maestroferddi:
Man pass man...

Zik had class.

It is inconceivable that Zik would have served under a little boy like Gowon...Your man jumped at it...

He was even even willing to be the fall guy of Hausa-Fulani idiosyncrasies...

I asked you not to go there, oremi...

omonnakoda:
This is page 78 of Wole Soyinka's book Ibadan.

maestroferddi:
Soyinka's memoir...

maestroferddi:
Soyinka's memoir...

maestroferddi:
You are calling someone an illiterate while you are the one reasoning like an unconscionable ignoramus...

Are we talking about the eligibility of the Ikejiani fellow or the supposition that three Igbos held the office in succession?

You stay in one corner of Gbongan and concoct some palm wine joint tales...

All Igbos who pioneered tertiary education in the South West Region were acclaimed scholars of international repute so you little/petty barbs are wide off the mark...

Throwback:


It is obvious you are a chronic illiterate.

The fraudster was the 3rd Igbo to hold such office in immediate succession because that was the domination agenda of Azikiwe.

Even Kenneth Dike that was made Principal was chosen by an Igbo led board of Louis Mbanefo, ahead of the more senior and more qualified Prof Oladele Ajose, who was the most senior Nigerian and African on the Academic Board, and the first African to be tenured as a professor in the University, and one of the first African professors on the whole continent.

But in that era, merit only meant to be Igbo.

Azikiwe as Visitor to the University, ensured he persisted with both a Igbo principal and an Igbo led School Council.

You are quoting wikipedia bio tales when we are discussing a fraud that was well reported then and can still be found online.

It has never been well with Igbo dominators like you who long for such nepotistic days, but now have to make do with wailings of marginalization.

Cyberterror:
Unfortunately for Onu, he can't win this battle. The chairman of the FIIRO board is a fulani.

omonnakoda:

Zik and class do not belong in the same sentence. He served under Balewa.
What is little boy??
The same Zik that cowardly abandoned Biafuro and joined Nigeria.

There was no offer for him from Gowon


The same Zik that called himself publicly a BRIDE to Shagari in1979 and went into coalition with NPN Shagari??

maestroferddi:
You are calling someone an illiterate while you are the one reasoning like an unconscionable ignoramus...

Are we talking about the eligibility of the Ikejiani fellow or the supposition that three Igbos held the office in succession?

You stay in one corner of Gbongan and concoct some palm wine joint tales...

All Igbos who pioneered tertiary education in the South West Region were acclaimed scholars of international repute so you little/petty barbs are wide off the mark...

omonnakoda:


Yes ?

maestroferddi:
Zik was the President...go and dust up your School Cert Government, oga...

Study also the politics of the Congo (Kinshasa) in the early 60s to understand the role of the President in the parliamentary system of government.

Zik was the beautiful bride in 1979...you should know what he was referring to politically speaking...

He was not suppose to speak only to make the Yorubas happy...

fergie001:

The problem was that he didn't defend.
He started the programme.

Throwback:


I can see it hurt you to be reminded that when Azikiwe held sway, he used his federal office to perpetuate Igbo nepotism that is historical and can never be swept asidecas his tribe new daily lament about marginalization in the same country.

The many non-Igbo Nigerians that are appointed to positions that Igbos feel they should also have, are they not duly qualified academically?

So why lament about marginalization when qualified Nigerians are appointed at the expense of Igbos?

oluwadabira111:
He cheated the the system. he was indicted, but because the accused and the minister are from the same region they want to settle it like they will settle family affair problem! The law are made for the poor not the rich I repeat they are made for the poor!

mannyiyke:
You're a stark illiterate. You said it was well reported and can still be found online? Then, post it here for all of us to see and read. Also, name the other two Igbos that held the office in immediate succession before Ikejiani. I like evidence. Post it here.


To show that you're a stark illiterate and a pathological liar too, Louis Mbanefo didn't head the board that appointed Dike as the indigenous principal of the University College, Ibadan. It was Dr Akanu Ibiam. You're a liar! Besides, being a professor before another lecturer attains professorship isn't a criterion for making the former a Vice Chancellor before the latter. That shows that you're an illiterate. Rather, it's based on administrative and managerial acumen and other vital qualities. If the post of VC is based on years of professorship, so many young VCs wouldn't have occupied it ahead of the old professors, some of whom even thought those Vice Chancellors.


Also, before Dike's appointment, Akanu Ibiam visited Kenneth Mellanby the immediate outgone principal, in the UK, to seek his advice and he recommended Dike ahead of Ajose. You Yorubas like revisionist history turned upside down always, just to suit your whims and caprices.

omonnakoda:

Look at the post above you

Throwback:


I agree it was Akanu Ibiam not Louis Mbanefo.

Kenneth Dike himself alluded to the fact that he was told barefaced by Akanu Ibiam, that if he does not accept the position, it will not be given to any other Nigerian.

Why?

Because there was no other senior Igbo in a pool of senior qualified Nigerians where Dike himsef was not the most qualified.

maestroferddi:
Google up the word "memoir " before coming to argue blindly...

seunmsg:
Onu is Igbo so I’m not surprised. This is the same country where Adeosun was hounded out of office because of an irrelevant NYSC certificate.

Chima Igwe forged a PHD attestation to get rapidly promoted since 2002. He did not complete the PhD program until 2020, 18 years later. Demoting him shouldn’t even be an option in the first place, he should have been dismissed outrightly. But no, his Igbo brother want to keep him in office as DG of a federal research agency. The same people who cry about merit everyday are the ones doing everything to destroy merit in the public service.

Babatunde7109:


Actually, this 'who becomes FIIRO DG' case has been on for a while now.

A formal DG, Dr Elemo, left by imposing on the FIIRO community Chima Igwe as the new DG. As at that time, he wasn't even the next inline - the right person to occupy the position. And instantly, the FIIRO employees cried out to the government on the issue but because of the patron-client-patronage setting that exist between Min. Onu and Dr Elemo (and Chima Igwe), nothing serious has been done to heed their cries.

Why did Dr Elemo impose Igwe as the new FIIRO DG?

Dr Elemo, (f), was the institute's DG for quite a time before she retired last year. And when she was there as the DG, some anomalies took place, particularly in the Accounting Dept. The anomalies got worse when she was about to leave last year.

On her way out of the system, Dr Elemo started selling some of the institute's properties to herself at a very, very cheap prices. Most notable - the ones I can recall - of the properties are some Air Conditioner (AC) belonging to the institute. After all these, to avoid been called for trial when she's gone, she needs a loyalist up there as the DG of the institute. She needs someone to cover her tracks.

Since then, the case has been going on and on, back and forth, and it has resurfaced again.

The institute's Board continues to fight Igwe on the ground that he doesn't have the qualification required for the post, as the Hon. Min. of Sci. and Tech. makes himself a stumbling block against stripping Igwe off the post.
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I think Dr Elemo has the direct connection with the Minister not Igwe himself. Dr Elemo is promoting her own selfish interests (which include imposition of Igwe as the institute's DG) underground, and the Hon. Min. is their best bet of making this a reality.

maestroferddi:
Google up the word "memoir " before coming to argue blindly...

omonnakoda:


That is class ?
Shagari was a big boy?
Was he not old enough to be his father?

Why is Gowon a little boy?

Throwback:


I agree it was Akanu Ibiam not Louis Mbanefo.

Kenneth Dike himself alluded to the fact that he was told barefaced by Akanu Ibiam, that if he does not accept the position, it will not be given to any other Nigerian.

Why?

Because there was no other senior Igbo in a pool of senior qualified Nigerians where Dike himsef was not the most qualified.

omonnakoda:

omonnakoda:




Ibologism

You can do better.

This is a whole new low of shamelessness for Eboes

maestroferddi:
lol...

The meme will not save you...

Come clean and communicate ....

maestroferddi:
You dont have to behave like a clown...

Do the needful...I mean now!

Throwback:


I agree it was Akanu Ibiam not Louis Mbanefo.

Kenneth Dike himself alluded to the fact that he was told barefaced by Akanu Ibiam, that if he does not accept the position, it will not be given to any other Nigerian.

Why?

Because there was no other senior Igbo in a pool of senior qualified Nigerians where Dike himsef was not the most qualified.

Alwaysachick:




Im not surprised too,Yoruba's don't like Igbo's heading parastatals in their states no matter the qualification. Since legal failed now, they will go fetish. May God protect his life in that office.

A close friend of mine works in FIIRO Oshodi, He couldn't say what they have against that man except the same "He is Igbo"

Can't you people change?

Kuginzi:
A worrisome trend in Nigeria today is that people consider it right for public officials of their ETHNICITY and RELIGION to amass wealth through corrupt means. In the process, they are supportive of bribery in the society and encourage the crooked through their indifferent behavior. What they forgot is that as Nigerians (fortunately and/or unfortunately), we are all united by corruption. Corruption has no class, no color, no ethnicity and no religion.

mannyiyke:
Read the earlier comments, and you'll see the guy's comment about that. I think his moniker is danceq.