SOME of us must be familiar with the poem: The Six
Blind Men of Hindostan by JE Saxe. These curious blind
men went to learn about the elephant. They had to
“observe” the huge animal by feeling with their palms
the part of the body they found themselves touching.
The first one touched its side and shrieked: “bless me,
the elephant is very like a wall!”

Another one felted around tusk and said the elephant
was “very like a spear”. Another touched the ear and
said the elephant was like a “fan”. The one that touched
the trunk said it was like a “snake”. Another touched its
leg around the knee and declared it “very like a tree”.
Last of all, the blind man that touched the tail said
even the blindest man would know that the elephant was
very like a “rope”. Now concluded the poet:


And so these blind men of Hindostan,
Disputed loud and long,
Each with his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And each was partly wrong.

The blind men of Hindostan were driven by the genuine
motive of learning. But some Nigerians, blinded by hope
(or justification) of presidential favours lie without
shame.
President Muhammadu Buhari has taken nearly 100 days
to appoint about thirty inner members of his
government. He has appointed the National Security
Adviser (NSA), Service Chiefs, his Chief of Staff,
Secretary to the Government of the Federation,
Director General of the Directorate of State Services
(DSS), “Acting” National Chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC), Comptroller
General of Customs and that of Immigration, MD of
Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON),
MD of the Nigerian Ports of Authority (NPA),
Presidential Spokesmen and handymen, GMD of the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the
lot.
Given the fact that “97%” of these appointees are from
the Arewa Muslim North, Buhari has completed the
“Northernisation” of the Executive Branch of
Government.


He already had in place, his men occupying the high and
juicy posts of Head of Service of the Federation,
Accountant General of the Federation and Auditor
General of the Federation to sew up the Federal
Bureaucracy. What remain now are for the Minister of
Petroleum Resources (which he has signalled his intention
to assign to himself) Minister of Finance and Attorney
General of the Federation. Thus the economic and
financial resources of the country will be in Arewa
hands.


Now, let us also bear in mind that, already, the Federal
Legislature (Senate and House of Representatives)
reflecting the character and complexion of the ruling
All Progressives Congress (APC) is already led by
Northerners. On the other hand, the Federal Judiciary
(Chief Justice of the Federation, President of the Court
of Appeal and Chief Justice of the Federal High Court)
is also completely dominated by Arewa. You are left to
wonder: where are the other Nigerians? Nigeria has
never, at any time in its peace time history, been
lumbered into this extreme nepotism and sectional
lopsidedness, even in the darkest days of Buhari’s first
coming as a military ruler.


Unfortunately, the “blind men” of Nigeria are justifying
it! Professor Pat Utomi applauds, and tells Buhari to put
only people from his village in the entire government if
he likes and there is nothing wrong with it. Festus
Keyamo concurs. Last Monday, former Governor of Akwa
Ibom, Obong Victor Attah, visited Vanguard and told
Nigerians to first ask Buhari why he was doing this
before criticising him. He forgot that Buhari already did
so when he addressed a press conference while in
America. He made it clear he was going to form his
government based on a warped “97%5%” formula to
ensure that those who voted for him were adequately
(some say “parasitically”) rewarded.


APC says the number of appointees so far is
“insignificant”, given the vast number offices yet to be
filled. They want to deceive the gullible, but when you
consider the picture painted above of the entire
machinery of the federal government already filled by
one section of the country, you will realise that anyone
appointed from now henceforth will be like an “observer”
among the “owners” of the government. It is the
appointments that are yet to be made that are actually
insignificant in clout compared to the powers of those
already installed in office.


Presidential spokesmen say Buhari appointed “those he
knows who have worked with him for years”. He is unfit
to be a Nigerian president if he has no associates from
outside the North, even as a party leader, retired
general former head of state!
The Presidency also says the posts were filled based
“purely on merit”. And I ask again, what standard of
“merit” was applied which the South East failed so
woefully to meet? Did they use the Arabic language or
Islamic paradigms to do the evaluation? A section that
consistently scores the highest in most entrance exams
and tests cannot find the “merit” to get even a seat,
while the sections that consistently bring the rear
overwhelmingly outperforms the entire South! Some
“merit”!


Buhari has made himself a president of the North. He
has “Biafranised” the South East. It was only during the
civil war that Dr. Ukpabi Asika, the Administrator of the
East Central State, was the only Igbo man from the
East in the government.


Buhari has brazenly defied the Constitution of the
Federal Government of Nigeria 1999. Section 14(3) says:
“The Composition of the Government of the Federation
or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs
shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect the
Federal Character of Nigeria and the need to promote
national unity and command national loyalty, thereby
ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons
from a few states or from a few ethnic or other
sectional groups in that Government or any of its
agencies”.


We warned about candidate Buhari during the campaigns,
but most people refused to listen! However, for Buhari,
the “honeymoon” is over.

link:
www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/buhari-the-elephant-of-hindostan/

Great

He is a man of integrity, the Messiah we are waiting for and he shouldn't be judged..... Nonsense

Even hopeless sef this country no get.
Only God can help us

charlso1:
He is a man of integrity, the Messiah we are waiting for and he shouldn't be judged..... Nonsense

Nyanyanyanyanyanya
Messiah my nyash don't quote me

Lols. How poetic!

Quite logically coherent I must say

The comment from my reserve is that ; I'm not really at par 100 with your point of view .

You're hyping a fallible. Like he's an immortal?

Nah , Nah , Nah , Nah!

His intentions might be purer than crystal

He's not immune to errors by intent or accident tho.


Noff said

Take him to court if you feel aggrieved, else shut da fukc up!

Nawaoo this issue of cheap phones and FBT is killing me.

One chance bus, no reprieve till 2019.

The end justifies the means...I just pin for one corner dey observe..

Sabrwahaqqo:
Lols. How poetic!

Quite logically coherent I must say

The comment from my reserve is that ; I'm not really at par 100 with your point of view .

You're hyping a fallible. Like he's an immortal?

Nah , Nah , Nah , Nah!

His intentions might be purer than crystal

He's not immune to errors by intent or accident tho.


Noff said

u are right, d so call story of d view of elephant, was ok, but d nepotism of d op, make me fear for our youth

Am guessing most of d comments above didn't go back to view d link..

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/buhari-the-elephant-
of-hindostan/

secondly,I tink every one is entitled to their own opinion...hence the writeup...

I insist dat federal character must b applied in PMB's administration in order to carry every one along....

And please don't come with the excuse of previous administration doing it that way...this current administration preached CHANGE to its supposed fans and must be seen to practise such "jingles" holistically including appointments....

Jesusloveyou:
u are right, d so call story of d view of elephant, was ok, but d nepotism of d op, make me fear for our youth

*shrugs* . naïvity is what 'youth' is all about.

openmine:
Am guessing most of d comments above didn't go back to view d link..

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/buhari-the-elephant-
of-hindostan/

secondly,I tink every one is entitled to their own opinion...hence the writeup...

I insist dat federal character must b applied in PMB's administration in order to carry every one along....

And please don't come with the excuse of previous administration doing it that way...this current administration preached CHANGE to its supposed fans and must be seen to practise such "jingles" holistically including appointments....

[size=16pt]Yes until he changes our country's name to northgeria
How reasonable you sound[/size]

respect80:


[size=16pt]Yes until he changes our country's name to northgeria
How reasonable you sound[/size]

please I don't understand wat u meant by ur statement...I guess u sud b more explicit...wat r u trying 2 say...?

openmine:

please I don't understand wat u meant by ur statement...I guess u sud b more explicit...wat r u trying 2 say...?

There is nothing difficult to understand cos u were the one who said that this administration preaches CHANGE to it fans even on national appointments.
That's why I said the CHANGE will continue until he changes our country's name to northgeria.
I believe you understand me now

respect80:

There is nothing difficult to understand cos u were the one who said that this administration preaches CHANGE to it fans even on national appointments.
That's why I said the CHANGE will continue until he changes our country's name to northgeria.
I believe you understand me now

well am guessing u didnt read what i said to everyone including you....
You are entitled to your own opinion just as am entitled to mine....
i have made myself clear dat federal character must come first in awill ny of the president's appointments since such is stipulated in our constitution...
though there r no legal consequences but failure to do such will make people esp his critics labelling him a bigot...and dats my opinion!

Recall




Kabiru Sotoko was the Boko Haram terrorist sentenced to life imprisonment for masterminding the 2010 bombing of St Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla in which 44 worshippers were killed and 70 others sustained injuries. Sokoto was being led to his house for a house search when he escaped from police officers led by Bui. N50m reward was placed for anyone with information that would lead to Sokoto’s rearrest.


Changing Kabiru Sokoto's crime to armed robbery, I have come to a conclusion that BUHARI IS A TERRORIST