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In view of the hue and cry generated by recent
appointments which many described as
lopsided, President Muhammadu Buhari has
pleaded for calm from Nigerians as he assured
he will not marginalize any section of the
country in subsequent appointments.
In a statement issued by his Senior Special
Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu,
on Saturday, the President said the
appointments made so far were a “tip of an
iceberg”, as more were coming.
The spokesman explained that the
appointments made so far were those of
security establishments and personal aides of
the President, which is not even up to five per
cent of those to be made in the long run.
“Our brothers and sisters and fellow
countrymen should bear with the new
administration as it takes its measured steps
towards an effective take off,” he said.
The statement reads further, “These
appointments are just beginning. The ones
down so far, apart from the security services,
are mostly of people acting as unofficial
advisers or staff of the President. They are
mostly men and women who have been doing
things for the president and the positions are
being formalized.
“Statistically, the appointments don’t amount to
five percent of what is to come.
“There will come ministers, heads of
government departments, federal boards and
ambassadors.
“At the end of the exercise, no part of the
country will be left feeling left out,” Shehu
assured.


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By Omodele Adigun, Bimbola Oyesola, Uche Usim
and Adewale Sanyaolu
As Nigerians await President Muhammadu Buhari
pledge to constitute the Federal Executive Council
this September, stakeholders are looking forward
to welcoming seasoned and tested experts as
minister to rescue the nation.
For the potential Minister of Finance,
transparency and experience are the qualities
they want President Buhari to look for.
According to Mr Roosevelt Ogbonna, the
Executive Director, Commercial Banking, Access
Bank Plc, the man or woman for the job should
be a strong technical person.
“Somebody who understand the economy and
who should realise that you have to balance the
short term economic needs with the long term
expectations of government. If we have
somebody who focuses on the short term
economic issues and not the long term
development of the macros,we might have an
issue. He should be a person who understands
the market and appreciates there is an
international community outside the local market
that is also created for economic growth. “
Toeing the same line of argument, Sir Sunny
Nwosu, the National Coordinator of Independent
Shareholders Association of Nigeria (ISAN), stated
that the new Finance Minister should also be well
grounded in capital market issues.
According to him, the inability of the former
Minister to understand the capital market robbed
it of shareholders’ expectations.
He added: “He should be a finance person who
should be able to know what it is meant by a
return to shareholders on the issue of capital
market. So we need a Minister who should be in
charge. Even in the National Assembly, we need
somebody who understands the market as
Chairman of House Committee on Capital Market.
The same goes for the Senate. So when you
combine all these with the knowledge of the
minister, the directives and directions will be very
clear to everybody. He should be a minister who
should be transparent in everything that he is
doing so that both the operators and the
shareholders as well as the regulators will not find
it difficult to understand the policies. If there is a
difficulty in understanding the policies in the
country, it is a problem. If we can even get
somebody who has got his fingers burnt already
at the capital market, he will understand much
better how to manage the capital market.
“As for the maritime sector, stakeholders listed
high port charges, poor infrastructure,
institutionalised corruption as the main
challenges of the industry that must be tackled if
the sector must move to the next level
They insist that the past ministers of transport
have been merely politicians with no cognate
industry experience, a development they said was
responsible for the sector’s parlous state.
Speaking with Daily Sun on phone, a maritime
expert and member of Presidential Committee on
Customs Reform, Lucky Amiwero said the new
transport minister must be a transparent, hard
working, experienced and focused person, who
on assumption of duties, will immediately beam
his searchlight on the sector to rescue it from the
stranglehold of corruption, nepotism and other
blights.
“He or she has a lot of jobs to do. There are three
critical bills to be looked at. There is the NIMASA
Act, Local Content Act and National Transport
Commission bill. All these need to be worked on
as they will help transform the sector rapidly. The
maritime sector can generate 3 million jobs in two
years if well harnessed. But when a politician with
no industry experience comes in, he or she begins
to learn the ropes. Soon, the person is hijacked by
corrupt individuals and he starts doing things to
enrich a few powerful individuals. You can see the
sorry state of the industry. Hellish traffic, poor
infrastructure, high cost clearance, corruption and
many more are the lots of the industry and these
must be addressed”, he said.
Amiwero also urged the new coming minister of
transport to urgently review the port concession
exercise done in 2006, as it was neither
transparent nor the terminal operators abiding by
the rules of engagement as enshrined in the
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
He said Nigeria is losing out in the transshipment
business and its cargoes being siphoned by
neighbouring countries with cheaper operating
cost.
Other stakeholders, mainly freight forwarders,
who also spoke with Daily Sun frowned at what
they called arbitrary increase in charges by
terminal operators and shipping agents, which
they described as a breach of the rules of
engagement.
According to the National Coordinator of Save
Nigerian Freight Forwarders Importers and
Exporters Coalition (SNFIEC), Chief Osita Chukwu,
the Buhari administration needs to address the
issue of fictitious charges, alleging that it has
become the rule, rather than the exception.
He also said the issue of congestion and traffic
snarl robs the nation’s economy of billions of
naira annually as trucks spend days on the road
before loading or offloading cargoes.
For the petroleum sector, there are indications
that Buhari may head the Ministry of Petroleum
Resources himself in the new cabinet rather than
trust anyone else with the responsibility, which
currently contributes over 80 per cent of Nigeria’s
revenue.
Weather he appoints a minister or heads it
himself, Nigerians expect to see a regime of
transparency in the sector that is seen to be
corrupt.
Nigerian Association of Petroleum
Explorationsists(NAPE) wants the man in charge
to address the issue of pipeline vandalism while
also reducing the contract cycle to 3 or 9 months.
For the power sector, some stakeholders are
equally calling on the new minister to carry out a
review of the privatization exercise.
Chairman, Society of Exploration Geophysicists,
Nigeria, and former Head of Exploration, Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Prof.
Charles Ofoegbu, said despite the inauguration of
completed power plants, the sector had failed to
deliver adequate electricity to the citizens.
“The privatization of the power sector needs to be
reviewed. Government needs to do this before it
can get the issue of power supply right. We keep
inaugurating power generating plants, but I had
warned in the past that power supply would keep
diminishing and we have discovered that we are
not making progress but rather retrogressing in
the sector,’’ he said.
Stakeholders in the real sector demand that the
President appoints a minister who is
knowledgably and familiar with the plight of
manufacturers.
President of the Manufacturers Association of
Nigeria (MAN), Mr. Frank Jacobs, said the new
minister should be able to convince the Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to reverse the recently
introduced policy prohibiting 41 items for
sourcing forex through the official window.
On his part, the President of Nigeria Labour
Congress (NLC), Mr. Ayuba Wabba, canvassed a
minister who is in tune with amicable dispute
resolution and also grounded in collective
bargaining.

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By Charles Adegbite Founder of Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Dr. Frederick Fasehun has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to carry out his anti- corruption war beyond the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan and extend it to former presidents Ibrahim Babangida, Olusegun Obasanjo and General Abdulsalam Abubakar (retd). He told Daily Sun in an interview yesterday in his Lagos office that any attempt to probe Jonathan’s administration alone would amount to witch hunting. According to him, President Buhari should also investigate all other past leaders, who had ruled the country since 1960. When asked if that would not be a complete distraction from other administrative responsibilities of the government, Fasehun argued that the Federal Government could employ the services of retired judges, who had good reputation to carry out the probe. Some critics of Jonathan’s government have argued that if the immediate past president did not do that for five years of his administration, why should Buhari be asked to do that in four years. In response to this, Fasehun said, “it is either Buhari probes all the past leaders who have ruled the nation since Nigeria gained her independence in 1960 or not carry out the probe at all. “Why should Jonathan’s government be the only one to be probed?,” he asked rhetorically, saying if Jonathan’s administration was the only one that looted the nation’s treasuries, probing his government alone would be okay. Fasehun, who will soon be 80 years old, however, lamented the rate of unemployment, poverty and poor level of education in the country, saying that if his Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), founded few years ago, was given the opportunity to govern Nigeria, all these problems would have been addressed. President Buhari’s determination to recover the money looted by some individuals during the tenure of the immediate past president began from the day he allegedly met the government treasury empty on his assumption of office three months ago. He has vowed to recover the money looted and stashed in foreign banks by those corrupt Nigerians, according to his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina. Adesina had quoted him as saying, “the next three months may be hard, but billions of dollars can be recovered, and we will do our best.” Daily Sun gathered that Nigeria’s stolen funds had been traced to the USA, UK, Switzerland and other countries and the president was passionate about recovering them, to enable his government get enough money to carry out his electoral promises to Nigerians, now that the prices of crude oil have crashed. “Where is the money recovered from Abacha during the past administration? What did the government use the money for? Our leaders have been leading us with falsehood,” Fasehun asked. While canvassing for votes during his campaign early this year, Buhari had said, “if we don’t kill corruption in this country, corruption will kill Nigeria.” This statement was one of the reasons Nigerians voted for the man, who was dethroned 30 years ago as a military head of state by General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida and his military team, for alleged hardship people faced when he (Buhari) carried out his War Against Indiscipline (WAI).
sunnewsonline.com/new/fasehun-to-buhari-probe-babangida-obasanjo-others-now/

By Willy Eya That President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has taken off after what seemed a lull in political activities is not in doubt. And for those who had argued that the administration of the Daura-born Army General was too slow, he gave them enough to chew at the weekend after he released a list of his latest appointments. Many are in agreement that it was literally a bombshell. Buhari had on Thursday approved the appointments of six persons including Babachir David Lawal from Adamawa State as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Mr. Abba Kyari from Borno State as his Chief of Staff. The list takes the appointments made so far to 31, with only seven of them coming from the entire Southern part of the country. The rest are from northern Nigeria. Before Thursday’s appointments, Buhari had also named only one Southerner among the initial nine appointments he made since he assumed office. Perhaps, in the latest appointments, what surprised many was how he ignored the South East again by appointing the SGF from the North, a zone that had already produced many principal officers including the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives. With the development, Buhari seemed to have stirred the hornet’s nest as reactions to the lopsided nature of the appointments have been pouring down like rain across the nation. However, while people from the South are in agreement that Buhari erred, the North is seemingly divided on the action of the President. In his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), the mood among members was not different as many were not comfortable with the skewed nature of the appointments and did not mince words in expressing their reservations. Apart from the imbalance in the distribution of portfolios, one appointment that has continued to generate controversy is that of the 77 year old Col. Hammeed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) who is now the Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS). Daily Sun gathered that there are already rumblings in the para-military organization with many officers and rank and file of the Customs kicking that bringing a retired army officer to head the organization was tantamount to a vote of no confidence in the institution. But amid the cacophony of voices, many still wonder what is Buhari’s motivation in adopting the unfolding leadership model. Former Governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife summed it thus: “ I do not understand what is happening and the motivation for what is happening”. Robert Green writing on the Counterbalance Strategy in his book, “The 33 Strategies of War” reasons thus: “In the heat of the battle, the mind tends to lose its balance. Too many things confront you at the same time - unexpected setbacks, doubts and criticisms from your own allies. There is danger of responding emotionally, with fear, depression, or frustration”. As the arguments go back and forth, critical observers are wont to ponder the implication of President Buhari’s body language as he manages the nation’s political tide. Perhaps, in the circumstance, it is appropriate to situate Buhari’s actions in the context of the nation’s cultural diversity and history. In the words of Reinhold Neibhur, a great thinker, “Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible. But man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary”. So, from Buhari’s latest appointments, some of the issues in perspective are: National Unity The Federal Character principle enshrined in Nigeria’s constitution since 1979 seeks to ensure that appointments to public service institutions fairly reflect the linguistic, ethnic, religious, and geographic diversity of the country. The intendment of that aspect of the constitution is to engender a sense of belonging among the citizenry to achieve national unity. Many believe that so far, Buhari has obviously ignored that provision in the nation’s statue books. In the appointment so far, the South East region which is over 20 million people is yet to get any. Since the inception of democracy in 1999, successive administrations have observed the federal character principle. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and late Umaru Yar’Adua ensured fair balance in the distribution of public offices in the country. In the case of the immediate past president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, he even favoured the North more than other sections of the country. Not a few are confused over the rationale behind the President’s actions. In the list of appointments so far, it is preposterous to imagine President Buhari not considering any Igbo man fit enough to occupy any position. Aka Ikenga, the think-thank of Ohanaeze, the apex cultural organization of Ndigbo, in a statement by its president, Goddy Uwazurike captured the situation thus: The appointments are truly frightening. Are we still practicing democracy as enshrined in the constitution? Does Section 14 still operate or has it been expunged? Federal character is central to the progress of this country. Aka Ikenga urges Mr President to ensure that this irreparable exclusion of Ndigbo is reversed”. Former Deputy National President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Chief Abia Onyike said : “Buhari has ignored the fact that that Nigeria is a multi-ethnic nation state. He is deliberately pursuing a Northernisation policy of alienating Nigeria’s two other powerful regions –the East and West by making the appointments he made. Since assuming office, he has shown that he lacks the qualities of a nationalist and patriot. The lopsided appointments portrayed him more as a Northern operative and a Caliphate fanatic. And now, Buhari’s anti-corruption war cannot stand because it is founded on a dubious political pedestal. I made the observation not long ago that Buhari was waging a secret war against the Igbos”. In the same vein, Chairman of the Northern Elders Council, Alhaji Tanko Yakassi was critical of Buhari’s appointments insisting that so far, the distribution has showed that he was favouring his section of the country, where he got most of the votes in the last general elections. His words: “If you look at the voting pattern, zone by zone, you will see that Buhari is compensating the zones that favoured him. It depends on the angle from which you look at it. If you are a patriotic Nigerian, you will see it from the patriotic angle; if you are a parochial Nigerian, you will see it as right. “We (NEC) are for Nigeria because if you read the oath of office that Buhari subscribed to as President, he said he would do justice to all manners of people without fear or favour. You just judge for yourself whether he has adhered to the content of that oath of office”. The man Buhari Many are already tempted to believe that even though Buhari has an unblemished record in terms of integrity, it is becoming increasingly obvious that he lacks the temperament of a leader. And in the thinking of a growing population of Nigerians including his die-hard supporters, the nation has relapsed again into her endless search for a true leader in the mould of late President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela. Recall that despite spending 27 years in jail, the legend came out from prison and not only forgave the white minority who jailed him but welcomed them with open arms and ensured that nobody was discriminated upon for whatever reasons. For critical observers, it is incontestable that Buhari is religiously following the voting pattern in the last general elections. He revealed what to expect from his administration in his last visit to America where he said that those who gave him five per cent votes should not expect equal treatment like those who gave him 95 per cent support. Many are in agreement that it was the most unintelligent statement for any leader to make. This school of thought believes that for the ideal leaders, President Buhari ought to have known that the Oath of Office that he swore to at inauguration of his administration was not for only those who voted for him but Nigeria. There are also those who argue that what Buhari’s appointment has shown is that he does not see the nation beyond the North. The thinking in many quarters is that he lacks a network of friends and associates in different parts of the country except the North. For majority of observers from the South East, Buhari’s actions so far has confirmed the notion among many people of the region that the President does not hide his hatred for Ndigbo. In the build up to the election, Buhari was quoted to have said that Ndigbo hated him because of his role in the Nigerian civil war. So, as it appears, he does not want his administration to do anything with the Igbo man. But many insist that Buhari should heed the advice of Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of Britain. According to him: “One ought not to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never !” Future of APC For rational thinkers, the obvious lopsidedness in appointments would likely have far-reaching implications on Buhari’s party, the APC. The calculation is that except the retired Army General moves fast to redress the imbalance, the APC would lose its status as a national party in the subsequent elections. The PDP has always maintained that it is the only national party in the country. So, the argument is that if this trend continues, it would be difficult for the party to sell its candidates outside the Northern part of the country. Col Ali’s appointment Even though it was not the first time somebody considered an “outsider” was appointed to head the Customs, the latest came as a shock considering that Nigeria is practicing democracy. Many are worried over the implication of the development to the morale of the officers of the para-military organization. Some argue that no matter how diligent and thorough the septuagenarian Army officer would be, he would be groping in the dark if the regular Customs men refuse to cooperate with him. And that, many think is likely. But in all of this, not a few agree that Buhari is a man of his own convictions. It is believed in many quarters that the whole world cannot easily influence the beliefs of the taciturn leader known for his integrity. There is a near consensus that Buhari is clear on the agenda of his administration. In the words of William Shakespeare, “Though this be madness, yet there is method in it”.

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/disquiet-over-buharis-appointments/

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,
NNPC, yesterday, stated that it has shut down the
Warri Refineries due to operational challenges.
Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs
Division of the NNPC, Mr. Ohi Alegbe, who
disclosed this, noted, however, that the refinery is
expected to be reopened for operations on
Tuesday.
According to him, the decision to shut down the
Warri refinery was taken because there was
insufficient crude oil in the system.
“They are supposed to have at least a 25-day
sufficiency in the supply of crude. So because of
the depletion in the volume of crude they have
had to temporarily shut down.
“It was shut down on Monday. This is a temporary
measure and it should be up and running by
Tuesday.”
The NNPC, had a few days ago, stated that after
proper evaluation and in line with the terms of
contract for the delivery of crude oil to the
nation’s refineries in Warri, Port Harcourt and
Kaduna, the Corporation has cancelled the
current contract due to exorbitant cost and
inappropriate process of engagement.
The NNPC had stated that this measure is aimed
at reducing cost and strengthening the
operational efficiency across its value chain.
As a stop-gap measure, the NNPC said it has
engaged NIDAS Marine Limited, a subsidiary of
the NNPC, to provide crude delivery service on
negotiated industry standard rate pending the
establishment of substantive contract.
The NNPC, however, explained that it resorted to
the delivery of crude oil to the refineries by
marine vessels following incessant attacks on the
Bonny-Port Harcourt refinery pipeline and the
Escravos crude pipelines by vandals and oil
thieves resulting in the complete unavailability of
the pipelines in 2013.
“We have also commenced a rigorous and
transparent process of securing capable and
competitive contractors for the delivery of crude
oil by marine vessels to Port Harcourt and Warri/
Kaduna Refineries pending the restoration of the
crude pipeline infrastructure,’’ the corporation
added.
The NNPC further disclosed that it had obtained
the permission of President Muhammadu Buhari
to kick-start the tendering process for the
2015/2016 Crude Oil Term Contract for the
evacuation of Nigeria’s crude oil equity from the
various crude and condensate production
arrangements.
According to the NNPC, the process which would
commence with the advertisement of the Crude
Oil Term contract in both National and
International print media for a period of one
month has been carefully structured to weed out
‘briefcase companies’ and rent seekers.

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/nnpc-shuts-down-warri-refinery-over-crude-oil-shortage/

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