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Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" - Politics (3) - Nairaland

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Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by OfoIgbo: 7:58am On Feb 18, 2016
Who is the current minister of women's affairs?
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by naijaboy756: 7:58am On Feb 18, 2016
In a sane country, 80% of northerners from DG downwards in the civil service won't be there. How many of them went to school? This country is foundationally wrecked!!!
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by eluquenson(m): 7:59am On Feb 18, 2016
She should just shut the hell, Rasheed Olaoluwa is also a Yoruba man, so no tribalism
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by onome2013: 7:59am On Feb 18, 2016
Lie lie
Why didn't you say this before now.
You ve damaged your reputation
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by Nobody: 7:59am On Feb 18, 2016
A Biafran woman trying to claim Nigeria.... Fatwa for flog commot
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by otokx(m): 8:00am On Feb 18, 2016
Onyeka Onwenu may not be high in my Good books but don't think she is this dumb to utter such foolishness in a time like this.
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by XXBLadez: 8:00am On Feb 18, 2016
[s]
Caseless:
I just discovered she's a senseless woman!

I stop loving people immediately they bring ethnic coloration into issues.
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Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by macino1(m): 8:02am On Feb 18, 2016
Confession time. Meanwhile, Nigeria still got a long walk. If at this time, we can't still draw the line between "Competence and Tribalism/ethnicity/religious, etc
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by twilliamx(m): 8:02am On Feb 18, 2016
Arch1:
Before insulting her, have you confirmed the story? Did she really say so?
there is nothing to confirm, elderly people know how to speak, but obviously she is a child at heart. if she had said this before her sack, she might have been taken seriously but obviously this is just a woman scorned, so has nothing else to do but spit venom.
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by opeaceo: 8:03am On Feb 18, 2016
cheruv:
Yes oo even her...
Nigeria is persecuting us simply bkos we're Igbos and dared hold them to a standstill for three years despite the loss of our children angry
In what way is Nigeria persecuting you? How did you hold Nigeria to a standstill??

And for the madam crying tribal sentiments, honestly in her 2 years reign, I doubt if she achieved anything, the only time I saw her was during campaigns, dancing and singing with PEJ, I thought she was paid to come sing and dance with the vigour she showed, now she's been sacked and she's crying foul...

She should respect her old age.
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by huptin(m): 8:03am On Feb 18, 2016
cheruv:
Yes oo even her...
Nigeria is persecuting us simply bkos we're Igbos and dared hold them to a standstill for three years despite the loss of our children angry
Hmmm Nigeria is unfair to every body, even life itself is not fair, but the strong has learnt to stay on their feet and fight rather than live on their knees
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by FRANKOXY(m): 8:04am On Feb 18, 2016
I want to hear comments from other people in same ministry before I know what to say.
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by Iroh88(m): 8:04am On Feb 18, 2016
Arch1:
Before insulting her, have you confirmed the story? Did she really say so?
I also doubt the story honestly. Don't wanna believe she actually said so. Just bloggers doing what they do best- lie to attract traffic.
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by opeaceo: 8:06am On Feb 18, 2016
naija8080:
The amount of hate I read against her on here especially from yorubas is unbelievable. Igbos...it's time to leave.
How can you tell the difference between igbos and Yorubas with mere posts?? If they speak for you, they are ibos, if they speak against you, they are Yorubas. Do the North speak for or against you? how about the SS?

Change ya ways.
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by XXBLadez: 8:06am On Feb 18, 2016
Mad people everywhere. But who the hell is trezzyblog that I should believe its articles?
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by freshvine(f): 8:08am On Feb 18, 2016
Caseless:
no single achievement in the write-up, yet she wants to remain in office.
Read again and this time read slowly.
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by cheruv: 8:11am On Feb 18, 2016
Iroh88:
I also doubt the story honestly. Don't wanna believe she actually said so. Just bloggers doing what they do best- lie to attract traffic.
You don't wanna believe kos of whathuh

It tampers with ya image of a saintly Nigeria isn't ithuhundecided
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by Nobody: 8:11am On Feb 18, 2016
opeaceo:
How can you tell the difference between igbos and Yorubas with mere posts?? If they speak for you, they are ibos, if they speak against you, they are Yorubas. Do the North speak for or against you? how about the SS?

Change ya ways.
I know when I read a comment from yorubas...I know.
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by redcliff: 8:13am On Feb 18, 2016
thunder74:
You cant understand what she is saying until you work in Federal government agencies where mediocrity is promoted on the alter of tribe and nepotism. Like I said yesterday, many Northerners, (Few of my northerner friends are hard working) even in their states do not work yet collect salaries (Remember yesterday's story where 30 drivers collect salaries over one working car). Let us call a spade a spade, we cant grow as a country if our appointments are sentiment, religious and tribal based.
As an insider, our leaders need to wake up and stop pampering our brothers from disadvantaged states on mediocrity.
Every other posts before yours except for some 2 or 3 are utter trash and im sure they did not even read the article. Those posters above are everything wrong with Nigeria!!!
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by Caseless: 8:15am On Feb 18, 2016
freshvine:
Read again and this time read slowly.
her achievements should be visible to the blind and audible to the deaf, if she has done so well like she claims- I don't need to peruse the balderdash.


Again, I want to ask you: those northerners sacked alongside onyeka , what's the reason?
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by erekoshe: 8:15am On Feb 18, 2016
thunder74:
You cant understand what she is saying until you work in Federal government agencies where mediocrity is promoted on the alter of tribe and nepotism. Like I said yesterday, many Northerners, (Few of my northerner friends are hard working) even in their states do not work yet collect salaries (Remember yesterday's story where 30 drivers collect salaries over one working car). Let us call a spade a spade, we cant grow as a country if our appointments are sentiment, religious and tribal based.
As an insider, our leaders need to wake up and stop pampering our brothers from disadvantaged states on mediocrity.
The mediocrity and hatred from the teenagers in the west and some die hard APC followers against the IBO race is legendary.. Too bad! I'm not IBO but damn! People didn't even read the write up before the insults.

Since the civil war, from generation to generation the Yoruba and IBO are always at dagger drawn, even for no cause.. What a shame! Nairaland promotes such too and even the unborn Yoruba believe the IBO is his enemy while the ibo-regardless of the Biafra agitations still consider them brothers-probably in business
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by adebanjotunde83(m): 8:16am On Feb 18, 2016
I told people then that this woman was on a greedy mission when she started composing campaign songs all around the country together with Sammy Okposo. You are professionals and not politicians, once u go into ploitics people treat u as a politician and for God sake how do u expect those that are in opposition to condole u over them. This is how people like u always end "crying for sympathy" pls be responsible and sink alone don't pull ethnic string here. Biko!!!
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by drss(m): 8:16am On Feb 18, 2016
dat is why dis God forsaken con3 will continue to be a zoo.
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by Tolatutu: 8:18am On Feb 18, 2016
This woman is a clown if she said this (i want to give her the benefit of doubt), when all else fails bring up tribalism abi . They probably didn't like you because you were nasty not where you're from
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by rusher14: 8:19am On Feb 18, 2016
The fact that this statement was signed gives an air of authenticity to it, even if from a not well known blog.

The public's perception of Onyeka has never really been one of reverence, ever since her unbridled and public support of Abacha's wish to transmute to supreme rulership.

Aunty, even if it were true that you were challenged as a result of your tribe, this statement would never solve the problem as it is tainted with much prejudice and vitriol.

The most poignant aspect of the sacking is that the hammer dropped on a swathe of people of differing tribes, gender and background.

It doesn’t help if all cried wolf.

In addition, you are a registered member of the opposition, in politics it takes a lot for the ruling party to keep in office someone with a different orientation.

I believe at 64 years of age you've given public service your best.

Go home in peace and try to be a unifying factor.
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by IGBOPRINCE: 8:21am On Feb 18, 2016
luvmijeje:
I understand why she felt she was targeted because is Igbo. But what would have made her complaints credible is to tell us her achievement for the past 2 and half years that she was DG of NCWD.

she should have decorated the whole article with activities she headed to empower women despite all the challenges she faced.
did you read where she said the ministry was suffering when she came in ? No finance to do some certain things, Ok read again..

I served for 2years and five months and did my best under
very difficult conditions. We hardly had money to operate
and the place was badly run down. Worst, there was low
moral and lack of commitment among the Staff. Most
spent the day loitering and gossiping. Many would not
show up for work or arrive 11 am, only to leave before 3
pm. Some were absent for months and were just
collecting their salary at home.
My administration changed all that. Most Staff were
turned around and became passionate about the work,
appreciating also the changes they thought were not
possible but were happening right before them.

[I]Onyeka onwenu[/i]
with such a long articles, you want her to starts telling you what she has done so far for the past 2years and 6month of her stays in NCWD? Meanwhile some useless women from the west and north were there to collects their salaries and show up for work or arrive to work by 11:00am,only to leave before 3pm in the afternoon and she tried her possible best to put a stopped to it and they reported her to their tribalist president. Hence her sack or one of the reasons to her sack.
The person who interview her did not called her to questions her about what she has achieved so far in NCWD. they wanted to know what prompted her sack.

Ndi ara nairalanders stops being sentimental..
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by thunder74(m): 8:21am On Feb 18, 2016
Caseless:
bigot, show us if ibos don't get into civil service via favoritism. Civil service is dead in the SE too , what do you say to that? I was with an agency in 2012, the worst head the agency ever had was an ibo man . A woman took over after him and she turned a new leaf of good stories for the agency. The last time I checked, ibo dominated the federal civil service space more than any region in Nigeria. You and cheruv should get that...
at times, I feel like responding to some post here but at times, something inside of me will tell me not to bother because
1. No matter how reasonable the reasons in my post may be, they cant reason.
2. They are kids and jobless and more so, the victmim of the problem we are trying to correct.
3. Blinded by tribe and religions
4. Are employed even to criticise and counter anybody against the present government even if it is their own personal thoughts.
5. Are beneficiaries of the fraud thus compromised their reasoning.
6. They know that what I am saying is the truth but too weak, corrupt, compromised and shameless to admit it.
7. Finally, they are victims of a wise saying that says "A fool will say, I have made up my mind, dont convince me with the truth".

My dear, I worked with Nipost for about Six years, served and lived in the North for 15 months and by the priviledge of where I served, I slept and visited all the Local Governments in Yobe state except Buninyadi, I even visited Machina, met the governor, Bukar Abba Ibraheem, related with many government officials, confered with a chieftancy title in Daura. Please whatever an epilepsy man tells you about heaven, believe him because nobody has gone and come back like him. Take final notice, I am an ijebu man and a proud Nigerian. Nigeria can be great if we see things and say it the way it is notwithstanding our selfish benefits.
Re: Onyeka Onwenu: "They Worked Against Me As Director-General Because I'm An Igbo" by eph12(m): 8:22am On Feb 18, 2016
She's not against the sack but level of professionalism in federal parastatals.
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