Most powerful Vice Presidents in Nigeria’s history – The position of the vice president in Nigeria is perceived to be a dormant one as the bulk of the national assignment is vested on the shoulder of the president. The president usually takes the praise and the blame in a government.
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Vice president in this sense is not just limited to the democratic government but also expands to the military government as some officials served as the de facto vice presidents during the military rule in Nigeria.
The media spotlights on vice presidents is limited as focus is on the president but in spite of this, some vice president have been able to command and make use of their position as the number two citizens to make impacts.
Here are the top five vice presidents in Nigeria’s history
5. Tunde Idiagbon
Major General Tunde Idiagbon was the chief of staff and de facto vice president to the then General Muhammadu Buhari from 1983 to 1985. Born in 1943, Idiagbon’s name was mentioned side by side with Buhari during and after their military government. He became so popular that some of the policies adopted by the Buhari military government were credited to him perhaps due to the fact that he usually announced and introduced the policies. He was in charge of administration’s strict War Against indiscipline which was meant to fight corruption and indiscipline and encourage a saner way of doing things. His position as vice president did not take him away from the spotlight as it is not uncommon to hear people say: “during the time of Idiagbon,” when making reference to the military government of Buhari. He died in 1999.
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