Gov. Oshiomole defends Buhari's appointments

Following the public outcry over president Buhari's appointments made recently, the governor of Edo state Adams Oshiomole, has released a statement defending the appointments of President Buhari. In the statement signed by his chief Press secretary, Peter Okhiria, Oshiomole said the appointments made so far have been based on merits. According to him, the time has come for Nigeria to use unusual methods to solve her unusual problems. 

The statement in part reads;

"The Nigerian nation has come to a point where we have to use the best hands to confront 

the peculiarity of our problems. It is not all the time we descend to the level of geopolitical 

balancing; we need to employ unusual methods to solve an unusual problem. The level of 

decay in the country at present requires very seasoned hands and incorruptible Nigerians 

that will help translate the APC agenda of change for the benefit of all Nigerians. We must

 not reduce governance to political patronage of bread and butter. The governor congratulates 

the Chief of Staff, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the Comptroller 

General of Customs, all of who he had very close relationship with and whose 

credentials stand tall among their compeers. He wishes them well in their new jobs of 

helping to sanitize a system that has become so rotten and corrupt as a result of manifest incompetence and mismanagement.”