omonnakoda:

There is a difference between laws and Constitutional provisions.
When you say law can you quote it?
What you quote is a a law setting up FCC(I believe) but nevertheless it is an aspiration with little power of enforcement. Everything it does is SUBJECT TO THE PRESIDENT but does not apply to political appointments like ministers
How does the FCC enforce it and what are the terms of reference e.g any representation for Ogun worshippers, and what does geographical diversity mean? That we must have nomads and fishermen as Ministers?
Does this apply to the Super Eagles?

I have not seen any provision that identifies the states as the fundamental unit for addressing this aspiration(MINISTERS). This is something Jonathan said several times but I have not seen in in the constitution. There are so many reasons why it cannot be correct. The provision is so vague and lacking specifics as to be unenforceable through the courts. So we have seen all kinds on interpretations such as Wives getting the "slots" of their husbands states .Those are political interpretations but if the Government has 10 ministries you cannot create 26 more for that reason just as you cannot put 36 players on a football field. By a similar token is a state with 44 LGAs to have 44 ministries?

fejicruz:

Appointments can be done from each geopolitical zone to reflect federal character.

bushdoc9919:


Excellent questions...especially the 44 ministries one.

The elephant in the room is that appointments to high office are viewed by the populace as a means to getting close to the national cake sharing. Thus...if your son or daughter is not in power....you won't ''benefit'' from the government.

As I said...I do wish that Buhari would cut the number of ministries. However....the painful thing is that thanks to the Federal Character principle...it might be tough. Because the minute he appoints a cabinet of say 15 ministers (when he was in office in the 1980's it was 13...and that was smart....but then again army rule does not operate under the Constitution.)....there will be shouts of marginalization.....and anyone defending the attempts to cut waste would be accused of being a bigot.

Demdem:


Let Buhari appoint the number he so desired which is also backed by the constitution and lets test this in the law court

PointB:


You spoke ignorantly like the president-elect, the semi-literate dullard Buhari!


Article 144, section 3 of Nigeria constitution:
Any appointment under subsection (2) of this section by the President shall be in conformity with the provisions of section 15 (3) of this Constitution:

Provided that in giving effect to the provisions aforesaid, the President shall appoint at least one Minister from each State, who shall be an indigent of such State.

The semi-literate will have to follow the constitution of have it amended, being talkative doesn't address the issue!

omonnakoda:

Is this from the 1999 constitution?
http://www.nigeria-law.org/ConstitutionOfTheFederalRepublicOfNigeria.htm#FederalExecutive
I cannot find it !! This is the 1999 constitution
147. (1) There shall be such offices of Ministers of the Government of the Federation as may be established by the President.

(2) Any appointment to the office of Minister of the Government of the Federation shall, if the nomination of any person to such office is confirmed by the Senate, be made by the President.

(3) Any appointment under subsection (2) of this section by the President shall be in conformity with the provisions of section 14(3) of this Constitution:-

provided that in giving effect to the provisions aforesaid [size=18pt]the President shall appoint at least one Minister from each State[/size], who shall be an indigene of such State.

(4) Where a member of the National Assembly or of a House of Assembly is appointed as Minister of the Government of the Federation, he shall be deemed to have resigned his membership of the National Assembly or of the House of Assembly on his taking the oath of office as Minister.

(5) No person shall be appointed as a Minister of the Government of the Federation unless he is qualified for election as a member of the House of Representatives.

(6) An appointment to any of the offices aforesaid shall be deemed to have been made where no return has been received from the Senate within twenty-one working days of the receipt of nomination by the Senate.


14. (1) The Federal Republic of Nigeria shall be a State based on the principles of democracy and social justice.

(2) It is hereby, accordingly, declared that:

(a) sovereignty belongs to the people of Nigeria from whom government through this Constitution derives all its powers and authority;

(b) the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government: and

(c) the participation by the people in their government shall be ensured in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.

(3) The composition of the Government of the Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect the federal character of Nigeria and the need to promote national unity, and also to command national loyalty, thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons from a few State or from a few ethnic or other sectional groups in that Government or in any of its agencies.

gebest:
great, it was a waist of govt fund be4.

makzeze:
The earlier the better. That state Minister of a thing dont add any value. Just a waste of state resources.

omonnakoda:

Is this from the 1999 constitution?
http://www.nigeria-law.org/ConstitutionOfTheFederalRepublicOfNigeria.htm#FederalExecutive
I cannot find it !! This is the 1999 constitution
147. (1) There shall be such offices of Ministers of the Government of the Federation as may be established by the President.

(2) Any appointment to the office of Minister of the Government of the Federation shall, if the nomination of any person to such office is confirmed by the Senate, be made by the President.

(3) Any appointment under subsection (2) of this section by the President shall be in conformity with the provisions of section 14(3) of this Constitution:-



(4) Where a member of the National Assembly or of a House of Assembly is appointed as Minister of the Government of the Federation, he shall be deemed to have resigned his membership of the National Assembly or of the House of Assembly on his taking the oath of office as Minister.

(5) No person shall be appointed as a Minister of the Government of the Federation unless he is qualified for election as a member of the House of Representatives.

(6) An appointment to any of the offices aforesaid shall be deemed to have been made where no return has been received from the Senate within twenty-one working days of the receipt of nomination by the Senate.


14. (1) The Federal Republic of Nigeria shall be a State based on the principles of democracy and social justice.

(2) It is hereby, accordingly, declared that:

(a) sovereignty belongs to the people of Nigeria from whom government through this Constitution derives all its powers and authority;

(b) the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government: and

(c) the participation by the people in their government shall be ensured in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.

(3) The composition of the Government of the Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect the federal character of Nigeria and the need to promote national unity, and also to command national loyalty, thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons from a few State or from a few ethnic or other sectional groups in that Government or in any of its agencies.

anonimi:


You mean the Mega clueless directionless promises he cannot fulfil

Are you aware there is a provision for one minister from each state? Will your DoroDullard Buhari create 36 ministries to fulfil these requirement or MARGINALISE some states?

IsraeliAIRFORCE:


It should be when Northwest and Southwest forgo ministerial appointments because they already occupy the first and second position.

Let the courts decide after the above premise is implemented.

PointB:


You can't find it or you didn't read what you copied and pasted?

I've highlighted it for your benefit!

PointB:


You can't find it or you didn't read what you copied and pasted?

I've highlighted it for your benefit!

anonimi:


You mean the Mega clueless directionless promises he cannot fulfil

Are you aware there is a provision for one minister from each state? Will your DoroDullard Buhari create 36 ministries to fulfil these requirement or MARGINALISE some states?

Demdem:


Why not the SS/SE forgoing their seats since they seems not to believe in the incoming government. Its unheard of that a man will reap from where he did not sow. Its criminous.

TopHand:

pls try and listen to yourself, how do u think? so does the USA have a ministry 4 every one of their states, or is that how europe operate, try and think constructively, so every state must have a minister? doing what job? r there not other positions/jobs available in the govt which can satisfied the need 4 a federal character? from yur words it shows that u r a young inexperienced man bred by a system which believes that it should b spoon fed and given entitlements which it has not labored 4, do not b a symptom of a legacy of waste and squander, do not call others clueless directionless and full of false promises yet on the other hand u advocate wasting money to run ghost ministries, young man pls think in terms of productiveness, self dependance, wealth creation and efficiency.

IsraeliAIRFORCE:



Then the 14(3) says;

(3) The composition of the Government of the Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect the federal character of Nigeria and the need to promote national unity, and also to command national loyalty, thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons from a few State or from a few ethnic or other sectional groups in that Government or in any of its agencies.

Democracy is not a military regime where a machoman issues orders

IsraeliAIRFORCE:



I thought you wanted a repeat of the attached protest by your kinsmen

Gbawe:

If I could I would get Seun to ban you permanently. You are a repellent nuisance And I believe you are sick and twisted. Take lessons from how many of us, very critical of GEJ, acted after he won. We pledged our support and objectively committed to supporting him. It was when GEJ began messing up, with moves such as sudden fuel subsidy removal for example, we began criticising him. Every Nigerian know that cost cutting is not only ly essential but must be done. No two ways about it. Your talk of constitution just shows you are a hateful dullard who is against the progress of Nigeria. The APC now control the upper and lower legislative houses.

omonnakoda:
Thanks ,sorry The provisions you cited were different numbers
I have read that Thoroughly now. The key phrase is MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT which unfortunately the constitution does not DEFINE but it seems we must have a minister of government from every state. We have always assumed that means a Minister in a Ministry(there is such a thing as Minister without Portfolio) but I am sure creative legal minds can define what a Minister of Government means e.g we can give the title to ambassadors. We do not have to create Ministries to fulfil the requirement

Nellybii:


Provision in the constitution??
You are the real dullard here. Stinking nonentity referring to your president elect as dullard.
You don't even have a name yet.
The statement is not even credited to him yet you. Idiot have started ranting. mtcheeeeeeew

anonimi:


You mean the Mega clueless directionless promises he cannot fulfil

Are you aware there is a provision for one minister from each state? Will your DoroDullard Buhari create 36 ministries to fulfil these requirement or MARGINALISE some states?

Farnesyl1989:
The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, is said to be considering the reduction of the number of ministers as part of his strategies for reducing cost of governance.

The PUNCH learnt that this formed part of the cost-saving proposals which Buhari presented during the All Progressives Congress’s National Working Committee meeting in Abuja on Wednesday.

Those to be done away with are ministers of state.

The NWC which is yet to conclude its deliberations on proposals, according a high-ranking member of the APC NWC, include streamlining the ministries and parastatals.

The NWC member said, “No concrete decision has been reached on any of the issues yet. We are still meeting tomorrow.”

The meeting, which was chaired by the party’s National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, also reviewed the just-concluded general elections, the deadlock in the Taraba State governorship poll as well as the alleged electoral fraud in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states.

The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Lai Mohammed, who spoke to journalists during a short break by the committee, confirmed that the NWC reviewed the governorship election.

He also said that with the “election behind us, we have to prepare the ground for the transition committee and for the business of the governance.”

When asked to comment on the proposals made by Buhari on streamlining the ministries and parastatals, he dismissed the question.
[b]
Mohammed said, “I think you have been listening to a lot of gossip; nothing like that was discussed. All we discussed was to make recommendations into the transition committee; how the government should hit the ground running and what should be the immediate, mid-term and long term policies of the incoming government. So, all these issues of ministers and MDAs, are your own imagination. [/b]Source:http://www.punchng.com/news/buhari-may-scrap-ministers-of-state/

Nellybii:


Provision in the constitution??
You are the real dullard here. Stinking nonentity referring to your president elect as dullard.
You don't even have a name yet.
The statement is not even credited to him yet you. Idiot have started ranting. mtcheeeeeeew

dustmalik:

Such provision doesn't exist anywhere. This is how you guys come up with lies as it best soothes you.

shaqhead:

Yes, our constitution mandates that ministers be appointed each state of the federation but goin about jerking off on that only makes you half smart.

Simple question: Can this portion of our constitution be easily amended with the APC in control of the houses?

anonimi:


Since you asked for it, I have decided to help you look for it seeing you are such a lazy mofo who needs to receive sense as per the image attached to your quoted post.