He, however, said the minister must have sailed through the DSS and Senate screenings due to a lot of factors including federal character balancing. Pantami, a former director-general with the National Information Technology Development Agency, is the only member of the Federal Executive Council from Gombe State. He has come under fire over his past controversial comments on terrorist groups including Taliban and Al-Qaeda. Amachree said, “There is no information that escapes the DSS, we have all of it, all. The appointing agency will now decide amongst other variables either religious variable, federal character balancing variable, or political variable and say that, ‘Oh, yes, we know that this guy has this and that but let’s appoint him.

Source: Punch April 21, 2021 19:52 UTC