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ABUJA— Following criticisms that trailed the appointments made so far by President Muhammadu Buhari which many argued were lopsided in favour of the north, the president, yesterday, dismissed insinuations that he was implementing a northern agenda in his appointments.

It will be recalled that President Buhari since taking over the reins of power on May 29 has, so far, made 11 appointments, out of which only one came from the South West. Although some people considered the appointments to be “unserious positions”, many Nigerians condemned its alleged lopsidedness, saying they were signs of what to expect from the Buhari presidency.

The appointments The appointments are: Acting Chairman, the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mrs. Amina Bala Zakari, Jigawa State; Director, the Department of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Mordecai Danteni Baba Ladan; the Accountant-General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, Kano State.

Others are the State House Chief of Protocol, Mallam Lawal Abdullahi Kazaure; Aide De Camp, Lt.-Col. Muhammed Lawal Abubakar, Kano State; Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, North West; Mr Ahmed Joda, Head Transition Committee; Mr Adamu Adamu, Secretary Transition Committee; Mr Lawal Daura, Director-General, DSS; Mallam Abdulrahman Mani, Chief Security Officer, and Femi Adesina, SA Media and Publicity, South West,

In addition to the appointments, Dr. Bukola Saraki from Kwara State, (North central) and Yakubu Dogara from Bauchi State, (North East) were also elected as Senate President and Speaker, House of Representatives respectively.

Buhari has no Northern agenda— Adesina

But speaking to Vanguard in Abuja, yesterday, the Special Adviser to the president on Media and Publicity Mr. Femi Adesina, who is incidentally the only southerner in the appointments, refuted the claims that Buhari was acting a northern script against the rest of the zones in the country.

He said: “The president received a national mandate and was going to pursue it as such. The president does not have a northern agenda. He has a national agenda. He got a national mandate and that is the way he is going to exercise that mandate. I have already said it and I still maintain that”, he said.

Reacting to the criticisms trailing the appointments, national secretary of the Labour Party, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, National President of Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, Alhaji Yerima Shettima and Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, yesterday, called for caution in the claims of a perceived northernisation policy by the incumbent administration.

Let us give him benefit of doubt — LP scribe

“I want to give President Buhari the benefit of doubt, he still has thousands of appointments to make. We need not hang him on just nine of such appointments,” Ajulo said.

“However, he needs to be sensitive and responsive to our laws, values and attitude as a multi-ethnic people. Everything counts in Nigeria and President Buhari as a politician should know that woe betides any Nigerian politician that treats with levity such issues like tribe, ethnicity, religion etc.”

He added: “President Buhari had, in his inaugural address and subsequent speeches, stressed that the job of rebuilding Nigeria is not his alone. I call him to walk the talk.”

chloee:
MUMU ^15

Kenai:
The difference between Jonathan and Obasanjo?

One, after serving his tenure, has simply returned to his quiet life, accepting the will of the masses and understanding that politics is not worth the blood of the masses. He may have his shortcomings (which he never denied), but he understands the reality on ground that taking cheap shots at your successor's flaws is not a sign of superiority. He has simply wished the country success and moved on with his life.

...And the other?
Despite the numerous big fraud scandals that can be traced DIRECTLY to his name (Halliburton, Siemens, missing oil vessels, Econet scam, National Library scam) this old but immature gorilla has still refused to leave the podium and act like a decent statesman. The same fool behind the blatant electoral frauds in 2003 and 2007 never missed a chance to take cheap shots at his successor like he could ever hold a candle against them.
The same creature under whose administration Sharia was legalized in a secular country, had the audacity to come in front of a camera and rip his party membership card apart, all to the morronic applause from the ever gullible simpletons known as masses.
The same "do or die" politician has refused to respect the wrinkles on his fat, ugly, saggy body and go take a rest for good.
Whispers from the grapevine even suggest he's fielding some personal candidates for appointment under the new government.
Agadi nwoke n'enweghi ihere. Shameless old man who couldn't even handle his scattered household but could draft an 18-page letter to the president, trying to sound like a saint.
Alas... He is but a hypocritical attention-seeking agbaya.

favouredseed:
We will keep praying for his coconut head. #Dauradullard

Rilwayne001:
GEJ should call his boys to order

SUBMARINE:
The way Liar Mohammed of APC played politics with it during GEJ era


Mumu

atlwireles:
whoa, thanks

atlwireles:
Firefire, do you have any link to the original Ayo ni sound track from the early 80s? I think it was Ibukun Orun

atlwireles:
Firefire, do you have any link to the original Ayo ni sound track from the early 80s?

MalcoImX:
When it starts, hope you won't cry like those #WailingWailers shouting and kicking and spewing- "Vindictive PMB demotes Ogar, recalls her from study leave."

UncleJudax:
You guys are fond of speaking without facts. 500B indeed. The same way his campaign gulped 2trillion in the last elections.

Odiegwu!

dagbokoncept:
Omode peku o daje, O peja o daje, nijo to ba paro gidigba yio gbe wa ba baba nla re nile. APC is a premature party and the task of governing this country is beyond them. They are better off at state and local government levels. Pikin wey wan taste wetin elders dey chop go se wehn.

ajepako:
dem just start

if you sell your brother cheap, you dont re=purchase him cheap..

hello tifnubu!

anonimi:
Indeed, may the hero of our democracy remain blessed.

godoluwa:
ile ti a ba fi ito mo, iri ni yio wo. how are u sir?

Odaveboy:
Funra wan naa ma funrawan loogun je........lol

OREMUSSANCTUS:
Dey lied to d people dat dey will give dem "change", d one dey don't ve.
Now dey ve won d election, and dey don't want to give d "change" dey promised d electorates dey fulled.
I just pity all dose dat believe in dis govt, dey may end up thanking jonathan.

MalcoImX:
The N500 billion GEJ secretly from the Excess Crude Account is now being put to its purpose. GEJ boys are really up and about these days..

OREMUSSANCTUS:
APC shld beg God for mercy!