I couldn’t collect salaries without working – Hakeem Baba-Ahmed on why he resigned

Former Special Adviser connected Political Affairs to Vice President Kashim Shettima, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has explained wherefore helium resigned his assignment from the Presidency.

Baba-Ahmed said helium could not conscionable beryllium successful the Presidency and beryllium collecting salaries without working, hence his determination to resign.

He precocious resigned his presumption arsenic the Special Adviser connected Political Affairs to the president successful the bureau of the Vice President.

In an interrogation with Arise Television’s Prime Time yesterday, Baba-Ahmed said: “It was a immense work to beryllium the Special Adviser to the president successful the bureau of the Vice President, it depends if it was actualized successful existent beingness but it wasn’t, it was precise frustrating.

“The operation of the Nigerian presidency has been the same, possibly since 1999 oregon during the subject time.

“So overmuch of what the fig 2 does depends connected the chemistry betwixt 1 and two, the configurations, the powerfulness dimensions, quality of the cliques astir the president, and it truthful overmuch depends connected what the fig 1 does.

“If the president doesn’t consciousness that the Office of the Vice President is not Central to his occurrence oregon useful, you conscionable beryllium it out. We person seen that galore times and fundamentally this is what I met and near behind.

“There wasn’t overmuch to do, I wasn’t utilized to sitting idle and determination was a batch to beryllium done. I person been progressive and I could person offered my humble aforesaid and sentiment but I wasn’t, I couldn’t conscionable beryllium collecting wage portion sitting down and doing nothing.”