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Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by Nobody: 7:28pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
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 |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by pamodulus: 7:29pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
What matters is good governance, not who dishes it out. We are all Nigerians. 2 Likes |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by Ezenwammadu(m): 7:32pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
l support an SS man to take it 7 Likes |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by evanscheck(m): 7:34pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
Buhari wud do wat ever he feels like doing,he now wears d cap and he knows where it itches most 2 Likes |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by Nobody: 7:35pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
Why always Ibos... When ur star is bright, Ur enemies are never at rest. Ibos will continue to rise above hate! 25 Likes |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by Ikengawo: 7:35pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
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. 23 Likes |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by Jorussia(m): 7:36pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
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. 1 Like |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by modath(f): 7:37pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
Ogbonnaya Onu has zero to do with Ekweremadu but if Amaechi clinches the post, its all good.. |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by Jorussia(m): 7:37pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
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. |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by PointB: 7:37pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
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? 3 Likes |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by KinkyAngela(f): 7:43pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
The ibos dont need the SGF, they do not even need Nigeria. They need Biafra, give them Biafra, deport them back to Biafra 10 Likes |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by Anambra1stSon(m): 7:43pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
For equite, fairness, love and justice I here by support the motion. |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by abagoro(m): 7:44pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
Chibuike 1 Like |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by ChikezieU(m): 8:17pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
KinkyAngela:of course, how would fail at displaying your lunacy. |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by babyfaceafrica: 8:22pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
Hmmmmmmmmm......I feel for onu..a good southeasterner.!!! |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by chiefinalowo: 8:23pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
No! no! no! I don't agree with that. The issue is not with Ibos. Ibos most be given SGF.0 |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by StOla: 8:29pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
Ekweremadu has become an albatross to his own people. SGF vs Deputy Senate President We all know which is better. |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by omenka(m): 8:32pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
pamodulus: |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by Nobody: 8:32pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
ike ekweremadu belongs to biafra not nigeria |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by ALTERNATEID: 8:32pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
chiefinalowo: 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. |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by Nobody: 8:37pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
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 |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by joeyfire(m): 8:50pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
Ezenwammadu: Not amaechi or sylva pls 2 Likes |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by akins56(m): 8:57pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
The gods have smiled on ameachi once again. |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by FKO81(m): 9:02pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
[[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 2 Likes |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by Emyben(m): 9:28pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
Jorussia: But Amaechi is still Igbo.... Lol 1 Like |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by abduljabbar4(m): 9:30pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
Ezenwammadu:Amaechi deserves that position |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by Ikengawo: 10:01pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
Jorussia: lol 1 Like |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by cjrane: 10:29pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
So being a secretary to Buhari is now something Igbo should grieve about? 1 Like |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by Ucheosefoh(m): 10:33pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
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 |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by UncleJudax(m): 10:40pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
KinkyAngela:KinkyBitch, seems you need a bukaki. |
Re: Ekweremadu: Igbos To Lose SGF Position by Nobody: 10:41pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
Ikengawo: SE n SS r not like the North. We taken our money Home. |
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