₦airaland Forum

CSTR2:
Why would you want to make someone who has no standing in most parts of the niger-delta, a minister for niger-delta?
You want amaechi to start fighting with governors on the streets, because he is going to need to work with them.
I expect buhari to make him minister for power or works since you guys claim amaechi is credible enough.
Making him a niger-delta minister is going to be a very big mistake.

ige101:
Where are u from? Is rotimi a former senator? Bow and go is only for past lawmakers

ige101:
Where are u from? Is rotimi a former senator? Bow and go is only for past lawmakers

ddippset:
People please lets move on from discussing whether the lion shall make it through the screening, let's discuss what portfólio the lion would be given. I say minister for the niger delta region. Watch and see how the lion will be more powerful than the 6 niger delta State governors put together, he will be like the niger delta president. It's time for wike and mama piss to reap the whirlwind. What wike, patience and mbu did to amaechi, it's payback time, payback is also called christina! She's a b1tch!

OboloMAN:
What is special in being Minister of Niger Delta?
Will he be the first person to hold such position if he is ever given?
After all his efforts,
V.P = No
S.G F = No
Chief of Staff = No
And the so called lion is settling to be a mere Minister.

A Sheep indeed.

amoduganja:
This country is a joke. So Vendetta is all there is to it? Not because Amaechi is qualified but because he will have the opportunity to fight his enemies if confirmed. Appointing Amaechi was a plot by Hausa/Fulani to keep Niger Delta from experiencing the peace and development it desperately needs knowing quite well that Amaechi has a lot of issues there, and if confirmed minister will likely pursue personal interests.

SeverusSnape:
Haba

chukwudi44:
The problem here is that Amaechi has failed woefully in other criteria having been already been indicted for fraud to the tune of N 97billion!! Amaechi is not a former Senator either and hence the bow and go rule cannot be applied to him

ige101:
Where are u from? Is rotimi a former senator? Bow and go is only for past lawmakers

maduxs:
Amechi will die a treacherous death,he should ask sarowiwa,Isaac borro, you can't fights your people and win, everything he did to his brother Jonathan will be done unto
Him in folds. Time will. Tell

OnankpaBa:
Wike get set, Am coming for your with Federal Power.

OboloMAN:
What is special in being Minister of Niger Delta?
Will he be the first person to hold such position if he is ever given?
After all his efforts,
V.P = No
S.G F = No
Chief of Staff = No
And the so called lion is settling to be a mere Minister.

A Sheep indeed.

shellworker:
Who is a minister (appointed) where a governor (elected) is? When Wike was a minister and Amaechi a governor what difference did it make? Was Wike's position stopping Amaechi from doing anything then? Let's be pragmatic!

shellworker:
Who is a minister (appointed) where a governor (elected) is? When Wike was a minister and Amaechi a governor what difference did it make? Was Wike's position stopping Amaechi from doing anything then? Let's be pragmatic!

DTaj:
That daft convention of having 2 senators out of maximum 3 endorse a Ministerial nominee is as daft as any insane rule. How could Senators bring their local 'gra-gra' politics to the National Assembly and prevent their 'political enemies' from being confirmed?

PDP is a party of hypocrites!

What happened when ALL 3 Lagos Senators opposed Obanikoro's nomination? Wasn't he cleared under David Mark's Senate Presidency?

What happened when the same Bukola Saraki brought local Ilorin/Kwara politics to the Senate and refused to support the nomination of Prof. Oba Abdulraheem as Chairman of Federal Character Commission (FCC)? Didn't he fail as the Senate under David Mark over-ruled him and confirmed Abdulraheem?

Same thing happened when Edo senators refused to support GEJ's nomination of Minister of Works. Didn't David Mark's 7th Senate confirm the man in the face of opposition by ACN senators influenced by Oshiomhole?

Now, it is the turn of APC nominees and clowns in PDP-controlled states are shouting 2-Senator rule!

Where were they when David Mark ensured that ALL PDP nominees from AC/ACN/APC controlled states scaled through Senate screening in spite of opposition from the opposition party? Bunch of hypocrites!!!

My friend think before you write. What were the charges of all those people you mentioned in your piece? Don't forget that this APC government mantra is change. They claim they want to fight and kill corruption, insecurity, poverty, etc. What then will they be portraying if they go ahead to appoint a proven corrupt character like Amaechi a minister.

May I remind you that those in glass houses don't throw stones. APC should stop deceiving themselves and other gullible Nigerians that they are fighting corruption while on the other hand promoting it. They should start the fight from their house. Amaechi has a corruption case to answer, until he is cleared of the case, Dullard Buhari should know he is not meant to even nominate him.

APC... Change indeed!

Dandeson1:
first I see your point.( not really).. but then wike was minister of state for education, so there was a limit to what he could do,, ameachi however is going to be minister of the entire Niger Delta region, that means he gonna work with all the govs of the niger delta try to bring dev. to the Niger delta area, that in itself is a powerfull position...

shellworker:
First of all may I ask who told you Amaechi will be made a minister of the Niger delta. You are just duelling in speculation. Too bad!

Even if Amaechi is made minister of the Niger delta as is widely speculated, it does not mean he will be the one developing the entire region, but rather the one reporting to the FG on the best way forward for the region. Amaechi on carrying out this duty will not be accorded the best support and cooperation he would be required. So many Niger deltas dislike him as a person since after the general elections. I can authoritatively tell you this.

The governor of all states remain the chief development agents of their respective States. Amaechi as a minister will make no difference. It won't affect Wike in anyway. Rivers State's allocation goes directly to the government's custody and not through any so called minister.

OnankpaBa:
How many times has he dare PDP and Wike to publish any of his bank account if they have any evidence against him?

Were they able to?

They are just trying to pay him back for forcing PDP and Goodluck out of power.

Dandeson1:
Lol, first I din't say he will dev. the Niger delta reg. I said he will work with the fellow govs of the region to bring dev. ( the same dev. that was denied them by FORMER President Goodluck 4 six years)
how do u know many Niger deltas dislike ameachi is it because you dislike him or are you also dwelling on speculations that people hate him, too bad!!! besides p/Harcourt PDP and mama peace hand bang wike, WHICH NIGER DELTA GOV. OR THEIR PDP CHAPTERS HAS OPENLY CASTIGATED AMEACHI??... my brother, am from Bayelsa, and I love the man.

shellworker:
My brother I don't duel in speculations and I don't say what I don't know. You can go for a street to Street fact finding mission about Amaechi. You will be baffled by your findings.

ricsman:
permit me to quota u.
this is my point. the only time I will believe Wike is as strong or stronger than Ameachi is only if he can survive like Ameachi did.
Ameachi is strong because he fought federal might n overcame

OboloMAN:
What is special in being Minister of Niger Delta?
Will he be the first person to hold such position if he is ever given?
After all his efforts,
V.P = No
S.G F = No
Chief of Staff = No
And the so called lion is settling to be a mere Minister.

A Sheep indeed.

bashydemy:
Shut up jor, Must he support GEJ cos he is from the same region with him?

maduxs:
Amechi is not the only wise man in rivers state

bashydemy:
So what does that mean?

maduxs:
you can't fight the interest of your people. Everybody in the east can't be his enemies. It's in history that he fought against his people

bashydemy:
You mean fight against his people how? This is politics and you choose where you want to belong.. Ameachi choose to be with APC and does that mean fighting his people? PMB contested against Yaradua in 2007, does that mean he fight with his people? Sule Lamido, Babangida, Amadou Ali etc go against PMB who is a northerner do you want them to say they go against their brother? in Politics there is no family..... In 2003 my dad supported AD and we the children supported NCP and we never hide and we stay under same roof. Does that mean we go against our father?