{"id":740704,"date":"2019-11-08T15:56:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T15:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/08\/why-buhari-sacked-osinbajos-aides-presidency-reveals\/"},"modified":"2019-11-08T15:56:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T15:56:47","slug":"why-buhari-sacked-osinbajos-aides-presidency-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/08\/why-buhari-sacked-osinbajos-aides-presidency-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Buhari Sacked Osinbajo&#8217;s Aides: Presidency Reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_708096\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-708096\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-708096\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/osinbajo.jpg\" alt=\"VP Osinbajo\" width=\"788\" height=\"444\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-708096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VP Osinbajo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The presidency has explained why some aides of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo were sacked on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, on Friday, he said President Muhammadu Buhari cut down the number of his Osinbajo\u2019s aides to save cost of governance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Presidency wishes to confirm that there is, on-going, an unprecedented overhaul of the nation\u2019s seat of government, arising from which a number of political appointments have either been revoked or not renewed in the Second Term,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe exercise, which has been ordered by the President, is to streamline decision-making, cut down multiple authorities and reduce the cost of administration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Osinbajo\u2019s Spokespersn Apologizes To Journalist Assualted At Aso Rock<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also an appropriate response to the general perception that the Presidency has an oversized and bloated workforce which acts as a drag on efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs may have been noticed by discerning members of the public, a number of political appointees among the few that served in the office of the President were not returned for the Second Term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe office of the Vice President, His Excellency Yemi Osinbajo has, in compliance with the directive of the President, equally been shed of a number of such appointees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 VP Osinbajo The presidency has explained why some aides of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo were sacked on Wednesday. In a statement by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, on Friday, he said President Muhammadu Buhari cut down the number of his Osinbajo\u2019s aides to save cost of governance. \u201cThe Presidency wishes to confirm that there is, on-going, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":740705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-740704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Buhari Sacked Osinbajo&#039;s Aides: Presidency Reveals - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/08\/why-buhari-sacked-osinbajos-aides-presidency-reveals\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Why Buhari Sacked Osinbajo&#039;s Aides: Presidency Reveals - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"\u00a0 VP Osinbajo The presidency has explained why some aides of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo were sacked on Wednesday. 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