments of Adamawa indigenes that are not Kilba.
“Another funny thing is that in Abuja, some people are accusing me of favoring Adamawa.”
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