--THE ABUJA MINISTERIAL BLUES
PENDULUM BY DELE MOMODU, Email: dele....@thisdaylive.com
Fellow Nigerians, the story you are about to read is the stuff of fiction. Or better put, it is like a play or movie. One title that readily comes to mind is that beautiful stage-play, ‘A Play of Giants’, by foremost playwright, Wole Soyinka. It is an incredible tale of power in Africa’s biggest nation, Nigeria.
Let me start it like this. I departed Ghana for Dubai the very day General Muhmmadu Buhari was declared winner of the last Presidential election in Nigeria. As soon as I landed in Dubai, I received countless messages of congratulations which must have been hanging whilst I was in the skies. Some of the senders asked if I was in Abuja in order to come celebrate with me. But I was far from Nigeria and told them so. For me the mission was already accomplished and it was time to take a bow. I was not a member of APC but merely a volunteer and sympathiser.
I couldn’t ever believe that my response did not go down well with some people. Unknown to me, they had banked on riding me as their donkey to the corridors of power in Abuja. They were so sure I could get whatever I wanted from the incoming government. All explanations to the contrary from me fell on deaf ears. They were convinced I was just being pretentious and didn’t want to be of help. The more charitable ones did not stress me much but pleaded with me to remember them in my forthcoming paradise. I shook my head in utter incredulity. Of course, I did not go near Abuja for about two months thereafter although I continued to be pestered from far and near by supposed well-wishers.
On my return to Nigeria from one of my trips a couple of months after the swearing in of President Buhari and the Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo SAN, I received a delegation of friends who I thought were just on a casual visit. After having a few drinks, one of them stood up to start a conversation: “Bob Dee, we have come to offer you some wise counsel. We want you to stop being foolish. You’ve paid your dues and deserve something tangible in this new government…”
If I thought he was just pulling my legs and being melodramatic, he soon overreached himself and did what I least expected! He suddenly went on his knees and started begging me like a penitent school kid: “Please, listen to us. Even if you are not interested, please do so for our sake. If we have you in government, it means we are there too. ..”
Then, he compounded the unexpected act, by diving flat on the floor in some grotesque form of prostration. I looked at the gentleman with great concern and anxiety as I wondered if he had suffered a bout of epilepsy. But he appeared normal and stable and revved into what seemed a monologue as I was too tongue-tied to respond: “See the way I’m lying flat, that is what I want you to do when you go to the Governor of your State, Adams Oshiomole. You will grab his leg and tell him you have come to solicit his help for a Ministerial appointment in Buhari’s cabinet. Please, don’t go empty handed o; not necessarily cash, just buy like a few cartons of champagnes. If his Madam is around, make sure you bend almost double when greeting her, lest you’re accused of arrogance!..”
I remained funereally silent. My friend was not done yet. He continued to soliloquise: “When you leave Oshiomhole, go quickly to see your man, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola in the State of Osun because you never know who God may use to make this dream a reality. Remember to repeat the same prostration when you get to Osogbo. Since Alhaji does not like alcohol, you may have to carry bundles of white fabric along. “ I could see that that the self-appointed consultant had it all worked out already and in effortless detail.
I was too stunned and speechless. He stood up without my prompting him. “Those two Governors are very important since your dad came from Edo and your mum from Osun. Now to cap it up, go and see Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. He is your man from way back in your exile days. Please, kneel down and again hold his legs and tell him he is the only one who can make this happen… If possible roll on the floor for maximum effect…” Wow”, I thought internally, “the extent to which one should go to bag a government appointment is amazingly extraordinary”!
I cleared my throat. He had spoken enough and given me ample time to fashion my response. I thanked him for caring so much. I assured him as much as I would want to serve my nation as a patriotic citizen, I know the process a bit. Beyond that, all the three influential people he wanted me to meet and cajole are not people who expect me to crawl to get anything from them. They know I have more self-respect than that and I would lower myself in their estimation if I behaved contrary to character and did a quarter of what he had suggested. I pointed out that “Governor Oshiomole is my big Brother who has shown me love over time. The last time we saw in Zambia, he said he would flog me literally if I don’t visit home soon. He even wants me to launch some of his pet projects across the State because he sees me as an Ambassador of Edo State”, I started my own sermon.
“The Constitution of Nigeria stipulates that The President must pick one Minister per State. Fairly, I expect the Governors, especially in APC States to have party members they want to put forward as Ministers. In fact, I don’t know how the President would honestly handle some States where there are too many heavyweights. A good example is Ekiti State where there is a long queue of accomplished citizens including three former Governors, Niyi Adebayo, Segun Oni and Kayode Fayemi plus Mr Dele Alake and Mr Femi Falana (SAN). There is also Lagos State, where the revered national leader, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to determine who gets what on account of his humongous contributions to APC. Lagos parades former Governor Babatunde Fashola, Rt. Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, Senator Ganiyu Solomon, Princess Adenrele Adeniran-Ogunsanya, Hon. (Mrs) Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Dr Muiz Banire (SAN), Hon. Jumoke Okoya-Thomas, Chief (Mrs) Kemi Nelson and others who worked assiduously for the monumental success of APC at both local and national levels.”
I continued by telling my audience that “virtually all the States have similar challenges. I won’t be surprised if this is the main reason it has not been easy to complete this selection even now. As much as the President would want to appear totally independent, it is pertinent that he does not act like he’s not grateful to some of his big supporters like some former Presidents, Vice Presidents, Lt. General T.Y Danjuma, Governors, former Governors and heavy funders of the campaign.“
Thank God, my friends listened with rapt attention. It is at times like this that I miss the wise and sagacious head of my friend, Prince Adedamola Aderemi at that meeting. He would have politely stepped in and succinctly straightened everybody out. Fortunately, my friends seemed to realise I was making sense but they still didn’t see why I shouldn’t fight for it as others do, for whatever it is worth. I was not going to add to the existing headache, and tell them I would refrain from acting on their laid down strategy, so I said I was going to try. We departed on that note and I simply carried on with my usual routine.
I don’t know how my name crawled into one of the rumoured Ministerial lists but that was the beginning of proper wahala. My phones kept ringing off the hook from then. My wife was not spared. I received cvs in droves. Many appointed themselves as my Special Assistants or Personal Assistants. Many of them I didn’t know from anywhere. A few friends living abroad told me pointedly that they will return home pronto and work for me. Everywhere I turned I was being congratulated. No one listened to my denials. Even as I write this, my well-wishers have not given up. They told me they are praying and fasting. Someone called me yesterday and said he heard I was in Abuja for my screening. I responded that may be the screening is in London where I’m trying to convalesce at this moment.
In my entire life, I’ve never experienced this type of suffocating pressure. While I feel very flattered by all the sensation this has caused, I can confirm I now know why men of power can hardly perform unless they managed to dodge most of these strident calls and considered wicked. There is nothing I have said that makes any sense to the callers. I’ve been told to be positive and live by faith. Yes I’m a believer in God but I’m also a man who believes in Destiny. What is more, service to one’s fatherland should never be an act of desperation. In the fullness of time, you would be called upon if needed. And there is so much you can do for your country outside power.
I sincerely do not envy the President. If what I have gone through in my little corner is anything to go by, President Buhari definitely needs our prayers. I will encourage him to conclude picking his cabinet and move on. No matter what he does, it is impossible to please everyone. He is already doing fine and should tune up the tempo. May God guide and help him achieve his tall dreams for Nigeria.
Amin.
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Bolaji, You could not have made up the story. Indeed, Chika is shameless. It shows in his journalism. I would not have believed that Chika would need an intermediary to get an interview audience with the former Head of State considering the fact that they (Chika and the HOS) are birds of same feather. Ayo Ojutalayo Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
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who claim that I am covertly or overtly angling for a ministerial position.
I am confident that PMB is purpose-driven
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who claim that I am covertly or overtly angling for a ministerial position.Prof AlukoNo sir. You are NOT ' covertly or overtly angling for a ministerial position' Like you rightly said Fayemi is way ahead of you along those lines and you are smart enough to know that.You are covertly AND overtly angling for a position in INEC. Failing which any of the remaining '6,000 positions ' will do nicely. Especially as your term as VC Uniotueke will soon be upAnd there is nothing wrong with that by the way. On competence and capabilities I would support you for any public office in Nigeria. You are someone clearly self driven to make a difference in public service. What irritates is this your 'oga notice me ' tendency since Buhari's electionI am confident that PMB is purpose-drivenWas GEJ also purpose driven when you accepted appointment under his Govt. or this 'purpose driven' toga belongs to Any Govt In Power?Inquiring minds want to knowJoeHaving a belly laugh like you know whoSent from my iPhone
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who claim that I am covertly or overtly angling for a ministerial position.
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No sir. You are NOT ' covertly or overtly angling for a ministerial position' Like you rightly said Fayemi is way ahead of you along those lines and you are smart enough to know that.You are covertly AND overtly angling for a position in INEC. Failing which any of the remaining '6,000 positions ' will do nicely. Especially as your term as VC Uniotueke will soon be upAnd there is nothing wrong with that by the way. On competence and capabilities I would support you for any public office in Nigeria. You are someone clearly self driven to make a difference in public service. What irritates is this your 'oga notice me ' tendency since Buhari's electionI am confident that PMB is purpose-drivenWas GEJ also purpose driven when you accepted appointment under his Govt. or this 'purpose driven' toga belongs to Any Govt In Power?Inquiring minds want to knowJoeHaving a belly laugh like you know whoSent from my iPhone
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Yeye, Since you are Yoruba, you are tribal-ly linked to Kola Aluko, are you not? |
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Joe, Dele Momodu, yes, but not Bolaji. Bolaji has not done anything different from the Bolaji we had always known. For full disclosure, Dele Momodu is my aburo of Ife town connection. His support for Buhari when Buhari's success at the presidential election was almost certain was "Notice me". The same with his visit to PMB. |
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Bolaji:
I am no caterwauling vulture. Neither am I a fan of Chika Onyeani. Quite honestly, I don't like his Africa Sun Newspaper. If I were Jonathan, I would never grant any audience with a paper in the mold of African Sun. However, if one called you once to get an audience with former President Jonathan, I don't consider that pestering. Also, I see nothing wrong in positioning oneself in Buhari's administration. The problem I have with you is, you seat on the fence on most issues. You simply refuse to rock the boat.
But as my people will say, Onye na nke ya ( to each his own).
Vin Cool Breeze Otuonye
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Ogbuefi:
Thank you too....you have confirmed my story....I felt pestered, but I don't mind being pestered by you.
So let us quit before it gets uglier, before the caterwauling vultures set in. But be assured of this: I am not angling overtly or covertly for a ministerial position.
Have a good week.
Bolaji Aluko
On Sunday, October 4, 2015, 'Chika Onyeani' via AfricanWorldForum <africanw...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Bolaji,
Yes, I confirm calling you about the possibility of speaking with former President Goodluck Jonathan, which you are now calling pestering you. Thank you.
Chika Onyeani
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JUI, If you are listed as an Igbo hater like PMB, any story can be concocted to make you look bad by individuals that pretend to be public commentators and analysts. On these forums, Bolaji is top on the list of "certified Igbo haters". Yours truly, as you are aware, is on the list! Ayo Ojutalayo |
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Bolaji:
I am no caterwauling vulture. Neither am I a fan of Chika Onyeani. Quite honestly, I don't like his Africa Sun Newspaper. If I were Jonathan, I would never grant any audience with a paper in the mold of African Sun. However, if one called you once to get an audience with former President Jonathan, I don't consider that pestering. Also, I see nothing wrong in positioning oneself in Buhari's administration. The problem I have with you is, you seat on the fence on most issues. You simply refuse to rock the boat.
But as my people will say, Onye na nke ya ( to each his own).
Vin Cool Breeze Otuonye
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Tourette syndrome! From Dr Ola Kassim's description of it, it may be Nebukadineze Adiele's affliction. |
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Bolaji:
I am no caterwauling vulture. Neither am I a fan of Chika Onyeani. Quite honestly, I don't like his Africa Sun Newspaper. If I were Jonathan, I would never grant any audience with a paper in the mold of African Sun. However, if one called you once to get an audience with former President Jonathan, I don't consider that pestering. Also, I see nothing wrong in positioning oneself in Buhari's administration. The problem I have with you is, you seat on the fence on most issues. You simply refuse to rock the boat.
But as my people will say, Onye na nke ya ( to each his own).
Vin Cool Breeze Otuonye
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Subject: [africanworldforum] Re: THE ABUJA MINISTERIAL BLUES - by Dele Momodu
Ogbuefi:
Thank you too....you have confirmed my story....I felt pestered, but I don't mind being pestered by you.
So let us quit before it gets uglier, before the caterwauling vultures set in. But be assured of this: I am not angling overtly or covertly for a ministerial position.
Have a good week.
Bolaji Aluko
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Bolaji,
Yes, I confirm calling you about the possibility of speaking with former President Goodluck Jonathan, which you are now calling pestering you. Thank you.
Chika Onyeani
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Subject: [africanworldforum] Re: THE ABUJA MINISTERIAL BLUES - by Dele Momodu
Ogbuefi Chika Onyeani:
You are a complete disappointment in what you wrote below, and you should be ashamed of yourself. I am very sorry to say so, because you and I go back long ways.
Here you are, just two days ago, you were pestering me with a phone call all the way from New York, imploring me to get an interview audience with a former Head of State, which I promised to do if you could write write out precisely why, because I could not imagine just telling him that one Chika Onyeani wants to talk to him. Deny it, and all respect that I have for you will disappear. Confirm it, and there is yet hope for you with me.
Let the reader now imagine what you would do if I was chosen a minister tomorrow.
Moving on....
I will not much dignify your ilk - yourself, Toyin Adepoju, Joe Attueyi, Paul Oranika, to name a few - who claim that I am covertly or overtly angling for a ministerial position. First, I have a top job as VC of a aged earl University, which is more prestigious, in my mind, than a ministerial position, more independent, and much safer. Somebody should tell you how Minister Wike once tried to be rude to me, and I reminded him that I was aVC, and he backed down. Pan other point: I am continuing as VC now, while one VC colleague who not too long ago relinquished his position to become Minister has gone with the previous administration and was never able to exorcise the witches and wizards bedeviling the power sector of the country. Secondly, unlike some of you, I come from Ekiti State where PMB has equally worthy persons such as Fayemi, Falana, Oni and Adebayo -to name just a few - to choose from. Fayemi is a virtual shoo-in, and Falana is not far behind.
But let you and your ilk get it into your heads: whenever I am truly available, and PMB finds it worthy to offer me a position in his government suited to my capabilities, I will strongly consider it as another national device just as I took the one under GEJ, who I continue to have a good relationship with. I am confident that PMB is purpose-driven, and he needs as many purpose-driven persons to work with, not cynical naysayers with a pernicious agenda.
And there you have it.
Bolaji Aluko
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There you have it, a la Bolaji Aluko!As for Dele Momodou, he made sure that everybody was aware of the day he met with Buhari, that all the newspapers carried his photo showing him shaking hands with the mighty Buhari.Bolaji,I couldn't conceive of a more cynical way of two people asking to be appointed to ministerial posts. Why do you and Dele Momodou hash this plot of being inundated by people who want you to be appointed ministers? For you, some people on this forum have wished that you be appointed a minister, albeit with tongue-in-cheek. Are you counting them as those pestering you?
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Ayo: Have you ever heard of Ekiti boomerang? You better do your homework. Ekiti folks, as well as other folks I know but refuse to name, specialize in boomerang or return to sender mojo. If you think that way about Tourette Syndrome, it might become your Christmas and new year present nicely wrapped and delivered to you and yours in time for Christmas. And I am Ezeana Achusim Odi-Isaa Nwa Dim Orioha AKA Onyeukwu. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone |
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Subject: [africanworldforum] Re: THE ABUJA MINISTERIAL BLUES - by Dele Momodu
Ogbuefi:
Thank you too....you have confirmed my story....I felt pestered, but I don't mind being pestered by you.
So let us quit before it gets uglier, before the caterwauling vultures set in. But be assured of this: I am not angling overtly or covertly for a ministerial position.
Have a good week.
Bolaji Aluko
On Sunday, October 4, 2015, 'Chika Onyeani' via AfricanWorldForum <africanw...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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Yes, I confirm calling you about the possibility of speaking with former President Goodluck Jonathan, which you are now calling pestering you. Thank you.
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Chika, Common, it does not matter when and how many times you called Bolaji who said both of you have come a long way. Your reaction to what he wrote was not honorable. And many of us can confirm similar experience as Bolaji was narrating. Did Dr Onu not talk of a similar experience when he was being rumored as the Secretary to the government? |
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Folks: If you want something, go for it the best way you can. With no apologies. When I see a mamiwata that I love, I will not hesitate to call VC Aluko, if he can be of help. If I am interested in looting the Nigerian treasury, and I think worshipping Abba is the shortest route to being in Buhari's administration, I would have moved to Arizona by now to become Abba's neighbor. How do you guys think folks like Obasanjo and Buhari and Ezeana got to where they are today? They owe it to somebody. If VC Aluko helped anyone get nicely situated with Buhari, only God and the gods know which rewards Aluko could reap. VC Aluko himself was a beneficiary of the help given to him by Prof. Adefuye of blessed memory. The late Prof.
Adefuye, Nigerian Ambassador to the US, was approached by someone I refuse to name, if he had a job for Aluko Jr. who was a recent law school graduate. He obliged. The next thing you knew, Aluko Jr. was a legal staffer at the Embassy. And mind you, he was not the only young Yoruba attorney in the US. Some one, and no apologies needed, wanted something and went after it the best way he could and he got it. Moving on. Then somebody said let us play it again. And they did. Aluko was a professor of Engineering at Howard University in DC. And so were other Yoruba professors at the same university. But it was only Aluko who wanted something else. So he went after what he wanted the best way he could. I listened in on the conversation between the late Adefuye and GEJ. GEJ was reminded that Aluko's beautiful mother is from Bayelsa. So Aluko became VC of Bayelsa University, the only thing GEJ did for southern Nigeria. FUO.
What I am struggling to say here is that if you want something, go after it the best way you can. If you sit home waiting for Buhari to discover you to appoint you, he is not. If you are ashamed to beg for something, you may not get anything. Some have to beg even their own wives for some. But they get on here to pretend that it is wrong to beg for an appointment anyway you can. The only reason I am not out there begging for anything is that I already begged and gotten whatever it is I ever wanted. Politics is not a healthy profession. And I should know. Because I have never sought employment in that industry. |
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VC Aluko: Idaaaaaya. If you did not want the INEC job, you mean you could not recommend somebody else for the job? How do you think Ayo and JUI, to name a few, feel about your friendship with them? Are you telling us that none of your friends is worthy of the INEC job you rejected? It is shocking that you rejected a position without recommending some Yoruba or Edo guy, and you let Fulani take the position? I wonder how Afinefere and Oduduwa feel about you now? |
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Ayo: Whenever we address someone as an Igbo hater, we give reasons why. The fact that you defended Oba of Lagos and Dr vHitler Ariyo earned you the Igbo hater label. If in doubt as to why JUI is an Igbo hater, let him ask, and it shall be catalogued for him. |
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Ezeana, I was called Igbo hater years before Oba of Lagos' incident. Ask Nebu and Shukuma Agunnobi or whatever the Ikemba of Lanatics call himself. |
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Is that Bolaji in the other picture that I saw (I know Chika)? If so, he looks very much like O.J. Simpson, minus the muscular body of O.J.
Oke Osisi"Common Sense, Uncommon Knowledge"Sent on a Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note® 3
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Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] Re: THE ABUJA MINISTERIAL BLUES - by Dele Momodu
I just woke up from Sunday siesta, and now this:
"Ogbuefi Chika Onyeani:You are a complete disappointment in what you wrote below, and you should be ashamed of yourself. I am very sorry to say so, because you and I go back long ways.Here you are, just two days ago, you were pestering me with a phone call all the way from New York, imploring me to get an interview audience with a former Head of State, which I promised to do if you could write write out precisely why, because I could not imagine just telling him that one Chika Onyeani wants to talk to him. Deny it, and all respect that I have for you will disappear. Confirm it, and there is yet hope for you with me.
Let the reader now imagine what you would do if I was chosen a minister tomorrow."..............Dr Bolaji Aluko.Mazi Chika Onyeani's response: "Bolaji, Yes, I confirm calling you about the possibility of speaking with former President Goodluck Jonathan, which you are now calling pestering you. Thank you."..........Chika Onyeani.Afis comment: These Igbos are shameless.
Why would the honorable Chief Onyeani even open the Pandora box when he was one of the cyber guys pestering Dr Aluko?I can live a hundred years and I would still be confounded by public behaviors of Igbos.Someone trying to help you in my opinion, you don't go out putting him down in public on the same subject you are asking for as favor.WhatzamatterwithIgbos?Shikena
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The Peter Principle has always been an achilles heel of progress and below if true that the INEC honcho position was offered to Bolaji, it would once confirm to all the failures of that principle. Bolaji Aluko, you are not barely qualified for the position of VC, and you are definitely not qualified to be INEC chairman.
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Joe Attueyi:About my VC-ship:Please be informed that i was first offered the VC job by the GEJ administration in November 2010, it was formally announced in February 2011, and GEJ won his election on his own steam in April 2011. The nine new universities were established on the principles of equity, access, quality, regional focus and need for Diaspora input. That was pretty purpose-driven enough for me to take the job, and I have not regretted it for one day. But while I could have - like a colleague did - I did not seek to trade the job for another in that administration, nor am I seeking to in this new administration even as my term does draw to a close.About INEC:Funny, about three months ago, I was "hinted" about whether I would be interested in the INEC job, and IMMEDITALY I said no, because it would be too restricted for my polymathic interests. Besides, I have too many political friends to be an INEC head, and if I became one, I would have to cut ties with them. In any case, if I did take it, Government must be committed to electronic voting and Diaspora voting, otherwise there was no challenge to it. (I hear that it was a piece of INEC-position de-marketing that led to a Presidency-salary hoopla involving my name :-) )So you are completely wrong about me angling for an INEC position: I have already telegraphed that I don't want it - without conditions.Your inquiring mind now knows...and so many others.
Bolaji Aluko
On Sunday, October 4, 2015, 'Joe Attueyi' via AfricanWorldForum <africanw...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
who claim that I am covertly or overtly angling for a ministerial position.
Prof AlukoNo sir. You are NOT ' covertly or overtly angling for a ministerial position' Like you rightly said Fayemi is way ahead of you along those lines and you are smart enough to know that.
You are covertly AND overtly angling for a position in INEC. Failing which any of the remaining '6,000 positions ' will do nicely. Especially as your term as VC Uniotueke will soon be upAnd there is nothing wrong with that by the way. On competence and capabilities I would support you for any public office in Nigeria. You are someone clearly self driven to make a difference in public service. What irritates is this your 'oga notice me ' tendency since Buhari's electionI am confident that PMB is purpose-drivenWas GEJ also purpose driven when you accepted appointment under his Govt. or this 'purpose driven' toga belongs to Any Govt In Power?Inquiring minds want to knowJoeHaving a belly laugh like you know whoSent from my iPhone
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Paul,Ozodi Osuji is Igbo, Bolaji is not Igbo. It is easier for an Igbo to read weakness and bad motive in whatever PMB does or does not do. That was why even Nebu, a long time supporter of Buhari, did not hold back in abusing and insulting PMB for what he called lopsided appointments. Ozodi stopped being PMB's supporter almost immediately after the election. You must be aware that the anti-Buhari posture of most Igbos is an embarrassment to some Igbos. You must also be aware that many prominent Nigerians including Igbos, have defended PMB's "work pace". Why are you then surprised that Bolaji "has not seen any issue to disagree with Buhari to the point that he was helping to rationalize Buhari's inability to get a functional government in place"?Concerning Chika Onyeani, if he could make the remarks he made to Bolaji in public, Bolaji had a responsibility to himself to disclose his interaction with Chika. The interaction somehow buttressed the point Bolaji was making.Ayo Ojutalayo
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Good thing VC Bolaji exposed the common antics of these opportunists and hecklers in Naija egroups. These people would call you privately to seek favors for themselves and their relatives/friends, but turned around the next minute to publicly undermine you, question your education, profession, deprecate your ethnic group etc, using unspeakable slurs, insinuations and innuendoes and all forms of foul languages! Because you take the higher grounds and pledge yourself to assist them [after all, for what else are we born if not to assist other people in need!], some of them usually think they're smart-by-half, having their ways with you privately while they play to the gallery of the folks and neighborhood buddies who happen to share a myopic worldview on a national or ethnic issue under debate. Yeye people! JUI [still wondering how ignoble opportunists sleep!] ---JUIJUII think Bro Bolaji took this matter too far. That Chika Onyeani asked him for help in reaching Dr. Jonathan should not have been introduced into this discussion at all. This is casual thing friends can do for one another, such favor which was not done anyway, has no monetary value and hence should not have become part of this discussion. My sole point in writing about this matter is to highlight certain things Nigerians do that in my view are cynical and unpatriotic. I gave examples with Obj looking for favors from Buhari who he felt may win this election then he tore his PDP identity card publicly just to heighten and dramatize his favor seeking actions and in the end he got the favors from Buhari. That single act by Obj may also prevent Buhari from investigating OBJ's administration.I also used another example of Soludo beating Okonjo Iwealla and Jonathan to possibly gain favors from Buhari, he may get some favors too i dont know. Even you JUI in the past have taken a contrary view and criticized some of Buhari's actions or lack of it. It surprises me that brother Bolaji has not seen any issue to disagree with Buhari to the point that he was helping to rationalize Buhari's inability to get a functional government in place, a problem that everyone knows is detrimental to the state of the Nigerian economy. I felt offended that Bolaji tried to explain such serious deficiency in a positive manner.For me that was what facilitated the comment I made. Compare Bolaji's way of handling the Buhari poor and slow work pace to that when he came to the conclusion that President Buhari was not what he thought about him, Osuji who I often disagree with in terms of his positions but in this case Osuji was objective enough to change his position from being a blind supporter of Buhari to a conscientious critic based on evidence and situation on the ground. That is where I am coming from. I mean no harm to Bolaji I was surprised the way he reacted to Chika Onyeani's remarks.Okechukwu P. Oranika---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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The Peter Principle has always been an achilles heel of progress and below if true that the INEC honcho position was offered to Bolaji, it would once confirm to all the failures of that principle. Bolaji Aluko, you are not barely qualified for the position of VC, and you are definitely not qualified to be INEC chairman.WS - A revered prince of Mushin.Sent from my iPad
Joe Attueyi:About my VC-ship:Please be informed that i was first offered the VC job by the GEJ administration in November 2010, it was formally announced in February 2011, and GEJ won his election on his own steam in April 2011. The nine new universities were established on the principles of equity, access, quality, regional focus and need for Diaspora input. That was pretty purpose-driven enough for me to take the job, and I have not regretted it for one day. But while I could have - like a colleague did - I did not seek to trade the job for another in that administration, nor am I seeking to in this new administration even as my term does draw to a close.About INEC:Funny, about three months ago, I was "hinted" about whether I would be interested in the INEC job, and IMMEDITALY I said no, because it would be too restricted for my polymathic interests. Besides, I have too many political friends to be an INEC head, and if I became one, I would have to cut ties with them. In any case, if I did take it, Government must be committed to electronic voting and Diaspora voting, otherwise there was no challenge to it. (I hear that it was a piece of INEC-position de-marketing that led to a Presidency-salary hoopla involving my name :-) )So you are completely wrong about me angling for an INEC position: I have already telegraphed that I don't want it - without conditions.Your inquiring mind now knows...and so many others.
Bolaji Aluko
On Sunday, October 4, 2015, 'Joe Attueyi' via AfricanWorldForum <africanw...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
who claim that I am covertly or overtly angling for a ministerial position.
Prof Aluko
No sir. You are NOT ' covertly or overtly angling for a ministerial position' Like you rightly said Fayemi is way ahead of you along those lines and you are smart enough to know that.You are covertly AND overtly angling for a position in INEC. Failing which any of the remaining '6,000 positions ' will do nicely. Especially as your term as VC Uniotueke will soon be upAnd there is nothing wrong with that by the way. On competence and capabilities I would support you for any public office in Nigeria. You are someone clearly self driven to make a difference in public service. What irritates is this your 'oga notice me ' tendency since Buhari's electionI am confident that PMB is purpose-drivenWas GEJ also purpose driven when you accepted appointment under his Govt. or this 'purpose driven' toga belongs to Any Govt In Power?Inquiring minds want to knowJoeHaving a belly laugh like you know whoSent from my iPhone
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Joe:On what basis do you assume that he is qualified other than blogging and cut and paste?
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Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] Re: [africanworldforum] Re: THE ABUJA MINISTERIAL BLUES - by Dele Momodu
who claim that I am covertly or overtly angling for a ministerial position.Prof AlukoNo sir. You are NOT ' covertly or overtly angling for a ministerial position' Like you rightly said Fayemi is way ahead of you along those lines and you are smart enough to know that.You are covertly AND overtly angling for a position in INEC. Failing which any of the remaining '6,000 positions ' will do nicely. Especially as your term as VC Uniotueke will soon be upAnd there is nothing wrong with that by the way. On competence and capabilities I would support you for any public office in Nigeria. You are someone clearly self driven to make a difference in public service. What irritates is this your 'oga notice me ' tendency since Buhari's electionI am confident that PMB is purpose-drivenWas GEJ also purpose driven when you accepted appointment under his Govt. or this 'purpose driven' toga belongs to Any Govt In Power?Inquiring minds want to knowJoeHaving a belly laugh like you know whoSent from my iPhone
On Oct 4, 2015, at 10:20 PM, 'Yeye Rolling' via AfricanWorldForum <africanw...@googlegroups.com> wrote:Professor:Are you by chance tribal-ly linked with Kola Aluko ?
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What is all the hullabaloo about lobbying for ministerial appointment? I do not know that there is much that is wrong with any Nigerian lobbying to be appointed a member of an elected president’s cabinet in the capacity of minister or any other. It is neither against the law nor immoral in my book. The president does not know every Nigerian he could work with. Then again the qualification bar for ministerial office is after all not really high. Cunning and guile are highly rated. They might even make one more competitive. If the selection process in the past is any guide, qualifications for the office are considerably unclear and somewhat shifty.
The now elected president lobbied Nigerians for his job- he relentlessly campaigned for it for well over a decade. He succeeded in his fourth attempt. If he lobbied Nigerians for his job for as long as he did, and got the job, lobbying works. Why not some Nigerians for their jobs too? Why not people who wish to work with and for him? They after all have been lobbying him and his agents for no longer than a few months only. Is there anyone who does not know that that this president self-promoted for many years before he got his present job. He actually has not ceased to self-promote himself. Why not people who wish to join him in so called “service “ to Nigeria as his ministers?
My concern is not that anyone may choose or actually chooses to lobby for a government job. Nigeria has paid a heavy price for reluctant public servants. I do not believe that the country needs any more of them now or in the future. My concern is that the president appoints/chooses competent people to work for and with him to move Nigeria forward as he claims he wishes to do. Will he? That is the question. If he does not wish to, he may repeat the mistakes of some of his predecessors in office, price loyalty to him as a person above loyalty to Nigeria, and choose members of his team on that basis mostly. If he wishes to, he must look beyond blinkered recommendations, long-term personal relationships, fraudulent and padded resume/curriculum vitae, unenlightened self-interest shrouded as party loyalty, and most of all Nigeria’s broadly not narrowly defined short and long term public interest. Is he doing much of the above? Everyone paying attention- watching, listening, and appraising must decide for themselves.
The president must never forget that Nigeria does not belong to him alone or his party. His personal experience must remind him if nothing else does, that power is fleeting, skittish, and transient. It is here today and gone tomorrow. He must use it well while he has it. Did he use it well in his previous incarnation as Head of State? He must answer truthfully to himself. This time, he must do the most good for the greatest number. He should only make unavoidable enemies. He should use power such that when it is all over, he will not look back in anger, distress, or regret, but in satisfaction and contentment. He should be able to confidently say “I tried”. He must always try his best and hardest. All the above is always possible to do. Does he need reminding that he was not drafted for the job? Not in my opinion. He volunteered for it.
One political party recently lost power at the center making room for him to be president. If he does well. his party shall lose power and make room for another president later rather than sooner. The president must always remember that his responsibility to Nigerians as their president is first and foremost of a fiduciary one. He will need more than his cronies and party people to discharge that responsibility faithfully and to the best of his ability and opportunity. He was bitten once. He must ensure that he is not twice shy.
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It depends on what a person wants to do with power when they find it. Anyone you know presently who is angling for an appointment is doing so to become a glorified boyi-boyi. Even in the US here, some people stop being anxious after 55, will say it as it is because they intend to impress no one. Those intending to join the Nigerian government are not going to do some sort of stellar good but to serve the Master who brought them in. Earlier in my career, I did lots of legislative work in Austin Texas. Dress well, look good, seat behind power big shots to serve their interests and prevent them from making mistakes. But they truly relied on your advice and made use of it, that’s the thing. You learned from their actions how to navigate in legislative environments and the art of wheeling and dealing, which is necessary for democracies to function well. In Nigeria, people who do what I did, will be relegated to carrying Cell Phones. Young geriatrics who are hungry for such positions are throwing people under the bus before the get there; imagine what if they get in. Nobody wants anybody’s ideas in Nigeria—maybe a few are egalitarian enough to do so—but they want your ideas especially if you seem to smart for your britches. Actually and truthfully, Nigerians prefer your respect more than anything you think you know. You respect those guys for a long time up to the point they feel you could be trusted, it happens. And you are in. Got to watch it in Nigeria, trust is currency, you ain’t got it, you got nothing. If you want to tempt fate in environment, run around telling people what others told you in private. You won’t go far. I thought Buhari was going to open up the flood gates to let all the young people who fawned and fainted when they see him to run in and usher in a Renaissance for Nigeria. But he has been captured by the SameOld, SameOld, status quo.
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