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Buhari’s Victory: Jostling For Positions Begin

By Martins Oloja
05 April 2015   |   3:55 am
A GREAT deal of strategic planning is going on among members of the inner circle of General Muhammadu Buhari’s imminent presidency, to settle the human capital component of the government, in a way that will minimize mediocrity that has been identified by another think tank as the fundamental weakness of the outgoing administration.
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A GREAT deal of strategic planning is going on among members of the inner circle of General Muhammadu Buhari’s imminent presidency, to settle the human capital component of the government, in a way that will minimize mediocrity that has been identified by another think tank as the fundamental weakness of the outgoing administration.

The Guardian confirmed at the weekend in Abuja that while celebration continues in many parts of the North, specifically about peaceful outcome of the presidential election, think tanks have been raised to deal with two specific issues: how to integrate the stranded South East geo-political zone that has been left in the lurch the morning after the results were released last Tuesday, and finding a strategic role and compensation for the big brain behind the success story of the APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu.

Power indeed changed hands in Nigeria on Tuesday and its political map was redrawn when result of the keenly contested presidential election was announced and the country’s main opposition party, the APC, won and the incumbent president conceded.

The result that has sent the Western media back to base without the usual news items from crisis after elections has put the South East in a serious dilemma about where they are in the new dispensation. For instance, the party voted so massively for the ruling Party and in the end, there was no Senator in the entire region to be considered for any quota system in the distribution of political posts within the context of Order of National Precedence structure.

Though it has not been well documented in the print media, groundswell of opinions in political circles point to the fact that the implications of the miscalculation of the Igbo nation in the recent election when they put all their eggs in one basket are grave.

But The Guardian was told by those who should know that the strategic thinkers around the taciturn General from Daura are seriously finding ways of integrating the South East into the mainstream, as “a winner-take-all syndrome that is the hallmark of the presidential system of government may not augur well for the polity now,” an insider disclosed last night.

The source said the desperation of the APC chieftains from the South East has been so much that it has been suggested that Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the current Deputy President of the Senate on the platform of the PDP, should decamp to the APC so that he can take the top job if the APC leadership is disposed to zoning it to the South.

In the same vein, it has been suggested too that one of the Senators in Anambra should step down for Senator Chris Ngige who has been considered suitable for the job. None is ready to do that, it was learnt at the weekend.

Specifically, it was learnt that Buhari’s men are not opposed to a compromise that may lead to a Senate President emerging from the South East “if only one could be procured by any means before the first week of June when the National Assembly will be inaugurated.

The first task of the parliament on the day of inauguration is election of its presiding officers in both chambers in a bicameral legislature such as Nigeria’s.

The trouble with this proposal and disposition of the doves in Buhari’s kitchen cabinet is that a particular former governor and a returning Senator from North Central zone has positioned himself for the top job of the No.3 citizen that Senator David Mark from the same zone will relinquish on the day of inauguration.

It was learnt that the former governor who is generally believed to have earmarked a war chest for the presidency of the Senate is said to have got wind of the thinking in the core North about South East and is said to be mobilizing senators-elect from the South West to reject the political rehabilitation formula for the South East.

Incidentally, the former governor who substantially delivered his state to the APC in last weekend’s elections has some roots in the South West. His mother hails from Owo in Ondo State that has garnered two senators into the APC.

Besides, there are some hawks in APC who do not understand why the East that enjoyed most of the juicy positions in the outgoing administration should be reintegrated by political fiat. In the outgoing administration, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, is from the South East, the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, is from the South East.

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, is from the South East. Incidentally, Hon. Ihedioha and PDP governorship candidate of Imo State was a co-rebel with Hon. Aminu Tambuwal in June 2011, when they disrupted the PDP power sharing formula then that had zoned Speakership to the South West and Deputy Speakership to the North East. The duo upset the apple cart then and left the two zones without any significant positions for the past four years.

The Tambuwal-Ihedioha political conspiracy resulted in an unfair formula, which has made both the Vice President (No.2 position) and the Speaker) No.4 to be from the same North West. In the same vein, the rebellion led to a situation whereby both the Deputy Senate President and the Deputy Speaker are from the same South East Zone.

This is the thing: In the outgoing administration’s power sharing formula that reechoed at the last Yoruba Academy meeting two weeks ago, the Vice President, Senate President and the Speaker are from the North (West & Central) while the President, Deputy President of the Senate and the Deputy Speaker are from the South (South & East) respectively.

It was predicted in this newspaper three weeks ago, that the ruling Party could pay dearly for the political naivety that led to the neglect of the South West for four years as the zone comprising six states would determine the outcome of the presidential election.

That prediction came true last week when votes from the Northern zone and South West, unprecedented in Nigeria’s history, did it for the APC. In the former republics, the South South and the South East had always had a handshake across the Niger to produce the president while the South West had always been left sulking.

But in the new political map of Nigeria, the new governing party, the APC, does not need the South East and South South to win the presidency and control the National Assembly, courtesy of the newfound love from the South West with second largest voter presence in the country.

Meanwhile, The Guardian also gathered that the northern wing of the APC is seriously considering a significant role and compensation for the genius of Bourdillon, Asiwaju Tinubu, “who was not initially trusted to see through the bloodless revolution of March 28” as another source told us at the weekend.

It was confirmed that there is so much joy in the North that power has unexpectedly returned to the region without the kind of rancour that followed succession politics after the sudden death of President Umaru Yar’Adua in 2010. The period witnessed a concoction called “doctrine of necessity” that eventually allowed the then Vice President, Jonathan to be acting President.

This same far North had then opposed the succession idea before the 2011 election, which eventually led to bloodbath in the region. Now, the region is bubbling with uncommon joy and even the aristocracy of the North is quite grateful to the resilience and brilliance of Tinubu that has seen them through.

It was confirmed that a small group is considering a post election role for the former Lagos state governor who is now banking on bandwagon effect of the presidential election to retain his stronghold in Lagos that he has held on to since 1999.

The scare from the presidential election with PDP strong showing has jolted the big man that the North has virtually adopted him as a rare political gem.

The reason for a special consideration for the Jagaban Borgu, according to sources, is that “if we do not have a special report on the role of the man in the struggle, the President from May 29 may be persuaded by some other sources to unleash the EFCC on him as a way of scaring him (Tinubu) away from Abuja and as a means of telling the world that we are living up to our promise to fight corruption,” as another source revealed last night.

The Guardian was told last night that while the President-elect’s men are looking for good and passionate men to run a good government, they are also conscious of special gratitude to both the president that “allowed the atmospherics of good election” and the brain behind the joy of the people in the North”, as another insider said to us at the weekend.

67 Comments

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    South East did not want APC period. Why should they benefit from the back door.

    No zone should be placated.

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      These are the reasons that are holding us down from moving forward like others in other climes,ethnicity, inability to see each as one in Nigeria project irrespective of political choice.Fool! You are thinking of excluding people from national cake without thinking and knowing where the cake is from,let me tell you without the resources from N delta region,Imo,Abia inclusive there be no enough revenue to run the FG and 36 states and no one will be jostling for position .Beside, is the President voted to preside on only those who voted for him.

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    This is all fantanstic and plausible at best – Guardian endorsed Jonathan for re-election and devoted the bulwark of it’s editorial direction on this…this piece is one of those whereby Jonathalians are trying to dial back their ringing endorsement of Jonathan and now wear the toga of national reconciliation. Unfortunately what they are pushing would water down the change we fought for and voted for – so we the people say let them be comfortable with their new found opposition status, we need that for a strong virile democracy. None of the speculations here makes sense and I do not believe any guardian correspondence has any access to the inner workings of the strategy of the government in waiting. APC should stay focused and do whatever it has to do to deliver the change that we voted for and it is critical that “Corrupt people be stayed out of the administration” as the General have promised.

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      Let us be civilised enough to know that the elections have been lost and won. It is incumbent on all Nigerians to join hands with the new administration to move the country forward. It does not matter whether the Guardian supported Joinathan during the campaigns. Mr. New Nigerian, please come out from your primitive vendetta. The Guardian does not need to have supported the APC during the elections for them to inform entertain and educate us.

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        But media need to be less partial. Guardian that professes telling the truth became organ of the tribe of its owners. Abati was effectively used to run down governments not controlled by Niger Delta. So now the tide has turned and arrogance of those controlling ethnically partial Nigeria media should just shut up their traps, period. I know for a fact that the above article is speculative.

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    No regrets rejecting the APC at the polls by the South East.

    Rochas and Amaechi would be voted out this saturday.

    Buhari and his advisers would pay dearly if the Igbos are not carried along.
    North West did not vote Jonathan in 2011, yet they got Speaker House of Reps, Defence minister, National security Adviser, Inspector General of Police, External affairs minister, Education minister, Chief Justice of Federation etc.

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      “Buhari and his advisers would pay dearly if the Igbos are not carry along.” Consider who is paying dearly for the civil war – not the Yorubas and definitely not my people. Ndigbos approach to the current political dispensation will determine their faith. President-elect Buhari and APC have no intention of “throwing away the baby and the dirty water” but that depends on Ndigbos. There has to be a meeting of the minds between the giver and the receiver. No one can profer good things to CLENCH fists. Sai BUHARI Sai APC. Have a pleasant day.

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        I wonder why you people kill yourself over nothing. Whether the easterners get position or not does not really matter after all in Jonathan’s government with all the so called position of the Igbo what did it transcend into? Nothing. We still lost out with no federal presence in the region except show of power and force by the hopeless legislators. What we need is to vote into power the governors in the state that will use the little money from Federation account and internally generated fund to develop our place. Let us emulate ndi Anambra in governance and vote out people like Okorocha in governorship next Saturday. If federal appointments are of any advantage at least the poor people from any part of Nigeria would have progressed but look around us it is poverty everywhere irrespective of the number of appointments from that part of the country. The North west with all the appointments still complain of disparity between the north and south. They still have the poorest people in the world. So this is much ado about nothing. It is all appointments for the individual and not for the people. So let people not lose sleep over this sharing of position. It does not really translate to uhuru for the man on the street including those of us in this forum who have turned themselves into self acclaimed warriors.

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          the richest man in Africa is from the north. the north is considered poor only because of statistics not reality. a fulani who has a thousand cow has a value of more than 10million naira but th stattistics show him as poor. any way material wealth is not a value in our northern life that is why we do not rob and kill for money liike Igbos who kill got money and worship money. the igbos can choose to integrate themselves into the Nigerian nation or go to hell. it is north and southwest period

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            It can’t be north and southwest because you can’t survive without the east, southeast, and the delta regions. Your naive stupid thought process is nothing but fallacy of hypothecation.

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            the same fantasy drove the Biafran nonsense that distracted the progress of our dear nation with loss of ONE million human lives, the same fanstasy drove south Sudan and idiots like you still fuel that fantasy

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            HAHAHA! Do you think the killing will stop?

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          You hit the nail on the head. Only politicians carry about such appointments.

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          My brother, you are dead right. What did the SW gain from OBJ 8 year presidency? Politicians in government hardly care for the people. There should be more fund to the states. Let states improve their IGR. I am impressed by Ndi Anambra, by Fashola, by Amosun, by Ajimobi, by Oshiomole, and quite a number of others. Lrt us have more of these. Our problem is corruption. Let there be no corruption. Directors in the civil service are even more currupt. They deduct upto 60 percent from allocations and grants for themselves and their principals. There is money in this country. Mediicrity is our next potent problem. GEJ administration was full of them. God nless Nigeria
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            We are all corrupt. Corruption is not limited to the public sector only.

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            Oshiomole is another fraud

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      Na our stupid brother give them. That was my problem with Jonathan. He gave them everything they wanted, and we got shaftted and shunted out. I hope we have learned our lessons. All the so called Igbo leaders should be lined up and shown the way of Otokoto boys. We must stop insulting other people and reflect on why we got it so wrong. I saw it coming and my cotribution on this forum is self evident. Ndi beanyi ndewo nu!

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      No regrets and if given the opportunity we would do it again.

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      WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU NDIGBO PEOPLE DO NOT NEED ENEMIES.

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      u are evil incarnation, arinze

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      They are never satisfied

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      Draw a distinction between elective office and political appointment. The North may not have voted for Jonathan in 2011, but they produced PDP legislators. The problem this time around is that there are no APC legislators at the federal level from the SE. If you guys had wised up and voted for Ngige, he would have had an easy ride. Unfortunately, you committed political blunder by putting all your eggs in one basket.

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      Don’t worry for stability the south east would be given power by 2027

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    The Igbo nation has spoken loudly with one voice. No mistake, no regrets.

    We are watching Buhari and his advisers.

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    we must be ready to throw out sentiment about the igbo outing in this election. they conspired and they
    should be allowed to harvest the fruits in full. as for rochas and amaechi they should should be recognized
    for their valor and spirit of change. since the igbo rejected CHANGE leave them to their choice. lack of
    circumspection is the greatest instinct of weak people. it is time for payback for lack of dependability on the
    part of the igbo leadership. i salute okorocha and amaechi for the strength of mind. i admire them for the
    courage of their conviction.

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      we have no regrets. If we are not integreted can we be allowed out of this marriage called Nigeria. After the civil war Gowon preached 3R and after 40years nothing is done. Buhari should bring total reconciliation and fight for our true independece for the west by making Britain to change their foreign policy on Nigeria[which some people are not allowed to know. It is either Nigeria becomes one now or we part.

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      According to you, the President -elect should be for only those who voted for him.well,you should also advised him to only used the revenues from those areas you expected him to favour to finance his expected budget. When you reject a man ,you should also forgone what belong to him.

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    Come May 29th and thereafter, the ‘NEW GOVERNMENT’ will only achive anything worthwhile if it desists from sentiments and this “SETTLE DEM ATTITUDE” and appoint (or LOBBY) for QUALITY PEOPLE to hold positions to propel its(the Goverments) vision. Anything less is contrary to the CHANGE it is preaching.

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    I think Buhari should make use of Igbo tehnocrats for the new government.

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    The south east should. Chew the. Bullet. Why we’re they so myopic.they should bear the consequence of their own take on this national matter, they enjoyed GEJ government, it’s time to sacrifice now.period.
    The other regions suffered under GEJ please forget the south east for now letter them learn from their miscalculations and sentiments

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      So if PDP had won this election, it would been nice to say the whole north that voted massively for Buhari are also myopic and deserved to be excluded from Buhari’s government. The problem here is that it can never happen and will not be acceptable despite your shallow thought process.
      The southeast is the bedrock of the financial sustainance of Nigeria and any attempt to pallade your point of view will be tantamount to foolishness. I am happy that President elect Bihari is aware of that. Your dreaming in a shallow grave of stupidity.

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    THEN CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN PRESIDENT ELECT BUHARI AND ON THE 29 TH OF MAY PRESIDENT BUHARI. THE SAME CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL NIGERIANS THAT MADE YOU ELECTION AS PRESIDENT AND ESPECIALLY TO ALL THOSE WHO FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL DAY AND NIGHT, EVEN IN THE MIST OF DAILY ATTACK, CALLING THEM UNPRINTABLE NAMES AND EVEN TREATING THEIR LIVE. PEOPLE LIKE ME AND MANY OTHERS, WENT THROUGH HELL TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU VICTORIOUS IN THIS ELECTION, AS WE ARE VERY CONVINCED THAT IT WILL BE IN THE VERY INTEREST OF NIGERIA AND ALL NIGERIANS FOR YOU TO LEAD US AND RULE US IN THIS OUR VERY TRYING PERIOD. THE ELECTIONS ARE NOW DONE WITH AND WE MUST FROM NOW FOCUS ON PRESIDENT BUHARI IN GOVERNMENT. THE FIRST 100 DAYS ARE VERY CRITICAL AND PRESIDENT BUHARI MUST HIT THE GROUND FROM DAT ONE OF YOUR ADMINISTRATION. THE TASK YOU ARE INHERITING IS VERY ENORMOUS, VERY DAUNTING AND EXTREMELY VERY HUGE, BECAUSE OF HOW THE OUT GOING ADMINISTRATION HAS GROSSLY MISMANAGED AND MISRULED OUR COUNTRY. WE ARE NOT EXPECTING A MIRACLE AND WE WILL BE VERY PATIENT AND UNDERSTANDING WITH YOUR ADMINISTRATION. THE PROBLEMS THAT WILL CONFRONT YOU ARE NAMELY SECURITY OF NIGERIA AND NIGERIANS, OFFICIAL CORRUPTION AND CORRUPTION, THE ECONOMY, UNEMPLOYMENT, ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURES, SOCIETAL DECAY, IMPUNITY RULE OF LAW , OUR STANDING IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, ETC WE ARE EXPECTING THAT IN THE FIRST 100 DAYS, THAT YOU WILL SEND A DRAFT BILL TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO TACKLE CORRUPTION AND IMPUNITY IN NIGERIA. GOODLUCK JONATHAN AND HIS ADMINISTRATION DID NOT ONLY INSTITUTIONALISED CORRUPTION BUT MADE CORRUPTION A NORM AND ETHOS AS A WAY OF LIFE IN NIGERIA. WE EXPECT THAT IN THAT DRAFT BILL YOU WILL PRESENT TO PARLIAMENT, THAT THE PENALTY FOR THOSE FOUND GUILTY OF CORRUPTION AFTER DUE, DILIGENT, OPEN AND VERY VERIFIABLE LEGAL PROCESS WILL BE LIFE IMPRISONMENT, WITH A MINIMUM OF 30 YEARS. THERE MUST BE SPECIAL COURTS HEADED BY HIGH COURT JUDGES TO TRY CASES OF CORRUPTIONS. APPEALS FROM THERE MUST GO TO SPECIAL COURTS OF APPEAL CREATED ONLY FOR THOSE PURPOSES. THEN ALL APPEALS FROM THE SPECIAL COURTS OF APPEALS WILL THEN GO TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE LAND. YOU MUST SAY IN THE DRAFT BILL THAT ANY CASE BROUGHT TO THE SPECIAL COURT TO TRY CORRUPT OFFICIAL MUST BE CONCLUDED WITH IN THREE MONTHS, ALL CASES IN THE SPECIAL COURTS OF APPEAL WITHIN TWO MONTHS AND IN THE SUPREME COURTS WITHIN ONE MONTH. ALL THE COURTS MUST BE GIVEN ALL THE NECESSARY FACILITIES ASSISTANCE FOR THEM TO DO THEIR JOBS. THERE MUST BE VERY SEVERE SANCTIONS AGAINST THOSE WHO PREVENT THE COURTS FROM DOING A VERY SPEEDY AND A VERY THROUGH JOB. PRESIDENT BUHARI YOU MUST IN THE FIRST PUT IN MOTION IN CORPORATION WITH ALL OUR NEIGHBOUR COUNTRIES AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PUT IN MOTION VERY VERIFIABLE PROCESSES TO OBLITERATE AND COMPLETELY ANNIHILATE AND OBLITERATE, THE VERY UGLY CANCER WORM OF INIQUITY BOKO HARAM FROM NIGERIA AND THE SURFACE OF THIS EARTH. THIS WILL SEND A VERY STRONG MESSAGE TO OTHERS WHO ARE THINKING OF EMULATING THESE VERY TERRIBLE MONSTERS. LATER I WILL DEAL WITH THE ECONOMY, AGRICULTURE, INFRASTRUCTURES , UNEMPLOYMENT, ECT MR PRESIDENT CONSIDER VERY WELL AND VERY THOROUGHLY BEFORE GIVEN PERSONS JOBS TO ACTUALISE YOUR VERY NOBLE OBJECTIVES, ASPIRATIONS AND INTENTIONS FOR NIGERIA. PRESIDENT BUHARI WE KNOW THAT THE PROBLEMS FACING YOU WHICH YOU INHERITED ARE VERY TOUGH, BUT WE THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU ARE EQUAL TO THE TASK AND THAT YOU ARE A VERY FIT, A VERY ABLE AND A VERY READY PERSON FOR THIS JOB

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    Buhari should go ahead and form a government based on merit and those he think are credible enough to be in his government. The Igbos laid their bed the way they wanted it so they should live with that for the next four years.

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    “The President may be persuaded by other sources to unleach the EFCC on him” – Deh Deh Miraho o.

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    I am neither APC nor PDP but a Patriot. The new APC federal government should attempt to run a broad based all inclusive government and forget the various voting slants and biases.

    The election is done and gone. What matters now should be a move to have a true federal cabinet of the best brains and minds to move Nigeria forward in all ramifications and to ensure its survival beyond 4 years. If not, “CHANGE” may happen again in another 4 years. Power supply is still poor and I have to go buy petrol to fuel my generator for the night……

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    This administration should look at competence and not where people come from. The zoning formula has brought so much misery to our people over the years. People have always seen their appointment to government positions as their own time to chop. This government must only appoint people to positions based on competence. If no south easterner is competent for any position, why must they be appointed to such positions?

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    This is the change they sought. A return to irredentism. A return to politics of domination and hegemony. A return to compensation of political jobbers and wheeler dealers. The scramble has begun. God bless Nigeria!

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    please guardian se does not want anything to do with buhari and his apc

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    may be this is the espected opportunity for BIAFRA to emerge.

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    SOUTHEAST WANT RESTRUCTURING OF NIGERIA, NOT APPOINTMENT OR PERSON’S POSITION. AFTERALL SOUTHSOUTH HAD NO.1 POSITION IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND NORTH HAD NO.1 POSITION FOR UP TO 38 YEARS AND I DID NOT SEE THE DIFFERENCE IT MADE.

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    GOODLUCK JONATHAN IS VERY GUILTY AS CHARGED
    PDP! POWDER! PDP POWDER!! PDP POWDER!!! YOU ARE IN DENIAL, DAZED, SHELL SHOCKED AND UNASHAMEDLY PLAYING THE OSTRICH. WHEN YOU JOIN THE SCRAP HEAP AT THE END OF MAY 2015, WE THE PEOPLE WILL ASK VERY SERIOUS QUESTIONS AND WE WILL DEMAND IMMEDIATE ANSWERS. IF YOU CAN NOT DO THE TIME THAN DO NOT DO THE CRIME.
    THE PEOPLE HAVE SENT A VERY POWERFUL MESSAGE.
    THE VERY MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH GOODLUCK JONATHAN WERE THAT HE WAS IN OFFICE BUT NOT IN POWER. POWER WAS IN THE HANDS OF THE CABAL HEADED BY FOUR FOUR WOMEN, PATIENCE JONATHAN, DEZIANI, NGOZI AND ABUAH. OTHERS ARE THE VERY FEW VERY SELFISH, VERY SELF CENTRED AND ALWAYS DRUNK, SO CALLED MILITANTS, ETC. THIS CABAL DICTATE TO GOODLUCK JONATHAN AND HE CARRIES OUT THEIR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LETTER. GOODLUCK JONATHAN WAS JUST COASTING ALONG AND JUST ENJOYING THE SPOILS OF OFFICE AS IT THERE IS NO TOMORROW. GOODLUCK JONATHAN WAS ONLY BEHAVING AND ACTING AS A PRESIDENT FOR THESE VERY FEW PERSONS AND NOT AS THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA. NOW WE THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN AND WE THE PEOPLE HAVE THE VERY LAST LAUGH AND IT IS A VERY SWEET AND A VERY LOUD LAUGH. THE ALMIGHTY GOD IS VERY GREAT AND THE ALMIGHTY GOD LOVES NIGERIA. VOX POPULI VOX DEI QED

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    Ike Ekweremadu and All PDP guys should be completely bared from taking positions in this government. They should not be allowed to decamp and get positions. They should function in opposition side and make governing strong and competitive with opposing ideas. That is how strong democracy works. Next time Ibos should learn not to rig themselves out of government.

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    Let every region gets what it deserves. It will definitely help APC in general and the president-elect in particular to do this in futrure election. Let me worn here that the President- elect is not likely to finish with all he starts with,who gets what and how will sooner than later pitches him against some starters. The best insurance against future security is to do the very best at the starting point.PDP paid seriuosly for not being able to get the Speaker of HORs for the SW in the just concluded election. It is the Investment of APC in supporting the current Speaker of the House to be that begins to yield the dividend the APC is now reaping. APC can not afford to jilt the SE if it wanted to continue to be in power. They should expect oppositon form PDP even from Buhari ‘s North and all it takes to win any presidential election in Nigeria is just the merger of any of the two of the three major ethnic groups in the country. Why the NW and the SW are now comfortable with the positions of the President and Vice President respectively,same can not be said of NE, NC,SS and SE. My candid opinion to APC is to continuning its marketing zeal in post election victory as in pre election urge. It will be political suicidal to say that the SE had had their chance under PDP and as such should take a back seat now as saying will be tantamount to saying that the Igbos should do exactly what the Yoruba did to Jonathan in the next election to Buhari when I am cocksure sure PDP will position another northerner to contest with Buhari in 2019 and thereby spilts the monolithic support the General enjoyed from there in the just concluded election. I therefore wish to conclude that fair play is the greatest insurance for any political party that wants to glue to power; while ignoring the bridge builders- the SW my be totally dangerous ignoring the SE is by no means less dangerous to APC in the future race.

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    MOST LEADERS OF NDİ-İGBO ANYİ ARE SO CONFUSED THAT THEY HAVE EXTENDED İT TO THE İGBO ELECTORATE DUE TO FİNANCİAL SELFİSHNESS.EVEN MASOB PURSUEİNG BİAFRAN STATE EVEN CAME OUT TO FİGHT FOR PDP DUE TO FİNANCİAL SELFİSHNESS.WHEN APC WAS FORMED,APGA WAS FACTİONED WİTH OKOROCHA JOİNİNG THEM WİTH HİS GROUP.WHİLE PETER OBİ WHO WAS CRYİNG AGAİNST OKOROCHA MOVE AND DOİNG FİNANCİAL BARGAİNİNG WİTH JONATHAN/PDP WHİCH HE LATER ABANDONED APGA THAT LED TO OKOROCHA SAYİNG THAT MOST ANAMRA POLİTİCİANS ARE ”MONEY BAGS POLİTİCİAN” THAT STATEMENT DİD NOT GO DOWN WELL WİTH ANAMBRA PEOPLE,THE HATED OKOROCHA WHO WAS PLAYİNG NOT TO PUT NDİGBO EGGS İN ONE BASKET.EVEN NGİGE THE FOUNDER OF NEW ANAMBRA WAS RİGGED OUT OF HİS CONSTİTUENCY UPON ALL HE DİD OR THEM.İMAGİN WHEN NGİGE İS SPEAKER OF THE SENATE,İS İT NOT FOR THE BENEFİT OF HİS PEOPLE? NDİ-İGBO ARE OF THE HABİT OF SEEKİNG EACH OTHER DOWNFALL EVERYWHERE İN TH WORLD EXPECİALLY ANAMBRA WHERE İ COME FROM.TODAY BUHARİ THEY CLAİMED THAT HATES NDİ-İGBO ARE WORRİED LOOKİNG FOR WAYS TO HELP US AFTER OUR POLİTİCAL MİSTAKES CAUSED BY SELFİSH SETS OF LEADERS.İTS VERY PAİNFUL THAT ANAMBRA PEOPL ARE PAYİNG NGİGE WİTH BAD COİNS AFTER RİSKİNG HİS LİFE TO RESCUE THEM FROM POLİTİCAL GODFATHERİSM.HE BROUGHT LİGHT İN ANAMBRA,LETTİNG THEM KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN İN DARKNESS.WHATS WRONG WİTH ANAMBRA PEOPLE? I THİNK ITS BETTER FO ANAMBRA TO STAY ON THEİR OWN.WHY İS İT THAT YOU CONTİNUE TO EXHİBİT THAT YOUR OLDEN DAYS ATTİTUD ” İF YOU ARE NOT THEİR NOBODY WİLL BE” HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN HAT THİS 21st CENTURY? ”GOOD MORNİNG ANAMBRA” VOTE FOR APC İF YOU DONT WANT CONTİNUE TO BE MARGİNALİZED..

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    i think with the way politics and tribalism is looking right now in the country. The Niger-Deltans and Biafra may unite to divide Nigeria. They are beginning to see themselves as friends. This has never been the case.. okay just be a fool and abuse me now. The biggest fool will be the one to abuse me. haha.. ok fool do it I command you!

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    I still fail to understand why the Igbos, or any other group for that matter, should be prodded to regret that they voted one way or the other, if they voted according to their convictions. Going into the elections, the Igbos fully recognized that they could come out victorious or losing and they still went ahead to vote according to their convictions, which I think is the way to go for this country. Victory has its rewards. So let the winners go ahead and share amongst themselves what they consider as the spoils of their struggle: I doubt that the average Igbo man really cares. For who in their right mind would think the fact, for example, that a Senate president comes from the SE will change anything in the fortunes of the the Igbos.

    My prayer–truly, my prayer–is for the president-elect to succeed because, in the end, what all of us desire is a Nigeria we can be proud of. But I also recognize it’s not going to be easy, in particular if the calculations are already about whether Buhari should unleash EFCC on the Jagaban Borgu to keep him away from Abuja and convince the international community he was serious about his pledge to tackle corruption or find him a befitting role “the brain behind the joy of the people in the North.”

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    But they voted PDP senators, PDP representatives in large number. Iam sure you are not saying that PDP minority members should hold pisitions that have to be for majority parties. People are concerned on how to prevent marginalization of the SE, how to make the south east not suffer the fate of the south west in GEJ era, yet people like you are threatening. The same podition led to the civil war. Your like are the real enemy of the Igbo nation.

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