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BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by chesterlee(m): 12:54pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
In the height of his very public fallout with then President Jonathan, Gen. Obasanjo wrote in an 18-page open letter that one of his grouse with Jonathan was that the latter had set up himself as the president of only the Ijaws. I wonder how Obasanjo is feeling this morning after Buhari unveiled a kitchen and store-room cabinet of 100% Northern males. Muhammadu Buhari As feared by some people, Buhari has quickly reverted to being a local champion, an unabashed sectional leader and not a broad- minded statesman President. The true measure of a human being is what he or she does privately, when no one is looking. In other words, without the encumbrance of the dictate of the constitution that stipulates that Ministers must come from all States of the Federation, Buhari has chosen all his core appointments from the Northern part of Nigeria. He’s given a one-finger salute to the entire Southern Nigeria – including his APC mates. It would appear his vaunted Party supremacy only applies to Legislative officers. For a president of a country to openly declare that he would favour only those that massively voted for him to the exclusion of others; you don’t need to look far to know what is really in his heart. As a national politician, if people reject you, if they are not convinced by you, you should want to know why. Then you build bridges and begin to cultivate friendship, making necessary amends where possible. You do not go out of your way to emphasize parochialism, reinforcing their original fears. What irks is that no attempt at all was made to even pretend to be inclusive. The core appointments that Buhari has to make without worrying about Federal Character, he made exclusively from his neck of the woods. The utter disdain shown to others is scary indeed. It is insensitivity taken too far. When, before the election, some of us raised the issue of parochialism, nepotism and all the other negative isms that litter Buhari’s public record, we were told that the man is not discriminatory at all, that his drivers, cooks and gardeners were from the South. Well, the man is here to reprise that wonderful formula. Take for instance the Nigerian Customs. The most senior Custom officer in line to be the Comptroller General of that service is a Yoruba fellow. Buhari completely ignored and bypassed him and brought in a retired (yes, Northern) Army officer to head Nigerian Customs. How about that for gumption? The single mindedness and the determined manner these lopsided core appointments are being made and the utter disregard for others and their feelings is quite troubling. At this rate, it is only a matter of time before the current Police boss is replaced by another ‘trusted’ hand. Right under all of our collective nose, while we were still yammering about APC-PDP dichotomy, we were dragged right back to the era where one region lords it over all others. As we childishly focus solely on the War Against Jonathan’s Corruption, power is being consolidated in just one place. And, wouldn’t you know, some of the folks that were shouting marginalisation less than a year ago have suddenly discovered the beauty of meritocracy. One inelegant argument I heard was that because Yar’Adua appointed his people as Chief of Staff and as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), and because Jonathan of the Southsouth appointed Ayim from the Southeast as SGF, it is alright for Buhari to put only his Northern brothers everywhere. My response is: I thought this was supposed to be a corrective government. Some people say that Buhari has assembled a team he feels he can work with. I say why contest a national post if you can only work with folks from just your region. Others say we should be patient and watch the President assemble a team to rescue the nation. I ask; rescue Nigeria from what? Yet some others insist that we should wait as Buhari still has about 5,000 appointments to fill. I don’t know from where they obtained that figure, but the important point to note is that the core appointments have all gone to Northern males. The fluff and space-fillers will be thrown as token to others. Is this where we should be as a Federation? Treating very sensitive matters with complete disregard for the notion of ‘one Nigeria?’ I can confidently predict that Buhari will only unhappily and grudgingly obey the constitution when it comes to appointing his Ministers. And even at that, the meatier Ministries will all be handed over to older Northern males. Why? Action speaks louder than campaign promises. If you take social participation away from people, you make them slaves. Buhari must resist the temptation to continue treating sections of Nigeria like conquered territory. The President must not see some of his citizens as adversaries. He is president of all Nigerians and must always demonstrate that in all of his actions. In the meantime, I hope that Vice President Osinbajo has enrolled himself in a suitably accelerated Hausa language lesson... Source: www.saharareporters.com/2015/09/02/buhari-your-face-michael-egbejumi-david 1 Like |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by INTROVERT(f): 12:54pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
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Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by jemir000: 12:55pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
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Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by ayokunlei(m): 12:55pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
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Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by mrpackager(m): 12:56pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
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Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by Saifullah01: 12:56pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
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Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by coolitempa(f): 12:56pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
As someone who strongly backed change.......I must say I am feeling very short-changed at the moment..... .....How can you claim to want to be President of Nigeria and then claim you are only able to work with people from your section of the country....All his campaign promises are being backtracked and no new policies have been tendered or are being suggested.....All we hear is fight corruption even that one.....we never see nada..... 6 Likes |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 12:59pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
mrpackager:shift abeg make i manage... |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by ryd3(m): 1:01pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
Word! |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 1:06pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
only in Anambra, people know what politicking Is all about. at least most of them... this hyping of sophisticated people in politics accredited to Yoruba's, I really don't get it. these people are just nothing in terms of politics. they are only hungry power mongers . crap?!? 3 Likes |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by macpetrus(m): 1:15pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
still reading.... BT....... I do know that GEJ increased minimum wages for workers and corpers allowances within his first 100days. GMB is yet to give us 1k out of 5K.. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by mrpackager(m): 1:15pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by kingofpool: 1:20pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
5%. |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by rane06(f): 1:23pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
One chance Govt. |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by BushidoBlue(m): 1:25pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
The mouth that speaks evil of you, will turn around and speak good of you one day. - an old Igbo proverb. 4 Likes |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by vayne(m): 1:26pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
coolitempa:Where do you even stand,pls don't wail for us. 2 Likes |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by coolitempa(f): 1:40pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
vayne: I stand for full confederacy.....nothing less will satisfy Nigerians....I wail not for the wailing wailers but will also stand against Buhari when he steps out of line..... ...nothing binds me to him other than the fact that he is the president of Nigeria and I voted for him.....as a better choice against Jonathan..... ...that is not to say that he was the best Nigeria has to offer...... ...sho ti gbo.... 2 Likes |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by vayne(m): 1:49pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
coolitempa:okay,do you regret voting him? |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by coolitempa(f): 1:55pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
vayne: Given the choice......I had no option....jonathan was a joke... 1 Like |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by vayne(m): 2:01pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
coolitempa:okay o,just know that the top guns are already crying about it. Ab.oki na Ab.oki 3 Likes |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by Godfullsam(m): 2:05pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
I am beginning to lose confidence in this present administration. Baba Buhari should wake up from his slumber. This is Nigeria and not northern Nigeria. The recent appointments by baba Buhari has justified the need for biafran agitation. Who ever is advising him should think twice because the consequences may be terrible. 2 Likes |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by sdindan: 2:10pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
coolitempa:I forgive your sins. From now, go sin no more. Now go, meet your kinsmen, tell them how God have delivered you From the hands of the devil, the father of all liars APC. 4 Likes |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by PRYCE(m): 2:11pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
Offcourse! I too wasn't born of a woman! |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by coolitempa(f): 2:14pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
sdindan: Kolo......na your middle name..... ...APC is still ten times better than anything PDP can offer.... 1 Like |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by Trailblazer1(m): 2:18pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by sdindan: 2:19pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
coolitempa:I see. Suffering and Smiling 2 Likes |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by chesterlee(m): 2:28pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
It so sad that a party would come out and lie shamelessly to defend a man. A president should be able to work with anybody from any part of the country...We are all Nigerians! if not...then am sorry to say he's an unrepentant tribal bigot! cc Lalasticlala ishilove 1 Like |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by lincolnj88: 2:38pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
omenka change |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by SonOfEl(m): 2:52pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
coolitempa: simple. you were FOOLED as usual... they were laughing at your stupidity while you were screaming CHANGE! 1 Like |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by hinwazaka: 3:36pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
Sahara Reporters should please keep quiet and allow the once and future King, do as he pleases. All this cheap attempts at playing the good umpire, is just tacky usurpation.They simply want to put the east against the north in their haphazard divisive scheme of Fufu politics. They should just keep in mind, that no one can play this sort of game like an easterner. Failure to learn their place, will only see, them land face first, in the dirt. 2 Likes |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by ikp120(m): 4:37pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
Re: BUHARI: In Your Face! - Sahara Reporters by shaboti: 7:38pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
BushidoBlue:onu kwuru njo, ga-ekwu mma. Gbam! |
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