Akin Alabi Stirs Controversy on Twitter Over Roles of VP, Chief of Staff

Nigerian Politician and entrepreneur, Akin Alabi, has come under public scruitiny over a tweet where he opined that the post of the Chief of staff is more powerful than that of the Vice president.

The social media has been engaged in series of discussions after the chief of staff, Mallam Abba Kyari, was reported to have travelled abroad to present the amended Deep Offshore Act to the president for signing.

Reacting to the issue, Akin Alabi had stated that the chief of staff is more powerful than the vice president in a presidential system of government. This has however generated different reactions from twitter users.

See some reactions below:

Whether you like it or not, in a presidential system of government (eg, US, Nigeria), the post of the Chief of Staff is more “powerful” than that of the Vice President. He is the assistant President. The Vice President is a stand in for the president.
— Oloye Akin Alabi (@akinalabi) November 5, 2019

Nigeria really screws every constitutional expectation and then people who are educated approach constitutional issues from massively ignorant perspectives.
— Gen. Subutai of Mongolia🗡️| (@A_Fenomeno) November 5, 2019

I beg to differ Mr. Honourable, the President's Chief of staff is the presidents PA, he's the presidents strategist and confider, he has no executive powers over the vice President, he has no constituted authority over the vice President and as such not more powerful
— MMIRI 💦 (@mmiri_enugwu) November 5, 2019

Is this as enshrined in the constitution or an informal arrangement?
Power in this context denotes influence of the COS on the president not on the constitutional hierarchy of the VP. For whatever it is worth,the country shouldn't be run like a freelancing gig or side hustle.
— Leonidas and the 300 Agberos (@crownprinceay) November 5, 2019

But to insinuate that the chief of Staff is powerful than. The VP is to point to the direction where the cat that was let out of the bag creped towards.

Oga you really have no business making laws.
Go back to the private sector

Akin Alabi trying to score cheap political points
— Udeagha (@_Udeagha) November 5, 2019

You've just showed your nature. As a lawmaker you should demand that the president transfers powers whenever he leaves the country because that is the constitutional thing to do. You've rather twisted it all in a bid to stay loyal.
— Victor Ndulewe (@ndulewe) November 5, 2019

No day specifically but if the president fails to hand over after 21 days, the NASS will transmit the acting power automatically to the VP. pic.twitter.com/e0LASAB25M
— Iyanda Okin (@IyandaOkinEsq) November 5, 2019

The (acting) Chief of Staff in the same US you refer to #MickMulvaney, was not aware of the recent Al Baghdadi Operation until after the fact. Is that your #ChiefOfStaff ?
— Ese Oraka (@eseoraka) November 5, 2019

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