BUHARI KICKS OUT ITA ENANG, PICKS OMOWORARE AS REPLACEMENT
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| Senator Ita Enang. |
President Muhammadu Buhari has given Senator Ita Enang as his aide
on National Assembly Matters (Senate).
Premium
Times learnt that Enang, a former senator from Akwa Ibom state, was appointed a
Special Adviser to the President during his (the president’s) first term. He
has continued to act in that capacity in Buhari’s second term, even when his
appointment, like those of several other aides, has not been officially renewed.
A source close to the Presidency hinted on Sunday evening, that
President Buhari has picked Senator Babajide Omoworare, a former senator from
Osun state, as Senator Enang’s replacement.
The
belief in the Presidency, according the source, is that Enang did not perform
well in managing the relationship between President Buhari and senators in the Eighth
Senate, despite being a former senator himself.
The relationship between President Buhari and the Senate led by
the immediate past Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, was characterised by
deep animosity. Saraki was elected a senator in 2015 under the same party, the
All Progressives Congress, with Buhari, but the two parted ways politically.
Saraki later defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) and became a critic of the Buhari administration.
“He (Enang) didn’t have the temperament to deliver anything
substantial,” the source said of Mr Enang’s performance as Buhari’s aide.
“Despite the experience he has and the senators being his former
colleagues, he could not resolve the frequent crisis the senators were having
with the president.”
The source disclosed that Enang may, however, be compensated with
another position – possibly the President’s adviser on Niger Delta Matters.
The new appointment is among those to be announced this week by
the presidency.
Enang’s spokesperson, Essien Inyang, told Premium Times on Monday
that he was not aware the former senator had been dropped by the president.
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