Permit me to reintroduce myself to those who may not understand why I have decided to write on detected tactical errors the presidency needs to clear for the majesty of democracy to emerge in Africas most populous country.

In the last 36 years of my journalistic legwork, I hadcovered nine (9) Heads of State and Presidents of Nigeria before our current leader emerged. And so I think in all modesty, I can look into the seeds of our presidential times and advise on how to clear some tactical, tragic or even strategic errors of any serving president of our great country, even the iconic Madiba claimed the black race had been waiting for as s source of pride and confidence. Forgive me for this immodesty of counting some of my journalistic blessings and credentials. These digital times when some young ones just abuse elders online for lack of knowledge call for this unusual clarification.

The Five (5) tactical errors President Tinubu should clear immediately

Weak(ened) presidential bureaucracy

I have written about this tactical error several times but because the error hasnt been cleared vital signs are beginning to show that it is fast becoming a tragic error, which can lead to tragic failure. The focal point of Nigerias presidential bureaucracy is the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). The presidential bureaucracy structure comprises the SGFs Office, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) and the Office of the Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission (OCFCSC). These offices are a creation of the constitution but in our recent practice, the Office of Chief of Staff to the President has been integrated into the presidential bureaucracy and so cannot be ignored.

Specifically, the same presidential bureaucracy has been chaotic since President Tinubu assumed office as even appointments of Permanent Secretaries have been announced directly through the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity. And so most presidential appointments are being regularly announced by the office of the President. Strangely, they normally announce this as soon as approvals are noticed thus:Tinubu Appoints New Permanent Secretaries, not even as Tinubu approves appointments of new Permanent Secretaries¦ There is no point to prove here. Most of these announcements of approvals of these presidential appointments have always come from the office of the SGF. Besides, credentials of the appointees have always been properly documented in the statements. These days, sometimes, there is no word about even the bio data of appointees and we wonder where most of them have worked. What is now worse, there was a report the other day that the Chief of Staff to the President was doing some oversight on some government agencies and was quoted as making weighty policy decisions and even reversals on public policies such as suspension of implementation of Oronsaye Panels Report that Office of the SGF is coordinating. This is so curious! This development is worsening an already chaotic presidency. It is another strategic error that must be corrected. The office of the president isnt an ordinary one. It should be awesome by the power of orderliness and shouldnt be associated with any crisis of coherence and competence.

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