In what could be termed a presidential gaffe, President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, allegedly appointed a dead person into the board of one the federal government agencies.
It was reported that the name–Tobias Chukwuemeka Okwuru (Ebonyi) is among the 38 members appointed by the President to the Federal Character Commission (FCC) board as contained in a letter by Buhari to the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan.
The president in the letter to Lawan, requested for Okwuru’s confirmation by the Senate as a board member of the FCC.
Many were shocked as to how the name made it to the list, having reportedly died on February 27, 2020.
Okwuru was a former member of the House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015.
This is not the first time that such gaffe will be coming from the President. In December 2017, Buhari included no fewer than eight deceased persons in a list of new appointments into the governing boards of agencies and parastatals.
Some of the names then included Late Reverend Christopher Utova, Late Senator Francis Okpozo and Late Chief Donald Ugbaja.
