₦airaland Forum

[size=18pt]How North sidelines S/West in civil service * No South Westerner in top ten of federal protocol[/size]



Notwithstanding the constitutional inviolability of the Federal Character Principle, which provides that no section of the country will be perpetuated in office above the other in a determined effort at ensuring equity, balance and fairness in the sharing of the nation's resources, investigations have shown that the South-West geopolitical zone has consistently been shortchanged in the application of Federal character over the years.


[size=15pt]Incidentally, the fault is not traceable to lack of competent hands by the zone; rather, investigations revealed that the zone has always presented its best and the best hands for the job at hand.
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Sources confirmed that a cabal in the Federal Civil Service, working hand in hand with some influential forces in the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) and the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) has combined to consistently execute an agenda against candidates of the South-West.


Three instances stand out

[size=15pt]Of the myriads of infraction against candidates of the South-West, three major appointments in recent history stand out. The appointment of the Auditor-General of the Federation (AGF) in 2009, the appointment of the Clerk of the National Assembly (CNA) in 2010 and the appointment of the new Head of Service of the Federation to replace Professor Oladapo Afolabi, who retired on September 29, are the classic instances of direct marginalisation of the South-West in the Federal Civil Service.[/size]


Somehow, the instances of marginalis- ation were orchestrated by forces believed to be working for the interest of the North.


Only last week, President Goodluck Jonathan appointed the replacement for Professor Afolabi from the North-East zone, contrary to widespread indication that the president was set to appoint a candidate from the South-West, in line with the desired balancing act in the federation as designed by the constitution.


Taking the Head of Service post to the North-East, the Federal Government has, thus, completed the routing of the South-West from the top 10 of the federal protocol, the zone having earlier lost the number four slot allotted to it by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) through some insider connivance traceable to the politics of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), which won majority of the House of Representatives seats from the zone.


In 2009, activities were flagged off when it was discovered that the two most senior directors in the office of Auditor-General of the Federation, Mr. Gabriel Ogunsina and Mr. Timothy Osonuga are from the South-West. By the rule guiding the service from independence, the two were supposed to take office one after the other.


But the unseen hands that wanted to the two South-West candidates invented a policy which indicates that the Auditor-General position could be advertised and the age classification contained in the advert deliberately sidelined the two, apparently to sideline them.


The administration of President Umaru Yar'Adua, which adopted the policy, in November 2009, forwarded the name of the then Auditor-General of Benue State, Samuel Ukura, to the Senate for confirmation, thus, striking out the two most senior directors in the office who had risen to positions of second and third in command to the Auditor-General at the time.


The case ofAuditor-General of the Federation

The FCSC had prepared a position which laid the foundation for the marginalisation of the South-West in the appointment of the Auditor-General, insinuating that the two most senior officers in the office of the Auditor-General of the Federation might not be competent to hold the substantive post.


But a career staff had stated then: "If the two most senior directors in the office of the Auditor-General, Mr. Gabriel Ogunsina and Mr. Timothy Osonuga, are not competent enough to be Auditor-General, as the Civil Service Commission tends to infer, how did they manage to rise to the position of directors? Would it not amount to self-indictment on the part of the commission that promoted them to the directorate cadre just as other civil servants in the service?"


Also in attempting to set the records straight, career auditors in the Federal Civil Service, in a petition to the president of the Senate, Senator David Mark, in November 2009, signed by Messrs Kabiru Iliya, Uzor Chimezie and James Ologbon, said the nomination of Ukura was against the rule of law and due process.


They also claimed that contrary to established procedures, the FCSC bypassed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and the Head of Service (HOS) of the Federation in making the appointment.


According to them, the appointment also sidelined the career auditors in the system as the FCSC only advertised the position, against the laid down procedure.


The career auditors protested that only the position of the Auditor-General was being so treated in history, while all other positions in the service are occupied by career personnel.


The auditors wrote: "Why did the Federal Government which has been professing the principles of the rule of law and due process suddenly jettison a set of rules and guidelines collectively set by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) when it came to appointing an Auditor-General for the federation?


"Contrary to insinuations that there are no qualified officers in the office of the AGF who are eligible for the position, the committee is enjoined to investigate the educational background and experience of officers in the directorate cadre in the office of the AGF.


"This will enable the committee to confirm that there is, indeed, a conspiracy against the staff of the office. For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state here that apart from the officer currently in acting capacity as Auditor-General and who has just submitted the annual audit report in record time, as required by the constitution, there is also a director who had his first degree in 1983 and who qualified as a chartered accountant in 1988. These officers have served all their careers as federal auditors and are still being regarded as 'not qualified.'


"On the other hand, the nominee, Mr. Ukura, graduated in 1986 and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1992. We can all see through the thick veil.


"We also want the PAC to note that the work in the office of the Auditor-General is not done by the Auditor-General himself, but by the staff of the office. The government is now bringing somebody who may need between two to three years to learn on the job. It is instructive to note that the job at the state where Mr. Ukura is coming from is different from that of the federal level.


"For instance, a state Auditor-General has never handled matters relating to the Federation Account. We also state that it is morally wrong for any government for whatever reasons, to jeopardize the career of all the officers in the directorate cadre of an establishment just to favour one individual.


"The adverse implication is that the entire directorate cadre from assistant directors upward may likely retire before the expiration of the tenure of the nominee under consideration.


"This is in view of the fact that while he stated his date of birth as June 5, 1956, in his curriculum vitae, his date of birth was given as June 5, 1959 in the security reports issued on him. This has made it difficult for anyone to know which of the two dates represents his true date of birth."


An example from the OBJ days

Incidentally, the South-West has also suffered in areas it has comparative advantage. Under the leadership of Senator Anyim Pius Anyim as Senate president, the then Senate rejected the choice of Mr. Joseph Ajiboye as nominee for the AGF office on two occasions when he was presented by President Olusegun Obasanjo. The argument then was that the public finance sector at that time was lopsided in favour of the South-West, especially as the then governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the then minister of state for finance were from the South-West.


The situation in the National Assembly

In 2007, it was discovered that the time of the then CNA, Alhaji Nasiru Arab, was up since according to record, he had started work in the old Kaduna State in 1972 and should have retired in 2007 which marked his 35 years in service. But there was resistance by the NASC to let Arab go. Information later came into the open that Arab had consolidated his service records and that the new record showed that he started work in 1975.


A ding-dong was flagged off as it became obvious that a group within the NASC was actually attempting to prevent the emergence of the then Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly (DCNA), Prince Yemi Ogunyomi, who hails from Ondo State to emerge the substantive CNA. On record, no one from the South-West had served as the CNA, the chief accounting officer to the Nigerian legislature, since independence in 1960. Indeed, from 1979 to 2007, the North had held on to the position.


But Ogunyomi was in solid position to occupy the top post, having emerged the most senior civil servant in the legislature with nearly 30 years in direct service of that institution, compared to Arab, who as of then, had 15 years experience in the legislature. He (Ogunyomi) also remained the only Nigerian legislative bureaucrat who was part of the making of all Nigerian constitutions and constitution amendment processes from 1978.


Thus, it was a difficult task trying to sideline Ogunyomi. But the NASC accepted reports that Arab had consolidated his service, thereby removing the years he served as teacher between 1972 and 1975. It insisted that the then CNA would retire in 2009.


By October 2009, Arab spent one more day longer than permitted in the office, when he showed up on October 12. It took the intervention of Senate President Mark to ensure that the proper things were done and Ogunyomi named acting CNA.


Even at that, forces moving against the South-West further ensured that the letter authenticating his service as acting clerk was not released until January 2010, when his tenure had commenced as the substantive CNA.


Ogunyomi went on record as the clerk with the shortest period in office, 10 months in all, as he retired in August 2010.


Afolabi's tenure as HOS also short

Incidentally, the newly retired HOS, Professor Afolabi, also spent 10 months in office. He was named for the seat in November 2010 and left at the end of September 2011.


The scenario leading to his assumption of office was similar to that of the National Assembly and the making of the Auditor-General.


The FCSC had recommended that a thoroughbred civil servant, who grew through the ranks, should be picked as the HOS in its report to President Jonathan in 2010.


The president was, however, said to have called for a full report of the circumstances leading to the recommendations of the FCSC. He was said to have discovered that Professor Afolabi actually emerged the best for the job according to an assessment done by the same FCSC, but that a plot to perpetually sideline the Yoruba had informed the recommendation. He insisted that the best man must be given the job, a development that led to the appointment of Professor Afolabi.


Sources said the recurrence of the situation whereby South-West candidates don't last in office, even when they emerge at the top, is caused by sincerity on their age and records of service.


"Whereas many other officers from other geo-political zones would keep changing their records in the name of consolidation of service and other things, most top civil servants from the South-West present their true records and that is often used against them by certain forces which are perpetuating Yoruba marginalisation," a source said last week.

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Ileke-IdI:
Most of these "Give the tithe to the church" posters on NL are hungry pastors.

I seriously feel sorry for misguided Nigerian Christians. Quit reading your Bible upside down plz.


I had to think a moment here to decide if . . . . did you just post sth with common sense?

God is really a good God.

Well I am not surprised. If only you knew me.     .      .  

I dont care what you all think though. Anyway, hows law school?

@OP:

too much arcahiac English. What the phock is: "even in my absential?"


In my absence, Shikena

debosky:

NB. Isnt she your sugarmama


What about your ghay friend?

^^^

Hows your sugar mummy?

I'm not a big Tithe fan but I try not to condemn people who give Tithes. So you have some money in hand, some sort of extra change you can afford to part with, and here you are trying to decide whether to give it to your pastor or help out a brother who served his god, the same god you serve, at the detriment of his job. Do you really imagine that this supreme being, creator of the universe, master of the galaxies, is up there trying to decide whether it is right or wrong to help a fellow human being in need? And if there is such a god, how could you respect him?



I can't attribute any fancy existential philosophy to my upbringing. I have no idea why my parents brought me up the way they did in the most secular way possible, but I think the idea was, since there is no evidence of God and certainly no evidence of a morally engaged god, then we have a great moral burden to carry. If there is no moral god then whatever moral actions are taken in the world have to be taken by us. This is how I was raised and this is how my children would be  raised. Do good not because god is watching, but because no god is watching

South-East:
What is the height (ht) of an 18-storey building? It is taller than the 15-storey buildings you listed, fool
What is the ht of the buildings you listed? Foolish cattle rearer of Lagos origin.

Just because it is 18-storey, doesnt mean it is taller than a 15 storey. He was asking for the height in fts, not just the number of floors.
Now professor, who is the mugunta?

South-East:
Mumu!! How many of those are Yoruba buildings? Only one -Cocoa House - and it happens to be the ONLY decrepit one where elevators fall and kill people. Can you explain that, SOB?

Union bank and UBA are Yoruba banks, so the UBA house and union Bank HQ are both Yoruba buildings


Alj Harem, What about the First bank HQ on Mobolaji Bank Anthony, how tall is it?

^^^

Professor of hydroponics, how come none of the buildings is located in the South East? Do you care to explain? Are your folks that Bataphobic? or just structurally and intellectually challenged? That is to say, they just dont have the mental capacity to embark on such audacious project. You guys need to learn from us, the great Yoruba race of SW Nigeria.


We tha best


The best buildings
The most beautiful campus in Africa
The Tallest building in Africa
The most educated Tribe in Africa
And the list goes on . . .



For Ibos, na to kidnap them sabi.

Egbon Musiwa,


How is your Sunday going?  Have you Nyanshed today? I have this Ibo girl that likes you and would like to take care of you, are you down?

duduspace:
Are yu watching Sky sports at all? what are they discussing at half time? they've only given the normal Refree excuse that if the Ref isn't sure he shouldn't give it.
Hand ball or not, an opposing player should not have all that time in our box.

What do you mean by "our box."

Are you White? An Arsenalfc share holder? A ball boy? An employee of Arsenalfc?

az77zy:
That woman is a national embarrasment. Is it that she cant read to [size=18pt]improve are english[/size] or she is just a [size=18pt]perpetual duller[/size] precipitate blockheaded

You sir should go back to school. I heard, from the grape-vine, that DAME is an awesome teacher. Be nice to her so she can teach you well.

pm05337:
I totally disagree with the guy saying all men cheat, Women please don't mind him because I reckon he needs to give his life to Christ, I for one don't believe in having GF outside my marriage, Am happily married- going to 4yrs
and by His grace don't intend to cheat on my darling wife.

4 yrs is too short a time to know if you'd cheat or not

Come back after you are 5 yrs into your marriage, after your wife might have had her first va/g/i/n/a/l delivery, with her punnnyy all messed up and ugly and wide open like the entrance of pyramid of giza, not to talk of all those fats and what not.  You have no idea. Only an impotent man would not cheat on her wife during pregnancy or/and after her first pregnancy. A woman's punnny is only good for 4 yrs and thats before giving birth. After her first v/a/g/i/n/a/l delivery, the rate of depreciation is directly proportional to the square of each passing hour.  Its ugly and gory down there for 'em.

Thank your stars you are man.

Kay-Dee:
You must be watching an old game. I guess Nasri scored the 2nd  

The second goal was scored by Adebayor into his own net, thinking he was still playing for arsenal

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal

Arsenal 2: Spuds 0

pDude:
Another mod-inspired thread to discuss.

Oga seun, out of the almost 1million nairaland users, how many of them are really people?

Maybe two hundred. Why? make Seun no chop?

yogun:
Divorce is not the solution too. It won't solve the problem. It cld be that God is trying to show you some things in d marriage.
Wish you ɑ̈ safe delivery darling.

Okay, officially, this is the dumbest post ever. What a cruel [b]g[/b]od you worship.

If this is how your [b]g[/b]od shows you stuff, then my friend, you are worshiping a real wicked God who couldnt choose a better time to show you stuff. Are you for real? You god is so heartless, he chose your pregnancy period to show you stuff about your marriage? hun? Even if it was true, how could you respect such a heartless, inconsiderate, aloof, out of touch god. Its time you started worshiping moi, 'cos I am not that cruel. 

I am loving god.

GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL


Aresenal 1 : Spuds 0

any link for the match? besides atdhenet.tv

WTF is guilty posture?


@OP: I think you are going crazy. Maybe the pregnancy and all that hormonal hoopla is ge3tting to you. I dont think your husband is cheating on you. Chillax, see a shrink, have a nice delivery and deal with whatever craziness you have going after 2 months post-partum.


You are the problem, not your husband. If you want to phock it all up with your insecurities and crazies, go ahead. Just stop blaming the poor guy for your emotional madness.

^^^

Oti rindin juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

nls no 1 troll

you should understand exactly where i'm coming from

why do you  think so many companies in the us where you reside are outsourcing jobs to india and china?

America can afford to do that. Unemployment, even in this precarious times, is 10X lower than Naija's. That said the real reason American companies out source their job isnt because of wages really, the emergence of   powerful—sometimes corrupt unions—led to higher wages and benefits. The health benefits Auto companies had to pay out to employees and families crippled Detroit, not the wages per se. We dont have that problem in Nigeria. At least, not yet


My point is that if they can pay it, they should not be allowed to sacrifice the well being of their employees for spell bounding profit. It is just inhuman to do so.

We are talking of 65 000 naira with no benfits here? Thats 400 dolls a month with no benefit? How can anyone, irrespective of marital status, survive on that?

did you guys really not see this coming?

when we failed to manage the compny as vmobile and sold out to zain, who sold out because the company was unprofitable for them, what were you expecting? an INDIAN company bought over zain. not an oyibo company. the  airtel india workers are probably in even worse working conditions than this 30k.

there is nada one can do except come to terms with the fact that the day of being a big boy/gal as a telecomms worker are over

You need to stop comparing Indian pay with Naija's, without putting it into context WRT standard of living. Standard of living in India is way lower than what you get in Nigeria. Meaning, you need more pay, in Nigeria, to achieve the same standard of living as you would in India.


Just because it is a low skill job doesnt mean the people working there should be treated as shyyt.

Only ediots would support what Airtel has done.

The idea that an Indian company is even making it in Nigeria, makes me want to blow up the whole country. SMH


Who is even on their network? Why would anyone even want to associate with them? SMH

Whats this guys problemo?

Is that is job? rating/assessing governor?

Whta an ediot.

Na White people dey run our country for real


Sucks to be a lagosian floreat.

musiwa.,.:
In Road construction , [size=18pt]95% of nigeria is not link by road from satellite picture.[/size]

ROTFL


Egbon Musiwa, do you need NASA to tell you that?


Egbon, what is pumping in Canada? I want to come and visit you? What say you?

^^^

Hopefully. Thats where he belongs!

It depends on your income though.

It would be unwise to buy a car worth 10 million naira, when you only make 1.2 million naira per annum; it will take you forever to pay back the loan. However, if you make 20 million a year, and you need to, per job requirements, be able move around quickly and arrive at work on time, then investing in a car, with a bank loan, is not a bad thing, 'cos if you wait till when you'd have 10 million cash in hand, then, my friend, you will wait a long time.

^^^

Oti goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ju


Are your parents this "goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo?"

DaLover:
Sorry ooo, didnt mean to offend someone of your type, i just thought it didnt seem right for someone to accuse GEJ of being currupt without providing court room style evidence on NL and that same person turn around to ask Tinubu accusers to provide evidence,
I am not the sharpest guy in my village, i am the fourth sharpest, i actually ended my schooling in jss3, becouse education is not encouraged in my state unlike lagos with its world class interlects, but the last topic they taught me before i droped out was hypocrazy, maybe that is why i recognise it here

ROFLMAO!

Hypocrazy and interlects . . .

^^^^

Are you getting paid for this? What do you do really, besides anal-fisting Bola Ahmed Sangodele Thiefnumbu?

^^^^

It is not my problem that you feel embarrassed. Next time, think before copying and pasting.


My job is done here!