Tayo Oke ([email protected])The announcement of Prof Ibrahim Agboola Gambari as the Chief of Staff to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd. So much of daily life in this country quietly hinges on the decisions and/or indecisions of the Chief of Staff to the President. And, with President Buhari’s legendary phlegmatic approach to governance overall, Gambari is poised to become de facto ‘Prime Minister’ of Nigeria. For us, the Chief of Staff is a man heard along the corridors of power, but not seen as much. The Chief of Staff operates in the vacuum created by the country’s oscillation between a federal and unitary administration.

Source: Punch May 25, 2020 23:03 UTC