The Office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has responded to claims of anti-Muslim discrimination by producing a video featuring all Muslim appointees working for him.
According to InsightnaijaTV, Farooq Kperogi, a journalism professor in the United States, accused Osinbajo of hatred for Muslims.
This came after Osinbajo declared his presidential ambitions on Monday morning.
He accused the VP of religious intolerance, emphasizing Osinbajo’s ‘RCCGfication’ aim.
In response to the charges, Osinbajo’s administration published a video on Wednesday showing him appointing 16 Muslims.
The Muslims, the most of whom come from the country’s north, are made up of five females and eleven males.
Below are the names of Muslim appointees listed in the video:
Abdulrahman Ipaye (Lagos) — deputy chief of staff to the president, office of the vice-president
Mariam Uwais (Kano) — special adviser to the president on social investment, office of the vice-president
Babafemi Ojudu (Ekiti) — special adviser on political matters, office of the vice-president
Balkisu Saidu (Sokoto) — senior special assistant on legal research and compliance matters, office of the vice-president
Abdullahi Gwari (Yobe) — head of protocol and senior special assistant on foreign affairs
Olabisi Ogungbemi (Kwara) –special assistant on political matters to the president, office of the vice-president
Ahmad Zakari (Jigawa) — special adviser to the president on infrastructure, office of the vice-president
Afeez Kau (Kano) — personal assistant, office of the vice-president
Abdulrahman Baffa (Yola) — special assistant to the president on political affairs, office of the vice-president
Muhammed Braima (Kwara) — special assistant on internally displaced persons (2015 – 2019); he was later appointed as special assistant on job creation
Mariam Masha (Lagos)– senior special assistant in humanitarian intervention
Yusuf Ali (Kwara) — special assistant to the president on power regulation, office of the vice-president
Gambo Manzo (Gombe) — special adviser on political affairs
Muritala Aliyu (Kogi) — special adviser on logistics
Ibrahim Salama (Katsina) — media assistant, office of the vice-president
Lanre Sasere (Lagos) — senior special assistant to the president on planning and coordination, office of the vice-president
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