STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
DUE PROCESS WAS FOLLOWED IN MRS. ZAKARI'S APPOINTMENT AS ACTING INEC CHAIRMAN
We have noted with regret, the latest tirade against President Muhammadu Buhari issued today by the PDP's Spokesman, Mr Olisa Metuh.
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| Femi Adesina |
President Buhari certainly did not "overrule" Prof. Attahiru Jega in appointing Mrs Amina Zakari as the Acting INEC Chairman, as Mr Metuh alleged.
Prof. Jega's purported handing over to another Commissioner cannot be construed as an "appointment" because only the President has the constitutional authority, which he exercised to appoint Mrs Zakari as acting Chairman of INEC.
Contrary to Mr Metuh's allegations, President Buhari's appointment of Mrs Zakari as Acting INEC Chariman was based entirely on merit, her vast experience in the internal operations of INEC and the President's commitment to affirmative action in support of gender equality, because, apart from being fully qualified for the position, Mrs Zakari was the only woman among the six Commissioners considered.
Due Process was certainly followed in Mrs Zakari's appointment. Mr Metuh's spurious claims of her appointment having been influenced by "personal relationship with the Presidency" and a Governor in the North-West "to pave the way for the APC" at election tribunals should be disregarded by the public.
The allegations are nothing but falsehoods contrived by Mr Metuh to unjustly denigrate a President popularly elected by Nigerians to undo the damage done to the nation by years of PDP rule.
His claim that the PDP has rejected Mrs Zakari's appointment is also laughable after he had admitted that the right and power of the President to make such appointments cannot be questioned.
Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown sha.
ReplyDeletePDPigs are sore losers. Empty barrels make the most noise. They'll just keep banging on every door the FG opens sey na opposition dem dey play. Yeye dey smell. Lai Mohammed's offer to school Olisa Metuh on how to be opposition spokesman is still open last time I checked...GHANAMAN signing out!
ReplyDeletePdp ought to shut up for once as no one dared question them in their 16 years of misrule. What is funny is the fact that having lost power for a month; they suddenly have become the moral compass of the nation. Trust a politician at your own...
ReplyDeleteYou can say that again. Aspersions here and there at the slightest move by the fed government. One thing Nigerians have failed to realise is that, there's no big deal, Buhari can appoint a million ministers before night fall, if only to please those who are calling him "baba go slow". But it's not that easy.
DeleteWe complained bitterly about the past administration and their style of appointing ministers and the rest. They were just hand picking at will without recourse to merit and proper scrutiny. We all know how it ended a monumental disaster even until the last minute when they started to fire and hire officials. Buhari has a lot to prove to not only Nigerians, but to foreign stake holders who joined in celebrating his assumption to office. Any little mistake would discredit his hard earned reputation.
He has to be very stern with appointments. And besides, this woman is the acting chairman and not the chosen one yet. So what's the fuss? I however agree that the INEC chairman should be non partisan, should be extensively drilled before appointment.
The INEC body has become the most sensitive heart of the country because they are the ones to qualify and disqualify those that will lead us, as the case may be. As it is only the president that can appoint the INEC chairman, I suggest he carries out a thorough background check to avoid electoral disasters and compromise in the future.
And not forgetting that some states and jurisdictions are still in court contesting the results of the last election, which INEC will be called upon to validate or invalidate. We do not need a corrupt person to spoil the commendable precedent that Jega has laid in that organisation.
A billion likes @ sisi eko and thanks for saving me the stress.
DeleteINEC Chairmanship is a very strategic, powerful and important position.
ReplyDeleteA make or a break for the future of any political party or political aspirations.
And Jega is still my crush!
good to know
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Ok.
ReplyDeleteGood for them
Nobody should be surprised. . I expected Buhari to be himself. What less do Nigerians expect from a man that called on muslims to vote only muslims in 2011? You people think a Leopard can ever change its spots?
ReplyDeleteUr sentiments will neva allow u see anytin good in Buhari! Pple like u will turn the truth upside down cos of their stupid sentiments! Who cares what ur expectations are anyway? Judging 32 days with 16 years? U nid to go n see a shrink cos u r losing it seriously!
DeleteUr sentiments will neva allow u see anytin good in Buhari! Pple like u will turn the truth upside down cos of their stupid sentiments! Who cares what ur expectations are anyway? Judging 32 days with 16 years? U nid to go n see a shrink cos u r losing it seriously!
DeleteSmh
DeleteIs this what this respected and seasoned journalist will be doing for the next 4 years? Trying to justify the unjustifiable. Try to make an excuse for a very tribal and vindictive president.
ReplyDeleteBuhari is trying to punish the igbos for not voting him that's why he ordered that captured Boko haram fighters be moved to the Ekwuluobia prison in the south east.
While u r blabbing pls tell me one good thing ur GEJ did for the igbos? Ezi bida!
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ReplyDeleteYou and your baba go slow should go and rest, loosers.change indeed,32 days and nothing to show, a tribalistic president, stella if you like don't post this, I know you are close to these two people, one sided journalist like you.mtcheww
ReplyDeletePeople asking what has been done in 32days do not know what they are saying. All ye Pdp lovers echoing what was reported by foreign media, I ask, what did Gej achieve in 1460 days? *Dont let the devil use you*
DeleteLet the drama begin....
ReplyDeleteam just watching channels where one professor is criticizing this and i see reason with him. Buhari the baba duara dullard is compensating the woman for a job well done. at least they brought Jona down.
ReplyDeleteI pity Mr Adesina.
ReplyDeleteHe will release an average of 4press statements in a day.
So,five days aweek times 4=20 a week.
20x4=80 a month.
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Olisa metuh abeg go siddon for gutter! When GEJ was firing and hiring at the last minute, did APC question him on it? Better go and learn how to play opposition. U r beginning to sound like an empty vessel. Mtchew!
ReplyDeleteOlisa metuh abeg go siddon for gutter! When GEJ was firing and hiring at the last minute, did APC question him on it? Better go and learn how to play opposition. U r beginning to sound like an empty vessel. Mtchew!
ReplyDeleteThis guy sounds so lame.
ReplyDeleteFor how long will he keep trying to justify every action his master takes?
Please channel your energy towards advising Buhari to fulfill his campaign promises within the shortest time possible and leave PDP alone. They are just doing their job as opposition.
How I wish the media could tell PDP that they should wait 16yrs too, before making any comment on the welfare of this country, I mean are they not even ashamed. Right now they don't sound remorseful, it seems political unrepentant is their watchword.
ReplyDeleteLet's see if this present inec chairman would be accountable, transparent, Explicit in his work like his predecessor.
Aboki baba go slow
ReplyDeleteINEC from aboki to North again
Why not appoint Igbo man for this job
Femi Adesina, you wouldn't have bothered replying Olisa Metu. Lai Mohammed would've done the job because both of them are two of a kind
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