Buhari’s Official Appointment List
A report has it that only 25 % of Buhari’s appointments are from the south while an irresistible 75 % are the north. President Buhari has violated the federal law by appointing far more persons from Nigeria’s northern region where he originated from.
Meanwhile, Buhari has yet to name a single female, an obvious difference from his immediate successor, Goodluck Jonathan, who had women in all major sectors of government.
The positions include those of the permanent secretaries, directors-general in extra-ministerial department and parastatals, directors in ministries and extra-ministerial department, senior military officers, senior diplomatic posts and managerial cadres in the Federal and State parastatals, bodies, agencies and institutions.
Buhari’s Official Appointment List So far
| Positions | Appointees | State Of Origin |
| Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the president | Femi Adesina | Osun state, South-West |
| State Chief of Protocol/Special Assistant (Presidential Matters) | Lawal Abdullahi Kazaure | Jigawa state, North-West |
| Aide de Camp to president | Lt. Col Abubakar Lawal | Kano state, North-West |
| Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity | Garba Shehu | Kano state, North-West |
| Chief of Defence Staff | Abayomi Olonishakin | Ekiti state, South-West |
| Chief of Naval Staff | Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas | Cross Rivers, South-South |
| Chief of Defence Intelligence | Monday Riku Morgan | Benue state, North-Central |
| Chief of Army Staff | Tukur Buratai | Borno State, North-East |
| Chief of Air Staff | Sadique Abubakar | Bauchi state, North-East |
| National Security Adviser | Babagana Monguno | Borno state, North-East |
| Accountant General of the Federation | Ahmed Idris | Kano state, North-West |
| Director General, State Security Services, SSS | Lawal Daura | Katsina state, North-West |
| Special Adviser, Niger Delta Amnesty Office | Paul Boroh | Bayelsa state, South-South |
| Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA | Habibu Abdulahi | Kano state, North-West |
| Acting Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration, Safety and Security Agency, NIMASA | Baba Haruna Jauro | Yobe state, North-East |
| Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS | Babatunde Fowler | Lagos state, South-West |
| Acting Chairperson, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC | Amina Zakari | Jigawa state, North-West |
| Executive Vice Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Communications Commission | Umaru Dambatta | Kano state, North-West |
| Group Managing Director, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC | Emmanuel Kachikwu | Delta state, South-South |
| Secretary to Government of the Federation | Babachir David Lawal | Adamawa, North East |
| Director General, Budget Office of the Federation | Aliyu Gusau | Zamfara state, North-West |
| Director, Department Of Petroleum Resources, DPR | Modecai Baba Ladan | Kano, North West |
| Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service | Kure Martin Abeshi | Nasarawa state, North-Central |
| Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives) | Suleiman Kawu | Kano state, North-West |
| Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service | Hameed Ibrahim Ali | Kaduna state, North-Central |
| Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate) | Ita Enang | Akwa Ibom state, South-South |
| Chief of Staff to the President | Abba Kyari | Borno, North-East |
| Commissioner for Insurance and Chief Executive of the National Insurance Commission | Mohammed Kari | North-West |
| Managing Director, Asset Management Company of Nigeria , AMCON | Ahmed Lawan Kuru |