Gbajabiamila Chides Sack Rumours, Says Tinubu’s Team Focused on Good Governance

The Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, has slammed the critics who are spreading rumours that he would be sacked by the President.

Newsflash Nigeria learnt that Gbajabiamila is under fire for allegedly tampering with the list of presidential appointees and selling them to the highest bidder.

According to the Daily Post, many of Tinubu’s loyalists are unhappy with Gbajabiamila’s actions and want him out of the Presidential Villa.

Last week, President Tinubu appointed 10 Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) .

However, Newsflash Nigeria learned that Gbajabiamila had replaced some of the names approved by the President with his own choices.

A source told Daily Post that one of the affected names was that of Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola, the former Legal Adviser of INEC, who was nominated by Tinubu as the REC for Ekiti State.

Gbajabiamila allegedly swapped her name with that of a former commissioner under ex-Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State.

The source said: “The REC from Ekiti that he (Gbajabiamila) put there, the man was Fayemi’s former commissioner, that was not the person Asiwaju signed off on. The person Asiwaju signed off on was one Toyin (Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola), the former Legal Adviser of INEC.

“But when the announcement was made, two members of the President’s cabinet met with him to complain that the person they nominated had been changed with another person. The President was infuriated, he said he checked the name of the woman before he signed the list.

“He summoned his CoS, but when he arrived, he was stuttering. The President asked him to bring the list he signed.

“The President said so, what he has been hearing is true that whenever he signs something, it will be changed. The President gave three instances that he signed for something and was changed. He felt bad and gave him the last warning. He directed that the woman’s name must be on the list.”

“When the President found out that the name he signed off on was changed, he was very angry. He called Gbajabiamila to his office and confronted him. He asked him to bring the original list he signed. He told him that this was not the first time he had done this and warned him to stop it. He ordered him to restore the name of Mrs Babalola to the list”.

However, Gbajabiamila slammed the critics who were spreading rumours that he would be sacked by the President.

He said the rumours were baseless and fabricated by those who are threatened by the government’s agenda.

In a tweet on his verified account, Gbajabiamila said he is a focused Chief of Staff who cannot be distracted by rumours mongers.

He said President Tinubu’s team is not driven by money politics, but by the “renewed hope agenda” that aims to deliver good governance to the Nigerian people.

He said the government has a critical assignment to fulfill, and it will not be derailed by false allegations from unverifiable sources. He assured Nigerians that the President and his team will remain on course and deliver without being distracted.

He also said that this is not the time to be sidetracked or allow divisive tactics to interfere with the noble aim. He said the government is committed to its mission and will work diligently towards achieving its goals.

He said the rumours of his potential removal are just noise from the outside, and they do not affect the resolve of the administration.

 He said the government’s focus is on the “renewed hope agenda” and the promise of good governance for the people of Nigeria, unwavering and undeterred by external noise.

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