2027: Tinubu’s Campaign: Why appointments of Adedeji, Coker-Odusote, Yakubu raise concerns
Arguably, the most controversial decision is the appointment of the heads of two strategically important public institutions to the campaign council The appointments of Zacch Adedeji, chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), as deputy director of Fundraising, and Bisoye Coker-Odusote, director-general of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), as director of Data Management, have drawn particular attention.
Although their APC appointment does not imply that they have compromised their public roles, it raises a difficult question: what safeguards separate the information and institutional influence available to these officials in their public capacities from the political campaign they are now helping to run?
But his appointment raises the same institutional question: what firewall exists between the fiscal information and influence associated with his public office and the political campaign he is helping to administer?
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