Another Nominee, Dr. Bugaje rejects his ambassadorial nomination by President Buhari

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Another Nominee, Dr. Bugaje rejects his ambassadorial nomination by President Buhari

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Dr. Usman Bugaje has turned down his appointment nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari.Usman Bugaje is the second nominee to reject the offer, after Pauline Tallen, a former deputy governor of Plateau state, turned it down as well.
Dr. Usman Bugaje, former Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and political adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Photo: Channels Television.Dr. Usman Bugaje, former Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and political adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Photo: Channels Television.

Dr. Usman Bugaje, former Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and political adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Photo: Channels Television.

While Pauline Tallen rejected her nomination on the grounds that there was no “proper consultation”, a decision she announced in public, Usman Bugaje prevailed on by top government officials not to announce his rejection of the offer in the media.Tallen further explained that her decision was done in fairness to other parts of the state.Simon Lalong, Plateau state governor, commended Tallen for her decision.“Pauline is an astute politician from my state, and part of the issue we also raised was on some of the appointments that were made,” he said.“So, all the states that had complaints are going to put it in writing and the president promised he is going to look into it.”“Well, it is not only about her husband; I think is the dimension of plateau politics because I had already made complaints to Mr. President that appointments should not be concentrated in one zone.“And so, all these appointments came again from one zone, in that particular zone. So the complaints that are coming from our state is not about her own personal interest; it is the fact that two ambassadorial appointments are coming from the same zone.“That is my zone. We had complained that the next appointment should go to the other zone, the central and the northern zone. And so when that appointment came, the kind of uproar that followed also necessitated an intervention.“And I think as a matured politician she stepped down and sacrificed that for the people of Plateau. We are still working on a replacement for that. It is not a big issue but at times a little consultation would have solved that problem because these are issues in the interest of the state.“You can’t have two appointments, very key appointments at that, coming from a particular zone that is already overloaded with appointments. All the federal appointments are from the southern zone, so it would not be fair. That is why we are approaching Mr. President to consider fairness and appoint people from those areas that do not have representation.” 

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