SUNDAY MUSING: PMB @ SIX MONTHS: MY SCORE-CARD
By
Mobolaji E. Aluko. PhD
November 29, 2015
TABLE 1: A Score-card of PMB at Six Months
S/N |
Item |
Date(s) |
Remarks |
Grade |
Basis |
What is there left to be done? |
1 |
Ascension to Presidency by Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) and Vice-Presidency by Yemi Osibajo (VYO) |
May 29, 2015 |
Preached “Change”, he “belong(s) to everybody and to nobody” in particular….. |
A |
Free-and-Fair election; Goodluck Jonathan handed over peacefully |
Focus on mandate delivery in the next three-and-a-half years |
2 |
Filled Various Administration Positions that don’t require Senate Approval (SGF, etc.) |
Various dates |
Criticisms of ethnic unfairness, etc. |
A |
Has a right to choose these officials; within his constitutional limits. |
“6,000” more positions yet to be filled… |
3 |
Filled Ministerial positions (36 in 25 Ministries) |
Various dates |
Some portfolios were surprising, but all in all competent hands, but will they succeed in present positions? (see Table 2) |
B+ |
Fashola, Fayemi, Ngige, Audu, Amaechi, Udo Udoma…these are proven performers…the taste of the pudding will be in the eating |
Ensure that each minister and ministry fit into the three-point agenda of Security, Anti-Corruption and Employment, with growing an INCLUSIVE ECONOMY as the over-arching ambition, not just INDICIAL DEVELOPMENT |
4 |
Security |
Various |
Chose physically-fit and performing Heads of Military service branches; offensive strategy; increased morale, equipment, intelligence and information. Gave a target deadline for eliminating Boko Haram; degraded, but not fully yet Regional and international collaboration on cross-border security matters |
B+ |
Whole tracts of land have been recovered from BH, and many IDPs are returning to their homes. However bombings continue – to be expected of insurgencies of this type |
Pressing on with the offensive strategy Looking out for security challenges elsewhere in the country (SE, SS), using lessons learnt in previous instances to stem further conflagration Establish state and community policing in the shortest possible time |
5 |
Anti-Corruption |
Various |
Initial focus on stemming corruption in Federal public service, in conjunction with its interface with the private sector (particularly oil and gas, as well as agriculture and insurance) Enforcement of Treasury Single Action, Bank Verification Number (BVN) and the banning of payment of foreign currency (cash) into Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) inside Nigeria. Re-energizing EFCC and ICPC, and going after loot recovery, both at home and abroad |
A- |
These are far reaching steps, that may not yield all fruits right away, but in time, I am absolutely confident that they will. |
Asset Declaration by all public officials should be accessible to all registered NGOs who have “right-to-know” Amend Section 308 of Constitution to enable criminal prosecution of Executives at Federal, State and Local Government levels. Institute absolute zero tolerance for bribery and corruption among (1) the Police and (2) Judges…zero tolerance…even a hint of it. |
6 |
Employment |
Various |
PMB has identified ECONOMY DIVERSIFICATION – in non-oil sectors such as solid minerals, agriculture, culture and tourism, infrastructure and service industries – as the key to increasing employment, both on the short run and the long-run |
B |
Our oil economy has tanked, unlikely to recover any time soon…..yet we still have oil than most countries in the workd, and also have 1 million square kilometers of fertile and God-endowed land, sea and air….Competent ministers have been placed to guide these vital sectors |
I am looking forward to the 2016 BUDGET – it will give an indication of the true direction of PMB’s ECONOMIC POLICY. I expect (1) removal of subsidy (2) conditional cash transfer (3) massive infrastructural development coupled with work corps (4) agricultural incentives with low-interest-rate loans, (5) a better balance between recurrent and capital expenditures (6) a quadrupling of the budget quantum etc. |
7 |
OVERALL GRADE |
|
|
A- |
|
|
Table 2: PMB and His Ministers – My Charge to Them
S/N |
Zone |
S/N |
S/N |
States |
Minister |
Portfolio |
My Charge |
A |
North-West |
A |
A |
Katsina |
Muhammadu Buhari |
President & “Prime Minister” |
All buck stops at his desk as the only elected “Minister”; all blame on him, all praise to his team |
B |
South-West |
B |
B |
Ogun |
Yemi Osinbajo |
Vice-President & “Deputy PM” |
Ditto – Economy matters in particular, as Chair of NEC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
South-West |
1 |
1 |
Ekiti |
Kayode Fayemi |
Solid Minerals |
Diversify, diversify, diversify the economy; there is solid mineral of commercial value in each state, unlike liquid mineral (oil) |
|
|
2 |
2 |
Lagos |
Babatunde Fashola |
Power, Works & Housing |
As “Infrastructure” Minister, Ensure Reliable power, good roads, affordable housing |
|
|
3 |
3 |
Ogun |
Kemi Adeosun |
Finance |
Manage our money better, re-balance our capital and recurrent expenditures; balance our budget |
|
|
4 |
4 |
Ondo |
Claudius Daramola |
Niger-Delta (State) |
Enrich, empower, employ the Golden Goose area that lays the national egg |
|
|
5 |
5 |
Osun |
Isaac Adewole |
Health |
Strengthen the national health system, particularly health insurance and primary health care |
|
|
6 |
6 |
Oyo |
Adebayo Shittu |
Communications |
Strengthen our national communication system (postal, tele- and other electronic), remove customer exploitation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
South-East |
7 |
1 |
Abia |
Okechukwu Enelamah |
Industry, Trade & Investment |
Enlarge our national industrial base, seek international markets for our goods, increase FDI |
|
|
8 |
2 |
Anambra |
Chris Ngige |
Labour & Employment |
Increase employment, reduce labor tensions |
|
|
9 |
3 |
Ebonyi |
Ogbonnaya Onu |
Science & Technology |
Deploy 21st Century S&T in all ramifications, including in education delivery |
|
|
10 |
4 |
Enugu |
Geoffrey Onyeama |
Foreign Affairs |
Complement our domestic policy in economy, education, security and anti-corruption; engage our Diaspora more positively |
|
|
11 |
5 |
Imo |
Anthony Anwuka |
Education (State) |
Lift education standards, increase access, including for the girl-child |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
South-South |
12 |
1 |
Akwa-Ibom |
Udoma Udo Udoma |
Budget & National Planning |
Re-balance capital and recurrent budgets, and offer quality evidence-based planning |
|
|
13 |
2 |
Bayelsa |
Heineken Lokpobiri |
Agriculture & Rural Development (State) |
Diversify our economy, feed the nation, increase employment, reduce urban drift |
|
|
`4 |
3 |
Cross-River |
Usani Uguru |
Niger-Delta Affairs |
Enrich, empower, employ the Golden Goose area that lays the national egg |
|
|
15 |
4 |
Delta |
Ibe Kachikwu |
Petroleum Resources (State) |
Manage our main resource better, reduce corruption in the industry, enlarge the value chain |
|
|
16 |
5 |
Edo |
Osagie Ehanire |
Health (State) |
Strengthen the national health system, particularly health insurance and primary health care |
|
|
17 |
6 |
Rivers |
Rotimi Amaechi |
Transportation |
Build a national integrated transportation network of land (road and rail), sea and air; improve air service nationwide (including at Port Harcourt Airport) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
North-West |
18 |
1 |
Jigawa |
Suleiman Adamu |
Water Resources |
Water is life; enliven the nation for food, transportation and industry |
|
|
19 |
2 |
Kebbi |
Abubakar Malami |
Justice |
No justice, no peace - Ensure peace through justice; Justice delayed is justice denied – ensure timely justice. Pursue corruption without fair or favor |
|
|
20 |
3 |
Kaduna |
Zainab Ahmed |
Budget & National Planning (State) |
Re-balance capital and recurrent budgets, and offer quality evidence-based planning |
|
|
21 |
4 |
Katsina |
Hadi Sirika |
Transportaion (Aviation, State) |
Build a national integrated transportation network of land (road and rail), sea and air; improve air service nationwide (including at Port Harcourt Airport) |
|
|
22 |
5 |
Kano |
Abdulrahman Danbazzau |
Interior |
Police our nation within its borders; democratize police operations through establishment of state and community policing |
|
|
23 |
6 |
Sokoto |
Aisha Abubakar |
Industry, Trade & Investment (State) |
Enlarge our national industrial base, seek international markets for our goods, increase FDI |
|
|
24 |
7 |
Zamfara |
Muhammad Dan Ali |
Defence |
Protect our territorial integrity; crush insurgency of all types |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
North-East |
25 |
1 |
Adamawa |
Muhammodu Bello |
Federal Capital Territory |
Improve Abuja as national capital, and as a model for state capitals and local government headquarters |
|
|
26 |
2 |
Bauchi |
Adamu Adamu |
Education |
Lift education standards, increase access, including for the girl-child |
|
|
27 |
3 |
Borno |
Mustapha Baba Shehuri |
Power, Works & Housing (State) |
Ensure Reliable power, good roads, affordable housing |
|
|
28 |
4 |
Gombe |
Amina Mohammed |
Environment |
Make our country “green”, ensure attainment of relevant sustainable development goals (SDGs) |
|
|
29 |
5 |
Taraba |
Aisha Alhassan |
Women Affairs |
Lift our women, unleash their energy into the economy, remove all cultural and religious exploitation |
|
|
30 |
6 |
Yobe |
Khadija Abubakar Abba Ibrahim |
Foreign Affairs (State) |
Complement our domestic policy in economy, education, security and anti-corruption; engage our Diaspora more positively |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
North-Central |
31 |
1 |
Benue |
Audu Ogbeh |
Agriculture & Rural Development |
Diversify our economy, feed the nation, increase employment, reduce urban drift |
|
|
32 |
2 |
Kogi |
James Ocholi, SAN |
Labour & Employment (State) |
Increase employment, reduce labor tensions |
|
|
33 |
3 |
Kwara |
Lai Mohammed |
Information |
Inform the nation about government business, banish ignorance, shed light into darkness |
|
|
34 |
4 |
Niger |
Abubakar Bwari |
Solid Minerals (State) |
Diversify, diversity, diversity the economy; there is solid mineral in each state, unlike liquid mineral (oil) |
|
|
35 |
5 |
Nasarawa |
Ibrahim Usman Jubril |
Environment (State) |
Make our country “green”, ensure attainable of relevant sustainable development goals |
|
|
36 |
6 |
Plateau |
Solomon Dalong |
Youth & Sports |
Give hope to the Youth, train their minds, enlarge broad sports participation nationwide, and curb strife in national sports administration |
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Prof Aluko,Things must getting very desperate in Otuoke --the land of 5 citizens and 5 crocodiles according to my brother Abba.
Kilode paapaa? Hehehehe!PMB gets an 'A' on the basis that we had a free and fair election in May, Jonathan peacefully handed over? Really?
Na waoh for WAEC.It would seem you need some lessons on objective appraisals. You know the type that sets Specific Measurable and Time bound goals BEFORE and measures results against these objectives AFTER.A good starting point for your sunday lesson would be the Buharimeter maintained by the folks at BudgetiT et alDid I hear you say thank you? You are welcome. My public service
Table 3: Project “222” of Buharimetry…..
|
Sector |
Number Of “Promises” |
Supervising Ministry |
1 |
19 |
Agriculture |
|
2 |
13 |
Presidency |
|
3 |
30 |
Education |
|
4 |
10 |
Labor & Employment |
|
5 |
13 |
Environment |
|
6 |
7 |
Foreign Affairs |
|
7 |
8 |
Health |
|
8 |
6 |
Housing |
|
9 |
4 |
Science & Tech |
|
10 |
13 |
Industry, Trade & Investment |
|
11 |
18 |
Power, Works & Housing |
|
12 |
22 |
Defence, Interior |
|
13 |
3 |
Niger-Delta |
|
14 |
11 |
Petroleum Resources |
|
15 |
1 |
Health, Labor & Employment |
|
16 |
11 |
Presidency |
|
17 |
3 |
Budget & National Planning |
|
18 |
13 |
Sports |
|
19 |
5 |
Water Resources |
|
20 |
12 |
Women & & Youth |
|
|
TOTAL |
222 |
|
You are welcome to judge PMB's ministries on 222 promises. I judge PMB only on three promises - Security, Anti-Corruption and Employment.
By the way, please note that "Buharimeter" is an initiative of Center for Democracy and Development (Solids Mineral Minister Kayode Fayemi's is its 1997 founder, and importer into Nigeria in 1999 see http://ngmanifesto.org/about-cdd/), but sponsored by OSiWa, with BudgIt as a listed partner (and designer of the website). So don't go saying as if it is a BudgIt initiative - it is not.
And there you have it. Did I hear you deflate - a lesson in objectivity?
Bolaji Aluko
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Bolaji,This your grading system sha. Disappointing is not even a word I would begin to use. If you really believe these grades, if you are really this generous with grades, I fully regret not taking a doctorate in engineering from you at Howard. I would have earned 10 of them, By your standards.Please do not share these grades on social media. You will suffer an extreme case of high tech lynching. The youngsters who helped propel that man into Aso Rock are really upset and are taking no prisoners. Buhari is being lampooned and ridiculed in ways that even I did not think possible. It is pretty bad.With all due respect, these grades are inappropriate; they lower the bar for acceptable governance to an unsustainable low. And the are quite patronizing. To call Fashola and Amaechi, especially Amaechi "proven performers" seems insensitive to the outrage out there over their alleged looting of state resources. People are really angry. I know they have not been found guilty of anything. No one has since Obi Okonkwo was convicted in Achebe's No Longer at Ease. As you know that was fiction. Obasanjo is a holy man, Goodluck Jonathan is a saint, IBB is a statesman, the treasury simply emptied itself.This is what you and I know, Buhari is an unmitigated disaster. It is time for good people like you to step forward and be productive. Suggest practical ways to get Nigeria out of the mess that those who engineered his rise got us into. Once I go past your hagiography (a lead balloon by the way, guessing from the wooden response here) you have started something. You have asked that he be judged on three areas: Security, Anti-Corruption and Employment. That is exactly what Buhari and the APC should be doing; focusing on a few measurable areas and securing quick wins. I would replace "Employment" with "Economy."The focus on "anti-corruption" by Buhari as a means perhaps of funding a moribund economy is silly. This is where Nigeria has been failed with loud-mouthed, poorly educated social media overlords and some public intellectuals with zero idea about managing sophisticated systems. Even were we to recover funds from these alleged looters (Fashola, Amaechi, OBJ, GEJ, Diezeani. and co) these would be one-time funds that would only be useful for one-time expenditures like capital projects (razing down OAU hostels and building brand new ones so that children will not be doing 'shot putt' with faeces!). Nigeria needs funds that can be replicated every budget cycle, to pay her bills and revamp the economy. Buhari is quite frankly clueless and you should be alarmed.Buhari needs to talk to our people. Come up with a plan, including a Marshall Plan by the way that hands him and Nigerians some quick wins and some long term sustainable gains. Right now, he has no idea what he is doing.By the way, I did a survey on Twitter and on Facebook; 3 out of 4 respondents strongly believe that Buhari is leading us on the wrong path. Some of the comments are quite disrespectful of him. He has been demystified. This is what happens when you delete history from the classrooms, youngsters learn painfully.- IkhideStalk my blog at http://www.xokigbo.com/Follow me on Twitter: @ikhideJoin me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ikhide
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Joe Attueyi:Some quick response, before I head off to do other things:
On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 4:47 PM, 'Joe Attueyi' via AfricanWorldForum <africanw...@googlegroups.com> wrote:Prof Aluko,Things must getting very desperate in Otuoke --the land of 5 citizens and 5 crocodiles according to my brother Abba.No desperation whatsover...Otuoke has never been a "land of 5 citizens and 5 crocodoiles." In fact, with 1,800 staff and 2,300 students, the once-sleepy town is bubbling with activity.....Abba is given to hyperbole, and you are given to rumor-mongering... He should visit sometime, and you should visit again soon.......Kilode paapaa? Hehehehe!PMB gets an 'A' on the basis that we had a free and fair election in May, Jonathan peacefully handed over? Really?To have gallant loser in GEJ, you got to have a gallant winner....PMB scores an A for being the gallant winner.
Na waoh for WAEC.It would seem you need some lessons on objective appraisals. You know the type that sets Specific Measurable and Time bound goals BEFORE and measures results against these objectives AFTER.A good starting point for your sunday lesson would be the Buharimeter maintained by the folks at BudgetiT et al
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