report on Obindigbo.com suggests that President
Muhammadu Buhari is under intense pressure from top
chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to
consider an Igbo man for the post of Secretary to the
Government of the Federation (SGF) because of the
emergence of Senator Ike Ekweremadu as Nigeria’s
deputy senate president.

Ekweremadu emerged as the deputy to newly sworn-in
senate president, Bukola Saraki yesterday, the election of
the duo have created crisis in the ruling APC as Saraki
was the preferred candidate of the party

The party’s spokesman, Lai Mohammed, this morning,
described the election of the two senators as ‘tragic’
saying some of their members in the senate who
supported Saraki are like the ‘green snake under the green
grass’.
Saraki who banked on the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) senators’ support to win the election had according
to reports, given his blessings to Ekweremadu’s
emergence as a condition for the PDP’s senators
support.
A situation that has made the acclaimed leader of the
APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu vow that he will not
recognise Saraki as Nigeria’s senate president.

APC sources hinted the website that some of the APC
chieftains have already mapped out plans to put
pressure on President Buhari not to appoint an Igbo man
or woman as the SGF with arguments that Ekweremadu,
an Igbo man, is now a senior ranking official in the
government.
This move has reportedly made the South-south
chieftains of the party move to occupy the position as no
one from the region is in the top hierarchy of
government.
For now, only the South-South is not represented in the
top hierarchy of the Buhari government. President Buhari
is from the North-west region, Vice President Prof. Yemi
Osinbanjo is from the South-west, Saraki is from the
North-central, Speaker Yakubu Dogara is from the North-
east, while his deputy, Hon. Yusuf Lasun is from the
South-wes.
The idea was reportedly mooted at the International
Conference Centre (ICC) where APC chieftains and
senators loyal to Lawan had gathered hoping for Buhari
to address them. While at the ICC, the news filtered that
Saraki and Ekweremadu had emerged as presiding
officers of the upper chamber.
Immediately after Ekweremadu’s emergence, the party
egg-heads reportedly started their political permutations
which they agreed to use in advancing their position to
the president.
The arrow head of the plot is the chairman of the party,
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. If the plan goes through, it will
signal the end of the ambition of top Igbo politicians like

Chief Ogbonnaya Onu and Senator Chris Ngige, who
earlier reports suggests were front runners for the
position.



www.naij.com/458048-ekweremadu-apc-leaders-push-for-igbos-snub-for-sgf.html

What matters is good governance, not who dishes it out. We are all Nigerians.

l support an SS man to take it

Buhari wud do wat ever he feels like doing,he now wears d cap and he knows where it itches most

Why always Ibos...

When ur star is bright, Ur enemies are never at rest.

Ibos will continue to rise above hate!

Ndigbo don't need 1 or 2 men in federal government to survive. All major tribes have had people at all positions and nothing changed. They ones that have had the most appointments, northern hausa/fulani are the most ravished with increasing poverty and disease. If someone from the Niger Delta ethnic groups takes it than its his personal victory, not that of the 'SS 'because he eats his paycheck alone. Same applies to Ekweremadu and Ndigbo.

The emergence of ekweremadu yesterday, as made the coast clear for amaechi(s/s)to emerge as SGF.Igbos can no longer fight for the post of SGF because they now have the deputy senate president post. So ss will get the SGF and amaechi will emerge. I was telling my brother yesterday that what transpired on the floor of the senate yesterday was God's way of gifting amaechi with the position of SGF.

Ogbonnaya Onu has zero to do with Ekweremadu but if Amaechi clinches the post, its all good..

The emergence of ekweremadu yesterday, has made the coast clear for amaechi(s/s)to emerge as SGF.Igbos can no longer fight for the post of SGF because they now have the deputy senate president post. So ss will get the SGF and amaechi will emerge. I was telling my brother yesterday that what transpired on the floor of the senate yesterday was God's way of gifting amaechi with the position of SGF.

Ngige, Onu knew what they were doing when they pitch their tents with the Duara dullard. Whether he compensates them or not is their business. Wetin concern we?

The ibos dont need the SGF, they do not even need Nigeria. They need Biafra, give them Biafra, deport them back to Biafra

For equite, fairness, love and justice I here by support the motion.

Chibuike

KinkyAngela:
The ibos dont need the SGF, they do not even need Nigeria. They need Biafra, give them Biafra, deport them back to Biafra

of course, how would fail at displaying your lunacy.

Hmmmmmmmmm......I feel for onu..a good southeasterner.!!!

No! no! no! I don't agree with that. The issue is not with Ibos. Ibos most be given SGF.0

Ekweremadu has become an albatross to his own people.

SGF vs Deputy Senate President

We all know which is better.

ike ekweremadu belongs to biafra not nigeria

chiefinalowo:
No! no! no! I don't agree with that. The issue is not with Ibos. Ibos most be given SGF.0

No way! For the sake of National balance and federal character, the SGF should go to the SS. SE contributed little or nothing to the APC federal government and the position of deputy senate president is more than enough for them. Amaechi must be the next SGF.

all this news is just boring

Buhari can appoint an SGF from Daura for all I care!

He should just appoint somebody and get on with the business of governance!

12 days and counting we don't know the shape of his government. It almost appears he is learning on the job

Ezenwammadu:
l support an SS man to take it

Not amaechi or sylva pls

The gods have smiled on ameachi once again.

[[s]quote author=KinkyAngela post=34635906]The ibos dont need the SGF, they do not even need Nigeria. They need Biafra, give them Biafra, deport them back to Biafra[/quote][/s]

I believe that the clamour for offices is simply a power game by the elite, which has only a symbolic or emotional significance to the masses. Yes, for some reasons, people like to see someone that shares their interests or attributes in government—it has a feel good factor. But if occupation of such office has any personal benefits, it is largely to the occupant of the office and his friends and family.

Our recent history has shown that it hardly matters where the occupant of a particular position comes from. I am not sure how the welfare of Ota/Ogun people changed because Obasanjo was president of Nigeria, or how the man in the street of Katsina or Otuoke/Bayelsa prospered more than others simply because their son became president-Soludo

Jorussia:
The emergence of ekweremadu yesterday, has made the coast clear for amaechi(s/s)to emerge as SGF.Igbos can no longer fight for the post of SGF because they now have the deputy senate president post. So ss will get the SGF and amaechi will emerge. I was telling my brother yesterday that what transpired on the floor of the senate yesterday was God's way of gifting amaechi with the position of SGF.

But Amaechi is still Igbo.... Lol

Ezenwammadu:
l support an SS man to take it

Amaechi deserves that position

Jorussia:
The emergence of ekweremadu yesterday, as made the coast clear for amaechi(s/s) to emerge as SGF. Igbos can no longer fight for the post of SGF because they now have the deputy senate president post. So ss will get the SGF and amaechi will emerge. I was telling my brother yesterday that what transpired on the floor of the senate yesterday was God's way of gifting amaechi with the position of SGF.

lol

So being a secretary to Buhari is now something Igbo should grieve about?

Who cares position in government does not mean progress to an entire region it is their mentality to bring positive development to their land which is what igbos does best

KinkyAngela:
The ibos dont need the SGF, they do not even need Nigeria. They need Biafra, give them Biafra, deport them back to Biafra

KinkyBitch, seems you need a bukaki.

Ikengawo:
Ndigbo don't need 1 or 2 men in federal government to survive. All major tribes have had people at all positions and nothing changed. They ones that have had the most appointments, northern hausa/fulani are the most ravished with increasing poverty and disease. If someone from the Niger Delta ethnic groups takes it than its his personal victory, not that of the 'SS 'because he eats his paycheck alone. Same applies to Ekweremadu and Ndigbo.

SE n SS r not like the North. We taken our money Home.