Appointments: Uproar as Buhari favours Northerners



Nigerians especially those from the Southern part of the country on Friday, expressed concern over the appointments made so far by President Muhammadu Buhari.

They said the appointments were lopsided and not in the best interest of the country.

President Buhari is from Katsina State, Senate President Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, are from Kwara and Bauchi states respectively. The judiciary is led by Justice Mahmud Mohammed from Taraba State.

Of the nine appointments made by Buhari so far, eight are from the North, while one is from the South. The appointments are: Director-General of the State Services, Lawal Daura, Katsina State; Acting Chairman, the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mrs. Amina Bala Zakari, Jigawa State; Director, the Department of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Mordecai Danteni Baba Ladan; and the Accountant-General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, Kano State.

Others are the State Chief of Protocol, Mallam Lawal Abdullahi Kazaure; Aide De Camp, Lt.-Col. Muhammed Lawal Abubakar, Kano State; Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu; and Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, South-West.

The appointments, however, drew the ire of Nigerians who asked Buhari to respect the country’s principle of federal character.

Already, the Internet, particularly the social media and blogs, are agog with reactions and counter-reactions on the matter.

[b]A commentator named Daamazing, on Nairaland, Nigeria’s largest discussion forum, accused Buhari of appointing only Northerners into key positions announced so far.

The enraged citizen said in pidgin, “After all your mumu promises, one thing you’ve not achieved, na to dey appoint all the people for your family tree, dey do tourism up and down. (After all your promises, you’ve not achieved anything. All you have done is to appoint your kinsmen and travel all around the world).”

Another commentator identified simply as Augster, said, “Buhari, don’t let those who voted for you down because your appointment of only Northerners into top positions is baffling us.”

SenseiX, another Nairaland commentator, said it was wrong for Buhari to have brought Daura, the acting DSS DG, from retirement to head the agency when there were qualified persons from other regions of the country still in service.

He said, “He ignored the entire senior cadre of the agency- from Bassey Eteng to the least- simply because they are Southerners. Even if he wanted to pick a a Northerner, he should have picked from the service rather than a 62-year-old retiree, whose only qualification is being Buhari’s kinsman, who was in the DSS. When former President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Ekpenyong, he was already a Director of Operations, same for Gadzama, who was appointed by Umaru Yar’Adua.”
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Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/appointments-uproar-as-buhari-favours-northerners/

Dey even refer to some nairalanders as commanders..

Woow

This is no news, it happens everytime.

Una no get job o.
Mumu punch, quoting me wrongly

Waiting for front page.

Direct ticket to front page

Read too

IFA ye say I no book space.....




Make I turn to cheese ball

Congratulations to nairalanders

Punch has always made references to comments on nairaland, this wouldn't have been necessary if they didn't ban people from commenting

And I hope they requested permission because they at punch have copyright on each news or article unauthorized copying is intellectual theft
Yeye punch

Just in case this gets to headquarter

Good ridance

@OP, pls check for ma moniker

DrWise:
This is no news, it happens everytime.

Yes, not spectacular.

A lot of high-profile people that you would hardly suspect visit Nairaland regularly, some as guests.

nairaland politics section is regarded as a top political forum where heated news gets wide range of views and comments... it can't be ignored!!!

It's no news

Its normal, that's why Y'all should be careful what you say, despite NL being a faceless forum

really?

Nice... Nairaland

Good

wow!!! that's interesting

yea I recognize

but dis is front page material so i park here..like patmaine