Reps allege lopsidedness in Navy recruitment, demand suspension of exercise


The House of Representatives has said the ongoing recruitment exercise by the Nigerian Navy is unfair and not in compliance with the federal character principle in the Constitution, asking the military outfit to suspend the process.

The House particularly resolved to “direct the Nigerian Navy to suspend forthwith the forthcoming pre-screening exercise for the shortlisted candidates, with a view to strengthening the federal character law as well as to ensure better and more vigorous enforcement and implementation, knowing full well that every Nigerian deserves to be treated with dignity and rights, irrespective of where they may be located physically in the country.”

Also, the House requested the Navy to provide details of all recruitments from 2014 to date, showing their geographical spread.

Furthermore, the House mandated the Committee on Navy to “investigate the exercise and recommend appropriate measures to avoid similar constitutional violations in all future government recruitment and report back within 12 weeks for further legislative action.”

These resolutions were sequel to the unanimous adoption of a motion of urgent public importance to investigate the process of the Nigerian Navy Supplementary Recruitment of 44 candidates “for being against the principle of federal character and in gross violation of Section 14 of the 1999 Constitution.”

Sponsor of the motion, Ben Igbakpa, said all the successful candidates that are to report for training in two batches at the Nigerian Navy Basic Training School Onne, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, “are all from a particular part of the country, which negates the federal character principle of all inclusiveness, equity and fair play.”

Citing Section 14(3) of the 1999 Constitution, the lawmaker noted the underlying purpose of the principle in a multi-ethnic society as Nigeria is to ensure equal participation of the various ethnic extractions in the governance of the country.



According to him, the principle is also aimed at preventing the domination by one or some ethnic groups in the affairs of the country and the exclusion of other ethnic groups.

Igbakpa said, “The House is worried that, however, in practice, the principle appears to have been observed more in breach. Appointments and recruitments into the various ministries, departments and agencies both at the federal and state levels by successive administrations seem to be treated as a matter of political discretion, and those with the appointment and recruitment powers do not feel a legal duty to ensure an equitable spread of appointments and recruitments into the various government bodies.

“The House is further worried that this recruitment Supplementary list of 44 candidates, since it became public knowledge, has created a lot of tension, apprehension and discourse within the young and old from the deprived section.

“The House believes that adequate observance and implementation of the federal character principle will in no small measure allay fears of domination and denial by the ethnic minorities and invariably foster national unity.”

https://punchng.com/reps-allege-lopsidedness-in-navy-recruitment-demand-suspension-of-exercise/

And some folks were calling the published list a lie so we can ignore and doubt it till they commence training.... Jihadist are truly on nairaland, everyone brace for impact.

The Nigerian Navy told us Sahara reporter news is fake, till now, Nigerian Navy never release the main list.

The funny thing is that the Chief of Navy staff will also be wailing that the unity of Nigerian is unnegotiable.

One Nigeria is a scam

A southerner opposed it, meaning the northerners are the ones on that list.
Nigeria is finished.

This is what we see in this country. Tell me why something like this will not make the south want to secede?

All 44 shortlisted candidates were truly northerners, yet the Navy denied the news yesterday. Tueh! We must be separated from these d£vilish people by fire by force.

Any Southerner still supporting this terrorist administration needs a brain transplant...



Buhari is a terrorist
Buhari is a jihadist
Buhari is a tribalist
Buhari is evil.

Shebi one Abdul representing Navy said the list released by Sahara report was fake

Meanwhile all the list buhari releases in the open are heavily nepotistic and incompetent even when he is forced to make it a bit appealing

What then would buhari not do in the lists not open to Nigerians

DubaiLandLord:
The Nigerian Navy told us Sahara reporter news is fake, till now, Nigerian Navy never release the main news.

The funny thing is that the Chief of Navy staff will also be wailing that the unity of Nigerian is unnegotiable.

One Nigeria is a scam

lf Sahara report didn't tell us about buhari Fulani nominee that failed woefully in ICC this government would also have denied it

If Gazette didn't tell us about buhari nominee that failed woefully in WTO this government would also have denied it

Theirs is to keep denying

We can all see the level of their nepotism in the open let alone the secret ones

These ones are complaining becos they have been shortchanged by the Dullard in Chief and their candidates didn't get in

Mikecold:
lf Sahara report didn't tell us about buhari Fulani nominee that failed woefully in ICC this government would also have denied it

If Gazette didn't tell us about buhari nominee that failed woefully in WTO this government would also have denied it

Theirs is to keep denying

We can all see the level of their nepotism in the open let alone the secret ones

I wander how much Northerners would have wail if is GEJ that was doing all this.

GMB has set a bad example with his bigot.

November1857:
Reps allege lopsidedness in Navy recruitment, demand suspension of exercise


The House of Representatives has said the ongoing recruitment exercise by the Nigerian Navy is unfair and not in compliance with the federal character principle in the Constitution, asking the military outfit to suspend the process.

The House particularly resolved to “direct the Nigerian Navy to suspend forthwith the forthcoming pre-screening exercise for the shortlisted candidates, with a view to strengthening the federal character law as well as to ensure better and more vigorous enforcement and implementation, knowing full well that every Nigerian deserves to be treated with dignity and rights, irrespective of where they may be located physically in the country.”

Also, the House requested the Navy to provide details of all recruitments from 2014 to date, showing their geographical spread.

Furthermore, the House mandated the Committee on Navy to “investigate the exercise and recommend appropriate measures to avoid similar constitutional violations in all future government recruitment and report back within 12 weeks for further legislative action.”

These resolutions were sequel to the unanimous adoption of a motion of urgent public importance to investigate the process of the Nigerian Navy Supplementary Recruitment of 44 candidates “for being against the principle of federal character and in gross violation of Section 14 of the 1999 Constitution.”

Sponsor of the motion, Ben Igbakpa, said all the successful candidates that are to report for training in two batches at the Nigerian Navy Basic Training School Onne, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, “are all from a particular part of the country, which negates the federal character principle of all inclusiveness, equity and fair play.”

Citing Section 14(3) of the 1999 Constitution, the lawmaker noted the underlying purpose of the principle in a multi-ethnic society as Nigeria is to ensure equal participation of the various ethnic extractions in the governance of the country.



According to him, the principle is also aimed at preventing the domination by one or some ethnic groups in the affairs of the country and the exclusion of other ethnic groups.

Igbakpa said, “The House is worried that, however, in practice, the principle appears to have been observed more in breach. Appointments and recruitments into the various ministries, departments and agencies both at the federal and state levels by successive administrations seem to be treated as a matter of political discretion, and those with the appointment and recruitment powers do not feel a legal duty to ensure an equitable spread of appointments and recruitments into the various government bodies.

“The House is further worried that this recruitment Supplementary list of 44 candidates, since it became public knowledge, has created a lot of tension, apprehension and discourse within the young and old from the deprived section.

“The House believes that adequate observance and implementation of the federal character principle will in no small measure allay fears of domination and denial by the ethnic minorities and invariably foster national unity.”

https://punchng.com/reps-allege-lopsidedness-in-navy-recruitment-demand-suspension-of-exercise/

I cry for my dear country.

Nigeria can never work

North knows what they want but South doesn't know what they want

okoo

Buhari is a political miscalculation.
argue with Tinubu.

What is tbe update on this?

So that Sahara Reporters article was correct?