Abdullahi Ganduje, weekend explained how President Bola Tinubu, was “misled” into nominating Maryam Shetty, the ministerial nominee from Kano. Maryam nomination was later withdrawn.
Ganduje is the newly nominated National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ganduje, a former governor of Kano State.
He said the president did not consult him before Ms Shetty’s nomination was announced.
Ganduje said that the president only contacted him after the public outcry about some of Ms Shetty’s posts on social media.
He explained further that the president only get across to him following a backlash on social media that greeted her nomination.
In his words: “In the selection of ministerial nominees, the president has people that are giving him advice across states, and the president has the power to nominate whoever he likes, and he also has the power to make consultations on the persons he had chosen to serve in his cabinet from the people of that particular state.
“You know, in a palace (presidency), some people claimed to know much about something, but they did not; we just saw Ms Shetty’s name like any other Nigerian; we are followers of the president, we are careful, we did not challenge the choice of Ms Shetty because we did not know much about her personality and capabilities to deliver on the job that makes us remain mum.
“But problems started when her social media post started to cause a stir. Social media always kept a record of what you and what you have even forgot you posted. People on social media started challenging her personality in representing the people of Kano and her capability for the job. This brings about the problem,” Mr Ganduje said.
