Recent media and social media reports on the responsibilities of the Chief of Staff to the President have suggested that the role has changed. This is not the case.

Today, under the Buhari II administration the role of Chief of Staff remains the same as it was under Buhari I.

It is worth stressing that the role and responsibilities of the Chief of Staff and the method of communication and arranging scheduling between Cabinet members and the President are, in Nigeria, based on the US model, where the same system operates - and has done for decades - in precisely the same way.

That role is to act as the head of the presidential administration at Aso Rock; to be an adviser to the President on any and all matters; to be the line manager for all staff at Aso Rock; and to manage appointments and scheduling for the President.

In the traditional presidential system, it is a primary function of a Chief of Staff, which may vary according to the needs and desires of each President, to supervise key State House Staff, control access to the office and the person of the President, manage communications and information flow and this includes that which binds the relationship with the two other arms of government.

During the President’s first term those were the responsibilities of the Chief of Staff, and they remain the same responsibilities today. There is no change.

When President Buhari explained to ministers that they would be expected to communicate with him and arrange scheduling to meet with him primarily via the Chief of Staff, he did so as many of the Buhari II Cabinet ministerial appointments are new appointments and cannot therefore be expected to know how matters of liaising with the President operate.

This is to stress that access to the President is open to ministers. It is not true that this is denied them in the Second Term.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) on the other hand is responsible for ensuring the effective coordination and monitoring of the implementation of government policies and programmes. All cabinet matters must go through him.

Under this dispensation, a performance evaluation of ministers and Permanent Secretary will be maintained by the SGF. Two weeks after assuming office, they are expected to sign mandate acceptance documents.

It is time to end the unnecessary controversy, for the key appointees of the President to carry out their jobs.

Garba Shehu
Senior Special Assistant to the President
(Media & Publicity)
August 24, 2019

AYEW kidding me?

Anyways

Man U 1:2 Cry
(Man U one two Cry)
(Man U want to Cry)

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Useless explanation

How does this information curb the insecurity of the entire nation?
Useless info, a cow or ram can be chief of staff for all I care.

Poster

Nigeria is now a football game under.... A...

Children of perditions will still wail.
It’s in them like peak milk.

They don't even know their roles and definition of portfolio '

9ja, who circumcised thou

This government only comes with pains and agony.


Next level suffering fully unlocked starting from electricity tariff.

Baba, these explanations are needless.

Since the system is based on the US model, we just need you guys to also adopt the US model of Competence, Transparency and Accountability.

RichDad1:
Children of perditions will still wait.
It’s in their in them like peak milk.

No be wait, Na go...

It is good, what the masses need is basic facilities

Nonsense. Abba Kyari has taken over the role of the president.

No waste your time sir. IPOB youths are so dumb. FFK and Reno Omokry is their only source of information

jap56:
under buhari, everything is now in somersault

crownwealth:
Useless explanation

They’re here already.
Professional Sadists

Igbos typically commit white collar crimes and drug dealing. Yorubas are known for savage crimes like ritual killings, gang rapes and incest.

SUPPORTERS OF ONE NIGERIAYour entire life will forever look like Nigeria since you love it.

Ok

Most of the tribal bigots on this forum are actually..low class Yahoo boys from the western enclave of Nigeria...
...they actually do envy this FBI 80....what's the essence of their scam ..even with rituals and fetish skull mining..if not to be like this boys..
With that..they only end up with a Benz and maybe few change..

EFCC has arrested more than a 200 of this local Yahoo boys between May and August..

Yet with each arrest we still see these same people abuse EFCC ..telling them to focus more on politicians...naira Marley gain frame cos of arrest ..and some even became marlians..and are proud of same..

Deep down in the mind of all this nairaland bigots jerks..they want and wish to flex and be like this boys..but when they fail.. idiots come online to abuse their gods.. thinking that will take em outta depression.

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Ok

RichDad1:
Children of perditions will still wail.
It’s in their in them like peak milk.

Zombie please your attention is needed on the WADUME AND 13MILIION NAIRA THREAD

Disappointed. I was expecting him to quote our Constitution but rather he referred to the US. What a shame that we have nothing of our own.

And who cares? how will it curb the menace of the ongoing insecurities in the country? Clueless Government #mttcheew

What is going on in this country?
Soyer come soyer go,

this aba kiari self.

BuhariLooter:
Most of the tribal bigots on this forum are actually..low class Yahoo boys from the western enclave of Nigeria...
...they actually do envy this FBI 80....what's the essence of their scam ..even with rituals and fetish skull mining..if not to be like this boys..
With that..they only end up with a Benz and maybe few change..

EFCC has arrested more than a 200 of this local Yahoo boys between May and August..

Yet with each arrest we still see these same people abuse EFCC ..telling them to focus more on politicians...naira Marley gain frame cos of arrest ..and some even became marlians..and are proud of same..

Deep down in the mind of all this nairaland bigots jerks..they want and wish to flex and be like this boys..but when they fail.. idiots come online to abuse their gods.. thinking that will take em outta depression.

Bro, how do you live with yourself

Transparency is coming in gradually

Thank Garuba Sheu, a nenowned government agent , unlike children of circumstance, grandchildren of FBI

Toscarel:



Zombie please your attention is needed on the WADUME AND 13MILIION NAIRA THREAD

Let him name who in APC gave him the Money. Abi it’s too much to ask??