₦airaland Forum

Jesusloveyou:
you should be ashamed of yourself for not be able to dispute figure released.

ivandragon:
the list published by the FG is designed to deceive just as you have pointed out.

they omitted appointments such as TETFund, NBTE, NBC, SMEDAN, DIA & some other posts.

they also designated some DGs/Heads as 'commissioners' so that they can be lumped with other commissioners giving a false sense of equity as was done with NERC

also, I am certain one name (from the south) on the list appears twice.


one major thing is that the INEC chairman comes from the same zone as the president, that is unheard of in Nigeria.

TonyeBarcanista:
What are you saying Sir?

vedaxcool:
Drunkenness of jonathan done fall on op

TonyeBarcanista:
Stay away from hard drugs

oladeebo:
am saying the party you were coordinating is a national party, blame North is bias and inconsequential of your part.

TonyeBarcanista:
I never blamed north. Is Buhari synonymous with north?

oladeebo:
"Similarly, some portfolio are more important/valuable than others. This is why the North don't joke with Ministry of Defence, Interior, Justice/AGF and Petroleum. They can forgo Information, Agriculture, Special Duties, Science and Technology etc.


As for CDS, ask an informed northerner he will tell you that he doesn't give a damn about the position. The COAS is the gig"...TonyeBarcanista

TonyeBarcanista:
By TonyeBarcanista


On November 4, 2017 the Presidency released names of 157 (wrongly calculated 159) political appointees appointed by the President with aim of dispelling a previous report that 80% appointees are from the Northern part of the country. 

After going through the list I realise that the aim of Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser (media) that released the list was not to inform but to deceive and manipulate the minds of many Nigerians into believing that the government is non sectional. This writeup is meant to bring to fore the hidden fact about the sectionalism of President Muhammadu Buhari led government.

QUALITY VS QUANTITY:
Every exposed mind know that the President of the United States of America, President of Russia Federation, Chancellor of Germany, Prime Minister of Britain, President of France and even Prime Minister of Canada  are never considered as equivalent or equal to a President of any African country (Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa etc), South and Central America countries or Eastern European countries, though they are all Presidents/Head of Governments of sovereign countries. In fact, this classification is evident in the 15 member United Nations Security Council UNSC, where 5 Permanent members (United States of America, Russia, China, France and United Kingdom) have the final say in ANY resolution that affects the body over the other 10 members (temporary). The UNSC is the most powerful organ of the United Nations.

Similarly, in Nigeria's public service, not all ministries, departments and agencies are considered 'equal' or equivalent. The ministers of Defence, Interior, Works/Power/Housing, Justice/AGF and Petroleum resources are not in the same class with ministers of Trade/Investment, Science/Technology, Sport/Youth development, Tourism and Women Affairs, though all are 'ministers' in the cabinet. This is same way the Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) cannot be said to be in same class with someone in charge of Nigeria  Christian Pilgrimage Board. 


What is traditional in Nigeria is that QUALITY is factored when fairness in appointment is analysed over QUANTITY (just like in anywhere else).

In fact, I remember in February 2010 when the newly appointed acting President Goodluck Jonathan tookover, he "demoted" the then Attorney General/Minister of Justice Michael Aaondooka to Minister of Special duties, and "upgraded" Mrs Alison Diezani Madueke from Transport minister to Petroleum Minister. Only the insincere minds will disagree with me on this.


FACT ON BUHARI'S SECTIONAL APPOINTMENTS
When some of us accuse the President of being sectional in his appointment, we are simply saying the President only appoint his kinsmen in KEY/INFLUENTIAL/QUALITY positions to dominate key sectors without recourse to the Federal Character Commission. In fact, even the Federal Character Commission has no federal character- else how would a President from the Northwest appoint Alhaji Shettima Abba and Mohammed Tukur from Northeast as Chairman and Secretary of FCC respectively?

A look at the Presidency shows clear act of ethnic/regional supremacism of the President. Apart from Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who is from the Southwest and was elected alongside Buhari, the other TWO top positions are occupied by the Northeast. I mean the influential office of Chief of Staff that is occupied by Abba Kyari and Secretary to the Government of the Federation occupied by Mustapha Boss, both of the Northeast.

In the Defence/Military sector, the only positions given the south are the ceremonial Chief of Defence Staff (Abayomi Olonisakin from the Southwest) and Chief of Naval Staff (SouthSouth).  The others were given to the North.

Buhari appointed General Babagana Monguno from the Northeast as National Security Adviser (NSA), Tukur Buratai from Northeast as Chief of Army Staff and Sadiq Abubakar from the same Northeast as Chief of Air Staff. This is in addition to himself from Northwest as Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces, Dan Ali from the Northwest (Kano) as minister of Defence, Monday Morgan from Northcentral as Chief Defence Intelligence and Brigadier-General Musa Yusuf as Commander Brigade of Guard. In fact, he left NOTHING for the Southeast. If this isn't lopsided then someone need to enrol for English class.

In the internal security, the President was more brutal in his lopsidedness than he was in the Defence. 

The Interior Minister, who's the boss of all is Dr. Abdulrahman Dambazzau from Northwest, the Inspector General of Police is Ibrahim Idris from Niger state (North central), the Comptroller-General of Prison is Ahmed Jafaru from Kebbi (Northwest), Immigration is Mohammed Babadende from Jigawa (Northwest) and Abdullahi Muhammadu from North central heads Civil Defence. No paramilitary agency under the Interior is headed by a non-northerner.

Despite the above, Buhari still appointed Northerners as EFCC Boss (Ibrahim Magu from Northeast), DSS Boss (Lawal Daura from Katsina Northwest) and Custom Boss (Hameed Ali from Northwest).

Furthermore, Buhari craftily ensured  that the Petroleum sector, which is Nigeria main revenue sector is in the grip of the North. This he did by appointing himself from the Northwest as Honourable Minister and Maikanti Baru from Northeast as GMD. He trickishly gave Dr Ibe Kachukwu from SouthSouth the position of minister of state, an office everyone know is synonymous to minister without portfolio.

Even within the NNPC there are 7 Chief operating Officers, and of the 7, Northwest occupies 3, northcentral 1, while the southwest,southeast and SouthSouth have 1 each. Despite this, he still appointed Bello Gusau from North central as Executive Secretary PTDF, Isiaka Abdulrasak from North central as Chief Financial officer of NNPC and Modicai Ladan from same North central as Director, Department for Petroleum Resources. I dare not forget that the Head of Petroleum Product Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) is Abdukkadir Umar.

In FAAN, Baba Appointed Saleh Danjuma from Northeast Managing director/CEO and still appointed 3 Executive Directors from Northwest alone while the Southwest, Southeast and SouthSouth have 1 ED each.

I am certain that readers will be bored if I am to write extensively on the lopsidedness in appointment in all KEY sectors of the country.

I find it absurd that Femi Adesina will lump every appointees into one as if they are of same worth, influence, value and weight. If not to deceive how would Mr Femi lump the appointment of National Security Adviser, SGF, Chief of Staff, COAS with Registrar CAC, Senior Special Assistant (Diaspora), Senior Special Assistant (National Assembly), SA Economy, MD BOA into one category?

I am ending this piece by calling on the president to take a cue from the late Umaru Musa Yar'adua, his kinsman from the same Katsina state who never allowed tribal and religious affiliation overshadow his sense of judgement. If he feels too big to learn from Yar'adua, then he should learn from the late nationalist Aminu Kano. 




May God Bless Us All And Bless Nigeria

Inioribo Tamunotonye
National Coordinator,
Peoples Democratic Party National Youth League (PDPNYL)

TonyeBarcanista:
What is hatred there? This is a FACT! North (the most political aware region) DON'T joke with the above offices...

tiwiex:
I did just that. Separated by zones. He seemed very conscious of that. It even made it look less lopsided than if he had lumped it. If he did lump it. Interior ministry will be North 5 - South 0. Defence will slightly do better. But I did have a discussion with my friend this morning on the inequity of the weight of each positions. MD and Manager for bank no be the same thing na. Adding SAs into the listed is quite mischievous. Also, for them to spend so much time digging through the appointments to convince Nigerians it is not lopsided tells a lot.

cosby02:
Nigeria is governed by the 1999 constitution and not what you define as unity of Nigeria. Meanwhile, it will be wrong to think Buhari will satisfy all zones.

vedaxcool:
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Oti yo ...ori oti dabaru pata pata. Jonathan dey drink op dey high

dejiogundipe:
Exactly. Buhari and his cronies are hypocrites.

dejiogundipe:
Nobody is saying that He should satisfy all zones, but at least he has to be fair in his appointments.

cosby02:
Sorry am not interested in what's right or wrong...only interested in what's constitutional and unconstitutional. THANKS.

dejiogundipe:
Don't worry, another Southern leader will come one day who will favour his kinsmen just as Bihari did. By then, u guys will cry.

dejiogundipe:
Don't worry, another Southern leader will come one day who will favour his kinsmen just as Bihari did. By then, u guys will cry.

TonyeBarcanista:
IMPORTANT

Bashers please ceasefire on this thread... Let's discuss like intellectuals (ie if you possess the capacity)

dejiogundipe:
Mumu.

oladeebo:
"Similarly, some portfolio are more important/valuable than others. This is why the North dont joke with Ministry of Defence, Interior, Justice/AGF and Petroleum. They can forgo Information, Agriculture, Special Duties, Science and Technology etc.


As for CDS, ask an informed northerner he will tell you that he doesn't give a damn about the position. The COAS is the gig"...TonyeBarcanista

DanseMacabre:
I thought Tonye said he'd left the PDP

tutudesz:
[s]So if the constitution allow rape or killing, you would do it? Without moral the constitution is just a useless law.[/s]

GavelSlam:
Don't be silly.

If the chief of Defence staff is ceremonial so is the chief of Naval staff?

vedaxcool:
When I talk say op done high finish unah think say I dey play

GavelSlam:
Back to his vomit.
The hunger is real.

dejiogundipe:
Don't worry, another Southern leader will come one day who will favour his kinsmen just as Bihari did. By then, u guys will cry.

Clerverly:
What Improvements Have These Appointments Made To The Lives Of The People, Aside The Usual Lining of The Pockets Of The Beneficiaries?

Okay, Jonathan Was A "Fair" President, He Appointed Igbos To The "First Class" Posts, Secretary To The FG etc But Did The Appointment Construct The 2nd Niger Bridge? Did Anyim Cause the construction of Enugu-Portharcourt Express?

Jonathan Was The President For 6 Years, Did He Construct East West Road?

Northerners Have Ruled For Almost 24 Years, Did it end poverty in the North?

You guys should come off this petty fight for all these foolish and selfish politicians...they are fighting for their pockets while using you as pawns..