Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by imam07: 10:11pm On May 31, 2020 |
Onyi22: President Buhari is really trying only that d masses lacks patient because his govt favour u. U have eyes but u don't see beyond it 2 Likes |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by humilitypays(m): 10:11pm On May 31, 2020 |
Lostz: precedent is being set. the next president will take it to a higher level. I will be here when those jubilating today will cry foul tomorrow The only problem is that Southerners don't have balls, when a Southern person becomes President, he will forget how Buhari favored the North and dammed most tribes in the south and will focus on doing wonders in the north to answer good man ![angry](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/angry.png) I wish Southern Nigeria can get balls and sack all Northern Military officers once they get to Presidency again, believe me, heaven will not fall. So that they can also wail like the South is wailing now. That is why I don't want someone like Tinubu a Southern sellout to become the President because if he mistakenly wins, he will become Northern puppet ![angry](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/angry.png) |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by golddare: 10:17pm On May 31, 2020 |
Unfortunately our President does not read. |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by deji17: 10:17pm On May 31, 2020 |
jumper524: what loopsided appointment is this man talking about?
every region got their constitutional required appointment. apart from that every other appointment is politically influenced or should ba based on outstanding merit.
you didn't invest politically you shouldn't reap politically.
learn to be politically smart instead of media noises. Shikena. 1 Like |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by JAMO84: 10:20pm On May 31, 2020 |
When this one contest presidential election and win, he can go and be balancing the appointments |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by win2kwire: 10:21pm On May 31, 2020 |
Buhari does not bother with letters in English, write it in hausa and he will read it. 1 Like |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by imam07: 10:27pm On May 31, 2020 |
jumper524: what loopsided appointment is this man talking about?
every region got their constitutional required appointment. apart from that every other appointment is politically influenced or should ba based on outstanding merit.
you didn't invest politically you shouldn't reap politically.
learn to be politically smart instead of media noises. what do u know. Do u know more than 2ho wrote the letter? To much ego go kill u last last. 1 Like |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by Nobody: 10:29pm On May 31, 2020 |
Unfortunately, Baba would not read this letter. He's not like obasanjo who is fond of underlying letters' strong words with a pen as he reads on. He reads from paali to paali.
It's not not new that buhari is a religious and ethnic bigot. Gone are the days when we had a united Nigeria and everybody saw Nigeria as a personal project. My dad said in the 60s up until late 70s, if you saw an armed robber forcing himself into your neighbour's house, you could call the police and if you had a gun, you could bring the person down. Nowadays, if you notice the robber is invading a hausa or igbo or yoruba's house, it takes kindness to make such moves. Children would come from the neighbourhood to play in my dad's place and they would be well taken care of, regardless their tribes so long as they were Nigerians. What is happening in buhari's administration is directly opposite and he does not seem to give a damn. History will judge him as it's judging his predecessors. He should learn from OBJ who appointed Bola Ige from another party as his attorney-General and picked the late Dora as NAFDAC boss and Madam Ngozi as finance minister, the decision which triggered criticisms from party stalwarts...they all did wonderfully well. After all, it's about Nigerian development and not about yoruba, his tribe or hausa or igbo. It would take a long time( if at all this country would ever remain united again) to right Buhari's wrongs. Those who are praising him from my tribe are also feeling the heat. Their fowl is sweating but the feathers wouldn't let people know. Those who worked tirelessly for his winning in 2015 have all been ridiculed and sidelined. I remember Oluremi's open embarrassment by buhari and her cry that her husband has been sidelined and now, Abike dabiri who was always seen as the spokesperson during the 2015 campaigns everywhere at the time when the likes of the Pantami, the current Communications minister sat back because they never believed buhari could win. All I can cay is, it serves them right. |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by jumper524(m): 10:30pm On May 31, 2020 |
Iceberg3:
4kU,I ain't Igbo, I'm SS and we are all fed up with you.
You people should go away.
Thunda Faya Lugard seriously
I spit on 1914 amalgamation
Tufiakwa 4kU I ain't exempting SS from the list of pest. |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by megama: 10:31pm On May 31, 2020 |
newgroom: OPEN LETTER FROM COL. DANGIWA UMAR (RTD) TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI
Muhammadu Buhari, President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Dear Mr. President,
MR. PRESIDENT; PLEASE BELONG TO ALL OF US.
“One of the swiftest ways of destroying a Kingdom is to give preference of one particular tribe over another or show favor to one group of people rather than another. And to draw near those who should be kept away and keep away those who should be drawn near” Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio.
I have been prompted to write you this open letter, Mr. President, by the loud sounds of drums, singing and dancing that erupted within many groups in the last few days on the grounds that you attained the 5th year in office as President of Nigeria. It comes as no surprise that enthusiasm for the celebration is not shared equally by segments of the public. While your admirers and supporters believe you have performed well, many others believe the five years you have been in office as our President has not met the yearnings, expectations and change promised Nigerians.
Mr. President, you know me well enough and my position on issues to realize that I can be neither a rabid supporter nor a fanatical opponent of yours. I believe being a responsible citizen is enough reason to wish you well and to work for your success. As we have seen all too clearly these past few years, your success is ours as is your failure. We swim or sink with you!
You might wish to recall that after the results of the 23rd of February 2019 presidential elections were announced, giving you victory, I addressed a press conference during which I urged the runner-up, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, to concede defeat. The reason was clear: tensions were running high and little missteps by the leaders might ignite violence, as often happened after major elections. Some supporters of Abubakar Atiku disagreed with me and told me off. As it happened, Alhaji Atiku went ahead to mount a legal challenge to the outcome of the elections up to the Supreme Court. Mercifully, his actions did not result in an outbreak of violence as we feared.
At the same occasion, I counselled the declared winner, your good self, to use the opportunity of your second term to redeem your pledge of being a leader and president of all Nigerians.
On the occasion of the first-year anniversary into your second four-year term, I feel there is an urgent need to revisit this subject matter.
Mr. President, you have often expressed the hope that history will be kind to you. It is within your competence to write that history. But you have less than three years in which to do it. You may wish to note that any authentic history must be devoid of myth. It will be a true, factual rendition of the record of your performance.
And truth be told, Mr. President, there are quite a lot of things that speak to your remarkable accomplishments, not least of which is that for the first time in our democratic history, a sitting President was defeated. That feat was achieved by Muhammadu Buhari. The reason was the public belief of you as a man of integrity.
The corollary to this is that at the expiration of your 8-year tenure in 2023, your achievements will not be measured solely by the physical infrastructure your administration built. An enduring legacy would be based on those intangible things like how much you uplifted the spirit and moral tone of the nation. How well have you secured the nation from ourselves and from external enemies?
At this time and in the light of all that have happened since you took office, any conversation with you Mr. President cannot gloss over the chaos that has overtaken appointments into government offices in your administration. All those who wish you and the country well must mince no words in warning you that Nigeria has become dangerously polarized and risk sliding into crisis on account of your administration’s lopsided appointments which continues to give undue preference to some sections of the country over others.
Nowhere is this more glaring than in the leadership cadre of our security services.
Mr. President, I regret that there are no kind or gentle words to tell you that your skewed appointments into the offices of the federal government, favoring some and frustrating others, shall bring ruin and destruction to this nation.
I need not remind you, Mr. President, that our political history is replete with great acts of exemplary leadership which, at critical moments, managed to pull this nation back from the precipice and assured its continued existence.
A few examples will demonstrate this:
In February, 1965, the NPC-led Federal Government was faced with a decision to appoint a successor to the outgoing Nigerian Army General Officer Commanding (GOC), General Welby Everard, a Briton. Four most senior officers were nominated; namely, Brigadiers Aguiyi Ironsi, Ogundipe, Ademulegun and Maimalari. The first three were senior to Maimalari but he was deemed to be more qualified due to his superior commission. He was the first Sandhurst Regular trained officer in the Nigerian Army. His being a Muslim Northerner like the Minister of Defense, Alhaji Muhammadu Ribadu and the Prime Minister, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa granted him added advantage by today’s standards. But to the surprise of even the Igbos, and opposition from some senior NPC members, Minister Ribadu recommended Ironsi, pointing to his seniority. The Prime Minister concurred and Aguiyi Ironsi was confirmed as the first indigenous GOC of the Nigerian Army.
When on 13 February 1976, the Commander-in-Chief, General Murtala Muhammed, was assassinated in a failed Coup de tat, General Olusegun Obasanjo, his deputy and the most senior officer at the time, was sworn in as his successor. The Chief of Army Staff, General T.Y Danjuma, a Northern Christian, was next in line to succeed Obasanjo as the Chief of Staff, SHQ and Deputy Commander in Chief. General Danjuma however waived his right and recommended a much junior officer, Lt. Col. Shehu Musa Yar’adua, for the post. Shehu was promoted two steps up to the rank of Brigadier and appointed Chief of Staff SHQ and Deputy Commander-in-Chief. Lt. Col. Muhammadu Buhari was appointed Minister of Petroleum. This was done to placate Muslim North which was deemed to have lost one of its own, Murtala Muhammed.
Both the chief of staff, Mr. Sunday Awoniyi, and the personal physician Dr Ishaya Audu to the Premier of Northern Nigeria, Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, a direct descendant of Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio, were Christians.
Barely nine years after the civil war in 1979, the NPN Presidential candidate, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, picked an Igbo, Dr Alex Ekwueme, as his running mate. They enjoyed a truly brotherly relationship as President and Vice President. President Shagari’s political advisor, Dr Chuba Okadigbo and National Assembly Liaison, assistant, Dr K.O Mbadiwe, were both Igbos. His economic advisor, Prof. Emmanuel Edozien and his Chief of Personnel Staff Dr Michael Prest, were of Niger Delta extraction. Remarkably, all his military service chiefs were Christians with the exception of his last Chief Army Staff, General Inuwa Wushishi under whose tenure he was removed in a military coup de tat.
Mr. President, as a witness and beneficiary, it is our expectation that you would emulate these great acts of statesmanship. Which is why we have continued to engage with you.
You may wish to recall that I had cause to appeal to you, to confirm Justice Onnoghen as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria a few days before the expiration of his three months tenure of acting appointment to be replaced by a Muslim Northerner. We were saved that embarrassment when his nomination was sent to the senate by the then acting President, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo. When he was finally confirmed a few days to the end of his tenure, he was removed after a few months and replaced by Justice Muhammed, a Muslim from the North.
May I also invite the attention of Mr. President to the pending matter of appointment of a Chief Judge of the Nigerian Court Appeal which appears to be generating public interest. As it is, the most senior Judge, Justice Monica Dongban Mensem, a northern Christian, is serving out her second three-month term as acting Chief Judge without firm prospects that she will be confirmed substantive head. I do not know Justice Mensem but those who do attest to her competence, honesty and humility. She appears eminently qualified for appointment as the substantive Chief Judge of the Court of Appeal as she is also said to be highly recommended by the National Judicial Council. If she is not and is bypassed in favor of the next in line who happens to be another northern Muslim, that would be truly odd. In which case, even the largest contingent of PR gurus would struggle to rebut the charges that you, Mr. President, is either unwilling or incapable of acting on your pledge to belong to everyone — and to no one. I hope you would see your way into pausing and reflecting on the very grave consequences of such failure not just to your legacy but to the future of our great country.
Thank you for your time, Mr. President.
COL. ABUBAKAR DANGIWA UMAR (RTD) One thing I can say is that the two Faces looks similar |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by Charly68: 10:35pm On May 31, 2020 |
Baba Obj has handed over letter writing assignment to Rtd Cornel ..! |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by Iceberg3: 10:35pm On May 31, 2020 |
jumper524: 4kU I ain't exempting SS from the list of pest.
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Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by imam07: 10:37pm On May 31, 2020 |
IkpuNnegiEwu44: Sensible Northerner is seeing the hand writing on the wall, but ass licking Afonja will disagree. To them, Buhari is the best after Ewedu.
The precedence set by this Govt, may likely lead to war in the future when another tribe have the opportunity to repeat what Buhari is doing this is why u ibos dey Bleep up. No how,one bastard idiot ibo go stain the other. |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by imam07: 10:39pm On May 31, 2020 |
Fredoallan: From d pictures, dis man go wicked pass buhari ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png) because u be infomie generation.u are just hearing about him. |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by surgical: 10:39pm On May 31, 2020 |
sacramenzo4: Buhari hav set a bad example 4 an incoming president frm other zone if the president is from other region other than the North,the North will never take 10℅ of the shit this Southerners are talking from this aboki |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by cardoctor(m): 10:41pm On May 31, 2020 |
The 150 cows have come home to "roast". |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by paul3429: 10:41pm On May 31, 2020 |
And u people agree and vote for him.[color=#000099][/color] |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by imam07: 10:42pm On May 31, 2020 |
Susu888: Rubbish letter... time nd again the facts have proven Buhari doesn't engage in nepotism.
Mr man should go nd sit down... it seems he bas heard nd read so many lies/propaganda that he started believing the rubbish. Next time let him recheck with proven facts before he opens mouth to embarrass himself. ![undecided](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/undecided.png) Buhari only make sense to senseless Nigerians. Dog eat u there. |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by tiredoflife(m): 10:43pm On May 31, 2020 |
jumper524: what loopsided appointment is this man talking about?
every region got their constitutional required appointment. apart from that every other appointment is politically influenced or should ba based on outstanding merit.
you didn't invest politically you shouldn't reap politically.
learn to be politically smart instead of media noises. So all the security heads. Let's forget about igbos Yorubas didn't invest Only the fulanis did. Smh |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by imam07: 10:47pm On May 31, 2020 |
I give Nigerians 4 months. I repeat 4 months. Something u don't expect will happen. Nobody will even expect it . |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by henryhemon(m): 10:49pm On May 31, 2020 |
Slawormir: Damnnnnn niggarrr Isoright .Umar daginwa can go fuckkk himself Am not surprised A good leader got followers and fuckkking foes The fuckkking foes see nothing good no matter what a good leader will do They continue to lambaste
Even all your generation to come and Buhari's can never get to Umar's level of honesty and uprightness. 1 Like |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by robosky02(m): 10:55pm On May 31, 2020 |
There was s country 1 Like |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by engrchykae(m): 11:00pm On May 31, 2020 |
Factfinder1: Some of the men who still have integrity in this country no tribalism no religious sentiment of course he is a member of the old guard who believed and bled for Nigeria |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by Tupaq: 11:02pm On May 31, 2020 |
Well thought out letter. Just like the adage that says you can force a horse to a river, but you can't force her to drink water. Bubu cannot change. |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by surgical: 11:06pm On May 31, 2020 |
humilitypays: The only problem is that Southerners don't have balls, when a Southern person becomes President, he will forget how Buhari favored the North and dammed most tribes in the south and will focus on doing wonders in the north to answer good man ![angry](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/angry.png)
I wish Southern Nigeria can get balls and sack all Northern Military officers once they get to Presidency again, believe me, heaven will not fall. So that they can also wail like the South is wailing now.
That is why I don't want someone like Tinubu a Southern sellout to become the President because if he mistakenly wins, he will become Northern puppet ![angry](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/angry.png) I think the problem is the South always trying to play the civilized and believing in fair play But the northerners Are very crude when they are in power Reasons for the sorry state of the country because they have held power more than any region in the country 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by kynbasil01: 11:32pm On May 31, 2020 |
jumper524: what loopsided appointment is this man talking about?
every region got their constitutional required appointment. apart from that every other appointment is politically influenced or should ba based on outstanding merit.
you didn't invest politically you shouldn't reap politically.
learn to be politically smart instead of media noises. what an elder sees while sitting down, a mere rat like you will never see it even if you climbed an iroko tree 1 Like |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by jumper524(m): 11:32pm On May 31, 2020 |
tiredoflife:
So all the security heads.
Let's forget about igbos Yorubas didn't invest Only the fulanis did. Smh olanisekin from ekiti, Ibok ekwe calabar. 2 from 5 are from South. So what point do you have? |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by jumper524(m): 11:34pm On May 31, 2020 |
kynbasil01: what an elder sees while sitting down, a mere rat like you will never see it even if you climbed an iroko tree when you grow to become an elder, you'll realise you've been scammed all along. |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by JaruJaru890: 11:39pm On May 31, 2020 |
obembet: Buhari has always keep his word. 95% to 5%. 97% 1 Like |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by kasim155: 11:43pm On May 31, 2020 |
jumper524: olanisekin from ekiti,
Ibok ekwe calabar.
2 from 5 are from South.
So what point do you have?
90% of the present government are northerners |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by kasim155: 11:48pm On May 31, 2020 |
Onyi22: President Buhari is really trying only that d masses lacks patient Is like u are benefiting from this government if not u will not b saying dis. 5 years out of 8 years n u are still saying we are not patients enough, so until he has 1 months to leaves office bfor u will know that we are patients enough. Dis govt has fail woefully. |
Re: Umar Dangiwa Open Letter To Buhari: Your Lopsided Appointment Will Ruin Nigeria by Chydo63(m): 11:53pm On May 31, 2020 |
You are obviously a big waste to your immediate family and environment. I pity anybody who gets close to you because you can't say or do anything reasonable! Slawormir: Damnnnnn niggarrr Isoright .Umar daginwa can go fuckkk himself Am not surprised A good leader got followers and fuckkking foes The fuckkking foes see nothing good no matter what a good leader will do They continue to lambaste
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