The Campaign Director-General (DG) of the ruling All Progress Congress (APC) for the 2023 presidential election, Adams Oshiomhole has triggered a public debate after stating that Bola Tinubu could not be held accountable for the Buhari-led administration.
The former APC chairman also claimed that VP Osinbajo currently chairs the federal government’s Economic Management Team.
However, available public records obtained by Quest Times indicate that Oshiomhole’s words were inaccurate as the team headed by Osinbajo in the first term had been dissolved since 2019.
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The EMT was set up in 2016 by the president to coordinate the federal government’s economic policies with the vice president as the chair before it was dissolved.
The team was dissolved in 2019 and replaced with the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) with Dr Doyin Salami as the chairman, Dr Mohammed Sagagi as vice chairman, and Dr Mohammed Adaya Salisu as secretary.
Prior to the inauguration of PEAC, the vice president headed the administration’s EMT, but ceased heading the group effective Sept 16, 2019.
He only chairs the National Economic Council, which only has advisory responsibilities according to the Nigerian Constitution.