'' I felt bad when i couldn't find the names of Obiageli Ezekwesili, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Bayo Ojo ( SAN ), Femi Falana and Patrick Utomi in the official list of ministerial nominees submitted to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari instead I saw the same ' OLD FACES ' that have failed us in the past.
I felt disappointed see names like Dr. Chris Ngige – Former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi – Former Governor of Ekiti State, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi – Former. Governor of Rivers State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN – Former Governor of Lagos State, General Abdurrahman Dambazau (Rtd.) – Former Chief of Defence Staff, Hajiya Aisha Alhassan – Former Federal Lawmaker and 2015 APC Taraba Governorship Candidate, Dr. Ogbonaya Onu – Former Governor of Abia State and Former National Chairman of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP ( which is part of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC ), Chief Audu Ogbeh - Former Minister of Agriculture and Former National Chairman of the Peoples' Democratic Party ( PDP ), Senator Hadi Sidika - Former Federal Lawmaker, Udoma Udo Udoma - Former Federal Lawmaker after waited for almost four months with expectation of having technocrats, dons etc with good reputation.
To be sincere, i don't have anything bad against the following nominees viz Alhaji Abubakar Malami – A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu – Group Managing Director, NNPC, Ibrahim Usman Jibril, Ahmed Ibeto Musa, Lai Mohammed – National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress ( APC ), Suleiman Adamu, Chief Adebayo Shittu, Barr. Solomon Dalong – A Legal Practitioner, Amina Ibrahim – Special Adviser to the United Nation’s Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning, and Mrs. Kemi Adeosun – Former Commissioner for Finance in Ogun State (South West Nigeria), .
Imagine, one of the compensated nominees, Chief Audu Ogbeh in the year 1982 (33 years ago), bowed before Senator Olusola Saraki (Senate Leader) to be screened as Minister. In 2015 (33 years after), the same Chief Audu Ogbeh will bow before Senate President, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki to be screened as Minister i.e Audu Ogbeh bowed before Saraki ( senior ) and also will bow before Saraki ( junior ), is that the CHANGE APC is talking about?
I think it is high time we must stop building individual and start building an institution because individual will fail and/or die while institution remains.''
- Yusuf Adeyanju Yisau, Comrade, Blogger & Social Commentator.
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