Tobi O’tunde |
The Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development (SCDDD) has hailed the appointment of its founder, Prof. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, as the new Chief of Staff of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The group described the appointment of Prof Gambari as a ‘a very well-deserved appointment’ adding that he is an exceptional Nigerian, who has creditably distinguished himself in Nigeria, Africa, and the world through the United Nations where he served as Under-Secretary General of the world body for about 13 years.
The Centre, in a statement signed by Ambassador Abdullahi A. Omaki, Executive Director of Savannah Centre, said it is exceedingly proud for the honour done to the person of Professor Gambari, his Centre, the people of his home-state, Kwara, and all other Nigerians at home and abroad.
“As an appointment that clearly received wide support across the country, we are not unaware of the complex and difficult challenges that have continued to face our great nation, now comprehensively compounded by the socio-economic and health impacts of COVID-19.
“The imperative for National Elites Consensus is now most urgent. Nigerians across the Federation and in the Diaspora, must work concertedly with one another, to promote common grounds, on which the survival of our great nation depends.
“Without doubts, time has come for Nigeria to take an extremely deep look at herself, in order to craft both creative and innovative pathways of moving the country, not only out of the challenges of the moment, but to grab the opportunities inherent in these challenges for a greatly improved future for Nigeria.
“This is most imperative, as this will provide the necessary platform for strengthening Nigeria’s cohesion for development and growth where fairness and justice, are pre-requisites.
“It is not impossible to achieve this tasks, complex as they certainly are. The time ahead is so little and so much needs to be accomplished. And it is the expectation of Savannah Centre therefore, that with this appointment, President Buhari will be vastly assisted to make these landmark achievements during his tenure,” the group said.
The centre also said that as an experienced public officer of Professor Gambari’s stature, both at home and abroad, and his vision for Nigeria and Africa, which inspired the establishment of Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development (SCDDD), we at the Centre feel that Nigeria is indeed in very good hands with him as the Chief of Staff.
“We expect both innovative and creative governance approaches through an effective national podium for Nigeria to assert herself at home, for a robust role in Africa, as the world grapples with the imminent birth of a new world order, occasioned by Covid-19,” Savannah Centre added.
The centre expressed gratitude to all who has felicitated with its founder on the appointment stressing that it remains committed to playing creative and responsible roles in the strides for Nigeria’s Nation-building efforts.
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