One of Buhari's responses was to back a 20% pay rise for the police but Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed and Secretary to the Federation Boss Mustapha are working on a wider plan to cut the public sector wage bill by restructuring the civil service...
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Boss Mustapha Secretary to the Government of the Federation and General Babagana Monguno National Security Advisor previously marginalised are trying to pick up the slack along with an informal network of aides advisers and relatives...
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Babachir David Lawal and Boss Mustapha former and serving Secretaries to the Federation with extensive networks in the Buhari presidency have already emerged as public supporters of Tinubu...
The missing piece is effective leadership from the national task force under Boss Mustapha Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Health Minister Osagie Enahire...
Last July Buhari re-appointed Kyari and Boss Mustapha Secretary to the Government of the Federation – but has yet either to re-hire or replace the NSA...
Politicians bankers and wonks Personnel matter as much as policy when it comes to results in Nigeria and there are at least five centres of power when it comes to the economy whose influence can shift according to politics and business interests: The Presidency at Aso Rock: President Muhammadu Buhari Chief of Staff Abba Kyari Secretary to the Government Boss Gidahyelda Mustapha and a coterie of advisors including veteran businessman Mamman Daura...
Buhari's closest advisers will again be chief of staff Abba Kyari Secretary to the Federation Boss Mustapha and his nephew Mamman Daura...
Incumbent Babagana Monguno a former intelligence chief and Brigade of Guards commander has feuded with several senior government aides and Buhari supporters and was neither reinstated nor replaced when Boss Mustapha and Abba Kyari the two other key appointments were retained on 5 July...
It was a clear enough announcement on 15 February from the Secretary to the Federal Government Boss Mustapha that President Muhammadu Buhari would certainly seek a second term in national elections due in February 2019...
