An Abuja based lawyer and social crusader, Mr Maxwel Opara, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Mohammed Bello, before a Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged violation of Federal Character Act in the appointments of Mandate Secretaries, Personal Aides , Directors and other staffers into the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA).<\/p>\n\n\n
The suit marked, FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/1523\/2021, has the FCT Minister, the President, Attorney General of the Federation, and the Federal Character Commission as defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n
He is seeking an order of the court, directing the FCT Minister and other defendants to comply with the provisions of Sections 4(1)(a)(b) and 5 of the Federal Character (Establishment) Act in all appointments in all cadres of posts in FCTA.<\/p>\n\n\n
Opara, who formulated three issues for the determination of the court also wants the court to declare that the Federal Character Commission (FCC) is empowered by law to formulate principles and guidelines for the application of the federal character principle of fairness and equitable distribution of all cadre of posts in the federal government of Nigeria and to ensure compliance to the said formulae.<\/p>\n\n\n
He also prayed the court to declare that the 1st to 3rd defendants are under obligation to comply with the provisions of Part 1, Section 1 to 9 and Part III, Section 4 and 5 if the guiding principle and formulae for distribution of all cadre of posts and in appointments into all cadre of posts into the Federal Capital Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cA declaration that the recent appointment on. 23 of November, 2021 of Perm-Secs, executive secretaries and other staffers of FCTA by 1st to 3rd defendants clearly offends sections 4(1)(a)(b) and 5 of the Federal Character Commission (Establishment, etc) and provisions of Part 1, sections 1 to 9 and Part III, section 4 and 5 of the guiding principle and formulae for distribution of all cadre of posts made pursuant to section 4(1)(a) of the Federal Character Commission (Establishment, Etc) Act and accordingly the said appointments are void\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n
In a 20-paragraph affidavit deposed to by the plaintiff, he said recently, the FCT Minister in conjunction with other defendants appointed political, ministerial and other staffers of FCTA against the Federal Character principle.<\/p>\n\n\n
He alleged that the appointments as done by the FCT Minister favoured people who are mostly from the northern part of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n
No date has been fixed for the hearing of the suit which was filed today, December 1, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n
Recall that on 22nd November, the FCTA announced a list of appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari, based on the recommendation of the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello.<\/p>\n\n\n
The appointment of Mandate Secretaries, Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Heads of Agencies and others into relevant positions in the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) were as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n
MANDATE SECRETARIES AND HEADS OF AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Ibrahim Abubakar Dantsoho, Secretary, Area Council Services Secretariat<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0eAbubakar Ibrahim, Secretary, Agricultural & Rural Development Secretariat<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0eSani Dahir El-Katazu, Secretary, Education<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Dr. Abubakar Tafida, Secretary, Health & Human Services Secretariat<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Muhammad B. Umar, Secretary, Legal Services Secretariat<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Hadiza Mahammed Kabir, Secretary, Social Development Secretariat<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Zakari Angulu Dobi, Secretary, Transportation Secretariat<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Agboola Lukman Dabiri, Secretary, Economic Planning, Revenue Generation and PPP<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Obinna Francis Ogwuegbu, Coordinator, Satellite Towns Development. Department<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Umar Shuaibu, Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Engr. Shehu Hadi Ahmed, Executive Secretary, FCDA<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Ibrahim Damisa, MD, Abuja Broadcasting Corporation<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Dr. Muhammed B. Kawu, General Manager, Hospital Management Board<\/p>\n\n\n Those appointed in the Office of the Minister are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Mohammed Bashir Mai-Bornu, Chief of Staff<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Abubakar Sani, Senior Special Assistant (Media)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Abuzarri Suleiman Ribadu, Senior Special Assistant (Special Duties)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Imolehin Akintunde Babatope, Senior Special Assistant (Environment & Waste Management.)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Ikharo Attah, Senior Special Assistant (Monitoring, Inspection & Enforcement)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Ibrahim Ismaila, Senior Special Assistant (Lands, Urban & Regional Planning)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Isiyaku Tanko Yamawo, Senior Special Assistant (Community Relations)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Abu Salihu Muhammed, Senior Special Assistant (Security)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Barr. Lawal Yusuf, Senior Special Assistant (legal & Multi-lateral Cooperation)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Dr. Ejike Oji, Senior Special Assistant (Health & Hospital Management)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Chika Alexander Nwatu, Senior Special Assistant (Community Relations)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Ardo Hassan JIbo, Special Assistant (Community Relations)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Abdullahi Danladi Galadima, Special Assistant (Community Relations)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Musa Dikko Bwari, Special Assistant (Community Relations)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Barr. Zainab Marwa Abubakar, Special Assistant (Community Relations)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Hailmary Ogolo Aipoh, Special Assistant (Community Relations)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Isaac David, Special Assistant (Youth Matters)<\/p>\n\n\n In the Office of the Minister of State, the following were appointed:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e <\/strong>Prof. M. T Usman, Senior Special Assistant (Administration)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Barr. Muhammad S. Sidi Aliyu, Special Assistant (Project Implementation\/ General Services)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Alh. Abubakar Ibrahim, Special Assistant (Special Duties)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Mrs. Atika Ajanah, Special Assistant (Logistics & Communication)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Mal. Ibrahim Yahaya, Special Assistant (Religious Affairs)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Alh. Muhammad Saba, Special Assistant (Area Councils)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Abdul Agbadu, Special Assistant (Agriculture and Rural Development)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Mr Austine Elemue, Special Assistant (Media)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Mrs. Simisola Ayoade, Special Assistant (Social Development Services)<\/p>\n\n\n \u25aa\ufe0e Abdulmalik Baba Ajanah, Principal Private Secretary<\/p>\n\n\n A statement from the Minister’s office noted that twenty-six (26) of the appointees were new, while the Fourteen (14) earlier appointed by the FCTA were ratified by Mr. President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An Abuja based lawyer and social crusader, Mr Maxwel Opara, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Mohammed Bello, before a Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged violation of Federal Character Act in the appointments of Mandate Secretaries, Personal Aides , Directors and other staffers into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":37250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[913,31,3880],"class_list":["post-37251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jobs","tag-abuja","tag-buhari","tag-opara"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}