KnowAll:

[b]Commissioners were the covert and clever method the military regimes employed to succour and diminish any pain, yearnings and discontent the people might remotely have against their regime. The Military throughout their stay in power always had an innate fear of a backlash from the civilian population and were prepared to use any method which would outwardly make the civilians appear as the majority and truly in most cases the civilians does appear as the majority with a single military Governor surrounded by yes-sir men, to the untrained eye it would seem pleasant and an inclusive Government.

IBB’s Government was the most inclusive of all the military regimes he sought after every single critic in the land given them one appointment or the other in effect silently them and having a good uninterrupted 8 years run in power, obviously constantly reminding Nigerians he was going to hand over to a civilian regime.

Commissionership by the time the constitution was drawn had become the accepted norm and the only alternative way of Administering in Nigeria,  it found her way back into our constitution in 1999 obviously this was a case of mass hysteria in the polity, intellectuals and thinkers tasked with drawing up an all encompassing Administrative model for the country had been transfixed and been hypnotised into believing Commissionership is administration and there can be no substituted or Administration cannot function without these “Gentlemen’s” club which of recent Political God-Fathers has turned into a weapon use to hold many a Governor into ransom.

We all saw how Adedibu held the Governors in Oyo state into ransom so also we all witnessed the kidnapping of a Governor in Anambra State and many other atrocities committed in the name of Commissioner’s who were in the regime as a sponsor of the God Father to monitor every steps the Governors make.

Commissionership have passed their sell by date and more than b4 we should be looking at alternative models especially in times of dwindling funds to the states[/b]

Well said. When did it become a rule that without commissioners, a governor can not perform? Especially in this age of austerity measures.

@KnowAll

Just before you go on lecturing us about the Origin of Commissioners or a Governor's Cabinet, remember that democracy was not invented in Nigeria so don't speak as if we invented one by telling us how divide and rule by the Army led to the emergence of Cabinets. Nigeria's present system of Government is modelled on the American system of Government and in America State Governors do have cabinets and that is the simple origin of state cabinets in Nigeria's present system of Government. So do not go about making up history that does not exist. You are entitled to your own opinion but not to your own facts.

On the issue of Anambra State, Chris Ngige's kidnap has nothing whatsoever to do with his cabinet. I hope you are not confusing he role of Raphael Ige the Police Commissioner in Ngige's kidnap to mean that Ngige's commissioners (i.e. Members of his cabinet) had a role in his kidnap. Now that is not true because I was still a student in Awka when this drama was going on and I know who the actors were.

The future of Nigeria's democracy is in danger if young people who are yet to have any vested interest can not entertain self criticism and stand up for the truth. Rauf Aregbesola is breaking the law and the responsible thing for any ACN supporter to do is to admit the truth and encourage Governor Aregbosola to speak the truth. If those in opposition guard their stance so jealously even when it clearly runs contrary to the constitution of the federal Republic of Nigeria it makes you wonder what they will do with power if they get it?

KnowAll:

[b]Commissioners were the covert and clever method the military regimes employed to succour and diminish any pain, yearnings and discontent the people might remotely have against their regime. The Military throughout their stay in power always had an innate fear of a backlash from the civilian population and were prepared to use any method which would outwardly make the civilians appear as the majority and truly in most cases the civilians does appear as the majority with a single military Governor surrounded by yes-sir men, to the untrained eye it would seem pleasant and an inclusive Government.

IBB’s Government was the most inclusive of all the military regimes he sought after every single critic in the land given them one appointment or the other in effect silently them and having a good uninterrupted 8 years run in power, obviously constantly reminding Nigerians he was going to hand over to a civilian regime.

Commissionership by the time the constitution was drawn had become the accepted norm and the only alternative way of Administering in Nigeria, it found her way back into our constitution in 1999 obviously this was a case of mass hysteria in the polity, intellectuals and thinkers tasked with drawing up an all encompassing Administrative model for the country had been transfixed and been hypnotised into believing Commissionership is administration and there can be no substituted or Administration cannot function without these “Gentlemen’s” club which of recent Political God-Fathers has turned into a weapon use to hold many a Governor into ransom.

We all saw how Adedibu held the Governors in Oyo state into ransom so also we all witnessed the kidnapping of a Governor in Anambra State and many other atrocities committed in the name of Commissioner’s who were in the regime as a sponsor of the God Father to monitor every steps the Governors make.

Commissionership have passed their sell by date and more than b4 we should be looking at alternative models especially in times of dwindling funds to the states[/b]

Where are Aregbesola’s commissioners?

On June 24, 2011 · In Politics , 
BY GBENGA OLARINOYE, OSOGBO

Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s failure to appoint commissioners seven months after he assumed office has now taken a comical turn.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in an unprecedented act of generosity last week suggested names of what the party described as qualified persons the party said were qualified to serve as commissioners in the State. The seeming sincerity of the gesture was underlined by the fact that all the names suggested by the PDP for the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN government were indeed members of the ACN.

Chief Sunday Ojo Williams the acting chairman of the PDP in Osun who proposed the list of nominees on June 12, 2011 in a statement said his party sympathized with Aregbesola over what he described as his dilemma in choosing people into his cabinet since November last year.

In proposing the names, Williams said the offer to give him names of competent, home based people in the ACN was to avoid the unnecessary confusion of importing people from Lagos.

“From his own party, we suggest Mr Sunday Akere or Prince Gboyega Famodun both of them from Igbajo in Boluwaduro local government, Gbola Oguntoye a reknown educationist from Obokun Local Government, Caleb Ojo, a grassroots mobiliser, former local government chairman and a committed ACN member from Ori Ade Local Government. We also suggest Hon. Oguntola Togun, from Iwo, a former House of Representatives member who would have fared better as the Secretary to the State Government and Alhaji Liadi Gbadamosi, another grassroots leader and former Osogbo local government chairman.

“Also, he can consider from Ikirun, Hon Wale Afolabi, pioneer Speaker of Osun state House of Assembly who has stood with the party through thick and thin; there is also Mr Femi Oyedokun, eldest son of Alhaji Shuaib Oyedokun  from Odo-Otin who will be a great asset to the ACN government having trained very hard in the PDP before decamping to the ACN.

There are also Alhaji Ayoola Rasheed Oyedele, two time chairman of Orolu Local Government and Mr Kola Olabisi, editor of Osun Defender newspaper from Modakeke who is experienced enough to handle the information ministry. He could also consider gender balancing by appointing Alhaja Tayo Adebisi, who was in AD, PDP and now back to ACN and Madam Temilade, ACN women leader in Osogbo Local Government. Other ACN leaders in the state can be asked to nominate their literate wives where there are shortcomings, “ the PDP stated.

In a seeming rebuke the PDP also advised Aregbesola against relying on spiritual powers on the choice of commissioners saying that “it is always better and safe to trust in God and rely on Him when one is in dire straits as Aregbesola is now.”

The PDP said the progress of the state informed its interest in and incessant prayers for Aregbesola over the lack of the Executive Council in Osun state since last year November and noted that the offence of Alhaji Balarabe Musa for which he was impeached as governor of Kaduna state in the second republic was that he did not appoint commissioners five months after assuming office.

“We do not want any political crisis in Osun State that is why we call for prayers for Aregbesola to constitute his cabinet now. We are also concerned by reports that Bola Tinubu wants Aregbesola to appoint 80 percent of his commissioners from Lagos. We advise that he must not take that directive because there are highly qualified home based members of the ACN in Osun state who can perform better than Lagosians.

He should realize that the people are suffering, the economy is comatose and even the contractors recently pre-qualified for jobs in Osun state all came from Lagos. This is why we suggest the names of his supporters whose competence is known to all in our state,” the PDP the boss said.

In his response, the State Acting Chairman of ACN, Elder Adelowo Adebiyi advised Chief Sunday Ojo-Williams to humbly forward his credentials to his office for consideration as a Commissioner in the cabinet of Governor Rauf Aregbesola. In an interview, Adelowo expressed deep understanding over the passion and ploy demonstrated by Ojo-Williams on the constitution of the new cabinet in Osun State.

Recalling that the PDP chairman had openly called for prayers over the commissioner issue, Adebiyi stated that “Ojo-Williams prayer over the issue is understandable. We shall be ready to consider his application purely on the basis of merit without political conditionality since it appears he has become obsessed about it all.”

The ACN chairman added that the seeming desperation so far exhibited by the PDP boss underscored a desire to be part of the historic team that was installed last year under the leadership of Governor Aregbesola.

Adelowo however stated that for him to be qualified for consideration, Ojo-Williams must be ready to “answer tough questions on his past public experiences and curious association with people who bled the state dry and feasted on her patrimony like termites among other related inquisitions”.

The state ACN boss stressed that Mr. Aregbesola, upon assuming office as Governor, had been demonstrating statesmanship without bitterness to anyone including his opponents even in the face of abhorrent situation he inherited from his predecessor coupled with an aborted impeachment plan by the former House of Assembly. He described the roof top noise made by Ojo-Williams on the non-appointment of commissioners as a desperate gambit to divert public attention away from the reckless mismanagement of the resources of Osun State by the PDP administration for close to eight years.

According to him, the “no-commissioner” noise made by Ojo-Williams began as soon as the Contract Review Committee empaneled by Governor Aregbesola submitted a damning report which indicted the PDP administration.

His words: “Ojo-Williams did not talk when the Contract Review Committee (CRC) had not turned in their report. No sooner the committee submitted its damning report exposing the rot in the Oyinlola administration than Ojo-Williams embarked on his trip to the palace of fallacy.

Within seven months of his coming to power, Adebiyi recalled that Governor Aregbesola achieved the near impossible feat of employing 20,000 youths into the volunteer corps through the Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme (OYES). The ACN chairman also listed the free eye surgery, eye glasses and screening for close to 20,000 indigent patients across the state, the payment of 13th month salary to public service workers, and prompt intervention through welfare of indigenes of Osun State who were marooned in the internal conflict of Cote D’Ivoire as evidence of the populist credentials of Aregbesola.

Beyound the explanation given by the ACN chairman other party sources say that the refusal of Aregbesola to name his cabinet was essentially strategic. It was learnt that the governor’s initial hesitance was borne out of the alleged demand of the PDP members in the last State House of Assembly to impose their members in the local government caretaker committees that was constituted by the governor after he came to office.

One ACN chieftain disclosed that the governor wanted to avert a situation whereby the then House of Assembly would want to frustrate his efforts by either stalling the approval or imposing its members on him as commissioners.

Besides, Aregbesola it was learnt, took the strategic decision ahead of the last general elections to avoid the unnecessary bickering that would have been provoked within his own party by picking commissioners.

“You know as a master political strategist, the governor wanted to unify the party ahead of the last elections so that the party’s energy would not be divided by internal bickering after naming commissioners. So, you see that is why Osun delivered 100% for ACN in the last election,” the Lagos based party chieftain told Vanguard.

With the House of Assembly now completely dominated by the ACN eyes are now on Aregbesola.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/06/where-are-aregbesola%E2%80%99s-commissioners/

The man have been out of the country for the last three weeks, we have not been seing him or hear him talk to us as he use to do, rumours have it that the man is sick why his people denied it and said he is on official assignment. Anyhow if he's sick I wish him quick recovery and if he's on official assignment I wish him a save trip back home.
I will not totally agree with the fact that it's because of the domination of PDP in the past house that made him not to appoint his commissioners, out of the 26 lawmakers, few were ACN from inception while some also defected to ACN after Aregbesola's victory, so I don't think that should be an excuse, I still believe the man is still battling with either appointing Lagos based politicians or those based in Osun. So far most appointments made are dominated by Lagos based politicians, and I think bringing in people that don't know anything about the state won't help the state, the governor himself has not really resided in the state before, he was born in Ondo state and was based in Lagos before coming home to contest. I believe anyhow they go about there government it will be to my own advantage.

salakobaba:

I still believe the man is still battling with either appointing Lagos based politicians or those based in Osun. So far most appointments made are dominated by Lagos based politicians, and I think bringing in people that don't know anything about the state won't help the state, the governor himself has not really resided in the state before, he was born in Ondo state and was based in Lagos before coming home to contest.

You are right

quick question to people who know aregbesola:

just finding out this ondo state link after i read a news story


http://www.independentngonline.com/DailyIndependent/Article.aspx?id=38433


then did a search on nl.

it seems they say aregbesola was speaking fluent akoko dialect at a political meeting somewhere in osun to decide the next governor of ondo state.

1. is this mischievious reporting by nigerian journalists as usual?

2. is the governor half akoko or can someone post details of his early life here.

thanks.


also found this thread by becomerich:

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-576607.0.html