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“The change the APC was talking about meant two different things. The APC in the North saw change as an opportunity to return power to the region while those in the South-West were looking for genuine social change. At the end, the North just used the South-West to get into Aso Rock and now we are regretting it.”

The President’s spokesperson, Mr. Femi Adesina, had said Buhari would balance the lopsided appointments very soon.

However, Okunrounmu said all the important appointments had already been made.

He noted that no other appointment could be more powerful than the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

He said, “Look at the power configuration in Nigeria today; there are three arms of government: The executive, the legislature and the judiciary. The executive is headed by Buhari who is a northerner; the two arms of the legislature which are the Senate and the House of Representatives, are headed by northerners: Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, respectively.

“The Chief Justice, Mahmoud Mohammed, who heads the judiciary, is also a northerner. So, the entire government is completely in the hands of northerners.”

Kingso23:
BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI
At least 68 people were killed while several others
were injured when members of Boko Haram sect
invaded Baanu Village of Nganzai local government
area of Borno state.
A resident of the area, Yuram Musa who fled to
Maiduguri said the insurgents who came on horses
at about 8:30 pm on Friday started shooting
sporadically.
He said, “we have to fled into the bush and hide
and after they left we return back to pick some of
our belongings. I counted 68 corpses some were
slaughtered while others were shot. The number
of those killed are worrisome as the corpses
littered the village”
“ The Government have to do something fast if not
they will continue to wreck havoc of innocent
citizens, as every surrounded villages which are 5
killometres away from Gajiram, the headquarters of
Nganzai have been taken over by the insurgents,
as most of them are residing around the area,
Musa stated.
Confirming the attack on the Baanu village, the
Borno state Governor, Hon. Kashim Shettima while
addressing the parents of the abducted Chibok girls
over the weekend said the insurgents killed 56
persons in Nganzai village.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/boko-haram-attacks-borno-village-on-horseback-kills-68/

United4lyf:
if I may ask were the former Chief of staff and SGF from the North during GEJ's tenure?

Demdem:

Eediot, Jonah-daft all throughout his presidency as southern president had Anyim (South) as SGF and Oghiadome and Arogbofa (South) as chief of staff.
Did u ever for once curse Jonah-daft for this?

oluwaSmith1:
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina has called on those criticizing his principal for appointing mostly northerners into his government to first look at how qualified those appointed are for such positions, adding that it is the President’s prerogative to appoint whoever he pleases into his government.

While enjoining those already crying wolf over Buhari’s early appointments to first take cognizance of “the personal merit of each person that has been appointed,” he stressed that: “You cannot run away from the fact that each person appointed merits the position. They are qualified!”

Adesina, who made this known Friday while speaking on RayPower’s flagship programme monitored by DAILY POST in Abuja, said: “But then in terms of the spread, the thing I will also like to say is that the President has the prerogative to make appointments and he knows that there is federal character in our constitution. I’m sure he bears that in mind as he makes the appointments that will come in the future.

“I believe that at the end of it all, there is going to be a balance.

“These are still early days in the appointments he is going to make. At the end of it all, I believe we are going to have a balance,” he stated.

Responding to the need for Buhari to make appointments bearing in mind that Nigerians of northern extraction are already leading the legislature and the judiciary, Adesina said: “Let’s not forget that some of those were by elections, some were statutorily the next person in rank. There is nothing the president can do about that. If it’s by election, what will he do about it? Because he doesn’t control the election; the National Assembly came by election.”

“For the ones he can control, there are still so many ahead,” he said stressing that any position can be key depending on the way the person appointed into the position “applies himself to that position.”

On whether Nigerians can begin to expect ministerial list, the Presidential spokesman assured that Buhari will keep to the September dateline given by him. He added that, “September is just next month and it has 30 days. I believe that within those thirty days, the job will be done.”

http://dailypost.ng/2015/08/28/buharis-appointments-to-be-balanced-in-the-long-run-femi-adesina-replies-critics/

blueButtocks:
There are more appointments coming. Let's be patient.


Truth be told, I think Buhari is trolling the Tanoids. Even the most ardent of Buhari's haters would have been shocked by the announcements today. It was completely unexpected. This nigga really gives no Bleep.

For once, we have a leader who understands what it means to be President. A man who survived a coup and lost 3 elections really has it all to prove. And he will only appoint those whom he trusts. I only hope he applies a little wisdom in his next appointments to douse the tension of ethnic sentiments that's beginning to fester.

001ng:
Northerners, winner takes it all.



That's a bad precedent in a multi ethnic country like Nigeria.


PMB, I voted you but I don't support this. Don't let my neighbours , friends and family members that were against my support for you laugh at me.

fulanimafia:
Related News:

El Rufai Makes History Again: Appoints 2 Yoruba Men Into The Kaduna State Governing Council

Governor Nasir El Rufai has appointed 2 Yoruba men and 6 other Special Advisers into his governing team. The Special Assistant on Media and Publicity announced this earlier this evening even as Mr.Habila Kyong retired today as head of Service.

http://www.jajawaka.com/el-rufai-makes-history-again-appoints-2-yoruba-men-into-the-kaduna-state-governing-council/

pinkheartng:
What the driver did or did not do is completely irrelevant. This shows a lack of discipline and professionalism on the part of the soldier. It also shows disrespect for his superior officers. If a lawyer comes into this, all hell will break loose at the cantonment.
When people hear human rights abuse, they think its something that happens in a war zone. No, this is it! You can bet your last Naira that Amnesty International and the White House have seen this. Nothing is hidden anymore. We should always put country first. This is not a good image.

benedictnsi:
Though the law States that defaulters should be lambasted or sanctioned but I despise the way at which our military punish people. Handling and abusing people in the name of "THEY ARE BLOODY CIVILIANS".

in developed nations, you as a military can't start brutalising or bully someone because they are feared or appears stronger than you due to the fact that they are under the umbrella of certain immunity.


Dedicate this FTC to the victim jor!!!

erunz:
Acting Senior Advocate of Nigeria , Mike Ozekhome, has again called for the resignation of Amina Zakari as the acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

His call followed speculations that President Muhammadu Buhari may make her substantive head of the commission.

Zakari, who was National Commissioner at INEC, replaced Prof. Attahiru Jega, whose five-year tenure as the INEC chairman ended on June 30.


Ozekhome in a chat with Sunday Punch said Zakari should resign or be dismissed.

According to him, her credibility as acting INEC chairman should be called to question by law and based on the allegations brought against her.

“The Constitution only allows for a substantive chairman of INEC, never an acting one. Whether or not Mrs. Zakari is PMB’s (Buhari’s) in-law, the fact that her bona fides for the job, her credibility, impartiality and independence in handling the job have been vigorously questioned are sufficient reasons for her to resign honourably, or get sacked by PMB.

“What helped Jega at the most critical of times was the general public perception that he was not compromised. The doubts already raised about Mrs. Zakari can never make her deliver credible, free, fair and acceptable elections

http://dailypost.ng/2015/08/23/resign-or-be-sacked-from-inec-ozekhome-warns-amina-zakari/?wt=4

Eluwilussit:
Did u notice theo and Ox influence?

Taylor86:
Osibande d errand boy. looking dapper

hope one day u won't wear diaper

natas22:
Those two don't know there rights the soldier doesn't have the right to treat them this way. What the two did is totally wrong but they don't deserve such humiliation.


They suppose to sue the soldier

OPCNAIRALAND:
Why cant Elumelu go and develop East?
With an investment of such huge amount it makes sense.that Biafra will never actualize, because money bags like.Elumelu will frustrate it in favor of their investment outside their fatherland.

Rotimi47:
let set the record straight; Fashola never wanted Ambode to be governor of Lagos State despite majority of APC leaders favoring Ambode, he preferred another person( name withheld ) who is also a Muslim who he chose. Another fact is that Tinubu was the one that handed over his master plan for Lagos development to Fashola due to the withholding of federal government allocation to Lagos for years which didn't allow him to work on capital projects; Ambode never had anything against Fashola likewise Tinubu even with all the back biting we heard Fashola did with GMB. I like Fashola a lot but he should know that PDP have moles in the civil service who gives them classified informations which they are using against him.

eleko1:
Does it mata if somebody attend ur event/not?Fashola shud try and reconcile with Tinubu.iF not,the same fate dat befall Pedro dey wait him.Wish him well

lordtech:
Wow

erunz:
http://dailypost.ng/2015/08/16/it-was-sacrilegious-for-apc-governors-to-boycott-oonis-burial-afenifere/?wt=3

boujaye:
obj the yoruba lord