president jonathan had all the goodwill and support remniscent of that abiola got in the hope 93' but what has he chosen to do with it,fritter iton the altar of PDP imperialism.now he has chosen to sack azazi,an action i predicted some time ago,supposedly for boko haram attacks.some people have jumped up in applause but i have decided toobserve the situation critically and my observation led to certain points am going to raise.


1. what eactly is the job of the NSA?according to the 1999 constituition(a s amended),the position of the NSA is not even a cabinetposition.his status in government is equal to that of special adviser on social welfare or even special adviser on presidential wardrobe.he is anappointee of the president who ordinarily should sit at FEC meetings oreven have the privilege of having a subhead in the budget.however with the emergence of president jonathan which curiously coincided with the re-emergence of bokoharam as a deadly force,the NSA became the "anointed" one on everything that concerns security.it is however pertinent to note that the NSA has no powers over any security agencies.they dont report to him neither are they under his command.


2. a few weeks ago,at the south-south economic summit,erstwhil e NSAandrew azazi made a revelation which must have been deduced from the information he was privy to based on his position,that PDP is the major fuel which lights bokoharam.in summary he said pdp is bokoharam.in my opinion,the NSA wouldnt make such statements publicly without having first made a pitch to his boss,president jonathan,about the possibility.for him to have still made that statement(which wasnt a careless one but was part of a prepared speech) shows that he felt it was necessary for that information to be known to all.one would have expected Mr. president to liase with his NSA on the best way to move forward,one would have expected Mr president to tell us as a nation that politics should be blamed and thus he would do all in his power to rein in the sponsors within his party.alas our expectation were in vain as Mr. president first feigned ignorance of his NSA's speech and afterwards discarded the speech in its entirety by telling us that his "party is the most democratic in nigeria".immedi ately after that,people with good insight into the thought process of president jonathan predicted that the NSA would soon lose his job.

3. some people think the NSA lost his job for imcompetence and hence Mr. President was right in sacking him.however,the only failure i can see is the failure of Mr. President to act.


is the NSA to blame for the inability of the office of the attorney general to prosecute senator ali ndume who was fingered and admitted to been a supporter of bokoharam?senat or ndume was neversuspended by the national assembly and still attends sessions,he has been on bail for months and is now pushing for the court to throw out the case against him,a plea the judge is inclined to give in to due to shoddy prosecution but is holding back on in the hope the attorney general eventuallly realises the importance of the case.i am certain by the next date the case is called,it will be thrown out.

is the NSA to blame for the inability of the president to expose the bokoharam sponsors within his government whom he has told us severally that he knows?

is the NSA to blame for the fact that ex-governor ali modu sheriff who was fingered as the sponsor of boko haram hasnt even been investigated or interrogated and just days after the revelation of his onvolvement,was a guest of mr president and pictures showed them laughing together.

is the NSA to blame for the fact that over 30 suspected bokoharamists were almost freed by the courts 2 days ago because the case had been adjourned 4 times,the last adjournment been december 2011 and after all this time,the prosecution still hasnt called a single witness or brought forth any exhibits or evidence.

is the NSA to be blamed for the fact that the officials of the borno state governors lodge where kabiru sokoto,alleged mastermind of the madalla bombings havent even been quizzed?we have continued to hear of arrest but suddenly,these people vanish into thin air.

where is abul qaqa,where is kabiru sokoto,where is john odiah,where is the manwearing jalabiyyah who wanted to bomb a church in bayelsa and the other in kano?where is the man who attempted to smuggle bombs intoa ministerial briefing?i know we dont have a guatanamo-like facility.

we were told that kabiru sokoto masterminded madalla bombing and mamman nur masterminded UN bombing,suddenl y we are told it was habeeb bama that masterminded both bombings and that he was captured.at the time we werent told he was wounded,then we are toldhe has died from gunshot wounds sustained.

there are too many questions begging for answers.but for now,one question has been answered with the sack of azazi,president jonathan craves loyalty even when he is wrong.

now azazi has been replaced with colonel dasuki who in himself is quite a character.an accomplishedofficer no doubt but whose major leadership experience is limited to NSPMC.i just wonder at the wisdom in replacing a 4 star general with acolonel

Another half baked analyst surfaces

present ur own

la cosa nostra: present ur own

You dey mind shameless bootlickers? His name already speaks to the content of his character!

gej the last samurai

CyberG:

You dey mind shameless bootlickers? His name already speaks to the content of his character!

And what does your name says? A stoopid Cyber Idiot. Fool. CyberG - CyberGoat.

Noting spoilt.

It is the duty of an administrator in this case the President to hire or fire

He has not breached the Constitution of the Feederal Republic of Nigeria by this singular act.

poster wrote my mind...

OP - So when there is problem of insecurity in the country with an NSA - he has no blame? Why was he appointed in the first place? A figure head? You said "it is however pertinent to note that the NSA has no powers over any security agencies.they dont report to him neither are they under his command" - Really. Well done.

You rightly said - is the office of the NSA to blame for the AG's failure to prosecute? So, in your analogy, how come the blame of the AG's failure goes to the President?

Why are you passing the blame to the President if those people you mentioned haven't been quizzed or even prosecuted?

GEJ craves loyalty - so whats wrong with that?

Put every blame on the President but absorbs the advisers from any wrong doing or incompetency!

I hail you.

werepeLeri: OP - So when there is problem of insecurity in the country with an NSA - he has no blame? Why was he appointed in the first place? A figure head? You said "it is however pertinent to note that the NSA has no powers over any security agencies.they dont report to him neither are they under his command" - Really. Well done.

You rightly said - is the office of the NSA to blame for the AG's failure to prosecute? So, in your analogy, how come the blame of the AG's failure goes to the President?

Why are you passing the blame to the President if those people you mentioned haven't been quizzed or even prosecuted?

GEJ craves loyalty - so whats wrong with that?

Put every blame on the President but absorbs the advisers from any wrong doing or incompetency!

I hail you.

i apprreciate your analysis of my analysis.however a question begs to be answered,if a president appoints an adviser,and refuses to take the advise of his adviser,is the adviser to blame?

an adviser's job is to talk,the attorney general's job is to act in the best interest of the country based on the directive of his boss.when the adviser fails to do his job,the lapses might not be noticeable especially in a case where the president himself is sharp as a needle.on the other hand,when the attorney general fails to do his job,the inefficiency is very noticeable and nothing the president says or does can make up for it.

its not a bad thing for a president to epect loyalty.but for a president to demand his appointees be loyal even when he is taking the wrong direction is simply asinine.advisers should be able to tell the president the truth without fear.

advisers can fail to do their job but they can never be tagged failures.ultimately its their boss who must accept responsibility rather than sacrificing them on the altar of his own ineffectiveness

Some of us are really misunderstanding this issue,the NSA is the adviser to the president on purely security matters,that does not in any way place him in charge of the security apparatus,as he can't give orders to any security agency,his is to only advise the president who has the right to heed to it or not,however he would be privy to highly classified info,so by extension he should gather info as well,in order to function well.

He is an employee at the mercy of Mr.President who can relieve him of his job and replace with someone else without contravening any known law of the land,it's just that these are tough times in the life our nation, any thing that happens seems to be blown out of proportion,otherwise there shouldn't be much ado over the removal of the NSA.

Let's just believe the President knows what he's doing and has equally acted in good faith.

It is amazing how people can twist their mind just to make sure their argument makes GEJ the wrong one.