BREAKING: Tinubu drops Jide Jimoh from Federal Civil Service Commission list
President Bola Tinubu has dropped the nomination of former House of Representatives member, Jide Jimoh as a representative of Lagos/Ogun States in the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC).
Jimoh, in a short message to his supporters, confirmed that his name has been substituted.
WesternPost had reported that Tinubu on October 27 approved the appointment Jimoh alongside 11 persons to serve in the federal civil service commission, subject to the confirmation of the Nigerian Senate.
Meanwhile, immediately after the announcement of his nomination, a group of Lagos indigenes under the auspices of Omo Eko Pataki, rejected the nomination on the ground that Jimoh is not an indigene of the State.
Omo Eko Pataki, in the statement issued on Saturday (last week) by one of the Trutees, Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju (Rtd), disclosed that Jimoh is from Kwara state and that he does not have the right to represent Lagos/Ogun in the Commission.
The group noted that the aberration also occured in the nomination of the Minister of Tourism, Mrs Ade-John as a full-fledged Ministerial appointee, filling a vacancy constitutionally allotted to Lagos State.
“Mr. President Tinubu must hear this: Remove Jimoh…….from the Federal Civil Service Commission.
“Omoeko Pataki has objection to the nomination of Mr Jimoh as a Representative of Lagos-Ogun States. Mr. President, why should a non – indigene from Lagos State be nominated to occupy a Constitutionally guaranteed position of Lagos State to a Kwara indigene.
” This aberration was also observed in the nomination of Mrs Ade-John as a full-fledged Ministerial appointee, filling a vacancy Constitutionally allotted to Lagos State. This is totally wrong, unjust, and a grave injustice to the true indigenes of the State.
” Mr. President, we, OMOEKO Pataki, feel that a stamp of continuous robbing Peter to pay Paul should be discontinued for real. We appeal to you, Sir, to urgently redress the wrong being done to your State. Your Excellency, Lagos State, can not continue to suffer from what belongs to it”, said Olanrewaju.
