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Smoke55:
Some People Are So Gullible,yesterday You Showed Us The Picture Of Buhari And Fayemi With Minister Of Foreign Affair On A Plane Heading To Japan,now You Are Showing Us Picture Of Samuel Ortom And Buhari In Japan,did Yayemi Turn To Ortom On The Way??

This statement was actually released on Saturday, but this article was published on Sunday.

Ortom goes to Japan for TICAD

By Hope Abah Emmanuel, Makurdi 
Published Date Aug 25, 2019 14:15 PM

Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, has travelled out of the country to participate in the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) billed for Yokohama, Japan. The event would hold between August 28 and 30, 2019.

A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, on the trip, indicated that his principal would participate at TICAD, initiated by the Japanese Government in 1993 and co-organised every three years by the United Nations, the World Bank and African Union Commission (AUC) with focuses on Africa’s development and economic transformation.


The governor’s spokesman added that Ortom and other Nigerian governors will take part in the main conference as well as its side events.

The statement further noted that President Muhammadu Buhari would be expected to deliver Nigeria’s statement at the conference anchored on the theme: “Africa and Yokohama, Sharing Passion for the Future.” It would be recalled that Ortom had jetted out of Nigeria barely a month ago to attend this year’s Mutual Union of Tiv in America (MUTA) and the Annual Convention of Idoma Association in Maryland and New York in United States which held between August 1 and 4, 2019.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ortom-goes-to-japan-for-ticad.html


Cc MrColdsweat

It seems a lot of people do not know the nature of this summit. Some are asking why Samuel Ortom is there, others are asking why a youth organisation put up a banner to welcome Buhari.

I shall address all these now

Smoke55:
Some People Are So Gullible,yesterday You Showed Us The Picture Of Buhari And Fayemi With Minister Of Foreign Affair On A Plane Heading To Japan,now You Are Showing Us Picture Of Samuel Ortom And Buhari In Japan,did Yayemi Turn To Ortom On The Way??

Samuel Ortom travelled to Japan for the summit, ahead of Buhari. His spokesman released a statement on Saturday, stating that the governor was going to be in Japan for the summit

President Ismail Omar Guerre of Djibouti arrives Japan for TICAD7.

Check out the Toyota Century on the tarmac.

2) President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH0Dt7e8l8I


Modified:

If you have any questions, make sure you read every post on this first page before you ask them. I have answered all the questions.

African leaders are arriving Japan for the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7).

The conference is being organised by the Japanese Government, the United Nations and several African governments.

The summit will be declared open on Wednesday, but several African leaders have already arrived Japan in order to attend meetings on the sidelines of the summit.

1) President Buhari of Nigeria.

Modified: NTA News video: President Buhari in Japan.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkX9n-oud_Q

This video about Asisat Oshoala was made in 2013, when she was still playing in Lagos. It was my introduction to Asisat Oshoala. I had to search for my 2014 post in order to find it again.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sN9IEkBUoU

Liverpool (2015)
www.nairaland.com/attachments/9233869_liv_jpeg5bdccfc9c61f965b905eb076345c8ac9


Arsenal (2016)
www.nairaland.com/attachments/9233870_arsenal_jpeg55dab8ee39467ef92310b54e772e068a

Dalian (2017-2018)
www.nairaland.com/attachments/6220080_dobqod0vwaay6va_jpeg21c4808567eea82ecc2d21f018f49451

Barcelona (2019-2022)
www.nairaland.com/attachments/10101178_eczcx2hwwaaoo72_jpeg_jpeg828b0dfbf3b3b92325f44a6ff819fc6a

This Instagram post by Asisat Oshoala has caught the attention of Barca fans. They love the fact that she described the goal as "typical Barca style".

Even more reactions

More reactions

Pictures

Oshoala's reaction

Reactions.

Oshoala Scores Again As Barcelona Are Crowned Copa Catalunya Champions.

Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol

A brace from Mariona and a goal each from Oshoala and Pina gave Barcelona Femeni their first silverware of the 2019/2020 season.

Barcelona won the Copa Catalunya, their 10th in 11 years, by beating Espanyol 4-0 at the Municipal de Palamos stadium in Costa Brava yesterday night.

The Azulgranas controlled the rhythm of the game and had the higher percentage of ball possession right from the beginning of the game. The first goal scoring opportunity of the game fell to the Cules when Maria Leon latched on to the ball from a corner kick and struck the woodwork.

The Luis Cortes girls showed great team work and exhibited the classic Barca passing-possession game, which culminated in a great assist by Alexia Putellas and a fantastic goal by Asisat Oshoala in the 25th minute. The Nigerian has scored in every game so far this season (9 goals in 6 games).

Asisat Oshoala's goal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmsfdseWBeM

Caroline Graham Hanson provided a brilliant assist towards the end of the second half and Mariona played a powerful shot off Graham's centered ball to score the second goal for Barca.

Barca continued to create goal scoring opportunities after the break and Mariona scored the 3rd from 11 metres (3-0, min 64).

The Barca coach rang the changes towards the end of the game, introducing 6 substitutes - Andrea Falcón, Losada, Hamraoui, M. Pérez, Van der Gragt and Claudia Pina and it was Pina who scored the 4th goal in the final minute of the game. Thus Barcelona won its 10th Copa Catalunya in 11 years, controlling the match from the beginning to the end.

Details
Barça , 4
Espanyol , 0

Barça Femení:
Paños, María León, Marta T. , Mariona, Alexia, Patri, Aitana, Leila, Graham, A. Pereira i Oshoala. Substitutes: Andrea Falcón, Pina, Losada, Hamraoui, M. Pérez i Van der Gragt.

Espanyol:
Mimi, Elba, Inés, Torrdà, Baudet, Eli, Brenda, Daniela, Yiyi, Dulce i Kath. Substitutes: Mariajo, Letti (sent off), Debora i Paloma.

Goals: 1-0, Oshoala (min 25); 2-0, Mariona (min 31); 3-0, Mariona (p. min 64); 4-0, Pina (min 89).

Referee: Ylenia Sánchez (sent off Letti of Espanyol for a second yellow card offence)


Highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZB84M4qv4k

In every society there are certain functions that must be carried out. The people who carry out those functions might different titles, but there must be someone to carry out those functions. Therefore:


1) There must be someone to manage the head of government's office. You can call him the chief of staff (as is done in Nigeria, the US and many other countries), the principal private secretary (as is done in the UK and many other countries), the principal staff officer (as was done in Nigeria under military rule) or whatever title you want to give him, but there must be someone to manage the head of government's office and that person must regulate the flow of people into the head of government's office.


2) There must be someone that will coordinate the activities of the ministries, departments and agencies of government and act as the secretary to the cabinet.

That person might be called the cabinet secretary (as is done in the US and UK), the secretary to the Government of the Federation (as is done in Nigeria) or you could give him any title you want, but there must be someone to perform those functions.


It's funny that there's an ignorant person on this thread who claims that the position of chief of staff to the president of Nigeria is redundant because we have a secretary to the Government of the Federation. He claims that America doesn't have a similar system and therefore Nigeria shouldn't.

It's obvious that he is unaware that America has:

1) a White House cabinet secretary (who performs some of the functions that a Nigerian SGF performs),
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Cabinet_Secretary

as well as an administrator of the General Services Administration (who performs some of the functions that a Nigerian SGF performs)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Services_Administration

and yet they still have a White House chief of staff!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Chief_of_Staff

Are these positions redundant??

Basic123:
You think you are smart?


There is a difference between the presidency and the FG!

That guy has no idea what he's talking about.

emmasege:
Which tradition?

He had no business at that gathering as a Christian leader. He could as well choose to attend the reception party but definitely not the Nikkah or whatever they call it.

1) Pope John Paul II inside a mosque in Syria in 2001.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wopk5DkPgvE



2) The chief imam of Ghana attends a church service to mark his birthday.

Ghana's 100 year old imam who went to church.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-africa-48221879

3) Pope Francis prays alongside the grand mufti of Istanbul at the Blue Mosque.

4) The archbishop of Canterbury (Anglican Communion), Justin Welby at a mosque in London

raptex:
More details on the problems with Lagos please.

Imagine having an APC state government in Abuja and at the same time having a PDP Federal Government in Abuja. Think of the problems it will cause.


In 1979/1980 the UPN controlled Lagos State Government started a new TV station called Lagos Television and it was on channel 5. The NPN controlled Federal Government also started a new TV station called NTA2 and it was also on channel 5. Both stations were obviously blocking each other.

It took a while before they reached a settlement and Lagos Television was moved to channel 8.

There were also speculations that the Lagos State Government used Radio Lagos to block NTA2 Channel5.


The 1989 constitution provided for the position of Mayor of Abuja and people of Abuja have been campaigning that they want an elected mayor, rather than an appointed minister, but there has never been an elected mayor of Abuja because of the problems that it might cause the Federal Government.

Check out this map of the US. You can see Washington State in the top left corner of the map (it's in green).

You can also see a line pointing to Washington DC in the right side of the map.

raptex:
Jay Inslee is the current governor of Washington DC.

Ok, now I see where you made a mistake.


Washington State is different from Washington DC.

Washington DC is the capital of the US and it's in the eastern part of the US.

Washington State is a state in the western part of the US.

raptex:
Washington DC in US is considered as one. Why isn't it considered as a state?

Abuja is not considered a state because of the problem with Lagos in the 1970s and 1980s.


Washington DC is also not a state (who is the state governor of Washington DC? ). It's a federal district.

BrainSanitizer:
Please oh. Let me ask this question.
Do moderators read the content of posts before moving them to front page?
I don't seem to read any meaning in this post.
Maybe I'm the one not comprehending it?
Somebody please help me.
Hanging in Lagos. Plane headed to port Harcourt. Arrested and detailed. Taken to psychiatric hospital. Everything seems to be happening within Nigeria.
Then suddenly, immigration and deportation to his country came in.
Is he not a Nigerian?
Or is the Lagos they are talking about in another country?
Please I need help.

A Nigeri[b]en[/b] is a person from Niger Republic. A Nigerian is a person from Nigeria.

The man in question is from Niger Republic.

Is he a professor?

Icon79:
No sir, the Chief of Staff coordinates the Presidency. And when you use that term "Presidency, it implies the President and his/her cabinet. And that's exactly what's supposed to be the job of the Secretary of the Federal Government (in the Nigerian context). In a sane society, you won't have both positions..... they are redundant! Like I had previously stated, the so called Aso Rock Chief of Staff was created because they heard about the position of the White House Chief of Staff. No wonder the white folks refer to you guys are apes because y'all tend to ape everything you see/hear without taking the time to study and fully understand the process.

For example: John Kelly, the former White House Chief of Staff (and now Mick Mulvaney) coordinates every every cabinet meeting for the US govt.


O pari

You are wrong. The presidency does not include the cabinet. You are probably mixing up the terms Presidency and executive arm of government. They are not the same.


The presidency, as used in this context, means the office of the president (including his special assistants and advisers). This is domiciled at the Aso Rock Villa.


The cabinet, that is the FEC, the ministries, department and agencies, have their own headquarters, with many ministries having their headquarters at the Federal Secretariat.


It's just like saying that the Treasury Department is the White House. The Treasury Department is not the White House, but it is part of the executive branch of government. They are two distinct things.

I see what happened. You just assumed that the position was copied from the US simply because I said that it was adapted from the US and you ignorantly came to that conclusion. The position existed long before the title was adopted from the US in 1999. It was previously called the principal staff officer to the president/head of state (during military rule) and it was called the principal private secretary to the prime minister (during the first republic 1960-1966). All that was changed/adopted from the US in 1999 was the title!



The chief of staff is like a personal assistant to the president, while the secretary to the government of the federation is like the cabinet secretary that we had in the first republic.


The secretary to the government of the federation also used to be the head of the civil service until that position was excised in 1999. Up till 1999 he was the most senior civil servant in the country.

If you think of the government as the executive, legislature, judiciary and the bureaucracy, then the old position of secretary to the government of the federation was the head of the bureaucracy.


The chief of staff is in charge of the office of the president, while the secretary to the government of the federation is in charge of coordinating interactions between ministries, departments and agencies of government.

You can see the functions of the secretary to the Government of the Federation here: https://www.osgf.gov.ng/about-us

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_to_the_Government_of_the_Federation

And you can see the functions of the chief of staff here: http://statehouse.gov.ng/presidency/



It's like the difference between the White House Counsel, who is the lawyer of the president of the United States and the Attorney General/solicitor general, who represents the government.

It's like the difference between the senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, who speaks on behalf of the president, and the minister of information, who speaks on behalf of the government.


The functions of the secretary to the government of the federation and the functions of the chief of staff to the president are quite clearly different. They have never ever been the same.

Even before 1999, when we adopted the American title of chief of staff, the functions and offices were not the same.


Even in 1960, when we operated the British parliamentary system, you still had separate positions for the principal private secretary to the prime minister (which is like the chief of staff), and the cabinet secretary (which is like the secretary to the government of the federation). They do not perform the same functions. They have never performed the same functions.

Even under military rule, there were separate positions for the principal staff officer to the president/head of state (which is like the chief of staff) and the secretary to the government of the federation. They have never performed the same functions.


Note the function of a cabinet secretary (which is the equivalent of the secretary to the government of the federation) particularly as it's used in the United Kingdom.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary


And the function of a principal private secretary (which is the equivalent of the chief of staff)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_Private_Secretary_to_the_Prime_Minister


By the way, Nigeria is not a zombie country and so it is not obliged to "ape" everything that is done in other countries. It can pick and choose the functions that suit its purpose. And if you say that, "No wonder the white folks refer to you guys are ape" (I guess you meant to use as, rather than are), then I must wonder if you are one of the guys being referred to

O pari

The Lagos State Government @followlasg

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Friday graced the cabinet retreat organised for members of the Lagos State Executive Council and Permanent Secretaries.

The appearance of the two former governors of Lagos was aimed at boosting the morale of the cabinet members and to equally share experiences based on practical knowledge in the art of governance.

The retreat being held at the instance of the Lagos State Government to enable cabinet members and Permanent Secretaries key into the policy thrust of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration.


Tinubu advised the team to beam its special focus on three key areas: environment, education and health. He believed the success of the administration would be dependent on the far-reaching reforms that would turn around the listed areas.


Fashola, who spoke on Personal Perspective on Leadership, said the appointees had signed up for “tough task’’, noting that their actions must prove their appointments were well-deserved.


The retreat being held at the instance of the Lagos State Government to enable cabinet members and Permanent Secretaries key into the policy thrust of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration.

https://mobile.twitter.com/followlasg/status/1164951085158731788


L-R: Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN at the ongoing retreat for the State cabinet members and permanent secretaries at the Eko Hotel and Suites


2nd picture: Ben Akabueze, Obafemi Hamzat; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola.