₦airaland Forum

Award winning author, Okechukwu Ofili has picked some holes in President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement about his delay in appointing ministers to the Federal Executive Council.

President Buhari had revealed to Nigerians in a Washington Post article that he would not appoint ministers until September and likened his decision to that of President Obama during his first term.

He said, “When cabinet ministers are appointed in September, it will be some months after I took the oath of office. It is worth noting that Obama himself did not have his full Cabinet in place for several months after first taking office”.

Ofili who lives by the slogan, “Addicted to Truth, Allergic to Bullshit” took to his Facebook page to set the record straight.

He posted:

- President Barack Obama Inaugurated January 20, 2009
- Hillary Rodham Clinton assumed the office of Secretary of State on January 21, 2009
- On January 26, 2009, the U.S. Senate confirmed Geithner’s appointment as Secretary of the Treasury
- On December 1, 2008, President-elect Obama announced that Robert Gates would remain in his position as Secretary of Defense during his administration
- On December 1, 2008, Obama announced that Eric Holder would be his nominee for Attorney General. Holder was formally nominated on January 20, 2009
- Ken Salazar assumed the office of Secretary of the Interior on January 21, 2009 after a unanimous voice vote on the floor of the full Senate
- Tom Vilsack assumed the office of Secretary of Agriculture on January 21, 2009
- Hilda Solis assumed office as Secretary of Labor on February 24, 2009
- Shaun Donovan was confirmed as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development on January 27, 2009.
- Arne Duncan was confirmed as Secretary of Education on January 21, 2009.
- Eric Shinseki assumed the office of Secretary of Veterans Affairs on January 20, 2009
- Janet Napolitano assumed the office of Secretary of Homeland Security on January 21, 2009.
- Steven Chu was unanimously confirmed as Secretary of Defense by the U.S. Senate on January 20, 2009.
- Former Republican Congressman Ray LaHood was confirmed as Secretary of Transportation on January 23, 2009

FACT: Obama appointed/confirmed 13 of 15 of his cabinet members with a week … yes that is within 7 days of his inauguration. And 1 of those 13 was even confirmed technically in December 2008 before he was inaugurated!

The remaining … Gary Locke Secretary of Commerce (confirmed February 23 2009) and Kathleen Sebelius Secretary of Health and Human Resources (confirmed April 28, 2009) were nominated later than one week because the original choice or choices failed their nomination process.

But in Nigeria its been 2 months and not ONE single ministerial appointment and our National Assembly is in recess … and our President just went on International media to say he will not appoint ministers till September and uses Obama above as justification? Bullshit!

But I am not faulting politicians, politicians are politicians.

I am more disappointed with intellectuals and intelligent Nigerians reading this shit … that smell the shit, see the shit, know its shit but don’t say shit!

Those are the people I am disappointed with.

http://www.theheraldng.com/federal-cabinet-buhari-lying-about-obamas-appointments-ofili/

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introvert n fremanan

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soo if Buhari is lieing you are telling d trud....

itsorite....

Barcanista already said that

Says a lot about the quality of Buhari's handlers, speechwriters, ghostwriter (in the case of that silly article), and his overall team. Clueless buffoons.

If the writer is a celebrated writer then we have a big problem.... .
Please the man said......... even some of Obama's cabinet members...... ... And u just confirmed the whole thing
Let me just hope this another attention seeker sha

mrvitalis:
If the writer is a celebrated writer then we have a big problem.... .
Please the man said......... even some of Obama's cabinet members...... ... And u just confirmed the whole thing
Let me just hope this another attention seeker sha

read it again

scribble:
read it again

For what?

mrvitalis:
For what?

For better comprehension