₦airaland Forum

wirinet:
What did GEJ want to prove by appointing Buhari's niece or is it in law as commissioner in an election between him and the same Buhari?
Are you aware that Maurice Iwu conducted the worse elections in the history of mankind? Even the winner of the elections was ashamed to acknowledge the election.
You do not need the mother of the president as chairman to compromise and election.

wirinet:
And how does magu's issue relate to Amina Zakari'? O

InvertedHammer:
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Why not appoint an Adebayo or Okeke, must it be a Zakari or Mohammed in all sensitive positions?

Unlike the Southerners, the North takes with impunity, shove it in your face and dares you. Remarkably, they rely on the Southerners to defend such anomaly with gusto. Talk about having big balls.



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UncleJudax:
Like Magu like Amina. BMC and Buhari always make it look like there is shortage of intellectuals in the land.


Get it??

wirinet:
What did GEJ want to prove by appointing Buhari's niece or is it in law as commissioner in an election between him and the same Buhari?
Are you aware that Maurice Iwu conducted the worse elections in the history of mankind? Even the winner of the elections was ashamed to acknowledge the election.
You do not need the mother of the president as chairman to compromise and election.

rexwalters:
Please edit & repost,it makes no sense,it seems like your mind is somewhere else,what are you implying with these senseless words?Maurice Ewu (Goat head) scientist that claimed he found the cure for HIV turned INEC Electoral Boss,Pdp una try.

WritePal:
Does everything have to be spelt out line by line to you people or it's just trying to dodge the issue. He answered all your questions, you still turned around to ask the same questions in another tongue. Some answers are clearly specific, some have to deduced in between the lines.

Let me restate what he said. For the sake of fairness, every past presidents appoints umpires (inec heads and other sensitive positions) from the opposite region. Gej was trying to prove his broad mindedness.

The bigot-in-chief currently occupying ado rock does not give a hoot. Yet, he appoints Southerners (Keyamo, gutter-mouth Onochie, Ogundaimisi etc) to defends all his acts of impunity, hard-heartedness and utter disregard for the principle of fairness and equity. Yet, they call him mr "integrity" cos of his pretentious frail look and speeches.

Shikini:
Madam,

1) Wasn't Buhari's elder sister married to your father?

2) Didn't Buhari spent part of his growing up in your father's house with you?

3) Are you and Buhari not sister/brother in-laws?

Stories about you marrying Buhari's son or being his niece are all APC's fabrications to confuse and distract Nigerians. For godsake Buhari has only one son who is about 25yrs old. Is it him you should be marrying?

GEJ appointed you we know, but your term had since expired and Buhari renewed it and secretly wanted to make you head of INEC until your ties with him leaked to the public. You have family ties with the president and therefore morally not qualified to be an umpire in an election involving him. Step down and go away!

wirinet:
Even though I agree that Buhari's appointments are nepotically skewed to favour the north east, this Amina Zakari's case is a non issue and making PDP a laughing stock. If PDP had been complaining about the chairman, then they would have had a point, but they are going after a woman they themselves appointed to the same position just 4 years earlier.
PDP and is supporters seem to be deaf, dumb and blind to reason. INEC had already explain that the poor woman has nothing whatsoever to to with result collation, but only make sure the Collation Centre is ready and functional for the Collation of the result by the INEC chairman. The INEC chairman is the Collation officer and electoral officer for presidential elwctions. You guys just want the woman sacked for any stupid excuse you can come up with.

Kennydoc:
PDP (Jonathan) appointed her as INEC Commissioner, and nobody is saying she should be sacked from that position. The issue is that since she has a connection with Buhari, her presence should not be felt in the general elections. Remember Buhari initially made her acting chairman of INEC, and if not that PDP cried out, chances are that she would have been made the substantive head of INEC.
It may seem like PDP is raising unnecessary dust, but that is important to block all possible avenues APC may be considering to effect their planned rigging.
A president that cannot even secure his own state can only win the election through rigging.

Shikini:
Madam,

1) Wasn't Buhari's elder sister married to your father?

2) Didn't Buhari spent part of his growing up in your father's house with you?

3) Are you and Buhari not sister/brother in-laws?

Stories about you marrying Buhari's son or being his niece are all APC's fabrications to confuse and distract Nigerians. For godsake Buhari has only one son who is about 25yrs old. Is it him you should be marrying?

GEJ appointed you we know, but your term had since expired and Buhari renewed it and secretly wanted to make you head of INEC until your ties with him leaked to the public. You have family ties with the president and therefore morally not qualified to be an umpire in an election involving him. Step down and go away!

Borderless:
You meant this I guess.

Kennydoc:
If you' re to be sincere to yourself, you'll agreed that the composition of INEC under Buhari is faulty.
To start with, Buhari is the first president to appoint INEC Chairman from his geopolitical zone. Ideally, in the spirit of fairness and fairplay knowing that he would go for 2nd tenure, he should have an INEC Chairman from either the NC or any of the southern geopolitical zones. He appointed a chairman from NW. As if that is not enough, INEC now appointed another NWer as Head of Collation Centre, and not just any NWer but someone that is claimed to have some ties with the president. Is it fair? Are there no other INEC commissioners from the NC or South that could be appointed? I deliberately didn't mention NE cos the relationship between NE and NW is like SE and SS. Imagine if Jonathan appointed an Igbo man as his INEC Chairman, how would the North have reacted?

Shikini:
Madam,

1) Wasn't Buhari's elder sister married to your father?

2) Didn't Buhari spent part of his growing up in your father's house with you?

3) Are you and Buhari not sister/brother in-laws?

Stories about you marrying Buhari's son or being his niece are all APC's fabrications to confuse and distract Nigerians. For godsake Buhari has only one son who is about 25yrs old. Is it him you should be marrying?

GEJ appointed you we know, but your term had since expired and Buhari renewed it and secretly wanted to make you head of INEC until your ties with him leaked to the public. You have family ties with the president and therefore morally not qualified to be an umpire in an election involving him. Step down and go away!

naijaking1:
Thanks for this highlight.
GEJ appointed her, because GEJ wanted to prove something.
Zakari and the whole BMC have suddenly gone off tangent on this blood relationship nonsense, becaue she wants to change the subject and confuse people.
The issue is whether Zakari has any relationship that would make her an impartial judge of elections involving Buhari? Blood or marriage relationship are the same on this matter.
The impartiality OBJ sought when he appointed Maurice Iwu from SE, and GEJ appointed Jega from NE is what Buhari is lacking.
Buhari is so scared of genuine election that he has to appoint his own family members to man his own election.

wirinet:
Even though I agree that Buhari's appointments are nepotically skewed to favour the north east, this Amina Zakari's case is a non issue and making PDP a laughing stock. If PDP had been complaining about the chairman, then they would have had a point, but they are going after a woman they themselves appointed to the same position just 4 years earlier.
PDP and is supporters seem to be deaf, dumb and blind to reason. INEC had already explain that the poor woman has nothing whatsoever to to with result collation, but only make sure the Collation Centre is ready and functional for the Collation of the result by the INEC chairman. The INEC chairman is the Collation officer and electoral officer for presidential elwctions. You guys just want the woman sacked for any stupid excuse you can come up with.

uba1991:
who appointed mouris iwu? was he not a southernan?appointed by obj. We tested the igbos and they failed therefore we cant trust them.IWU conducted d most useless election so far

Buharimustgo:
By the fruits you will know them,the sophisticated one

naijaking1:
Amina Zakaria's tenure as commissioner had long expired, Buhari bringing her back is another nepotism. So, when you blindly state that she was appointed by OBJ/GEJ you dishonestly attempt to confuse the issue.

157. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, a person holding any of the offices to which this section applies may only be removed from that office by the President acting on an address supported by two-thirds majority of the Senate praying that he be so removed for inability to discharge the functions of the office (whether arising from infirmity of mind or body or any other cause) or for misconduct.

(2) This section applies to the offices of the Chairman and members of the Code of Conduct Bureau, the Federal Civil Service Commission, the Independent National Electoral Commission, the National Judicial Council, the Federal Judicial Service Commission, the Federal Character Commission, the Nigeria Police Council, the National Population Commission, the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission and the Police Service Commission.

http://www.waado.org/NigerDelta/ConstitutionalMatters/1999Constitution/ChapterSix.html

naptu2:
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Amina Zakari: "I'm not his niece, I'm not his cousin and on this job I've been appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan since 2010 and prior to that I was SA to President Obasanjo and I've done my work conscientiously over the years as a patriotic citizen of Nigeria and I don't think I should be distracted now that elections are coming. Madam whether you are or you are not, we don't need you.



BBC But what exactly is your relationship with President Buhari?


Amina Zakari President Buhari is my president, as everybody else's president. He's not my uncle. He's not my cousin, as is being claimed. That's all I can say.

I've been on this job since 2010 and this same president lost an election. The people that are complaining have worked closely with me. They have not in any way accused me of any wrong doing over the years.

I have done my work diligently over the years. I was in charge of political party monitoring for 4 years, from 2010 to 2014. There was not a single scandal to my name and nobody can claim to have paid me or asked me to do anything wrong. And if they have, I would love them to come forward and prove it to the nation and to the world at large.

naptu2:
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Amina Zakari: "I'm not his niece, I'm not his cousin and on this job I've been appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan since 2010 and prior to that I was SA to President Obasanjo and I've done my work conscientiously over the years as a patriotic citizen of Nigeria and I don't think I should be distracted now that elections are coming.



BBC But what exactly is your relationship with President Buhari?


Amina Zakari President Buhari is my president, as everybody else's president. He's not my uncle. He's not my cousin, as is being claimed. That's all I can say.

I've been on this job since 2010 and this same president lost an election. The people that are complaining have worked closely with me. They have not in any way accused me of any wrong doing over the years.

I have done my work diligently over the years. I was in charge of political party monitoring for 4 years, from 2010 to 2014. There was not a single scandal to my name and nobody can claim to have paid me or asked me to do anything wrong. And if they have, I would love them to come forward and prove it to the nation and to the world at large.

Chuksyno:
Madam whether you are or you are not, we don't need you

jaydor:
Is this the woman?

wirinet:
You are not just hateful, you are also highly ignorant. Amina Zakari's tenure as INEC commissioner cannot expire, unless she resigns or is fired by the president (with agreement by 2/3 majority of the Senate ).
Please read section 157 of the 1999 constitution.

naptu2:
This is the mistake that people keep making. She is not collating the results. The job of collating and announcing the results belongs to the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmud Yakub.

Amina Zakari's job is to ensure that there is electricity (generator, diesel), refreshments (water, drinks, etc) and that all amenities are working at the collation centre.

Her job is to acredit journalists, ensure that the journalists have internet facilities so that they can do their job, etc.

Basically, she is like a location manager for the International Conference Center where the results will be collated. Her job is basically to take care of the welfare of the people that will be at the collation center. She is not the person collating results.