Tinubu, Akande made my appointment possible – new SGF says

At a Thanksgiving service and reception held in
his honor in Abuja yesterday October 17th, newly
appointed Secretary to the Government of the
Federation Engr. Babachir Lawal, said his
appointment into office by President Buhari in
August was made possible by APC chieftains
Bola Tinubu and Bisi Akande who put it in the
mind of President Buhari to make him his SGF.
"My wife has not met Bisi Akande, she has
not met Asiwaju, she has not met Buhari,
yet we have been with him. But, it is
fundamentally important for Nigerians to
know that goodness is not restricted to
tribe, religion or political party. My opinion
is that if you have no investment in human
beings and you just invest in yourself, like
most politicians present in this church do,
you will end up as nothing.
If you look at just your community for
friendship, or you look at your religion or in
the same church with you for friendship, I
doubt if you will go any where. I am
Secretary to the Government today,
because those people that I mentioned
were the very first to put the idea in the
mind of the President. They were the ones
that made it possible. Because if it has
been left to northerners, it is doubtful if
they will take a Christian man to make
Secretary to the Government of the
Federation. But these friends know me,
they know that I am not ambitious. I just
want to eat today and tomorrow I will find
my way. By the grace of God, I am today
the Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, something I did not look for,
people say it is hard work and dedication.
It is not true, it is just by the grace of God
that the President will just pick you and
say this is your position. I never looked for
it and I never expected it. I started getting
hints to this job just about two to three
days to it, and I thought it was a very big
joke. Then I used to call it Timipre Silva
project or Baba Akande project, when they
mentioned that they heard story about it.
Last year, if I was told that I will have an
occasion where one single governor will
attend, I will not believe it, but here we are
today, it is the grace of God that has put
all of us where we are today. Governors
should know that”he said.
Source: Vanguard