This North sef I don't even understand them. Bunch of disgruntled animals. All Regions have 6 states, but one Region has 5 states & when they are suppose to balance it their broda still gave North West extra one state, so now Northwest has 7states, others except South East has 6states. Nobody has been killed or criticized for that yet they have been making sure that any effort to balance this equation is foiled.

Chief Justice of Nig, President of Court of Appeal & Chief Judge of Fed High Court seem as if they are reserved for Northerners over the years & nobody said anything. Go to Customs offices across the Federation, na aboki full there. CAC etc yet nobody has complained. Even when Yaradua was President it was all Alhajis throughout, nobody talked. Bunch of animals. Go to CBN today & see the nonsense Sanusi has equally done there. Maggots

No wonder they send their boko boys to bomb the transport company owned by an igbo man.the terrorist groups killing innocent nigerians on a daily bases in the north, he never wrote an article to criticize them. It is the finance minister that he feels he can prey on. His teeth don break.

Funny, NEMA official(Spokesman) criticizing Minister of Finance!!! The guy must be a dullard to have done that, PRO 101 - Don't ever criticize your Boss or Colleague in public.

Is just like the Bursar criticizing the VC in Public or El-rufai criticizing OBJ when they were working together or NOI criticizing GEJ on CNN or US Secetary of State criticising Obama or Zenith Bank cashier criticizing the CEO in public etc. Every sane/intelligent man knows there are ways to show disapproval instead of going public e.g by resigning or communicating your grievance to your Boss in private

When will Nigeria be one? When are we going to stop being so so tribal sensitive?

When will zoning, ethnic quotas, regional clamouring stop in this country?

Madam NOI should really not complain. Perception is reality, you know!

That terrorist sponsor shaibu must be very high on burukutu. So okonjo iweala should sack hard working igbos in Min of Finance (people even there before she came in) and employ illiterate hausa fulani kanuris that don't attend universities or polythecnics, but colleges of education, college of agriculture, fishery and pottery makin. These are the bafoons that should work in ministry of finance?

Leave them,Nigerians will soon sack all of them come 2015

Okija_juju: Beware of Gossip journalism..

Everything in that article is purely speculative and seems to only be driven more towards tarnishing the Image of President Goodluck Jonathan & Madam Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

You mean the President and Prime-minister?

YOU SAID IT ALL.

Willy7: They started with d Aviation minister,it didnt work,they moved over to Chief of Army staff,their daftness was laid bare,now they have switched over to Finance minster,they will also be put to shame where they belong.Bunch of cowards and senseless propagandists.Though i have no love for this administration but then all this cow brains that see themselves as born to rule should just let sensible Nigerians be.If they know so much,why is Nigeria still like this after so many years of their piloting d affairs of the Nation?Or did they just discovered their developmental zeal or progressive brains?Pls lets allow this people to do their works,and by 2015 we have a choice to kick them out.We can criticize d govt constructively,not those outdated ethnic jagons often used by failures and disgruntled elements.Who uses what happened in the 60's to judge what will happen in 2013?Some people are still living in d past,and they intend ruling a 21st century people?If what happened in d 60's should repeat itself,Nigeria will be a desert,no ethnic group will survive it,no matter ur military strength and capabilities.As for me,his sack is on point.

Even ijaws that produced the president have never received one-tenth the amount of insults these boko haram sponsors in the north give igbos daily

SUBMARINE: My fellow Igbos d day this country breaks up, no aboki should be allowed to step foot on Biafran soil. What sort of hatred is this. Several weeks ago it was elrufai insulting d anambra state governor and now one shaibu. Pls is GEJ an Igbo. Y so much hatred 2wards d Igbos.

With all due respect 2 other Nigerians. All ethnic nations are blessed with one gift essential 4 human progress. D gift of d Igbos is 'unusual creative power' essential 4 scientific, technological, economic, financial etc growth. Kip d Igbos down & Nigeria wont prosper in these fields

Yes we are descendants of Israelites not Impostor Israeli now my question to you as an Israelites are you supposed to be ruling in Israel or in Nigeria l and why are you not in your land, "Blindness in part has happened to Israel"

Twin-Tiger:
Its unfortunate some ppl are just realizing d new Nig reform.As ur trying 2 ismlamize Nig,we are climbing top offices.1 foolish southerner is better than 10 ?wise northerners.GEJ is a fool no doubt but he must be there till 2019"hug ur transformer"Who is d stupid Shuaibu dt is critizing Aunty NGoo?can he pass a course in Harvard?If like let's rewind 1966,we ll send all d abokis to where they belong(Libya,Egypt,Tunishia'morocco)to continue there Jihad.umuewu.we have d millitary,go NDA or 1 Div,Jaji Kaduna etc,nah we be "Oga on top".How many northerner are GOC in d Army today?they called super Eagles"Biafran team but immediately they clifted trophy,they became Nig super eagle.infact 2015,Igbo man ll contest Guber in Kano and nothing ll happen BC we are d best.u were born to rule BA? We are swagger to rule.If shuaibu wasn't sacked,Sambo would hv lost his job by now,u think he not afraid? Ndiara!Thunder go fire una.Try us we ll tell u we are Isreali decendants.IGBO KWE NU!

Nna lekwenu ifeanyi oooo. Ndi awusaa cho iri nwanyia...... Finally, ghost mode. Dem no go see you!!

SUBMARINE: First abokis accussed d Aviation minister, followed by Immigration boss, later Chief of Army Staff and now Finance minister. God pls save Igbos 4rm these wicked souls who do not wish Igbos well. Biafranization shaibu said. Pls where was he when abokis were Arewanizing d civil service

....to know that nigeria has depreciated to the point of using tribalism as a defence or a weapon of offence,is heart wrecking!Even the south westerners who also claim to be welly schooled,is also caught up in this mediocre mess,the started this accusation of Igbos dominating federal parastatals,then the statistics of federal appointments were made open and it shows North-west dominating in appointments,all other tribes kept mute since its nt igbos!They also accused stephen Keshi of Igbonizing the Nigeria national team and they prayed he fails but he brought back the golden cup and all kept quiet!God our country has been thrown to the dogs.

Good for him
He deserved the boots
How dare he?
He should even be charged with defamation and libel

nwando: Good for him
He deserved the boots
How dare he?
He should even be charged with defamation and libel

Pls he should be sent to the firing squad for inciting genocidal hate propaganda.

Austine.E:

....to know that nigeria has depreciated to the point of using tribalism as a defence or a weapon of offence,is heart wrecking!Even the south westerners who also claim to be welly schooled,is also caught up in this mediocre mess,the started this accusation of Igbos dominating federal parastatals,then the statistics of federal appointments were made open and it shows North-west dominating in appointments,all other tribes kept mute since its nt igbos!They also accused stephen Keshi of Igbonizing the Nigeria national team and they prayed he fails but he brought back the golden cup and all kept quiet!God our country has been thrown to the dogs.

It has been thrown to the monkey and baboons as buhari calls Nigerians.

OMG!!!!

YA is a very good friend.

I almost called him to ask him how he can do that as a government officer - spokesman of NEMA.

The article was ill-thought.

OMG, Yushau.

stjudas: Nna lekwenu ifeanyi oooo. Ndi awusaa cho iri nwanyia...... Finally, ghost mode. Dem no go see you!!

Oga eme ha vum na anya.they no go see her.Ndiara!

People in authority should learn from this man. They should know how and when and what to talk.

THE ARTICLE THAT GOT SHUAIB FIRED:

Still On Okonjo-Iweala Over Controversial Appointments By Yushau A. Shuaib
Posted: March 5, 2013 - 09:22

By By Yushau A. Shuaib
I still wonder how the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and the Honourable Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is in the eye of the storm. Her grandiose title is not a mere tautology as some people will assume. Being the first holder of that title in Nigeria’s history, her position could be seen as equivalent to Prime Minister, which gave her the mandate to oversee and superintend over every other ministry, department and agency of government including their budgetary allocations and revenue expenditures. She is invariably the next most powerful cabinet member after President Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo.


In the last ten years, this writer is one of her ardent admirers who is impressed by her academic accomplishments and enviable working experiences on the international scene including her contributions to Nigeria’s economic development after her appointment as the first female Finance Minister and later first female Foreign Affairs Minister by President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2003 and 2006. Though she left the administration unceremoniously over personal issues, her tenure then was a success story.

One of the major reasons some of us believe strongly in ability of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala was the way and manner she carried major players both from the North and the South along while she were Minister of Finance between 2003 to 2006. She were never accused of discrimination or bias against any of the diverse groups of the ethnically charged and religiously polarized nation. The same will be said of her then principal, Olusegun Obasanjo who, despite some of his shortcomings will never be accused of tribalism. He is a detribalized leader and a nationalist to the core who believe strongly in the Nigeria project.

The choice of her nominees into top public appointments and even the composition of her associates cut across every segment of Nigeria including those in her Economic Team like Nasir Elrufai, Nuhu Ribadu, Bode Agusto, Dr. Mansur Mukhtar and Chukwuma Soludo among others.

Her achievements too were glaring. We recall that in 2005 she led Nigeria to striking a deal with the Paris Club, a group of bilateral creditors, to pay a portion of Nigeria's external debt amounting US $12 billion in return for an $18 billion debt write-off.

She ensured transparency in monthly federation account allocation by the introduction of monthly publication of the disbursements in selected media. She was instrumental to helping Nigeria obtain its first ever sovereign credit rating (of BB minus) from an international ratings agency. Even when she left the government in 2006, her nongovernmental organisation, NOI Global Consulting, partnered with the Gallup Organization to introduce what may be described as the first credible opinion poll, the NOI poll, into the Nigerian polity.

With these at the background, it was not surprising that when she were reappointed by President Jonathan as Finance Minister and when she were shortlisted for the post of President of the World Bank in 2012, she received overwhelming support from all Nigerians. An online publication even claimed that some Northern Mallams were praying for her success in the mosques. Everyone at that period believed that she were a detribalized Nigerian with real-world experience of policy-making.

The reason for writing this write-up is to alert her to some disturbing trends as regards some recent appointments into top public offices in Nigeria in view of their economic and political implications. As the most powerful minister and an Igbo Princess from the Niger Delta by virtue of being a daughter of Obi of Ogwashi-Uku community in Delta State, I believe she should continue to live above board.

Recently the Yoruba Unity Forum (YUF) made some disturbing allegations of ethnic cleansing of Yoruba in federal appointments by the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. Wife of the sage, Chief HID Awolowo and the retired Bishop of Akure, Rt. Rev. Bolanle Gbonigi in Ikenne Ogun State after the meeting of the forum accused the administration of systematically excluding the Yoruba nation from the federation in terms of appointments without justification. They called on the government to redress the “systematic discrimination” against the Yoruba nationality in federal appointive positions without delay, saying that the Yoruba have been getting “crumbs” from the administration.

No sooner than the Yoruba allegation was made that the Northern Senators Forum (NSF) also publicly lamented gaping marginalization against the North over appointments and promotions in the military. According to these distinguished Nigerians, there are lopsidedness in employment and postings in the Nigerian Army in favour of the Igbos, which is clearly in the breach of the principle of Federal Character.

She should be aware that many Nigerians are referring to a book, 'Chinua Achebe Teacher of Light' which she co-authored where she expressed bitterness about how her tribe was dealt with before, during and after the civil war and insinuating that now that she is in authority, she is determined to correct all that she perceived as injustice against her people. Some even insist that what she is doing now is promoting regional and ethnic agenda to the detriment of other groupings in Nigeria by manipulating appointments.

To drive the point home, her name has been lately mentioned as collaborating with another Igbo top ranking appointee in government to ensure the reinstallation of Ms Arunma Oteh as Director General of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) despite the glaring allegations against her and consistent calls by the National Assembly for her removal. Okonjo-Iweala stood her ground, damning all and today, Oteh remains in the position.

While the debate on Oteh's saga was yet to subside, a coalition of youths, led by human rights activist and President of Civil Rights Congress, Shehu Sani, queried the rationale behind the appointment of a new Chairman for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) when a northerner, Kabir Mashi was already in the position and improving the revenue base of the agency, especially VAT collection for the Federation Account. Under Mashi FIRS has continued to record steady increases in the collection of taxes that it closed the 2012 financial year with a total collection of N5 trillion where N1.8 trillion (36.07 per cent) came from non-oil taxes.

The group claimed that the committee that Okonjo-Iweala set up was a smokescreen just to give a semblance of due process and fairness whereas it was populated mainly by her Igbo kinsmen. They added that “We don’t believe there is transparency in the process, and we caution the President against the excessive ceding of his own power to the finance minister.”

They publicly criticized her of playing an ethnic game with many of the appointments made in the country since she returned to the saddle. Some of the other positions, they alleged, which were created and filled during this period include those of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Sovereign Wealth Fund, Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) and even the recent appointment of a 40 year old lady as Director General of National Pension Commission (PENCOM).

People are wondering at the coincidence of only Igbos beating every other person at competitive interviews conducted by her nominated international consulting groups. The only semblance of federal character principle in some of those institutions is the appointment of ceremonious but temporary chairmen who are merely figure-heads, with mandates for mere advisory roles.

The use of catchy phrases such as "best brains," “foreign trained,” and “foreign-based” to deprived qualified, competent and experienced Nigerians to aspire to top positions is quite inimical to the progress of our nation. The erroneous impression that some competitive and sensitive positions can only be filled by unique intelligent tribes must be corrected.

Experiences have shown that in practical situations, some so-called foreign trained and bookish first class graduates could not do better than other Nigerians who have the competence and experience to prove their worth in most difficulty terrains.

Dr. Okonjo-Iweala should also note that blatant disregard to the sensitivities and sensibilities of others while arrogantly promoting only people from her tribe may expose them to hatred with potentially explosive consequences such as those experienced in the 1960s when most federal positions were occupied by a particular tribal group.

For those of us who still respect the Hon Minister of Finance and Economic Development, we strongly believe she should dissociate herself from current allegations of ‘biafranization’ of top public offices in Nigeria. We are in democratic government where policy issues should not be done in dictatorial manner of ‘we-are-now-in-power’.

I therefore urge her to ensure that appointments into important positions should be done in credible and transparent manners that can withstand public scrutiny. I believe strongly that only those that mean well will dare to tell the truth on the general feeling in the country.


Yushau A. Shuaib

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s orders sack of NEMA spokesperson over article


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Overbearing Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Minister of Information, Labaran Maku are not in the best of terms following the insistence of the former on the sack of Head, Public Relations Unit of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Yushau Shuaib.

Okonjo-Iweala is believed to be after Shuaib for an article on his blog that she considers unhelpful to government interests.

“For those of us who still respect the Hon Minister of Finance and Economic Development, we strongly believe she should dissociate herself from current allegations of ‘biafranization’ of top public offices in Nigeria,” Shuaib had written in the last paragraph of his Open Letter.

“We are in democratic government where policy issues should not be done in dictatorial manner of ‘we-are-now-in-power.’ I therefore urge her to ensure that appointments into important positions should be done in credible and transparent manners that can withstand public scrutiny. I believe strongly that only those that mean well will dare to tell the truth on the general feeling in the country.”

Shuaib, a top information officer in the Federal Ministry of Information, has written more than 2,000 pro-government articles in defence of policies of President Goodluck Jonathan and Okonjo-Iweala. But the finance minister is reported to be uninterested in all that; and she went ahead to report Shuaib to the president despite the opposition from some ministers.

“In spite of the fact that she is Coordinating Minister of the Economy, she does not know due process. She has been dishing out orders to Maku to either redeploy Shuaib to trouble spots in the North or get him out of the system,” a source said.

“We do not have peace again in the Federal Ministry of Information. Maku and all the directors have been under pressure. When a senior government official approached Maku to draw his attention to how Shuaib had assisted the government, the minister simply said 'this is an order from Oga patapata.'

“As a first step, Okonjo-Iweala bypassed Vice-president Namadi Sambo, who is supervising NEMA, to recall Shuaib to the Federal Ministry of Information last Wednesday.”

Shuaib’s last assignment was last Wednesday, when he issued a statement on the proposed establishment of National Emergency Information Centre (NEIC). The following day, he received a letter from the Federal Ministry of Information ordering his recall to the Ministry.

Yushau Shuaib, a blogger also known for his syndicated articles in over 20 years, was said to have received threats and warnings over the article before Okonjo-Iweala engineered his recall for adequate punishment.

According a reliable source, the officer would receive an official query soon after which he’d be suspended and later posted to act as Federal Information Officer in any of the troubled states in the Northern Nigeria, either Borno or Yobe.

Shuaib, a recipient of several awards in PR, was a beneficiary of the Presidential Automatic Employment Award in the Federal Civil Service 20 years ago as a recipient of State and National NYSC Honours award for his unique writings. He was Press Secretary at Federal Ministries of Finance, Health and at the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission. He was also Public Relations Officer at the Government House, Asaba, Delta State, after winning the state NYSC Honours awards. He is also author of books on Mass Media and Public Relations.

http://huhuonline.com/index.php/more-news1/1276-ngozi-okonjo-iweala-s-orders-sack-of-nema-spokesperson-over-article

…..Punitive posting of Shuaib likely to Borno or Yobe

A row has broken out between the Minister of Finance, Dr.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku over the insistence of Okonjo-Iweala that the Head of Public Relations Unit of the National Emergency Management Agency, Yushau Shuaib be removed.
Shuaib’s sin borders on an article he posted on his blog which the Minister rated as anti-government.
Although Shuaib, who is a top Information Officer in the Federal Ministry of Information, had written more than 2,000 articles to defend the government of President Goodluck Jonathan and Okonjo-Iweala’s policies in a rabid manner, the Coordinating Minister has thrown caution to the wind.
Piqued by the article, Okonjo-Iweala had gone straight to the President to report Shuaib, who is old enough to be his son.
It was gathered that many ministers, including Labaran Maku, were unhappy that Okonjo-Iweala decided to breathe down from the top. A source said: “In spite of the fact that he is a Coordinating Minister of the Economy, she does not know due process. She has been dishing out orders to Maku to either redeploy Shuaib to troubled spots in the North or get him out of the system.
“We do not have peace again in the Federal Ministry of Information. Maku and all the directors have been under pressure. When a senior government official approached Maku to draw his attention to how Shuaib had assisted the government, the Minister simply said ‘this is an order from Oga patapata.’
“As a first step, Okonjo-Iweala by-passed Vice-president Namadi Sambo , who is supervising NEMA, to recall Shuaib to the Federal Ministry of Information last Wednesday.
So, until last Wednesday when he issued a statement on the proposed establishment of National Emergency Information Centre (NEIC), Yushau A. Shuaib who was the spokesperson of the agency did not realize that that would be his last official assignment.
On Thursday April 11, 2013 a letter from the Federal Ministry of Information with a directive from the Oga-at-the-top had asked for his recall to the Ministry.
The genesis of the problem was on an alleged pressure mounted by the Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the officer to be disciplined for criticizing her in one of his recent opinion articles over alleged lopsidedness appointment into top positions in the public service. The said article was posted on his blog and syndicated by major online media.

The Minister was said to be furious with Open Letter of the writer, especially the last paragraphs where wrote that: “For those of us who still respect the Hon Minister of Finance and Economic Development, we strongly believe she should dissociate herself from current allegations of ‘biafranization’ of top public offices in Nigeria. We are in democratic government where policy issues should not be done in dictatorial manner of ‘we-are-now-in-power.’

“I therefore urge her to ensure that appointments into important positions should be done in credible and transparent manners that can withstand public scrutiny. I believe strongly that only those that mean well will dare to tell the truth on the general feeling in the country.”
Yushau Shuaib, a blogger also known for his syndicated articles in over 20 years, was said to have received threats and warnings over the article before the Dr. Okonjo-Iweala engineered his recall for adequate punishment.

According a reliable source, the officer would soon be issued an official query before his suspension and later posting to act as Federal Information Officer in any of the troubled states in the Northern Nigeria, either Borno or Yobe.

A recipient of several awards in PR and writings was a beneficiary of the Presidential Automatic Employment Award in the Federal Civil Service 20 years ago as a recipient of State and National NYSC Honours award for his unique writings. He was Press Secretary at Federal Ministries of Finance, Health and at the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission. He was also Public Relations Officer in Government House, Asaba, Delta State after winning the state NYSC Honours awards

Shuaib has so far published over 200 opinion articles on topical issues and had issued more than 2000 press statements on activities of the government. He is also author of books on Mass Media and public relations.

http://newsdiaryonline.com/rumpus-in-jonathans-cabinet-as-okonjo-iweala-orders-labaran-maku-to-sack-nema-spokespersonyushau-shuaib/

There is nothing wrong with the article


but in this country you dont speak against your senior
thats the rule
kiss a.rse till you die

biolabee: There is nothing wrong with the article


but in this country you dont speak against your senior
thats the rule
kiss a.rse till you die

You cannot malign a boss that pays your salary with accusations one quarter as grievous as those and expect to still be employed
That is common sense
He deserves the right to let you go
The day you decide to be an activist and bad mouth the govt,you had better be self employed or privately employed
Period
This eediot has learned the hard way
Serves him right
He should have quit his job first

[quote author=SUBMARINE]asked a Ghanian 'why is it that Ghana dont produce cars, aeroplane, tanks, guys, caterpillars etc despite their educational xcellency.?' D guy couldnt answer me. I ASKED A NIGERIAN WHY HIS COUNTRY IS SO POOR.HE COULDN'T ANSWER