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Naija I dey hail o......
Una no dey fail o......

lilprinze:
APC has started with their cheap lies and propaganda again. They should show us proof or shut the f**k up.

Go and sit down.Every thing is a lie to you.

Someone please provide a ladder for willie willie......

PvtParts:
Go and cry in the corner, you STD.

You are actually sounding like a street boy.Were you brought up in a slum? Take heart and vent your frustration elsewhere.

PvtParts:
No it won't that I agreed neither will it stop the impending Balkanization of this useless fraud.

Buhari is a fitting candidate of "how did he let this sh*t happen" in the making.

Omota bastard

Am neither a street boy nor a bastard. Have a nice day.

PvtParts:
So the Hamid dude sacked 30,000 workers in one day, hounded, beat up and locked up a journalist for reporting against him?

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[size=18pt]Welcome to 1984![/size]

If you don't like it, go to your kitchen, grab your knife and kill yourself.

Your rants here wont change a single thing. Keep that at the back of your mind.

Things are starting to fall into place.

*In pidgin* Gra gra no dey help anybody.

barcanista:
Nigeria cannot be on standstill especially now that the President spokesperson is giving the impression that Nigeria may not get ministers anytime soon

I understand your point. I am a little bit disappointed too. But let's watch and see.

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

Keep calm....The ministers will come.

Let them trek and burn some fats.

Freemanan:
http://theinfrastructurenewsng.com/?p=482

Do clear your doubts in the link above.
Thanks Mate.

Lol....So this is your proof? You are damn funny.

An unfounded allegation. Anyways, its left for you to embrace the fact.

People are talking, Okupe is still talking.

Freemanan:
Do make your research and get back to me...

Mr man, Inu umoru owns setraco. You are the one who needs to do a research.

hereiam:
yes o...the money need to be recovered so we can hand it over to saraki, gogara and co. these are the people by law that are suppose to be over paid.
witch hunting.

what is this one saying?

theV0ice:
Just trying to let you know my observations were devoid of any political leanings.

Now how difficult should that be to comprehend?

Lol....Abeg good night Mr "non partisan". I shall give my feedback when I ply the road.

theV0ice:
My friend, sheath your sword. we are not in a competition neither am i a GEJ apologist.

I told my own experience on the road. You're free to go experience yours

I never said you were a Gej apologist, did I?

Why must your thoughts revolve around politics? Na wa o

theV0ice:
The road is almost finished save for 2 bridges and some small portion in bayelsa state

i pray they finish the rest but for now, driving on it has improved a lot

I guess its not the same east west road I ply almost every two months.
I am plying that road next weekend. By then I shall confirm this your big big talk.

Freemanan:
Tony Anenih owns Setraco...
So do the maths.

Tony anenih doesn't own setraco. Late Inu umoru does.

It is always " my friend".

sameer1212:
U saTanoid, Has your family ever produce head master in your village? and u are here calling your VICE president mere commissioner. U and other Id*iot sucks.

Headmaster is too much sef. Have they produced a town crier?

Sunnybobo3:
But it was acceptable to you for Tambuwal yo defect to the APC.

#Hypocrite

How does ekwerremadu becoming the deputy senate president correlate with tambuwal's defection to Apc?

Congrats Tomfrench. Thoroughly deserved victory. ...

I vote.......

Tomfrench...

Cc NLjega.

I checked initial proceedings this morning and I saw the voting pattern and I shook my head. Someone even went as far as saying that it must stay in romance section. You could see the bias towards a person or two.

I hope this isnt flawed again like last year.

Every time your take......When will you give?

Slynonny:
Wike is the Governor of Rivers State till 2023.
APC pls accept that which you cannot CHANGE.
Even Daura President Knows it.

You are obsessed with Buhari. ..Can you comment without directly or indirectly referring to Buhari?

Ghen Ghen.

Show man.

And when you ask what Gej achieved, thats the first thing the always mention.
We deserve whatever we get.

komek:
She does not read things, all she does is to run for FTC. Empty thing

Yeah.Some of them are just kids. Ftc,I wonder how much seun pays them.

INTROVERT:
He won't step in Abi....

I hope he enjoys watching the show of shame on international media tonight.

Did you read the article? Smh