Nigeria: Outrage Over FG's Appointments and Why Katsina Got 51 DSS Slots

29 April 2017

OUTRAGE spread in some parts of the country, yesterday, following revelations of lopsided recruitment into the Department of State Service, DSS reflecting what many Nigerians described as a continuing effort by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to stamp a northern character on all strands of the federal bureaucracy.

The outrage over the lopsided appointments by the Buhari administration was heightened yesterday after it was reported that the latest DSS recruitments were heavily skewed in favour of the north and in particular, Katsina, the home state of President Buhari and the Director-General of the DSS.

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