HungerBAD:
Dumb question.

He is the Chairman of the Board,and there is no basis for the comparison between the PTA and this scenario.

If somebody from the Northern extraction had been put there,the Reuben Abati wannabe of all Junk Journalism, would have started shouting he wants to Islamasize the NNPC.

oduastates:
Chief of defense staff vs Chief of army staff.

modath:


GBAM ..... Just like the hair and the neck, both are in the vicinity of the head but one is for mere aesthetics, the other is functional....

I expect him to resign any moment from now...






@ Vedaxcool,

He is minister of state, he has as much power as whoever Fashola's minister II is, i don't even know who it is, that shows how much "power" the person has!!

vedaxcool:


You fall into the same mistake sahara reporters oga fell into... false equivalence ...is it not puzzling you know the minister of state of petroleum but happen not to know fashola number 2s? It is clearly wrong for one man to hold both the position of a policy maker/ executioner. .. there might be imbalances due to lack of check and balance it is the boss of FIRS doubling as minister of finance.

modath:



You are trying so hard to preach to the choir!!

Minister II is just a space filler , why do you think Hadi Sirika is feeling aggrieved shortchanged? Find out for yourself....


What's puzzling about knowing Kachikwu? Who doesn't know him? Does not knowing who Fashola's no 2 is remove anything from me? Does whoever it is have any operational control over anything? Without consulting Google i bet you can't name who the minister of water resources or minister II of education is.......

How many times would the board sit in a month? Can Kachikwu make a decision unilaterally? Abeg, i may be partisan but i didn't exchange my objectivity for being politically correct... thank you.

I repeat, I EXPECT HIM TO RESIGN... Chikena...

bejeiodus:
Sowore got this right. It was a subtle demotion. Buhari was just too clever by half by making him the Chairman of NNPC. It doesn't really take much brain to see through this disingenuous facade.

modath:


Abi ooo, some are viewing only through the principle of checks and balances, not the fact that he neither has no power nor authority.

He defers to Bubu in their "ministry" and his job function as board chair does precludes micro managing NNPC's day to day activities.

What people assumed as combining min of state with GMD was a ruse because he couldn't wield absolute authority like Diezani was able to...


989900

Et tu?

Can you be specific about his "boss roles" and also be explicit about how Kachikwu will "run" those tinz.. clear and concise..I wan learn, tenks *in my Ibadan accent*




Mynd44, lalasticlala, FP Pls.. diverse opinions and broader perspectives. Thx.

989900:


I already explained all that Mo', nothing to add, nothing to take away.

It was a good decision.

BTW, there is nothing like 'absolute authority', that totally is non-existent anywhere, especially not under PMB. Even the CBN governor does not enjoy that.

Diezani did all she did (like a goddess, like invincible) under the patronage of 'le boss', 'el-clueless'.

And coming from where we were, checks and balances win, that was why we voted the disciplinarian. After the foundation is laid, we can now build on it going forward.

Kachikwu is so good today; he might turn corrupt tomorrow, that can happen to anybody -- PMB inclusive, that is why checks and balances towers above all, goodwill and dexterity inclusive.

attacker321:
vedaxcool, you and omenka/progressive01 should learn from Beremx & Modath. These guys are APC supporters yet objective in their thinking. All this your zombie style sai baba mentallity will take you nowhere.

Beremx & Modath have come to earn respect both ways.

vedaxcool:
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It is unfortunate you should for 1 second conceive I desire to earn the respect of an unknown quantity shamelessly defending corruption in the service of looters who never put a thought that you exist.

attacker321:


Lmaooo.

You sound pained and frustrated.

The fact is that Modath is head and shoulders above you in every way. You are not fit to iron his cloths, lol.

theV0ice:


I have no problem with Kachikwu being removed as GMD. It was never the correct option being made minister of state, petroleum and GMD at the same time. What I have a problem with is maikanti baru taking over as GMD of NNPC!!

Are there no persons qualified among the urhobos, isokos, itshekiris, ibibios, ogonis or other tribes in the Niger Delta to be GMD? How insensitive can my dear Daura mallam be? What is a Yoruba man (Akintelure) doing there when an Urhobo man isn't there? What is the lazy, sloppy and greedy Abba kyari doing there? How effective has he been as chief of staff? Other than courting one scandal after another?

What rubbish composition is that board? How do we argue with the rabble rouser called ankio Briggs who was obviously dumb all through the years of GEJ presidency? If she wasn't right before, now she is courtesy of this unconscionable board.

Avengers or not, I'll prefer all members of the board being from the Niger Delta than this nonsense. No matter what we say, its their oyel damnit!!

I hear maikanti Batu is qualified but so is Dr Owei, Henry Boyo, Dr Egbert Imomoh and a host of other Niger Deltans. These times are sensitive and we can only pretend for so long. A Yoruba proverb says "somebody we wish to set on fire has made our job easier by rubbing himself all over with palm oil". Buhari just legitimized the avengers, terminators or whatever fancy names they adopt.

The truth is that someone else other than Kachikwu should have been made minister of state. The guy was tailor made for GMD! His 'upgrade' is a gross disservice to Nigeria. PENGASSAN with their tantrums too didn't help matters. What did they want from Kachikwu? Is it baru that'll perform magic?

989900:


At 5:4 it is averagely fair, though I would have preferred a situation whereby the appointments are skewed in the favor of those communities that own the oil too, if alone for sentiments alone in this fragile times. And, Abba Kyari, I don't get . . .

Kachikwu and his vision will be fine, it all depends on Buhari . . . if he lets his kinsmen play their usual games, then everything Kachikwu has been building will come to nought.

theV0ice:


A Niger Deltan should have been made GMD irrespective of Kachikwu still being the minister of state!