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Seun Onigbinde resigns after backlash

Seun Onigbinde resigns after backlash

The co-founder of BudgIT Seun Onigbinde has resigned his appointment as the technical adviser to the minister of state for budget national planning.

OnigbindeΒ announced his appointmentΒ on September 6 in Medium post. He said the appoint was at the behest of an international development agency.

He faced an intense social media backlash over the appointment, mostly because of his past caustic criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari and his government.

β€œIt is clear that recent media reports about my appointment have created a complex narrative, which I believe would engender an atmosphere of mistrust, as I planned to proceed,” Onigbinde