This Barcanista guy is a big mo ron. Follow Facebook ' s simple rule of using your real name instead of crying allover the place like a vagrant. I'm sure if your prick no gree rise to service woman, you go blame APC. Jobless clown...
Sweetlemon: Since it's in vogue to check demographics of appointees rather than their track records, very well then we shall do so. While most of us are shouting "Northern Agenda" Let's take a closer look at this expression called "North". Let's be sincere, when we hear North, the first thing that comes to mind is Hausa/Fulani/Muslim. But we have all forgotten or simply refused to learn that North is divided into Geographically: 1. North East 2. North West 3. North Central
Demographically: 1. Core Muslim 2. Almost 200 Minority tribes 3. A fair chunk of Christian population 4. Hausa/Fulani plus Kanuri Majority Tribes
Simply put, the North is 5 times more complex than the South. Now let's examine possible reasons why we just assume North to be Hausa/Fulani/Muslim. The answer is not rocket science. It's simply because Hausas and Fulanis have been dominating the Northern scene since forever. Now let's take a closer look at Buhari's Northern appointments so far; Did we miss the fact that a fair number of the ones in sensitive posts are from minority tribes and in fact Christians?? Now help me ask yourselves, when last did Northern Christians get recognition? When last did we hear of tribes like Kilba, Angas, Tula, Waja? Is it not indeed some sort of change from the usual Hausa/Fulani/SS/Yoruba/Igbo/Muslim we keep hearing all over the place? Ok nau. Are we aware of the SGF is a Pastor of proven integrity? Don't you think that empowering and recognizing the Christians and minority tribes will go a long way in checking insurgencies and attacks on these vulnerable people by Fulani herdsmen, etc? Are you now trying to say that these minorities in the North who have never been given recognition but have been patiently waiting are lower and inferior Nigerians? Don't they deserve spots just like the conventional Yorubas which make up SW, Igbos which make up SE and then the different SS tribes?
I'm not done yet. Have we noticed that these appointees are not your usual politicians? Does that not mean that it won't be the "awon goons mi" business as usual? They were almost regular people until Buhari made them popular, meaning they don't have a never-ending list of goons they need to reward. I know most disappointed APC fans had placed their bets on Onu, Fashola, and Ameachi. They have erroneously seen Nigeria politics as a sport betting game or a fantasy football league where you conjure up your own "dream team". Smh.
If we still insist on this marginalization talk can we ask ourselves these questions?;
1. Is there more stable electricity in North than in the south? 2. The clean up in sectors so far, does it in the long run affect only Northerners? If the EFCC, Customs, pensions, NNPC etc are functioning properly does it not mean better for us as a whole? When last did you queue for fuel? 3. Buhari just ordered clean up of ogoni areas, (let's not forget we just had an ND son there for the past five years!) Are Northerners the ones to benefit from this exercise?
Can we please just relax our muscles a bit while we watch how things eventually play out? I don't know why the average Nigerian does not think outside the box. These points here are things I pray each and every person reading this will ponder on with at least half an open mind. This is the first time I will be begging the mods to move my thread to FP. My message must touch as many hearts as possible. Call me a hopeless Nigeria-lover. Yeah I know I am because I'm the type that loves with all my heart, I may get angry but I still love.
Good bless The Federal Rebublic of Nigeria! Sai Buhari!
Cheers!
Lalasticlala, Ishilove, Obinoscopy.
What the clowns are also forgetting is that Buhari will make atleast 1,000 appointments. So far he has only made 43 meaning he has made less than 5% of the total appointments.
Once the ministerial appointments are made, watch people lose interest in his other appointments.
Sweetlemon: Yeah you heard me right. I am tired!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When news of appointments breaks out, the first thing people will do is check the state of origin. Really? So track record is no longer important? Mr Fowler that was a Southerner was he not later shown to have fake certificates? And please don't give me that crap about competent people being in other tribes cos we all know for fact most people would prefer him to employ incompetent people from their regions rather than competent people from the North. And yes even some so called APC supporters too! Some Yorubas would also be feeling left out because they don't have "enough" appointments. Then when governance goes back to being business as usual with the same stories of missing hard currencies every week, we start crying for our sorry selves. Of the new list of appointments, there are 6 of them in number. fine 3 or 4 of them are Northerners but there are 3 Christians there plus one 0r two SSners. One name looks middlebeltan too. I checked this Col. Hameed's record and he is squeaky clean. But no he's not good enough for some people because he's a Northerner? For Christ's sake ask your distracted selves these questions:
1. There has been even distribution of electricity for a while now, did he give orders for more to go to the North? Is there more stable electricity in North than in the south? 2. The clean up in sectors so far, does it in the long run affect only Northerners? If the EFCC, Customs, pensions, NNPC etc are functioning properly does it not mean better for us as a whole? When last did you queue for fuel? 3. Buhari just ordered clean up of ogoni areas, let's not forget we just had an ND son there for the past five years!
I could go on and on about certain structures Buhari has put in place for Nigerians as a whole. Things that will benefit YOU and ME. Ordinary, everyday Nigerians. Not appointments. Biko was your father or uncle jostling to make the list? So why are you so concerned about any other thing about the list apart from track record If he appoints all from SW, if he makes the appointments equal among all regions will a single kobo get into your pocket Will it affect your personal lives in anyway whatsoever? Dammit mehn! Damn this shiit! I really don't know when and how manage Nigeria moved from having two Muslim Presidential candidates without anyone batting an eyelash to all this religious and ethnic melodramas.
Honestly I'm so tired now. Maybe I should just relocate to the USA or something. Nigerians really get what they deserve. I'm just happy that Buhari doesn't seem moved by unnecessary outcries and may God grant him the strength to be able to remain resilient and focused on his mission.
Stop getting worked up by clowns and mo-rons. They can shout on the internet all they want. Their wailing has no impact. The train of change is moving along...
How can you charge someone for any crime, let alone corruption, and not allow them have a defense counsel?
Even the US, when they arrest a proven terrorist, like the Boston bomber and our own Fulani Detroit plane pant bomber, they allowed them access to defense lawyers. Na wa for Buhari oh!!!!
The onus is on you, Buhari, to prove that they are corrupt, not dissuading defense lawyers from representing the accused
You are obviously a mo-ron. How exactly is Buhari not allowing corrupt people have a defense counsel? Has he promulgated a law that says accused persons must not be represented? He is appealing to the conscience of lawyers. They are free to disregard his wishes with no repercussions...
classicB: Where do I even start from Is it from numerous cases of rape that get turned against the woman??
I remembered back then as a novice in 100L visiting male friends didn't occur to me as a big deal. I can vividly recall 3 cases of 'escaped' rape.
The first guy was touching me awkwardly and I did resist him, though he later told me he could have had his way.
The.second case looks like it too but the third guy already held me tight against his bed thank God he heeded to my pleading and allowed me go.
What if one of these 3 guys turned out to rape me? I'd have been a victim of rape, and worse of it would be that nobody will believe it to be true, especially the guys, they'd probably say things like "she seduced him" "she initiated the sex" "she brought condom along" "no evidence since nobody was there "
I put it to you guys that an average Nigerian girl have been a victim of rape/escaped being raped simply because she went out innocently to pay a visit to her supposed 'trusted' guy friend.
This doesn't make sense no more, if we can't trust our Nigerian brothers then who can we trust?
This same guys come here to complain about girls coming to visit them with loads of friends, why won't we come with loads of friends when we know there's a condom waiting to be used on.us
I have personally stopped visiting guys since 3/4 years back, it's either you agree to meet me in my parents house when everyone is home or you meet me in an eatery
I read it here sometimes back when some guys were making gest of a girl that claimed her male friend tried to have his way during a.visit I dint believe my eyes when I was seeing comments like "did you expect prayer session with him?" "you think he wants to preach abi?" "you think you went there to play games?" so these guys now see it as norm to rape an innocent female visitors?? One way or the other they just look for excuse for raping a girl only to turn it against her.
I don't know what it feels like to be raped but I do know what it feels like to be 'near rape' it's nothing good, it drains you emotionally and psychologicaly. Most of these raped victim get scared of telling close relations because they are using all their energy to get back what is lost, i told nobody about what I experienced either.
Idk what else to say, but i know prevention is better than cure. I pray God deliver us from these animals disguised in human clothing
This kinda thread needs to be on fp Mods should do the needful
I still can't figure out how it can be easy to rape someone. I've been in many situations that the girl was very willing but because she was inexperienced and could not position her legs appropriately, it wasn't fun and became frustrating, so I had to stop.
Now, if the girl is drugged, and she passed out, then I understand how the rape will occur. If the guy has a gun and threatens to kill the girl, if she does not allow him, I can understand why the girl will allow him. But if the girl is conscious and is resisting, then I really don't understand how it's possible for a guy to maintain an erection throughout the whole ordeal and proceed to have sex with her in that situation, unless he is a psychopath...
I think quite a significant number of girls willingly have sex with a guy and regret it later, then proceed to cry rape...
Dumb OP. Obviously the IT company that built the website registered it, so the name of the registrant is the name of the representative of the IT company....
Foolish Nigerians. No wonder black people are on the bottom of the totem pole. A 3 time president is being asked tough questions and instead of Nigerians to be happy that they are getting inside information on how power works in Nigeria, they are complaining that he's too garrulous. Is it better that he take all that information to the grave?
Simple reason. The gas pipelines are now being protected by security officials which has drastically reduced vandalization, hence the much needed gas is getting to the generating plants
GEJ had 5 years and the refinery did not operate at this level; there is a reason why. Petroleum importers were benefiting from the non functional status of the refinery and clueless corrupt GEJ could not stand up to those importers and their collaborators.
With PMB in charge, it is obvious it's not business as usual hence things are falling in place. The general clampdown on corruption will have lots of positive multiplier effects and this is one of them. Never underestimate the importance of a leader with integrity.
Barcanista, the corrupt jobber.... your principal spent 5 years and left Naija in debt yet you have the temerity to bash PMB.
By the way,another power generation peak in the entire history of Nigeria was hit today. This is the third time we are hitting a peak in 2 months of Buhari. All because Buhari has the common sense to protect the gas pipelines which GEJ could not do in 5 years...
leanalyst: Please give us a break. OBJ just indirectly said that he didn't start anything and couldn't have started it. Stop trying to cover up for him, also remind us of one of OBJ achievements apart from third term schemes & scandals.
Guy, please learn to do a little research before opening your mouth gboa gboa in public only to comes across as an ignoramus...
OBJ oversaw the GSM revolution which is likely one of the reasons you are able to post on Nairaland. We all saw what happened when GEJ did his own privatization with electricity
What most do not know is that GEJ's railway was a bastardization of the project began by OBJ. OBJ completed the design, awarded the contract and started the project only for GEJ to bastardize the project with an obsolete design while stealing loads of money
barcanista: I don't knw why APC is out to misinform and propagate falsehood to Nigerians. What has revenue rise got to do with Buhari anti-corruption when our earning is determined by oil sales and tax plus other incomes? NNPC paid N6.3billion as tax to the Federation account which is Statutory/normal. Beside, the NnPC's N6.3billion tax was paid in May 2015 under the Jonathan's administration. The revenue for May 2015 was even Higher than that for April. For the record, Nigeria earned and shared N330billion and N406billion respectively in May 2015 www.thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2015/06/24/fg-states-share-n409billion-in-may/
The government should be more concerned with spending these money for Nigerians. At present we have increased cost of goods in the market, our inflation rate is now at 10%(back to double digits) no Thanks to Buhari, businesses are winding up, nothing seems to be working. I think this administration does not understand what it means by democratic dividend.
Hey Mr corrupt jobber.... This is what we call common sense revolution. It's obvious ogogoro drinker GEJ had no common sense. Buhari deployed soldiers to secure the gas pipelines and voila electricity supply got much better. Buhari mandated that all monies that accrue to the government be directly deposited to the federation account and voila reserves are rising. It's not rocket science. Put a man with integrity in governance and things will fall in place.... Sai Buhari
Rose2014: Why do I have to fast forward na? The guy noticed he goofed and began to beat round the circles to make it sound better but unfortunately it's gone out already and cannot be retrieved. Too bad
Are you really this daft? If you want to listen to the whole 1 hour, feel free. Otherwise fast forward to the answer that you have misrepresented due to you retarded brain cells...
Rose2014: Don't worry I'll bring you the quote from Adesina where the poor guy was explaining what Buhari meant
He said the 5% constituencies will be fed with a shorter end of the spoon. I guess u didn't read that press release by Adesina
My question remains ; how are those 5% feeling at this time?
The 5% are feeling great because they are already enjoying things they did not enjoy under GEJ like more stable electricity mainly due to Buhari protecting the gas pipelines.
By the way simpleton, don't wait for Adesina. Open your blocked brain to really listen to what Buhari said instead of regurgitating trash.
kITATITA: please read this without sentiment. "(Going by election results), constituencies that gave me 97% can not in all honesty be treated, on some issues, with constituencies that gave me 5%. I think these are political realities. While, certainly there will be justice for everybody but the people who voted, and made their votes count, they must feel the government has appreciated the effort they put in putting the government in place. I think this is really fair."
You left out his next quote where he basically said the constitution forbids him from treating regions different, therefore he will treat all regions equally..
Rose2014: My best friend has been an ardent supporter of Buhari before and after campaign until Buhari's latest interview. We were speaking today and the next thing I heard was 'Nigerian politicians never fail to dissapoint' I was like 'how?' 'Even Buhari too?' As expected, my friend is very disappointed with what Buhari said in US. After our conversation, I began to wonder about so many things. Some of you guys made enemies with your friends and families and went ahead to support Buhari but it seems your best is not seen as good enough by the president
My question now is this: Now that Buhari has said he'll marginalize those constituencies that gave him less votes so he can appreciate the ones that gave him more, where does this statement leave you guys? What are you going to do now? Any lesson learnt? Share your experiences pls
No insults intended
The lesson I learned is that you are a moronic simpleton that failed comprehension in secondary school. To make matters worse, you are also an ignorant fool...
victorD3: Fooool!!! Did Buhari build any power plant. When GEJ stated that he has put structures in place for power to be stable at least to 75% you doubted him.
Idiot... GEJ Did not build any new power plants. The new power plants were built by OBJ
What nonsense is the OP talking? Igbos don't need Buhari. The main man GEJ will build Igbos the 2nd Niger bridge and turn the entire southeast to Dubai. GEJ till 2091...
2n2k: Please read the content of the original post not just the headline.
Previous governments had Office of First Lady with staff working there. The present govt declared such office unconstitutional but created the Office of the Wife of the President and also staffed it. That is what led to the question.
What are you talking about? There is no office of the the wife of the president in this current dispensation
2n2k: So much noise have been made by president Buhari and his handlers about not creating or recognizing 'unconstitutional' Office of First Lady of Nigeria.
Since his inauguration, Mrs Buhari has adopted the title - Wife of the President rather than the First Lady.
But what is in a name? I was listening to NTA network news at 9pm today when an advertisement was aired about Mrs Buhari's plan to host breaking of fast for commoners - okada riders, house helps, widows, etc at presidential villa at 6.30pm on Friday 3/7/2015. The message was signed by one 'Ahmed Thanni - Office of the Wife of the President of Nigeria'!
Is it the title -First Lady that is unconstitutional or the office? Is the noise and changes promised regarding that office just about nomenclature rather than substance?
Anybody who has clear idea about this should please clarify.
Cc Lalasticlala
The office is unconstitutional. Under GEJ, the office of the first lady was recognized as an institution with a budget. Such an office is not recognized by the constitution. There is nothing wrong with the title "first lady" or "wife of the president" as long as it's not translated into an office with a budget and staff (advisers etc). Michelle Obama does not have an office of the first lady for instance but she is the first lady by being married to Barack
barcanista: This article is in response to a topic created on Saturday, June 27, 2015 titled What Is The Need Of Minister When We Have Permanent Secretaries. The purpose of the thread was to justify the delay of ministerial appointment by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari
On the said Thread many respondents were of the opinion that there is no need for ministers when we have career permanent secretaries manning various ministries. But is this really so? Let us critically look into the subject.
1. Job Role The Permanent secretary in a ministry is the Chief Executive of that ministry. He's the Accounting Officer and most senior civil servant within the ministry. He does not formulate strategic policies of the government but he only execute operational plans of the government in power. The Minister on the other hand is a non career civil servant that is employed by the government in power to formulate strategic policies for a specified sector. In addition to this, he supervises ALL the non-Ministerial Departments that falls within the sector.
2. Scope The scope of the permanent secretary in a ministry is only restricted within his ministry. The Minister on the other hand is not only confined to the supervision of his "ministry", he also supervises Department and Agencies that comes with his office as minister on behalf of the President. For instance, the Minister of Transport supervises both the Ministry of Transport, NIMASSA, Nigeria Railway Corporation(NRC), Nigeria Ports Authority, Nigeria Shippers Council, Maritime Academy of Nigeria etc. The DGs or CEOs of the non-Ministerial Parastatals formulates and implements operational policies (as approved by the various boards) which must be in line with that of the Minister's strategic policy of the government. The perm-sec has no such power.
3. Representation: Constitutionally, each state must have a minister who is nominated and appointed by the President subject to the approval of the Senate. Each minister sits on the Federal Executive Council and they represent their respective states in the Council. The President and the Vice represent the entire federation. The Perm-sec on the other hand do not have such constitutional defined representation.
4. Is The "Minister" Ceremonial? Absolutely not! The minister is a politician that understands and believes in the overall goal of the President. He is hired by the President to formulate policies (subject to approval of the president and Federal Executive Council), and then he ensures that these policies and programs of the FG/President are implemented by his Permanent Secretary, DGs and MDs of Agencies under his supervision. He also ensures that policies and programs that are executed by these MDAs under his supervision are in tandem. For instance, the Petroleum Minister is to ensure that the contracts approved by the Ministerial Tender board (Headed by the Perm-sec) are in tandem with the government laid down rules. He must counter sign it to show government's approval. Also, the Petroleum Minister by law is to ensure that policies of the Executive Management of NNPC are to be in line with wish of the government in power. In addition to this, he receives petitions against any Executive staff and Board Chairman/Members of non-ministerial agency within his supervision on behalf of the President. He also advises the President on the best way to address such petition.
Can The Permanent Secretary Function As Minister? Absolutely Negative! The Permanent Secretary within a ministry cannot supervise the CEO/DG that is under the ministry's supervision. He has no business with policy formulation on behalf of the government. He's not aligned to any political party and he's not hired by the President but by the Civil service. The President can fire any erring minister over non performance or based on any slightest issue or non issue, but he can't fire the perm-sec over "poor performance". The worst he can do is to redeploy the perm-sec in line with the civil service rules. The Perm-sec can only leave the civil service on voluntary/mandatory retirement, death or based on any offence that stipulate the wield stick as punishment.
Nigeria Situation Without Ministers The situation that we are in under Buhari means that there is nobody to formulate policies for and on behalf of the FG in line with the "Change" of the Buhari's administration. It also means that nobody to supervise ministries, agencies and departments which give room for theft and mismanagement of public funds by civil servants. It means that the public won't be able to experience any policy change anytime soon. It means that the President will dish out "orders" as the spirit directs without analysing core factors. It also means that permanent secretaries and DG/CEOs of Agencies will act in accordance with existing rule aka Auto-Pilot.
Finally, Nigeria is not the first and only country to practice political cabinet Minister in addition to perm-secs of ministries. The Nigeria equivalent of career civil servants perm-sec in the UK is Permanent Under Secretary(PUS), Italy call theirs Secretary-General, Canada (Deputy Minister), Australia (Secretary), USA (Deputy Secretary) etc. All these countries still have cabinet ministers that are incharge with policies and supervision.
I hope we all understand that there is NO WAY President Buhari can effectively bring change without ministers.
God Bless Us All
Barcanista the clown.. If the roles of ministers are as important as you've enunciated above, don't you think Buhari should actually really take the time to select the right people? Not sure you have ever ascended to the managerial level at a reputable company, but how long do you think it takes a manager or senior leader to fill a position that is crucial to the success of a company?
Politics › Re: After Blocking My Two FB Accounts, What Next APC? (snapshot) by Genius100: 2:54am On Sep 27, 2015
If he appoints all from SW, if he makes the appointments equal among all regions will a single kobo get into your pocket
thank God he heeded to my pleading and allowed me go. 
