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@bro Cornelius song:

Listen to the third and forth songs! They rock.

Third:

M'geso gi onye nzoputa m
iwusiri obara gi
asina uwa dum aju gi
n'amara gi, m'geso gi!



Fourth

I mara mma,
idi ebube,
Idi oke onu ahia,
Jehova bu Chineke, onye m n'efe,
riwe otuto n'ibu okaka!

Everybody calm down.
We still support GEJ for presidency. APGA will sweep other elections in the SE. That is what the deal is.

Meanwhile enjoy bro Cornelius!

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In fact this is the best news out of Nigeria this year so far.

Let other departments follow suit.

I knew the day was coming, but I never thought it would be this fast!

And people say that GEJ is not working?

This is a HUGE POSITIVE change!

[size=16pt]Govt denies zoning of AGF’s office, defends merit test [/size]

THERE is now a shift from the traditional way of appointing the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF). Unlike the old order in which the occupant of the office was picked by the President from three shortlisted persons from any part of the country, the next holder of the office will emerge from a competitive test to be conducted by the Federal Government.

The scope of selection has also been widened to allow eligible candidates from Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) outside the Federal Ministry of Finance to aspire and feature in the qualifying examination.

The Guardian learnt that the new arrangement is at the instance of President Goodluck Jonathan, who directed that the exercise be made open through an all-inclusive competitive test.

Consequently, all interested Directors of Finance and Accounts in MDAs are qualified to participate in the test, with the Finance Ministry, former Accountants-General of the Federation (AGFs), Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) mandated by the government to set the guidelines for the examination.

Head of the Service of the Federation (HOSF), Prof. Oladapo Afolabi, who confirmed the plan, said: “Through a recent presidential approval, the mode of appointing the Accountant-General of the Federation has changed and a new one will emerge soon through a very competitive examination process that will involve all Directors of Finance and Accounts in the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), And it is not true that the office has been zoned to any geo-political zone in the country, ”

In an interview with The Guardian yesterday, he said a report in a national daily that he unilaterally changed the mode of appointing the AGF was untrue. He said: “Such a publication was without understanding of the rule of engagement. The Accountant-General is part of the presidential appointments. No law or rule or convention has zoned the office to any part of the country. It is a public service appointment. The last holder, Alhaji Dankwambo from Gombe State took over from Mr. Kayode Naiyeju from Ondo State. Had it been zoned, a contender from South-West would have been recommended. Recall that even the then Accountant-General of Lagos State was among the three recommended then. But the former President Olusegun Obasanjo approved the candidate from Gombe, Any report about zoning AGF’s office to any region is unconscionable, ”

Other reports insinuated that some candidates from the North had been gearing up to take the office vacated recently by Dankwambo to pick the Gombe State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship ticket.

Afolabi explained that no one should split hairs about the newly advertised mode of appointing a new AGF as the President also approved that the old method of selection through a shortlist of three from the office of the outgoing AGF and the Head of Service in collaboration with the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation should be enhanced.

He said: “Don’t forget that we attend international meetings, seminars and Commonwealth Advanced Seminar on Public Service Reforms where we also build capacity on the best practices and international standards. In Singapore and New Zealand, they even advertise offices like the permanent secretaries. They ask qualified officers to apply, Not too long ago, the Office of the Head of Service also changed the mode of appointing permanent secretaries. They now sit for written examinations and tough oral interviews. Before then, it was just selection without any remarkable criteria. So, the era of mere shortlist for the President to choose one is gone. The President himself has changed the mode of selection,

“He (the President) has directed me to get the best from the federal bureaucracy, including all agencies. So, all qualified directors of finance and accounts in the MDAs can put in for the examination, We should be ready for public service reform. Our old ways of doings things cannot stand the test of modern public service system, That was why we issued the circular on the new deal on January 10, 2011 asking all qualified personnel in the public finance system to apply, ”

In the circular titled: “Appointment of Accountant-General of the Federation,” addressed to the principal secretary to the president, principal secretary to the vice president, chief justice of the federation, ministers, SGF, special advisers/ senior special assistants, service chiefs, the inspector-general of police, chairman, FCSC, auditor-general of the federation, accountant-general of the federation, surveyor-general of the federation, chief registrar, Supreme Court of Nigeria, directors-general and chief executive officers of parastatals and agencies, Afolabi had cited the President’s approval thus: “Following the approval of the President to fill the vacant position of the AGF, you are accordingly requested to forward the list, personal, confidential files as well as 15 copies of curriculum vitae of all substantive directors (accountants) on Grade Level 17 in your establishment on or before Friday, January 21, 2011.”

During the selection, eligible candidates will be evaluated on their understanding of government fiscal policy, management of government finances, integrity, experience, knowledge of global financial trends and issues, information technology, and communication skills.

Others are general knowledge, visioning capacity and firmness in fund control measures as well as proper management of public finances.
They will also be assessed on leadership qualities, competence on rules, process and procedure, project development, policy development and implementation, familiarity with contemporary government policies and priorities, visioning capacity and firmness on the rule of law.

These attributes will be evaluated through administration of questionnaires, written examination, basic training and test in ICT software such as word processing, excel and power joint, and oral presentations to a broad-based panel of experienced experts in governance.”

The Guardian learnt that a panel comprising the finance minister, former AGFs, chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission and Head of Service to work out the guidelines and details of the examination procedure and format will soon be constituted.

It was also learned that Dankwambo actually joined the service as a federal director, a process that was rushed through the FCSC and the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation then. He had been recommended as Accountant-General of Gombe State but before his paper could get to Obasanjo, he was appointed as deputy director, which was the equivalent in the federal bureaucracy as a transferee from Gombe State.

Within 24 hours, he was promoted director in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, a position he (Dankwambo) never occupied for a day before his credentials were presented to the President.

He was actually presented together with the then Accountant-General of Lagos State, who was never transferred to the Federal Civil Service even as it was then known that the former Lagos State Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu had some treasury challenge with Obasanjo over seized local councils funds. That was how the leeway was facilitated for Dankwambo to emerge ahead of the Lagos State nominee for the job.

Some of the improprieties associated with the procedures of the appointment of top jobs, sources said, were among the reasons the President insisted that “the process must be all-inclusive and competitive for the best to emerge.”

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Posted by: eku_bear

They rigged in the SW too. . . yet the ACN has Lagos, Ekiti, Osun, Ondo through its alliance with Mimiko, Edo. And they might grab two more this next cycle  Grin

Those who can, do.

Those who cannot, find excuses (e.g. rigging)

I would admit one thing. The caliber of men in PDP in Igboland were the creme de la creme of Igbo politics. That is part of why PDP succeeded in the rigging.

Those men have gradually left PDP to join APGA and the remnants are busy fighting over loot.
It will be a whole new ball game in April.

Posted by: eku_bear

You are welcome to try. Let the best man win. Though of course, one wonders why APGA is not yet able to win its own region, not to talk of others

One word: RIGGING.

Let's see how this election turns out.

That is why Akunyili is asking hard questions.

Posted by: Kobojunkie

Try again!

I won't insult you, yet.

Did any of the links show that I supported removal of Ogbulafor or Nwodo?

Please don't create confusion here.

Posted by: eku_bear

I think focusing on minority states in the middle belt and SS makes more sense and would lead to better results. Akwa Ibom for example as ACN would be pretty cool.

No problem. We go use APGA dey eye Eko!
hehehe!

I really hope APGA understands that it can actually win zones outside of SE. 

Posted by: dayokanu

Then all Igbos support APGA and make sure APGA sweep those 5 states, When you do that then you can come out and bargain that If you dont give us this this and this, We would take our 5 states votes elsewhere.

This I believe is the way to play politics in this multi everything Nigeria

Igbo people say that "awo adighi agba oso ehihie na nkiti" -meaning "the toad does not jump around during the daytime in vain. Sometime must be pursuing it!"

I believe that Akunyili is flying a kite. She wants to throw down the gauntlet and let Igbos decide their own political future.

She is challenging the Igbo PDP members to show us what they got for Ndigbo at the center.

Posted by: EzeUche_

And I am not going to lie, I was totally against Nwodo. I hated what he was doing to Sullivan Chime.

And I was constantly warning you guys about it.
There will always be political wars fought within groups. Those wars should not be used to present the WHOLE group in bad light to outsiders.
For me, that is the bottomline.

APGA remains the only vehicle by which Igbo can rediscover themselves politically.

Thank God for APGA.

I however believe that APGA will not field a presidential candidate (whether he will win or not) because Ndigbo want Jonathan to succeed.

That can change if we find out that we are being taken for a ride by GEJ.

APGA is a long term vehicle.

@abagworo,

I never supported swapping of PDP chairmen. In fact I was the only Igbo commentator here constantly agitating against their swappings. Just for the record.

Posted by: EzeUche_

Orju Uzor Kalu had his chance before he squandered it. That man had so much potential I tell you. But look at him now and what he did (or didn't do) for Abia State. I spit whenever I hear that man's name.

Even Dora Akunyili can provide that leadership in APGA. She is smart, charismatic, eloquent and fearless. So no shaking.

Peter Obi needs to tell Ndigbo what is really happening. He is the leader of SE governors forum, so he needs to clarify things for us.

But for now, NO SHAKING.  

Posted by: Abagworo

Hahahahahahahahahaha! PDP has already swept the elections save for few they will deliberately concede to opposition.The rigging started from registration.

Look abagworo, I don't know how you reason, but I don't think that Jonathan can take on the combined forces against him from both North and South East. I really don't.
If you look closely, he is basing his real support base in Igboland.
He will be a fool to toy with that, because if we withdraw our support, he will have to face the north alone.
And you and I know that he cannot count on the Yoruba to defend him or stand with him.

So think for once.

@EzeUche_

Calm down. No need to regret anything. We just need to know what we get from a GEJ presidency as a majority group that support him.

If he does not give us something tangible, we dump him. Simple.

Posted by: alj harem

ok brother i hear you Wink

hope it works well for ndigbo and the nation

I am really happy that someone like Dr Dora Akunyili is raising this issue.
Walahi, this election will be interesting, and PDP can lose the entire SE to APGA.
And if they dare rig the elections, they can kiss Nigeria goodbye.

Posted by: alj harem

sorry onlytruth, but stop this rubbish of getting the position of the major ethnic groups because WE IGBOS WERE ONE OF THEM UNTIL OUR LEADERS SOLD U OUT IN PDP

Nobody sold us. Everybody endorsed Jonathan in PDP, from extreme North to extreme south. They did not lose their political rights because of that.

What you are not seeing is that the elections are still months away.
Permutations and possibilities can change OVERNIGHT.

A day in politics is like a millennium.

I also believe that this is why she left PDP.

She saw it all before deciding to join APGA.

Posted by: jason123

@ Highlighted

LOL. No, you "must" not!

LOL we shall see.
Dora is only speaking the mind of majority Igbo population. She is a VERY SMART woman and knows how to "smell blood" politically.
She knows what she is doing. hehehe!  

Posted by: alj harem

no no no
it happened when the igbo politicians give there support to jonathan

there is no one breaking up

So supporting Jonathan, an Ijaw from South south now means we forfeit our own right as Nigerians?
How does that sound to you?

All these divide and rule nonsense won't fly.

We must get a position as other major tribes -Hausa and Yoruba. Otherwise, we will use all our resources to break away from Nigeria.

Posted by: eku_bear

I'm just having good-natured fun. Surely nobody can get offended by some gentle ribbing like this

And this is someone our own abagworo term non-tribalistic.

How can anyone in his right mind term this dude non-tribalistic? Beats me!  

Posted by: EzeUche_

My Igbo brethren, in all seriousness, I am getting a little worried. No, I am getting very worried how we Igbos are becoming more marginalized than ever before. I have supported GEJ, but it would seem that something nefarious is amidst.

Other groups are trying to use the Ijaw to block the Igbo from our glory. We all should be worried, because they are trying to back us into a corner. And I refuse to be backed in a corner. Our politicians have been bought off by the highest bidder and we Igbos have been left leaderless. We need to do something before it is too late!

As eku_bear has stated, the Yoruba are not even heavily PDP member yet they benefit from this zoning. What kind of nonsense is this?

This is why I said earlier that Igbo members of the PDP should be held accountable. They are supposed to extract commitments from Jonathan and PDP before deciding to support GEJ. In fact I am still supporting GEJ because I believe they must done that.

What Nigerians don't even understand is that you cannot cage Ndigbo in Nigeria. The election is still months away.

Posted by: alj harem

no no no onlytruth u don start again  

remember no one we are neutral whether igbo or kanur

Frankly some Nigerians are so pathetic in thinking.  
Perhaps because I mentioned that a Yoruba is my top pastor yesterday, suddenly I am feeling inferior to them?

These people are just unbelievable.  

Ok, alj Harem, what do you think about the topic?

Posted by: Chyz*

That's why I love our women. She always sends chills down their spines. The thing to top it off is that s[b]he's very ambitions and aggressive.[/b]

They are waiting for our men to start trouble, but they never put our women in the equation. Igboland is a place where EVERYBODY is capable of anything.
Underrate Dora at your own peril.

Posted by: jason123

Guy, calm down. I was NOT referring it to the Ndigbo but it was meant for YOU! The way you just come to attack me or anyone that has anything to say which involves igbo. Everyone is equal, no one is superior or inferior.

Btw, why are you still talking about a civil war our parents fought? On this topic?

Now you have changed it to me!
ME Onlytruth of all people feel inferior to you?  

Chineke me!
Where have I given you any reason to think that?

I hope you are not mistaking my fair mindedness and a strong sense of equity to all, to mean inferiority complex.

Dude, NO ONE here in nairaland is greater than me!  

How many Nnewi folks have you seen bowing to anybody?  

Dude, you really need to have your head examined.  

Posted by: jason123

See me see trouble oo!
Is it now a competition I am not saying anyone is definitely more qualified than anyone. I was just illustrating a scenario to Chyz. Claim down and[b] reduce this your inferiority complex[/b], abeg!

Why do you guys from the west always use this term?
Frankly, it is the most self deceiving, re-tarded term anyone can use to describe Igbo. If anyone accuses Igbo of SUPERIORITY complex, they may not be that far for the truth because frankly we believe that no other tribe in Nigeria can do anything better than us; name it, we outperform others.

So where is the so called inferiority complex from, when we have been agitating for separation from 1967?

So please stop deceiving yourselves for once!  

Posted by: jason123

If the SW person was more qualified than the igbo person presented then why is she complaining? Why is she complaining about igbo not in the "equation" since we are now appointing people based on "merit". Basically, she was referring to zoning. She wants the senate presidency to be "zoned" to Ndigbo.

Sometimes I wonder how some of you think.

How else do you think that the SW will produce the Senate President if not through zoning? 
Do you think that if based on merit a SW person will get it ahead of a SE person? 

The woman is talking about PDP imposed zoning of offices, and she is lamenting the fact that Ndigbo ( a majority tribe) are not among the first 5 positions in the country.

Even GEJ believes in zoning offices AFTER the elections. His position is that the presidency is not zoned to North or South, but that after the president must have emerged, positions are zoned according to GEOPOLITICAL areas.

Dora is spot on, but the people to complain to are the IGBO members of PDP, people like Ekweremadu, Ekwueme, Nnamani and Nwobodo. And maybe that is just what she is doing -trying to show Ndigbo that their lot is not protected by the thieving PDP members from Igboland.

Nigerian army lost civility in 1966. What we inherited after that is a monster unfit for any nation aspiring to peace and civility.

See a civilized army.

Posted by: PhysicsMHD

What are you talking about? This really threw me. I think you just want to fight somebody.

hehehe! That guy is re-tarded.

He was baiting Igbos with his foolish rant. Nobody bit it though.

A man is entitled to live in a permanent state of delusion.

Silence is the best answer to a fool.

I dey laugh o!

Chei!
So power de sweet like dis?

So if these Northerners were Easterners who never tasted power for 40 years until Jonathan showed up, this country would have LONG disintegrated?

I hope our people are learning now!

Power MUST NEVER return to the North!

Posted by: Probity100

GEJ, why have you made this BIG mistake? Oh no, this is big minus for you from the electorates!

Pray, why is that so?
So anything connected to Ojukwu is not electable. Is that it?

You guys should call a spade a spade and stop p00sy-footing.

I hope Ndigbo don't get intimidated by hypocrites.

GEJ could have done the same thing for HID Awolowo if she were young enough.
She appointed Yar adua's family member, didn't he?

The man is trying to unite Nigeria.

Posted by: houvest

Which others sources sir? Intuition ke? The reasons given by the OP's source are credible to me.

Don't mind him and his co-attack dogs.

Tribalism and sheer hate blinds them to facts.

The story is straight forward. The Nigerians in Sudan are mainly Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri.
They got there historically by going to Mecca by ground. Some of them obviously stopped in Sudan on their way back.
How many Kanuris are there in Niger Republic?

Frankly, it seems as if most of these commentators are re-tarded. They don't even attempt using their brains at all.

Like I said already, the news attracted my attention because I often wondered where groups like Boko Haram copied their ideas from. Boko Haram is so similar in operations to supporters of APC of Sudan.