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Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by DaTruths: 6:34pm On Oct 20, 2023
Gajagojo:

Did the South vote for him ?
Did he win in the South?
Don't be dishonest.
In the SE he did not get 25% in any state
In the SS how many states did he win?
Don't be a hypocrite

No wahala na, he should be appointing only Yorubas it doesn't affect me.

My major concern is the economy he's killing instead of reviving.
Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Gajagojo: 6:34pm On Oct 20, 2023
deji17:

The only way Tinubu can be a Messiah to you is if he appoints an Igbo as Customs controller, make Igbos all the head of parastatal, make you a Minister, invite Obi to become Nigeria President, then resign.
Keep clowning..
abobote:
Tinubu is not smiling with his one sided appointment
Benresmy:
Tribalistic president..




Ahigbo1:
The government of the Yoruba, by the Yoruba, and for the Yoruba embarassed
Coronavirus1:
Tinubu is a tribalistic man so only youroba belongs to south south.

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Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Gajagojo: 6:43pm On Oct 20, 2023
DaTruths:


No wahala na, he should be appointing only Yorubas it doesn't affect me.

My major concern is the economy he's killing instead of reviving.
Is he appointing only Yorubas?
Like Wike,Umahi,Ribadu,Ogalla, Keyamo, Lokpobiri,BadaruGwarzo,Ekpo,?

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Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Gajagojo: 7:31pm On Oct 20, 2023
DaTruths:
Buhari appointed his Northerners from the far end of North-West to the Far end of North-East.

Tinubu clamored for Southern Presidency, the whole Governors of Southern origin had a meeting at Asaba which birthed the Asaba Declaration where we all agreed that Power must return to South.

The South was somewhat in unity on it.

Now Tinubu has become the president, but unfortunately the president for the South-West.

He is appointing mostly Yorubas, Southern Presidency indeed.

He should remember that Buhari was nepotic, but he opened his arm across the whole North.

But Tinubu doesn't want to open his arm across the whole South.

Quite unfortunate because this should be the turn of the South not just South-West.
femicyrus:

You've suddenly forgotten how Jonathan skewed appointments against the south west
Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Gajagojo: 8:19pm On Oct 20, 2023
OfficialAPCNig:
Buhari appointed Northerners (NE, NW and NC)

But Yorubas are appointing Yorubas.

We told una that Yorubas are King in Nepotism. We set don dey for Lagos know this.

😂😂😂

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Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Gajagojo: 5:16am On Oct 21, 2023
anungangampu:

Lol.. how funny some of you sound. Did he win the whole South West' without some state in the North and South can he win the election, he even lost in his strong zone.

Just forget about voting pattern. Tinubu is doing what is in the mind of every Yoruba in the street. When he is done' posterity will judge him.
how unintelligent you sound
Tinubu has been fairer to the SS than Good luck Jonathan was to the SW

Tell us under Jonathan the most senior Yoruba in his government
Tinubu won the North
He lost the South. He only won the SW

You can spare us the Age made analysis
He has been fair to everyone

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Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Gajagojo: 5:18am On Oct 21, 2023
DaTruths:


No wahala na, he should be appointing only Yorubas it doesn't affect me.

My major concern is the economy he's killing instead of reviving.

When Good luck Jonathan was there tell us the biggest appointment he gave Yoruba
Stop being a hypocrite

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Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Gajagojo: 5:31am On Oct 21, 2023
airsaylongcome:


Do you want to do a side by side comparison? I'm off to bed now. But we can continue in the afternoon

Study this thread well

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Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Gajagojo: 11:03am On Oct 21, 2023
Irony1:


Is GEJ now igbo? And besides how many igbos were actually in Jonathan's government, I dare you to list the appointments.

Good question
Good English
Study this thread

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Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Gajagojo: 3:19pm On Oct 25, 2023
nairalandkachy1:
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE MARINE AND BLUE ECONOMY SECTOR

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of two new Chief Executive Officers in Parastatals and Agencies under the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy in line with the recommendations of the Honourable Minister, H.E. Adegboyega Oyetola:

Managing Director / CEO, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) — Alhaji Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji

Executive Secretary / CEO, Nigerian Shippers' Council (NSC) — Mr. Akutah Pius Ukeyima

Alhaji Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji is a graduate of Banking and Finance and holds a Master's degree in Public Administration and Business Administration. He is an Economist with industry experience of more than 28 years before he entered the public service. In the public service, he first reversed the downward trajectory of the Osun State Investment Company Limited before serving as the Osun State Commissioner of Finance for eight years.

Mr. Akutah Ukeyima is a graduate of Law and holds a Master's degree in Public International Law from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He most recently served as the Head of the Central Authority Unit, International Cooperation in Criminal Matters, Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation.

President Bola Tinubu tasks the new appointees in this vital sector to faithfully implement the policies and programmes of the Honourable Minister in pursuit of the expeditious and efficient attainment of bolstered revenues and investments as part of the Renewed Hope Agenda's Blue Economy strategy.

Chief Ajuri Ngelale

Special Adviser to the President

(Media & Publicity)

October 25, 2023
Eduadolero:
Why us this old mans appointment loopsided ?
Only yorubas

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Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Gajagojo: 6:19pm On Oct 25, 2023
Sundaland:
Asari Dokubo direct message to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in trending Tiktok video:

"The appointment that is going on is one side, we must speak out, this is not Lagos, Tinubu must realise that the path he’s following in making appointment is not fair."
Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Gajagojo: 10:06pm On Oct 25, 2023
UNBELIEVABLE

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/08/marginalizing-ministerial-list-s-east-blows-hot-mulls-legal-action/

By Nnamdi Ojiego, Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Steve Oko & Chinonso Alozie

Political leaders and socio-cultural organizations from the South-East geo-political zone have tackled President Bola Tinubu over perceived lopsidedness in the ministerial nominations, describing his action as a calculated attempt to continue the marginalization of Ndigbo.

Sunofgod:
GEJ should have just chased them out of the room.

Why even answer their questions.

SMH

What would you advise Tinubu to do?
seunmsg:
This thread will remain very relevant for the next 4 years. It will be used to shut the mouth of the group that usually play the marginalisation and victim card. What goes around comes around. Karma is indeed a biatch.
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Ttalk:
Abaribe is economical with truth and his mischief is well known.

If we are talking about nepotism, Azikwe as the President was the Father of Nepotism in Africa with his appointments and encroachment into the regions in the 60s.

We saw how he populate the entire federal structure with Igbo.

History is there and records are there. Any Igbo that criticize Tinubus's appointment should first explain the justification of Azikwe in appointing his tribesmen into most of the positions

DatNiggaDaz:
The people who claimed that the Igbos are triballistic people can now see the people who destroyed Nigeria with nepotism, bigotry, corruption, religious extremism, etc.

I am very happy that it is happening for all to see the truth. Those who claim one Nigeria & destroyed the country with incompetence after independence in 1960 can now clearly see that nepotism, tribalism, corruption, ethnic supremacy on the part of the chanters of one Nigeria mostly from the fulanis & their yoruba counterparts are worst than the devil in what they accuse the Igbos of.

My SS people, I hope una eyes dey clear. Even Akpabio the fool, dem don dey shook hand for e eyes small small.

Buhari have used our oyel to empower & enrich his ethnnic folks. Now the emilokans have increased the enpowernment & errichment to the power of 10.

Dear GEJ, you suffer for this creatures hands

AfroKnight:
This same Abaribe, who stood surety for a tribalistic extremist warmonger, has no business accusing anyone of nepotism.

Abaribe’s bold support for Kanu shows that he would do much worse in Tinubu’s shoes.

That said, Tinubu had better forget about any 2nd term ambitions. He has stepped on toes. His allies are upset. That’s his problem anyway.
Godwin4444:
Igbos can wail till eternity

We no send them
gabazin080:
what is bad in appointing people you trust whether they are your kinsmen or not

accordadoga29:
Hehehe

Were you expecting him to appoint his enemies?

Tinubu is the president and has the final decision.

The third-class citizens should go and rest.

Who is not pleased can go and hug transformer.
Kingosytex:


He isn't wailing but speaking the facts. He isn't hungry so how can he wail?
The truth here is that Bubu set a very bad antecedent by rewarding his kinsmen with all vital positions.
If no one complained during Bubu's reign then no one should complain now.
Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by raumdeuter: 10:14pm On Oct 27, 2023

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Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Gajagojo: 9:28am On Oct 28, 2023

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Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Gajagojo: 11:33am On Nov 07, 2023
NutritionGuru:
Has Tinubu’s Appointments been equitable and fair to the North? The Answer is Capital YES!

By Farooq Kperogi November 5, 2023

In fact, when compared side by side with the Igbobization of President Jonathan's Government and the Fulanization of Buhari's Government, Tinubu has been far more kind, considerate, free and fair in the Appointments of Persons that he believes would help his Presidency to successfully achieve his Great Vision of developing a Nigeria that all Nigerians shall be very Proud of.

Have you watched the Trending Video that exposed Obidients and their agents Saboteurs that vowed and did all their best in discouraging Nigerians from sending Dollars home and ensured Naira lost Value?! It was actually after then that it became more crystal clear to the Presidency that the free-fall of Naira then was wickedly orchestrated behind the scene by same those that have frantically fought against the President during Election with their Campaign of Calumny and Character Assassination efforts. Is it from such Atiku allies and Obi followers that the intelligently Great President is expected to choose his Economic Reform Think-Tanks from?! So, he should be foolish enough to entrust the Steering Wheel of his Government into the hands of those that are guaranteed to ensure that his Presidency would not Succed?!

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Have the President’s appointments been fair? Have they been equitable? Some say he has not been fair, equitable and just; especially those who say that he has unduly favoured his Yoruba ethnic group. To buttress their point, they have listed some important and critical appointments which they say have gone the way of Tinubu’s Yoruba ethnic group. Let us take the appointments one after the other, beginning with the office of Chief of Staff, created in 1999 by the then President Olusegun Obasanjo. We have since then had the following as Chief of Staff. 1. Abdullahi Mohammed (Northerner), 29 May, 1999 – 2 June, 2008; 9 years. 2. Relatively-unknown Gbolade Osinowo (South-west), 2 June 2008 – 18 September, 2008; three-and-half months, after which the then President Umaru Yar’Ádua abolished the position. 3. Mike Oghiadomhe (South-South), 17 May, 2010 – 10 February 2014; about 4 years (after President Goodluck Jonathan reinstated the position). 4. Jones Arogbofa (Yoruba), 18 February 2014 – 29 May, 2015; one year, three months. 5. Abba Kyari (Northerner), 27 August 2015 – 17 April, 2022, almost seven years). 6. Ibrahim Gambari (Kwara state/North Central), 13 May, 2020 – 29 May, 2023, three years). So, the North has held the position for 16 years; South-South, 4 years; North-Central, 3 years; South-west, one-and-half years before the current holder of the post, Femi Gbajabiamila, who came into office on 14 June, 2023, less than 5 months ago. My verdict: This appointment by President Tinubu is justified.

Next is the position of the National Security Adviser; WIKIPEDIA described this position as “a senior official in the cabinet of the President of Nigeria who manages national security on behalf of the President and serves as his chief advisor on all matters that are vital to the very survival of the State. The position is a statutory member of the Presidency, National Security Council and the Federal Executive Council. The occupants since 1993 are: 1. Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, 2 January 1993 – 30 August, 1993, eight months. 2. Ismaila Gwarzo, 30 August 1993 – 9 June, 1998, about 5 years. 3. Abdullahi Mohammed, 9 June 1998 – 29 May, 1999, 1 year. 4. Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, 29 May, 1999 – 1 June, 2006, seven years. 5. Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar 1 June, 2006 – 8 March, 2010, five years. 6. Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, 8 March, 2010 – 18 September, 2010, about six months. 7. Kayode Are (in acting capacity for only two weeks), 18 September, 2010 – 4 October, 2010. 8. President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan broke the North’s monopoly of the position when he appointed Owoye Andrew Azazi (4 October, 2010 – 22 June, 2012), less than two years. 9. The North seized the position again with the appointment of Sambo Dasuki, 22 June, 2012 -13 July, 2015, three years. 10. Babagana Monguno, 13 July, 2015 – 26 June 2023, eight years. The current holder of the position, Nuhu Ribadu, appointed on 26 June, 2023, is also a Northerner. No person of South-west origin has held the position in a substantive position. If President Tinubu appoints a Yoruba man into the office today, there will be an outcry of “Yorubanization” but he will be justified.

Next is the Chief of Army Staff, the undisputed flagship of the Nigerian Armed Forces: The last time a Yoruba (South-west) was Chief of Army Staff (Lt. Gen. Ipoola Alani Akinrinade) was in 1979 – and for only six months! It has been Northerners all the way: Lt. Gen. Gibson Jalo; Lt. Gen. Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi; Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Babangida; Lt. Gen. Sani Abacha; Lt. Gen. Salihu Ibrahim; Lt. Gen. Aliyu Mohammed Gusau; Maj. Gen. Chris Alli; Major-Gen. Alwali Kazir; Lt. Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi; Lt. Gen. Victor Malu; Lt. Gen. Alexander Ogomudia (South-South); Lt. Gen. Martin Luther Agwai; Lt. Gen. Owoye Andrew Azazi (South-South); Lt. Gen. Luka Yusuf; Addulrahman Bello Dambazzau; Lt. Gen.Azubuike Ihejirika (South-East); Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah (South-South); Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai; Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru; Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya and the incumbent, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, who was appointed on 23 June, 2023. Is his appointment justified? 100% justified!

The incumbent Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, is the first Yoruba (South-west) to head the organization in a substantive capacity since its inception despite that the chunk of its revenue comes from the region! The list of the Comptroller-Generals is dominated by Northerners: Shehu Ahmadu Musa; Gen. S. O. G. Ango (Sole Administrator); Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Mustapha; Jacob Gyang Buba; Hamman Bello Ahmed; Bernard-Shaw Nwadialo; Dikko Inde Abdullahi and retired Army Colonel Hammed Ali. Is Adeniyi’s appointment justified? It is! What of the Nigeria Immigration Service? The current acting Comptroller-General, Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, is the first Yoruba (South-west) to occupy the post, though still in an acting capacity. Is her appointment justified? Very, very!

What of the EFCC, founded in 1999 by President Olusegun Obasanjo? The list of appointees into the position of Executive Chairman as well as acting Chairman of the EFCC has been an exclusive preserve of the North: Ibrahim Lamorde (Adamawa), acting Chairman, 2008; Ibrahim Magu (Borno state), Acting Chairman, 2015 – 2020; Mohammed Umar Abba (Kano state), acting Chairman, 2020 – 2021; Abdulkarim Chukkol (from Borno state), acting Chairman (June 2023 – October, 2023). The substantive chairmen are: Nuhu Ribadu (from Adamawa, appointed in 2003 and re-appointed in 2007), Farida Waziri (Benue state), AbdulRasheed Bawa (Kebbi state). The incumbent, Olanipekun Olukoyede, is the first Southerner ever to occupy the position. Is the appointment justified? Super justified!

What of the position of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, which some people think is their birthright and exclusive preserve? This is the list: Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun (1976 – 1979); John Jatau Kadiya (1979 – 1982); Iro Abubakar Dan Musa (1982 – 1983); Haliru Dantoro (1983); Mamman Jiya Vatsa (1984 – December 1985); Hamza Abdullahi (1986 – 1989), Gado Nasko (1989 – 1993); Jeremiah Timbut Useni (1993 – 1998); Mamman Kontagora (1998 – 1999); Ibrahim Bunu (1999 – 2001); Mohammed Abba Gana (8 February, 2001 – 17 July, 2003); Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai (17 July, 2003 – 27 July, 2003); Aliyu Modibbo Umar (27 July, 2007 – 29 October, 2008; Bala Mohammed (8 April, 2010 – 29 April, 2015); Mohammed Musa Bello November 2015 – 29 May 2023 and the incumbent, Nyesom Wike, who was appointed on 21 August, 2023. Since the federal capital was moved from Lagos to Abuja on 12 December, 1991, no Southerner has been made its Minister. Is a Southerner’s appointment as the FCT Minister justified? It is!

The incumbent governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, was appointed by President Tinubu on 15 September, 2023. His predecessors are: Roy Pentelow Fenton (24 July, 1958 – 24 July, 1963); Aliyu Mai-Bornu (25 July, 1963 -22 June, 1967); Clement Nyong Isong (15 August, 1967 – 22 September, 1975); Adamu Ciroma (24 September, 1975 -28 June, 1977); Ola Vincent (28 June, 1982 – 30 September, 1993); Paul Agbai Ogwuma (1 October, 1993 – 29 May, 1999); Joseph Oladele Sanusi (29 May, 1999 – 29 May, 2004); Charles Chukwuma Soludo (29 May, 2004 – 29 May, 2009); Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi (3 June, 2009 – 20 February, 2014); Sarah Alade (in acting capacity: 20 February 2014 – 3 June, 2014); Godwin Emefiele (3 June, 2014 – 9 June, 2023); Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi (in acting capacity: 9 June, 2023 – 15 September, 2023). As usual, the North has held the post for 22 years, far more than the other regions of the country. South-South (eight years) but if Emefiele is counted as South-South and you add his nine years, then, South-South shoots up to 17 years! South-west 10 years plus seven months in acting capacity and the South-East, 11 years; but if Emefiele is treated as Igbo and you add his nine years, then the South-east moves up to 20 years, next to the North! In view of these statistics, is Tinubu’s appointment of Cardoso as CBN governor justified? It is!

The Minister of Finance is another example of Yorubanization being pointed at. Let’s look at the statistics: Wale Edun is the incumbent, appointed by President Tinubu on 16 August, 2023. Since the Fourth Republic began in 1999, it has been Adamu Ciroma (Yobe State), 1999 -2003; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Delta State), 2003 – 2006; Nenadi Usman (Kaduna State), 2006 – 2007; Shamsuddeen Usman (Kano State), 2007 – 2009; Mansur Mukhtar (Borno State), 2009 – 2010; Olusegun Aganga (Ekiti State), 2010 – 2011); Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Delta State) 2011 -2015; Kemi Adeosun (Ogun State), 2015 – 2018; and Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna State) 2018 – 2023. Recall that Adeosun’s tenure was truncated as a result of the trumped-up controversy over her NYSC discharge certificate and as if Buhari and the cabals around him were waiting for that to happen, the position was quickly given to one of their own! It remains to be seen whether the Yoruba, who led the bandwagon of those who roasted Adeosun, have learnt any lesson! The South-west has done only about five years, less than what Okonjo-Iweala alone chalked up for Delta and Zainab Ahmed for the North! Is the appointment of Edun as Finance Minister justified? It is!

I can go on and on! For instance, no one from the South-west has been the INEC chairman since 1999. The list is: Ephraim Akpata (1998 – 2000); Abel Guobadia (2000 – 2005); Maurice Iwu (2005 – 2010); Atahiru Jega (2010 – 2015); and the incumbent, Mahmood Yakubu, in office since 2015. Is it not only just, fair and equitable for the next INEC chairman to come from Yoruba land? There are countless other important offices, agencies and parastatals of the Federal Government (Code of Conduct Bureau, Code of Conduct Tribunal, among others) where Southerners, and specifically the South-west/Yoruba, have been marginalized for ages.

Not only can we not wish away Prof. Richard Joseph’s theory of prebendal politics in Nigeria, a federal state such as Nigeria must also ensure that no section is marginalized to the point that succession becomes an enticing option. That is what the agitation for Biafra and Yoruba Nation tells us. Nigeria’s minority groups, too, have their grievances; one of which is the erroneous assumption, always, that only the major ethnic groups matter. Some of President Tinubu’s appointments have been sensitive to the need to change that narrative. A few examples: The Chief of Defence Staff is General Christopher Gwabin Musa, from the minority Zangon Kataf of southern Kaduna State. We have not forgotten the controversy generated when Vice-Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla was named the Chief of Naval Staff, with some Igbo leaders saying he did not come from “mainstream” Igbo! George Akume, appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation by President Tinubu, is a minority from Benue State. There are so many other such appointments which, in my mind, were directed at correcting the injustices of the past.

But all said and done, is the President infallible or can he please everyone? No mortal can! That is the wisdom in Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey’s evergreen song titled “Ketekete” (The Horse, The Man and The Son)!

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Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Gajagojo: 9:18pm On Nov 21, 2023
telkevog:
Jagaban came for business. The Northerners never saw this coming. They felt they were dealing with a half dead man, not knowing that Tinubu was applying subterfuge.
Faiththatworks:
It seems Jagaban is determined to hand over everything patapata concerning the Economy to Yoruba people.
Minister of Finance,CBN governor,Bank Of Industry, Comptroller-General of Customers,FIRS,even the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy is a Yoruba person,as far there's an Economy or Economic in the name,a Yoruba person must be there,Even EFCC with economic in the name is being manned by a Yoruba person......
Even Baba Buhari with his extreme Northern Nepotistic Aura still left some agencies and Ministries for Southerners.
The people around Asiwaju should tell him to pause on his Yoruba Agenda,I can't in all fairness criticize Baba Buhari for being extremely Nepotistic and keep quiet while Asiwaju is taking his own Nepotism to Second base.
He should remember he's toeing the same path as President Jonathan and Baba Buhari.
I really have to doff my heart for Baba Obasanjo for being a Nationalist, It's not easy to appoint people outside your ethnic conclave to position of authority in Nigeria.
Still selling LAND in my Estate in Ibeju-lekki
https://www.nairaland.com/7905580/introducing-silvergate-estate-ibeju-lekki
God bless Nigeria.

But NNPC is still headed by a Northerner.
That needs to change
Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Gajagojo: 7:50pm On Nov 23, 2023
Chygoz01:
I know this may sound awkward but the fact is that we igbos like Yoruba people and we don’t see them as a trait or enemy we cohabit with them peacefully and do business in there land . But the problem is Nigerian leaders always causing confusion because they know anyday the whole south will unite that will be the end of nigeria and there criminality please my Yoruba brothers let’s stop all these tribal war and embrace peace. One love 🙏
Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Occurstaem(m): 12:50pm On Nov 25, 2023
farem:
Who Developed Lagos?

By 1872 Lagos was a cosmopolitan trading center with a population of over 60,000 people. Colonial Lagos developed into a busy, cosmopolitan port, with an architecture that blended Victorian and Brazilian styles. The Brazilian element was imparted by skilled builders and masons who had returned from Brazil The black elite was composed of English-speaking "Saros" from Sierra Leone and other emancipated slaves who had been repatriated from Brazil and Cuba.
By 1872 the population of the colony was over 60,000, of whom less than 100 were of European origin.

Lagosians had telephone presence in 1886, Itu and Calabar got connected to Telephone in 1923, while between 1946 and 1952, a three-channel line carrier system was commissioned between Lagos and Ibadan and was later extended to Osogbo, Kaduna, Kano, Benin, and Enugu.

Communication technology is a major signifier of civilizations and if Lagosians were already making telephone calls more than 70 years before Igbo citizens, where then did you get the warped idea that you came to develop Lagos?

By 1856 Cable and Wireless Company of the UK had commissioned a submarine cable link between Lagos and London and in 1851 a post office was established in Lagos; all these before the emergence of Nigeria as an amalgamated country. If I may ask again, where did the stupid idea that Igbo developed Lagos come from? Or that Lagos was developed with Nigeria's money when Lagos was not even part of Nigeria until 1914.

The first Yoruba lawyer Christopher Alexander Sapara Williams, a Ijesaman, was called to the English Bar in 1879 whilst the first Igbo lawyer, Sir Louis Mbanefo, was called to the English bar in 1937.

Again the first Yoruba medical practitioner, Dr. Nathaniel King, graduated in 1875 from the University of Edinburgh whilst the first Igbo medical practitioner, Dr. Akannu Ibiam, graduated from another Scottish University in 1935. Again I ask, where did the ignorant hypothesis of the backward Yoruba race who needed development by the superior Igbo race come from?

Awolowo will continue to be the Yoruba hero not because of blind followership but because he gave his people the system of free education, free healthcare and he introduced Television to the Yoruba; making Yorubaland the first region to have a TV station in Africa, all done with revenues from Cocoa. It is crass ignorance and naked buffonery to claim Lagos was built with Nigeria's money. In addition, where did the foolish idea that the Igbo brought civilization to Lagos and Yoruba-land come from?

The aim of this post is not to deride any tribe but to correct the dangerous misinformation ever trending among some Igbo youths and common in their narratives that Lagos is a no-man's land and that their fathers built and developed Lagos.

Ancestors of Igbo people came to Yoruba-land like all other settlers and we appreciate their contributions. But the stupid claim that Igbo built and developed Lagos is a gross display of stupidity because Lagos was already developed before Igbo ancestors came here from their villages and towns.

The first storey building in Nigeria was built in Marina, Badagry in 1845, long before some of hinterland people gave up the idea of conical mud houses with thatched roofs which some boastfully called 'ancient mansions.' How can you now claim your grand-sires developed Lagos? Please if you are one of those spreading the fiction, I expect you to desist from self-delusion and collective amnesia forthwith.

The first Igbo alphabet-character set and Igbo primer (Isoama-Ibo) was published by Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther (a Yoruba man from Osogun, Oyo, Oyo State) in 1857. How can you now claim superiority over the Yoruba race and even carelessly affirm that your forebears should be thanked for bringing enlightenment to Yoruba Land?

While an average Lagosian or Yoruba does not see all these achievements as a sign of Yoruba superiority over the Igbo or any other tribe, for we do not believe in racial superiority; trust us not to also tolerate any attempt by bigots who stoke ethnic hatred through incitement and arrogant claims of superiority over us or others.

Source:
Igbimo Asoju Yoruba
February 2023.

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Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by MrFourSHIRTS: 8:59pm On Dec 15, 2023
jahrule:
We need to make our brothers know that these people are only pretending to love us. As soon as their bigot Obi wins, they will start spitting those Yoruba that would foolishly vote for them. Obi won't win anyway.

Obi is still their online president

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Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Gajagojo: 12:40pm On Dec 18, 2023
jahrule:
We need to make our brothers know that these people are only pretending to love us. As soon as their bigot Obi wins, they will start spitting those Yoruba that would foolishly vote for them. Obi won't win anyway.
We know that is why he didn't win and will never win
Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Occurstaem(m): 3:52pm On Dec 21, 2023
This thread "I'm Personally Disappointed With How The Igbos Rejoiced Over Nairaland's Issues" created by Philgafauto @ 1:48pm has been hidden/closed down by the mods.

Does that mean creating a thread about one's observation of a pattern of behavior and action warrants closing the thread? @Seun

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Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by aribisala0(m): 10:43pm On Feb 05
RuggedBiafran:
They worked against Jonathan...a Southerner

They insulted PO and forgot Southern unity.

They are the most hungry in the South, after shouting MANDATE foolishly.

They are the most unreliable partners in any collective movment.

Hunger must kill them all....Nonsense cool
Brenbentondiaz:


Oh yeah. You forgot the mongrels that worked against Abiola, I presume? Maybe you retards think others have short memory, or that you think others are daft while you're the only ones that are smart. You will start your foolishness with glee. When you're hit back, you'll start wailing. Did your primitive ancestors think of southern unity when they killed the Yoruba premier and top military, while sparing their ibbo brothers? The most hungry in the south? Have you seen your fellow bonobos? Lolz.

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Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by aribisala0(m): 1:33pm On Feb 23
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 10 executive heads across the Nigerian Communications Commission, Galaxy Backbone Limited, and Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, all agencies in the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, announced the latest appointees in a statement he signed Thursday titled, ‘President Tinubu reconstitutes management teams in agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy.’

At the Nigerian Communications Commission, he appointed Abraham Oshadami as Executive Commissioner of Technical Services, Rimini Makama as Executive Commissioner of Stakeholder Management, and Opeyemi Dele-Ajayi as President and CEO of the Digital Bridge Institute.

At Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, he named Abiodun Attah as Executive Director of Technical Services; Aisha Abdullahi as Executive Director, Finance & Administration; and Jaiyeola Awokoya as Executive Director, Marketing & Business Development.

The President also appointed Ibrahim Adeyanju, Managing Director/CEO of Galaxy Backbone Limited, alongside three executive directors.

They include Mohammed Ibrahim, Executive Director of Finance & Corporate Services; Olusegun Olulade, Executive Director of Customer Centricity & Marketing; and Olumbe Akinkugbe, Executive Director of Digital Exploration & Technical Services.

With the reconstitution of the management teams in these agencies, President Tinubu expects the new appointees to “deliver excellent service to elevate the impact of the digital economy sector on the socio-economic development of the nation,” said Ngelale.

FreeStuffsNG:
Asiwaju Tinubu is working assiduously putting square pegs in square holes.

I am not surprised about this other round of merit-based appointments in this technical ICT sector. ICT is one of those many strategic national sectors where the Yoruba are famed even globally to dominate and have clear first mover advantage especially here in Nigeria and Africa.

Here's wishing all the appointees the very best of luck. Please put in your best efforts.

God bless Nigeria for ever! Check my signature for free stuffs!

God bless Ajuri Ngelale
You will never announce evil
Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by aribisala0(m): 8:09pm On Feb 28
See hypocrisy

Didijiji:
m.umu

Who sponsored the destruction of Jonathan’s government?

The person =SW
Jonathan = SS

We will never forget


aljharem:


Same SW put GEJ there. SE did not do anything but wanted to sideline SW

That was GEJ greatest undoing.

If SE become president and sideline SW then same will happen
Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by aribisala0(m): 6:56pm On Mar 01
amoreobansu:

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new members of the management team of the FGN Power Company Limited.

This was disclosed in a statement signed by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity.

Ngelale said the appointment was in recognition of the critical role of power supply in driving enterprise and industrial development in the country.

He noted that the appointment was part of comprehensive efforts to reform the power sector and ensure energy security for all Nigerians.

According to Ngelale, Tinubu anticipates that with the full constitution of the management team, the “FGN Power Company Limited will work assiduously to realize the core objectives of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) in close collaboration with Siemens Energy through a holistic overhaul, modernization, and expansion of the national grid and other critical measures to ensure the growth of the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI)”.

The new appointees are:

(1) Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Kenny Osebi Anuwe (reappointed)

(2) Company Secretary/Legal Advisor – Prof Mamman Lawal (reappointed)

(3) Chief Technical Officer (CTO) – Ebenezer Olawale Fapohunda

(4) Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) – Babatunde Daramola Oniru

(5) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) – Julius Oyekola Olabiyi.

https://dailypost.ng/2024/03/01/tinubu-appoints-new-members-of-fgn-power-management-team-see-full-list/

Frigga13:
The Yoruba people are in government....

Hopefully no one will blame southern Nigeria for the administration failure ..

Buhari and his Fulani blood.. were. Not this nepotistic and archaic.. it was a northern government. For real.

Whichever ways .. we wish the Yoruba people well... for the sake of Nigeria .

But one will then ask..

Why are Yoruba states aside Lagos .. so underdeveloped and inhabitable.. aside the state capitals .. which is still nothing near developed.. unlike state capitals in the north and other southern states ..... .. or any one still in shock why herdsmen has are living freely with cattle’s living in houses ?

Go to idu ekiti and see for yourself .. right behind the federal medical center .. and funny the indigenous people are farmers ..

God bless Nigeria
Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by aribisala0(m): 9:55pm On Mar 01
Basic123:

Which yoruba states outside lagos is undeveloped?

Mention one state in the god forsaken east that can match Ibadan level if development?....states versus city!

You sound bitter frustrated and dissatisfied with life
Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by aribisala0(m): 3:25am On Mar 03
AfonjaConehead:

This is the reason why I call ronus southern abominations.
We like how tinubu is putting these northerners in their places but seeing posts and people like you is so annoying and repulsive.. anything happens to tinubu and the south returns back to deep shttt but human beings like you are just one way traffic,SHIOR.
You are joking right?
Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by Bridget95(f): 3:49am On Mar 03
Gajagojo:
how unintelligent you sound
Tinubu has been fairer to the SS than Good luck Jonathan was to the SW

Tell us under Jonathan the most senior Yoruba in his government
Tinubu won the North
He lost the South. He only won the SW

You can spare us the Age made analysis
He has been fair to everyone
what happened to federal character?
All regions are supposed to be equally represented in government.
Re: Yoruba Marginalization: Elders Met Jonathan To Complain - SMH by aribisala0(m): 2:14am On Mar 11
Thissystem:

According to HURIWA, an analysis of Tinubu’s appointments, as revealed by activist Deji Adeyanju, suggests a pervasive ethnic bias within the administration, particularly in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), where directors were reportedly replaced with individuals from a specific ethnic background.
https://dailypostngr.com/2024/03/majority-of-tinubus-appointments-favour-southwest-human-rights-group-laments/#google_vignette

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