We do not have access to the data which shows all the appointments made by the Buhari administration since 2015 to ascertain the veracity of their submission, neither do we have data to show whether the more “juicy” appointments favour the North over the South.
I will assume, for the purpose of this discourse, that it is true that appointments by this government favour the Northern part of the country. Needless to say, this assumption is presently the general perception among many Nigerians, especially down in the South.
I have tried to draw a correlation between appointments made and the economic prosperity, development, or any other indices in the appointees’ host regions, states, or communities. I still see none, and I doubt if any objective inquiry would be able to establish any positive correlation. Has the appointment of the National Security Adviser (NSA) and the immediate former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, made Borno safer than say Anambra? Has the position of Godwin Emiefile of the Central Bank made Delta State more economically prosperous than Kaduna or Kano states? Has the position of Adamu Adamu as education minister made Bauchi and the North more educationally developed than any Southern state? Is there even a marginal improvement?