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izzou:


Is there any other person apart from Zakari that can head this?

For the sake of peace and transparency, can't someone else head it? Thats my question

That won't really achieve anything because:

1) Mrs Zakari is one of the 13 national electoral commissioners and therefore she must have a role in the election, like other national electoral commissioners.

2) The same complaints will still be made so long as she has a role in the elections.

3) President Jonathan appointed her as a national electoral commissioner in 2011. She was previously in charge of operations, but now she is in charge of health and welfare, which is why she has been made head of the committee to manage the collation center (ie welfare). Their job is to provide water, power, accreditation, etc.

4) Mrs Zakari can only be removed as a national electoral commissioner in 2 ways: (1) She is no longer capable of performing her functions due to health, etc. (2) She is removed by 2/3rd vote of the Senate. Neither the INEC chairman nor the president can remove her.

The Amina Zakari wahala

1) Amina Zakari was appointed as a national electoral commissioner in 2014 by President Goodluck Jonathan in the run up to the 2015 elections. He said that he appointed her because he wanted someone with integrity in the position.


2) Professor Attahiru Jega's tenure as chairman of INEC came to an end and he decided that he didn't want to serve another term as INEC chairman (despite attempts by some people to convince him to serve one more term).

3) President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Amina Zakari as acting chair of INEC.

4) Rumours surfaced that Mrs Zakari was Buhari's daughter-in-law. The rumours stated that she was married to Buhari's son.

5) Mrs Zakari gave an interview in which she stated that she was not Buhari's in-law in any way.
https://www.nairaland.com/2544322/im-not-married-buharis-son


6) Elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai gave an interview to the Tribune Newspaper and he allegedly criticised the appointment of Mrs Zakari in that interview. He said that he knew Mrs Zakari's father very well (her father was the Emir of Kazaure). He said he knew her father before he became Emir and that her father married Buhari's sister, so it was wrong of Buhari to appoint her as INEC chair.
https://www.nairaland.com/2508932/amina-zakaris-father-married-buharis


7) Alhaji Yakasai gave an interview to Channels TV in which he stated that he never said the things that were published in the Tribune interview. He said that he never criticised the appointment of Mrs Zakari and the reporter added to what he actually said.

I did not criticize her appointment. A reporter only asked me to help him know about her if she was related to President Buhari. I said she was not. She is not even a blood relation of his. What happened is her father married the senior assistant to President Buhari and Buhari went to Kazaure, where her father is from, and stayed there for some time because of the way her father took him like a son.

https://web.archive.org/web/20151002032610/http://www.mailexpressonline.com/buhari-is-not-a-democrat-yakasai/


8 ) President Buhari appointed Professor Mahmud Yakub as INEC chair and the criticisms died down.


9) INEC announced the creation of 2 ad hoc committees ahead of the 2019 election. These are the committee on logistics and the committee on the collation center. Mrs Zakari was appointed as the head of the collation center committee.

10) People criticised INEC and Buhari for appointing Buhari's niece as the person to collate the election results.


11) However, INEC's statement about the creation of the committees shows that Mrs Zakari will not be involved in the collation of the results. Her job is to manage the collation center.

INEC has secured the use of the International Conference Center as the collation center (the same centre was used in 2015) and Mrs Zakari's job is to ensure that there is power at the center (generators/diesel, etc), ensure that there is internet connection for journalists, allocate spaces for OB vans and other equipment for live transmission of the event and ensure that TV stations have all they need to broadcast the event live, etc. It does not involve the actual collation of the result.

https://mobile.twitter.com/inecnigeria/status/1080836363333832704

chloride6:
Naptu2 what would your mentor think about this?

What mentor?

Addendum

I was searching for this picture in order to add it to the section about Roger Milla, but I didn't find it until this morning.


The Italia 1990 FIFA Team of the Tournament.


Goalkeeper: Sergio Goycochea.

This was a very big deal. Goycochea was not Argentina's first choice goalkeeper, but he was in the team of the tournament. The first choice keeper, Nery Pumpido, broke his leg during Argentina's second game and Goycochea had to take over.

Remember also that this was a World Cup that was filled with great goalkeepers like Walter Zenga and Peter Shilton.


Defenders: Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi and Andreas Brehme.

This was a Milanese defence line. It featured the Italians Maldini and Baresi, who both played for AC Milan and the German, Andy Brehme, who played for Inter Milan.

In my view, this reflected the strength of the Serie A at the time.


Midfielders: Paul Gascoigne, Diego Maradona, Lothar Mathaus and Dragan Stojkovich of Yugoslavia.


Attackers: Roger Milla, Salvatore "Toto" Schillaci and Jurgen Klinsmann

Milla and Schillacci were the main stories of the tournament. Schillacci ended up as the highest goal scorer and player of the tournament, while Roger Milla was joint 3rd highest goal scorer.


How many African players have made it into the FIFA team of a World Cup tournament?

Aha! I thought so. Not worth responding to. No facts, reasons or logic, just emotions. Why would I even hate Okocha? Does that make sense?

Maybe it's a troll.

Anyway, on to better things.

Latest update.

Nigeria trends at the moment.

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is one of the biggest music festivals in the world and many Nigerians were happy when they found out that Burna Boy is going to perform at this year's edition of the festival in California.

However, Burna Boy was not happy about the way that the festival organisers wrote his name on their promotional material and he took to Instagram to make his thoughts known.

1) Burna Boy's name is on the 3rd line after Ariana Grande.

2) Burna Boy makes his feelings known.

3) His team deleted his post and he posted it again.

Okorowanta. In order for me to know if I'll continue this argument, I need to ask you a question.

You sent me a link in which Sam Allardyce said that Jay Jay Okocha was better than Messi and Ronaldo. Do you believe that Okocha was better than Messi and Ronaldo? A simple yes or no will suffice.

OKorowanta:
After feeding you with facts,you've now started bringing Roger Milla to the equation.
Aside you,world football greats and experts rated Okocha high and still do.
Wenger,Pele,Maradona,Ronaldinho,Allardyce,the list goes on and on and on.
Even after Mauritius 93 after Flying Eagles elimination at the group stage,Roger Milla picked Jay Jay and Ghana's Daniel Addo as his stand out performers and players to look out for in the future.
While Addo faded away,Okocha went ahead and confirm Mills's Verdict.
He had his lows like every other player but guy for Okocha matter,comot shukushuku for your eye.

Before you take breakfast digest this and also come back to read it before you sleep tonight.... http://dailypost.ng/2018/11/13/jay-jay-okocha-better-cristano-ronaldo-messi-samuel-allardyce/

You said that I'm now "bringing Milla into the equation". That means that you do not even know what this thread is about. This thread is about Roger Milla and it is not about Okocha. You might need to go back to the first page and find out what the thread is about.

Again, nobody (apart from you) said that Okocha is not a great player. Once again, you need to go back to the first page and find out what this thread is about, because it appears that you just jumped into the thread on the last page. This thread is about impact and you need to go to the first page to find out what impact means.

It appears that you jumped into the last page and became angry. Calm down, reason properly and go to the first page. Make sure you read all the posts from the first to the last.

Besides, what else do you expect allardyce to say? He was Jay Jay's coach. Every coach would rate his own player above everyone else.

OKorowanta:
Your arguments are now fvcking lame and childish.
So it has become a must to get top awards cos you assisted a goal.
How many awards has Mesut Ozil won after shattering assists records?
Another excuse you'll soon give is Hadji won the award cos he carried a pony tail hairstyle during the World Cup.
Guy go kack wia contain you.

Actually, you are the one that is acting childish by being sentimental, while I'm simply providing facts.

My point, which you still haven't disproved, is that both Okocha and Hadhi were the stand out African players at France '98 and that's a fact. This fact is backed up by statistics like goals and assists, not sentiments.

Meanwhile, Roger Milla was the stand out African player of Italia 90. He was one of the players of the tournament, period!

OKorowanta:
The argument was Hadji won CAF player award because he featured both at France 98 and Burkina Faso '98 as a quarter finalist while Okocha was featured only at d world cup no thanks to d four year ban CAF handed to Nigeria after we withdrew from South Africa 96 during Abacha's high handedness cos Mandela hit us with some sanctions during the Ken Sarowiwa saga.
CAF later prove they got it all wrong wit the 98 awards wen they awarded Yaya Toure the Africa gong by virtue of a sterling performance with Man city jettisoning a Nations cup top performer under the year in review.
What was mustapha Hadji's price tag after the World Cup?
Statistics don't lie as Okocha went on to become the costliest African player after the world cup.
So because the CAF Awards organisers got it wrong doesn't change the fact that humans are mistakes prone.
Not all judgements are right in life.
You are just an Okocha hater.
The few times you wrote something nice about him was deliberate so it would seem like u are trying to balance d write up.

How many goals and assists did Okocha provide at France 98 and how many goals and assists did Hadji provide at France 98?

Meanwhile, Roger Milla changed every single game that he appeared in at Italia 90. He was joint 3rd highest scorer at the World Cup and you can't talk about that World Cup without mentioning Milla. No other African came close to him at that World Cup.

sucess001:
Who was the standout African player in France 98?

There was no single stand out player, rather there were 2, Jay Jay Okocha and Mustapha Hadji and Hadji was named the CAF African Player of the Year after the World Cup.

WWE mourns after death of legendary announcer ‘Mean’ Gene Okerlund

JANUARY 3, 2019

Legendary professional wrestling ringside interviewer “Mean” Gene Okerlund has died, World Wrestling Entertainment announced Wednesday. He was 76.

Okerlund was a familiar face and voice for generations of wrestling fanatics, chronicling the exploits of larger-than-life figures including Hulk Hogan and “Macho Man” Randy Savage over his nearly half-century career.

“Mean Gene was the voice of millions of childhoods. Mine certainly,” tweeted current ring warrior Ettore “Big E” Ewen. “An honour to meet him.”

Okerlund got his start as an announcer and interviewer for the American Wrestling

Association in 1970, taking rapt viewers inside the minds of the sport’s stars, among them Hogan, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan and fellow Minnesota native Jesse “The Body” Ventura, according to WWE.

It was Ventura who bestowed upon Okerlund a moniker of his own: “Mean Gene.”

In 1984, Okerlund made the jump to the WWE, endearing himself to a national audience as host and commentator on shows including “Tuesday Night Titans” and “Prime Time Wrestling.”

At the inaugural WrestleMania in 1985, it was the versatile Okerlund who belted out the National Anthem.

“As an interviewer, pitch man, announcer, or host, he was untouchable. Simply the best,” tweeted “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. “Total professional with quick wit, sarcasm, humour, and that golden voice.”

Okerlund was on the move again in 1993, joining World Championship Wrestling as lead interviewer, but in 2001 returned to WWE, where he inked a lifetime contract.

He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006, by longtime subject Hogan.

“Mean Gene,” tweeted Hogan on Wednesday, “I love you my brother.”

A cause of death was not released, but Okerlund has suffered serious health setbacks, including kidney transplants in 1995 and 2004, according to reports.

https://amp.news.com.au/sport/more-sports/wwe-mourns-after-death-of-legendary-announcer-mean-gene-okerlund/news-story/e71e809748b39593965e23067bffe93d


1) Gene Okerlund and Andre the Giant.

2) Gene Okerlund and Hulk Hogan.

3) WWE announcer Gene Okerland attends the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania's WWE Hall of Fame. (Photo by Bob Levey/WireImage)

Honourable mentions.

Salif Keita, Bruce Grobellaar and Abedi Pele.