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I think this is a great gesture if true. Probably we should being a millionaire a condition for being a governor so you are not carried away when you see what is in the treasury. I also learnt that he will use the security vote to fund his free education program.

Ok. So the gates of heaven (celeste) is now open to all Ndigbo?

We are not asking for perfection but improvement and when i say improvement, i mean real noticeable improvement. Their seems to be a tacit encouragement to rabid tribalists and inter ethnic rivalries.

Why folks think that free education is not possible to secondary level beats me. My only addition is that it should be free qaulity education not free-anything-goes-education.

Funny retort

And what is special about Cameron?

lagcity:
haba, when did i say that Northerners are more qualified? i'm not talking about qualification here. if it is all about qualification, the president can come from any region in Nigeria and i doubt Jonathan would even smell the presidency.

You are right, since independence the North has ruled more than the South. But i'm not talking about the military here, i'm talking about the fourth republic since 1999. The South had it for 8 years, the North was supposed to have it for another 8 and you know what happened. In my opinion, Jonathan screwed it up by breaking that cycle. Otherwise, the North's tenure would have ended in 2015. At the point, the South can then take over again, the SE specifically. Do you want the SE to take over in 2015 and then give it up in 2019?

Why must the North have it for 8 years before it goes to the SS that had never had it or the SE that have had it for only 6 months. Why should your reckoning start from the 4th republic? Why all these sudden crazy mathematics in base whatever? What happened to the proper mathematical calculation of the Nigeria power equation since self-rule?

[b]The responsibilities of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, OSGF, are as follows :

i) Coordinating policy design and formulation by Ministries, Departments and Agencies for approval by Government;
ii) Serving as Secretary to the Council of State, the Federal Executive Council and other
Constitutional Councils, which are chaired by the President;
iii) Coordinating the activities of Ministries and Government Agencies on the implementation of Government decisions, policies and programmes
iv) Dealing with constitutional, political and socio-economic matters as may be referred to the Presidency;
v) Administrative Tribunals, Commissions and Panels of Enquiry; vi) Coordinating national security and public safety matters;
vii) National Honours Award
viii) Prerogative of Mercy
ix) Protocol Matters
x) Channeling of papers and directives of the President;
xi) Processing and granting Government approval for Overseas Tours, Intergovernmental Meetings/Conferences, medical check-up/treatment by Public Officers;
xii) Processing requests for Overseas Duty Tours/Conferences including medical check-up/treatment abroad for members of the Judiciary, Chairmen and Members of Statutory Commissions/Bodies for approval by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
xiii) Coordinating the appointments to Headship of Statutory Bodies, Commissions and Agencies by the President;
xiv) Dealing with matters relating to conditions of service of political office holders;
xv) Intergovernmental Affairs and relations with State and Local Governments;
xvi) Liaison with Secretaries to State Governments;
xvii) Allocation of office accommodation to Political Office Holders.

In discharging the aforementioned responsibilities, the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation is structured into the following Offices, each headed by a Permanent Secretary. There are six of such offices:
*Cabinet Secretariat;
*General Services Office;
*Political Affairs Office;
*Economic Affairs Office;
*Special Services Office;
*Special Duties Office;

Then there is the supervisory roles that have also been lumped together in that office and the list is legion. The following Parastatals/Agencies are supervised by the Office of the SGF:
i) Ecological Fund
ii) National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP)
iii) National Economic Intelligence Committee
iv) Presidential Advisory Council
v) Code of Conduct Tribunal
vi) Code of Conduct Bureau
vii) Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency
viii) National Hospital
ix) Federal Road Safety Commission
x) National Commission for Refugees
xi) Nigerian National Volunteer Service (NNVS)
xii)Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)
xiii) South-South Health Care Programme
xiv) National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA)
xv) National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC)
xvi) Ministry of Special Duties
xvii) Secretariat of the Presidential Council (PAC)
xviii) Secretariat of the Presidential Committee on National Identification Systems, Consumer Credit and Outsourcing initiative
xix) Galaxy backbone
xx) NIMC
xxi) Christian Pilgrims Commission
xxii) National Hajj Commission[/b]

Wow! this job description is seriously intimidating. Will he succeed in getting the SE back into the civil service to a respectable level since after the civil war?

Anyim is a good man with character who stood up to OBJ and dealt with Arthur Nzeribe. It appears GEJ is slowly becoming his own man by appointing someone OBJ would not agree to but who is an Ohaneze candidate. My only problem here is that the office of the SFG is being gradually politicised like that of Perm Secs. Shouldn't career civil servants rise naturally through the ranks to that position? It would not look neat for Anyim, a lawyer, to be removed tomorrow because of lack of experience on the job except he is seen as a politician that should get the technical hands work under him but of course that could lead to him being secretly undermined. Rochas' appointment of an ex-VC as  his SSG appears more proper. But all in all an above average appointment.

WE siddon dey look

Is this Anwuka the Oguta man that brought a lot of sanity to IMSU during his days as VC by appointing 2 Reverends to take care of admissions? If so I think it is a good appointment. Have not heard of the other two as I do not listen to VOA.

Strategic positioning for 2015 via opposition. The SE should map out their own strategy for 2015. Unnecessary opposition however should not be part of it except when absolutely necessary.

Quite touching.

I think he grew up in Jos.

Hilarious

@mithel. Just wait. A few more pages.

Making this thread about fashola is your only mistake. It should bf addressed to all our leaders but especially the over-hyped ones. Fashola issues raise a lot of emotions with battle line drawn branding all his critics as haters. Make it about our leaders generally. Many of them think that development is measured on the glitz and glamour of multibillion dollar projects only. I raised the issue of the UN Indices of development which are close to what you are saying here on another thread but it was dismissed by those who should know better as only for developed countries. Lol. If you can generalise this subject, it may be quite helpful for nl but on the other hand, it might be DOA as it appears that only contentious topics were folks find expression for their tribal supremacism and ventillate their personal and family frustrations thrive most here.

Rotfl

I vote this the thread of the year. All nigerian ethnicities having a serious and happy koinonia. All enemies of nigera will be so scared that the nigerian project has a chance of working. All the witches and wizards are panicking including their human agents that normally come to nl to set one group against another. We can make it if we try. Well done to all. Yes dem people you got my state right.