HonEmeritus:
Federal Executive Council members are and maybe should be superior to a State Governor cos they are representatives of the President.

vivaciousvivi:


Ah! Barcanista is here!

barcanista:
Sweetheart, how are you?

HonEmeritus:
Please Nairalanders, we are arguing about who is more superior constitutionally between the State Governor and a Federal Minister. Your contribution will be highly appreciated. Thanks

HonEmeritus:

I disagree with your submission. Was Ibrahim Shekarau, the current Minister of Education, not a former Governor in Kano?

torkaka:
[b] . . . . . . . .there is a national order of precedence in Nigeria . . . . . . . . . . .the governor is above the minister . . . . . . . . .the precedence is as follows;

(i) The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

(ii) the Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

(iii) the President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

(iv) the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

v) the Chief Justice of Nigeria;

(vi) former Presidents of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

vii) former Vice-Presidents of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

(viii) the Deputy President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

(ix) the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria ;

(x) Senators and Members of House of Representatives;

(xi) the Governors of the States of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

(xii) the President of the Court of Appeal and Justices of the Supreme Court;

(xiii) Ministers of Cabinet Rank of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

(xiv) The Deputy Governors of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

(xv) Ministers of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

(xvi) Ambassadors of Foreign Nations;
Former Senate Presidents;
Former Speakers of the House of Representatives;
Former Deputy Senate Presidents;
Former Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives
Retired Chief Justices of Nigeria;
Former Members of th!9 National Assembly;
Former Elected Governors;

(xviii) the former elected Deputy Governors of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

(xix) Special Advisers to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

(xx) the Secretary to the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

(xxi) the Head of Service of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
Speakers of the State Houses of Assembly;
the Clerk of the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

(xxii) the Governor of the Central Bank of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; the
Service Chiefs;

(xxiii) the Inspector-General of the Police of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

(xxiv) the Justices of the Court of Appeal;

(xxv) the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court;
the Chief Judges of States;
the Chief Judge of the High Court of FCT, Abuja;
Grand Kadi and President of the Customary Court of Appeal;

(xxvi) Traditional Rulers by status;

(xxvii) The Judges of the Federal High Court, State High Courts and the High
Court of the FCT, Abuja; ,
Kadis of the Sharia Court of Appeal of the FCT, Abuja;
Judges of the Customary Court of Appeal of the FCT, Abuja;

(xxviii) the Chairman, Civil Service Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
the Chairman, Independent Electoral Commission of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria;
the Chairman, National Population Commission of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria;
the Chairman, Police Service Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
the Chairman, Federal Character Commission and Chairmen of other statutory
Commissions of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

(xxix) the Auditor-General for the Federal Republic of Nigeria; and the Accountant-
General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

(Bleep) the Clerk of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
the Federal Permanent Secretaries of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
the Deputy Inspector-General of Police Force of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria;
the Heads of Para-Military organisations of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
the Special Assistants to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
Bishops and Imams;

(xxxi) Members of States Houses of Assembly;

(xxxii) Chairmen of Local Government Councils;

(xxxiii) Commissioners of State Governments;

(xxxiv) Any other category of Officers in the Public Services of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria.
[/b]

missKiffy:


A state Governor is more superior

vivaciousvivi:


PDP needs to lose more often!

barcanista:
So that you will mock me more often?

barcanista:
So that you will mock me more often?

torkaka:
. . . . . . .the op asked who is constitutionally superior between the Minister and Governor . . . . . . . .I gave you guys the order of precedence list which should naturally end the argument . . . . . . . . . . .for those of you who don't understand what the national order of precedence list means; it is the sequential list of hierarchy in the country and also the order of protocol observance . . . . . . . . . . .

vivaciousvivi:


Noooooooo, I was just saying!
How are you?

capitolarena:
Governor is superior....The governor sends a nominee from the state to the president who is appointed as minister...das all

bankyman:
I am not sure anybody discussed their jurisdiction properly, If I am right the Governor is the No 1 citizen of a state and controls all that is within his jurisdiction. The minister on the other hand is an appointee to help the President manage a ministry and its parastatal due to the enormity in the oversight function of the president. The minister is merely a "puppet" or "maid" of the president whose status and benefit is as a result of what the president deems fit.

There are federal schools and state schools, federal hospitals and state hospital, federal roads and state roads, minimum wage even differs across states and the federal government. The minister controls things in federal government jurisdiction in their respective ministries, a governor controls everything else in a state, the governor also has power over security structures in a state, police and the military. Can a minister arrest a military officer?

The minister does not and cannot order a governor around, if the minister wants something done across the federation it is only applicable to federal institutions except when ratified by the minister and corresponding state commissioner. You get?? Please do not insult a governor by comparing him to a minister, it is because of this level of illiteracy that made the wife of the predisent (first lady) think she is more powerful than the state governor.

sobmos:
The Federal minister is superior. He earns more than the Governor in terms of their salary. But the Governor is only all powerful in his own state. He has little control over the CP of police and has almighty power,on all the happenings in his state,not at federal level. So,to cut it short,a federal minister has power at the federal level and the Governor has power in his own state. The federal minister superior constitutional,because he earns more basic salary and allowance than the Governor.

BodePolScience:
I think the basic salary of a governor is more than a minister. Constitutionally, ministers don't earn much. The total entitlements of a governor is enough to pay the salaries of 100 ministers.

BekeeBuAgbara:
A minister resigns to contest for governorship election not the other way round, president controls a minister but can't control a governor.