₦airaland Forum

DaBullIT:
If to say na Nigeria ni

some erdyots go dey claim marginalization

must you protest ?

Toosure70:
PDP, May God punish PDP and their supporters. Ondo, Edo& Kogi, REJECT PDP, REJECT CALAMITIES. I know the flatuhead people will quote me. Quote me and go hell fire o.

PedroJP:
Fulanis and expansion tactics. They can as well attack and grab all areas dat supported and are still supporting one Nigeria.

DICK4UCKPUSSY:
Just one.?
But onitsha kingdom is linked to benin empire , and the name Obi (means parents) cos most of S.E monarchs re known as igwe..
What is the meaning of Obi in igbo language..?

Omololu007:
meaning?

SenseiX:
[b]President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of some of his administration’s most key officials Thursday set off a firestorm of condemnation, with critics characterising the nominations as overwhelmingly lopsided, lacking in gender balance and regional equity.
Mr. Buhari named Babachir David Lawal, from Adamawa State, as Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Abba Kyari, from Borno, his Chief of Staff. Were is okoro ngi ike
He appointed Hameed Ali, a retired colonel, as the Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service, curiously finding no career customs official suitable for the post.
He also named Kure Martin Abeshi as the Comptroller-General of Nigerian Immigration Service.
Messrs. Ali and Abeshi are from Bauchi and Nasarawa states respectively.
A former Senator, Ita Enang, from Akwa Ibom, was appointed senior special assistant to the president on Senate affairs, while Suleiman Kawu of Kano, who is a former House of Representatives member, was named the president’s senior special assistant on House of Representatives.
The six officials brought to 29 the total number of frontline administration staffers who will handle the economy, energy, defence and other important sectors of governance for the nearly 100-day-old Buhari administration.
In all, the president has yet to appoint a single female, a marked difference from Mr. Buhari’s immediate predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, who had women in all major segments of government.
That has angered not a few pro-democracy and gender activists across the country. But what has alarmed critics more is the apparent lack of regional balance in the appointments, a failing Mr. Buhari has been vigorously criticised for in the past.
Details tabulated Thursday by PREMIUM TIMES show that Mr. Buhari has appointed by far more officials from Nigeria’s northern region where he comes from, in violation of federal character law.
Under the Third Schedule of the Constitution, the government must ensure “the principles of proportional sharing of all bureaucratic, economic, media and political posts at all levels of government”.[/b]
The posts referred to include those of the Permanent Secretaries, Directors-General in Extra-Ministerial Departments and parastatals, Directors in Ministries and Extra-Ministerial Departments, senior military officers, senior diplomatic posts and managerial cadres in the Federal and State parastatals, bodies, agencies and institutions.
PREMIUM TIMES chart shows that only 25 per cent of the president’s appointments are from the south while an overwhelming 75 per cent are the north.
Also, Mr. Buhari’s North West geopolitical zone, has the largest share of 43 per cent, while the South East for instance, has no appointee. (See chart below).
The appointments have sparked anger across the land, with some critics now referring to Mr. Buhari as Nigeria’s most provincial leader ever.
“Buhari is the most provincial leader Nigeria has ever had,” said Ikechukwu Amaechi, a former editor of Daily Independent and Editor-in-Chief of The Niche, in a post on his Facebook wall. “He is not fit to be President of Nigeria. How can he continue appointing top officials of government from the north? Customs, Immigration bosses, SGF, Chief of Staff all from the North?”
“If I am President Muhammadu Buhari, I would have appointed a South Easterner as SGF,” said Sunday Akoji, a public affairs commentator. “If I am Baba, I will not appoint five people from the north into sensitive positions in one day and throw one worthless carrot called SSA on National Assembly Matters to the entire South.”
The president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Gary Igariwey, told PREMIUM TIMES he would comment on the appointments Friday.
A former governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, slammed the president for not considering an Igbo for any political appointment so far.
“I don’t understand what is going on,” he told PREMIUM TIMES in a telephone interview Thursday. “It appears Buhari has some messages for various people.
“I don’t know what to say. If it (appointment) is only for the North, it is okay.”
Yinka Odumakin, the spokesperson of Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-cultural group, said Mr. Buhari’s action poses grave danger to Nigeria.
“It is not healthy for a plural society,” Mr. Odumakin, who was once Mr. Buhari’s spokesperson, told this newspaper. “There are competent people across the nation. When you do this there can’t be a balance. We need constructive surgery, not bulldozing.”
Even for many of the president’s ardent supporters, Thursday’s announcement was one too many in a string of appointments that have become increasingly skewed.
A PREMIUM TIMES columnist, Ademola Bamidele-Olateju, who had all along backed the president, wrote on Facebook, “These all northern appointments don begin worry me. I’m getting disillusioned. It can only get worse from here.”
“These last set of appointments by Buhari are too brazenly and unacceptably lopsided in favour of the North that I can no longer defend his actions. Not this one,” Okechukwu Nwanguma, the National Coordinator at Network on Police Reform in Nigeria, posted on Facebook.
Mr. Buhari has come under consistent criticisms for his actions as Nigeria’s leader so far. In his administration’s brief tenure, he has drawn fire for his delay in forming a cabinet, and for appearing not to be in haste to fix a nation faced with gargantuan, multifarious problems.
His previous appointments too were considered disproportionate for a nation that holds together six geopolitical zones, 36 states and a federal capital territory, 774 local governments and over 250 different ethnic nationalities.
Yet, the president’s response has been anything but heart-warming, critics say. In fact, during his visit to the United States in July, that indifference approached something of defiance when he openly told Americans and Nigerians he should not be expected to offer equitable treatment to Nigerians who barely gave him votes.
President Buhari received the least number of votes in the South East and South South, the political stronghold of his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan.
It is not clear whether the appointments are in demonstration of that conviction.
But as controversy over past appointments grew last week, a former governor of Kaduna state, Balarabe Musa, urged the president to respect the federal character law.
“Those who are complaining that President Buhari is favouring the North in appointments have a strong case,” Mr. Musa told PREMIUM TIMES.
Mr. Akogi said the president has no excuse for the latest appointments.
“Don’t you dare throw the ‪competence‬‬ of the appointees in my face. Baba got this one wrong! From Baba’s body language, it is becoming obvious that he no longer “belong to everyone and belong to no one,” he said.
See full list of the president’s appointments till date:
Appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari to date:
1. Aide de Camp to president: Lt. Col Abubakar Lawal, [Kano State, North-West and husband to President Buhari’s foster daughter].
2. Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the president: Femi Adesina, [Osun State, South-West].
3. Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity: Garba Shehu, [Kano State, North-West].
4. State Chief of Protocol/Special Assistant (Presidential Matters): Lawal Abdullahi Kazaure, [Jigawa State, North-West].
5. Accountant General of the Federation: Ahmed Idris [Kano State, North-West].
6. National Security Adviser: Babagana Monguno [Borno State, North-East].
7. Chief of Defence Staff, Abayomi Olonishakin, [Ekiti State, South-West].
8. Chief of Army Staff: Tukur Buratai, [Borno State, North-East].
9. Chief of Naval Staff: Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, [Cross Rivers, South-South].
10. Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar, [Bauchi State, North-East].
11. Chief of Defence Intelligence: Monday Riku Morgan [Benue State, North-Central].
12. Director General, State Security Services, SSS: Lawal Daura, [Katsina State, North-West].
13. Acting Chairperson, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Amina Zakari, [Jigawa State, North-West].
14. Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA: Habibu Abdulahi [Kano State, North-West].
15. Special Adviser, Niger Delta Amnesty Office: Paul Boroh, [Bayelsa State, South-South]
16. Acting Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration, Safety and Security Agency, NIMASA: Baba Haruna Jauro [Yobe State, North-East].
17. Executive Vice Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Communications Commission: Umaru Dambatta [Kano State, North-West].
18. Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS: Babatunde Fowler, [Lagos State, South-West].
19. Director General, Budget Office of the Federation: Aliyu Gusau, [Zamfara State, North-West].
20. Group Managing Director, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Emmanuel Kachikwu, [Delta State, South-South].
21. Secretary to Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal, [ Adamawa, North East]
22. Chief of Staff to the President: Abba Kyari, [Borno, North-East].
23. Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service: Hameed Ibrahim Ali, [Bauchi State, North East].
24. Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service: Kure Martin Abeshi, [Nasarawa State, North-Central].
25. Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate): Ita Enang, [Akwa Ibom State, South-South].
26. Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives): Suleiman Kawu, [Kano State, North-West].
27. Director, Department Of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Modecai Baba Ladan. [Niger, North-Central].
28. Managing Director, Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, Ahmed Lawan Kuru. [Kano].
29. Commissioner for Insurance and Chief Executive of the National Insurance Commission, Mohammed Kari [North-West]
29. Executive Director AMCON: Kola Ayeye []
30. Executive Director, AMCON: Eberechukwu Uneze, []
31. Executive Director, AMCON: Aminu Ismail, []
32. Group Executive Director, NNPC, Maikanti Baru, []
33. Group Executive Director, NNPC, Isiaka Abdulrazaq, []
34. Group Executive Director, NNPC: Dennis Nnamdi Ajulu, [].
35. Group Executive Director, NNPC: Babatunde Victor Adeniran, [].
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/189117-outrage-grows-across-nigeria-as-buharis-lopsided-appointments-continue.html
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gnykelly:
during the election the IBO made it clear that they do no want Buhari and that he will islamise Nigeria. now that he won the election and they want the best position not necessarily dividend of democracy.

I think we should allow them to leave and Nigeria should withdraw from ECOWAS. we are tired of the everyday noise. I believe the will still flow down to SW and northern Nigeria they will even be willing to convert to Muslims just to trade with mthe north.Mumu not IBO is Igbo kiss my ask
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!

0lumide:
Shut up and go and help your people idiots!!! Your people are leaving their native land by millions every year and these idiots are concerned about some petty shit?

And they call themselves Igbo leaders? lmao!!! What an insult to Igbos!!

HungerBAD:
Mr. Paul Ikonne,

One Million Mocks from the PDP will not force Buhari into hastily putting unqualified people into positions, from any Region as that was one of the main reason's Jonathan failed.

Mr. Paul Ikonne, in the APC we do not use words like rewards. If there is a qualified person from the East, then by all means he or she should be put in charge of the job. We will not say, because we want to placate the East in anyway, then put in mediocre's to do a job meant for a qualified technocrat.

Mr. Paul Ikonne, honestly should not even be in the APC from his utterances. What party does he think the APC is? the PDP? where positions are shared like candies to unqualified persons based on tribal or ethnicity reasons?

EastLebanon:
If u can't understand them it means u are not igbo,when u do understand afikpo dialect how can u understand the izza and ezza dialect?

mathinips:
When will this kind of scene stop in Nigeria? or is this another Nollywood film sceen? It a video recording scene of a traveller along Ore Benin, where this police (with Kondo) asked for "Allocation Paper"

Please Nairaland, What is Allocation Paper?
if u know the answer let know

NPF needs reform. fullstop

Watch full video here
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10207795439347519&id=1340444808&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1070653019629515&__tn__=%2As

ndidibabe:
Yeye man.

explorer250:
My good people of kogi state and our igala brothers.
I am aware of the strong cultural affinity between the aguleri and igala people of anambra and kogi state respectively
this write up is to enlighten you on the dangers of the numerous killings you have been carrying out on the people of aguleri.

These incessant killings is of no use and will achieve pratically nothing other than the endangering of all igala people and their neighbours.
if you as a people think that the controversial oil wells belongs to you, please deem it wise to complain to the appropriate authourities rather than embarking on violence.

Come to think of it, there is a wave of secessionist movement blowing accross the south east and south south zones of the country through radio biafra. The implications of this is that there is a strong tendency for the radio station to take advantage of the current situation.
This could lead to reprisal attacks just not from the aguleri people but from the entire igbo race.

To tell you the truth from what i am seeing, the IPOB movement(indigenous people of biafra) is well funded and is arming herself to the tooth. Stop presenting yourselves as potential enemies at this critical time that the maintenance of the country's peace and intergrity Is delicate and fragile.

The current joy that the igala people of ibaji LGA is deriving from the massacre of igbo people has blinded them from reality. This reality is that when the current situation is taken advantage of by radio biafra, the entire igbo race will descend on the igala people. This will lead to the blood bath and outcry of the igala people but lo and behold, no body will come to their rescue not even the nigerian government thas has been unable to curtail the fulani herdsmen crisis. The government of benue and some other north central states has been crying blood but to no avail.

The earlier you see yourselves as minority the better for you. Every attack on any part of the igbo nation is considered as an attack on the generality of the igbo people. The igbo nation will note keep quite for long seeing a minority massacre her people.

The igala people should enjoy their cake when they still have it. This article is an advice to the entire igala people not only to people of ibaji LGA because all will feel the brute. But a wise man will never take this as and advice but as a "warning"

kokoA:
It will not work.

FOLYKAZE:
One down

BeeBeeOoh:
God Bless The Women. Proudly a Nigerian..



#teamgreenwhitegreen

gesundheit:
What the f**k the most useless president in the planet have to say. He should just shut the f**k up bury his useless head in shame for setting us several decades backward.

shaddoww:
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has
opted to remain silent despite the barrage of
questions requiring answers from him by not
just newsmen, but Nigerians in general on his
handling of the nation’s affairs.
Jonathan said he will, for now, rather remain. Buhaha want this man to said something but hi refused

omoelesa post=36334148:
To u tanoid he his better but, to we the rest of nigeria, Jona is one of the worst thing to have ever hapen to humankind

silent.
According to his spokesperson while in office,
Dr Reuben Abati, the former president has
asked him to tell those seeking to speak with
him, especially newsmen that he is resting.
In an article entitled: “The phones no longer
ring,” Abati, the Special Adviser on Media to
Jonathan, said he has had to deal with
barrage of requests for interview with his
former boss.
He, however, said Jonathan had told him to
inform those making the requests that he is
resting.
In the article in which Abati appeared to be at
pains as to the stoppage of the numerous
phone calls that he got while in office, but
most of which he did not attend to, he
explained: “Today, the phones remain loudly
silent, with the exception of calls from those
friends who are not gloating, who have been
offering words of commendation and support.
“They include childhood friends, former
colleagues, elderly associates, fans, and
family members.
“And those who want interviews with
President Jonathan, both local and
international – they want his reaction on
every development, so many of them from
every part of the planet.
“But he is resting and he has asked me to say
he is not ready yet to say anything.
“It is truly, a different moment, and indeed,
‘no condition is permanent.’
“The ones who won’t give up with the stream
of phone calls and text messages are those
who keep pestering me with requests for
financial assistance.
“I am made to understand that there is
something called “special handshake” and
that everyone who goes into government
supposed to exit with carton loads of cash.
“I am in no position to assist such people,
because no explanation will make sense to
them.
“Here I am, at the crossroads; I am glad to be
here.”
In the opening paragraphs of the article,
which was earlier published by this news
website, Abati said: “As spokesman to
President Goodluck Jonathan, my phones rang
endlessly and became more than personal
navigators within the social space.
“They defined my entire life; dusk to dawn, all
year-round.
“The phones buzzed non-stop, my email was
permanently active; my twitter account
received tons of messages per second.
“The worst moments were those days when
there was a Boko Haram attack virtually every
Sunday.”

Source : tribuneonlineng.com

shaddoww:
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has
opted to remain silent despite the barrage of
questions requiring answers from him by not
just newsmen, but Nigerians in general on his
handling of the nation’s affairs.
Jonathan said he will, for now, rather remain. Buhaha want this man to said something but hi refused
silent.
According to his spokesperson while in office,
Dr Reuben Abati, the former president has
asked him to tell those seeking to speak with
him, especially newsmen that he is resting.
In an article entitled: “The phones no longer
ring,” Abati, the Special Adviser on Media to
Jonathan, said he has had to deal with
barrage of requests for interview with his
former boss.
He, however, said Jonathan had told him to
inform those making the requests that he is
resting.
In the article in which Abati appeared to be at
pains as to the stoppage of the numerous
phone calls that he got while in office, but
most of which he did not attend to, he
explained: “Today, the phones remain loudly
silent, with the exception of calls from those
friends who are not gloating, who have been
offering words of commendation and support.
“They include childhood friends, former
colleagues, elderly associates, fans, and
family members.
“And those who want interviews with
President Jonathan, both local and
international – they want his reaction on
every development, so many of them from
every part of the planet.
“But he is resting and he has asked me to say
he is not ready yet to say anything.
“It is truly, a different moment, and indeed,
‘no condition is permanent.’
“The ones who won’t give up with the stream
of phone calls and text messages are those
who keep pestering me with requests for
financial assistance.
“I am made to understand that there is
something called “special handshake” and
that everyone who goes into government
supposed to exit with carton loads of cash.
“I am in no position to assist such people,
because no explanation will make sense to
them.
“Here I am, at the crossroads; I am glad to be
here.”
In the opening paragraphs of the article,
which was earlier published by this news
website, Abati said: “As spokesman to
President Goodluck Jonathan, my phones rang
endlessly and became more than personal
navigators within the social space.
“They defined my entire life; dusk to dawn, all
year-round.
“The phones buzzed non-stop, my email was
permanently active; my twitter account
received tons of messages per second.
“The worst moments were those days when
there was a Boko Haram attack virtually every
Sunday.”

Source : tribuneonlineng.com

firstolalekan:
What kinda weak journalism is this
This is nairaland and we all know the tradition

Bluetooth2:
Mama Peace should be arrested too. That ugly biatch owns large properties in Abuja.

Zoharariel:
I'll rather invest in Iraq, Afganistan, Libya, Syria & Sambisa forest than to invest in the land of Biafra where the bloods of non-indigenous people are usually used covertly to cleanse the abominable acts of their fore-fathers & to pacify their ever hungry gooooooddddss.

Y do you think Aliko Dangote is avoiding the South East?

spanishkid:
you're really a fool. I'm not surprised. An average igbo man is stupid and can't think. Mind you I'm not from south west but from the South south. Idiot. Which oil do you even claim you have in your erosion infested region. You claim you have oil then why are you trying badly to include south south in your worthless biafra. You'll die in great numbers this time you igbo pig.

ConfessionsNgr:
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http://confessionsnigeria.com/post/140/i-cant-believe-my-husband-is-asking-me-for-this