Sule not against appointment of former deputy as NPC chair

Nasarawa State government has denounced  allegations that Governor Abdullahi Sule is against the appointment of former deputy governor Silas Ali Agara as Chairman of National Population Commission (NPC ).

This was contained in a statement by his spokesperson, Ibrahim Addra as a reaction to an online publication on Sunday.

According to the statement, “The online medium in the piece reports that the Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi A. Sule is part of a purported plan to stop the appointment of our former Deputy Governor, Mr. Silas Agara into the leadership of the National Population Commission, (NPC) in favour of one Mr. Kura Isa said to be a Muslim from Kano state.

“In its peculiar style of journalism, Sahara reporters quoted an unnamed government official to have said amongst other things ‘Governor of Nassarawa State and Chief of Staff told Buhari not to hand over NPC to a Christian”.

“It is elementary knowledge to see that the concoction drips of malice and lack the ingredients that make a good report,” the statement said.

The governor then debunked the story as rumour having no element of truth in it.

He expressed dissatisfaction by the religious slant being introduced at a time all well meaning citizens are working to build bridges across divides in the State.

Governor Sule also noted that matters of appointment of individuals into positions are exclusive preserve of the president, adding alligning the governor with the allegation is laughable.

He added that, “Governor Sule’s antecedents, predisposition, exposure and world view do not cast him in the mould of a bigot that is being speculated. The recent appointment of Mr. Henry Omaku a Christian, as ambassador representing the state negates the impression that the story seeks to create”.