Home Politics CoS: Why I Can’t Replace Abba Kyari -Isa Funtua Politics CoS: Why I Can’t Replace Abba Kyari -Isa Funtua By nationalcompassng - April 22, 2020 0 250 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Email A close ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, Alhaji Isa Funtua, has said that it is an insult on his person for anyone to think of him as replacement for late Chief of Staff, CoS, to the President, Abba Kyari. Giving reasons why he cannot replace the late Kyari as Buhari’s CoS, Funtua, while speaking to the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, Hausa Service, said that he should be employing people and not struggling for government appointments. He maintained that appointments like the CoS should be for young people and not his age mates, admonishing Nigerians to stop making caricature of public offices. He said, “I heard people mentioning my name to replace Abba Kyari, but I take the story as an insult instead. I have once worked with the government in the 1980s, worked with white men and also was once a minister of the Federal Republic. For someone to mention my name for that position is an insult, especially for a man who served as a minister nearly 40 years ago and out of government. “I should be employing people now, not trying to struggle for government appointments. At my level and age, people should first see if I am fit to serve and see if I am strong enough and if I am up-to-date with current realities of governance. “Even if they approach the President with my name, he knows he cannot ask me to serve at this age. For God’s sake, you mean at my age, I should be waking up at 8am to go to work? Haba, I am way passed that lifestyle. It’s for people like you (referring to the BBC journalist) and other much younger persons. We should stop making caricatures of public offices simply because of the sake of getting appointments.” Meanwhile, a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, had listed Funtua as a member of President Muhammadu Buhari’s “cabal.” RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Lagos ‘23: Keep Off Alausa Round House, Movement Tells Opposition C’River: APC Guber Candidate Extends Thank-You-Visit To Obudu, Ayade’s LG, Obanlikwu Okotie To Yakasai, Critics: We’ve Interim Govt Proposal Ready LEAVE A REPLY Cancel reply Please enter your comment! Please enter your name here You have entered an incorrect email address! Please enter your email address here Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 238FansLike3FollowersFollow3FollowersFollow Latest posts Igboho Writes President Buhari July 26, 2021 Ooni Ogunwusi Decries Abandonment Of Ife Roads By Govt November 1, 2021 CSP Inuyashe: A Nigerian Cop To Reckon With October 26, 2021 Handover To DPMs, Gov Sule Directs LG Chairmen In Nasarawa May 27, 2021 Hijab: Re-Open Christian Schools, Group Urges Kwara Govt March 14, 2021