"Federal Character Killed Our National Corporations"- Ben Bruce

While President Muhammadu Buhari's appointments continue to generate debates across Nigeria, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has opined that putting federal character ahead of merit when making appointments will not do the country any good.
While pointing this out in the #commonsense series on Twitter, Senator Murray-Bruce tweeted "What killed Nigeria Airways and almost every other national corporation that should have been a national asset? We brought in ethnicity/religion into public service, recruiting on basis of federal character rather than on basis of merit#commonsense".

He also tweed "As a result of Federal Character, Nigeria Airways went from 30 aircraft in 1982 to bankruptcy and a debt of over $60 million by year 2000!. Federal Character cannot make an electrical power station work. It can't make a refinery work. Only merit can do these #Commonsense".
There have been complaints in some areas that appointments made so far by President Buhari favour the Northern part of the country over and above other areas.


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