Whynotthetruth:


As in level of propaganda is nauseating... I wonder if he's using charm on his supporters...

The jazz he's using on them is just working (especially on some Southerners) because he hasn't made his final appointments. Once he makes all his appointments and they all follow this same pattern, its then you see the likes of passingshit, midoliar, demdemm (cursed son of haedes) will start gnashing their teeth. By then the jazz go done clear for their eyes...

Obiagelli:

Sir, nigeria isn't multicultural than the US but we have structured our minds to focus on the wrong/irrelevant things expecially in this decade. Two of the 3 biggest appointments are southerners (firs and NNPC) this suggest to me that the president is more interested in competent people rather than balancing ethnicity.
Every elected president forms his government majorly with from his inner caucus, if there are more northerners in the trust pool of the President, we should let him work with people he knows can get the job done.
President Jonathan is licking his wounds today for surrounding himself with all manner of people.

Plz NNPC GMD isn't as powerful as you make him here...He's under a minister who gives him order...Minister takes order too from president... NNPC new head is a compensation for ExxomMobil for their role...thanks

francizy:


The jazz he's using on them is just working (especially on some Southerners) because he hasn't made his final appointments. Once he makes all his appointments and they all follow this same pattern, its then you see the likes of passingshit, midoliar, demdemm (cursed son of haedes) will start gnashing their teeth. By then the jazz go done clear for their eyes...

No...others may not come from north but key offices must come from there...while minister for information etc will come to south for amechi and co to share

AreaFada2:


No alarm for cause & no cause for alarm. By the time the Police Commissioner does some rounds of press up, they will remember GMB's body language and the combination will scare the poo out of those hardened Lagos bandits.

Maybe Atiku's marabouts/babalawos from Cameroun have been working for him too.

His body odour dey spoil economy so far...make he quick change am to body language too...

Agbaletu:
Buhari is executing northern agenda, just wait until he appoints ministers. Are there no incorruptible southerners that can be trusted? One year is even too much for me to put his government on the scale, i am just waiting for the northern ministerial's list. The north is laughing at the south......

Unfortunately the southerners that could have been appointed refused to vote for or support Buhari. You dont expect sopporters to be left behind abi?

Whynotthetruth:


No...others may not come from north but key offices must come from there...while minister for information etc will come to south for amechi and co to share

Hehehehehe!!! Make he even north everything.. E go make sense..

I don't know why we are always inpatient in this country. Who cares about what people call PMB. We should be more focused on what is rather than dwell on what isn't.

Whynotthetruth:


Plz NNPC GMD isn't as powerful as you make him here...He's under a minister who gives him order...Minister takes order too from president... NNPC new head is a compensation for ExxomMobil for their role...thanks

And of course, another narrow minded opinion coming from a narrow minded bloke.

Afam4eva:

I believe you and that is why i also don't have a problem with it as such. But that's not to say that he's not playing the script of those who ascribed to him an ethnic and religious bigot.

An illiterate will always be illiterate. It is a mind thing, not educational stuff and cannot be snuffed out through exposure alone.

He is a bigot and sentimentalist. Let him just fight corruption, that is why he is there. The slow fight against corruption is what disqualified Jonathan.

People who call buhari a tribal and religious bigot have been vindicated. A leopard cannot change its spot. His apointment so far is lopsided and cannot be justified condering competence.
and performance.

There are far more competent hands among the south nigeria that can occupied such exhalting position. The disparity of development between the north and the south is due to purposeful leadership, vision and intellect of the southern nigeria.

Most of the labour force and think tank that are sustaining and midwifing the nigerian economy are from the south.


Buhari is setting a dangerous precedent in the history and annal of this country and he pushing nepotism beyond its limit. Politic of inclusion is what is helping most developed country in the word and their universities.

One day , somebody from the sw or ss or se who do the same believing all humanbeings from his region are to best in terms of intergrity and competency.

Let the self denial, paradigm delusion and hypocrisy continues. If you sincerely want merit, let the merit be extended to cut off marks in all entrance exams to federal universities, and colleges and also to unity schools and government parastatals. All nigerians must have the same cut off mark regardless of where you come from at the expense of federal character principle since the south nigerians are not responsible for the socio-political gap in the north.

The president to me is pursuing an agenda that may be detrimental to the peace and unity of this country through his lopsided appointment. Hope the historians are taking note. Any nation that play politics of exculsion does that to its own peril.

am just disappointed at the President

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In the spirit of equity and fairness, how many Northerners were in key positions during OBJ and GEJ's regimes? Did the heavens fall? To how.much did the lot of the Southerners change with their people in key positions? How positively did the presence of GEJ in Aso Rock change the lives of Otueke people?
I can understand the concern about lopsided appointments by PMB but it shouldn't be misconstrued as the key issue in governance. Government of parochialism, ethnicism and worse, prebendalism have not gotten Nigerians anywhere. Yet they continue to fall for the same shenanigans. This is why I frown at the term "juicy" portfolio because such suggestive lingo negates the whole essence of public service.
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wiegraf:
Even I, a northerner, am somewhat confused

It's starting to become too much.... Haba!

Abeg, 9ja, no too vex. Wait small first, other appointments still dey. He doesn't deliver? Vote him out soon enough

on point!

it's my time to laugh at all Pmb supporters

Whynotthetruth:


Plz NNPC GMD isn't as powerful as you make him here...He's under a minister who gives him order...Minister takes order too from president... NNPC new head is a compensation for ExxomMobil for their role...thanks

Not only compensation, no matter what he does, you guys will never be satisfied. I am happy Buhari does not give an Eff
BTW there are strong indications that there won't be a minister of petroleum .

Sad indeed that PMB will do exactly what his opponents had predicted. By his northenisation of Nigeria is in itself corruption because he's defiled the constitutionality of federal character. By the appointments so far made, only only the immigration of which its a career progression. Why sidelining S S, SE $ S W especially when Tinubu was the driving force of his presidential primary success. 4 yrs is not forever. Let those marginalised now put their acts together $ do the needful. North Central has also been marginalised, this has been thecase in history. The north can boast of exclusive good character. There are lots of them else where. PMB's character is made open.

Whynotthetruth:


Constitution ties him up as par ministers, so he may not have options there...but seems silent as par other areas hence he instead of promoting unity of the country...keeps living to his tag of a sectional warlord...

So why won't people feel discontented?... Why won't people agitate to move away from Nigeria?...Not with statements like 95%/5% and acting it out this way too as well as cancelling projects in 5%regions...

I would worry if projects seem to favour a region rather than appointments. You are appointed to work not chop

Competency is the watch word. For all i care, they could all be from one village. Just do the job and give us results.

AZeD1:


The truth is most people who bother about where an appointee comes from is more interesting in "chopping" than working. Their prayer is the person appointed from their region is someone they know so they can go and beg for contract.

exactly, they can never change, i still prefer the northerners cos they are diligent than the SE that (loves) money than life, lets watch and see how this government will unfold things, i still prefer buhari's action, the man knows what he is doing, his very first statement when he took over the power (i belong to everybody and belong to nobody) was a powerful statement and that is what we are seeing now.


Ride on man, if na only nepa light i dey enjoy, atleast its a change compare to past. i support him 100%, if he like he can appoint from chad, ghana, seme, togo, so far the country is moving forward and the poor masses are happy.

OAM4J:


It took a while for USA to get to where they are today, and they consciously worked to get there. Nigeria will get there with time, reason why GMB should not follow the path of Jonathan of flogging the sentiment of ethnic divide.

Fact is there are competent people from all ethnic groups and GMB should maintain a pool that include all.

I do not subscribe to his 95% to 5% ratio, after the election he is the president of all, including those who didn't vote for him... all have a right to feel belonged in his government.

I would worry when projects are skewed in favour of North and not appointments. Do you remember the Cbn governor's action during the presidential visit to the US? Buhari has to work with people that share the same ideology, the NNPC and Firs bosses are not northerners.
positions like COS and SGF are reserved for your most trusted allies.

sundayidok:
Competency is the watch word. For all i care, they could all be from one village. Just do the job and give us results.

God bless you.

joseph1832:
I don't know why we are always inpatient in this country. Who cares about what people call PMB. We should be more focused on what is rather than dwell on what isn't.

It is from what is that u can tell what isn't that may likely be and then make plans accordingly. U no go wait make rain meet u before u go arrange umbrella and raincoat na. A man who fails to plan, plans to fail. After all it is said that it is from the smell of the fart that u will determine the nature/taste of the shiit.

AZeD1:


Actually some people (including me) say we don't care because we actually don't care. Successive governments have used Federal character in their appointments and where has that gotten us to?
The only people who would care about where Buhari's appointees come from are politicians and illiterates.

We gave Buhari a 4 year mandate, how he goes about it should not be our problem as long as it is within the confines of the constitution.

if youknow the history of this nation well, youll not talk like this. Making on tribe rule over others has never gone down well. the kinds of things never end well.

This costitutional law sef, is it not manmade, it can be abolished by man too, pls you guys should forget this yeye law thats not taking us anywhere, he should do what he likes so far its for the poor masses. constitution kor,constitution ni...following constitutions has not been helping us

Whynotthetruth:


Plz NNPC GMD isn't as powerful as you make him here...He's under a minister who gives him order...Minister takes order too from president... NNPC new head is a compensation for ExxomMobil for their role...thanks

What role exactly

AZeD1:


Actually some people (including me) say we don't care because we actually don't care. Successive governments have used Federal character in their appointments and where has that gotten us to?
The only people who would care about where Buhari's appointees come from are politicians and illiterates.

We gave Buhari a 4 year mandate, how he goes about it should not be our problem as long as it is within the confines of the constitution.

Go and check out majority of the federal ministries and parastatals. Over 60-70% of their staff are northerners. This is also how it used to be in the Nigerian Army, till Obasanjo came and improved the chances of southerners.

Through the long years of northerners ruling the country, they have succeeded in filling up most of the positions in FG jobs with their people. That why when you hear the names of directors of any FG MDA, most of them will be northerners.

Appointing of mostly northerners by Buhari will worsen their already bad dominance in our system, and it isn't healthy. How do you expect graduates from the southern part of this country to get jobs in these parastatals when their DGs, Chairmen and Directors etc are all northerners?

Competent people abound in every region. All Buhari needs to do is to identify them. You can't tell me that he has never been able to find any competent man from d south East, meanwhile many southeasterners are making Nigeria proud both within and outside the shores of this country.

A country that already has the 1st, 3rd and 4th citizens as northerners, going ahead to fill up most of the parastatals with northerners is grossly unhealthy.
Northerners don't only bother about good governance. They ensure that their people are put in sensitive positions in government because it increases the chances of their graduates getting employed by the FG. It's only southerners that don't bother, because they feel it doesn't matter. That is stupidity and insensitivity.

The constitution encourages federal character, so that no region of the country is left behind in anything. It's never only about competence or excellence, otherwise 80% of intakes into the federal unity schools for instance would have been from the SE/SW/SS. When it comes to situations where academic excellence would be required, northerners remember federal character. Now, they are trying to jettison it.

Preceeding governments have been failing not because they have been applying the principle of federal character, but because the presidents failed to show true leadership and oppose corrupt practices by all means. That is what Buhari needs for his government to succeed, not by choosing to cut off a whole region from his government.

U235weapongrade:
If all Nigerians Have food to eat and have Good paying jobs am sure nobody will ever complain abt northern appointments..

exactly my point, be it northern or southern, all that matters is jumping this hurdle of poverty, let the country be clean, if only one man can stop looting, it will go a long way for the poor.

I have only one question for Buhari and those who like or pretend to like his lopsided appointments:
Why did Buhari not find a man of integrity from the North to use as his running mate during the Presidential election? Why did he go South? If indeed regions do not matter he should have selected a man/woman from Duara or any other part of the North to be his running mate. I bet even those pretending not to mind if he appoints only Northerners would not have voted for him.
Let us not bury the truth in the name of defending our candidate. Let us call a spade a spade. Buhari is wrong and should be corrected instead of being praised/hailed. ONLY the truth shall set us free, NOT propaganda.

PassingShot:

Just because of heterogeneous nature of the country.

I am an advocate of the right man for the job. But at the same time, appointments has to reflect our multi nationalities to a minimum degree. Something like 65% to 35% at the worst case scenario. Not, 90% to 10%.

forget 65%, 35%, the man has reasons, he is not a fo0l.

colossus2:

Let's hear word with this federal character ish. The senators from your region, what have you benefited from them?

, you just reminded me of a guy who always complain of Buhari and prefer Jona, my question to him was 'what did you benefit from Jona" cos the guy is so wretched and can't feed his family, so why wailing, after all the corruption , choi...some people really prefer slavery in disguise.

christinie:
I have only one question for Buhari and those who like or pretend to like his lopsided appointments:
Why did Buhari not find a man of integrity from the North to use as his running mate during the Presidential election? Why did he go South? If indeed regions do not matter he should have selected a man/woman from Duara or any other part of the North to be his running mate. I bet even those pretending not to mind if he appoints only Northerners would not have voted for him.
Let us not bury the truth in the name of defending our candidate. Let us call a spade a spade. Buhari is wrong and should be corrected instead of being praised/hailed. ONLY the truth shall set us free, NOT propaganda.

There are many ways to kill a rat without blood, he danced to their tune then cos he knew he will succeed through them (thieves) now he has succeeded, he gives no damn to any fvcking polithiefians. He needs to clean nigeria up (I belong to everybody and belong to nobody)

Midehi:

exactly, they can never change, i still prefer the northerners cos they are diligent than the SE that (loves) money than life, lets watch and see how this government will unfold things, i still prefer buhari's action, the man knows what he is doing, his very first statement when he took over the power (i belong to everybody and belong to nobody) was a powerful statement and that is what we are seeing now.


Ride on man, if na only nepa light i dey enjoy, atleast its a change compare to past. i support him 100%, if he like he can appoint from chad, ghana, seme, togo, so far the country is moving forward and the poor masses are happy.

Just imagine your line of reasoning. Quite sad. I'm a PMB supporter too. Check my previous posts to confirm that; but your statement that you prefer the Northerners cos they do not supposedly love money unlike their SE counterparts is infantile and ignorant to say the least. The likes of IBB, Abacha, Abdulsalami etc that contributed cheaply to making this country this mess it is are from the SE I guess. They do not love money. That's why trillions of Nigerian money looted by Abacha and scattered all over the world are still being recovered till date, that's 17 years after his death. Can you beat that?