₦airaland Forum

olaxco2f:
When will GEJ sack Comptroller General of Customs nah!

Bexson:
I'm sorry. What transpired in the 5-hour GEJ-Buhari meeting?

mbulela:
What crap are you spewing?

ginajet:
you are a Christian jorr...... infact Catholic.....

ginajet:
and this one was in church today oh...... thunder korr lightening nii..... park well jorr

silami:
After a series of preparatory meetings ahead of its assumption of control on May 29, the incoming ruling party, All Progressives Congress, has drawn up a zoning arrangement for key federal legislative and executive positions. Barring any last minute changes, a document ratified by the APC national leadership and national caucus members Thursday night may form the basis for the allocation of executive positions and emergence of principal officers of the National Assembly from across the six geopolitical zones. The document, which was obtained by THISDAY, shows that the office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation is zoned to the South-east. The incumbent SGF, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, a former senate president, is from Ebonyi State in the South-east.

The zoning to South-east puts paid to speculations that the director-general of the APC presidential campaign organisation and Rivers State governor, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, may become the next SGF. It also ends the alleged spirited effort by some APC governors from the North-east to produce the new SGF, with the current Secretary to the State Government of Borno, Ambassador Ahmed Baba Jida, widely suspected to be the choice of the governors.

In other positions, the post of Senate President is zoned to North-central, the same zone of the outgoing holder of the position, David Mark, who is from Benue State. Speaker of the House of Representatives is given to South-west, where the vice president-elect, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, hails from. Osinbajo is from Ogun State.

APC zoned the office of Deputy Senate President to North-east and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives to the South-south. Chief Whip of the Senate is zoned to North-west, where the Katsina State-born president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, comes from, while North-central gets the office of Chief Whip of the House of Representatives.

The post of Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives is zoned to South-east. There are only two members of the House elected on the platform of APC from the zone in the March 28 election. They are Hon. Austin Chukwukere from Ideato North and South Federal Constituency and Chike Okafor from Ehime Mbano, Ihite Uboma and Obowo Federal Constituency of Imo State.

The position of Majority Leader of the Senate is zoned to South-west, while Majority Leader of the House of Representatives goes to North-east. Deputy Majority Leader of the Senate is zoned to North-west, and Deputy Majority Leader of the House of Representatives goes to North-central.

Chairman of the Board of Trustees of APC is zoned to North-east, with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar widely expected to clinch the post. South-east is given secretary of the BoT.
The posts of national chairman and national secretary of APC remain in the South-south and North-east, respectively. Chief John Odigie-Oyegun from Edo State is national chairman and Alhaji Maimala Buni from Yobe State is the national secretary.

Seven senators from three zones have signified their intentions to contest the senate president slot. They are Senators Bukola Saraki, a former Kwara State governor (Kwara Central); George Akume, Senate Minority Leader (Benue North-west); Olusola Adeyeye, a vocal senator and professor of Molecular Biology (Osun Central), Danjuma Goje, a former Gombe State governor (Gombe Central); Ahmad Lawan, a former university don (Yobe North); Ali Ndume, a former House of Representatives Minority Leader (Borno South); and a former House of Representatives Deputy Speaker, Usman Nafada (Gombe North).

With the zoning of the slot to North-central, the contest will now be between Saraki and Akume.
In the House of Representatives, there are currently eight contestant for the office of speaker. They are APC caucus leader, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila (Lagos); Chairman House committee on House Services, Hon. Yakubu Dogara (Bauchi State); Chairman House Committee on Finance, Hon. AbdulMumin Jubril(Kano); Hon. Pally Iriase (Edo); Hon Ajibola Famurewa(Osun); Prof. Mojeed Alabi(Osun); Hon. Mohammed Monguno(Borno); and Hon. Jagaba Adams Jagaba(Kaduna). Of the eight contestants, only Gbajabiamila and Adeyeye are from the South-west where the speakership has been zoned to.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/finally-apc-zones-speaker-to-southwest-sgf-to-seast/207171/

CyberTerrorist:
The more they get presidency, senate, HoR, etc. the more their region/people keeps going down in all human edearvor..even their slaves in the SW are behind us..To every citizen of SS/SE, keep on working hard and believe in yourself, they can only delay our destiny with their evil policies but our destiny of becoming the greatest in all facet of human endeavor in this country can never be denied..God bless SE/SS, God bless Nigeria..To God be the glory..

dinachi:
It is no longer news that President Goodluck Jonathan has announced his evil plans to do a formal handing over to President-elect Gen. Muhammadu Buhari of the APC on may 28 instead of the formal May 29th handing over, thereby creating a power vacuum for a few hours to enable the military led by Jonathan's kinsman General Kenneth Minima to swing into action and take over the reins of power under the guise of protecting the seat of power!
This is a clarion call to all Nigerians to arise and reject the evil plan.
We will recall that Doyin Okupe, the special assistant to Jonathan on Public affairs had before the elections insisted that Jonathan will never hand over power to Buhari which necessitated the APC to raise alarm about a possible coup plot. The Jonathan administration could not go ahead with this plot then partly due to Jega's resilience and doggedness and also due to immense pressure from the international community urging Jonathan to accept the results. Failing in their plots to kidnap Jega, the same hawks in the presidency have now regrouped to continue with the coup plot by creating a power vacuum from may 28th to enable the military take over.
Therefore, Nigerians must arise and reject this move for peace to reign in our country.
Maybe, we made a terrible mistake by ever voting for a very clannish Ijaw man to be President of this country. Nigerians shine una eyes!

BabaO2:
Who will finance Agbaje? Mind u, effects of votes bought by Jonathan helped Agbaje/Pdp in Lagos, they can never have access to such money again
Fayose is from a very small state with little little money. I see whole of SW in APC including fayose.
Wike and pej will not last together, and they don't have the skill of Tinubu.
Bitter truth is that no Obj no formidable Pdp.

Flye:
You are right, I think fayose has the spirit but I'm not sure he has the technical ability and the finance. I wish wish has the charisma and intelligence to be the new opposition. For me if Apga can win Abia, I will put my money on APGA rather than PDP.

Yungwizzzy:
See opportunity my SE/SS brothers just lost


I'm sorry hate will make we igbos forever remain followers

nigerianvenom:
The governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that he will never accept the electoral victory of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, stressing that the election was a daylight robbery.
He was reacting to the call by the Minister of State II for Foreign Affairs, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, that Amaechi and All Progressives Congress in Rivers state should concede defeat and congratulate the winner in the interest of the state.
Amaechi took to Twitter to reply Obanikoro.
“Because of the larger interest of Rivers state, I and most Rivers people will not accept that daylight robbery they called elections. The election was a sham, a disgrace, an affront on democracy. Please read the reports of EU and other INEC accredited election observers before you open your mouth to spew rubbish. If your values are so debased and rotten that you saw nothing wrong with the elections in Rivers State, mine is not. Never will.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/amaechi-replies-obanikoro-i-will-not-congratulate-wike-its-daylight-robbery-2/

resty4:
http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/04/14/apc-sacks-chieftains-over-diversion-of-campaign-funds/

kennygee:
Rivers, Ekiti and Akwa Ibom, the states to watch out for.

Volksfuhrer:
The 13% derivation you are presently getting is enough to transform the Niger Delta! There's NDDC, with a Federal Ministry to boot, yet nothing to show for the Niger Delta! I'm afraid every additional revenue to the Niger Delta will traverse the same route, private pockets!