Ever since president Buhari was inaugurated as the
president of the emerging Nigeria, some indecorous
critics have taken it upon themselves to be fighting
imaginary wars, making a mountain out of a
molehill.
There’s hardly a day that would pass by that friends
won’t at every turn ask me: “where’s our change”?
On every appointment, a very close friend of mine
would send the names of the appointees on my
facebook wall to notify and remind me no South
east person has been appointed by the president.
To many of my southern friends, the appointments
so far is an indication president Buhari is pursuing a
northen agenda so that a particular region would
continue to dominate Nigeria.
I don’t want to comment on the few appointments
so far, considering the fact that the president has
over a thousand appointments to make in no distant
time but interesting facts abound about this
northern domination which I have seen but don’t
know if others have seen it or pretended not to
notice.
I noticed there is a BBC Hausa station but no BBC
yoruba or Igbo. Was this caused by Buhari to
continue northern domination?
What about Africa Magic Hausa? It’s even on GOTV
but Africa Magic Igbo is not on GOTV, just DSTV
and on a higher bouquet plan. So Africa Magic Igbo
is not given equal opportunities with Africa Magic
Hausa. Who’s to be blamed? Buhari!
Boko Haram has been attacking only the north and
they have not come to the South. Another evidence
of the north wanting to have everything under
Buhari. Lets blame Buhari.
Again, Shekau has been silent but when he speaks
in his videos, what language does he speak? Hausa
without Igbo or Yoruba translations. Hausa
domination of other languages, is that not so?
What of the recent arrest and detention of some
former northern governors by EFCC and the 12 hours
siege at the Abuja residence of the immediate past
National Security adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd)
last week Thursday, by men of the Department of
State Security Service (DSS). Was those acts part of
the northern domination of Nigeria?
Now that relevant authorities are going after
politicians of northern extraction, who were fingered
in corruption cases, some malicious partisan whistle
blowers really seem to be comfortable with it but
when same authorities will begin their manhunt of
corrupt politicians from their regions, they will still
cry out that president Buhari is on a vindictive
mission.
It is only those who are yet to recover from agony
of defeat and some ethnic bigots that would insist
president Buhari is pursuing a northern agenda
through his appointments. Mr. President in his
inaugural speech assured Nigerians he would be
president of Nigeria and not president of a particular
region and so far his few appointments has been
purely on merit and competence. This is a clear
depature from what was obtained in the past and
even the blind could see that president Buhari is
keeping to his inaugural promise of belonging to
nobody but everybody.
Lest we forget: Before Buhari was voted,” he’s a
fanatic”, “he will Islamize Nigeria”, “Buhari is boko
haram” etc. He is now the president and am yet to
see anything close to what those myopic religious
and tribalistically motivated folks were ranting.
Please, to those that are still ruled by parochial
sentiments: just keep your tribe and religion to
yourself. Nigeria has grown beyond that and we
want a better Nigeria.
The truth is, common sense is not really common
here in our polity. Or how can one explain the resort
to checking where Buhari’s appointees are from not
their abilities? With the monstrous problems facing
us, we are really carrying elephants on our heads
and scratching the grounds for crickets with our
feets.
May God save us from us!

Joe Onwukeme *Enugu
unjoeratedjoe@gmail.com

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words!

I don't know what to type, can somone please help me to "curse" the OP.

Space booked just in case

I love this . . . I just love it.

The blame game is getting too much. The president is doing his work and so we should all pray for his success. Nothing more.

Paid Biafran..he is only speaking from his pocket not from his brain...