The Office of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo denied on Tuesday that the VP often flouted due process, a reason President Muhammadu Buhari directed him to seek his approval before taking decisions on any agencies under his watch.
An online medium, TheCable, said on Tuesday that a Monday memo from Buhari to his deputy contained the directive and also suggested that during Buhari’s first term (2015-2019), the VP was known to subvert due process.
Incidentally, it was also on Monday that Buhari scrapped the Economic Management Team of his administration, hitherto chaired by Osinbajo.
In place of the EMT, Buhari named an Economic Advisory Council with Prof Doyin Salami as chairman. Read more