Jega accepts Buhari’s appointment, sparks off curiosity

If silence means consent, Prof Attahiru Jega, INEC’s former chairman and public critic of President Muhammadu Buhari, might just have agreed to be part of the government he recently described as inept and disappointing.

Buhari has appointed the professor as one of the 43 chairmen of university governing councils recently constituted.

And the political scientist has yet to spurn the appointment.

For a pointy critics of the current administration, Jega, many expect, ought to turn down the gig this wrong-headed government offered him.

Jega noted then something fundamentally wrong with the president: wasting a lot of time doing little.

“He still has time to correct things if he has the capacity to do that,’ he said.

“Many people wish him well but are worried about the direction the country is taking.”

Many see Jega’s appointment as chairman, Governing Council, University of Jos, as golden handcuffs.

However, it may appear too early to expect him to make a statement about the offer.