₦airaland Forum

cascarino:
“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” Benjamin Franklin
It was the reggae maestro, Peter Tosh, who once sang that everybody is crying out for peace, but none is crying out for justice. Herein lies the Nigerian malady- pretences to peace without an iota or sense of justice. Never in the history of Nigeria has the country drifted apart along ethno-religious sentiments fanned by clear manifestations of nepotism and sectionalism in the running of government business.
At the worst receiving end are the people of the South East. The result is that although Biafra agitation has been there since the current democratic dispensation, never have the groups- the Independent People of Biafra (IPOD), Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Biafra Independent Movement (IBM), and Niger Delta militants been so popular among the people as they are today.
Although government is quick to profile these groups as enemies of Nigerian unity, we know that the real enemies of our unity are those who, by their brash actions, fan the embers of alienation, disenchantment, frustration, disconnection, and loss of faith in the Nigerian project.
They are the people, who swiftly arrested, paraded, and arraigned the people of Ile-Ife and their traditional rulers, but would on the other hand drop charges against the suspected killers of harmless Agbahime in Kano. They are the people who are very quick to detain and arraign indigenes who challenge marauding herdsmen who destroy their farmlands, maim their brothers, rape their wives and sisters, and kill at the slightest or no provocation, but never been able to tame the herdsmen and their orgies of bloodshed and plundering.

They are those who violate the legal valves like the Federal Character Principle enunciated by Section 14 of the 1999 Constitution that should keep Nigerian unity when it does not serve their interest and invoke it when it does. They are those who would invoke the principle to offer admission into the so-called Unity Schools to a male candidate from a part of the country who scored just 2 marks out of 200 and deny his counterpart from another part who scored 120 marks, but turn blind eyes to it in the distribution of political and federal appointments.
They are those who outrage the nation by recruiting, in one fell swoop, 51 persons from Katsina State, 25 from Kano, and 24 from Kaduna, into the Department of State Security (DSS) whereas southern states, such as Delta, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Lagos, Ondo, and Abia got 8, 7, 5, 7, 9, and 7, respectively. Ironically, Katsina came 33rd in the 2016 West African Examination Council (WAEC) Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination.
Those who destroy our unity are those who not only masterminded the unwarranted removal of the Director-General of National Pension Commission, PENCOM, Mrs. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu (South East) from office but also try to replace her with Alhaji Aliyu Dikko from Kaduna State in North West in clear breach of the constitution.
Section 21(2) of Pension Reform Act 2014 clearly states that “In the event of a vacancy, the President shall appoint a replacement from the geo-political zone of the immediate past member that vacated office to complete the remaining tenure.”
Mohammad K. Ahmad, Mrs. Chinelo’s predecessor, was appointed by Olusegun Obasanjo, a southerner, was untouched during Musa Yar’Adua’s short spell and retained by Goodluck Jonathan, another southerner. This is essentially because PENCOM is a statutory and special agency that needs stability to build and sustain confidence of stakeholders as well as jealously guard the pension funds.
Talking about pension funds, the Anohu-Amazu leadership grew the pension funds from N2.9 trillion to more than N6.5 in a little less than three years. In fact, she served on the Presidential Committee that reformed the pension industry and produced the Pension Reform Bill, which translated to the Pension Reform Act 2004. She was the pioneer Commission Secretary and Legal Adviser. In other words, she has been part of the new-look of the pension industry from scratch. Her knowledge, experience, and competence in the industry showed in the transformations, innovations, strict regulations, and international buy-ins, which she brought to bear on the industry.
Her performance was so convincing that even the hard-to-please labour (Trade Union Congress) appreciated her with the “Excellent, Visionary, and Emphatic Leader Award” just last year, while she also bagged the Sun Newspaper Pubic Service Award, 2015. In fact, media reports show that the presidency, in her removal letter, acknowledged that she performed.
Unfortunately, all she gets for her 16 years of hard work and sacrifice in building the Nigerian pension industry is unceremonious removal for reasons that are everything, but patriotic. Worst of all, they desecrated and disregarded the clear provisions of Section 21(2) of the Pension Reform Act by appointing Aliyu Dikko from Kaduna, thereby unabashedly robbing the South East to pay North West.
Ironically, while she was denied even a tenure, the cabal in the presidency has, for the second time, extended the tenure of the embattled Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education, Mrs. Jamila Shu’ara, to 2018 contrary to civil service rule and despite the House of Representatives stand that she refunds all the emoluments received in the controversial first extension, which Members declared as illegal.
Excerpts of the extension letter dated 29th March 2017 reads: “This is to inform you that His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, in line with the provisions of Section 171 (2) (d) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, vide letter reference No. SH/COS/100/A/1541, extended your retirement period by one (1) year with effect from February 17, 2017.
“Consequent upon this, your emoluments and other conditions of service will remain sustained up to 16th February 2018 in a special dispensation, which should not be cited as policy”.
According to Ellie Wiesel, Romanian-born American Jewish writer, political activist, professor, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor, “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest”. Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka condemned the excesses of herdsmen and government’s worrisome silence and kid gloves towards them when they invaded his compound.

i do not support her removal she was doing a good job

DLondonboiy:
Everybody is now a nairalander...Everyfucking person is now a nairalander...smh

this thread is not for immature minds visit the kiddies section

first of all i am a nigerian before any other tribe the south south geo political zone disassociates itself from any acts of seccession being agitated by my neighbours from the other tribe the south south restates it's commitment to a one and indivisible nigeria the niger delta is interested in resource control fiscal federalism and the restructuring of the nigerian state the niger delta cannot be part of an agitation that lacks trust where our future is uncertain my advise to my inlaws in the other tribe is to accept the concept of one nigeria nigeria has a lot to offer thank you
cc sarrki omenkalives

Mykelpato:
Compare and contrast Umunnem

The first picture is the wife of River state governor adjusting the
husband's tie thereby encouraging the modesty in his dress
sense.
Pics 2 is same Woman whipping the heat on his husband's face
showing humility and affection.
Pics 3 is the wife of the Anambra state governor(Osodi-
Akwariaku) forcing some glass of gulder lager to the Mouth of
the husband thereby encouraging him to drink to stupor and do
the Unthinkable.
Now after this showmanship with Anambra money (ego
Anambra),you still doubt he didn't order "shoot at sight order" to
unarmed innocent demonstrators when he is under the influence
of Alcohol?
You still wonder why many projects has been abandoned in
Anambra when the wife is not helping matters?
You still wonder why Education sector is lagging behind in
Anambra?
You still wonder why the over 175billion naira(cash and bonds)
savings left by Obi to Anambra state coffers has been
squandered?
Courtesy,ethics and moral decadent is long gone in my state
Anambra.
#IweptForMyStateAnambra

i approve your message to my anambra inlaws

thug ebere obiano

i approve the op's message

Agumbankembu:

you are from hopeless and worthless anambra get ready I will paint your worthless state and clownish governor black on nairaland

KINGOFTHEEAST:
no awolowo is useless and i chose whom to insult

respect the dead

KINGOFTHEEAST:
just like awolowo

insult me if you want do not insult the dead

the poorest states in nigeria are anambra ebonyi abia enugu bayelsa

nnamdi kanu has taken away the destiny of ibos

odduduwa:
I ll bookmark this for future reference.don't get upset when I quote you BTW am an ipob member

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odduduwa:
hope you won't change stands when you see him with more than one person because he is coming to aba

if nnamdi kanu goes to his old ways Kuje prison will be waiting for him

sarrki:
The best quote of the century

God will show up for you

He will take you on eagles wing

You are blessed my brother and my compatriot

same to you

kingzizzy:
What they said about high grade Indian weed circulating in Nigeria must be true

nnamdi kanu has experienced the might of nigeria nobody threatens nigeria and goes free God bless nigeria

sarrki:
Part of the bail terms is he must not be in a gathering more than 10 people

Kanu now knows better that Nigeria is greater than any individual

God Bless Federal Republic Of Nigeria

kanu has experienced the might of nigeria nobody threatens nigeria and goes free God bless nigeria

Funnicator:
He never will, neither will he join PDP, a party with no seccession agenda. Secession is not enshrined in the Nigerian constitution so no way Kanu will become a Parliamentarian to move the motion, he can only keep lobbying till UN grants the region a referendum, of course UN laws are superior to Nigeria's.

like ojukwu like uwazurike now kanu

go back to your hopeless dilector kanu and tell him to give you appointments

ifraudian nnamdi kanu is set to join apc

whitebeard:
future impossible tense

i said it first remember to bookmark my post when it happen

nnamdi kanu is about to declare for one nigeria nnamdi kanu will be contesting for abia senate seat in 2019 he will become the champion of one nigeria kanu has taken the gullible ibos on a ride