Opinion leaders and socio-political associations in the
South- East believe that Igbo were deliberately denied ‘juicy’
ministries by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Leaders of the foremost Igbo socio-political body,
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and Njiko Igbo, another prominent pan-
Igbo association, described the portfolios assigned to Igbo
ministers as ‘disappointing.’
Speaking with one of our correspondents on the telephone,
President of Ohanaeze Youth Wing, Mazi Okechukwu
Isiguzoro, who spoke on behalf of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, said
Ogbonnaya Onu and Chris Ngige deserved ‘more influential’
ministries than Science and Technology, and Labour and
Productivity, respectively.
Isiguzoro said, “We are disappointed that somebody of the
calibre of Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu was assigned to Science and
Technology ministry, even Dr. Chris Ngige should have been
appointed as the Health Minister instead of Labour and
Productivity.
“Okechukwu Enalama should have been appointed Minister
of Finance.
“Igbo ministers did not get juicy portfolios, except perhaps
Ibe Kachikwu and Rotimi Amaechi, who are our brothers
from the South-South.
“We are not happy that we did not get the juicy portfolios,
although we are happy that our brothers from the Niger
Delta got.
“Nevertheless, the era of impunity has gone and we expect
all the Igbo ministers to perform excellently.
“We expect them to close ranks and work towards
developing Igboland.”
Also, President of Njiko Igbo, Reverend Okechukwu Obioha,
said Buhari relegated Igbo ministers to the background in
his cabinet.
But he admitted that the association was not surprised.
He said, “They are adding more salt to the injury, we
expected that. We can see that we (Igbo) are not wanted in
this country. At the moment, the sharing of the national
cake is between the North and the South-West.
“What will Ngige be doing as Labour and Productivity
minister when the Federal Government is not employing
anyone, or creating jobs?
“Even the Foreign Affairs portfolio that was given to an
Igboman (Geoffrey Onyeama) is of no consequence
because already Buhari has travelled to most of the
countries and he will continue to do so.
“He has travelled in six months more than the immediate
past president travelled in six years.
“So the Foreign Affairs minister will just be a rubber stamp.
“Buhari has taken the Ministry of Petroleum Resources for
himself, making an Igboman the Minister of State.
“So, he (Buhari) has virtually given the Igbo nothing.
“But the problem is this will lead to more agitation for
Biafra,” Obioha said.
Too early to assess ministers – Nwabueze group
However, the Igbo Leaders of Thought, an association of
prominent Igbo personalities, led by foremost constitutional
lawyer, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, said it was too early to praise,
or condemn the new cabinet.
The Secretary General of the ILT, Evang. Eliot Uko, said it
was a welcome relief that a cabinet had been put in place
after several months.
Speaking with one of our correspondents on the telephone,
he said, “It would be wrong to praise the cabinet, or to
condemn it, hurriedly. We are happy that the cabinet has
taken off but it is necessary for the cabinet to realise that
expectations are very high.
“They should also understand the implications of crashing
this high expectation.”
Asked to state the views of the ILT concerning the
ministries assigned to Igbo ministers, Uko said, “The Igbo
Leaders of Thought are not that petty-minded to judge
which ministries are juicy, and the ones that are not.
“Juicy or non-juicy portfolios, we want a cabinet that can
take Nigeria to a higher level, bearing in mind that there is
need to restructure this country.”
CHRD faults education minister appointment
But the Coalition of Human Rights Defenders faulted
President Muhammadu Buhari appointment of Adamu
Adamu appointment as Education minister and a professor
as Minister of State for Education.
The convener of the body in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Inibehe
Effiong, said in Uyo on Thursday that a reverse of the
appointment would be adequate.
According to him, Buhari with the appointment of ministers
and the portfolios that had been assigned to them was on
the right track.
“Buhari seems to be on the right track with the appointment
of ministers and the portfolios that have been assigned to
them. It is encouraging because it shows a departure from
the past.
“Though I have reservation on some of the portfolios
especially that of Education ministry, where Adamu Adamu
is the minister, while the professor is made a Minister of
State. I felt the reverse should have been the case,” he said.
On the corruption charges levelled against some of the
ministers, Effiong stated that there was nothing so serious
as some of the allegations emanated from those who had
political grudges with some of the ministers.
He stated that the development was the carry-over of
acrimony and hatred by the Peoples Democratic Party
senators against some of the ministers.
Cabinet composition fair – Ijaw youth
The Ijaw Youth Council commended the President for a fair
and even distribution of ministries in the assignment of
portfolios.
The IYC President, Mr. Udengs Eradiri, said on Thursday
that the development would help in forging national
integration that is badly needed in the country.
Eradiri said, “The new cabinet composition will help in
national integration that is strongly needed at these trying
times of our nation.
“We urge the ministers from the Niger Delta to live up to
expectations and use their offices to address the challenges
of youth unemployment that is the catalyst for the high rate
of crimes, kidnappings, pipeline vandalism and oil-related
theft prevalent in the region.”
Also, a foremost Ijaw activist, Mr. Alagoa Morris, urged
President Buhari to ensure that the ministers do not fail the
nation by giving them necessary tools to carry out their
functions.
He challenged the President to ensure that critical areas of
corruption, power supply, mass housing, justice and human
rights, security, etc were tackled, saying tha addressing
them would be the beginning of getting the nation out of its
present predicament.
Morris state, “The appointment of ministers and assignment
of portfolios was long awaited and, thank God, it finally
came like a much desired rain in the arid land.
“However, while it is hoped that round pegs are not placed
in the square holes, it is important to say that much is being
expected from Buhari and his cabinet and the Nigeria
project must not fail, especially with the sailing mantra of
change.
“Again, it is instructive to urge Mr. President to ensure that
the round pegs in round holes meet their expected ends. To
be effective in the task ahead, the necessary tools of the
office should not be denied them because if you appoint
and starve the ministers free mind to execute their duties,
that is ‘disempowerment’.”
He reminded the President that Nigerians had been in the
wilderness of needs for too long and that it was time the
government made the positive moves to get Nigerians out
of the woods.
He also urged Nigerians to give genuine support to the
Federal Government so that the populace, could as a nation,
advance collectively towards the ideal – the promised land.
He advocated the necessity for Buhari and Nigerians to
exercise the important roles of supervising, monitoring and
observing the ministers and offer criticism where necessary
constructively so that they would not veer from the task
given to them.
Also, a the public affairs analyst and the Chancellor of the
International Society for Social Justice and Human Rights,
Dr. Jackson Omenazu, said Nigerians would be satisfied
with the crop of ministers put together as federal cabinet by
President Buhari.

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Cc: Afam4eva , OAM4J lalasticlala

Na wao, these people are really difficult to satisfy.
Maybe what they want is for Buhari to resign his position and handover to Ohaneze/massob/IPOB leader which is 'impossibly impossicant'.

This is what we term self attest wailing of an irredeemable WAILERS

As juicy as...










Nawa ooooo!
This dude about me, na so FTC dey hungry you?

Make diz guys shutup na
Hahan

Igbos created wit noise and dey will surely die wit noise..........is nt a new thing...naaa there way

These Igbo people sef!!!!!! Na wetin na?

Igbos are babies. Always wailing

This is just to show that some people do not want progress for this country... Juicy ministries!!!

heeebos are the dumbest set of humans on the surface of the earth

This is ridiculous so this "juicy" positions is now their birthright and they'll be yabbing the North

Please, what is the meaning of juicy appointment. Is there difference in salary and allowance of ministers. Or are they talking about portfolios you can embezzle more from? Abeg anybody that understands the meaning of juicy portfolio should explain to me.

which one is juicy ministry again? u just cannot satisfy sm pple....even if buhari gives dem their .so called 'juicy portfolio', dey wld still complain of 'sugar' ministry. Juicy ko, beverage ni, mtcheeee. Confused set of pple. smh

Sighs....

You can't eat your cake and have it back!!!
You kinsmen are agitating for Biafra, you didn't caution them, and you want the govt to give juicy ministries to fund your senseless Biafra cry.

Yesterday: igbo group praises buhari for giving them good portfolios

Today: buhari denied us juicy portfolios - igbo group



Confused people

They didn't vote him

Yet they make the highest demands from him isn't it ironic?

So ibe kachikwu is not igbo? Because he is from delta can someone tell me where okonjo iweala is from?

Carrottop:
Opinion leaders and socio-political associations in the
South- East believe that Igbo were deliberately denied ‘juicy’
ministries by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Leaders of the foremost Igbo socio-political body,
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and Njiko Igbo, another prominent pan-
Igbo association, described the portfolios assigned to Igbo
ministers as ‘disappointing.’
Speaking with one of our correspondents on the telephone,
President of Ohanaeze Youth Wing, Mazi Okechukwu
Isiguzoro, who spoke on behalf of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, said
Ogbonnaya Onu and Chris Ngige deserved ‘more influential’
ministries than Science and Technology, and Labour and
Productivity, respectively.
Isiguzoro said, “We are disappointed that somebody of the
calibre of Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu was assigned to Science and
Technology ministry, even Dr. Chris Ngige should have been
appointed as the Health Minister instead of Labour and
Productivity.
“Okechukwu Enalama should have been appointed Minister
of Finance.
“Igbo ministers did not get juicy portfolios, except perhaps
Ibe Kachikwu and Rotimi Amaechi, who are our brothers
from the South-South.
“We are not happy that we did not get the juicy portfolios,
although we are happy that our brothers from the Niger
Delta got.
“Nevertheless, the era of impunity has gone and we expect
all the Igbo ministers to perform excellently.
“We expect them to close ranks and work towards
developing Igboland.”
Also, President of Njiko Igbo, Reverend Okechukwu Obioha,
said Buhari relegated Igbo ministers to the background in
his cabinet.
But he admitted that the association was not surprised.
He said, “They are adding more salt to the injury, we
expected that. We can see that we (Igbo) are not wanted in
this country. At the moment, the sharing of the national
cake is between the North and the South-West.
“What will Ngige be doing as Labour and Productivity
minister when the Federal Government is not employing
anyone, or creating jobs?
“Even the Foreign Affairs portfolio that was given to an
Igboman (Geoffrey Onyeama) is of no consequence
because already Buhari has travelled to most of the
countries and he will continue to do so.
“He has travelled in six months more than the immediate
past president travelled in six years.
“So the Foreign Affairs minister will just be a rubber stamp.
“Buhari has taken the Ministry of Petroleum Resources for
himself, making an Igboman the Minister of State.
“So, he (Buhari) has virtually given the Igbo nothing.
“But the problem is this will lead to more agitation for
Biafra,” Obioha said.
Too early to assess ministers – Nwabueze group
However, the Igbo Leaders of Thought, an association of
prominent Igbo personalities, led by foremost constitutional
lawyer, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, said it was too early to praise,
or condemn the new cabinet.
The Secretary General of the ILT, Evang. Eliot Uko, said it
was a welcome relief that a cabinet had been put in place
after several months.
Speaking with one of our correspondents on the telephone,
he said, “It would be wrong to praise the cabinet, or to
condemn it, hurriedly. We are happy that the cabinet has
taken off but it is necessary for the cabinet to realise that
expectations are very high.
“They should also understand the implications of crashing
this high expectation.”
Asked to state the views of the ILT concerning the
ministries assigned to Igbo ministers, Uko said, “The Igbo
Leaders of Thought are not that petty-minded to judge
which ministries are juicy, and the ones that are not.
“Juicy or non-juicy portfolios, we want a cabinet that can
take Nigeria to a higher level, bearing in mind that there is
need to restructure this country.”
CHRD faults education minister appointment
But the Coalition of Human Rights Defenders faulted
President Muhammadu Buhari appointment of Adamu
Adamu appointment as Education minister and a professor
as Minister of State for Education.
The convener of the body in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Inibehe
Effiong, said in Uyo on Thursday that a reverse of the
appointment would be adequate.
According to him, Buhari with the appointment of ministers
and the portfolios that had been assigned to them was on
the right track.
“Buhari seems to be on the right track with the appointment
of ministers and the portfolios that have been assigned to
them. It is encouraging because it shows a departure from
the past.
“Though I have reservation on some of the portfolios
especially that of Education ministry, where Adamu Adamu
is the minister, while the professor is made a Minister of
State. I felt the reverse should have been the case,” he said.
On the corruption charges levelled against some of the
ministers, Effiong stated that there was nothing so serious
as some of the allegations emanated from those who had
political grudges with some of the ministers.
He stated that the development was the carry-over of
acrimony and hatred by the Peoples Democratic Party
senators against some of the ministers.
Cabinet composition fair – Ijaw youth
The Ijaw Youth Council commended the President for a fair
and even distribution of ministries in the assignment of
portfolios.
The IYC President, Mr. Udengs Eradiri, said on Thursday
that the development would help in forging national
integration that is badly needed in the country.
Eradiri said, “The new cabinet composition will help in
national integration that is strongly needed at these trying
times of our nation.
“We urge the ministers from the Niger Delta to live up to
expectations and use their offices to address the challenges
of youth unemployment that is the catalyst for the high rate
of crimes, kidnappings, pipeline vandalism and oil-related
theft prevalent in the region.”
Also, a foremost Ijaw activist, Mr. Alagoa Morris, urged
President Buhari to ensure that the ministers do not fail the
nation by giving them necessary tools to carry out their
functions.
He challenged the President to ensure that critical areas of
corruption, power supply, mass housing, justice and human
rights, security, etc were tackled, saying tha addressing
them would be the beginning of getting the nation out of its
present predicament.
Morris state, “The appointment of ministers and assignment
of portfolios was long awaited and, thank God, it finally
came like a much desired rain in the arid land.
“However, while it is hoped that round pegs are not placed
in the square holes, it is important to say that much is being
expected from Buhari and his cabinet and the Nigeria
project must not fail, especially with the sailing mantra of
change.
“Again, it is instructive to urge Mr. President to ensure that
the round pegs in round holes meet their expected ends. To
be effective in the task ahead, the necessary tools of the
office should not be denied them because if you appoint
and starve the ministers free mind to execute their duties,
that is ‘disempowerment’.”
He reminded the President that Nigerians had been in the
wilderness of needs for too long and that it was time the
government made the positive moves to get Nigerians out
of the woods.
He also urged Nigerians to give genuine support to the
Federal Government so that the populace, could as a nation,
advance collectively towards the ideal – the promised land.
He advocated the necessity for Buhari and Nigerians to
exercise the important roles of supervising, monitoring and
observing the ministers and offer criticism where necessary
constructively so that they would not veer from the task
given to them.
Also, a the public affairs analyst and the Chancellor of the
International Society for Social Justice and Human Rights,
Dr. Jackson Omenazu, said Nigerians would be satisfied
with the crop of ministers put together as federal cabinet by
President Buhari.

www.punchng.com
Cc: Afam4eva , OAM4J

M
Na wetin na?
My Igbo brothers stop disgracing me abeg.

[size=14pt]Igbo are usually ungrateful, always trying to reap where they did not sow! You voted cluelessness and he lost, now you want to be what? I pity Igbos[/size]

banki:
They didn't vote him

Yet they make the highest demands from him isn't it ironic?

So ibe kachikwu is not igbo? Because he is from delta can someone tell me where okonjo iweala is from?

stop this useless dividing tactics, its boring now.
Ibe Kachukwu is an Igbo man.

Dnacode:



M
Na wetin na?
My Igbo brothers stop disgracing me abeg.

Nna Emeka must you quote everything.... Na Wa oo

This Isiguzoro of Ohanaeze Youth wing should SHUT UP!
To me, Buhari tried in our Ministerial portfolios.
Foreign Affairs, Labour and Employment, Trade and Investment, Science and Technology, min of state, Education, min of state, Petroleum.

During election you refused to vote for him,rather you chose to give"our son"your block votes.And now you are demanding for"juicy"ministries.

A lot of saw dust needs to be vaccumed off your heads.

Shameless people

It is these complaints and more complaints without doing the needful that has made the SE the most politically backward region in Nigeria.
What do they mean by juicy portfolios?
They want to start coming to Abuja and join in sharing in the national cake as usual abi?
Someone should tell the the rules have changed as there are no more juicy portfolios like in the days of PDP

Igbo people sha!..smh

This Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Chairman of Ohanaeze Youth Wing DO NOT speak for the WHOLE IGBOS.
HE Should Shut Up.

Buhari tried in Igbo Ministerial portfolios.
Foreign Affairs, Labour and Employment,
Trade and Investment, Science and Technology,
min of state, Education,
min of state, Petroleum.
SOUTH EAST WILL VOTE FOR APC IN 2019

The thunder weh go fire this group sef dey para cos he no go wait collect instruction from GOd. Next thing na to ask Buhari to shift make dem sidon for that post with am.

I call these greediness and selfishness. So they want the juicy positions ahead of the region that voted for PMB. Confused set of people. The SW got the best portfolios followed by the SE than even the North got.

all these useless Igbo groups that don't know anything other than wearing red caps up and down, drinking palm wine, and wailing all over the place.

respect to all reasonable Igbo people out there.

Do this people think being a Minister mean providing automatic come and chop invitation? Haba they should know better.

Buhari should do something about the ministry stuff

segend:
Please, what is the meaning of juicy appointment. Is there difference in salary and allowance of ministers. Or are they talking about portfolios you can embezzle more from? Abeg anybody that understands the meaning of juicy portfolio should explain to me.

LOL

Cc: lalasticlala, dominique

Very true