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FEDERALISM!!!

OP just drop the address and the woman's full name... Let people help.

Look closely you would see they were hanged cuffed...

Some one from unizik told me about a student that died... He was stabbed to death by his own brother with a knife because he slapped his girlfriend... See chat>>

amokemi:
Keep blowing up everything. If they beg you please don't agree. Destroy all the oil installations. At least that will make our leaders put on their thinking caps to develop other sectors of the economy. But as for your region, be ready to cope with the effect of your actions for the next century. For those supporting the blow ups, maybe you should check the effects of oil spillage.

Well done the avengers. Keep destroying your environment.

sorry for quoting you but the ogoni land has been polluted with spillage for over many years now but people survived... Lets not be hypocritical about this issue. Without these bombings the attention the matter is getting won't be up to the level it is now. It has gotten to a critical point.

I like bold women...

nigeriafilm:
Their case against him - only because he has made himself the voice of the opposition

A voice of the people... Not opposition

Why are there so few comments on this thread... It is so important we need to shout please.

Don't give up...

Must there be fight

This is good. I think opposition fits the pdp more, they should stay that way for 16 years.

omusiliyu:
Its time to make APC and Buhari Learners when it comes to politics.

We're going to return the list more than 5 times.

Then you fulfill the plan of not having ministers at all... Lol

omusiliyu:
Please who is Buhari. I'm studying in Paris School of Commerce.

Study harder... You will know. Lol #joke

ITbomb:
More photos.
And governmence wait.
Without ministers and policy to run while he is away , he moves about and even the "mere commissioner" cannot do anything until Baba is back

So you chose to be blind

thinkdip:
I still weep for Nigeria, after the state governors wasted their state resources on campaign for this dulardinho, he's now paying back with the federation money....i knew this would happen, I knew he'll only pay back by claiming he's bailing them out through sharing of our money... bunch of thieves!!!
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Now I know Nairaland is biased and political,,, Nairaland is censoring dullardin-ho to president buhari, while they left clueless as clueless in the case of former president Jonathan

too negative!!! pdp spent more monry during campaugns than the apc... where was the money from. salaries are going to be paid soon and you are complaining, what do u want?

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

good analysis... but you seem to lack patience, faith and belief in this new government.
you cant rush the "change"

Everfrank:
How did the Presidency or Buhari come into this? Must the commission be told by the president before they do their work?
It's the commission's statutory responsibility they just carried out media must relate it to the President to sell their papers. Na wa o!

it is his administration the praise and blame is his...

iyobs7:
Obviously you turned deaf ear to the interpretation of what Jonathan meant by stealing is not corruption. On every standard the man was 1000% correct.

If a man steals call him a thief.
If you tell me a man is corrupt, what does that say about him? Nothing. If he stole money, say it as is it.

so what is corruption then?

onyedikachukwue:
Voting this man is d worst mistake Nigerians have ever made

how? please explain...

The race is not for the swift but for the steady and consistent... I pray those of us that advocated for this change live long while those that dont believe come to light.

I would have loved Ameachi for SGF but he seems too radical for such a sensitive position... Fashola should fit in comfortably. with all these considerations put forward. Buhari will make the right choice, sooner this is done detractors will have less to complain about.
Buhari seems cool with all the pressure #amazing.

I think Nigerians have gotten used to a particular way of governance... Buhari has shown a high level of difference from the normal. I believe if we (Nigerians) focus on Buhari as a person and on his characteristics, we will notice that he has shown us articulateness and intelligence by not hurriedly appointing ministers to each ministry.

Nigeria has a leader who can withstand pressure from anxious citizens in the person of Buhari. Our ministers are coming.
God bless Nigeria.

My first nairaland comment though.