Presidency Explains Buhari’s Directive To Ministers

The Presidency over the weekend explained that President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that ministers willing to meet with the president pass through the Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari was not a new one.
President Buhari’s Spokesperson, Garba Shehu said that has been the policy even during Mr Buhari’s first term in office.
He said the president reiterated it to ministers last week because many of the ministers “are new appointments and cannot therefore be expected to know how matters of liaising with the president operate.”
“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.”, Garba Shehu said.