Nigerians Debate Sectional Appointments of New Nigerian President Aug 28 2015

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[Naijaintellects] Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses Inbox x

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President Buhari's manner of making appointments for public office holders of the federation is becoming troubling, especially due to its in-your-face nature. I never believed for once that this man, whom I have supported since 1984, was a sectional champion. Since his return as president, I have tried to excuse his appointing of mostly old Northern Muslim men into offices but the frequency of such sectional appointments has gotten to an alarming rate with his latest appointments. When he made the statement about 97%, I was embarrassed and ashamed of myself for being an arch-Buharite all these years, but I rationalized his clear claim, that he would treat Nigerians according to how they voted, by accepting that he had engaged in a misspeak. But his manner of appointments since then seems confirmatory of what he said. President Buhari is conducting the affairs of Nigeria like the parochial presidents of South Sudan and Chad and I hope that he does not ignite the type of problem going on in South Sudan now. The president cannot continue to make appointments to sensitive positions of nation from a particular section of the country from whence he hails -- it is stupid, insensitive, and not statesmanlike. The latest appointments seem to be daring Southerners to do their worse. And the worse of all is that he seems to not be placing the right persons in the right positions. How do you appoint an engineer as SFG in the 21st century Nigeria? After loading this category of appointments with Northern Muslim men, he cunningly inserted one token Southerner and one Middle Belt person in the lowly positions of SSA just to fool the South. Is it possible that those who have consistently claimed that Buhari is a tribalist, a sexist, and a religious nut have been correct all along? Could I have been this much naive, or even stupid, to have not properly understood this man? Fighting corruption is a great thing but how can president Buhari genuinely fight corruption if he is indulging in the corruption of tribalism and religious insensitivity through his appointments of political office holders? It is impossible that the best of Nigerians are only found among Northern Muslim men. President Buhari must snap out of his current 1970s mentality or he is going to lose the goodwill he enjoys now and possibly plunge the country into having to deal with another sectional insurrection, up to a civil war involving the entire South as one entity. Granted that it is still early, president Buhari is currently not running the country like the father of the federation; his actions are projecting him more and more like a sectional leader with a vengeful agenda. He must not make the mistake of thinking that he will get away with such parochialism. Nebukadineze Adiele

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In a message dated 8/27/2015 4:47:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: VS My brother what is wrong with appointments? Are the candidates not competent? Fair is fair. No 73 year old man changes his personality. And it is not fair to expect PMB to change his MO in his old age. Let's focus on him and his team delivering on his promises. That is the right thing to do. Joe Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2015, at 9:39 PM, Omoluabi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pastor Joe, > > Na lie, we nor go hug transformer especially now that they are working ! Heheheheheheh.... > > But serious serious....there is something indecorous about these appointments. Not cool at all. There just is no excuse for it. > > Viscount > > > > -------------------------------------------- > On Thu, 8/27/15, 'Joe Attueyi' via OkonkwoNetworks <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: Re: BREAKING: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Bring Your Baseball Bat" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "OmoOdua" <[email protected]>, "Okonkwonetworks" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, August 27, 2015, 4:29 PM > > All > these folks whining about Buhari's appointments should > go hug a transformer IMHO. > 1) hardly can you see anyone whose character > traits have not become set by age 40

> 2) As head of state, chairman PTF and sharia > protagonist PMB has always shown himself as insensitive to > the multicultural multi ethnic and multi religious nature of > Nigeria > 3) despite (2) above you voted him to fight > corruption. Don't turn around and expect a 73 year old > man to change his MO. If you think you made an error then > suck it in and get used to the consequences of your > actions. > 4) For the next 4 years the only thing we can > judge PMB on are his promises. Starting with his 100 days > covenant. > 5) if he wants to deliver on the promises with > only people from Daura so be it. There is nothing happening > there that was not foretold. > Who would have believed that I would be the one > defending Buhari from his janjaweed supporters who would > abuse one for stating the obvious during the elections. > > JoeShaking his head > > Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2015, at 9:00 PM, africanherald via NaijaEvent > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > "I > regret supporting him. I hope that the country survives him > (he appears hell bent on stimulating a civil > war). I have never seen this level of > idiocy at work in making political appointments. Who is this > man kidding, himself?" > - Dr. Osuji > > > > > > > > Well, I am not surprised. I never > supported him and I was very vocal about it here. > Based on his past, especially during his PTF days, > everything was virtually North. Would he change now? > > > > Take care > > Nwachukwu > > > > > -----Original > Message----- > > > From: ozodi osuji <[email protected]> >

> > To: [email protected] > <[email protected]> > > > Cc: NewnaijaPolitics <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > <[email protected]>; > africanworldforum <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2015 1:50 pm > > > Subject: Re: BREAKING: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, > Customs, Immigration bosses > > > > > Yesterday, somewhere I > wrote that Buhari appears to be dead set on alienating > certain people. Appointments are ways of making people feel > inclusive in a government. In the USA presidents appoint > secretaries that reflect the geographical realities of the > country; each geographical zone generally has one secretary > in the national government. But Buhari seems to be thinking > that it is up to him to give jobs to only Northerners. That > makes me question his political judgment. By not appointing, > say, Igbos, he is giving them the impression that they are > not part of Nigeria; he is making them feel like outsiders; > those who feel like outsiders, who feel unwanted tend to > work against the polity that pushes them out. Buhari is > certainly doing his best to push Igbos out. If the man does > not recognize that he is setting a scenario for secession > movements he is denser than folks said he is. He said that > he is looking for quality people and he can only find them > in a region known for providing the least quality education, > in people known to be the least competent in the country. > This is ridiculous. Anyway, as I noted just about a month > into his presidency, this man is not the change we want. I > regret supporting him. I hope that the country survives him > (he appears hell bent on stimulating a civil > war). I have never seen this level of > idiocy at work in making political appointments. Who is this > man kidding, himself? > > > > > > > > Ozodiobi > >>

> > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:31 AM, 'Chukwuemeka > Okala' via NaijaEvent > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > If President Muhammadu Buhari, with his vast > experience and deep knowledge of the Nigerian geo-political > sensitivity, is not embarrassed with this kind of lopsided > political appointments, so be it. > Personally, I don't get it! > > > > Emeka Reuben Okala > > > > > > "Faith > [Religion] and reason are not necessarily opposed. But when > reason won't take you another step, faith keeps on going > because it connects you to > God." > > > > > > > On Thursday, 27 > August 2015, 19:09, 'Wharf A. Snake' via NaijaEvent > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hehehe... Buhari has been reading me all this while and I > didn't realize it. The man knows and EFCC confirmed it > that 99.97% of all govt looters are Yoruba. There might > actually be more Ndigbo in this government after all than > the looting tribe. Hahahah I am laughing in Latin again. By > the way they will finally be on the road to Damascus when > Tingod Tinibu is marched in shackles towards Kirikiri. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > Ejo ni Mushin - Prince >> > > On Aug 27, 2015, at 1:57 PM, > Asagwara, Ken (EAL) < > [email protected]>

> wrote: > > Folks: > > > > > This is very > interesting or so to say. All the appointees are from the > North. Boy, am here laughing and wondering what really is > going on or unfolding in President Buhari’s government. > > > > Since it has > been said, President Buhari wants only men and women of high > probity to serve in his government, can it then be that it > is only from the Northern parts of Nigeria that such persons > can be found? > > > > > Well; we shall > see. > > > As Bolaji Aluko > VC would say, am here having some belly laugh. > > > By the way, if > his photo below is a recent one, the man is really looking > fresh. > > > > > Cheers. > > > > > Mazi KC Prince > Asagwara > > > > > > > Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, > Immigration bosses > > > >

> Published: Thursday, 27 > August 2015 17:23 > > > > > > > Written by Elombah.com > > > > > President Muhammadu Buhari > has approved the appointments of the Secretary to the > Government of the Federation, Chief of Staff, Customs and > Immigration > > bosses as well as some > aides. > > > > > > > [Picture: > President Muhammadu Buhari] > > > > > > > > According to the > Presidential Adviser on Media, Femi Adesina, the > appointments are as follows: > > > > > > > Engr. Babachir David Lawal > – Secretary to the Government of the Federation > > > > > > > Alhaji Abba Kyari – > Chief of Staff to the President > > > >

> > > Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali > (rtd.) – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs > Service > > > > > > > Mr. Kure Martin Abeshi – > Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service > > > > > > > Senator Ita S.J. Enang – > SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters > (Senate) > > > > > > > Hon. Suleiman A. Kawu – > SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of > Representatives) > > > > > > > The appointments are with > effect from today, August 27, 2015. > > > > > > > Engr. Lawal, the new > Secretary to the Government of the Federation hails from > Hong Local Government Area, Adamawa State. He graduated from > the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1979 with a Bachelor > of Engineering Degree and worked with the Delta Steel > Company, Aladja, Nigerian External Telecommunications > Limited and Data Sciences Limited before establishing his > own ICT and Telecommunications consulting firm in 1990. He > is also a member of the Nigeria Computer Society, the > Nigeria Society of Engineers and the Council for the > Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria. > > >

> > > > Alhaji Abba Kyari, the new > Chief of Staff to the President holds Bachelors and Masters > Degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University > of Warwick in Law and Sociology. He has worked with the New > Nigeria Development Company, New Africa Holdings, African > International Bank, United Bank for Africa, Unilever, and > Mobil in various capacities over the years. > > > > > > > The new > Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Ali holds Bachelors and > Masters Degrees in Criminology. He was military > administrator of Kaduna State from 1996 to 1998. > > > > > > > The new Comptroller- > General of Immigration, Mr. Abeshi hails from Nasarawa > State. He joined the Nigerian Immigration Service in 1989 as > an Assistant Comptroller. His educational qualifications > include a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. > > > > > >> > > > > > © Copyright 2015 www.elombah.com

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Nebu A more honourable thing to do is accept your poor judgment. There is nothing PMB is doing today he did not do as head of state or chairman of PTF. It is very unreasonable to expect a 73 year old man to change his way of doing things.

What is expected of reasonable folks today is to insist that PMB delivers on his promises. I don't see why it should matter to you if he does it with his wife and children as cabinet members Joe Sent from my iPhone You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NaijaEvent" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/naijaevent. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. __._,_.___

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JUI would like to continue to give Buhari the benefit of the doubt on this issue; in fact, JUI is very disappointed with Nebu’s impulsiveness and possibly premature call or expression of regrets on this Buhari's issue; JUI recollects how he was cursed and yapped by the Nebus etc when he [JUI] was asking questions, trying to better appreciate where Buhari stood on few things that his political opponents were throwing at him: religious fanaticism, dictatorial tendency etc. Of course, JUI stood his grounds and followed the evolution of Buhari, from building parties around himself, through joining ranks with Tinubu, Atiku, Oyegun, el-Rufai, Oshiomhole, Fashola, Amaechi, Okorocha, Fayemi etc to emerge as what JUI believed was a reasonable Democrat who was ready to engage all citizens from around the country.

JUI still believes that Buhari is on that Democrat’s mode; Buhari is conscious; there may be a strategy to the apparent madness. So let’s stay tuned and see the picture that will emerge when the dusts settle! Take care. JUI > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 6:21 PM > To: [email protected]

> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [africanworldforum] Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses > > > > Nebu > > A more honourable thing to do is accept your poor judgment. > > > > There is nothing PMB is doing today he did not do as head of state or chairman of PTF. > > > > It is very unreasonable to expect a 73 year old man to change his way of doing things. > > > > What is expected of reasonable folks today is to insist that PMB delivers on his promises. I don't see why it should matter to you if he does it with his wife and children as cabinet members > > > > Joe > > > > Sent from my iPhone > >

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Fellow Nigerians, No pluralistic society can survive with this type of lopsidedness in political appointments that favors one section of the country over others. I remember reading an article were General Ibrahim Babangida said that his main quarrel with General Buhari, now President Buhari is that he does not understand the diversity of Nigerian society. Many people in APC including Alhaji Lai Mohammed lampooned the esteemed General. Now, President Buhari through his appointments has shown that General Babangida was right in his assessment. Also, the nation need to understand that President Buhari never hid this agenda because in 2003, 2007 and

2011 general elections, he made it clear that the North was being marginalized regardless of the fact that under Obasanjo, Jonathan and Yaradua, the North occupied the largest number of top political positions in the country. Though I do not know Mr. President directly, I will appeal to him to respect and ensure Federal Character in appointments into offices of the Federal government and its agencies. Judging by his current appointments, it appears that he is more interested in dividing Nigeria than in uniting her. Those of you in APC, specificall Rotimi Amaech and Tinubu need to appeal to him to understand that Nigeria is a diverse country and need the input of all its ethnic and religious makeup to succeed. Though Fani Kayode wrote severally on this issue during the 2015 election and APC members lampooned him but he has been vindicated by the current actions of the president that showed him as president of Northern Nigeria and not President of Nigeria. There is still time for the president to change course and correct the injustice he is knowingly perpetrating against the southern part of the country. His actions are encouraging division not only in the polity but in the entire country. I do not believe that this was what Tinubu, Amaechi and the rest of APC bigwigs from the Southern part of the country bargained for when they spent their time, political capital and the peoples money under their custody to sponsor Buhari's candidacy for the office of the president. Mr. President and APC, this is not change. This is clear discrimination against Southern Nigerians. If this continue, it could lend credence to those that have been calling for the dissolution of Nigeria as a nation. This is an opinion of a sincere observer and a nationalist that believes in the Nigerian project. Please see the list below and it is disheartening. President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria - north. 2.Senate President- north. 3. Speaker of the House of Representatives- north. 4. Chief Justice of the Federation- north. 5. President of the Court of Appeal- north. 6. Chief Justice of the Federal High Court- north. 7. Secretary to the Federal Government- north. 8. Chief of Staff to the President- north. 9. Chief of Army Staff- north. 10. Chief of Air Staff- north. 11. Comptroller General of Customs- north. 12. Director-General of State Security Services (SSS)- north. 13. National Security Advisor- north. 14. Director General NIMASA- north. 15. Chairperson of the Independant Electoral Commission (INEC)- north. 16. Comptroller-General Immigration- north. 17. Accountant-General of the Federation - north. 18. Commander of Civil Defence Corps- north. 19. Chief Security Officer to the President- north. 20. ADC to the President- north. 21. Principal Secretary to the President- north. 22. Senior Special Assistant to the President on media- north. 23. Chairman of the EFCC- north. Fani Kayode: NIGERIANS WANTED ''CHANGE'' AND NOW WE HAVE GOT IT. NO-ONE SHOULD COMPLAIN BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT OUR PEOPLE WANTED. THOSE OF US THAT WARNED THE COUNTRY THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN WERE INSULTED AND LAMPOONED. NOW WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR CHOICE FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. WELCOME TO THE NEW NIGERIA. WELCOME TO ''CHANGE''. Dr. Joseph Ogundu > Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:06:14 -0800 > Subject: Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected];

[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > > “An idealist cannot be a good politician hence Buhari is not a good > politician. A good politician would not voice it out that he would > favor those that gave him 97% of his votes, and a good politician > would not make appointments the way Buhari has been making > appointments.” Ayo > > > > Idealism is a perspective on phenomena that wants to change what > is and make it ideal; idealists want to make people behave as they > think that people ought to behave, ideally (read, perfectly, as they > construe perfection to be). > > Realism, in contrast, takes the world and people as they are. > Realists see people as imperfect and work with them as they are and > not worry about their perfection. An example of a political realist is > Abraham Lincoln. During the American civil war word came to him that > Ulysses Grant, his most brilliant general was a drunk. Religious > folks wanted him removed. Lincoln told them to go get him a better > general and since there was none he said that you work with what you > have, an imperfect Grant who nevertheless was an excellent general. > > In political idealism we find folks with utopian views of > people; idealists expect the world to be an Eldorado; idealists > eventually become disappointed since people are imperfect. > > Political realism works with people as they are to accomplish > needed goals and objectives. > > Generally, it is nice if politicians have a bit of idealism in > them and also realism, for both attributes are necessary to get things > done; you need idealism to dream, to have visions and set goals for > your political community; you also need realism to use people to > accomplish those goals; sometimes you need to be brutal towards people > to get them to work productively; you do not make an omelet without > breaking eggs; idealism is not enough, force is sometime necessary to > move people in the direction you want them to go. > > If you are only idealistic you generally do not get things > accomplished; in fact, you may become tyrannical to get things done. > For example, most socialists began out idealistic and end up brutal > dictators, for they realized that people can obstruct your goals and > that a bit of muscle power is needed to get them to shape up or shape > out. > > Idealism can be on the left (socialism, communism) or on the > right (nationalism, fascism and in its milder form, conservatism). > > So what is the nature of Buhari’s idealism; is it socialistic > or nationalistic or fascistic? > > If it is socialistic, I have not seen evidence of it; if it is > nationalistic he would make appointments that reflect the entire

> nation; if it is fascistic he uses the people for national goals and > justifies their death with the notion that dying for the fatherland is > an honorable thing. > > Adolf Hitler, an idealist on the political right, justified > millions of German soldiers dying by saying that they are making their > father land powerful. > > Joseph Stalin, an idealist on the left, justified sacrificing > millions of the people for socialistic goals (remember his killing of > millions of kulaks during the 1930s). > In America, most of our leaders tend to be centrists, that is, > in the middle of the political continuum. > > Now, what part of the political spectrum is Buhari’s idealism, > left or right or middle? We employ political ideas cavalierly. > > If Buhari is an idealist I have not seen it in his behavior; > therefore, I would like you to explain to me the nature of his > idealism. > > His appointments, so far, seem tribalistic and insensitive. > > You know where I stand on the issue of tribes; I do not identify > with any particular tribe but I am committed to justice, equity and > fairness. > > My sense of fairness tells me that any ruler of Nigeria must > make sure that his appointments reflect the multi-ethnic nature of the > country. > > Here is some economic realism for you. Over 90% of the budget of > the Federal government comes from oil, oil derived from the southern > part of the country. Therefore, if Buhari’s appointees are mostly from > the north and they are paid with money from the south something seems > unfair. > > My dear learned attorney, please educate me on the nature of > Buharis’s idealism. > > Finally, if you live in Nigeria and have access to Buhari’s ear > please whisper to it that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts > absolutely; if he continues on the path he is currently on he would > thoroughly alienate southerners who had supported him on strict > nationalistic grounds. I supported him because his antecedent behavior > gave me the impression that he has a draconian mien, that he had what > is needed to fight corruption. I was not aware that in the past he > ostracized certain ethnic groups. If I had known that fact I would > have settled for the clueless Jonathan. Buhari is making me angry. > Please do not underestimate anger for it generally boils over. > Governments are overthrown when a significant segment of the > population feel marginalized and angry. > What we should have is a Nigerian government that encompasses > Igbos, Yorubas, Edos, Ijaws, Efiks, Hausas, Fulanis etc., not just a > Hausa-Fulani government. > Our fathers did not struggle to remove the British from ruling > us to have domestic colonialism where the least informed people in > Nigeria, Northerners rule the most informed Nigerians, southerners. > >

> > Ozodiobi > > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Ayo Ojutalayo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Joe, Nebu & Co > > > > On many occasions on these forums we have discussed the fact that the Super > > Eagles are competitive at the international level because we present our > > best eleven so to say. And it is the coach that decides who puts on the > > jerseys and not the fans or even the government. The Constitution is very > > clear about the President appointing Ministers from all the States but not > > non-ministerial appointments. If the coach (the President) wants his team > > from a region for whatever reason(s), and the team can deliver, I am not > > sure an average Nigerian cares. > > > > In my own opinion, President Buhari is an idealist, he is not a tribalist > > and he is not an Islamist. All the people that worked with PMB confirmed > > this. He did not see any thing wrong in another Muslim-Fulani being his > > number two when he was the military Head of State. And he did not see any > > thing wrong in BAT (another Muslim) being his running mate in the last > > election (thank God he was overruled by the APC leadership). An idealist > > cannot be a good politician hence Buhari is not a good politician. A good > > politician would not voice it out that he would favor those that gave him > > 97% of his votes, and a good politician would not make appointments the way > > Buhari has been making appointments. But an average Nigerian does not care. > > An average Nigerian wants corruption fought head-on, wants Boko Haram > > defeated, wants improved electricity, improved education system, improved > > health system, good infrastructure, end to fuel scarcity, and employment for > > children after leaving school. > > > > There seems to have been two categories of candidate Buhari's supporters: > > those who supported Buhari the politician and those who supported Buhari the > > idealist. Those in the first category are the ones that are already > > disappointed by him, and doubting their judgement. Those of us who supported > > Buhari the idealist are not disappointed. If in four years time he delivers > > to the satisfaction of average Nigerians, he will one more time survive > > opposition's noise of tribalism and Islamization. > > > > Ayo Ojutalayo > > > > “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort > > and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. > > ” . . . Martin Luther King Jr > > > > ________________________________ > > From: 'Joe Attueyi' via AfricanWorldForum > > <[email protected]> > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>;

> > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 6:20 PM > > Subject: [africanworldforum] Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, > > Customs, Immigration bosses > > > > Nebu > > A more honourable thing to do is accept your poor judgment. > > > > There is nothing PMB is doing today he did not do as head of state or > > chairman of PTF. > > > > It is very unreasonable to expect a 73 year old man to change his way of > > doing things. > > > > What is expected of reasonable folks today is to insist that PMB delivers on > > his promises. I don't see why it should matter to you if he does it with his > > wife and children as cabinet members > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > > On Aug 27, 2015, at 11:11 PM, Nebukadineze via NaijaEvent > > "NaijaEvent" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/naijaevent. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "AfricanWorldForum" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/africanworldforum. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/africanworldforum/3C4852F6-9367-4131-ACCF-99E61BFA905B%40yahoo.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NaijaEvent" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/naijaevent.



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Dr. Osuji, In as much as you would like to explain away Buhari's actions based on idealism and realism, I do not buy it. General Ibrahim Babangida said in one of his interviews in 2015 prior to APC's convention that his problem with General Buhari is that he does not believe and does not understand that Nigeria is diverse country. Buhari made it clear in 2003, 2007 and 2011 when he ran for president that he believed that the North has been marginalized since 1999. He knew that during those years and under three different presidents, the Northern part of Nigeria occupied more than 60% of all senior level positions in Federal government and federal agencies. President Buhari's actions and decisions mirrors the assessment of General Babangida. The presidents actions is more about his Northern agenda and less about idealism. I believe that Mr. president is either knowingly or unknowingly sewing the seed of division among the ethnic groups. Also, it is unfair for Southern Nigerians to only be considered for ministerial positions based on the quota awarded to them by the constitution while most of the positions that are to be appointed by the president goes to the North. Mr President's actions has nothing to do with the fact that you consider him not to be a politician. President Buhari is a politician and the issue here is that he sees himself as a Northern Nigerian politician and not a politician for the entire country. He believes that it is his responsibility to take care of the North. I believe that Mr. President is more of a sectional politician who believes that he need to take care of his side of the country first. People need to be realistic about issues and stop trying to defend the indefensible through academic based words that mean nothing to the average man. Dr. Joseph Ogundu

> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:06:14 -0800 > Subject: Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > > “An idealist cannot be a good politician hence Buhari is not a good > politician. A good politician would not voice it out that he would > favor those that gave him 97% of his votes, and a good politician > would not make appointments the way Buhari has been making > appointments.” Ayo > > > > Idealism is a perspective on phenomena that wants to change what > is and make it ideal; idealists want to make people behave as they > think that people ought to behave, ideally (read, perfectly, as they > construe perfection to be).

> > Realism, in contrast, takes the world and people as they are. > Realists see people as imperfect and work with them as they are and > not worry about their perfection. An example of a political realist is > Abraham Lincoln. During the American civil war word came to him that > Ulysses Grant, his most brilliant general was a drunk. Religious > folks wanted him removed. Lincoln told them to go get him a better > general and since there was none he said that you work with what you > have, an imperfect Grant who nevertheless was an excellent general. > > In political idealism we find folks with utopian views of > people; idealists expect the world to be an Eldorado; idealists > eventually become disappointed since people are imperfect. > > Political realism works with people as they are to accomplish > needed goals and objectives. > > Generally, it is nice if politicians have a bit of idealism in > them and also realism, for both attributes are necessary to get things > done; you need idealism to dream, to have visions and set goals for > your political community; you also need realism to use people to > accomplish those goals; sometimes you need to be brutal towards people > to get them to work productively; you do not make an omelet without > breaking eggs; idealism is not enough, force is sometime necessary to > move people in the direction you want them to go. > > If you are only idealistic you generally do not get things > accomplished; in fact, you may become tyrannical to get things done. > For example, most socialists began out idealistic and end up brutal > dictators, for they realized that people can obstruct your goals and > that a bit of muscle power is needed to get them to shape up or shape > out. > > Idealism can be on the left (socialism, communism) or on the > right (nationalism, fascism and in its milder form, conservatism). > > So what is the nature of Buhari’s idealism; is it socialistic > or nationalistic or fascistic? > > If it is socialistic, I have not seen evidence of it; if it is > nationalistic he would make appointments that reflect the entire > nation; if it is fascistic he uses the people for national goals and > justifies their death with the notion that dying for the fatherland is > an honorable thing. > > Adolf Hitler, an idealist on the political right, justified > millions of German soldiers dying by saying that they are making their > father land powerful. > > Joseph Stalin, an idealist on the left, justified sacrificing > millions of the people for socialistic goals (remember his killing of > millions of kulaks during the 1930s). > In America, most of our leaders tend to be centrists, that is, > in the middle of the political continuum. > > Now, what part of the political spectrum is Buhari’s idealism, > left or right or middle? We employ political ideas cavalierly. > > If Buhari is an idealist I have not seen it in his behavior; > therefore, I would like you to explain to me the nature of his

> idealism. > > His appointments, so far, seem tribalistic and insensitive. > > You know where I stand on the issue of tribes; I do not identify > with any particular tribe but I am committed to justice, equity and > fairness. > > My sense of fairness tells me that any ruler of Nigeria must > make sure that his appointments reflect the multi-ethnic nature of the > country. > > Here is some economic realism for you. Over 90% of the budget of > the Federal government comes from oil, oil derived from the southern > part of the country. Therefore, if Buhari’s appointees are mostly from > the north and they are paid with money from the south something seems > unfair. > > My dear learned attorney, please educate me on the nature of > Buharis’s idealism. > > Finally, if you live in Nigeria and have access to Buhari’s ear > please whisper to it that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts > absolutely; if he continues on the path he is currently on he would > thoroughly alienate southerners who had supported him on strict > nationalistic grounds. I supported him because his antecedent behavior > gave me the impression that he has a draconian mien, that he had what > is needed to fight corruption. I was not aware that in the past he > ostracized certain ethnic groups. If I had known that fact I would > have settled for the clueless Jonathan. Buhari is making me angry. > Please do not underestimate anger for it generally boils over. > Governments are overthrown when a significant segment of the > population feel marginalized and angry. > What we should have is a Nigerian government that encompasses > Igbos, Yorubas, Edos, Ijaws, Efiks, Hausas, Fulanis etc., not just a > Hausa-Fulani government. > Our fathers did not struggle to remove the British from ruling > us to have domestic colonialism where the least informed people in > Nigeria, Northerners rule the most informed Nigerians, southerners. > > > > Ozodiobi > > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Ayo Ojutalayo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Joe, Nebu & Co > > > > On many occasions on these forums we have discussed the fact that the Super > > Eagles are competitive at the international level because we present our > > best eleven so to say. And it is the coach that decides who puts on the > > jerseys and not the fans or even the government. The Constitution is very > > clear about the President appointing Ministers from all the States but not > > non-ministerial appointments. If the coach (the President) wants his team > > from a region for whatever reason(s), and the team can deliver, I am not > > sure an average Nigerian cares. > > > > In my own opinion, President Buhari is an idealist, he is not a tribalist > > and he is not an Islamist. All the people that worked with PMB confirmed

> > this. He did not see any thing wrong in another Muslim-Fulani being his > > number two when he was the military Head of State. And he did not see any > > thing wrong in BAT (another Muslim) being his running mate in the last > > election (thank God he was overruled by the APC leadership). An idealist > > cannot be a good politician hence Buhari is not a good politician. A good > > politician would not voice it out that he would favor those that gave him > > 97% of his votes, and a good politician would not make appointments the way > > Buhari has been making appointments. But an average Nigerian does not care. > > An average Nigerian wants corruption fought head-on, wants Boko Haram > > defeated, wants improved electricity, improved education system, improved > > health system, good infrastructure, end to fuel scarcity, and employment for > > children after leaving school. > > > > There seems to have been two categories of candidate Buhari's supporters: > > those who supported Buhari the politician and those who supported Buhari the > > idealist. Those in the first category are the ones that are already > > disappointed by him, and doubting their judgement. Those of us who supported > > Buhari the idealist are not disappointed. If in four years time he delivers > > to the satisfaction of average Nigerians, he will one more time survive > > opposition's noise of tribalism and Islamization. > > > > Ayo Ojutalayo > > > > “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort > > and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. > > ” . . . Martin Luther King Jr > > > > ________________________________ > > From: 'Joe Attueyi' via AfricanWorldForum > > <[email protected]> > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 6:20 PM > > Subject: [africanworldforum] Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, > > Customs, Immigration bosses > > > > Nebu > > A more honourable thing to do is accept your poor judgment. > > > > There is nothing PMB is doing today he did not do as head of state or > > chairman of PTF. > > > > It is very unreasonable to expect a 73 year old man to change his way of > > doing things. > > > > What is expected of reasonable folks today is to insist that PMB delivers on > > his promises. I don't see why it should matter to you if he does it with his > > wife and children as cabinet members > >

> > Joe > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > > On Aug 27, 2015, at 11:11 PM, Nebukadineze via NaijaEvent > > "NaijaEvent" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/naijaevent. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "AfricanWorldForum" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/africanworldforum. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/africanworldforum/3C4852F6-9367-4131-ACCF-99E61BFA905B%40yahoo.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NaijaEvent" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/naijaevent.

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"An idealist cannot be a good politician hence Buhari is not a good politician. A good politician would not voice it out that he would favor those that gave him 97% of his votes, and a good politician would not make appointments the way Buhari has been making appointments." Round one: Total bullshit! Round two: The notion of an "idealist", in this case the IDEALS for northern domination to be actualized is DISTURBING. Put another way, above point demonstrates a COCKEYED view of an "idealist", a misguided ideologue.

This type idealism MUST be rejected and defeated for the good of Nigeria. Sai Iguade Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2015, at 8:57 PM, "'Ayo Ojutalayo' via NaijaEvent" <[email protected]> wrote:

Joe, Nebu & Co On many occasions on these forums we have discussed the fact that the Super Eagles are competitive at the international level because we present our best eleven so to say. And it is the coach that decides who puts on the jerseys and not the fans or even the government. The Constitution is very clear about the President appointing Ministers from all the States but not non-ministerial appointments. If the coach (the President) wants his team from a region for whatever reason(s), and the team can deliver, I am not sure an average Nigerian cares. In my own opinion, President Buhari is an idealist, he is not a tribalist and he is not an Islamist. All the people that worked with PMB confirmed this. He did not see any thing wrong in another Muslim-Fulani being his number two when he was the military Head of State. And he did not see any thing wrong in BAT (another Muslim) being his running mate in the last election (thank God he was overruled by the APC leadership). An idealist cannot be a good politician hence Buhari is not a good politician. A good politician would not voice it out that he would favor those that gave him 97% of his votes, and a good politician would not make appointments the way Buhari has been making appointments. But an average Nigerian does not care. An average Nigerian wants corruption fought head-on, wants Boko Haram defeated, wants improved electricity, improved education system, improved health system, good infrastructure, end to fuel scarcity, and employment for children after leaving school. There seems to have been two categories of candidate Buhari's supporters: those who supported Buhari the politician and those who supported Buhari the idealist. Those in the first category are the ones that are already disappointed by him, and doubting their judgement. Those of us who supported Buhari the idealist are not disappointed. If in four years time he delivers to the satisfaction of average Nigerians, he will one more time survive opposition's noise of tribalism and Islamization. Ayo Ojutalayo “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ” . . . Martin Luther King Jr

From: 'Joe Attueyi' via AfricanWorldForum <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 6:20 PM Subject: [africanworldforum] Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs,

Immigration bosses Nebu A more honourable thing to do is accept your poor judgment. There is nothing PMB is doing today he did not do as head of state or chairman of PTF. It is very unreasonable to expect a 73 year old man to change his way of doing things. What is expected of reasonable folks today is to insist that PMB delivers on his promises. I don't see why it should matter to you if he does it with his wife and children as cabinet members Joe Sent from my iPhone

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Iguade, I concur with you. The statement below is "Total Bullshit". "An idealist cannot be a good politician hence Buhari is not a good politician. A good politician would not voice it out that he would favor those that gave him 97% of his votes, and a good politician would not make appointments the way Buhari has been making appointments." Dr. Joseph Ogundu

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"you need idealism to dream, to have visions and set goals for your political community; you also need realism to use people to accomplish those goals;" by Buhari's "buttlicker" Osuji Response: One man's idealism is another man's encroachment on liberty. The argument originated on idealist or idealism is JEJUNE. Period! Iguade, Emir of Aso Rock, Abuja, Nigeria. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2015, at 10:06 PM, "ozodi osuji" <[email protected]> wrote:

“An idealist cannot be a good politician hence Buhari is not a good politician. A good politician would not voice it out that he would favor those that gave him 97% of his votes, and a good politician would not make appointments the way Buhari has been making appointments.” Ayo Idealism is a perspective on phenomena that wants to change what is and make it ideal; idealists want to make people behave as they think that people ought to behave, ideally (read, perfectly, as they construe perfection to be). Realism, in contrast, takes the world and people as they are. Realists see people as imperfect and work with them as they are and not worry about their perfection. An example of a political realist is Abraham Lincoln. During the American civil war word came to him that Ulysses Grant, his most brilliant general was a drunk. Religious folks wanted him removed. Lincoln told them to go get him a better general and since there was none he said that you work with what you have, an imperfect Grant who nevertheless was an excellent general. In political idealism we find folks with utopian views of people; idealists expect the world to be an Eldorado; idealists eventually become disappointed since people are imperfect. Political realism works with people as they are to accomplish needed goals and objectives. Generally, it is nice if politicians have a bit of idealism in them and also realism, for both attributes are necessary to get things done; you need idealism to dream, to have visions and set goals for your political community; you also need realism to use people to accomplish those goals; sometimes you need to be brutal towards people to get them to work productively; you do not make an omelet without breaking eggs; idealism is not enough, force is sometime necessary to move people in the direction you want them to go. If you are only idealistic you generally do not get things accomplished; in fact, you may become tyrannical to get things done. For example, most socialists began out idealistic and end up brutal dictators, for they realized that people can obstruct your goals and that a bit of muscle power is needed to get them to shape up or shape out. Idealism can be on the left (socialism, communism) or on the right (nationalism, fascism and in its milder form, conservatism). So what is the nature of Buhari’s idealism; is it socialistic or nationalistic or fascistic? If it is socialistic, I have not seen evidence of it; if it is nationalistic he would make appointments that reflect the entire nation; if it is fascistic he uses the people for national goals and justifies their death with the notion that dying for the fatherland is an honorable thing. Adolf Hitler, an idealist on the political right, justified millions of German soldiers dying by saying that they are making their father land powerful.

Joseph Stalin, an idealist on the left, justified sacrificing millions of the people for socialistic goals (remember his killing of millions of kulaks during the 1930s). In America, most of our leaders tend to be centrists, that is, in the middle of the political continuum. Now, what part of the political spectrum is Buhari’s idealism, left or right or middle? We employ political ideas cavalierly. If Buhari is an idealist I have not seen it in his behavior; therefore, I would like you to explain to me the nature of his idealism. His appointments, so far, seem tribalistic and insensitive. You know where I stand on the issue of tribes; I do not identify with any particular tribe but I am committed to justice, equity and fairness. My sense of fairness tells me that any ruler of Nigeria must make sure that his appointments reflect the multi-ethnic nature of the country. Here is some economic realism for you. Over 90% of the budget of the Federal government comes from oil, oil derived from the southern part of the country. Therefore, if Buhari’s appointees are mostly from the north and they are paid with money from the south something seems unfair. My dear learned attorney, please educate me on the nature of Buharis’s idealism. Finally, if you live in Nigeria and have access to Buhari’s ear please whisper to it that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely; if he continues on the path he is currently on he would thoroughly alienate southerners who had supported him on strict nationalistic grounds. I supported him because his antecedent behavior gave me the impression that he has a draconian mien, that he had what is needed to fight corruption. I was not aware that in the past he ostracized certain ethnic groups. If I had known that fact I would have settled for the clueless Jonathan. Buhari is making me angry. Please do not underestimate anger for it generally boils over. Governments are overthrown when a significant segment of the population feel marginalized and angry. What we should have is a Nigerian government that encompasses Igbos, Yorubas, Edos, Ijaws, Efiks, Hausas, Fulanis etc., not just a Hausa-Fulani government. Our fathers did not struggle to remove the British from ruling us to have domestic colonialism where the least informed people in Nigeria, Northerners rule the most informed Nigerians, southerners. Ozodiobi On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Ayo Ojutalayo <[email protected]> wrote:

Joe, Nebu & Co On many occasions on these forums we have discussed the fact that the Super Eagles are competitive at the international level because we present our best eleven so to say. And it is the coach that decides who puts on the jerseys and not the fans or even the government. The Constitution is very clear about the President appointing Ministers from all the States but not non-ministerial appointments. If the coach (the President) wants his team from a region for whatever reason(s), and the team can deliver, I am not sure an average Nigerian cares. In my own opinion, President Buhari is an idealist, he is not a tribalist and he is not an Islamist. All the people that worked with PMB confirmed this. He did not see any thing wrong in another Muslim-Fulani being his number two when he was the military Head of State. And he did not see any thing wrong in BAT (another Muslim) being his running mate in the last election (thank God he was overruled by the APC leadership). An idealist cannot be a good politician hence Buhari is not a good politician. A good politician would not voice it out that he would favor those that gave him 97% of his votes, and a good politician would not make appointments the way Buhari has been making appointments. But an average Nigerian does not care. An average Nigerian wants corruption fought head-on, wants Boko Haram defeated, wants improved electricity, improved education system, improved health system, good infrastructure, end to fuel scarcity, and employment for children after leaving school. There seems to have been two categories of candidate Buhari's supporters: those who supported Buhari the politician and those who supported Buhari the idealist. Those in the first category are the ones that are already disappointed by him, and doubting their judgement. Those of us who supported Buhari the idealist are not disappointed. If in four years time he delivers to the satisfaction of average Nigerians, he will one more time survive opposition's noise of tribalism and Islamization. Ayo Ojutalayo “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ” . . . Martin Luther King Jr ________________________________ From: 'Joe Attueyi' via AfricanWorldForum <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 6:20 PM Subject: [africanworldforum] Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses

Nebu A more honourable thing to do is accept your poor judgment. There is nothing PMB is doing today he did not do as head of state or chairman of PTF. It is very unreasonable to expect a 73 year old man to change his way of doing things. What is expected of reasonable folks today is to insist that PMB delivers on his promises. I don't see why it should matter to you if he does it with his wife and children as cabinet members Joe Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2015, at 11:11 PM, Nebukadineze via NaijaEvent "NaijaEvent" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/naijaevent. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AfricanWorldForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/africanworldforum. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/africanworldforum/3C4852F6-9367-4131-ACCF-99E61BFA905B%40yahoo.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NaijaEvent" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/naijaevent.



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Blah! blah!! blah!!! Govern the country, period! I told una, everything happening now I told una. I told una more than 100 dozens times before and after the election that Buhari is just BAD, BAD, BAD NEWS! How many times did I WARN of GLOOM and DOOM under Buhari's administration? Check archives for answer. More BAD news coming under Buhari regime. Get fucking use to it. Sai Iguade Sent from my iPhone To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/africanworldforum/BLU171-W434AC4EBFB14C36B2CEB7AF16E0%40phx.gbl.

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Folks, I cannot stop laughing reading the "if I knew"; "I may have been wrong"; "I should have known that Buhari is a tribalist" etc from the so called elites and scholars, in fact the custodians of knowledge among us. The white man would say "you aren't see nothing yet". This is just the beginning of the beginner's hindsight for those "I too know" folks who were cursing and ready to chew anyone who did not want Buhari to become president into shreds. President Buhari has at no time hidden his agenda for the North and utter disdain for seeing any Southerner become head of state in Nigeria. Was it not Buhari who truncated the second republic because he smelt that the then vice-president Ekwueme would take over from Shagari after completing his second term. That is history now and yet we have refused to learn. As it stands today, there is absolutely nothing anybody can do. This man needed to have been stopped the same way he was rejected 3 x, but majority of us who saw nothing good in Jonathan determined and made Buhari president. It's completely insane to begin now to complain and castigate this messiah of all time. It's interesting to read Falana praise Jonathan's efforts at fighting corruption without make noise the way we are doing today as if that's the only program a legitimate government can offer a country and it's people. Tufiakwa! Anayo. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message -------- From: Acer Acer Date:08-27-2015 11:53 PM (GMT-05:00) To: [email protected], Ayo Ojutalayo

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Fellow Nigerians, No pluralistic society can survive with this type of lopsidedness in political appointments that favors one section of the country over others. I remember reading an article were General Ibrahim Babangida said that his main quarrel with General Buhari, now President Buhari is that he does not understand the diversity of Nigerian society. Many people in APC including Alhaji Lai Mohammed lampooned the esteemed General. Now, President Buhari through his appointments has shown that General Babangida was right in his assessment. Also, the nation need to understand that President Buhari never hid this agenda because in 2003, 2007 and 2011 general elections, he made it clear that the North was being marginalized regardless of the fact that under Obasanjo, Jonathan and Yaradua, the North occupied the largest number of top political positions in the country. Though I do not know Mr. President directly, I will appeal to him to respect and ensure Federal Character in appointments into offices of the Federal government and its agencies. Judging by his current appointments, it appears that he is more interested in dividing Nigeria than in uniting her. Those of you in APC, specificall Rotimi Amaech and Tinubu need to appeal to him to understand that Nigeria is a diverse country and need the input of all its ethnic and religious makeup to succeed. Though Fani Kayode wrote severally on this issue during the 2015 election and APC members lampooned him but he has been vindicated by the current actions of the president that showed him as president of Northern Nigeria and not President of Nigeria. There is still time for the president to change course and correct the injustice he is knowingly perpetrating against the southern part of the country. His actions are encouraging division not only in the polity but in the entire country. I do not believe that this was what Tinubu, Amaechi and the rest of APC bigwigs from the Southern part of the country bargained for when they spent their time, political capital and the peoples money under their custody to sponsor Buhari's candidacy for the office of the president. Mr. President and APC, this is not change. This is clear discrimination against Southern Nigerians. If this continue, it could lend credence to those that have been calling for the dissolution of Nigeria as a nation. This is an opinion of a sincere observer and a nationalist that believes in the Nigerian project. Please see the list below and it is disheartening. President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria - north. 2.Senate President- north. 3. Speaker of the House of Representatives- north. 4. Chief Justice of the Federation- north. 5. President of the Court of Appeal- north. 6. Chief Justice of the Federal High Court- north. 7. Secretary to the Federal Government- north. 8. Chief of Staff to the President- north. 9. Chief of Army Staff- north. 10. Chief of Air Staff- north. 11. Comptroller General of Customs- north. 12. Director-General of State Security Services (SSS)- north. 13. National Security Advisor- north. 14. Director General NIMASA- north. 15. Chairperson of the Independant Electoral Commission (INEC)- north. 16. Comptroller-General Immigration- north. 17. Accountant-General of the Federation - north. 18. Commander of Civil Defence Corps- north. 19. Chief Security Officer to the President- north. 20. ADC to the President- north.

21. Principal Secretary to the President- north. 22. Senior Special Assistant to the President on media- north. 23. Chairman of the EFCC- north. Fani Kayode: NIGERIANS WANTED ''CHANGE'' AND NOW WE HAVE GOT IT. NO-ONE SHOULD COMPLAIN BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT OUR PEOPLE WANTED. THOSE OF US THAT WARNED THE COUNTRY THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN WERE INSULTED AND LAMPOONED. NOW WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR CHOICE FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. WELCOME TO THE NEW NIGERIA. WELCOME TO ''CHANGE''. Dr. Joseph Ogundu > Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:06:14 -0800 > Subject: Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > > “An idealist cannot be a good politician hence Buhari is not a good > politician. A good politician would not voice it out that he would > favor those that gave him 97% of his votes, and a good politician > would not make appointments the way Buhari has been making > appointments.” Ayo > > > > Idealism is a perspective on phenomena that wants to change what > is and make it ideal; idealists want to make people behave as they > think that people ought to behave, ideally (read, perfectly, as they > construe perfection to be). > > Realism, in contrast, takes the world and people as they are. > Realists see people as imperfect and work with them as they are and > not worry about their perfection. An example of a political realist is > Abraham Lincoln. During the American civil war word came to him that > Ulysses Grant, his most brilliant general was a drunk. Religious > folks wanted him removed. Lincoln told them to go get him a better > general and since there was none he said that you work with what you > have, an imperfect Grant who nevertheless was an excellent general. > > In political idealism we find folks with utopian views of > people; idealists expect the world to be an Eldorado; idealists > eventually become disappointed since people are imperfect. > > Political realism works with people as they are to accomplish > needed goals and objectives. > > Generally, it is nice if politicians have a bit of idealism in > them and also realism, for both attributes are necessary to get things > done; you need idealism to dream, to have visions and set goals for > your political community; you also need realism to use people to > accomplish those goals; sometimes you need to be brutal towards people > to get them to work productively; you do not make an omelet without > breaking eggs; idealism is not enough, force is sometime necessary to

> move people in the direction you want them to go. > > If you are only idealistic you generally do not get things > accomplished; in fact, you may become tyrannical to get things done. > For example, most socialists began out idealistic and end up brutal > dictators, for they realized that people can obstruct your goals and > that a bit of muscle power is needed to get them to shape up or shape > out. > > Idealism can be on the left (socialism, communism) or on the > right (nationalism, fascism and in its milder form, conservatism). > > So what is the nature of Buhari’s idealism; is it socialistic > or nationalistic or fascistic? > > If it is socialistic, I have not seen evidence of it; if it is > nationalistic he would make appointments that reflect the entire > nation; if it is fascistic he uses the people for national goals and > justifies their death with the notion that dying for the fatherland is > an honorable thing. > > Adolf Hitler, an idealist on the political right, justified > millions of German soldiers dying by saying that they are making their > father land powerful. > > Joseph Stalin, an idealist on the left, justified sacrificing > millions of the people for socialistic goals (remember his killing of > millions of kulaks during the 1930s). > In America, most of our leaders tend to be centrists, that is, > in the middle of the political continuum. > > Now, what part of the political spectrum is Buhari’s idealism, > left or right or middle? We employ political ideas cavalierly. > > If Buhari is an idealist I have not seen it in his behavior; > therefore, I would like you to explain to me the nature of his > idealism. > > His appointments, so far, seem tribalistic and insensitive. > > You know where I stand on the issue of tribes; I do not identify > with any particular tribe but I am committed to justice, equity and > fairness. > > My sense of fairness tells me that any ruler of Nigeria must > make sure that his appointments reflect the multi-ethnic nature of the > country. > > Here is some economic realism for you. Over 90% of the budget of > the Federal government comes from oil, oil derived from the southern > part of the country. Therefore, if Buhari’s appointees are mostly from > the north and they are paid with money from the south something seems > unfair. > > My dear learned attorney, please educate me on the nature of > Buharis’s idealism. > > Finally, if you live in Nigeria and have access to Buhari’s ear > please whisper to it that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts > absolutely; if he continues on the path he is currently on he would

> thoroughly alienate southerners who had supported him on strict > nationalistic grounds. I supported him because his antecedent behavior > gave me the impression that he has a draconian mien, that he had what > is needed to fight corruption. I was not aware that in the past he > ostracized certain ethnic groups. If I had known that fact I would > have settled for the clueless Jonathan. Buhari is making me angry. > Please do not underestimate anger for it generally boils over. > Governments are overthrown when a significant segment of the > population feel marginalized and angry. > What we should have is a Nigerian government that encompasses > Igbos, Yorubas, Edos, Ijaws, Efiks, Hausas, Fulanis etc., not just a > Hausa-Fulani government. > Our fathers did not struggle to remove the British from ruling > us to have domestic colonialism where the least informed people in > Nigeria, Northerners rule the most informed Nigerians, southerners. > > > > Ozodiobi > > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Ayo Ojutalayo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Joe, Nebu & Co > > > > On many occasions on these forums we have discussed the fact that the Super > > Eagles are competitive at the international level because we present our > > best eleven so to say. And it is the coach that decides who puts on the > > jerseys and not the fans or even the government. The Constitution is very > > clear about the President appointing Ministers from all the States but not > > non-ministerial appointments. If the coach (the President) wants his team > > from a region for whatever reason(s), and the team can deliver, I am not > > sure an average Nigerian cares. > > > > In my own opinion, President Buhari is an idealist, he is not a tribalist > > and he is not an Islamist. All the people that worked with PMB confirmed > > this. He did not see any thing wrong in another Muslim-Fulani being his > > number two when he was the military Head of State. And he did not see any > > thing wrong in BAT (another Muslim) being his running mate in the last > > election (thank God he was overruled by the APC leadership). An idealist > > cannot be a good politician hence Buhari is not a good politician. A good > > politician would not voice it out that he would favor those that gave him > > 97% of his votes, and a good politician would not make appointments the way > > Buhari has been making appointments. But an average Nigerian does not care. > > An average Nigerian wants corruption fought head-on, wants Boko Haram > > defeated, wants improved electricity, improved education system, improved > > health system, good infrastructure, end to fuel scarcity, and employment for > > children after leaving school. > > > > There seems to have been two categories of candidate Buhari's supporters: > > those who supported Buhari the politician and those who supported Buhari the > > idealist. Those in the first category are the ones that are already > > disappointed by him, and doubting their judgement. Those of us who supported > > Buhari the idealist are not disappointed. If in four years time he delivers > > to the satisfaction of average Nigerians, he will one more time survive > > opposition's noise of tribalism and Islamization. > > > > Ayo Ojutalayo > > > > “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort

> > and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. > > ” . . . Martin Luther King Jr > > > > ________________________________ > > From: 'Joe Attueyi' via AfricanWorldForum > > <[email protected]> > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 6:20 PM > > Subject: [africanworldforum] Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, > > Customs, Immigration bosses > > > > Nebu > > A more honourable thing to do is accept your poor judgment. > > > > There is nothing PMB is doing today he did not do as head of state or > > chairman of PTF. > > > > It is very unreasonable to expect a 73 year old man to change his way of > > doing things. > > > > What is expected of reasonable folks today is to insist that PMB delivers on > > his promises. I don't see why it should matter to you if he does it with his > > wife and children as cabinet members > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > > On Aug 27, 2015, at 11:11 PM, Nebukadineze via NaijaEvent > > "NaijaEvent" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/naijaevent. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "AfricanWorldForum" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/africanworldforum.

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Anayo, well said! For example "Was it not Buhari who truncated the second republic because he smelt that the then vice-president Ekwueme would take over from Shagari after completing his second term. That is history now and yet we have refused to learn." Lord have mercy! Nigeria is toast or abi na toasted! While, am here in the USA laughing my ass off, though sad. I told una not to vote Buhari, thus allow my type to come and contribute to Nigeria without the threat of political assassination. Stay tuned! "I" Sent from my iPhone

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My brother, no surprises here for you and I because islamist Buhari cannot and will never outrun his shadow. Impossible!. While you are laughing…I am picking my teeth and sipping wine as I wait to hear more (expected) wafting shockers from Buhari to the disenchantment of his fanatical hayseeds.


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My Brother Ikewelugo, I go join you o! "picking my teeth and sipping wine as I wait to hear more (expected) wafting shockers from Buhari to the disenchantment of his fanatical hayseeds." Ouch! "FANATICAL HAYSEEDS" - I like it! Hehehe! Lololo! Sai Iguade Sent from my iPhone

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Folks, I cannot stop laughing reading the "if I knew"; "I may have been wrong"; "I should have known that Buhari is a tribalist" etc from the so called elites and scholars, in fact the custodians of knowledge among us. The white man would say "you aren't see nothing yet". This is just the beginning of the beginner's hindsight for those "I too know" folks who were cursing and ready to chew anyone who did not want Buhari to become president into shreds. President Buhari has at no time hidden his agenda for the North and utter disdain for seeing any Southerner become head of state in Nigeria. Was it not Buhari who truncated the second republic because he smelt that the then vice-president Ekwueme would take over from Shagari after completing his second term. That is history now and yet we have

refused to learn. As it stands today, there is absolutely nothing anybody can do. This man needed to have been stopped the same way he was rejected 3 x, but majority of us who saw nothing good in Jonathan determined and made Buhari president. It's completely insane to begin now to complain and castigate this messiah of all time. It's interesting to read Falana praise Jonathan's efforts at fighting corruption without making noise the way we are doing today as if that's the only program a legitimate government can offer a country and it's people. Tufiakwa! Anayo A C Okorie "Truth thy mouth perpetuate wherefore validation dignify thee not" - Okorie, 2014. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This communication (including any attachments) is intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) and may contain information which is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law or subject to copyright. If you are not an intended recipient, any use, disclosure, distribution, reproduction, review or copying is unauthorized and prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, PLEASE DISREGARD AND DELETE IMMEDIATELY.

From: okorieacee <[email protected]> To: Acer Acer <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; Ayo Ojutalayo <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; Joe Attueyi <[email protected]>; Nebukadineze Adiele <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; Abba Gumel <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 1:17 AM Subject: RE: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses Folks, I cannot stop laughing reading the "if I knew"; "I may have been wrong"; "I should have known that Buhari is a tribalist" etc from the so called elites and scholars, in fact the custodians of knowledge among us. The white man would say "you aren't see nothing yet". This is just the beginning of the beginner's hindsight for those "I too know" folks who were cursing and ready to chew anyone who did not want Buhari to become president into shreds. President Buhari has at no time hidden his agenda for the North and

utter disdain for seeing any Southerner become head of state in Nigeria. Was it not Buhari who truncated the second republic because he smelt that the then vice-president Ekwueme would take over from Shagari after completing his second term. That is history now and yet we have refused to learn. As it stands today, there is absolutely nothing anybody can do. This man needed to have been stopped the same way he was rejected 3 x, but majority of us who saw nothing good in Jonathan determined and made Buhari president. It's completely insane to begin now to complain and castigate this messiah of all time. It's interesting to read Falana praise Jonathan's efforts at fighting corruption without make noise the way we are doing today as if that's the only program a legitimate government can offer a country and it's people. Tufiakwa! Anayo. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

Folks, I cannot stop laughing reading the "if I knew"; "I may have been wrong"; "I should have known that Buhari is a tribalist" etc from the so called elites and scholars, in fact the custodians of knowledge among us. The white man would say "you aren't see nothing yet". This is just the beginning of the beginner's hindsight for those "I too know" folks who were cursing and ready to chew anyone who did not want Buhari to become president into shreds. President Buhari has at no time hidden his agenda for the North and utter disdain for seeing any Southerner become head of state in Nigeria. Was it not Buhari who truncated the second republic because he smelt that the then vice-president Ekwueme would take over from Shagari after completing his second term. That is history now and yet we have refused to learn. As it stands today, there is absolutely nothing anybody can do. This man needed to have been stopped the same way he was rejected 3 x, but majority of us who saw nothing good in Jonathan determined and made Buhari president. It's completely insane to begin now to complain and castigate this messiah of all time. It's interesting to read Falana praise Jonathan's efforts at fighting corruption without make noise the way we are doing today as if that's the only program a legitimate government can offer a country and it's people. Tufiakwa! Anayo.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message -------- From: Acer Acer <[email protected]> Date:08-27-2015 11:53 PM (GMT-05:00) To: [email protected], Ayo Ojutalayo <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected], Joe Attueyi <[email protected]>, Nebukadineze Adiele <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, [email protected], "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], Abba Gumel <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses 

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Bro. Nebu: There is nothing wrong here. PMB has the right to appoint whoever he so wishes to serve as his Chief of Staff and his parliamentary assistant (these are people who work closely with him, and presidents often choose people they know well and trust for those positions). President Obama brought his close buddy, Rahm Emanuel, as his Chief of Staff....ditto his other buddies Valerie Jarret and (my man) David Axelrod as senior advisors. If, by omission or commission, I ended up being elected President, I surely will only appoint my Ajegunle buddies (Bro. Joe the Pastor; Bro. Igietseme; Bro. Ayo and Sister Bunmi) to fill those Aso Rock positions (including that of the Chief MeGuard, which Joe the Pastor has been lobbying for since Independence-:))))). PMB is not what some of you paint him to be, and he cannot be. He is above all these. He is a President for all. To my knowledge, no one who ever works with (or for) him ever accuses him of such biases. One weakness his Aso Rock seems to portray is not being able to calibrate, sequence and space out the appointments (to avoid conveying the wrong impression).....it surely may not bode well, in the highly regional or ethnically-charged Naija of today, if 4 positions are announced in a given day and almost all the appointees are from the same region (we took GEJ to cleaners over this, for years; so it is fair to let the Joe the Pastors of the PDP to have their ``hey day" on this at our expense....we advise the President to ensure that future appointments are calibrated, sequenced and spaced out. Abba


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Bro. Joe the Pastor, I knew you were going to capitalize on this. Hehehehehehhehe. You are, of course, wrong on this. The President did nothing wrong in appointing people he knows and trusts to serve as his Chief of Staff or Secretary to the Government...these are people who will work closely with him (pretty much on a day-to-day basis; one better chooses who one absolutely trusts....you and I will do the same). President Obama did the same...and no one (apart from a few Republicans, who claimed ``Obama was filling Aso Rock with his Chicago buddies") said nothing about it. Further, if what you stated below is true (that is, PMB was guilty of some regional/sectional bias), how comes Naija-rians came out en masse and voted for him (giving him a massive mandate, with a whopping margin of victory of over 5 million votes...a margin never ever recorded in the history of Naija politics)? Hehehehehehehehe. My friend, the President did nothing wrong....and you know it. Abba

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Professor Abba, Please allow me to call bulls... ! Rahm Emanuel was no close ally of Obama. He was part of the original Clinton quartet: Carvile, Stephanopoulous, Begala, and Rahm Emanuel. So, in that sense, he was closer to Hillary than he was to Obama. In fact, it is known that Rahm was the anchor of Hillary Clinton's failed bid to push through health care reform during her husband's tenure. Just as he (Rahm) was the anchor that finally got it done during Obama's time. Buhari is gradually showing to the whole world that he is a bigot. Pure and simple. OK, so he chooses to work with a Chief of Staff that he is familiar with. Fine. How about the SGF? Must he also choose a person from the North? Are there no persons in all of the South that he can work with for crying out loud ?!?!?! How about the comptroller general of Customs? Why supplant the leadership there with a retired officer when a Yoruba man was next in line to become the Comptroller General? Your own slips are showing, too. I have observed that through this matters, you always see nothing wrong as long as the skew is towards the North. This is just pure rubbish. Buhari has lost whatever is left of his mind. What kind of craziness is this?

Viscount P.S. Sir (not Abba), this is the kind of justification of Buhari's bad behavior by supposedly objective Northerners that is disconcerting. They saw nothing wrong with what Dogara and Saraki did. And they see nothing wrong in the skewness of the appointments as long as it is tilted towards the North! -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 8/28/15, Abba Gumel <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: "<[email protected]>" <[email protected]>, "Omoluabi" <[email protected]>, "TalkNaija" <[email protected]>, "naijaintellects" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "OmoOdua" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Naija Politics" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, August 28, 2015, 9:49 AM


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Some of you guys really amaze me. GEJ appointed Anyim as his SGF, and no one says anything about it (Anyim being a ``fellow Ndigbo" to Goodluck Azikiwe Jonathan-:)))). UMYA appointed Yayale (from the North) as his SGF, and no one says nothing about it. Buhari appoints his SGF who, by omission or commission, happens to hail from the North, and some of you are huffing and puffing over this? I cannot understand some of our compatriots atimes. The PDP folks (like Joe the Pastor), I can understand....they are being political. The seemingly apolitical ones (or are they closeted PDPmers) are the ones who amaze and amuse me when they make these claims. Abba On 27 August 2015 at 20:10, Ogedi Ohajekwe <[email protected]> wrote: Ayo You may be right though I doubt it. There is a reason monopoly is generally resisted worldwide. In politics it is even more dangerous. Like it or not, presiding over Nigeria is political not idealistic position. Theoretically, any Nigerian with the help of his family and friends can assume power and be fantastic for my or your village in Nigeria. Would you however risk it and advice your town not to participate in the planning of what that would happen to them?. In Nigeria governments in the past have been bitterly accused of sectionalism. Now it is whining.

Niaja, we pray for you! Ogedi On 27 Ọgọ 2015, at 9:54 P.M., 'Ayo Ojutalayo' via AfricanWorldForum <[email protected]> wrote:

Joe, Nebu & Co On many occasions on these forums we have discussed the fact that the Super Eagles are competitive at the international level because we present our best eleven so to say. And it is the coach that decides who puts on the jerseys and not the fans or even the government. The Constitution is very clear about the President appointing Ministers from all the States but not non-ministerial appointments. If the coach (the President) wants his team from a region for whatever reason(s), and the team can deliver, I am not sure an average Nigerian cares. In my own opinion, President Buhari is an idealist, he is not a tribalist and he is not an Islamist. All the people that worked with PMB confirmed this. He did not see any thing wrong in another Muslim-Fulani being his number two when he was the military Head of State. And he did not see any thing wrong in BAT (another Muslim) being his running mate in the last election (thank God he was overruled by the APC leadership). An idealist cannot be a good politician hence Buhari is not a good politician. A good politician would not voice it out that he would favor those that gave him 97% of his votes, and a good politician would not make appointments the way Buhari has been making appointments. But an average Nigerian does not care. An average Nigerian wants corruption fought head-on, wants Boko Haram defeated, wants improved electricity, improved education system, improved health system, good infrastructure, end to fuel scarcity, and employment for children after leaving school. There seems to have been two categories of candidate Buhari's supporters: those who supported Buhari the politician and those who supported Buhari the idealist. Those in the first category are the ones that are already disappointed by him, and doubting their judgement. Those of us who supported Buhari the idealist are not disappointed. If in four years time he delivers to the satisfaction of average Nigerians, he will one more time survive opposition's noise of tribalism and Islamization. Ayo Ojutalayo “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ” . . . Martin Luther King Jr

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Nebu A more honourable thing to do is accept your poor judgment. There is nothing PMB is doing today he did not do as head of state or chairman of PTF. It is very unreasonable to expect a 73 year old man to change his way of doing things. What is expected of reasonable folks today is to insist that PMB delivers on his promises. I don't see why it should matter to you if he does it with his wife and children as cabinet members Joe Sent from my iPhone

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Bro Abba, you and I are on the same side on this one. There is nothing about PMB's actions that is new. Voters knew all this about him and voted for him. So therefore , as your friend ZB would say , I stand on my last paragraph : What is expected of reasonable folks today is to insist that PMB delivers on his promises. I don't see why it should matter to you if he does it with his wife and children as cabinet members Next week is 100 days. We will revisit PMB's 100 days covenant with Nigeria.

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Nebu of Oguta: Right from the beginning of Buhari's latest campaign for the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I knew he was a tribalist, a Religious bigot and a fanatic of sort. Those were the main reasons I opposed him during his first two attempts at becoming an elected president of Nigeria. As for me, I could care less about the geographical spread of his appointments thus far. If he could get all the decent men and women that could begin to positively change the wrong direction that Nigeria has been going for the past couple of years, that is alright with me. It has been shown conclusively that appointments mainly benefit the individual , family members, and friends named to a particular office. I said during the campaign that if Buhari could reduce public corruption by a mere 15 percent, his election would have been well worth the efforts. Of course, Vin Pretty Boy Otuonye shared the same sentiment at the time.

I don't know if you read the piece written by Partick Dele Cole early this week. He mentioned that despite the fact that Goodluck Jonathan was president, nothing much was done for his community. Things have remained bad over there that even Jonathan could no longer think of living there. He now lives in Abuja. People of Niger Delta are now thanking Buhari for having a plan to clean up their area. I was in Nigeria this past June. During my 1 month stay there, I enjoyed the most of electricity since I have been going recently. Of course, it has nothing to do with the policies of Buhari, it has all to do with the fear of Buhari and that is a good thing. Corruption has eaten so deep into the Nigerian ways of life, that the status quo cannot continue if we are to make any appreciable progress in any area. Don't begin to obsess with tribal and sectional issues like Wharf The Snake of Orlu and Chika Onyeani of Ohafia. These two are classic tribal hustlers of the worst kind. For now, let us wait and let Buhari do his thing. By the way, President Bush (41) named John Sununu as his Chief of Staff. Sununu trained as an Engineer. The Oha 1 The New Eze of Unuahia Ahu Nze, Ebie Okwu

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So, because UMYA and GEJ did it, Buhari must also do it? Did Obasanjo do it that way? Is Buhari's government not supposed to be corrective? Where is the sense in continuing bad behavior? There can NEVER be SHARED values in Nigeria as long as leaders are insensitive and demonstrate open bigotry! Simple. 80% of all the appointments made so far by Buhari has been filled by Northerners! How is that inclusive? How does that spur nationalism? How does it ginger the rest of the country into accepting shared values? And this is not about politics? It is about inclusion. It is about what is just and fair in a multi-cultural and diverse country. This is just crazy! Viscount -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 8/28/15, Abba Gumel <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses To: "Ogedi Ohajekwe" <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Joe Attueyi" <[email protected]>, "Nebukadineze Adiele" <[email protected]>, "Ozodi Osuji" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,

"[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, August 28, 2015, 10:09 AM Some of you guys really amaze me. GEJ appointed Anyim as his SGF, and no one says anything about it (Anyim being a ``fellow Ndigbo" to Goodluck Azikiwe Jonathan-:)))). UMYA appointed Yayale (from the North) as his SGF, and no one says nothing about it. Buhari appoints his SGF who, by omission or commission, happens to hail from the North, and some of you are huffing and puffing over this? I cannot understand some of our compatriots atimes. The PDP folks (like Joe the Pastor), I can understand....they are being political. The seemingly apolitical ones (or are they closeted PDPmers) are the ones who amaze and amuse me when they make these claims. Abba On 27 August 2015 at 20:10, Ogedi Ohajekwe <[email protected]> wrote: AyoYou may be right though I doubt it. There is a reason monopoly is generally resisted worldwide.In politics it is even more dangerous.Like it or not, presiding over Nigeria is political not idealistic position.Theoretically, any Nigerian with the help of his family and friends can assume power and be fantastic for my or your village in Nigeria. Would you however risk it and advice your town not to participate in the planning of what that would happen to them?.In Nigeria governments in the past have been bitterly accused of sectionalism.Now it is NebuA more honourable thing to do


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Waoh! VS ti binu! Where is Kola when a brother needs help? Bro take am easy o! We are just 3 months into a 4 year tenure. The good guys are still working on the matter. You wrote: Rahm Emanuel was no close ally of Obama. He was part of the original Clinton quartet:

Carvile, Stephanopoulous, Begala, and Rahm Emanuel. So, in that sense, he was closer to Hillary than he was to Obama. True. Just finished reading Dick Morris Behind the Oval Office and it confirms your assertion

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Buhari is doing very well with the appointments. I approve of it. Chris Udoh M'Enin ESD

ATLANTIC REPUBLIC Buhari said, on assumption of off ice on May 29, he wil l :- 1. End corruption in Nigeria 2. Make N1.00 = US$1.00 3. Provide 24 hours electr icity in entire Nigeria 4. Fix al l the roads and streets in Nigeria 5. Pay every unemployed graduate N5,000 ($5,000) per month for 2 years. 6. Jai l al l the thieves in Nigeria. 7. Bui ld 4 mega Refineries in Nigeria

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Hehehhehehhehehe. I like it when my beloved Chief Zebrudaya Okoroigwe alias 430 is quoted to settle any ``dispute" between friends. I am laughing out loudly. Good that we are on the same page on this...or, betterstill, you come to the realization that the same ``sectionally-biased" Buhari is the same Buhari who Nigerians elected with a resounding landslide. So, that's says something....the voters know something you (Buhari's detractors) do not. Hehehehhehehhehe.


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Yes, Rahm (or ``Rahmbo" as we fondly called him in Obama's White House) worked for the Clinton campaign (running the fund-raising/finance bit), but he surely is a close buddy of his fellow Chacagoan (POTUS Obama). The fact remains that he served in Obama's cabinet as Chief of Staff (a very effective one for that matter). Imagine what some of una would say if, like Obama did (appointing at least three of his Chicago buddies into top White House/cabinet positions), Buhari appointed three or four people from Daura to serve him in Aso Rock...some of una would have moved to the North Pole in protest (come to think of it, it probably would be ``a good thing" to have some of una....minus you, of course....relocating to the North Pole or Mars-:)))) Abba (having a bellyful laff, as Bolaji would say).


15:58 (4 hours ago)

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I didn't say that. I just wanted to inject some history into it all....and remind some of una of lack of consistency. If you did not cry out foul then, why are you doing so now? Get my drift?

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16:05 (3 hours ago)

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On Buhari' s appointments.

Buhari promised to raise a cabinet that is not likely to engage in robbing the nation. He took his time and it is hoped he has found them, some blemish Nigerians to fill most of the ministerial and directorship positions in his cabinet.

His appointments so far does not near what critics may see as representative of the tribal nature of the country. He has so far filled some federal positions with people from the Hawusa/ Fulani - his own people, with a few zoned to other sides.

Seems he trusts his people better than he would risk doing same with the Igbos and Yorubas and other tribal Nigerians. Hope he has premised his preferences on his need to do well and have the country set up for an upward progress of the entire nation devoid of overwhelming looting and corruption than on patronage of certain sects because he hails from their side. Critics of Buh' s recent appointments have alleged nepotism and bigotry on his side. They want their persons appointed so the cabinet will look like the tribal looks of the country. This idea of having each state duly represented in the federal cabinet makes it seem like having our person there is for getting our share of what is left to be looted should be dead at this time. What should matter more is quality of service and honesty and loyalty such

appointees are expected to demonstrate.

Left for some of us, Buhari should be let to fill most of the federal positions with his own men/women from his side or from wherever he finds them so we can assume the leadership of the country under Buh is on contract to his people in that way, we shall know the tribe to blame or praise for any outcomes.

Past administrations had had a fairly representative cabinet with most states having their man as minister or minister of state or directors and we now know the outcomes . All the allegations of looting and corruption were not from Chinese or American members of President Joe or OBJ's cabinet. They came from within, and by guys in the federal cabinet feeling they were stealing from our national treasury for their tribes they were representing in the cabinet. We know it already that being a minister has had minimal or no special benefits to the villages that produced them.

How much did Imo benefit from Nnaji' s tenure as minister for power ( NEPA) or Abonyi state get from having Anyim sit in Abuja as Secretary to the federal government? How much did SS and Otueke gain from having president Jonah, an Igbo /Ijaw man as president?

We run a representative government and that is defined in the composition of our legislative houses and should not be expected to take same character when it comes to hiring whoever the president believes would deliver. Each federal constituency is already represented in the FHR by a native of each of such constituencies and same in the Senate. That is what being represented in the federal government should mean and not having each local government in the country represented in the federal executive council as a Minster or director.

These cravings for equitable representation in federal appointments has no national dividend other than meeting the emotional needs of agitators seeking to say my own person is there. What pride will ensure if one's person becomes like in the past, a thief in the office he occupies ? Would these agitators own up to the shame their man has brought to them and entire nation when , like in the past, we find them to be criminals too ?.

If the country will do better with having all the cabinet members come from one tribe, religion or same school and ran as a contract , that's okay for all than having what we have always had without any new good outcome.

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16:11 (3 hours ago)

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What do you mean you did not say that? In these matters, there is no middle ground. You either are for it or against it. And in your case, you have explicitly said it is OK for Buhari's appointments so far to be 80% Northerners. Simple! I have noticed you especially (I had cause to mention this to someone yesterday without necessarily mentioning your name) are good at justifying the skewness of Buhari's action towards the North.

Lack of consistency? I think you need to go check the archives. Some of us have consistently fought for an inclusive Nigeria, which is what we expected the corrective government of Buhari to come and do, not to further create divisions and act as conquerors! But you are happy because the skew is tilted towards your stock so you are ready to justify it. Is it not you who is inconsistent? If it was wrong when Jonathan did it, why is it now right when Buhari is doing it? Why do you think some of us were vehement in our opposition against Jonathan? It was because in addition to the thieving in his government, he was unable to manage the diversity in Nigeria by becoming parochial. Which is exactly what Buhari is doing now, and you are running tackle for him instead of you coming out to say this is wrong. No, I don't get your drift at all. Viscount -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 8/28/15, Abba Gumel <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses To: "Omoluabi" <[email protected]> Cc: "Ogedi Ohajekwe" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Joe Attueyi" <[email protected]>, "Nebukadineze Adiele" <[email protected]>, "Ozodi Osuji" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, August 28, 2015, 10:58 AM


16:17 (3 hours ago)

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Viscount, Are you alright? Do you need to take your medication to calm your nerves? People might start to think VISCOUNT is moi! Lololo! Wow! I cannot believe what Viscount is writing! Tomorrow the wind would blow another way, and you commence your Buhari buttlicking all over again! Ehn! For now, I appreciate yours below, bcos it is damn good. Waiting to see you switch back

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16:18 (3 hours ago)

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I was in Nigeria this past June. During my 1 month stay there, I enjoyed the most of electricity since I have been going recently. Of course, it has nothing to do with the policies of Buhari, it has all to do with the fear of Buhari and that is a good thing. Dipo, Someone of your intelligence should not be writing the above. The generation and distribution of electricity was privatised by Jonathan. There is no govt stake in either Egbin power plant where electricity used in Lagos and environs is generated or Eko distribution company that distributes it to homes and offices. Are you saying these business men and their employees refused to make a return on their investment until the 'fear of Buhari' made them? C'mon man. The reality is that just like the refineries --as long as Egbin ( and other power plants) was owned by Govt it was operating at less than 20% capacity. Yet it is the largest power generating station in Nigeria with installed capacity of 1,320 MW consisting of 6 units of 220 MW each. Since its privatisation the new owners have been methodically revamping it. The nearer they are getting to installed capacity the better electricity supply in Lagos and environs. It is this warped reasoning that the 'fear of Buhari' has solutions to economic problems that is making spend millions on TAM on the refineries , pay subsidy to importer and pay market price for fuel. When we can borrow what has worked in power and telecoms. BTW , Reuters is reporting that Warri Refinery has just been shut down http://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFKCN0QX0NP20150828 Why is the 'fear of Buhari' not working on the refineries and their staff? Joe Sent from my iPhone -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AfricanWorldForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/africanworldforum. To view this discussion on the web visit

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Oga Wilson, It is easy nah....I can always claim you hacked my account and wrote all these things ..... you yourself know people will believe that quick quick. But I won't. Because I wrote it. I don't bootlick anyone. I cotton onto ideas and support the ones I believe in. And I have no fear in speaking my mind exactly as it is when necessary. At the moment, Buhari seems to have fallen off his rocker and bumped his head with these crazy appointments. Jonathan did it and was criticized for it. How Buhari could wake up one day and start Northernizing Nigeria is just mind-boggling. So, Buhari cannot find a person in all of the SOUTH competent and clean enough to be SGF? That is just absolute rubbish. At this point, I will prefer Patience Jonathan or Diezani as SGF than who he has there now. Managing diversity is just as important as fighting corruption and economic development. It is the lack of inclusion and shared values that often leads to the retardation of Nigeria's nationalism. Anyway, oga Wilson, stop hacking my account and writing all this stuff! LOL Viscount -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 8/28/15, Wilson Iguade <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses To: "Esan Community" <[email protected]>, "Develop Nigeria" <[email protected]> Cc: "Omoluabi" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, August 28, 2015, 11:17 AM


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You either are for it or against it. And in your case, you have explicitly said it is OK for Buhari's appointments so far to be 80% Northerners. Bro Abba, oya answer VS. Are you for it or against it? For record purposes I am for it. This has been Buhari's MO since he came to public life. Some of us warned that he lacked the open mindedness required to manage a multicultural multi ethnic multi religious country like Nigeria. Some folks argued otherwise --- that his drivers and cooks are Christian Southerners. The voters , knowing all these, voted for Buhari Buhari has a mandate to run Nigeria as he deems fit. It is not reasonable to expect a 73 year old man to change his success formula. All I am interested in is RESULT. How is Buhari fairing in his self set goals? Next week is his 100 days in office and here are the goals he set for himself http://aitonline.tv/post-my_100_days_covenant_with_nigerians_____muhammadu_buhari Sent from my iPhone To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/africanworldforum/1440774660.99550.YahooMailBasic%40web163203.mail.gq1.yahoo.com.


16:34 (3 hours ago)

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"Some of us have consistently fought for an inclusive Nigeria, which is what we expected the corrective government of Buhari to come and do, not to further create divisions and act as conquerors!" By Viscount Above is the crux of the blindness of Viscount's argument. First, let me say that I love Viscount's NEW tone, but he cannot just be dancing palongo with how the wind blows. Here is my point, and to make it, I repeat the quote above, PLEASE pay attention to BOLDFACE "Some of us have consistently fought for an inclusive Nigeria, which is what we expected the corrective government of Buhari to come and do, not to further create divisions and act as conquerors!" "Corrective government of Buhari" huh! What is "Corrective" of and about the "government of Buhari" since FeBuhari? Second, and this is the most IMPORTANT part, your EXPECTATIONS of Buhari was misplaced, misguided, and uninformed as opposed to my expectations of Buhari. My expectations of Buhari is what you are seeing now and claiming ignorance to. My expectations of Buhari and those on "our side" was based on knowledge, past performance, and experience, therefore, "our side" KNEW and warned that what is happening now will happen. I am warning again right here and now that Buhari is just warming up, more doom and gloom to come! Get ready! Hehehehe!

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16:37 (3 hours ago)

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Well said Joe. SirDeno They said the revolution will not be televised. Then came Al Jazeera and twitter has them paralyzed.


16:51 (3 hours ago)

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"Buhari has lost whatever is left of his mind. What kind of craziness is this?" By Viscount Iguade's Response: I appreciate Viscount's confirmation of what I have been saying that "Buhari has lost whatever is left of his mind", hehehe! And, more importantly I agree with Viscount that Buhari's "craziness" CANNOT be tolerated, thus must be defeated ASAP, right now, before it grows more wings. Buhari is Islamists, Bigot, and incompetent so he cannot select a competent TEAM, mark my words. At PTF what competent team was there that allowed loots of billions? At NNPC when Buhari was head in the 70s that lead to $2.8 billions missing, what was the competencies of that team? What were the competencies of Buhari's team as Military Governors and then Prez? Buhari is nothing but OLEman, period! Has he paid off his presidential application loan yet? If so, those estacodes he collected must have done wonders. Iguade, Emir of Aso Rock, Abuja, Nigeria. (((Now, preparing eviction notices))) Sent from my iPhone

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16:56 (3 hours ago)

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Sai Buhari hahahahahaaaaa!


17:02 (2 hours ago)

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Folks, PMB has made only a tiny handful of appointments....including appointments of his media and other Aso Rock teams (Chief of Staff etc.) and SGF. He will have a gazillion more appointments to make....you should hold your swords until it emerges, later, that he is, indeed, ``sectional" in his appointments. Folks, Nigeria is in a serious mess....and we need our best and brightest to step up and rescue the nation (from the massive blackhole the PDP has dug and firmly placed the nation into). It is about meritocracy, brother...and PMB has absolutely demonstrated this in all his appointments so far. When he appointed the Service Chiefs, no one accused him of sectional bias. When he appointed Joe the Pastor's buddy as the FIRS supremo, you guys say nothing about it. Ditto the appointment of NNPC MD. Guys, you cannot cry foul when PMB also appoints a few from the other parts of Nigeria...they (the few northern folks appointed) are Nigerians too. At least they are, the last time I checked-:))). Folks, we should be rooting for a truly meritocratic polity if we were to stand a chance to rescue the nation from its current awful position of PDP-induced (near) collapse. We should be saluting the President for using competence, integrity and loyalty as the sole criteria in his appointments (this is what we were told during the APC Dialogue in May 2015, and PMB has kept to the script on this). I am very impressed with most of his appointments so far (I am terribly opposed to one...but I should not divulge it publically; besides, one cannot always have what one always wants...but so far, the President has done a jolly good job of assembling a team of very competent Nigerians to help him rescue the nation).


17:11 (2 hours ago)

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Oga Viscount, Exactly correct when you say "It is easy nah....I can always claim you hacked my account and wrote all these things ..... you yourself know people will believe that quick quick." You are damn right! Me, myself, and I will BELIEVE it too. In fact, that is my concern o! As I thought I had hacked into your computer and wrote as you did, brilliantly with strong passion. Wow! Am in fucking trouble now!!! Hehehe! However, Buhari is just warning up, you got a long way to go and I have more hacking to do with your computer. Lololo!

God bless. I understand that a man has a right to CHANGE his mind! Hehehe! Iguade Sent from my iPhone


17:38 (2 hours ago)

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Bro Abba, This Buhari's appointment reaction presents another great opportunity to see the type of people we are and how we ALWAYS want to eat out cake and still have it in our hands. Here's a Man like Bro Nebu who had rambunctiously an impetuously posed as an ultra-Buharite, cursing and yapping other people who even sought clarifications about stuffs they read about Buhari; this same Nebu has no patience to see and watch what his man is up to; he's already flipped 180-degrees, calling Buhari names because after 20 of 6000 appointment Nebu is afraid that his ethnic group is not being well represented in Buhari's appointments so far; Where is our loyalty and belief in people we say we trust? Haba! As an illustration of this, let it be known that no matter what JUI hears about Mallam el-Rufai today, JUI will give him the benefit of the doubt until the end; you may say that it's because Mallam is JUI's friend but Buhari is not necessarily Nebu's friend; now, if that is the case, and it's true that Nebu is not really close to Buhari but merely based his near fanatic political support on hear-says and casual acquaintance, then Nebu has a serious emotional problem! You dont sell your emotions on superficial acquaintances like that. JUI's unqualified support for el-Rufai is anchored long-standing acquaintance and my close interactions with him! Likewise, JUI had to observe more closely Buhari from 2003 to 2011 before moving into his aisle in 2013 to seek an alternative to Jonathan's ineptitude; and Buhari helped matters greatly by polishing his democrats credentials, worked with other democrats from across the nation to build a reliable alternate formidable political party platform that could be trusted to provide a stable Govt that's respected by the international community. On that note, JUI intends to stick with Buhari for the long run; to flippantly jump ship with the least uncertainty or dust is like one didnt do one's homework before taking one's position in the first place; and that is childishly juvenile, imprudent and impulsive! Tell that to Nebu Adiele!! Take care. JUI

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17:39 (2 hours ago)

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Joe Attueyi of Uthu Mbadike: So, it was a mere coincidence that Buhari took over in May and all of a sudden the power situation improved. The people were well aware that PHNC officials deliberately disrupt power supply for days to prompt customers into coming into their office so that they could take some bribes. Even though I do not live in Nigeria, I have lost count of how much I have contributed to the delivery of frequently transformers in my area. Mind you they are supposed to be free. The refinery situation is another example. Of course, the refinery officials were reported to have said that instructions were given to them not to give priority to the working of the refineries. Simply because of those profiting from the subsidy scam. But they told Buhari they would get the refinery working in about four weeks and they did. To you this examples do not count, but those who are not as privilege as you are, they do matter. For now, the fear of Buhari is everywhere and that is good thing. The Oha 1 Ahu Nze, Ebie Okwu

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17:40 (2 hours ago)

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Viscount: Slow slow slow. "Hell Hath No Fury like a political pundit scorn." Fela Anikulapo Kuti--Baba 70 Mr. Follow, Follow (Follow, Follow, Follow, Follow, Follow, Follow) Mr. Follow, Follow (Follow, Follow, Follow, Follow, Follow, Follow) Some dey follow follow, dem close dem eye (Dem close eye, pin, pin, pin) Some dey follow follow, dem close dem mouth (Dem close mouth, pa, pa, pa) Some dey follow follow, dem close dem ear (Dem close ear, gboin, gboin, gboin) Some dey follow follow, dem close dem sense (Dem close sense, biri, biri) Some dey follow follow, dem close dem eye (Dem close eye, pin, pin, pin)

Some dey follow follow, dem close dem mouth (Dem close mouth, pa, pa, pa) Some dey follow follow, dem close dem ear (Dem close ear, gboin, gboin, gboin) Some dey follow follow, dem close dem sense (Dem close sense, biri, biri) I say dem close sense, I say dem close sense If you dey follow follow Make you open eye, open mouth, open sense If you dey follow follow Make you open sense, open ear, open mouth Na dat time Na dat time you no go fall Na dat time Na dat time you no go fall If you dey follow follow dem book (Na inside cupboard you go quench) If you dey follow follow dem book (Na inside cupboard you go quench) Cockroach dey, rat dey, iko dey, darkness dey (Na inside cupboard you go quench) My brothers, make you no follow book-o Look am and go your way (Follow follow) If you dey follow follow (follow follow) Make you open eye (follow follow) If you dey follow follow (follow follow) Make you open sense (follow follow) If you dey follow follow (follow follow) Make you open eye (follow follow) If you dey follow follow (follow follow) Make you open sense (follow follow) My brothers, make you no follow book-o Look am and use your sense (follow follow) If you dey follow follow (follow follow) Make you open eye (follow follow) If you dey follow follow (follow follow) Make you open mouth (follow follow) Make you open eye (follow follow) Make you open sense (follow follow) (Follow follow – 12x) __._,_.___

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18:01 (1 hour ago)

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I will not favour appointing 80% of one's govt from one region alone. I will say fah, fah, fah FOUL. What I will advocate for is appointing men and women of competence, integrity and loyalty from ALL parts of the nation. Nigeria is blessed with such men and women....and from all parts of it. So, the President has a duty to look around and find these men and women to help him rebuild the nation. He has 6000 or so positions to fill (as Bolaji reminded us a moment ago). He has only appointed two or three folks for goodness sake....give the man some breathing space o'jare. Wait until he has reached 5,999 before you start calling for his jugular (besides, shouldn't you folks be focusing on trying to find his WASC-:)))?

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18:09 (1 hour ago)

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Chris, I concur with you. PMB is in the right direction. He has right to choose who he feels can work with, and having done that why the complain now. We warned our people, they call us names now we are all into it. Let the game continue. Morgan Omodu Sent from my iPhone To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/africanworldforum/801885186.2192646.1440773037242.JavaMail.yahoo%40mail.yahoo.com.


18:14 (1 hour ago)

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Dipo 1) while the presence of ice cream vans in your 'hood indicate that summer has come ice cream vans don't cause summer. Just co-incident ( or correlation) 2) PHCN ceased to exist on Sept 2013. 2 years ago. When did you say again you contributed

to buying PHCN transformer for your area? Someone is scamming someone! 3) I just shared a Reuters report with you that Warri Refinery was shut down today. You did not tell me why the 'fear of Buhari' did not stop the refinery from being shut down. Are those benefiting from subsidy scam still bribing the refinery workers under Buhari? Joe Sent from my iPhone -- OkonkwoNetworks..........Building NIGERIA of our DREAM --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OkonkwoNetworks" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].


18:15 (1 hour ago)

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My own Viscount Slim, Running an inclusive country is core and key, but we warned that we can't get it from the alliance that produced APC based on antecedent of the man at the centre. Don't you note also that the party has been tactically relegated to the background as the man is running his show himself. The deed as been done already with the appointments down which are core and strategic. Nothin more like policy of inclusiveness as the matter of forming government as been concluded with the appointments made yesterday. Morgan Omodu Sent from my iPhone > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/africanworldforum/1440774660.99550.YahooMailBasic%40web163203.mail.gq1.yahoo.com.

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All I know and can say is that all is not lost for SW as other non-Yoruba make it sound. If Buhari likes to fill all the positions with northerners; so be it. As a Yoruba, I will still support him for the second term. The only thing Hausa-Fulani has going for

them is the political sagacity and they have shown in the past that without the Hausa-Fulani's blessing, Nigeria ruled by any southerner will be like GEJ administration, which ended with wider gaps (division) between all southern boundaries; since GEJ administration was just for SESS thieves (not people). In other words, the political capital invested on SESS by SW was lost woefully and I do not doubt, on the long run, that the political capital invested by SW on Buhari will yield handsome dividends. The only time I will be offended is when after four years the fight against corruption is stifled or abandoned without progress. Wakilawal __._,_.___

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18:43 (1 hour ago)

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Abba my brother, You are now writing like our fence sitting friend that shares a name with one of us. 1) Any president has key positions and minor positions to fill 2) his national security team and kitchen cabinet ( chief detail, chief of staff, SGF, PPS etc) being the FIRST SET of key positions That after 45 years in the country's public sphere, PMB in seeking competent and trust worthy folks to man these positions could only find them MAINLY among MALE NORTHERNERS speaks to how parochial and narrow minded he is. 3) The next set of key positions is the cabinet. PMBis constitutionally bound to choose one minister per state. So he really he does not have much wriggle room

4) The rest are really minor officials some of whom would be appointed by ministers not the president. Even if they are appointed by the president it speaks to the same mindset that says PMB is broad minded because his cooks and drivers are Christian Southerners BTW I SUSPECT that PMB released this appointments to keep the shattering classes discussing his appointments rather discuss his spectacular failure to deliver any of the things he covenanted to do within 100 days of being sworn in

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18:52 (1 hour ago)

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Ogbeni Dipo of Olomi: I take umbrage at your characterization of me. I find yours below gratuitous, degrading, insulting and contemptible. I demand with alacrity an apology and an immediate withdrawal of your attempt to besmirch my sterling quality. I am not happy Ogbeni. Sent from my iPhone Ejo ni Mushin - Prince On Aug 28, 2015, at 10:18 AM, DIPO ENIOLA <[email protected]> wrote:

Nebu of Oguta: Right from the beginning of Buhari's latest campaign for the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I knew he was a tribalist, a Religious bigot and a fanatic of sort. Those were the main reasons I opposed him during his first two attempts at becoming an elected president of Nigeria. As for me, I could care less about the geographical spread of his appointments thus far. If he could get all the decent men and women that could begin to positively change the wrong direction that Nigeria has been going for the past couple of years, that is alright with me. It has been shown conclusively that appointments mainly benefit the individual , family members, and friends named to a particular office. I said during the campaign that if Buhari could reduce public corruption by a mere 15 percent, his election would have been well worth the efforts. Of course, Vin Pretty Boy Otuonye shared the same sentiment at the time. I don't know if you read the piece written by Partick Dele Cole early this week. He mentioned that despite the fact that Goodluck Jonathan was president, nothing much was done for his community. Things have remained bad over there that even Jonathan could no longer

think of living there. He now lives in Abuja. People of Niger Delta are now thanking Buhari for having a plan to clean up their area. I was in Nigeria this past June. During my 1 month stay there, I enjoyed the most of electricity since I have been going recently. Of course, it has nothing to do with the policies of Buhari, it has all to do with the fear of Buhari and that is a good thing. Corruption has eaten so deep into the Nigerian ways of life, that the status quo cannot continue if we are to make any appreciable progress in any area. Don't begin to obsess with tribal and sectional issues like Wharf The Snake of Orlu and Chika Onyeani of Ohafia. These two are classic tribal hustlers of the worst kind. For now, let us wait and let Buhari do his thing. By the way, President Bush (41) named John Sununu as his Chief of Staff. Sununu trained as an Engineer. The Oha 1 The New Eze of Unuahia Ahu Nze, Ebie Okwu

From: Nebukadineze via NaijaEvent <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 4:11 PM Subject: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses President Buhari's manner of making appointments for public office holders of the federation is becoming troubling, especially due to its in-your-face nature. I never believed for once that this man, whom I have supported since 1984, was a sectional champion. Since his return as president, I have tried to excuse his appointing of mostly old Northern Muslim men into offices but the frequency of such sectional appointments has gotten to an alarming rate with his latest appointments. When he made the statement about 97%, I was embarrassed and ashamed of myself for being an arch-Buharite all these years, but I rationalized his clear claim, that he would treat Nigerians according to how they voted, by accepting that he had engaged in a misspeak. But his manner of appointments since then seems confirmatory of what he said. President Buhari is conducting the affairs of Nigeria like the parochial presidents of South Sudan and Chad and I hope that he does not ignite the type of problem going on in South Sudan now. The president cannot continue to make appointments to sensitive positions of

nation from a particular section of the country from whence he hails -- it is stupid, insensitive, and not statesmanlike. The latest appointments seem to be daring Southerners to do their worse. And the worse of all is that he seems to not be placing the right persons in the right positions. How do you appoint an engineer as SFG in the 21st century Nigeria? After loading this category of appointments with Northern Muslim men, he cunningly inserted one token Southerner and one Middle Belt person in the lowly positions of SSA just to fool the South. Is it possible that those who have consistently claimed that Buhari is a tribalist, a sexist, and a religious nut have been correct all along? Could I have been this much naive, or even stupid, to have not properly understood this man? Fighting corruption is a great thing but how can president Buhari genuinely fight corruption if he is indulging in the corruption of tribalism and religious insensitivity through his appointments of political office holders? It is impossible that the best of Nigerians are only found among Northern Muslim men. President Buhari must snap out of his current 1970s mentality or he is going to lose the goodwill he enjoys now and possibly plunge the country into having to deal with another sectional insurrection, up to a civil war involving the entire South as one entity. Granted that it is still early, president Buhari is currently not running the country like the father of the federation; his actions are projecting him more and more like a sectional leader with a vengeful agenda. He must not make the mistake of thinking that he will get away with such parochialism. Nebukadineze Adiele Reject Religion; Relive Reason!

In a message dated 8/27/2015 4:47:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: VS My brother what is wrong with appointments? Are the candidates not competent? Fair is fair. No 73 year old man changes his personality. And it is not fair to expect PMB to change his MO in his old age. Let's focus on him and his team delivering on his promises. That is the right thing to do. Joe Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2015, at 9:39 PM, Omoluabi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pastor Joe, >

> Na lie, we nor go hug transformer especially now that they are working ! Heheheheheheh.... > > But serious serious....there is something indecorous about these appointments. Not cool at all. There just is no excuse for it. > > Viscount > > > > -------------------------------------------- > On Thu, 8/27/15, 'Joe Attueyi' via OkonkwoNetworks <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: Re: BREAKING: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Bring Your Baseball Bat" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "OmoOdua" <[email protected]>, "Okonkwonetworks" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, August 27, 2015, 4:29 PM > > All > these folks whining about Buhari's appointments should > go hug a transformer IMHO. > 1) hardly can you see anyone whose character > traits have not become set by age 40 > 2) As head of state, chairman PTF and sharia > protagonist PMB has always shown himself as insensitive to > the multicultural multi ethnic and multi religious nature of > Nigeria > 3) despite (2) above you voted him to fight > corruption. Don't turn around and expect a 73 year old > man to change his MO. If you think you made an error then > suck it in and get used to the consequences of your > actions. > 4) For the next 4 years the only thing we can > judge PMB on are his promises. Starting with his 100 days > covenant. > 5) if he wants to deliver on the promises with > only people from Daura so be it. There is nothing happening > there that was not foretold. > Who would have believed that I would be the one > defending Buhari from his janjaweed supporters who would > abuse one for stating the obvious during the elections. > > JoeShaking his head > > Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2015, at 9:00 PM, africanherald via NaijaEvent > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > "I > regret supporting him. I hope that the country survives him

> (he appears hell bent on stimulating a civil > war). I have never seen this level of > idiocy at work in making political appointments. Who is this > man kidding, himself?" > - Dr. Osuji > > > > > > > > Well, I am not surprised. I never > supported him and I was very vocal about it here. > Based on his past, especially during his PTF days, > everything was virtually North. Would he change now? > > > > Take care > > Nwachukwu > > > > > -----Original > Message----- > > > From: ozodi osuji <[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] > <[email protected]> > > > Cc: NewnaijaPolitics <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > <[email protected]>; > africanworldforum <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2015 1:50 pm > > > Subject: Re: BREAKING: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, > Customs, Immigration bosses > > > > > Yesterday, somewhere I > wrote that Buhari appears to be dead set on alienating > certain people. Appointments are ways of making people feel > inclusive in a government. In the USA presidents appoint

> secretaries that reflect the geographical realities of the > country; each geographical zone generally has one secretary > in the national government. But Buhari seems to be thinking > that it is up to him to give jobs to only Northerners. That > makes me question his political judgment. By not appointing, > say, Igbos, he is giving them the impression that they are > not part of Nigeria; he is making them feel like outsiders; > those who feel like outsiders, who feel unwanted tend to > work against the polity that pushes them out. Buhari is > certainly doing his best to push Igbos out. If the man does > not recognize that he is setting a scenario for secession > movements he is denser than folks said he is. He said that > he is looking for quality people and he can only find them > in a region known for providing the least quality education, > in people known to be the least competent in the country. > This is ridiculous. Anyway, as I noted just about a month > into his presidency, this man is not the change we want. I > regret supporting him. I hope that the country survives him > (he appears hell bent on stimulating a civil > war). I have never seen this level of > idiocy at work in making political appointments. Who is this > man kidding, himself? > > > > > > > > Ozodiobi > >> > > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:31 AM, 'Chukwuemeka > Okala' via NaijaEvent > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > If President Muhammadu Buhari, with his vast > experience and deep knowledge of the Nigerian geo-political > sensitivity, is not embarrassed with this kind of lopsided > political appointments, so be it. > Personally, I don't get it! > > > > Emeka Reuben Okala > > > > > > "Faith > [Religion] and reason are not necessarily opposed. But when > reason won't take you another step, faith keeps on going > because it connects you to

> God." > > > > > > > On Thursday, 27 > August 2015, 19:09, 'Wharf A. Snake' via NaijaEvent > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hehehe... Buhari has been reading me all this while and I > didn't realize it. The man knows and EFCC confirmed it > that 99.97% of all govt looters are Yoruba. There might > actually be more Ndigbo in this government after all than > the looting tribe. Hahahah I am laughing in Latin again. By > the way they will finally be on the road to Damascus when > Tingod Tinibu is marched in shackles towards Kirikiri. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > Ejo ni Mushin - Prince >> > > On Aug 27, 2015, at 1:57 PM, > Asagwara, Ken (EAL) < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > Folks: > > > > > This is very > interesting or so to say. All the appointees are from the > North. Boy, am here laughing and wondering what really is > going on or unfolding in President Buhari’s government. > > > > Since it has > been said, President Buhari wants only men and women of high > probity to serve in his government, can it then be that it > is only from the Northern parts of Nigeria that such persons > can be found? > > > > > Well; we shall > see. >

> > As Bolaji Aluko > VC would say, am here having some belly laugh. > > > By the way, if > his photo below is a recent one, the man is really looking > fresh. > > > > > Cheers. > > > > > Mazi KC Prince > Asagwara > > > > > > > Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, > Immigration bosses > > > > > Published: Thursday, 27 > August 2015 17:23 > > > > > > > Written by Elombah.com > > > > > President Muhammadu Buhari > has approved the appointments of the Secretary to the > Government of the Federation, Chief of Staff, Customs and > Immigration > > bosses as well as some > aides. > > > > > >

> [Picture: > President Muhammadu Buhari] > > > > > > > > According to the > Presidential Adviser on Media, Femi Adesina, the > appointments are as follows: > > > > > > > Engr. Babachir David Lawal > – Secretary to the Government of the Federation > > > > > > > Alhaji Abba Kyari – > Chief of Staff to the President > > > > > > > Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali > (rtd.) – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs > Service > > > > > > > Mr. Kure Martin Abeshi – > Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service > > > > > > > Senator Ita S.J. Enang – > SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters > (Senate) > > > > >

> > Hon. Suleiman A. Kawu – > SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of > Representatives) > > > > > > > The appointments are with > effect from today, August 27, 2015. > > > > > > > Engr. Lawal, the new > Secretary to the Government of the Federation hails from > Hong Local Government Area, Adamawa State. He graduated from > the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1979 with a Bachelor > of Engineering Degree and worked with the Delta Steel > Company, Aladja, Nigerian External Telecommunications > Limited and Data Sciences Limited before establishing his > own ICT and Telecommunications consulting firm in 1990. He > is also a member of the Nigeria Computer Society, the > Nigeria Society of Engineers and the Council for the > Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria. > > > > > > > Alhaji Abba Kyari, the new > Chief of Staff to the President holds Bachelors and Masters > Degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University > of Warwick in Law and Sociology. He has worked with the New > Nigeria Development Company, New Africa Holdings, African > International Bank, United Bank for Africa, Unilever, and > Mobil in various capacities over the years. > > > > > > > The new > Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Ali holds Bachelors and > Masters Degrees in Criminology. He was military > administrator of Kaduna State from 1996 to 1998. > > > > > > > The new Comptroller- > General of Immigration, Mr. Abeshi hails from Nasarawa

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My Emir,

How hypocritical and deceitful, can you reconcile what you wrote below with your

stance when Jonathan’s appointments were critically analysed following your claim that he has marginalised the North. That you justified this new development in the history of Nigeria rather dismissively, and on grounds of “competence, integrity, and loyalty” comes as no surprise. You said a while ago that the East should focus on business, the West on education, and the North on administration of Nigeria, being their respective areas of strength. I have always believed that we have made a huge progress since Obasanjo’s administration, which was deepened during the last administration, what we see obtaining now has taken us back three decades.

People should spend time searching for Buhari’s WASC results, you said gleefully – confirmation that the co-‐called change is seen by people like you, as nothing other than a sectional victory.

OJ

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Abba Gumel Sent: 28 August 2015 18:02 To: Joe Attueyi Cc: [email protected]; Ogedi Ohajekwe; [email protected]; Nebukadineze Adiele; Ozodi Osuji; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses

I will not favour appointing 80% of one's govt from one region alone. I will say fah, fah, fah FOUL. What I will advocate for is appointing men and women of competence, integrity and loyalty from ALL parts of the nation. Nigeria is blessed with such men and women....and from all parts of it. So, the President has a duty to look around and find these men and women to help him rebuild the nation. He has 6000 or so positions to fill (as Bolaji reminded us a moment ago). He has only appointed two or three folks for goodness sake....give the man some breathing space o'jare. Wait until he has reached 5,999 before you start calling for his jugular (besides, shouldn't you folks be focusing on trying to find his WASC-:)))?

Abba

On 28 August 2015 at 08:31, Joe Attueyi <[email protected]> wrote:

You either are for it or against it. And in your case, you have explicitly said it is OK for

Buhari's appointments so far to be 80% Northerners.

Bro Abba, oya answer VS. Are you for it or against it?

For record purposes I am for it. This has been Buhari's MO since he came to public life. Some of us warned that he lacked the open mindedness required to manage a multicultural multi ethnic multi religious country like Nigeria. Some folks argued otherwise --- that his drivers and cooks are Christian Southerners. The voters , knowing all these, voted for Buhari

Buhari has a mandate to run Nigeria as he deems fit. It is not reasonable to expect a 73 year old man to change his success formula.

All I am interested in is RESULT. How is Buhari fairing in his self set goals? Next week is his 100 days in office and here are the goals he set for himself

http://aitonline.tv/post-my_100_days_covenant_with_nigerians_____muhammadu_buhari

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On Aug 28, 2015, at 4:11 PM, 'Omoluabi' via AfricanWorldForum <[email protected]> wrote:

What do you mean you did not say that? In these matters, there is no middle ground. You either are for it or against it. And in your case, you have explicitly said it is OK for Buhari's appointments so far to be 80% Northerners. Simple! I have noticed you especially (I had cause to mention this to someone yesterday without necessarily mentioning your name) are good at justifying the skewness of Buhari's action towards the North. Lack of consistency? I think you need to go check the archives. Some of us have consistently fought for an inclusive Nigeria, which is what we expected the corrective government of Buhari to come and do, not to further create divisions and act as conquerors! But you are happy because the skew is tilted towards your stock so you are ready to justify it. Is it not you who is inconsistent? If it was wrong when Jonathan did it, why is it now right when Buhari is doing it? Why do you think some of us were vehement in our opposition against Jonathan? It was because in addition to the thieving in his government, he was unable to manage the diversity in Nigeria by becoming parochial. Which is exactly what Buhari is doing now, and you are running tackle for him instead of you coming out to say this is wrong. No, I don't get your drift at all.

Viscount -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 8/28/15, Abba Gumel <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses To: "Omoluabi" <[email protected]> Cc: "Ogedi Ohajekwe" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Joe Attueyi" <[email protected]>, "Nebukadineze Adiele" <[email protected]>, "Ozodi Osuji" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, August 28, 2015, 10:58 AM I didn't say that. I just wanted to inject some history into it all....and remind some of una of lack of consistency. If you did not cry out foul then, why are you doing so now? Get my drift? Abba On 28 August 2015 at 07:19, Omoluabi <[email protected]> wrote: So, because UMYA and GEJ did it, Buhari must also do it? Did Obasanjo do it that way? Is Buhari's government not supposed to be corrective? Where is the sense in continuing bad behavior? There can NEVER be SHARED values in Nigeria as long as leaders are insensitive and demonstrate open bigotry! Simple. 80% of all the appointments made so far by Buhari has been filled by Northerners! How is that inclusive? How does that spur nationalism? How does it ginger the rest of the country into accepting shared values? And this is not about politics? It is about inclusion. It is about what is just and fair in a multi-cultural and diverse

country. This is just crazy! Viscount -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 8/28/15, Abba Gumel <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses To: "Ogedi Ohajekwe" <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Joe Attueyi" <[email protected]>, "Nebukadineze Adiele" <[email protected]>, "Ozodi Osuji" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, August 28, 2015, 10:09 AM Some of you guys really amaze me. GEJ appointed

Anyim as his SGF, and no one says anything about it (Anyim being a ``fellow Ndigbo" to Goodluck Azikiwe Jonathan-:)))). UMYA appointed Yayale (from the North) as his SGF, and no one says nothing about it. Buhari appoints his SGF who, by omission or commission, happens to hail from the North, and some of you are huffing and puffing over this? I cannot understand some of our compatriots atimes. The PDP folks (like Joe the Pastor), I can understand....they are being political. The seemingly apolitical ones (or are they closeted PDPmers) are the ones who amaze and amuse me when they make these claims. Abba On 27 August 2015 at 20:10, Ogedi Ohajekwe <[email protected]> wrote: AyoYou may be right though I doubt it. There is a reason monopoly is generally resisted worldwide.In politics it is even more dangerous.Like it or not, presiding over Nigeria is political not idealistic position.Theoretically, any Nigerian with the help of his family and friends can assume power and be fantastic for my or your village in Nigeria. Would you however risk it and advice your town not to participate in the planning of what that

would happen to them?.In Nigeria governments in the past have been bitterly accused of sectionalism.Now it is whining. Niaja, we pray for you! Ogedi On 27 Ọgọ 2015, at 9:54 P.M., 'Ayo Ojutalayo' via AfricanWorldForum <[email protected]> wrote: Joe, Nebu & Co On many occasions on these forums we have discussed the fact that the Super Eagles are competitive at the international level because we present our best eleven so to say. And it is the coach that decides who puts on the jerseys and not the fans or even the government. The Constitution is very clear about the President appointing Ministers from all the States but not non-ministerial appointments. If the coach (the President) wants his team from a region for whatever reason(s), and the team can deliver, I am not sure an average Nigerian cares. In my own opinion, President Buhari is an idealist, he is not a tribalist and he is not an Islamist. All the people that worked with PMB confirmed this. He did

not see any thing wrong in another Muslim-Fulani being his number two when he was the military Head of State. And he did not see any thing wrong in BAT (another Muslim) being his running mate in the last election (thank God he was overruled by the APC leadership). An idealist cannot be a good politician hence Buhari is not a good politician. A good politician would not voice it out that he would favor those that gave him 97% of his votes, and a good politician would not make appointments the way Buhari has been making appointments. But an average Nigerian does not care. An average Nigerian wants corruption fought head-on, wants Boko Haram defeated, wants improved electricity, improved education system, improved health system, good infrastructure, end to fuel scarcity, and employment for children after leaving school. There seems to have been two categories of candidate Buhari's supporters: those who supported Buhari the politician and those who supported Buhari the idealist. Those in the first category are the ones that are already disappointed by him, and doubting their judgement. Those of us who supported Buhari the idealist are not disappointed. If in four years time he delivers to the satisfaction of average Nigerians, he will one more time survive opposition's noise of tribalism and Islamization. Ayo

Ojutalayo “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ” . . . Martin Luther King Jr From: 'Joe Attueyi' via AfricanWorldForum <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]"

<[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 6:20 PM Subject: [africanworldforum] Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses NebuA more honourable thing to do is accept your poor judgment. There is nothing PMB is doing today he did not do as head of state or chairman of PTF. It is very unreasonable to expect a 73 year old man to change his way of doing things. What is expected of reasonable folks today is to insist that PMB delivers on his promises. I don't see why it should matter to you if he does it with his wife and children as cabinet members

Joe Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2015, at 11:11 PM, Nebukadineze via NaijaEvent <[email protected]> wrote: President Buhari's manner of making appointments for public office holders of the federation is becoming troubling, especially due to its in-your-face nature. I never believed for once that this man, whom I have supported since 1984, was a sectional champion. Since his return as president, I have tried to excuse his appointing of mostly old Northern Muslim men into offices but the frequency of such sectional appointments has gotten to an alarming rate with his latest appointments. When he made

the statement about 97%, I was embarrassed and ashamed of myself for being an arch-Buharite all these years, but I rationalized his clear claim, that he would treat Nigerians according to how they voted, by accepting that he had engaged in a misspeak. But his manner of appointments since then seems confirmatory of what he said. President Buhari is conducting the affairs of Nigeria like the parochial presidents of South Sudan and Chad and I hope that he does not ignite the type of problem going on in South Sudan now. The president cannot continue to make appointments to sensitive positions of nation from a particular section of the country from whence he hails -- it is stupid, insensitive, and not statesmanlike. The latest appointments seem to be daring Southerners to do their worse. And the worse of all is that he seems to not be placing the right persons in the right positions. How do you appoint an

engineer as SFG in the 21st century Nigeria? After loading this category of appointments with Northern Muslim men, he cunningly inserted one token Southerner and one Middle Belt person in the lowly positions of SSA just to fool the South. Is it possible that those who have consistently claimed that Buhari is a tribalist, a sexist, and a religious nut have been correct all along? Could I have been this much naive, or even stupid, to have not properly understood this man? Fighting corruption is a great thing but how can president Buhari genuinely fight corruption if he is indulging in the corruption of tribalism and religious insensitivity through his appointments of political office holders? It is impossible that the best of Nigerians are only found among Northern Muslim men. President Buhari must snap out of his current 1970s mentality or he is going to lose the goodwill he enjoys now and possibly plunge the country into having to deal with

another sectional insurrection, up to a civil war involving the entire South as one entity. Granted that it is still early, president Buhari is currently not running the country like the father of the federation; his actions are projecting him more and more like a sectional leader with a vengeful agenda. He must not make the mistake of thinking that he will get away with such parochialism. Nebukadineze Adiele Reject Religion; Relive Reason! In a message dated 8/27/2015 4:47:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

[email protected] writes: VS My brother what is wrong with appointments? Are the candidates not competent? Fair is fair. No 73 year old man changes his personality. And it is not fair to expect PMB to change his MO in his old age. Let's focus on him and his team delivering on his promises. That is the right thing to do. Joe Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2015, at 9:39 PM, Omoluabi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pastor Joe,

> > Na lie, we nor go hug transformer especially now that they are working ! Heheheheheheh.... > > But serious serious....there is something indecorous about these appointments. Not cool at all. There just is no excuse for it. > > Viscount > > > > -------------------------------------------- > On Thu, 8/27/15, 'Joe Attueyi' via OkonkwoNetworks <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: Re: BREAKING: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>

> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Bring Your Baseball Bat" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "OmoOdua" <[email protected]>, "Okonkwonetworks" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, August 27, 2015, 4:29 PM > > All > these folks whining about Buhari's appointments should > go hug a transformer IMHO. > 1) hardly can you see anyone whose character > traits have not become set by age 40 > 2) As head of state, chairman PTF and sharia > protagonist PMB has always shown himself as insensitive

to > the multicultural multi ethnic and multi religious nature of > Nigeria > 3) despite (2) above you voted him to fight > corruption. Don't turn around and expect a 73 year old > man to change his MO. If you think you made an error then > suck it in and get used to the consequences of your > actions. > 4) For the next 4 years the only thing we can > judge PMB on are his promises. Starting with his 100 days > covenant. > 5) if he wants to deliver on the promises with > only people from Daura so be it. There is nothing happening > there that was not foretold. > Who would have

believed that I would be the one > defending Buhari from his janjaweed supporters who would > abuse one for stating the obvious during the elections. > > JoeShaking his head > > Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2015, at 9:00 PM, africanherald via NaijaEvent > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > "I > regret supporting him. I hope that the country survives him > (he appears hell bent on stimulating a civil > war). I have never seen this level of > idiocy at work in making political

appointments. Who is this > man kidding, himself?" > - Dr. Osuji > > > > > > > > Well, I am not surprised. I never > supported him and I was very vocal about it here. > Based on his past, especially during his PTF days, > everything was virtually North. Would he change now? > > > > Take care > > Nwachukwu

> > > > > -----Original > Message----- > > > From: ozodi osuji <[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] > <[email protected]> > > > Cc: NewnaijaPolitics <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > <[email protected]>; > africanworldforum <[email protected]>; > [email protected]

> <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2015 1:50 pm > > > Subject: Re: BREAKING: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, > Customs, Immigration bosses > > > > > Yesterday, somewhere I > wrote that Buhari appears to be dead set on alienating > certain people. Appointments are ways of making people feel

> inclusive in a government. In the USA presidents appoint > secretaries that reflect the geographical realities of the > country; each geographical zone generally has one secretary > in the national government. But Buhari seems to be thinking > that it is up to him to give jobs to only Northerners. That > makes me question his political judgment. By not appointing, > say, Igbos, he is giving them the impression that they are > not part of Nigeria; he is making them feel like outsiders; > those who feel like outsiders, who feel unwanted tend to > work against the polity that pushes them out. Buhari is > certainly doing his best to push Igbos out. If the man does > not recognize that he is setting a scenario for secession

> movements he is denser than folks said he is. He said that > he is looking for quality people and he can only find them > in a region known for providing the least quality education, > in people known to be the least competent in the country. > This is ridiculous. Anyway, as I noted just about a month > into his presidency, this man is not the change we want. I > regret supporting him. I hope that the country survives him > (he appears hell bent on stimulating a civil > war). I have never seen this level of > idiocy at work in making political appointments. Who is this > man kidding, himself? > > > >

> > > > Ozodiobi > >> > > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:31 AM, 'Chukwuemeka > Okala' via NaijaEvent > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > If President Muhammadu Buhari, with his vast > experience and deep knowledge of the Nigerian geo-political > sensitivity, is not embarrassed with this kind of

lopsided > political appointments, so be it. > Personally, I don't get it! > > > > Emeka Reuben Okala > > > > > > "Faith > [Religion] and reason are not necessarily opposed. But when > reason won't take you another step, faith keeps on going > because it connects you to > God." > > >

> > > > On Thursday, 27 > August 2015, 19:09, 'Wharf A. Snake' via NaijaEvent > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hehehe... Buhari has been reading me all this while and I > didn't realize it. The man knows and EFCC confirmed it > that 99.97% of all govt looters are Yoruba. There might > actually be more Ndigbo in this government after all than > the looting tribe. Hahahah I am laughing in Latin again. By > the way they will finally be on

the road to Damascus when > Tingod Tinibu is marched in shackles towards Kirikiri. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > Ejo ni Mushin - Prince >> > > On Aug 27, 2015, at 1:57 PM, > Asagwara, Ken (EAL) < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > Folks: > >

> > > This is very > interesting or so to say. All the appointees are from the > North. Boy, am here laughing and wondering what really is > going on or unfolding in President Buhari’s government. > > > > Since it has > been said, President Buhari wants only men and women of high > probity to serve in his government, can it then be that it > is only from the Northern parts of Nigeria that such persons > can be found? > > > >

> Well; we shall > see. > > > As Bolaji Aluko > VC would say, am here having some belly laugh. > > > By the way, if > his photo below is a recent one, the man is really looking > fresh. > > > > > Cheers. >

> > > > Mazi KC Prince > Asagwara > > > > > > > Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, > Immigration bosses > > > > > Published: Thursday, 27 > August 2015 17:23 >

> > > > > > Written by Elombah.com > > > > > President Muhammadu Buhari > has approved the appointments of the Secretary to the > Government of the Federation, Chief of Staff, Customs and > Immigration > > bosses as well as some > aides. >

> > > > > > [Picture: > President Muhammadu Buhari] > > > > > > > > According to the > Presidential Adviser on Media, Femi Adesina, the > appointments are as follows: > > > > > >

> Engr. Babachir David Lawal > – Secretary to the Government of the Federation > > > > > > > Alhaji Abba Kyari – > Chief of Staff to the President > > > > > > > Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali > (rtd.) – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs

> Service > > > > > > > Mr. Kure Martin Abeshi – > Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service > > > > > > > Senator Ita S.J. Enang – > SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters > (Senate) > > > >

> > > Hon. Suleiman A. Kawu – > SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of > Representatives) > > > > > > > The appointments are with > effect from today, August 27, 2015. > > > > > > >

Engr. Lawal, the new > Secretary to the Government of the Federation hails from > Hong Local Government Area, Adamawa State. He graduated from > the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1979 with a Bachelor > of Engineering Degree and worked with the Delta Steel > Company, Aladja, Nigerian External Telecommunications > Limited and Data Sciences Limited before establishing his > own ICT and Telecommunications consulting firm in 1990. He > is also a member of the Nigeria Computer Society, the > Nigeria Society of Engineers and the Council for the > Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria. > > > > >

> > Alhaji Abba Kyari, the new > Chief of Staff to the President holds Bachelors and Masters > Degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University > of Warwick in Law and Sociology. He has worked with the New > Nigeria Development Company, New Africa Holdings, African > International Bank, United Bank for Africa, Unilever, and > Mobil in various capacities over the years. > > > > > > > The

new > Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Ali holds Bachelors and > Masters Degrees in Criminology. He was military > administrator of Kaduna State from 1996 to 1998. > > > > > > > The new Comptroller- > General of Immigration, Mr. Abeshi hails from Nasarawa > State. He joined the Nigerian Immigration Service in 1989 as > an Assistant Comptroller. His educational qualifications > include a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. >

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Joe Attueyi of Utuh Mbadike: I am not in Nigeria, but the equipment at my house still carries PHCN. It was PHCN that supplied my paid meter. When I wanted to replenish the pre-paid meter, I went to the PHCN office. That is all that I know. You know what, if a significant number of those that have just been appointed were your people, we would not hear pim from you and all the other merchants of ethnic/tribal divisions. But if you have something to say, we probably would be bombarded with their strings of degrees that qualify them for the various positions. Enough of the ethnic hustle. Let me ask you, how long has the Warri refinery been dormant? So, if it needed more tune-up after the start-up in many years, that is fine by me. Like I told you recently, you and your friends who are feeding fat off the chaos that is Nigeria today are part of, if not the main problem. The Oha 1 Ahu Nze, Ebie Okwu.

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[NIgerianWorldForum] Outrage Grows Across Nigeria as Buhari’s Lopsided Appointments Continue

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I find this whole criticism unfounded. There are 36 states in Nigeria. Buhari has just made only 36 appointments so far and it covers all the six geo-polical zones of Nigeria. While the South East has been short-changed in the appoint to strategic positions - which I can criticize Buhari for - however, every zone is represented in the appointments made so far. There are two people appointed from the South East which the writer deliberately omitted in order to trigger criticism (30. Executive Director, AMCON: Eberechukwu Uneze, [], 4. Group Executive Director, NNPC: Dennis Nnamdi Ajulu, [].). Furthermore, where were all these critics when Jonthan Goodluck deliberately made last minute appointments when he knew that he already lost the Presidential Elections. Kayode Source: PremiumTimes President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of some of his administration’s most key officials Thursday set off a firestorm of condemnation, with critics characterising the nominations as overwhelmingly lopsided, lacking in gender balance and regional equity. Mr. Buhari named Babachir David Lawal, from Adamawa State, as Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Abba Kyari, from Borno, as his Chief of Staff. He appointed Hameed Ali, a retired colonel, as the Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service, curiously

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finding no career customs official suitable for the post. He also named Kure Martin Abeshi as the Comptroller-General of Nigerian Immigration Service. Messrs. Ali and Abeshi are from Bauchi and Nasarawa states respectively. A former Senator, Ita Enang, from Akwa Ibom, was appointed senior special assistant to the president on Senate affairs, while Suleiman Kawu of Kano, who is a former House of Representatives member, was named the president’s senior special assistant on House of Representatives. The six officials brought to 29 the total number of frontline administration staffers who will handle the economy, energy, defence and other important sectors of governance for the nearly 100-day-old Buhari administration. In all, the president has yet to appoint a single female, a marked difference from Mr. Buhari’s immediate predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, who had women in all major segments of government. That has angered not a few pro-democracy and gender activists across the country. But what has alarmed critics more is the apparent lack of regional balance in the appointments, a failing Mr. Buhari has been vigorously criticised for in the past. Details tabulated Thursday by PREMIUM TIMES show that Mr. Buhari has appointed by far more officials from Nigeria’s northern region where he comes from, in violation of federal character law. Under the Third Schedule of the Constitution, the government must ensure “the principles of proportional sharing of all bureaucratic, economic, media and political posts at all levels of government”. The posts referred to include those of the Permanent Secretaries, Directors-General in Extra-Ministerial Departments and parastatals, Directors in Ministries and Extra-Ministerial Departments, senior military officers, senior diplomatic posts and managerial cadres in the Federal and State parastatals, bodies, agencies and institutions. PREMIUM TIMES chart shows that only 25 per cent of the president’s appointments are from the south while an overwhelming

75 per cent are the north. Also, Mr. Buhari’s North West geopolitical zone, has the largest share of 43 per cent, while the South East for instance, has no appointee. (See chart below). The appointments have sparked anger across the land, with some critics now referring to Mr. Buhari as Nigeria’s most provincial leader ever. “Buhari is the most provincial leader Nigeria has ever had,” said Ikechukwu Amaechi, a former editor of Daily Independent and Editor-in-Chief of The Niche, in a post on his Facebook wall. “He is not fit to be President of Nigeria. How can he continue appointing top officials of government from the north? Customs, Immigration bosses, SGF, Chief of Staff all from the North?” “If I am President Muhammadu Buhari, I would have appointed a South Easterner as SGF,” said Sunday Akoji, a public affairs commentator. “If I am Baba, I will not appoint five people from the north into sensitive positions in one day and throw one worthless carrot called SSA on National Assembly Matters to the entire South.” The president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Gary Igariwey, told PREMIUM TIMES he would comment on the appointments Friday. A former governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, slammed the president for not considering an Igbo for any political appointment so far. “I don’t understand what is going on,” he told PREMIUM TIMES in a telephone interview Thursday. “It appears Buhari has some messages for various people. “I don’t know what to say. If it (appointment) is only for the North, it is okay.” Yinka Odumakin, the spokesperson of Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-cultural group, said Mr. Buhari’s action poses grave danger to Nigeria. “It is not healthy for a plural society,” Mr. Odumakin, who was once Mr. Buhari’s spokesperson, told this newspaper. “There are competent people across the nation. When you do this there can’t be a balance. We need constructive surgery, not

bulldozing.” Even for many of the president’s ardent supporters, Thursday’s announcement was one too many in a string of appointments that have become increasingly skewed. A PREMIUM TIMES columnist, Ademola Bamidele-Olateju, who had all along backed the president, wrote on Facebook, “These all northern appointments don begin worry me. I’m getting disillusioned. It can only get worse from here.” “These last set of appointments by Buhari are too brazenly and unacceptably lopsided in favour of the North that I can no longer defend his actions. Not this one,” Okechukwu Nwanguma, the National Coordinator at Network on Police Reform in Nigeria, posted on Facebook. Mr. Buhari has come under consistent criticisms for his actions as Nigeria’s leader so far. In his administration’s brief tenure, he has drawn fire for his delay in forming a cabinet, and for appearing not to be in haste to fix a nation faced with gargantuan, multifarious problems. His previous appointments too were considered disproportionate for a nation that holds together six geopolitical zones, 36 states and a federal capital territory, 774 local governments and over 250 different ethnic nationalities. Yet, the president’s response has been anything but heart-warming, critics say. In fact, during his visit to the United States in July, that indifference approached something of defiance when he openly told Americans and Nigerians he should not be expected to offer equitable treatment to Nigerians who barely gave him votes. President Buhari received the least number of votes in the South East and South South, the political stronghold of his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan. It is not clear whether the appointments are in demonstration of that conviction. But as controversy over past appointments grew last week, a former governor of Kaduna state, Balarabe Musa, urged the president to respect the federal character law. “Those who are complaining that President Buhari is favouring the North in appointments have a strong case,” Mr.

Musa told PREMIUM TIMES. Mr. Akogi said the president has no excuse for the latest appointments. “Don’t you dare throw the competence of the appointees in my face. Baba got this one wrong! From Baba’s body language, it is becoming obvious that he no longer “belong to everyone and belong to no one,” he said. See full list of the president’s appointments till date: Appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari to date: 1. Aide de Camp to president: Lt. Col Abubakar Lawal, [Kano State, North-West and husband to President Buhari’s foster daughter]. 2. Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the president: Femi Adesina, [Osun State, South-West]. 3. Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity: Garba Shehu, [Kano State, North-West]. 4. State Chief of Protocol/Special Assistant (Presidential Matters): Lawal Abdullahi Kazaure, [Jigawa State, North-West]. 5. Accountant General of the Federation: Ahmed Idris [Kano State, North-West]. 6. National Security Adviser: Babagana Monguno [Borno State, North-East]. 7. Chief of Defence Staff, Abayomi Olonishakin, [Ekiti State, South-West]. 8. Chief of Army Staff: Tukur Buratai, [Borno State, North-East]. 9. Chief of Naval Staff: Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, [Cross Rivers, South-South]. 10. Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar, [Bauchi State, North-East]. 11. Chief of Defence Intelligence: Monday Riku Morgan [Benue State, North-Central]. 12. Director General, State Security Services, SSS: Lawal Daura, [Katsina State, North-West]. 13. Acting Chairperson, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Amina Zakari, [Jigawa State, North-West]. 14. Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA: Habibu Abdulahi [Kano State, North-West]. 15. Special Adviser, Niger Delta Amnesty

Office: Paul Boroh, [Bayelsa State, South-South] 16. Acting Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration, Safety and Security Agency, NIMASA: Baba Haruna Jauro [Yobe State, North-East]. 17. Executive Vice Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Communications Commission: Umaru Dambatta [Kano State, North-West]. 18. Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS: Babatunde Fowler, [Lagos State, South-West]. 19. Director General, Budget Office of the Federation: Aliyu Gusau, [Zamfara State, North-West]. 20. Group Managing Director, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Emmanuel Kachikwu, [Delta State, South-South]. 21. Secretary to Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal, [ Adamawa, North East] 22. Chief of Staff to the President: Abba Kyari, [Borno, North-East]. 23. Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service: Hameed Ibrahim Ali, [Bauchi State, North East]. 24. Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service: Kure Martin Abeshi, [Nasarawa State, North-Central]. 25. Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate): Ita Enang, [Akwa Ibom State, South-South]. 26. Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives): Suleiman Kawu, [Kano State, North-West]. 27. Director, Department Of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Modecai Baba Ladan. [Niger, North-Central]. 28. Managing Director, Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, Ahmed Lawan Kuru. [Kano]. 29. Commissioner for Insurance and Chief Executive of the National Insurance Commission, Mohammed Kari [North-West] 29. Executive Director AMCON: Kola Ayeye [] 30. Executive Director, AMCON: Eberechukwu Uneze, [] 31. Executive Director, AMCON: Aminu

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Folks When I read people talk about merit being the basis of how PMB found all his kitchen cabinet from the North I wonder how this 'merit' was determined? Does anyone know? Since every Ekiti family has a professor , IF Prof Aluko becomes minister of education and appoints all the VCs of the Fed University from the numerous over qualified Ekiti professors ON MERIT , would that be ok? Just asking Joe Sent from my iPhone

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Merely being a ``professor" does not make one meritorious.....we have tons bearing such title who, with all due respect, are not only not worthy of the title but, much more importantly, are eminently unqualified to hold any position of authority. PMB appointed his Service Chiefs....can you fault their competence (PDPism notwithstanding)? I don't think so. PMB appointed the FIRS boss. I doubt if you can fault his competence. Ditto the NNPC MD. So, what really is your argument here? Hehehehhehehhehe. Abba On 28 August 2015 at 11:08, Joe Attueyi [email protected] [Raayiriga] <[email protected]> wrote:


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Abba my brother, what I am struggling to understand is why ( according to you) it is not possible for All the recipients of national merit scholarship scheme to Meritoriously come from the south but it is possible for all of Buhari's kitchen cabinet to be meritoriously picked from the North? 2) do you know how this 'merit' determined that Lawal is more qualified Onu. I assume you have Lawsl's bio. Here is Onu's bio: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogbonnaya_Onu 3) I always like to be direct. This is PMB's MO since he came on Nigeria's political scene. He is not going to change at 73. Voters knew this and voted for him. Elections have consequences. Folks need to suck it up and allow the man enjoy his mandate. All these spinning about merit is pure crap IMHO. JOE Sent from my iPhone On Aug 28, 2015, at 7:14 PM, Abba Gumel [email protected] [NIgerianWorldForum] <[email protected]> wrote:

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VC Aluko, Your points may be politically reasonable and tenable, but you certainly flunked it (idara ya/idaya) in commonsensical Nigeria of today. A long suspected child molester, if seen sneaking into children's playground, must not claim to have been victimized if mob-manhandled for pedophilia. Here is Muhammdu Buhari, long suspected of championing Fulani supremacy and Islamic extremism -- charges for which some of us forsake our constituencies in defense of him for years -- upon getting a second chance to lead Nigeria has done almost everything to prove those who have so accused him of being correct. It is insulting to Nigerians that you are justifying his surrounding himself with Northern Muslim men (he has appointed only one woman in an acting position) even though these positions are sensitive ones that ought to reflect federal character. No, Mr Vice Chancellor, I am more of a Buhari's supporter than any of you and I can tell you that I am beginning to be embarrassed that he is proving his accusers right. If Northern Muslim men are the only people he is familiar with, and only worthy enough to constitute about 95% of all of his political appointments so far, then he is unfit to be the president of a pluralistic Nigeria. Yes, he will make more appointments -- of cooks, drivers, gardeners, dishwashers, etc. After all, those are the caliber of his staff who some of his ignorant supporters touted as evidence of his love for Southerners during the campaigns. So far, almost all sensitive positions in the country are held by Northern Muslim men -- bear in mind that I subscribe to no religion and I can pass as a Northerner, having grown up there-- but these appointments are so obvious to constitute driving home a message to somebody or to some people, only a dunce will fail to that. The comparison you drew of former US presidents with Buhari's current behavior is

as off base as your claim that Pastor Joe was calling for caution. Joe Attueyi was being a smart alec who was showcasing his sheepish triumphal gait through a garrulity of the absurd. He is in self congratulatory intoxication of 'I told you all so'. He had the arrogance and impudence to tell me to accept my error of judgment. What error of judgment, having supported Buhari on principle and to the best of my knowledge of him? I guess 14 million Nigerians' errors of judgment are more honorable to associate with than pastor Joe's 12 millions. I am a man of principle and will remain so for the rest of my life. That I supported Buhari does not mean that I cannot call him out whenever I believe that he is wrong or that I will go along with whatever he does that I disagree with. In a pluralistic society, no president is at liberty to appoint only folks of his immediate constituency into all initial sensitive positions of authority. Doing so was why it was easy to overthrow the Ghadaffi's leadership; that is why there is no peace in South Sudan since obtaining independence just four years ago; that is why there has been periodic insurrections in neighboring Chad. The excuse that he has still to make 6,000 more appointments is silly and pathetic. It is interesting that whenever these parochial appointments are made, Yoroba's Adesina is handed the note to make the announcement, not Fulani's Shehu. VC Aluko's defense of this type of behavior is as sycophantic and cowardly as Yoroba Obas' trooping up North in 1966 to bow down to Awusa Emirs. We all know where that led us, or don't we? Abeg make un gree man hear something, ojare! Nebukadineze Adiele Reject Religion; Relive Reason!

In a message dated 8/27/2015 9:56:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: My People: I am joining Joe Attueyi to urge all of you to "calm down" over these early appointments....this is part of the "Change" agenda. (1) PMB started by asking the state Governors not to interfere with his appointments, since he did not interfere with theirs. That was the first indication that he wants to CONTROL his own appointments, including choosing (or excluding) those who would influence his choices. (2) One of the banes of ALL presidents in Nigeria so far has been working with people they don't really know...Obasanjo said so himself, and certainly

that was GEJ's biggest headaches. By choosing his people by himself, Buhari wants to be responsible for his own failures or successes. (3) Buhari is certainly aware of the federal character clause in the Constitution...but he has 6,000 appointments less 20 or so to go....and it is too early in the day to strongly accuse him (he can be "weakly" accused though.) The Federal Character Commission is there to check him, and people sufficiently vested can sue him - but at this early stage, those formal protests are bound to fail. (4) Even in the US, most presidents who have had executive position elsewhere before (like Buhari) tend in their first year or two to fill positions with people from their state, which translates to who they know. It happened with Nixon (Californians), Reagan (Californians), Carter (Georgians) and Clinton (Southerners, Arkansans).....less with the Bushes. After a year or two, there will be better balance. So let us be patient....this is part of the "Change" agenda that is unfolding...and more will unfold, with more or less surprises. And there you have it. Bolaji Aluko On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 9:29 PM, 'Joe Attueyi' via AfricanWorldForum <[email protected]> wrote: All these folks whining about Buhari's appointments should go hug a transformer IMHO. 1) hardly can you see anyone whose character traits have not become set by age 40 2) As head of state, chairman PTF and sharia protagonist PMB has always shown himself as insensitive to the multicultural multi ethnic and multi religious nature of Nigeria 3) despite (2) above you voted him to fight corruption. Don't turn around and expect a 73 year old man to change his MO. If you think you made an error then suck it in and get used to the consequences of your actions. 4) For the next 4 years the only thing we can judge PMB on are his promises. Starting with his 100 days covenant. 5) if he wants to deliver on the promises with only people from Daura so be it. There is nothing happening there that was not foretold. Who would have believed that I would be the one defending Buhari from his

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"I regret supporting him. I hope that the country survives him (he appears hell bent on stimulating a civil war). I have never seen this level of idiocy at work in making political appointments. Who is this man kidding, himself?" - Dr. Osuji Well, I am not surprised. I never supported him and I was very vocal about it here. Based on his past, especially during his PTF days, everything was virtually North. Would he change now? Take care Nwachukwu -----Original Message----- From: ozodi osuji <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: NewnaijaPolitics <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; africanworldforum <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2015 1:50 pm Subject: Re: BREAKING: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses

Yesterday, somewhere I wrote that Buhari appears to be dead set on alienating certain people. Appointments are ways of making people feel inclusive in a government. In the USA presidents appoint secretaries that reflect the geographical realities of the country; each geographical zone generally has one secretary in the national government. But Buhari seems to be thinking that it is up to him to give jobs to only Northerners. That makes me question his political judgment. By not appointing, say, Igbos, he is giving them the impression that they are not part of Nigeria; he is making them feel like outsiders; those who feel like outsiders, who feel unwanted tend to work against the polity that pushes them out. Buhari is certainly doing his best to push Igbos out. If the man does not recognize that he is setting a scenario for secession movements he is denser than folks said he is. He said that he is looking for quality people and he can only find them in a region

known for providing the least quality education, in people known to be the least competent in the country. This is ridiculous. Anyway, as I noted just about a month into his presidency, this man is not the change we want. I regret supporting him. I hope that the country survives him (he appears hell bent on stimulating a civil war). I have never seen this level of idiocy at work in making political appointments. Who is this man kidding, himself? Ozodiobi On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:31 AM, 'Chukwuemeka Okala' via NaijaEvent <[email protected]> wrote: If President Muhammadu Buhari, with his vast experience and deep knowledge of the Nigerian geo-political sensitivity, is not embarrassed with this kind of lopsided political appointments, so be it. Personally, I don't get it! Emeka Reuben Okala

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Hehehe... Buhari has been reading me all this while and I didn't realize it. The man knows and EFCC confirmed it that 99.97% of all govt looters are Yoruba. There might actually be more Ndigbo in this government after all than the looting tribe. Hahahah I am laughing in Latin again. By the way they will finally be on the road to Damascus when Tingod Tinibu is marched in shackles towards Kirikiri. Sent from my iPhone Ejo ni Mushin - Prince On Aug 27, 2015, at 1:57 PM, Asagwara, Ken (EAL) < [email protected]> wrote:

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This is very interesting or so to say. All the appointees are from the North. Boy, am here laughing and wondering what really is going on or unfolding in President Buhari’s government. Since it has been said, President Buhari wants only men and women of high probity to serve in his government, can it then be that it is only from the Northern parts of Nigeria that such persons can be found? Well; we shall see. As Bolaji Aluko VC would say, am here having some belly laugh. By the way, if his photo below is a recent one, the man is really looking fresh. Cheers. Mazi KC Prince Asagwara Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses Category: News Published: Thursday, 27 August 2015 17:23 Written by Elombah.com Hits: 170 <image003.png> President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointments of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief of Staff, Customs and Immigration bosses as well as some aides. [Picture: President Muhammadu Buhari] According to the Presidential Adviser on Media, Femi Adesina, the appointments are as follows: Engr. Babachir David Lawal – Secretary to the Government of the Federation Alhaji Abba Kyari – Chief of Staff to the President Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd.) – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service Mr. Kure Martin Abeshi – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service Senator Ita S.J. Enang – SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate) Hon. Suleiman A. Kawu – SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives) The appointments are with effect from today, August 27, 2015. Engr. Lawal, the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation hails from Hong Local Government Area, Adamawa State. He graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1979 with a Bachelor of Engineering Degree and worked with the Delta Steel Company, Aladja, Nigerian External Telecommunications Limited and Data Sciences Limited before establishing his own ICT and Telecommunications consulting firm in 1990. He is also a

member of the Nigeria Computer Society, the Nigeria Society of Engineers and the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria. Alhaji Abba Kyari, the new Chief of Staff to the President holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University of Warwick in Law and Sociology. He has worked with the New Nigeria Development Company, New Africa Holdings, African International Bank, United Bank for Africa, Unilever, and Mobil in various capacities over the years. The new Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Ali holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Criminology. He was military administrator of Kaduna State from 1996 to 1998. The new Comptroller- General of Immigration, Mr. Abeshi hails from Nasarawa State. He joined the Nigerian Immigration Service in 1989 as an Assistant Comptroller. His educational qualifications include a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. -- © Copyright 2015 www.elombah.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: August-27-15 12:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NewnaijaPolitics] BREAKING: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointments of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief of... http://elombah.com/index.php/news/358-buhari-appoints-sgf-chief-of-staff-customs-immigration-bosses -- Every Nigerian that has something important to say, says it on www.elombah.com. Please send your articles to [email protected] Follow us on twitter @Elombah; 'Like' our Facebook pages: "elombah.com" & "For A Corruption Free Nigeria" Call us on +447460770987, +442088087999, +2349050382526 __._,_.___

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Mazi Nebu, First, why are you so condescending in your statements sometimes? Imagine this: """It is interesting that whenever these parochial appointments are made, Yoroba's Adesina is handed the note to make the announcement, not Fulani's Shehu. VC Aluko's defense of this type of behavior is as sycophantic and cowardly as Yoroba Obas' trooping up North in 1966 to bow down to Awusa Emirs. We all know where that led us, or don't we? "" Hmmm! Second, JUI would say you have a point with the following outlook: """The comparison you drew of former US presidents with Buhari's current behavior is as off base as your claim that Pastor Joe was calling for caution. Joe Attueyi was being a smart alec who was showcasing his sheepish triumphal gait through a garrulity of the absurd. He is in self congratulatory intoxication of 'I told you all so'. He had the arrogance and impudence to tell me to accept my error of judgment. What error of judgment, having supported Buhari on principle and to the best of my knowledge of him? I guess 14 million Nigerians' errors of judgment are more honorable to associate with than pastor Joe's 12 millions.""" hahaha! Besides, JUI exercised a restrained respect for you on this stance: """I am a man of principle and will remain so for the rest of my life. That I supported Buhari does not mean that I cannot call him

out whenever I believe that he is wrong or that I will go along with whatever he does that I disagree with. In a pluralistic society, no president is at liberty to appoint only folks of his immediate constituency into all initial sensitive positions of authority......The excuse that he has still to make 6,000 more appointments is silly and pathetic."" Hehehe!! Take care. JUI -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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JUI, I can not understand the reason behind dissecting the statements made by Mazi Nebu about Buhari's lopsided appointments. This is a serious issue and should be seen as such. If you want to disagree with Nebu's position, please give us your opinion. Buhari's decisions and actions on these appointments are wrong headed and should not be seen as a joke. These lopsided appointments sends a message that Buhari is more interested in a Northern Nigeria agenda rather than the entire Nigerian agenda that includes both North and South. Dr. Joseph Ogundu

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"So let us be patient....this is part of the "Change" agenda that is unfolding...and more will unfold, with more or less surprises." VC Aluko Response: Hehehe! Don't mean to laugh at the "CHANGE agenda that is unfolding " Lololo! Sai Iguade Sent from my iPhone To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/africanworldforum/BLU171-‐W12633094D358ADE3CD6EB88F16E0%40phx.gbl.

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The problem with Nigerians is we always have something to say when there is no need to it. President Buhari has right constutionally to choose whoever he wishes to serve under his government irrespective of ethnical orientation as long as the individual selected is qualify to do the job. The previous played into the antics of Dr Akin Awofolaju [email protected] If better can be achieved GOOD is not enough

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Above all, beyond the din of noise and righteous indignation emitted by some what the General will be judged upon is the transformation of the lives of Nigerians. Principle or not I could not care less if he packed his appointees with Fulanis in so far as they perform! Where has the previous spread of appointments got us?

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Dr Joe Ogundu, If you know the history of my interaction with Brother Nebu Adiele on Buhari and other issues that he has impulsively taken a rambunctious, rabble-rousing and condescending stances on, you wont be saying what y're saying below. The truth is that Brother Nebu is very impulsive; and although a smart guy, he applies his smartness without the benefit of wisdom; and so he finds himself in a jam like this all the time; he humbly apologizes or make retractions every now and them; but he would have already condemned, abused and labelled people on the same issues! Some of us refuse to behave like children or act like unbridled and thoughtless juveniles when addressing vital national issues; and so we apply due diligence and prudence in taking stances; but when you find people like Nebu engaging in condescending name-calling out of sheer unconditional impulsiveness, and turn around to say "I misjudged", you can't help but wonder aloud and call their impulsiveness what it is: cleverness without wisdom! On that note, JUI still thinks we should patiently give Buhari the

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"Even in the US, most presidents who have had executive position elsewhere before (like Buhari) tend in their first year or two to fill positions with people from their state, which translates to who they know. It happened with Nixon (Californians), Reagan (Californians), Carter (Georgians) and Clinton (Southerners, Arkansans).....less with the Bushes. After a year or two, there will be better balance." - VC Bolaji Aluko Comment: My good friend Bolaji, on this occasion you failed to compare like with like. Let me quickly draw attention to the fact that, those American presents you mentioned in your quote above, were able to do what they did successfully because of the sound mentality of the American people towards patriotism. An American living in California today may decide to migrate to Oklahoma or Texas or Alaska tomorrow and automatically become a citizen of his/her new found state. But can you say that of Nigeria? Can you or I migrate to Kaduna and see ourselves as Hausa people? Even if we want to, the Nigerian system, based on the mentality of the people would not allow us to be. In the event of any tribal crisis, you and I - including our children born to us in that region - children who know little to nothing about the social behaviours of the states and regions of their biological parents for reasons of the place of their birth and upbringing, would be the first the Hausa man would classify as enemies and none-indigenes and go ahead to severe their heads from the rest of their bodies. A Rivers man living in Hausa or Yoruba or Igbo - including his children born to him in the place of his abode, will forever remain a Rivers man and vice versa. The Nigerian society has no value for social integration as we have it in the US the UK and many other places. The status quo may continue for many generations to come. So your analogy on this occasion does not hold water! President Clinton and Vice President Al-Gore can both hail from the same state and comfortably rule America successfully, but can you say that of Nigeria? No way! Honestly, when Buhari was elected by APC to fly their flag, I was

initially troubled and did not waste time to express my displeasure and disappointment about such a choice. My fear was largely a function of the man's antecedents. His jailing Vice President Ekwueme and keeping Shagari at home to enjoy the comfort and pleasures of his family, his travelling to the airport to release an Hausa Emirs 50+ suitcases of money at a time many Nigerians were expressly put away for currency trafficking, his locating well over 75% of developmental projects in the North whilst only 25% were located in the entire South, his declaration that Muslims should only vote their kinds in elections are just a few examples that gave rise to my concern at the time about this Buhari of a man. But on the other side of the coin, not only was PDP having a palpably clueless man as the President of Nigeria to fly their flag, the party itself was completely drenched in corruption and needed to be thrown out of power. APC gave Nigerians who needed a change of baton at all cost a very wrong candidate. And we were constrained to give consideration to Buhari. Considering Buhari's age, 72 years and the way he carried himself during the campaign outings, one was constrained to believe that he had outlived his deficiencies. Whosai! His appointments so far speak volume! President Muhammadu Buhari remains the proverbial pig that remains a pig - no matter how you waste your time to wash and cloth him! Buhari has not changed his ethnic and tribal toga one bit. Too bad! You said that Buhari has over 6,000 more appointments to make abi? Let me hasten to point out that he is constrained by the constitution to respect the federal character in the appointment of the ministers that will form his cabinet. So, when you see the national spread in his cabinet, that is because the constitution gives him no room to manoeuvre. He will be doing nobody any favour because the constitutions compels him to appoint at least a minister from every state of Nigeria. The only way one can determine how Buhari feels about the South and non-Muslims is in the appointment of people to the positions of responsibilities where the constitution gives him no boundaries or restrictions. And he has shown clearly his true colour. Buhari did not disappoint. He is undoubtedly an unrepentant sectional leader! I wonder his motive for excluding the VP in all security meetings. Buhari's actions should be watched and checkmated before this man plunges our dear and beloved country and hard-earned democracy into problems that we cannot handle. Nigeria is not a personal entity of Muhammadu Buhari. Nigeria belongs to all of us - North, South, East and West. Buhari is only elected to serve and not to dictate for the 180 million Nigerians. If he acts funny, the National Assemblies are there to

either bring him to order or throw him out of power before he destroys Nigeria! My faith in the ability of Muhammadu Buhari to govern Nigeria without sectional inclinations and loyalty has almost fizzled out - to put it mildly. I hope he does something to redeem his goodwill. Emeka Reuben Okala London, UK

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Translate message Turn off for: Romanian Buhari said that CORRIPTION IS IN THE SOUTH. He is appointing the incorruptibles in the north into positions. I have no problems with his buharism appointments because my mind is no longer with Nigeria. I pray and hope that we have our country soon. Chris Udoh ATLANTIC REPUBLIC

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My INYAMURAI friends, Ezeana, Vin, Chris, Collins and Ezekwe How market? SGF is a Pastor from North. PMB cannot afford to work with unknown persons who rejected since

2003. PMB, Nigeria can do without INYAMURAI Maigoro On 28/08/2015, 'udoh.chris' via OkonkwoNetworks <[email protected]> wrote: > Buhari said that CORRIPTION IS IN THE SOUTH. He is appointing the > incorruptibles in the north into positions. I have no problems with his > buharism appointments because my mind is no longer with Nigeria. I pray and > hope that we have our country soon. > > Chris Udoh > ATLANTIC REPUBLIC > > 'Chukwuemeka Okala' via NaijaEvent <[email protected]> wrote: > >>"EvenintheUS,mostpresidentswhohavehadexecutivepositionelsewherebefore(likeBuhari)tendintheirfirstyearortwotofillpositionswithpeoplefromtheirstate,whichtranslatestowhotheyknow.IthappenedwithNixon(Californians),Reagan(Californians),Carter(Georgians)andClinton(Southerners,Arkansans).....lesswiththeBushes.Afterayearortwo,therewillbebetterbalance."-‐VCBolajiAlukoComment:MygoodfriendBolaji,onthisoccasionyoufailedtocomparelikewithlike.Letmequicklydrawattentiontothefactthat,thoseAmericanpresentsyoumentionedinyourquoteabove,wereabletodowhattheydidsuccessfullybecauseofthesoundmentalityoftheAmericanpeopletowardspatriotism.AnAmericanlivinginCaliforniatodaymaydecidetomigratetoOklahomaorTexasorAlaskatomorrowandautomaticallybecomeacitizenofhis/hernewfoundstate.ButcanyousaythatofNigeria?CanyouorImigratetoKadunaandseeourselvesasHausapeople?Evenifwewantto,theNigeriansystem,basedonthementalityofthepeoplewouldnotallowustobe.Intheeventofanytribalcrisis,youandI-‐includingourchildrenborntousinthatregion-‐childrenwhoknowlittletonothingaboutthesocialbehavioursofthestatesandregionsoftheirbiologicalparentsforreasonsoftheplaceoftheirbirthandupbringing,wouldbethefirsttheHausamanwouldclassifyasenemiesandnone-‐indigenesandgoaheadtoseveretheirheadsfromtherestoftheirbodies.ARiversmanlivinginHausaorYorubaorIgbo-‐includinghischildrenborntohimintheplaceofhisabode,willforeverremainaRiversmanandviceversa.TheNigeriansocietyhasnovalueforsocialintegrationaswehaveitintheUStheUKandmanyotherplaces.Thestatusquomaycontinueformanygenerationstocome.Soyouranalogyonthisoccasiondoesnotholdwat

er!PresidentClintonandVicePresidentAl-‐GorecanbothhailfromthesamestateandcomfortablyruleAmericasuccessfully,butcanyousaythatofNigeria?Noway!Honestly,whenBuhariwaselectedbyAPCtoflytheirflag,Iwasinitiallytroubledanddidnotwastetimetoexpressmydispleasureanddisappointmentaboutsuchachoice.Myfearwaslargelyafunctionoftheman'santecedents.HisjailingVicePresidentEkwuemeandkeepingShagariathometoenjoythecomfortandpleasuresofhisfamily,histravellingtotheairporttoreleaseanHausaEmirs50+suitcasesofmoneyatatimemanyNigerianswereexpresslyputawayforcurrencytrafficking,hislocatingwellover75%ofdevelopmentalprojectsintheNorthwhilstonly25%werelocatedintheentireSouth,hisdeclarationthatMuslimsshouldonlyvotetheirkindsinelectionsarejustafewexamplesthatgaverisetomyconcernatthetimeaboutthisBuhariofaman.Butontheothersideofthecoin,notonlywasPDPhavingapalpablycluelessmanasthePresidentofNigeriatoflytheirflag,thepartyitselfwascompletelydrenchedincorruptionandneededtobethrownoutofpower.APCgaveNigerianswhoneededachangeofbatonatallcostaverywrongcandidate.AndwewereconstrainedtogiveconsiderationtoBuhari.ConsideringBuhari'sage,72yearsandthewayhecarriedhimselfduringthecampaignoutings,onewasconstrainedtobelievethathehadoutlivedhisdeficiencies.Whosai!Hisappointmentssofarspeakvolume!PresidentMuhammaduBuhariremainstheproverbialpigthatremainsapig-‐nomatterhowyouwasteyourtimetowashandclothhim!Buharihasnotchangedhisethnicandtribaltogaonebit.Toobad!YousaidthatBuharihasover6,000moreappointmentstomakeabi?Letmehastentopointoutthatheisconstrainedbytheconstitutiontorespectthefederalcharacterintheappointmentoftheministersthatwillformhiscabinet.So,whenyouseethenationalspreadinhiscabinet,thatisbecausetheconstitutiongiveshimnoroomtomanoeuvre.HewillbedoingnobodyanyfavourbecausetheconstitutionscompelshimtoappointatleastaministerfromeverystateofNigeria.TheonlywayonecandeterminehowBuharifeelsabouttheSouthandnon-‐Muslimsisintheappointmentofpeopletothepositionsofresponsibilitieswheretheconstitutiongiveshimnoboundariesorrestrictions.Andhehasshownclearlyhistruecolour.Buharididnotdisappoint.Heisundoubtedlyanunrepentantsectionalleader!IwonderhismotiveforexcludingtheVPinallsecuritymeetings.Buhari'sactionsshouldbewatchedandcheckmatedbeforethismanplungesourdearandbelovedcountryandhard-‐earneddemocracyintoproblemsthatwecannothandle.NigeriaisnotapersonalentityofMuhammaduBuhari.Nigeriabelongstoallofus-‐North,South,EastandWest.Buhariisonlyelectedtoserveandnottodictateforthe180millionNigerians.Ifheactsfunny,theNationalAssembliesaretheretoeitherbringhimtoorderorthrowhimoutofpowerbeforehedestroysNigeria!MyfaithintheabilityofMuhammaduBuharitogovernNigeriawithoutsectionalinclinationsandloyaltyhasalmostfizzledout-‐toputitmildly.Ihopehedoessomethingtoredeemhisgoodwill.EmekaReubenOkalaLondon,UK"Faith[Religion]andreasonarenotnecessarilyopposed.Butwhenreasonwon'ttakeyouanotherstep,faithkeepsongoingbecauseitconnectsyoutoGod.OnFriday,28August2015,6:00,[email protected]:#yiv6769141111-‐-‐.yiv6769141111hmmessageP{margin:0px;padding:0px;}#yiv6769141111body.yiv6769141111hmmessage{font-‐size:12pt;font-‐

family:Calibri;}#yiv6769141111JUI,IcannotunderstandthereasonbehinddissectingthestatementsmadebyMaziNebuaboutBuhari'slopsidedappointments.Thisisaseriousissueandshouldbeseenassuch.IfyouwanttodisagreewithNebu'sposition,pleasegiveusyouropinion.Buhari'sdecisionsandactionsontheseappointmentsarewrongheadedandshouldnotbeseenasajoke.TheselopsidedappointmentssendsamessagethatBuhariismoreinterestedinaNorthernNigeriaagendaratherthantheentireNigerianagendathatincludesbothNorthandSouth.Dr.JosephOgunduDate:Fri,28Aug201500:51:11-‐0400Subject:Re:Idaya,VCAluko:BuhariAppointsSGF,ChiefofStaff,Customs,ImmigrationbossesFrom:[email protected]:[email protected];[email protected]:[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected],First,whyareyousocondescendinginyourstatementssometimes?Imaginethis:"""Itisinterestingthatwhenevertheseparochialappointmentsaremade,Yoroba'sAdesinaishandedthenotetomaketheannouncement,notFulani'sShehu.VCAluko'sdefenseofthistypeofbehaviorisassycophanticandcowardlyasYorobaObas'troopingupNorthin1966tobowdowntoAwusaEmirs.Weallknowwherethatledus,ordon'twe?""Hmmm!Second,JUIwouldsayyouhaveapointwiththefollowingoutlook:"""ThecomparisonyoudrewofformerUSpresidentswithBuhari'scurrentbehaviorisasoffbaseasyourclaimthatPastorJoewascallingforcaution.JoeAttueyiwasbeingasmartalecwhowasshowcasinghissheepishtriumphalgaitthroughagarrulityoftheabsurd.Heisinselfcongratulatoryintoxicationof'Itoldyouallso'.Hehadthearroganceandimpudencetotellmetoacceptmyerrorofjudgment.Whaterrorofjudgment,havingsupportedBuharionprincipleandtothebestofmyknowledgeofhim?Iguess14millionNigerians'errorsofjudgmentaremorehonorabletoassociatewiththanpastorJoe's12millions."""hahaha!Besides,JUIexercisedarestrainedrespectforyouonthisstance:"""Iamamanofprincipleandwillremainsofortherestofmylife.ThatIsupportedBuharidoesnotmeanthatIcannotcallhimoutwheneverIbelievethatheiswrongorthatIwillgoalongwithwhateverhedoesthatIdisagreewith.Inapluralisticsociety,nopresidentisatlibertytoappointonlyfolksofhisimmediateconstituencyintoallinitialsensitivepositionsofauthority......Theexcusethathehasstilltomake6,000moreappointmentsissillyandpathetic.""Hehehe!!Takecare.JUI-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐OnFri,Aug28,2015at12:03AM,[email protected]:VCAluko,Yourpointsmaybepoliticallyreasonableandtenable,butyoucertainlyflunkedit(idaraya/idaya)incommonsensicalNigeriaoftoday.Alongsuspectedchildmolester,ifseensneakingintochildren'splayground,mustnotclaimtohavebeenvictimizedifmob-‐manhandledforpedophilia.HereisMuhammduBuhari,longsuspectedofchampioningFulanisupremacyandIslamicextremism-‐-‐chargesforwhichsomeofusforsakeourconstituenciesindefenseofhimforyears-‐-‐upongettingasecondchancetoleadNigeriahasdonealmosteverythingtoprovethosewhohavesoaccusedhimofbeingcorrect.ItisinsultingtoNigeriansthatyouarejustifyinghissurroundinghimselfwithNorthernMuslimmen(hehasapp

ointedonlyonewomaninanactingposition)eventhoughthesepositionsaresensitiveonesthatoughttoreflectfederalcharacter.No,MrViceChancellor,IammoreofaBuhari'ssupporterthananyofyouandIcantellyouthatIambeginningtobeembarrassedthatheisprovinghisaccusersright.IfNorthernMuslimmenaretheonlypeopleheisfamiliarwith,andonlyworthyenoughtoconstituteabout95%ofallofhispoliticalappointmentssofar,thenheisunfittobethepresidentofapluralisticNigeria.Yes,hewillmakemoreappointments-‐-‐ofcooks,drivers,gardeners,dishwashers,etc.Afterall,thosearethecaliberofhisstaffwhosomeofhisignorantsupporterstoutedasevidenceofhisloveforSouthernersduringthecampaigns.Sofar,almostallsensitivepositionsinthecountryareheldbyNorthernMuslimmen-‐-‐bearinmindthatIsubscribetonoreligionandIcanpassasaNortherner,havinggrownupthere-‐-‐buttheseappointmentsaresoobvioustoconstitutedrivinghomeamessagetosomebodyortosomepeople,onlyaduncewillfailtothat.ThecomparisonyoudrewofformerUSpresidentswithBuhari'scurrentbehaviorisasoffbaseasyourclaimthatPastorJoewascallingforcaution.JoeAttueyiwasbeingasmartalecwhowasshowcasinghissheepishtriumphalgaitthroughagarrulityoftheabsurd.Heisinselfcongratulatoryintoxicationof'Itoldyouallso'.Hehadthearroganceandimpudencetotellmetoacceptmyerrorofjudgment.Whaterrorofjudgment,havingsupportedBuharionprincipleandtothebestofmyknowledgeofhim?Iguess14millionNigerians'errorsofjudgmentaremorehonorabletoassociatewiththanpastorJoe's12millions.Iamamanofprincipleandwillremainsofortherestofmylife.ThatIsupportedBuharidoesnotmeanthatIcannotcallhimoutwheneverIbelievethatheiswrongorthatIwillgoalongwithwhateverhedoesthatIdisagreewith.Inapluralisticsociety,nopresidentisatlibertytoappointonlyfolksofhisimmediateconstituencyintoallinitialsensitivepositionsofauthority.DoingsowaswhyitwaseasytooverthrowtheGhadaffi'sleadership;thatiswhythereisnopeaceinSouthSudansinceobtainingindependencejustfouryearsago;thatiswhytherehasbeenperiodicinsurrectionsinneighboringChad.Theexcusethathehasstilltomake6,000moreappointmentsissillyandpathetic.Itisinterestingthatwhenevertheseparochialappointmentsaremade,Yoroba'sAdesinaishandedthenotetomaketheannouncement,notFulani'sShehu.VCAluko'sdefenseofthistypeofbehaviorisassycophanticandcowardlyasYorobaObas'troopingupNorthin1966tobowdowntoAwusaEmirs.Weallknowwherethatledus,ordon'twe?Abegmakeungreemanhearsomething,ojare!NebukadinezeAdieleRejectReligion;ReliveReason!Inamessagedated8/27/20159:56:27P.M.EasternDaylightTime,[email protected]:MyPeople:IamjoiningJoeAttueyitourgeallofyouto"calmdown"overtheseearlyappointments....thisispartofthe"Change"agenda.(1)PMBstartedbyaskingthestateGovernorsnottointerferewithhisappointments,sincehedidnotinterferewiththeirs.ThatwasthefirstindicationthathewantstoCONTROLhisownappointments,includingchoosing(orexcluding)thosewhowouldinfluencehischoices.(2)OneofthebanesofALLpresidentsinNigeriasofarhasbeenworkingwithpeopletheydon'treallyknow...Obasanjosaidsohimself,andcertainlythatwasGEJ'sbiggestheadaches.Bychoosinghispeoplebyhimself,Buhariwantstoberesponsibleforhisownfailuresorsuccesses.(3)BuhariiscertainlyawareofthefederalcharacterclauseintheConstitution...buthehas6,000appointmentsless20orsotogo....anditistooearlyinthedaytostronglyaccusehim(hecanbe"weakly"accusedthough.)TheFederalC

haracterCommissionistheretocheckhim,andpeoplesufficientlyvestedcansuehim-‐butatthisearlystage,thoseformalprotestsareboundtofail.(4)EvenintheUS,mostpresidentswhohavehadexecutivepositionelsewherebefore(likeBuhari)tendintheirfirstyearortwotofillpositionswithpeoplefromtheirstate,whichtranslatestowhotheyknow.IthappenedwithNixon(Californians),Reagan(Californians),Carter(Georgians)andClinton(Southerners,Arkansans).....lesswiththeBushes.Afterayearortwo,therewillbebetterbalance.Soletusbepatient....thisispartofthe"Change"agendathatisunfolding...andmorewillunfold,withmoreorlesssurprises.Andthereyouhaveit.BolajiAlukoOnThu,Aug27,2015at9:29PM,'JoeAttueyi'[email protected]:AllthesefolkswhiningaboutBuhari'sappointmentsshouldgohugatransformerIMHO.1)hardlycanyouseeanyonewhosecharactertraitshavenotbecomesetbyage402)Asheadofstate,chairmanPTFandshariaprotagonistPMBhasalwaysshownhimselfasinsensitivetothemulticulturalmultiethnicandmultireligiousnatureofNigeria3)despite(2)aboveyouvotedhimtofightcorruption.Don'tturnaroundandexpecta73yearoldmantochangehisMO.Ifyouthinkyoumadeanerrorthensuckitinandgetusedtotheconsequencesofyouractions.4)Forthenext4yearstheonlythingwecanjudgePMBonarehispromises.Startingwithhis100dayscovenant.5)ifhewantstodeliveronthepromiseswithonlypeoplefromDaurasobeit.Thereisnothinghappeningtherethatwasnotforetold.WhowouldhavebelievedthatIwouldbetheonedefendingBuharifromhisjanjaweedsupporterswhowouldabuseoneforstatingtheobviousduringtheelections.JoeShakinghisheadSentfrommyiPhoneOnAug27,2015,at9:00PM,[email protected]:"Iregretsupportinghim.Ihopethatthecountrysurviveshim(heappearshellbentonstimulatingacivilwar).Ihaveneverseenthislevelofidiocyatworkinmakingpoliticalappointments.Whoisthismankidding,himself?"-‐Dr.OsujiWell,Iamnotsurprised.IneversupportedhimandIwasveryvocalaboutithere.Basedonhispast,especiallyduringhisPTFdays,everythingwasvirtuallyNorth.Wouldhechangenow?TakecareNwachukwu-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐OriginalMessage-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐From:[email protected]:[email protected]@googlegroups.comCc:NewnaijaPoliticsNewnaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.comNIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.comnigerianworldforum@yahoogroups.comafricanworldforumafricanworldforum@[email protected]@[email protected]@yahoogroups.comSent:Thu,Aug27,20151:50pmSubject:Re:BREAKING:BuhariAppointsSGF,ChiefofStaff,Customs,ImmigrationbossesYesterday,somewhereIwrotethatBuhariappearstobedeadsetonalienatingcertainpeople.Appointmentsarewaysofmakingpeoplefeelinclusiveinagovernment.IntheUSApresidentsappointsecretariesthatreflectthegeographicalrealitiesofthecountry;eachgeographicalzonegenerallyhasonesecretaryinthenationalgovernment.ButBuhariseemstobethinkingthatitisuptohimtogivejobstoonlyNortherners.Thatmakesmequestionhispoliticaljudgment.Bynotappointing,say,Igbos,heisgivingthemtheimpressionthattheyarenotpartofNigeria;heismakingthemfeellikeoutsiders;thosewhofeellikeoutsiders,whofeelunwantedtendtoworkagainstthepolitythatpushesthemout.BuhariiscertainlydoinghisbesttopushIgbosout.Ifthemandoesnotrecognizethatheis

settingascenarioforsecessionmovementsheisdenserthanfolkssaidheis.Hesaidthatheislookingforqualitypeopleandhecanonlyfindtheminaregionknownforprovidingtheleastqualityeducation,inpeopleknowntobetheleastcompetentinthecountry.Thisisridiculous.Anyway,asInotedjustaboutamonthintohispresidency,thismanisnotthechangewewant.Iregretsupportinghim.Ihopethatthecountrysurviveshim(heappearshellbentonstimulatingacivilwar).Ihaveneverseenthislevelofidiocyatworkinmakingpoliticalappointments.Whoisthismankidding,himself?OzodiobiOnThu,Aug27,2015at10:31AM,'ChukwuemekaOkala'[email protected]:IfPresidentMuhammaduBuhari,withhisvastexperienceanddeepknowledgeoftheNigeriangeo-‐politicalsensitivity,isnotembarrassedwiththiskindoflopsidedpoliticalappointments,sobeit.Personally,Idon'tgetit!EmekaReubenOkala"Faith[Religion]andreasonarenotnecessarilyopposed.Butwhenreasonwon'ttakeyouanotherstep,faithkeepsongoingbecauseitconnectsyoutoGod."OnThursday,27August2015,19:09,'WharfA.Snake'[email protected]:Hehehe...BuharihasbeenreadingmeallthiswhileandIdidn'trealizeit.ThemanknowsandEFCCconfirmeditthat99.97%ofallgovtlootersareYoruba.TheremightactuallybemoreNdigbointhisgovernmentafterallthanthelootingtribe.HahahahIamlaughinginLatinagain.BythewaytheywillfinallybeontheroadtoDamascuswhenTingodTinibuismarchedinshacklestowardsKirikiri.SentfrommyiPhoneEjoniMushin-‐PrinceOnAug27,2015,at1:57PM,Asagwara,Ken(EAL)[email protected]:Folks:Thisisveryinterestingorsotosay.AlltheappointeesarefromtheNorth.Boy,amherelaughingandwonderingwhatreallyisgoingonorunfoldinginPresidentBuhari’sgovernment.Sinceithasbeensaid,PresidentBuhariwantsonlymenandwomenofhighprobitytoserveinhisgovernment,canitthenbethatitisonlyfromtheNorthernpartsofNigeriathatsuchpersonscanbefound?Well;weshallsee.AsBolajiAlukoVCwouldsay,amherehavingsomebellylaugh.Bytheway,ifhisphotobelowisarecentone,themanisreallylookingfresh.Cheers.MaziKCPrinceAsagwaraBuhariAppointsSGF,ChiefofStaff,Customs,ImmigrationbossesCategory:NewsPublished:Thursday,27August201517:23WrittenbyElombah.comHits:170image003.pngPresidentMuhammaduBuharihasapprovedtheappointmentsoftheSecretarytotheGovernmentoftheFederation,ChiefofStaff,CustomsandImmigrationbossesaswellassomeaides.[Picture:PresidentMuhammaduBuhari]AccordingtothePresidentialAdviseronMedia,FemiAdesina,theappointmentsareasfollows:Engr.BabachirDavidLawal–SecretarytotheGovernmentoftheFederationAlhajiAbbaKyari–ChiefofStafftothePresidentCol.HameedIbrahimAli(rtd.)–Comptroller-‐General,NigerianCustomsServiceMr.KureMartinAbeshi–Comptroller-‐General,NigerianImmigrationServiceSenatorItaS.J.Enang–SSAtothePresidentonNationalAssemblyMatters(Senate)Hon.SuleimanA.Kawu–SSAtothePresidentonNationalAssemblyMatters(HouseofRepresentatives)Theappointmentsarewitheffectfromtoday,August27,2015.Engr.Lawal,thenewSecretarytotheGovernmentoftheFederationhailsfromHongLocalGovernmentArea,AdamawaState.HegraduatedfromtheAhmaduBelloUniversity,Zariain1979withaBachelorofEngineeringDegreeandworkedwiththeDeltaSteelCompany,Aladja,NigerianExternalTelecommunicationsLimitedandDataSci

encesLimitedbeforeestablishinghisownICTandTelecommunicationsconsultingfirmin1990.HeisalsoamemberoftheNigeriaComputerSociety,theNigeriaSocietyofEngineersandtheCouncilfortheRegulationofEngineeringinNigeria.AlhajiAbbaKyari,thenewChiefofStafftothePresidentholdsBachelorsandMastersDegreesfromtheUniversityofCambridgeandtheUniversityofWarwickinLawandSociology.HehasworkedwiththeNewNigeriaDevelopmentCompany,NewAfricaHoldings,AfricanInternationalBank,UnitedBankforAfrica,Unilever,andMobilinvariouscapacitiesovertheyears.ThenewComptroller-‐GeneralofCustoms,Col.AliholdsBachelorsandMastersDegreesinCriminology.HewasmilitaryadministratorofKadunaStatefrom1996to1998.ThenewComptroller-‐GeneralofImmigration,Mr.AbeshihailsfromNasarawaState.HejoinedtheNigerianImmigrationServicein1989asanAssistantComptroller.HiseducationalqualificationsincludeaMaster’sDegreeinPublicAdministration.-‐-‐©Copyright2015www.elombah.comFrom:[email protected][mailto:[email protected]]Sent:August-‐27-‐1512:27PMTo:[email protected]:[NewnaijaPolitics]BREAKING:BuhariAppointsSGF,ChiefofStaff,Customs,ImmigrationbossesPresidentMuhammaduBuharihasapprovedtheappointmentsoftheSecretarytotheGovernmentoftheFederation,Chiefof...http://elombah.com/index.php/news/358-‐buhari-‐appoints-‐sgf-‐chief-‐of-‐staff-‐customs-‐immigration-‐bosses-‐-‐EveryNigerianthathassomethingimportanttosay,saysitonwww.elombah.com.Pleasesendyourarticlestopublisher@elombah.comFollowusontwitter@Elombah;'Like'ourFacebookpages:"elombah.com""ForACorruptionFreeNigeria"Calluson+447460770987,+442088087999,+2349050382526__._,_.___Postedby:[email protected]•Replytosender•Replytogroup•StartaNewTopic•Messagesinthistopic(1)VisitYourGroup•Privacy•Unsubscribe•TermsofUse.__,_._,___-‐-‐YoureceivedthismessagebecauseyouaresubscribedtotheGoogleGroups"NaijaEvent"group.Tounsubscribefromthisgroupandstopreceivingemailsfromit,sendanemailtonaijaevent+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.Toposttothisgroup,[email protected]://groups.google.com/group/naijaevent.Formoreoptions,visithttps://groups.google.com/d/optout.-‐-‐YoureceivedthismessagebecauseyouaresubscribedtotheGoogleGroups"NaijaEvent"group.Tounsubscribefromthisgroupandstopreceivingemailsfromit,sendanemailtonaijaevent+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.Toposttothisgroup,[email protected]://groups.google.com/group/naijaevent.Formoreoptions,visithttps://groups.google.com/d/optout.-‐-‐YoureceivedthismessagebecauseyouaresubscribedtotheGoogleGroups"NaijaEvent"group.Tounsubscribefromthisgroupandstopreceivingemailsfromit,sendanemailtonaijaevent+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.Toposttothisgroup,[email protected]://groups.google.com/group/naijaevent.Formoreoptions,visithttps://groups.google.com/d/optout.-‐-‐YoureceivedthismessagebecauseyouaresubscribedtotheGoogleGroups"NaijaEvent"group.Tounsubscribefromthisgroupandstopreceivingemailsfromit

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Maigoro, Know that I have since forgotten about your PMB or PMM, whatever name you wish to call him. I am working for that great day that will come. I don't need Nigeria. Buhari can even appoint his dogs and cattles as ministers as long as they are from his North, I don't care anymore. Yes I can be your friend on one-‐to-‐one basis, but when it comes to political North South demarcation, we are no longer friends because of your acclaimed born to rule 'birthright' and stealing of our resources. Chris Udoh ATLANTIC REPUBLIC

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The Prof Aluko is protecting his VC job at best. He will soon cry when they come for him and his job. We will never forget. We shall see. Dr Iloani D. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2015, at 11:47 PM, Acer Acer <[email protected]> wrote:

Prof. Aluko, This is absurd coming from a man of your caliber. You mean that in a pluralistic society like Nigeria, it is okay for a president to appoint only people from his enclave into the most senior positions in government

without considering how dangerous and discriminating his actions are. People are not saying that he would not appoint Southern Nigerians to some of the junior level positions of the remaining 6000 positions left to be appointed. What we are saying is that he should balance the appointments of both the senior level and junior level positions based on the pluralistic nature of the society. Prof. Aluko, anyone that supports this type of imbalance in a society like Nigeria is helping sew the seed of division and exclusiveness as opposed to inclusiveness and unity. Also, it appears that Mr. President and his advisers do not care about how their actions looks to the public. You mentioned that he should be allowed to appoint the people that he knows. So you want to tell me that a former General in a national army that became a military head of state of the same country do not know enough qualified citizens of the country from other ethnic and religious groups to consider and appoint to important positions. I am sorry for a country with so many intellectuals that see no wrong in the decisions and actions of their leaders, even if those actions and decisions are leading to societal demise. Prof. Aluko, I do not know how you can justify President Buhari's actions of excluding Southern Nigerians from the top positions of the country. I know some Northerners that believe that his decisions are wrong headed and not for the best interest of the country. Dr. Joseph Ogundu

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"President Muhammadu Buhari remains the proverbial pig that remains a pig -‐ no matter how you waste your time to wash and cloth him! Buhari has not changed his ethnic and tribal toga one bit. Too bad!" By Okala Wow! Why didn't I think of that! A pig indeed! Stay tuned for more actions from the "proverbial pig". Sai Iguade Sent from my iPhone To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/africanworldforum/80226670.2347670.1440747648567.JavaMail.yahoo%40mail.yahoo.com.

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Nwanne M CBVO, Today's morning! I read in one of the Nija political dailies, Dr. Ogbonnaya onu journalist interview about PMB appointments and secret north agenda of lacking federalism inclusiveness in all his kitchen majority appointments from the north. Dr. Onu said that it was a new deal and APC coalition was not about selfish interest. I was very disappointed because Dr. Onu is kissing ass for useless portfolio ministerial job or an amb in any of the Moslem African countries or ISIS caliphates. Finally, if PMB is truly Dr. Onu close pal as nwa onye Igbo, I feel justice should have been done to appoint him as SGF or chief of the staff. This is how it is done in the USA left or right parties ideology. Prof. Aluko will soon learn as one of the GEJ boy and once PDP sycophant unless now Ashiwaju will play a role as Owambe. But has PMB listened to Ashiwaju as major player in his presidency and coalition. Time will tell.

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Nwanna Asagwara, My late mom to make sure that we treat our fellow human beings with respect, empathy and dignity told us so many stories and proverbs. One of the proverbs that really impacted me is this one - if you have a farmland that is in the middle and others are on the periphery and you see a cow eating the farm products of the ones on the periphery, you better drive away the cow because the cow will finish the ones on the periphery and come to yours in the middle. Nwanna Okala's response to Professor Aluko was to the point. Professor Aluko's write up exemplifies 'my farm is in the middle'. The cow will sooner or later get to his farmland. On President Buhari's insensitive appointments so far, it shows that he is a man stuck in a time warp. He is still fighting the war in his mind. I stated in my write up during the campaign that one of the reasons I was not for Buhari was

that his followers have cult followership mentality. He will never do wrong no matter he does. The reaction so far from his cult-like followers has not been disappointing. I am sure that those who do not like people from the southeast appointed to any meaningful political position are licking their chops but for how long. President Buhari should be ashamed of himself for thinking that nobody from the southeast including those who endured insults and heckling for supporting him is worthy of his appointments. If we survived the civil war, survived the indigenization decree, survived twenty pounds, survived all kinds of deliberate policies to keep us from rising and we still rose, not being appointed to a political office which incidentally has not benefitted the southeast is nothing. Amadiebube

From: "Asagwara, Ken (EAL)" <[email protected]> To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>; "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>; "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>; "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> Cc: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>; "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>; "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>; "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>; "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>; 'Odua' <[email protected]>; "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>; "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>; "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>; 'Edo-Ciao Yahoogroups' <[email protected]>; "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>; "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 11:33 AM Subject: RE: [africanworldforum] Re: Idaya,VC Aluko: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses Nwanna Mazi Emeka Okala: What I found reading your very well thought out counter arguments to Bolaji Aluko’s irrelevant USA comparison is a man on fire sharing with readers and forumites the

differences in the national dynamics between the USA and Nigeria and why no reasonable person should make excuses for what President Buhari has so far, done in his political appointments. And I thank you for being so objectively outspoken in this very sensitive issue. Let those who may want to dance around it for personal interest do so. Otherwise, every Nigerian that wishes President Buhari to succeed in repositioning Nigeria to the parts of greatness should be worried if and when he makes political appointments as if his Northern parts of Nigeria is the only area men and women of probity could be found for national appointments. President Buhari at the present has the goodwill of most Nigerians amidst those that have serious concerns about his ethnic, sectional and religious parochialism. And those concerns are genuine and becomes more so given the way he is going, so far. I hope President Buhari’s government will not end in, “We Told You So” and “It Serves You Right”. Cheers. Mazi KC Prince Asagwara From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: August-28-15 2:41 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Odua; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Edo-Ciao Yahoogroups; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [africanworldforum] Re: Idaya,VC Aluko: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses "Even in the US, most presidents who have had executive position elsewhere before (like Buhari) tend in their first year or two to fill positions with people from their state, which translates to who they know. It happened with Nixon (Californians), Reagan (Californians), Carter (Georgians) and Clinton (Southerners, Arkansans).....less with the

Bushes. After a year or two, there will be better balance." - VC Bolaji Aluko Comment: My good friend Bolaji, on this occasion you failed to compare like with like. Let me quickly draw attention to the fact that, those American presents you mentioned in your quote above, were able to do what they did successfully because of the sound mentality of the American people towards patriotism. An American living in California today may decide to migrate to Oklahoma or Texas or Alaska tomorrow and automatically become a citizen of his/her new found state. But can you say that of Nigeria? Can you or I migrate to Kaduna and see ourselves as Hausa people? Even if we want to, the Nigerian system, based on the mentality of the people would not allow us to be. In the event of any tribal crisis, you and I - including our children born to us in that region - children who know little to nothing about the social behaviours of the states and regions of their biological parents for reasons of the place of their birth and upbringing, would be the first the Hausa man would classify as enemies and none-indigenes and go ahead to severe their heads from the rest of their bodies. A Rivers man living in Hausa or Yoruba or Igbo - including his children born to him in the place of his abode, will forever remain a Rivers man and vice versa. The Nigerian society has no value for social integration as we have it in the US the UK and many other places. The status quo may continue for many generations to come. So your analogy on this occasion does not hold water! President Clinton and Vice President Al-Gore can both hail from the same state and comfortably rule America successfully, but can you say that of Nigeria? No way! Honestly, when Buhari was elected by APC to fly their flag, I was initially troubled and did not waste time to express my displeasure and disappointment about such a choice. My fear was largely a function of the man's antecedents. His jailing Vice President Ekwueme and keeping Shagari at home to enjoy the comfort and pleasures of his family, his travelling to the airport to release an Hausa Emirs 50+ suitcases of money at a time many Nigerians were expressly put away for currency trafficking, his locating well over 75% of developmental projects in the North whilst only 25% were located in the entire South, his declaration that Muslims should only vote their kinds in elections are just a few examples that gave rise to my concern at the time about this Buhari of a man. But on the other side of the coin, not only was PDP having a palpably clueless man as the President of Nigeria to fly their flag,

the party itself was completely drenched in corruption and needed to be thrown out of power. APC gave Nigerians who needed a change of baton at all cost a very wrong candidate. And we were constrained to give consideration to Buhari. Considering Buhari's age, 72 years and the way he carried himself during the campaign outings, one was constrained to believe that he had outlived his deficiencies. Whosai! His appointments so far speak volume! President Muhammadu Buhari remains the proverbial pig that remains a pig - no matter how you waste your time to wash and cloth him! Buhari has not changed his ethnic and tribal toga one bit. Too bad! You said that Buhari has over 6,000 more appointments to make abi? Let me hasten to point out that he is constrained by the constitution to respect the federal character in the appointment of the ministers that will form his cabinet. So, when you see the national spread in his cabinet, that is because the constitution gives him no room to manoeuvre. He will be doing nobody any favour because the constitutions compels him to appoint at least a minister from every state of Nigeria. The only way one can determine how Buhari feels about the South and non-Muslims is in the appointment of people to the positions of responsibilities where the constitution gives him no boundaries or restrictions. And he has shown clearly his true colour. Buhari did not disappoint. He is undoubtedly an unrepentant sectional leader! I wonder his motive for excluding the VP in all security meetings. Buhari's actions should be watched and checkmated before this man plunges our dear and beloved country and hard-earned democracy into problems that we cannot handle. Nigeria is not a personal entity of Muhammadu Buhari. Nigeria belongs to all of us - North, South, East and West. Buhari is only elected to serve and not to dictate for the 180 million Nigerians. If he acts funny, the National Assemblies are there to either bring him to order or throw him out of power before he destroys Nigeria! My faith in the ability of Muhammadu Buhari to govern Nigeria without sectional inclinations and loyalty has almost fizzled out - to put it mildly. I hope he does something to redeem his goodwill. Emeka Reuben Okala London, UK

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On Friday, 28 August 2015, 6:00, Acer Acer <[email protected]> wrote: JUI, I can not understand the reason behind dissecting the statements made by Mazi Nebu about Buhari's lopsided appointments. This is a serious issue and should be seen as such. If you want to disagree with Nebu's position, please give us your opinion. Buhari's decisions and actions on these appointments are wrong headed and should not be seen as a joke. These lopsided appointments sends a message that Buhari is more interested in a Northern Nigeria agenda rather than the entire Nigerian agenda that includes both North and South. Dr. Joseph Ogundu

Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:51:11 -0400 Subject: Re: Idaya,VC Aluko: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected] CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Mazi Nebu, First, why are you so condescending in your statements sometimes? Imagine this: """It is interesting that whenever these parochial appointments are made, Yoroba's Adesina is handed the note to make the announcement, not Fulani's Shehu. VC Aluko's defense of this type of behavior is as sycophantic and cowardly as Yoroba Obas' trooping up North in 1966 to bow down to Awusa Emirs. We all know where that led us, or don't we? "" Hmmm! Second, JUI would say you have a point with the following outlook: """The comparison you drew of former US presidents with Buhari's current behavior is as off base as your claim that Pastor Joe was calling for caution. Joe Attueyi was being a smart alec who was showcasing his sheepish triumphal gait through a garrulity of the

absurd. He is in self congratulatory intoxication of 'I told you all so'. He had the arrogance and impudence to tell me to accept my error of judgment. What error of judgment, having supported Buhari on principle and to the best of my knowledge of him? I guess 14 million Nigerians' errors of judgment are more honorable to associate with than pastor Joe's 12 millions.""" hahaha! Besides, JUI exercised a restrained respect for you on this stance: """I am a man of principle and will remain so for the rest of my life. That I supported Buhari does not mean that I cannot call him out whenever I believe that he is wrong or that I will go along with whatever he does that I disagree with. In a pluralistic society, no president is at liberty to appoint only folks of his immediate constituency into all initial sensitive positions of authority......The excuse that he has still to make 6,000 more appointments is silly and pathetic."" Hehehe!! Take care. JUI ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 12:03 AM, Nebukadineze via NaijaEvent <[email protected]> wrote: __._,_.___

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Amadiebube: So, appointment to federal positions is how you measure respect and dignity? Don't you think it's time for a constitutional amendment where we replace Federal Character with Merit based appointments? I seriously hope that the quality of your life is not impacted by the lack of appointed Federal character from your clan... Or does it?

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Our southern people has been able to shoot themselves in the leg. It is now the confab report will have meaning to the nay sayers to the report implantation. Enjoying the events as its unfolding at the centre. Morgan Omodu Sent from my iPhone To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/africanworldforum/nj3knvv4a9n4dtn8jdi3467i.1440749563307%40email.android.com.

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Nwanna Mbama, Awesome write up mixed with proverbs as in the bible of the parable wisdom! Am so excited that real Ndigbo diaspora elites are now feeling the political alienations and re-occurrence of the political Igbo Biafra war bitterness from PMB to survive Ogbunigwe in the Onitsha /Abagana sector of the wars. Nwanna, you have said it better and same applies to the challenges of the new APGA chairman, Mr. Oye and Ohaneze, Aka Ikenga for all IGBOS to embrace unity as 2019 will bring another political game - Mbama parable "If we survived the civil war, survived the indigenization decree, survived twenty pounds, survived all kinds of deliberate policies to keep us from rising and we still rose, not being appointed to a political office which incidentally has not benefitted the southeast is nothing". Amadiebube

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Yeye, If you and I own something together and you appropriate everything to yourself does that not show that you do not respect me? Does that not show that you don't give a damn about how I feel. If you respect me you will take my feelings into consideration when you make any decision regarding our collection interest. If you don't see anything wrong with not appointing even one person from the southeast as a slap that's fine. It doesn't matter what he does now he has already shown the inner working of his mind. Thanks. Amadiebube

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Folks, No Southern will be part of PMB security briefings. Think about that my friends. "It doesn't matter what he does now he has already shown the inner working of his mind".

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And add to your response Amadiebube, by his actions, he is setting precidence Sent from Samsung Mobile on O2 Dr. Joseph Ogundu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yesterday, somewhere I wrote that Buhari appears to be dead set on alienating certain people. Appointments are ways of making people feel inclusive in a government. In the USA presidents appoint secretaries that reflect the geographical realities of the country; each geographical zone generally has one secretary in the national government. But Buhari seems to be thinking that it is up to him to give jobs to only Northerners. That makes me question his political judgment. By not appointing, say, Igbos, he is giving them the

impression that they are not part of Nigeria; he is making them feel like outsiders; those who feel like outsiders, who feel unwanted tend to work against the polity that pushes them out. Buhari is certainly doing his best to push Igbos out. If the man does not recognize that he is setting a scenario for secession movements he is denser than folks said he is. He said that he is looking for quality people and he can only find them in a region known for providing the least quality education, in people known to be the least competent in the country. This is ridiculous. Anyway, as I noted just about a month into his presidency, this man is not the change we want. I regret supporting him. I hope that the country survives him (he appears hell bent on stimulating a civil war). I have never seen this level of idiocy at work in making political appointments. Who is this man kidding, himself? Ozodiobi On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:31 AM, 'Chukwuemeka Okala' via NaijaEvent <[email protected]> wrote: If President Muhammadu Buhari, with his vast experience and deep knowledge of the Nigerian geo-political sensitivity, is not embarrassed with this kind of lopsided political appointments, so be it. Personally, I don't get it! Emeka Reuben Okala


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On Aug 27, 2015, at 1:57 PM, Asagwara, Ken (EAL) < [email protected]> wrote: Folks: This is very interesting or so to say. All the appointees are from the North. Boy, am here laughing and wondering what really is going on or unfolding in President Buhari’s government. Since it has been said, President Buhari wants only men and women of high probity to serve in his government, can it then be that it is only from the Northern parts of Nigeria that such persons can be found? Well; we shall see. As Bolaji Aluko VC would say, am here having some belly laugh. By the way, if his photo below is a recent one, the man is really looking fresh. Cheers. Mazi KC Prince Asagwara Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses ... [Message clipped] View entire message

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"Our southern people has been able to shoot themselves in the leg. It is now the confab report will have meaning to the nay sayers to the report implantation. Enjoying the events as its unfolding at the centre."--Morgan Omodu There is no shooting themselves in the foot here. Quite a few of us have always been saying that the issues to be resolved have LESS to do with appointments(even as such are important); which was why some of us decried the palliatives offered to you guys by Jonathan, to the point of asking for the benefits of such appointments to their communities or in the general process of change. In this particular case, all you need to do is to check out the "Northerners" appointed. Those of us from the south have this habit of lumping everyone above the Niger-Benue as "North". Geographically, yes; but politically? Not that much so. When a "northerner", a Christian, a minority, from a zone ravaged by BH is appointed Secretary to the Government, the problem is not about his being a "northerner" appointed by another northerner, BUT WHAT HE WILL BRING TO THE TABLE; ditto a Muslim appointed as CoS/Army commander. Would they simply go along with "northern domination" as we know it? Would the Christian minority "betray" his own people/northern Christian minorities in terms of resolving their existential issues? When a Yoruba Christian is appointed as CDS, will be behave like a northern minority appointed to the same position only to tell "bloody civilians to shut up and sit down" and after being removed from office start shedding crocodile tears? When an Itse Sagay et al were appointed into an anti-corruption commission, will he simply make it a talk shop going by his own antecedents and knowing that the NASS is a player in the entire process such that if a Saraki should get away with his shenanigans the entire edifice of Change, even for the entire North, will crash? Similar issues could be raised about others. So then, when a Buhari came to power on the platform of Change, and knowing that he was not exactly the darling of the same northern power elite, he has to ensure that his own political base is intact and IF the way for him to do that is to "northernize" his regime, it only points to the FACT that Nigeria's foundation is very weak and MUST be RESTRUCTURED by the PEOPLES. We CANNOT rely on making "sectionalism" or "zonalism" of appointments a permanent feature of a fractured political space. The "implementation" of the Jo-na-tan conference report does not even come close to a solution for ass long as Nigeria practices the presidential system or even a "hybrid" of it--these "crises of appointments" will continue and set the country on the road to Congo. This is beside the fact that NOTHING in the recommendations point to True Federalism. The crises of Nigeria will not be resolved simply by the person or personal outlook of the president. He can facilitate and that is what this convergence of political and economic issues have provided. The ball is really in our court--not the president's and definitely NOT the "north" or even "south" as there is now emerging a tendency to "southernize" the reaction/responses to the appointments. This is NOT a "southern" matter. When the "south" had its chance through Jo-na-tan, the concentration was MORE on neutralizing perceived political opposition in the West, which flowed from a mindset that the West(Yoruba) is the "problem" with Nigeria and once her political leadership is neutralized the rest of the country can live in peace. That had been our experience since Independence and we, the Yoruba will be FOOLISH to IGNORE that REALITY and "folllow-follow" a "southern" whatever. It is NOT happenstance that there is now a convergence of political and economic issues that can only be resolved in a fundamental manner. Leye Ige -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 8/28/15, 'Morgan Omodu' via NaijaEvent <[email protected]> wrote:

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Emeka Reuben OkalaLondon, UK "Faith [Religion] and reason are not necessarily opposed. But when reason won't take you another step, faith keeps on going because it connects you to God. On Friday, 28 August 2015, 6:00, Acer Acer <[email protected]> wrote: #yiv0220902837 -‐-‐ .yiv0220902837hmmessage P { margin:0px;padding:0px;} #yiv0220902837 body.yiv0220902837hmmessage { font-‐size:12pt;font-‐family:Calibri;} #yiv0220902837 JUI, I can not understand the reason behind dissecting the statements made by Mazi Nebu about Buhari's lopsided appointments. This is a serious issue and should be seen as such. If you want to disagree with Nebu's position, please give us your opinion. Buhari's decisions and actions on these appointments are wrong headed and should not be seen as a joke. These lopsided appointments sends a

message that Buhari is more interested in a Northern Nigeria agenda rather than the entire Nigerian agenda that includes both North and South. Dr. Joseph Ogundu Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:51:11 -‐0400 Subject: Re: Idaya,VC Aluko: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected] CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Mazi Nebu,First, why are you so condescending in your __._,_.___

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IGBOS: THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE QUIET Igbos welcomed the current Buhari administration with unease. Buhari's antecedents in the early 1980's had taught them that this man had no plans for them. Even his plans for Nigeria were wide and vague, as their implementation caused untold hardship to ordinary and hardworking Nigerians, though we were told there was an over arching goal. A saving grace was Buhari's War Against Indiscipline (WAI), which was physically successful because it was basic, elementary in understanding and militarily simplistic to execute. The average Nigerian easily participated in its implementation. With glee, too. It was easy for any eye to see when someone was not following the simple rules that make us human. For example, Jumping the queued line. However, such simplistic approach does not hold for the affairs of state in socio-‐culture, economics, or politics. The average Igbo in the early 1980's had difficulty understanding a man who had made them revert to eating 'Santana' and 'cooking with firewood', after the 70's economic boom in Nigeria. It was unfathomable. And really, what did the average Igbo have to do with the 'corruption' in bureaucratic Nigeria? Igbos had distanced themselves from 'official' Nigeria, and were known to fend for themselves outside the Nigerian bureaucratic circles after the civil war. Why were their private businesses being punished for things that happened in official circles? Successive Nigerian Governments bar few, have had difficulty answering the above question. In his first advent, Buhari demonstrated difficulty with any

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plan to rehabilitate, accommodate or listen to the Igbo, nay the average Nigerian's concerns. And we are talking about a third of the Nigerian people's -‐ 55 million peoples. Igbo businesses and factories closed. They correctly sensed that Buhari had no plans for their thriving, as his subsequent policies including: Unilateral bans on importation, currency exchange among others, simply dried up local trade. The enterprising population left Igbo cities for other parts of Nigeria. They eventually left Nigeria altogether. Most Igbos families found a way to send out a family member to sojourn on their behalf in foreign countries for the daily bread. Because they (Igbos)did not have an ear in Government to promote favorable policies towards them. They decided to take their chances elsewhere. It is almost impossible today to find an Igbo family that does not have one son, or daughter living in the Diaspora. The emigrated by the grace of God, found solace and fortune in other countries and repatriated same home. That continued repatriation revived the South-‐East Nigerian economy, as the emigrants sent back goods, built new houses, provided seed financing to immediate family and friends for start-‐ups, helped in training young ones in educational institutions, and provided infrastructure to those left at home. It was heartbreaking however, to see that the factories they left had withered, and capital equipment stolen. Even the Government of the day, had not bothered to repair their roads, bridges, schools, despite supposed Government fiscal allocations. The disrepair continues till date. But, who could they complain to, without seeming troublesome? The Nigerian Government of the day were happy at these non-‐interfering population in the policy affairs of the Nigerian state, who contributed to the National purse without asking for anything in return. Igbos simply wanted to come and go from Nigeria in peace. Igbos hardly patronized Nigerian embassies except for the Nigerian Passport. The Nigerian embassy staff in turn hardly represented or condoned the Igbo ethos. However, despite the absence of cordial relationships, Igbos remained the principal patrons to these understaffed and unfriendly foreign offices. Igbos sojourned under very difficult circumstances. Except for

Lagos -‐ London, it was difficult to get a direct flight to Nigeria from anywhere in the world. Nigerians had to take 2,3,4 transit flights to get to their final destination, and at great personal expense. The Igbo persevered. And did not complain. But Oil money was rolling in to Nigeria. The Government of the day, divided Nigeria's spoils from oil earnings and carted same away to foreign countries. They refused to use the proceeds for any meaningful development to engage the local populations of Nigeria, particularly in the South-‐East , and the South-‐South. It was even more difficult to find any Igbo who benefited directly from the filthy Oil lucre. President Buhari is at it again. Displaying obvious insensitivity towards the Igbo and caring less. Someone should tell Buhari that all economic progress is about perception. Having been rejected by the South-‐East at the polls because of his previous treatment of the peoples, President Buhari is today making sensitive appointments without the input or acknowledgment of the Igbo. Especially the informed Igbo. The President should understand that he cannot sustain a negative rating among the Igbo. A perception of unfavorable Government and policy clams up everything among the business class. As they become wary. Very wary. And begin to seek alternatives outside their natural base. That has never been good for Nigeria. Igbos cannot afford to be quiet at this. If Alhaji Ahmed Joda, and Ors., in their twilight years can be woken up by 2 a.m, to answer a presidential summons of a supposed National emergency, so should Dr. Ekwueme or Rtd., Commodore Ukiwe. Igbos deserve to know what is going on. We are Nigerians, and directly affected. Igbo silence cannot be golden. Igbos also cannot afford to be quiet on these matters which will directly affect Nigerian policy and impinge on their general welfare. Igbos must at this onset reject this Buhari presentation which may hunt them in the long run. Buhari cannot plead ignorance to the role of ethnicity in the affairs of the Nigerian state. He totally understands it. Buhari is playing regional supremacy in the name of Nigerian Nationalism. At the APGA Think-‐Tank, We reject this errant definition. Language and Ethnicity is so relevant that his former Vice-‐

Presidential Candidate -‐ Pastor Tunde Bakare, recently declined Buhari's offer as Chief of Staff because he could not speak Hausa. Pastor Bakare understood that a particular Hausa tone or intonation, had deep semantic value during discourse. He could not be caught napping at a pragmatic crossfire in such an important job. Language and culture play a significant role in any political decision making, as a cultural perspective only deepens one's understanding of viewpoints social, economic and political, and how they may be applied to the affairs of state. The Igbo are in order when they cry insensitivity and question Buhari's understanding of their issues in Nigeria. That cultural bent cannot be dismissed. It informs Igbo social, economic and political ethos. Igbo issues cannot be waved away, as they are part of the Nigerian firmament and must be recognized. Even Buhari understands what he is doing when he orders his PR to consistently showcase him with the Igbo traditional chieftaincy dress and accoutrements. But, that cannot be his only outreach. The continued marginalization of the Igbo in affairs Nigeria, during political and strategic appointments, states creation, population enumeration, de-‐stabilization of domicile and economic base, provision of infrastructure and allied concerns including individual safety, does not bode well for Nigeria in the long run. President Buhari understands that the emigrated and prosperous Igbo in different countries of the world are educated and well positioned as middle and upper-‐middle class in their host countries. They are elite, industrious and represent Nigeria well. Even General Buhari can attest to that. He has been physically present at one or 2 of these meets outside Nigeria. 2/3's of the Nigerians in the Diaspora are Igbos. They contribute meaningfully and are well regarded in their jobs because of the acumen and strategy they bring to bear in their host countries. Local Nigerian Igbo clans, villages, communities, Local Governments, States numbering over 750 across the world hold meetings monthly, and conventions yearly in most States in the United States, UK, Canada, European countries, Australia, United Kingdom, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, South Africa, and other parts of Africa, particularly West

Africa. Most have 'the Igbo House' -‐ a cultural focal point for celebrating all things -‐ Igbo. There is even an 'Igbo Village' in Staunton, Virginia which now serves as a pilgrimage point for all Diaspora Igbo families especially in the United States. The insecurity in Nigeria, and a perception of unfavorable Government policy towards their welfare has made this area a tourist attraction for most Diaspora families. Home away from Home. That cannot be good for Nigerianness. The Diaspora children compete favorably in all fields bringing a good name and favorable diplomatic recognition to Nigeria. Nigerian Igbos simply wonder why the same transition and recognition cannot hold in Nigeria -‐ their motherland. Can Buhari or the Nigerian Government of the day afford to continue to ignore these communities? We will remind President Buhari that the thriving Diaspora Igbo, is the same that the Government refused to engage in Nigeria. Can Nigeria continue to afford such waste of human capacity? Locally, the Igbo population is the second largest in every Nigerian community outside the resident local-‐cultural population. Igbos are deeply intertwined in the educational and economic structure of their primary and host communities. Buhari cannot intentionally disregard this group because they quietly go about their business without disrupting the local peace. Big Mistake. Recently, the former Inspector General of police -‐ Alhaji Coomasie, a Northerner, pointed out that the Diaspora Igbo were sowing discontent in Nigeria. Alhaji Coomasie should ask himself why. Northern Nigeria cannot be engaged in a power grab and pretend as if it is business as usual in Nigeria. Vice-‐President Osinbanjo recently, reported that the Diaspora repatriated up to $20.4 billion dollars to the Nigerian economy in 2014. Patriotic dollars. No other Nigerian or group repatriates more. That is the biggest source of Nigerian income besides Crude Oil sales. That Diaspora economic bloc cannot be ignored. They deserve a place at the Nigerian policy making table. And may repatriate more if accorded the recognition. Igbos want and must have access to power and decision making in Nigeria. At the APGA Think-‐Tank, We are of the opinion that the Igbo

stock must be consulted, included, contribute and influence Nigerian decision-‐making. One way or the other. That is non-‐negotiable. Attempts to continue to defer this obviousity only hurts Nigeria and the so-‐called power cliques in the long-‐run, because the Igbo must carry on existence and livelihood in Nigeria. You cannot ignore 55 million peoples. You cannot ignore the Igbo. We are at the gate, and must be let in. The Civil war is over. These silent entrepreneurs in all endeavours of human life are human beings with great intellect, work ethic, families, relations, buildings, businesses, accomplishments, schemes and commitment in the local communities across Nigeria and World over. Nigeria cannot deny them a meaningful contribution in the affairs of State. Buhari's pretence and feigning ignorance of the Igbo voice cannot work in the long run. Some solid recognition and co-‐operation is in order. Now, or later. Buhari must hearken to Igbos. He is in a position to do so. A stitch in time saves Nine. Sgd:

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Why I am Standing Solidly Behind Buhari’s Appointments Premium Times this morning published a graph showing the distribution of Presidents Buhari’s appointments. In a chart format it looks like this: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/189117-outrage-grows-across-nigeria-as-buharis-lopsided-appointments-continue.html Zone

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NE 6 20 NC 3 10 NW 13 43 SS 5 17 SW 3 10 SE 0 0 Total 30 100 It indeed it looks unbalanced but I am not aware of any government that has a balanced appointment structure in technical appointments as opposed to political appointments. What PMB just deed is to appoint his technical team. I have written several times before that the Federal Character requirement in the constitution does not apply beyond political appointments; that merit should be the sole consideration in all appointments; that the ability to work as a team is of

higher order than Federal Character; that results ought to be the only yardstick for measuring success. In USA where I have lived for the past 40 years I have heard of clannishness in the executives every time a new president was sworn in. I remember the Georgia Mafia (Carter Administration) the California Mafia (Reagan’s Administration) Texas Mafia (both Bushes) and now Chicago Mafia (Barack Obama’s). A president must surround himself with trusted friends and would not do well if he is working with a team that he does not trust completely. I recall that the one common thing most of my Igbo brothers faulted General JTU Aguiyi Ironsi was that surrounding himself with the likes of Danjuma which resulted in his beheading by his mistrusted team. PMB has and should have learned from the Officer and a Gentleman Aguiyi-Ironsi’s mistakes. Those who seek a united Nigeria should not do so at the expense of failing both personally and nationally. I have written recently that Buhari does not owe any ethnic group anything http://elombah.com/index.php/opinion/342-president-muhammadu-buhari-owes-the-igbos-nothing In that article I emphasized that the only people PMB owes something are his supporters. His recent appointments bear me out on this. How each supporter’s contribution is valued is for PMB to decide. One must recall that even in NW former President Ebele Jonathan received thousands of votes. PMB has not appointed any one of them to a strong position showing that his appointments are based on who did what when the chips were down. If SE has received nothing, it will be accounted for by the less than overwhelming support that PMB received in the zone. SS, SW, and NC did not turn out big for PMB. These zones should learn that they took a chance and lost; that they should not expect big things from PMB Administration; that they should not regret not voting for the candidate they did not like; that they should oppose, oppose and oppose even more; that showcasing PMB’s failures would garner the opportunity to take over from him come 2019. They must learn to wait. PMB has stated that the guiding principle for his administration is “clean hands.” He would not appoint to any office those that have unclean hands. If he finds most of them in NW so be it. He is the one who owes to

himself, to posterity, to history, and to his God/Allah the results of his services. He is the judge of cleanliness and dirty hands. When you combine the need for trust and the need to be clean as judged by PMB one will find the answers to the “unbalanced” PMB appointments. Of course those who love PMB must advise him that actions have equal and opposite reactions; that to alienate 14 million GEJ supporters could have one of two consequences: make them angrier than they were and therefore to fight harder against his administration or require that he uses greater force to beat them to submission. It is delicate balance that must demand the use of carrots and sticks. The choice is for President Buhari to make. I wish him good luck Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba Boston, Massachusetts August 28, 2015 __._,_.___

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Very dumb....a president must be nationalistic. How do you define merit and what makes Onu less qualified than Lawal. Or Moghalu inferior to the appointed COS. PMBs problem has always been the same thing over and over . Inability to achieve compromise for common good and understand the sensitivity and complexity of Nigeria. Go back to read the speech of his overthrow back in 2004/5. Even his media aide is embarrassed and could hardly rationalise what is happening. He admitted the appointment so far is not balanced yet.

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The Punch -‐ Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper August 28th, 2015 HomeMalaria PortalMetro PlusElection Watchi-‐punchBuzz… social media diaryNewsPoliticsBusinessMoneyCapital MarketIndustryBusiness & EconomyAM BusinessSportsOpinionViewpointLettersEntertainmentArts & LifeE-‐PunchEducationBlogsJobs You are here: Home / News / Buhari will still balance his appointments – Adesina Buhari will still balance his appointments – Adesina AUGUST 28, 2015 : OLALEKAN ADETAYO 180 COMMENTS Mr. Femi Adesina | credits: sunnewsonline.com The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, on Friday assured Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari’s political appointments will balance out very soon. Adesina spoke while featuring on a radio programme, Political Platform, on RayPower 100.5FM, monitored by our correspondent. He was reacting to criticisms that have trailed the President’s appointments, which are believed to favour the Northern part of the country. Adesina said the President was aware of federal character and expressed the believe that there would be balance by the time he made more appointments in September. While saying appointments were Buhari’s prerogative, the presidential spokesman also said nobody can fault the fact that those named so far were appointed on merits. He also said it would not be fair for the President to be blamed for positions that were filled as a result of elections, like those of the National Assembly and

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appointments made as a result of next in command, like those of the acting Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission and that of the Chief Justice of Nigeria. He assured all stakeholders that the President would keep to his promise of appointing the remaining aides and ministers in September. Adesina said, “Nobody can fault the fact that the persons appointed were appointed on merits. “In terms of the spread, the President has prerogative to appoint and he knows there is federal character. I am sure that there will be balance in the future. These are still early days. At the end of the day, we will have a balance. “By the time more appointments are made, it will balance out. The President is trying to get the very best of Nigerians. The issue of key positions and no key positions should not be the issue. “He gave a deadline of September for the appointment of ministers and he will keep to it.” Sultan, FOMWAN back Buhari’s anti-‐corruption drive 18:00 0 Comments Extend probe to Obasanjo’s govt, SSANU tells Buhari 17:32 4 Comments Police gets new spokesperson, PSO 17:08 2 Comments Bus crushes man, severs head in Edo 16:52 0 Comments More » More Stories in News Bus crushes man, severs head in Edo August 28th, 2015 / Comments Read Full Story Senate to probe power funding from 1999 August 28th, 2015 / Comments Read Full Story FG hails compensation of Centenary City landowners August 28th, 2015 / Comments Read Full Story Recommended Stories

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SO WHAT IS THE GAIN CAMPAIGNING FOR BUHARI BY AMAECHI AND TINUBU????????????????

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Said the source ” It was a big shock to him. This is a man who almost laid down his life, fought Jonathan his kinsmen to the end, spent billions of his own money and state money to ensure Buhari emerged, and is treated this way? Who is the new SGF, where was he when we were working hard for Buhari”

THIS IS BETRAYAL, BETRAYAL, BETRAYAL OF THE HIGHEST ORDER?????????????

NO MATTER HOW BUHARI WANTS TO CLEAN UP NIGERIA HE SHOULD REALIZE THAT WITHOUT THE EFFORTS OF TINUBU AND AMAECHI, GOOD LUCK WOULD HAVE WON AGAIN AND HE WOULD HAVE FAILED FOR THE FOURTH TIME.

WE HAVE NOT HAD SAINTS IN POLITICS IN NIGERIA, WHY WOULD IT START NOW??????????. There was no saints during Obasanjo, there was no saints during Yaradaua and there was no saints during GOODLUCK, there was no saints during the

build up of teh APC Campaign because if there were SAINTS, BUHARI SHOULD NOT HAVE ENTERED THE RIVERS STATE JET FOR CAMPAIGN.WHY THE SAINTS NOW?????. Are we really SURE THE NEWLY APPOINTED ARE ALL SAINTS, some of them have not been TASTED BEFORE.

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SGF: Angry Amaechi Jets out To London;

How Wike’s report to Buhari nailed Him

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The recent appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari have sent shock waves across his party, why the rest of the nation watches in amazement.

One of the victims, Rotimi Amaechi, has left the shores of Nigeria in anger , for United Kingdom because of what one of his close allies tagged ” utter shock with Buhari’s last night’s appointments”

Amaechi was perceived as

the cash cow and the arrowhead of the assault against former president, and kinsmen, Goodluck Jonathan.

Pointblanknews.com gathered that the key factor that nailed Amaechi was a damning preliminary report of his stewardship forwarded to Buhari by Governor Nyesom Wike.

Wike had constituted a seven man Judicial Commission of Inquiry headed by Justice George Omereji to investigate alleged sale of some state assets as well as the projects for which funds were allegedly released but not executed .

Former deputy Governor, Ted Ikuru alleged that his former boss allegedly spent N812 million to furnish his private residence, adding that the former government also spent N4.96 billion on the proposed Justice Adolphus Karibi Whyte Hospital with no structures on the ground.

Wike had among others, asked the Commission of Inquiry to investigate the sale of Omoku 150 MW Gas Turbine , Adam 360 MW Gas Turbine, Trans-Amadi 136 MW Gas Turbine as well as the Eleme 75 MW Gas Turbine. –

He also said “I am confident that President

Buhari will support my administration in the quest to tackle the massive corruption that characterized the Amaechi administration”

It was gathered that even though Amaechi was being considered, forces within both parties averse to his appointments had lobbied some folks around Buhari to insist the President gets a preliminary report on the tenure of Amaechi.

Said the source ” Wike we all know had told the world everything Amaechi did would be checked out, but there were other forces who ensured Buhari took a look at the prelim report sent by Wike on the alleged large

scale fraud by his administration. The problem Buhari had was, he was careful about Amaechi because he did not want his SGF to be indicted for large scale fraud, because some of the evidence against Amaechi were damning.”

The appointments continue to elicit outrage against the backdrop of the lopsidedness of the picks.

Even though those with him insist Buhari has made sterling appointments, with consideration to competence and experience, this group has not been able to defend the appointment of a retired army colonel, Hameed Ali, as Comptroller General of

Customs.

Amaechi was head of the fund raising committee for his party, helped raise tons of cash, and almost emptied his state’s treasury for the emergence of Buhari.

First, the speculation was Amaechi could be picked to be the Vice Presidential candidate, then Yemi Osinbajo came. Next, he was promised either Secretary to Government or Chief of Staff.

Pointblanknews.com sources hinted that Amaechi was two weeks ago screened by the Department of Security Services (DSS) for the position of SGF.

Shortly after the screening,

a dinner was organized in his honor in port Harcourt.

It was gathered that despite pleas from his men and some close to Buhari that he would be given a ministerial appointment, Amaechi insisted he would not accept anything less than SGF after being governor twice.

Said the source ” It was a big shock to him. This is a man who almost laid down his life, fought Jonathan his kinsmen to the end, spent billions of his own money and state money to ensure Buhari emerged, and is treated this way? Who is the new SGF, where was he when we were working hard for Buhari”

According to another close ally ” He has left Nigeria, he was so upset, I think to just cool off and think of what to do next because in Rivers Wike has shut him out, and there is nothing much in Abuja”

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Ikenna, There is no betrayal here. Anybody who is used to the management of men and women know this: Any man/woman who can betray his brothers and sisters in time of crises, is not trustworthy. Period!!. Every General should know that. If Amaechi could betray his people, region and tribe when they needed him most, is it the Hausa/Fulani he will not betray when the come comes to become? Such a man cannot be trusted with an office of higher responsibility. The strength of character of men & women is tested, challenged and shaped in times of crises. That is why I have a lot of respect for Ted Ikuru, Former deputy Governor of Rivers State. At the heat of the last election, he made a profound decision and statement: “Ever since, as the true nature and motives of APC are unveiled, I have continued to twist and turn in extreme mental and emotional agony. The more I struggle to belong, the more the Rivers man in me rejects the APC,” Mr. Ikuru said.

“After carefully studying, interacting and analyzing the

leadership of the party, I have come to the sad conclusion

that the APC is a party of rebels, insurgents and anarchists,

clothed in robes of pretense and deceit. APC is a party

founded on deception and it thrives on unholy propaganda

and falsehood.”

Based on these, Mr. Ikuru said he and his supporters have

decided to denounce the APC and have jointly and severally

resigned their membership of the party.

“My dear people of Rivers State,” the deputy governor

continued, “we of this generation will not in good conscience

expect forgiveness and compassion from our forebears,

posterity, and the spirit of our unborn generations if it is

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recorded in the annals of history that after 48 years of

Rivers people supporting leaders from all other parts of this

country with our votes and resources, we were the same that

witch hunted and hounded down the very first ever President

from this region, granted us by providence. I wash my hands

off this treachery.”

For all we can say against Buhari, he is sincere. He says what he means and means what he says. I respect such men even though I may disagree with them. I am more comfortable with such men because they are sincere. So when Buhari says: Dogs and baboons will soak in blood, I believe him. When Hitler said he was going to exterminate the Jews those who doubted him perished. Buhari has an agenda to deal with the Igbos and we are not afraid of him. We have to mobilize ourselves to the fullest by deploying all instruments of participatory democracy, rule of law and defense of liberty to check mate him. When I said we are used to being in the trench, this is it. The judiciary and mass media are the battleground of this challenge. Cyril Anyanwu with best regards , avec meilleurs voeux , met vriendelijke groeten , mit freundlichen grussen

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Appointments: Brinkmanship

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Abba Gumel: Two very quick things o which I'd like to draw your attention: for the very first time in the history of Nigeria, the entire organ of the Nigerian state is in the control of one region: A) President B) President of Senate C )Speaker of the HOR D) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Basically, by this composition, the rest of Nigerians are either doing Fela's "Looku 'n laugh" or Bola Ige's "siddon look." The South of Nigeria feels more like occupied territory when you also consider that for the very first time also, only one region of Nigeria under this presidency accounts for the following positions: Chief of Army, National Security Adviser, Chief of State Protocol, Chief of National Intelligence (DG, DSS), Chief of Staff to the President, Secretary to the Federal Government, Chief of Immigration, and Chief of the Customs. It is unprecedented. The implication is quite clear: at least in the next 2 years of the Buhari administration, no Southerner will be present at any presidential briefing on National Security, the inner briefing of he Chief of state, and in the operational actions of the Presidency. IN effect, the South of Nigeria is, practically, under occupation, and alienated from government. This is both dangerous and daring. It is fundamentally insensitive to the very complexity of the Nigerian state. You may be seduced by the kind of primitive triumphalism that General Buhari is demonstrating, and perhaps, it may not be an agenda of the North, but the increasing disquiet in the South, and the idea that Buhari is finally proving in large measure, that he is the president, not of Nigeria, but of Northern Nigeria, is not something the president should take for granted. Meanwhile, on a personal note, I think the president has demonstrated his position on "federal character." I think that this concept is dead, and I support this president in killing it. On that note, the precedent President Buhari sets today should guide any other president, North and South, in making appointments in the future. Once we agree to this, then Buhari can go ahead and ignore the rest of Nigeria for the next four years. All it just means is that at the turn of the South, there be no hue and cry, should an elected Southerner fill his presidential staff and other strategic national positions with people mostly from Obosi, Ogbomosho, or Igueben. Obi Nwakanma

Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 06:49:15 -‐0700 Subject: Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses From: [email protected] To: [email protected] CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

Bro. Nebu: There is nothing wrong here. PMB has the right to appoint whoever he so wishes to serve as his Chief of Staff and his parliamentary assistant (these are people who work closely with him, and presidents often choose people they know well and trust for those positions). President Obama brought his close buddy, Rahm Emanuel, as his Chief of Staff....ditto his other buddies Valerie Jarret and (my man) David Axelrod as senior advisors. If, by omission or commission, I ended up being elected President, I surely will only appoint my Ajegunle buddies (Bro. Joe the Pastor; Bro. Igietseme; Bro. Ayo and Sister Bunmi) to fill those Aso Rock positions (including that of the Chief MeGuard, which Joe the Pastor has been lobbying for since Independence-‐:))))). PMB is not what some of you paint him to be, and he cannot be. He is above all these. He is a President for all. To my knowledge, no one who ever works with (or for) him ever accuses him of such biases. One weakness his Aso Rock seems to portray is not being able to calibrate, sequence and space out the

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appointments (to avoid conveying the wrong impression).....it surely may not bode well, in the highly regional or ethnically-‐charged Naija of today, if 4 positions are announced in a given day and almost all the appointees are from the same region (we took GEJ to cleaners over this, for years; so it is fair to let the Joe the Pastors of the PDP to have their ``hey day" on this at our expense....we advise the President to ensure that future appointments are calibrated, sequenced and spaced out. Abba On 27 August 2015 at 15:11, <[email protected]> wrote: President Buhari's manner of making appointments for public office holders of the federation is becoming troubling, especially due to its in-your-face nature. I never believed for once that this man, whom I have supported since 1984, was a sectional champion. Since his return as president, I have tried to excuse his appointing of mostly old Northern Muslim men into offices but the frequency of such sectional appointments has gotten to an alarming rate with his latest appointments. When he made the statement about 97%, I was embarrassed and ashamed of myself for being an arch-Buharite all these years, but I rationalized his clear claim, that he would treat Nigerians according to how they voted, by accepting that he had engaged in a misspeak. But his manner of appointments since then seems confirmatory of what he said. President Buhari is conducting the affairs of Nigeria like the parochial presidents of South Sudan and Chad and I hope that he does not ignite the type of problem going on in South Sudan now. The president cannot continue to make appointments to sensitive positions of nation from a particular section of the country from whence he hails -- it is stupid, insensitive, and not statesmanlike. The latest appointments seem to be daring Southerners to do their worse. And the worse of all is that he seems to not be placing the right persons in the right positions. How do you appoint an engineer as SFG in the 21st century Nigeria? After loading this category of appointments with Northern Muslim men, he cunningly inserted one token Southerner and one Middle Belt person in the lowly positions of SSA just to fool the South. Is it possible that those who have consistently claimed that Buhari is a tribalist, a sexist, and a religious nut have been correct all along? Could I have been this much naive, or even stupid, to have not properly understood this man? Fighting corruption is a great thing but how can president Buhari genuinely fight corruption if he is indulging in the corruption of tribalism and religious insensitivity through his appointments of political office holders? It is impossible that the best of Nigerians are only found among Northern Muslim men. President Buhari must snap out of his current 1970s mentality or he is going to lose the goodwill he enjoys now and possibly plunge the country into having to deal with another sectional insurrection, up to a civil war involving the entire South as one entity. Granted that it is still early, president Buhari is currently not running the country like the father of the federation; his actions are projecting him more and more like a sectional leader with a vengeful agenda. He must not make the mistake of thinking that he will get away with such parochialism. Nebukadineze Adiele Reject Religion; Relive Reason!

In a message dated 8/27/2015 4:47:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: VS My brother what is wrong with appointments? Are the candidates not competent? Fair is fair. No 73 year old man changes his personality. And it is not fair to expect PMB to change his MO in his old age.

Let's focus on him and his team delivering on his promises. That is the right thing to do. Joe Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2015, at 9:39 PM, Omoluabi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pastor Joe, > > Na lie, we nor go hug transformer especially now that they are working ! Heheheheheheh.... > > But serious serious....there is something indecorous about these appointments. Not cool at all. There just is no excuse for it. > > Viscount > > > > -------------------------------------------- > On Thu, 8/27/15, 'Joe Attueyi' via OkonkwoNetworks <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: Re: BREAKING: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Bring Your Baseball Bat" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "OmoOdua" <[email protected]>, "Okonkwonetworks" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, August 27, 2015, 4:29 PM > > All > these folks whining about Buhari's appointments should > go hug a transformer IMHO. > 1) hardly can you see anyone whose character > traits have not become set by age 40 > 2) As head of state, chairman PTF and sharia > protagonist PMB has always shown himself as insensitive to > the multicultural multi ethnic and multi religious nature of > Nigeria > 3) despite (2) above you voted him to fight > corruption. Don't turn around and expect a 73 year old > man to change his MO. If you think you made an error then > suck it in and get used to the consequences of your > actions. > 4) For the next 4 years the only thing we can > judge PMB on are his promises. Starting with his 100 days > covenant. > 5) if he wants to deliver on the promises with > only people from Daura so be it. There is nothing happening > there that was not foretold.

> Who would have believed that I would be the one > defending Buhari from his janjaweed supporters who would > abuse one for stating the obvious during the elections. > > JoeShaking his head > > Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2015, at 9:00 PM, africanherald via NaijaEvent > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > "I > regret supporting him. I hope that the country survives him > (he appears hell bent on stimulating a civil > war). I have never seen this level of > idiocy at work in making political appointments. Who is this > man kidding, himself?" > - Dr. Osuji > > > > > > > > Well, I am not surprised. I never > supported him and I was very vocal about it here. > Based on his past, especially during his PTF days, > everything was virtually North. Would he change now? > > > > Take care > > Nwachukwu > > > > > -----Original > Message----- > > > From: ozodi osuji <[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] > <[email protected]> >

> > Cc: NewnaijaPolitics <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > <[email protected]>; > africanworldforum <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2015 1:50 pm > > > Subject: Re: BREAKING: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, > Customs, Immigration bosses > > > > > Yesterday, somewhere I > wrote that Buhari appears to be dead set on alienating > certain people. Appointments are ways of making people feel > inclusive in a government. In the USA presidents appoint > secretaries that reflect the geographical realities of the > country; each geographical zone generally has one secretary > in the national government. But Buhari seems to be thinking > that it is up to him to give jobs to only Northerners. That > makes me question his political judgment. By not appointing, > say, Igbos, he is giving them the impression that they are > not part of Nigeria; he is making them feel like outsiders; > those who feel like outsiders, who feel unwanted tend to > work against the polity that pushes them out. Buhari is > certainly doing his best to push Igbos out. If the man does > not recognize that he is setting a scenario for secession > movements he is denser than folks said he is. He said that > he is looking for quality people and he can only find them > in a region known for providing the least quality education, > in people known to be the least competent in the country. > This is ridiculous. Anyway, as I noted just about a month > into his presidency, this man is not the change we want. I > regret supporting him. I hope that the country survives him > (he appears hell bent on stimulating a civil > war). I have never seen this level of > idiocy at work in making political appointments. Who is this > man kidding, himself? > > >

> > > > > Ozodiobi > >> > > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:31 AM, 'Chukwuemeka > Okala' via NaijaEvent > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > If President Muhammadu Buhari, with his vast > experience and deep knowledge of the Nigerian geo-political > sensitivity, is not embarrassed with this kind of lopsided > political appointments, so be it. > Personally, I don't get it! > > > > Emeka Reuben Okala > > > > > > "Faith > [Religion] and reason are not necessarily opposed. But when > reason won't take you another step, faith keeps on going > because it connects you to > God." > > > > > > > On Thursday, 27 > August 2015, 19:09, 'Wharf A. Snake' via NaijaEvent > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >

> Hehehe... Buhari has been reading me all this while and I > didn't realize it. The man knows and EFCC confirmed it > that 99.97% of all govt looters are Yoruba. There might > actually be more Ndigbo in this government after all than > the looting tribe. Hahahah I am laughing in Latin again. By > the way they will finally be on the road to Damascus when > Tingod Tinibu is marched in shackles towards Kirikiri. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > Ejo ni Mushin - Prince >> > > On Aug 27, 2015, at 1:57 PM, > Asagwara, Ken (EAL) < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > Folks: > > > > > This is very > interesting or so to say. All the appointees are from the > North. Boy, am here laughing and wondering what really is > going on or unfolding in President Buhari’s government. > > > > Since it has > been said, President Buhari wants only men and women of high > probity to serve in his government, can it then be that it > is only from the Northern parts of Nigeria that such persons > can be found? > > > > > Well; we shall > see. > > > As Bolaji Aluko > VC would say, am here having some belly laugh.

> > > By the way, if > his photo below is a recent one, the man is really looking > fresh. > > > > > Cheers. > > > > > Mazi KC Prince > Asagwara > > > > > > > Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, > Immigration bosses > > > > > Published: Thursday, 27 > August 2015 17:23 > > > > > > > Written by Elombah.com > > > > > President Muhammadu Buhari > has approved the appointments of the Secretary to the > Government of the Federation, Chief of Staff, Customs and > Immigration >

> bosses as well as some > aides. > > > > > > > [Picture: > President Muhammadu Buhari] > > > > > > > > According to the > Presidential Adviser on Media, Femi Adesina, the > appointments are as follows: > > > > > > > Engr. Babachir David Lawal > – Secretary to the Government of the Federation > > > > > > > Alhaji Abba Kyari – > Chief of Staff to the President > > > > > > > Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali > (rtd.) – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs > Service > > >

> > > > Mr. Kure Martin Abeshi – > Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service > > > > > > > Senator Ita S.J. Enang – > SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters > (Senate) > > > > > > > Hon. Suleiman A. Kawu – > SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of > Representatives) > > > > > > > The appointments are with > effect from today, August 27, 2015. > > > > > > > Engr. Lawal, the new > Secretary to the Government of the Federation hails from > Hong Local Government Area, Adamawa State. He graduated from > the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1979 with a Bachelor > of Engineering Degree and worked with the Delta Steel > Company, Aladja, Nigerian External Telecommunications > Limited and Data Sciences Limited before establishing his > own ICT and Telecommunications consulting firm in 1990. He > is also a member of the Nigeria Computer Society, the > Nigeria Society of Engineers and the Council for the > Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria. >

> > > > > > Alhaji Abba Kyari, the new > Chief of Staff to the President holds Bachelors and Masters > Degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University > of Warwick in Law and Sociology. He has worked with the New > Nigeria Development Company, New Africa Holdings, African > International Bank, United Bank for Africa, Unilever, and > Mobil in various capacities over the years. > > > > > > > The new > Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Ali holds Bachelors and > Masters Degrees in Criminology. He was military > administrator of Kaduna State from 1996 to 1998. > > > > > > > The new Comptroller- > General of Immigration, Mr. Abeshi hails from Nasarawa > State. He joined the Nigerian Immigration Service in 1989 as > an Assistant Comptroller. His educational qualifications > include a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. > > > > > >> > > > > > © Copyright 2015 www.elombah.com -‐-‐ OkonkwoNetworks..........Building NIGERIA of our DREAM -‐-‐-‐

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See the appointments below: Is this not corruption at its best? Can corruption be more bareface than this pattern of Buhari's appointments? When we pointed out these sectional and religious biases of Buhari and predicted that they will be repeated, we were called names as Jonathanians as if Jonathan and Buhari were the only candidates in that election. We dry laugh o. IA 97% vote for Buhari (NORTH) 1.) Ahmed Joda (North), head, Transition Committee; (Muslim)

2.) Adamu Adamu (North), secretary, Transition Committee; (Muslim) 3.) Lawal Daura (North), director-general, State Security Service (Muslim) 4.) Amina Zakari (North), acting chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), (Muslim) 5.) Mordecai Ladan (North), Head, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). ( Christian) 6.) Ahmed Idris (North), accountant-general of the Federation (AGF) (Muslim) 7.) Abdulrahman Mani (North), chief security officer (CSO)- Muslim, 8.) Lawal Kazaure (North), state chief of protocol -Muslim 9.) Mohammed Abubakar, a lieutenant-colonel (North), ADC- Muslim 10.) Shehu Garba (North), senior special assistant (SSA) Media & Publicity- Muslim. 11.) Major-General Babagana Monguno (rtd.) National Security Adviser (North)- Muslim 12.) Major-General T.Y. Buratai , Chief of Army Staff (North)- Muslim 13.) Air Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar Chief of Air Staff (North) -Muslim. 14.) Major Gen Iliya Abbah, Head, Multi-National Task Force on Boko Haram-Muslim 15.) Haruna Baba Juaro Director General NIMASA (North)- Muslim 16.) Alhaji Mohammed Kari, Chief Executive, National Insurance Commission (North)-Muslim 17.) Air Vice Marshal Monday Riku Morgan, Chief of Defence Intelligence (North) –Christian 18 Prof. Umaru Dambatta, National Communication Commission (North)-Muslim 19.) Dr. Maikanti Baru GED Exploration and Production Division, NNPC, North, Muslim 20) Mr. Abdulkadir Saidu Managing Director of Duke Oil INTERNATIONAL OIL TRADING (North) Muslim 21.) Mele Kyari, Head of crude oil marketing, NNPC 22.) Habibu Abdullahi, MD NPA (North) Muslim 23.) Ahmed Kuru, MD, AMCON (North) Muslim 24.) Aminu Ismail, ED, AMCON (North) Muslim 25.) Mr. Aliyu Yahaya Gusau Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation 26) Mohammed Dikwa, Ag. Accountant General (North) Muslim 27.) Engr. Babachir David Lawal – Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (North) Christian 28) Alhaji Abba Kyari – Chief of Staff to the President, (North) Muslim 29.) Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd.) – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service (North) Muslim

30.) Mr. Kure Martin Abeshi – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service (North) Christian 31.) Hon. Suleiman A. Kawu – SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives) (North) Muslim 5% Vote ( SOUTH ) 1.) Major-General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin Chief of Defence Staff (South)- Christian. 2.) Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas Chief of Naval Staff (South) -Christian 3.) Femi Adeshina, special adviser, Media & Publicity, South- Christian. 4.) Brig. Gen. (rtd) Boroh Head, Amnesty, Niger Delta(South) -Christian 5.)Mr. Joshua Okpo, Rector Nigeria Maritime Academy, South- Christian 6) Prof Kamoru Usman, Provost, FCE SE Oyo, South- Muslim 7.) Emmanuel Kachukwu, GMD, NNPC, South –Christian 8.) Prof. Itse Sagay, Chairman, Corruption Advisory Committee, South (Christian) 9.)Kola Ayeye, ED, AMCON 10.) Eberechukwu Uneze ED, AMCOM 11.) William Babatunde Fowler, Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). 12.) Senator Ita S.J. Enang – SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate) __._,_.___

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THROWBACK HERE ARE SOME OF JONATHAN APPOINTMENTS The only Constitutional guideline for making Federal appointments is the Federal Character Principle.So far,PMB is still very far from violating that provision. As a matter of fact,he needs to relieve more southerners of Federal appointments in other not to violate the Federal Character principle: 1.NIMET-‐ Dr. Anthony Anuforom 2.NNPC~Eng. Andrew Yakubu 3.NIMASA~Patrick Apobolokemi. 4.PENCOM~Mrs. Chinelo Anohu Amazu. 5.FERMA~Engr. Chukwu Amuchi. 6.DPR~Mr. George Osahon. 7.Bank Of Industry~Ms. Evelyn Oputu. 8.Nigerian Content Dev. Agency~Ernest Nwanpa. 9.Consumer Protection Agency~Mrs Dupe Atoki 10.NCC~Engr. Eugene Juwa 11.NAMA~Engr. Nnamdi Udoh 12.NCAA~Engr. Akikuotu 13.FAAN~George Uriesi 14.NCAT~Capt. Chinere Kalu 15.SEC~Aruma Otteh 16.Sovereign Wealth Fund~Uche Orji 17.NAFDAC~Dr Paul Orhil 18.FIIRO~Dr. Mrs. G. N Elemo 19.Maritime Academy Of Nigeria~Oron Joshua Okpo 20.Railway Corporation~Eng. Seyi Sijuwade 21.Nigerian Tourism Dev. Corporation~Mrs. Sally Mbanefoh

22.Budget Office Of The Federation~Dr Bright Okogwu 23.NERDC~Prof Godswill Obioma 24.NEXIM~Mr R. R Orya 25.Standard Organization Of Nigeria~Dr Joseph Odumodu 26.Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation~Emeka Nkem Mba 27.Industrial Training Fund~Prof. Longmas Wapmuk 28.National University Commission~Prof. Okojie 29.NESREA~Mrs. N.S Benebo 30.MDG Office~Dr. Precious Gbenio 31.Surveyor General Of The Federation~Peter Chigozie 32.Statistician General Of The Federation~Dr. Yemi Kale 33.Accountant General Of The Federation~Mr. Jonah Otunla 34.Auditor General Of The Federation~Samuel Yonongo Ukura 35.National Orientation Agency~Mike Omieri 36.News Agency Of Nigeria~Oluremi Oyo Oluremi Oyo was replaced by Ima Niboro....from the South South. 37.NEPC E/S David I Adelugba 38.NEPZA~Mr. Olugbenga Kuye 39.BPP~Engr Emeka Ezeh 40.Niger Delta Ministry-‐ Orubebe, etc.. In any case ,we are not appointing because it followed same pattern with Jonathan.There is really nothing to learn about the leadership style of Jonathan.We appoint because we are convinced the appointees will not eat the yams of our common wealth.For those who respond to our appointments with a bottle of Champagne should be rest assured we have made sufficient space reservation at kiri kiri.Our appointments are not invitations to Party but National Service.

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Muhammadu: So because GEJ you all called clueless, PMB should repeat the cluelessness. Nigeria is gradually becoming ungovernable and PMB is gradually losing the opportunity to be a statesman. I am sorry Nigeria is drifting apart gradually. With a divided country after election, what I expected of PMB is to heal and bring the country together. The role of a leader is to bring people together and replicate yourself in the them and not to bring together your perceived ready made folks. __._,_.___

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If you and I own something together and you appropriate everything to yourself does that not show that you do not respect me? Does that not show that you don't give a damn about how I feel. If you respect me you will take my feelings into consideration when you make any decision regarding our collection interest. If you don't see anything wrong with not appointing even one person from the southeast as a slap that's fine. It doesn't matter what he does now he has already shown the inner working of his mind. Thanks. Amadiebube

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Folks, No Southern will be part of PMB security briefings. Think about that my friends. "It doesn't matter what he does now he has already shown the inner working of his mind".

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And add to your response Amadiebube, by his actions, he is setting precidence Sent from Samsung Mobile on O2 Dr. Joseph Ogundu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yesterday, somewhere I wrote that Buhari appears to be dead set on alienating certain people. Appointments are ways of making people feel inclusive in a government. In the USA presidents appoint secretaries that reflect the geographical realities of the country; each geographical zone generally has one secretary in the national government. But Buhari seems to be thinking that it is up to him to give jobs to only Northerners. That makes me question his political judgment. By not appointing, say, Igbos, he is giving them the impression that they are not part of Nigeria; he is making them feel like outsiders;

those who feel like outsiders, who feel unwanted tend to work against the polity that pushes them out. Buhari is certainly doing his best to push Igbos out. If the man does not recognize that he is setting a scenario for secession movements he is denser than folks said he is. He said that he is looking for quality people and he can only find them in a region known for providing the least quality education, in people known to be the least competent in the country. This is ridiculous. Anyway, as I noted just about a month into his presidency, this man is not the change we want. I regret supporting him. I hope that the country survives him (he appears hell bent on stimulating a civil war). I have never seen this level of idiocy at work in making political appointments. Who is this man kidding, himself? Ozodiobi On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:31 AM, 'Chukwuemeka Okala' via NaijaEvent <[email protected]> wrote: If President Muhammadu Buhari, with his vast experience and deep knowledge of the Nigerian geo-political sensitivity, is not embarrassed with this kind of lopsided political appointments, so be it. Personally, I don't get it! Emeka Reuben Okala


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On Thursday, 27 August 2015, 19:09, 'Wharf A. Snake' via NaijaEvent <[email protected]> wrote: Hehehe... Buhari has been reading me all this while and I didn't realize it. The man knows and EFCC confirmed it that 99.97% of all govt looters are Yoruba. There might actually be more Ndigbo in this government after all than the looting tribe. Hahahah I am laughing in Latin again. By the way they will finally be on the road to Damascus when Tingod Tinibu is marched in shackles towards Kirikiri. Sent from my iPhone Ejo ni Mushin - Prince On Aug 27, 2015, at 1:57 PM, Asagwara, Ken (EAL) < [email protected]> wrote: Folks: This is very interesting or so to say. All the appointees are from the North. Boy, am here laughing and wondering what really is going on or unfolding in President Buhari’s government. Since it has been said, President Buhari wants only men and women of high probity to serve in his government, can it then be that it is only from the Northern parts of Nigeria that such persons can be found? Well; we shall see. As Bolaji Aluko VC would say, am here having some belly laugh.

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"Our southern people has been able to shoot themselves in the leg. It is now the confab report will have meaning to the nay sayers to the report implantation. Enjoying the events as its unfolding at the centre."--Morgan Omodu There is no shooting themselves in the foot here. Quite a few of us have always been saying that the issues to be resolved have LESS to do with appointments(even as such are important); which was why some of us decried the palliatives offered to you guys by Jonathan, to the point of asking for the benefits of such appointments to their communities or in the general process of change. In this particular case, all you need to do is to check out the "Northerners" appointed. Those of us from the south have this habit of lumping everyone above the Niger-Benue as "North". Geographically, yes; but politically? Not that much so. When a "northerner", a Christian, a minority, from a zone ravaged by BH is appointed Secretary to the Government, the problem is not about his being a "northerner" appointed by another northerner, BUT WHAT HE WILL BRING TO THE TABLE; ditto a Muslim appointed as CoS/Army commander. Would they simply go along with "northern domination" as we know it? Would the Christian minority "betray" his own people/northern Christian minorities in terms of resolving their existential issues? When a Yoruba Christian is appointed as CDS, will be behave like a northern minority appointed to the same position only to tell "bloody civilians to shut up and sit down" and after being removed from office start shedding crocodile tears? When an Itse Sagay et al were appointed into an anti-corruption commission, will he simply make it a talk shop going by his own antecedents and knowing that the NASS is a player in the entire process such that if a Saraki should get away with his shenanigans the entire edifice of Change, even for the entire North, will crash? Similar issues could be raised about others. So then, when a Buhari came to power on the platform of Change, and knowing that he was not exactly the darling of the same northern power elite, he has to ensure that his own political base is intact and IF the way for him to do that is to "northernize" his regime, it only points to the FACT that Nigeria's foundation is very weak and MUST be RESTRUCTURED by the PEOPLES. We CANNOT rely on making "sectionalism" or "zonalism" of appointments a permanent feature of a fractured political space. The "implementation" of the Jo-na-tan conference report does not even come close to a solution for ass long as Nigeria practices the presidential system or even a "hybrid" of it--these "crises of appointments" will continue and set the country on the road to Congo. This is beside the fact that NOTHING in the recommendations point to True Federalism. The crises of Nigeria will not be resolved simply by the person or personal outlook of the president. He can facilitate and that is what this convergence of political and economic issues have provided. The ball is really in our court--not the president's and definitely NOT the "north" or even "south" as there is now emerging a tendency to "southernize" the reaction/responses to the appointments. This is NOT a "southern" matter. When the "south" had its chance through Jo-na-tan, the concentration was MORE on neutralizing perceived political opposition in the West, which flowed from a mindset that the West(Yoruba) is the "problem" with Nigeria and once her political leadership is neutralized the rest of the country can live in peace. That had been our experience since Independence and we, the Yoruba will be FOOLISH to IGNORE that REALITY and "folllow-follow" a "southern" whatever. It is NOT happenstance that there is now a convergence of political and economic issues that can only be resolved in a fundamental manner. Leye Ige -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 8/28/15, 'Morgan Omodu' via NaijaEvent <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] Re: Idaya,VC Aluko: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses

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Emeka Reuben OkalaLondon, UK "Faith [Religion] and reason are not necessarily opposed. But when reason won't take you another step, faith keeps on going because it connects you to God. On Friday, 28 August 2015, 6:00, Acer Acer <[email protected]> wrote: #yiv0220902837 -‐-‐ .yiv0220902837hmmessage P { margin:0px;padding:0px;} #yiv0220902837 body.yiv0220902837hmmessage { font-‐size:12pt;font-‐family:Calibri;} #yiv0220902837 JUI, I can not understand the reason behind dissecting the statements made by Mazi Nebu about Buhari's lopsided appointments. This is a serious issue and should be seen as such. If you want to disagree with Nebu's position, please give us your opinion. Buhari's decisions and actions on these appointments are wrong headed and should not be seen as a joke. These lopsided appointments sends a message that Buhari is more interested in a Northern Nigeria agenda rather than the entire Nigerian agenda that includes both North and South. Dr. Joseph Ogundu Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:51:11 -‐0400

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Keep dreaming It is NOT happenstance that there is now a convergence of political and economic issues that can only be resolved in a fundamental manner. Convergence ko. Convergence ni. I knew the day will come when our intellectualizers will resurrect their 'self determination ' mantra. Just didn't know it will be this fast. Hehehehe Joe Sent from my iPhone JUI-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ Conversation opened. 54 messages. 1 message unread. Skip to content Using Gmail with screen readers Oluwatoyin


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"Running an inclusive country is core and key, but we warned that we can't get it from the alliance that produced APC based on antecedent of the man at the centre."---Morgan Omodu RESPONSE: The "antecedent of the man at the center" allowed Afenifere to support him in 2006/2007; Jonathan's "antecedent" as a minority, coming from the oil-polluted Niger Delta DID NOT enable him run an inclusive country either. So then, "antecedents" can only play a part and the question remain: HOW will an inclusive country come into being? "Don't you note also that the party has been tactically relegated to the background as the man is running his show himself"--Morgan Omodu RESPONSE: HOW did you come to this conclusion? So, you expect the Party to play its "game" at the Press Center? That's not how it is done. "The deed as been done already with the appointments down which are core and strategic. Nothin more like policy of inclusiveness as the matter of forming government as been concluded with the appointments made yesterday."--Morgan Omodu RESPONSE: No matter how "core and strategic" an appointment is, IF it DOES NOT tally with peoples' expectations, it is only "core and strategic" to itself. Now, when people expect Change, such cannot and usually does NOT rest upon one appointment or the other BUT on the PRESSURES mounted. Such pressures take-off from a variety of sources, such that when the Federal Government now has to be the banker of last resort to the states, the type of pressures that will apply will take-off from there. And when the "man at the center" wants to tackle corruption, it is MORE than recovery of looted funds; for LAWS have to be changed/amended etc etc such that the LEGISLATIVE arm of the government will become the focal point of the entire exercise, including the future of the regime itself. Saraki did not embark on his senate shenanigans simply because of "greed" or "ego". There is an all-round battle waiting to be waged wherein the "core and strategic" appointments will simply have to shape up. Leye Ige -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 8/28/15, 'Morgan Omodu' via AfricanWorldForum <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] Re: Buhari Appoints SGF, Chief of Staff, Customs, Immigration bosses To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: "Abba Gumel" <[email protected]>, "Ogedi Ohajekwe" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Joe Attueyi" <[email protected]>, "Nebukadineze Adiele" <[email protected]>, "Ozodi Osuji" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, August 28, 2015, 1:15 PM

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BUHARI HAS BEGAN THE PROCESS OF DISMANTLING THE ARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT CALLED NIGERIA I live in the USA. If I go to my city’s police or fire department or any public institution and all I see are white folks I complain about it; I cry racism. When I was at graduate school (UCLA) there was no black professor in my department (we had fifty professors, all white, mostly Jewish). The three of us who were black students wrote a petition to whoever we felt could listen to us complaining about it. We argued that we, black students, did not have any teacher that we could identify with and said that it is useful for students to identify with their teachers and in doing so listen to them. If you do not identify with your teachers you generally do not listen to them. Moreover, if the teachers do not identify with you, that is, with blacks, they may not pay attention to your needs. We cited data showing how quickly black students drop out of school and giving our understanding of why they do so. Making a student feel desired by his school, which is more likely to happen if he sees some persons who look like him, his teachers, helps him to stay at school. Eventually, the department hired its first black professor, a chap from the Caribbean; to prove our point the three of us hovered around him, for we saw him as our friend and mentor. The point is that in the USA we try to be inclusive. But Buhari, apparently, found it necessary to treat non-‐Northerners as not part of Nigerians (some say that he surrounds his self with those he knows and can trust ...imagine the uproar that would ensue if a white boss says that he has all whites around him because he works best with them, not with black folks... and his trusted colleagues happen to be Northerners; so, how come a man who wants to rule all Nigeria has not made friends from the south to include with those he surrounds himself with?). Northerners like Abba Gumel who live in Canada and know that in Canada every effort is made to hire nonwhites, tell us that Buhari has constitutional right to surround his self with whomever he wants. At Canadian schools every effort is made to make the faculty reflect Canada’s multi-‐ethnic society (Gumel is probably teaching at a Canadian university because the University felt it necessary to satisfy the goal of equity and fairness that undergirds Canada’s social policy by hiring him). In Canada active efforts are made to hire Asians and blacks at all levels of the employment arena. Apparently, what Gumel enjoys in Canada is not good for Nigeria! What hypocrisy.

We are supposed to accept the outrage of Buhari hiring mostly folks from his neck of the woods for the sake of peace in Nigeria. This is Carthaginian peace, peace of the dead in a graveyard; such peace is unacceptable to living human beings. Human beings must participate in managing their environment to feel alive; take social participation away from human beings and you make them slaves. This was what white folks did to black-‐Americans and now Hausas are doing it to southern Nigerians; Hausas are in the process of transforming southern Nigerians into animals who merely exist but have no say so in the affairs of their world! Since Buhari, the Arab identified Fulani, is invested in psychologically enslaving Africans, southern Nigerians he must be resisted by all means necessary. In fact, he has begun the process of destroying Nigeria. By hiring mostly Northerners Buhari has begun the process of dismantling Lugard’s cage and letting the imprisoned birds fly away; free, free at last, thank God Almighty (Martin Luther King). Why do we need the forced marriage called Nigeria, anyway? Is it to give Hausa-‐Fulanis opportunity to rule other ethnic groups? Is that good enough reason for keeping Nigeria together, to offer a primitive African tribe opportunity to colonize more civilized ethnic groups; to have Muslims rule Christians? Our fathers chased away foreign colonialists, folks who, at least, had science and technology that the colonized could benefit from, and we replace them with domestic colonialists, folks who by all indices are more underdeveloped than those they rule! And that is good? Is this one of the upside down logic associated with Africans? Northerners steal oil money from the south and use it to pay incompetent Northerners to rule southerners; this is outrageous! If white folks did this sort of thing to black folks there would be demonstrations on the streets of America; cities would burn! Nigeria has been ruled by the Hausa-‐Fulani (and their southern partners) for fifty five years and has nothing good to show for it. Nigeria should be where Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea and other Asian tigers are today but, instead, all we have is Nigeria as the house of corruption; we employ rationalizations to make excuses for her corruption. Given Muslims tendency to embark on killing non-‐Muslims, it is apparent that as long as Christians and Muslims co-‐habit the same political space called Nigeria, occasionally, Muslims would kill Christians, especially their traditional scapegoats, Igbos. I expect Hausa-‐ Fulanis to gratify their habitual bloodlust by killing Igbos in every few decades. It is now self-‐evident that the North and South are culturally and religiously different and cannot get along with one another. It is, therefore, best they went their different ways. I am certainly not going to allow Buhari and his people to lord it over me and my people. The Nigerian enterprise, as far as I am concerned, is ended; the arrogance of ignorant Northerners who claim that they are born to rule Nigeria (rule Nigeria for what, to give it perpetual corruption and poverty) can no longer be countenanced. Ozodi Osuji, PhD August 2015 [email protected] __._,_.___

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