Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is involved in a public tussle with his wife over the Government appointments.
According to the BBC,ย Buhariโs wife has warned him that she may not back him at the next election unless he shakes up his government.
Aisha Buhari claims the president โdoes not knowโ most of the top officials he has appointed.
She suggested the government had been hijacked, saying a โfew peopleโ were behind presidential appointments.
Mr Buhari was elected last year with a promise to tackle corruption and nepotism in government.
His wifeโs decision to go public with her concerns will shock many people, but it shows the level of discontent with the presidentโs leadership, says the BBCโs Naziru Mikailu in the capital, Abuja.
The president famously remarked at his inauguration that he โbelongs to nobody and belongs to everybodyโ.
In the interview with Naziru Mikailu, Mrs Buhari said: โThe president does not know 45 out of 50, for example, of the people he appointed and I donโt know them either, despite being his wife of 27 years.โ
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
She said people who did not share the vision of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) were now appointed to top posts because of the influence a โfew peopleโ wield.
โSome people are sitting down in their homes folding their arms only for them to be called to come and head an agency or a ministerial position.โ
Asked to name those who had hijacked the government, she refused, saying: โYou will know them if you watch television.โ
On whether the president was in charge, she said: โThat is left for the people to decide.โ
Mrs Buhari said her husband had not told her whether he would contest the 2019 election.
โHe is yet to tell me but I have decided as his wife, that if things continue like this up to 2019, I will not go out and campaign again and ask any woman to vote like I did before. I will never do it again.โ
Asked what she regarded as the governmentโs major achievement, she said it was to improve security in the north-east where militant Islamist group Boko Haram has waged an insurgency since 2009.
โNo-one is complaining about being attacked in their own homes. Thankfully everyone can walk around freely, go to places of worship, etc. Even kids in Maiduguri have returned to schools,โ Mrs Buhari said, referring to the city which was once the headquarters of the militant group.
-nairobinews.nation.co.ke