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Thursday, 10 September 2015

Tweet of the day

Yesterday, the president said in an interview with BBC Hausa that he chose his new appointments based on those who have been loyal to him over the years.

101 comments:

ary said...

LOL, like I have said several times, e concern me?!!

AbokiDaWarriBoy said...

Who this abandoned property???

AbokiDaWarriBoy said...

Who's this abandoned property???

Unknown said...

A goof indeed....not good.










#TeamBlessed#

Unknown said...

A goof indeed....not good.










#TeamBlessed#

Unknown said...

So he's not appointing ppl baesd on their competency but their loyalty. Issorai!

Zikman said...

Glen ghen... e don happen!

Bonita Bislam said...

I've said all I can on this topic.People demand transparency & when someone dares to be one,they criticize him.This issue of loyalty is what all of us including the person tweeting this would do if we are in that position.But we prefer LIES instead of TRUTH.Loyalty + Ability = African politics.People should learn from Jonathan!

Anonymous said...

Merit without loyalty is dead on arrival. I would rather go for a loyal wife than an unloyal super merited wife. Same goes for appointing people into very sensitive positions. You need people loyal to your ideas to get the job done the way you want.

Kikinson said...

It was both loyalty and merit. It is what it is. What are components in moving this country foward? If you ask me I say competence and loyalty to the cause.

Unknown said...

Lol




Aunty linda

Unknown said...

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Aunty linda

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Aunty linda

Unknown said...

He would do same if he was in his shoes !

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Unknown said...

He said that? Holy Molly!!that's so daft..what has loyalty got to do with competence? Chukwu mee ebere..

Anonymous said...

Kayode should go and rest joor.

Anonymous said...

In politics you need loyal people to work with. Ask Jonathan, Sanusi past CBN Governor had all the merit but was not loyal to Jonathan. His unloyal behaviour cost Jonathan the presidency at the end. People with merit can pull the rug and destroy you if they are not loyal to you.

Northern Princess 7 said...

Hmmm, Daddy please select well. All the best

Anonymous said...

Linda Ikeji and her subtle beef for PMB. Ma'am please try to be unbiased.

Anonymous said...

In politics you need loyal people to work with. Ask Jonathan, Sanusi past CBN Governor had all the merit but was not loyal to Jonathan. His unloyal behaviour cost Jonathan the presidency at the end. People with merit can pull the rug and destroy you if they are not loyal to you.

Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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The whole grammer wey them scatter here just dey confuse me asin i no understand anything......
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

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Unknown said...

Buhari always high on codein ...

Anonymous said...

Haba linda pmb said loyalty and ability,u posted it,read it again.
He said both they are both loyal and can be trusted to do their job!
Let pmb be!
Your jona failed woefully and he lost- understood!
Plz allow this man with a new strategy to fail first!!

Pro. promisepompom@yahoo.com said...

His choice, what ever he wants Sai baba. At least he showed sincerity.

Anonymous said...

yes oh. we can now understand the creteria for his appointments. even if you are an Olodo, once you are loyal to Buhari you will be given an appointment. but once you are not Loyal to Buhari, if you like be the most intelligent person in the world, the Man from Daura will not appoint you.

Unknown said...

so?

Anonymous said...

I am happy people expect alot from buhari based on personal respect and perceived disposition!!!
..not because his name is Goodluck and therefore could bring good luck..lol
Only in africa people will be banking on good luck or prayers for things to change including the corrupt leaders!!!
Let buhari do is job please!
Probe ,u wont let him probe...
Appoint,u wont let him!!
He hasnt done up to 5% appointment and yet we expect federal character for every 3 people he chooses?
Nigerian youths must be daft!!
Mind you, the ministerial list is the one that carries the federal character clause so please let us stop yelling all the time...itz not necessary!
When they gave u SS and SE in GEJs govt ,what did they achieve? Mismanagement all the way,stealing that gej said wasnt corruption! Retarded young generation of ours- na so so to dey tweet and snap with selfie sticks!!! Ndi ara!!!

snowflix said...

His cup of lemon #onelovefromsnow#

Anonymous said...

Shameless linda!

Anonymous said...

Linda the partisan blogger!

Anonymous said...

Linda u dey fall hand.

Anonymous said...

Linda act like a lady abeg,stop this sentimentalism!
Read the initial post and see if merit isnt still a factor

Anonymous said...

He said,"trust and who will do the job". Olodo linda.

Unknown said...

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Unknown said...

Goodnight to him too. Linda take note!

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Anonymous said...

Why do we have only BBC HAUSSA there is something wrong with this country I begging to think Nigeria is actually Bristish Company that they determind what happen to it

Anonymous said...

Why do we have only BBC HAUSSA there is something wrong with this country I begging to think Nigeria is actually Bristish Company that they determind what happen to it

jericho brown said...

yes oooo that's what he said, well it sends too many messages any one can interpret it to there own understanding. God help us in this country.

jericho brown said...

yes oooo that's what he said, well it sends too many messages any one can interpret it to there own understanding. God help us in this country.

Stlanre said...

This guy should keep kwayet already their nothing wrong in appointing your personal staff based on loyalty over the years it means he can close his eyes and sleep and there won't be loop holes simple

Unknown said...

If all our leaders had been loyal to this country, we'd be in a better place even if they were not geniuses. You can't look forward when you're always watching your back, and I think mr president knows that.

Unknown said...

They{APC} said it was all about merit but he{PMB} proved them wrong by saying "it's all about loyalty" what a shame!!!

Anonymous said...

That's your change for you... imagine Nigerians who refuse to REPENT from their wickedness hoping for a good-hearted leader.
THAT'S YOUR CHANGE ko change ni...

Unknown said...

I want to first ask a question here, what makes someone to be loyal to a brand?, and I'll answer, cos d brand merits it. If I continue to patronise a particular brand of a product, it is cos that brand provides d satisfaction that I require(d). Buhari over d years has been all about some ideals and ideologies, which are INTEGRITY, DISCIPLINE, MERITOCRACY e.t.c, which are d basic fundamental principles to a fair and just government. One thing about men who esteem higher principles and are not fallible is that they attract themselves, usually a square peg attracts a square hole, and like trade when d right product meets d right consumer, there is a tendency for perpetual loyalty. My point is, if there wasn't mutual connection of interest and values between Buhari and his loyalists, they would have repelled each other, but because Buhari knows their merits, is why he has proved his loyalty by plugging d right people in d right positions. In essence, he only chose persons of same ideologies. And really, no one has faulted those guys on d basis of merits.

Anonymous said...

What were u guys thinking when you voted for him? this is just the beginning. More rubbish are yet to come.

Unknown said...

Idiot!!Ask Kayode may be he understand Hausa?

Unknown said...

Asin! Dat was d worst thing GMB cud ve said on live tv!

Anonymous said...

"What is wrong if i make you the secretary of the FG because there is CONFIDENCE THINGS WILL GO NORMAL"......."THE PEOPLE I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN AND CAN TRUST THEM WITH ANY POST,........WILL THAT AMOUNT TO ANYTHING WRONG?"
plz Ogundamisi,how is this solely based on loyalty and trust? You are too blind to see 'DELIVERY'? Is that not why we voted him in?
Plus ,the CONSTITUTION WHICH REPRESENTS US SO TO SAY,ALLOWS THE PRESIDENT TO APPOINT WHOEVER HE DEEMS FIT!!!!!!
This isnt the ministerial list,so we are not talking about ' federal character' here!!!
Sad, Nigerians dont think! One foolish 'freeborn zina' abi zinat drug will come and comment rubbish on LIB.
U need to know what the constitution says first before talking, pmb hasnt erred!

Unknown said...

The president did not need to embarrass himself by saying it, we already know that it was the basics of his appointment before. The west and some stupid southern have not seen anything. #fakechange#

Anonymous said...

Ogundamisi wey dey kolo!! He don sniff him coke finish?
Linda no join am o...cocaine no good o

Anonymous said...

A billion likes for ds comment. U get sense.

Anonymous said...

Best comment. Most Nigerians r jus myopic. Loyalty and merit go hand in hand

Anonymous said...

Legally,pmb is on point...if not ur pdp senators for don shout based on constitution...shebi na dem dey vet the appointees...
The ministerial list is the one dat must be inclusive...he knows!!! For most of the other ones- its his prerogative!! Pmb is the man!!! Ibos can cry!!!

SMURF said...

Really over the years!!

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Anonymous said...

They got the positions on merit following their loyalty. These terms are not mutually exclusive of each other. Loyal people deserve merit and that is ok

Anonymous said...

Some times I wonder what Nigerians want, so if he picks people he trusts that align with his principles, that makes him bad. Abeg naija people should chill. Even American president took people loyal to him. The past administration took crooks loyal to him, and no one made noise even as they looted the country. Abeg u people should allow this man do his job to get us out of the mess PDP put us in.

gentle said...

I get your point, but you weren't being very critical. It's true that one would always be tempted to surround himself with loyalists, with people that will always have the same ideals and will support him, but doesn't that sound a bit like a monarchy regime.

We are a democratic regime that votes in politicians from diff parties, you honestly think ALL politicians must be loyal to buhari before they are elected. Remove bias from your mind and think about it. So supposing i'm more talented and mature, just cos i'm not close with him or licking his boots, he wnt employ me but go for someone who he trusts to do his bidding but on a lower intellectual level. In other words, our INEC chairwoman(i will keep hitting on this since we are all selectively blind to that all of a sudden) is LOYAL to buhari first before the country, in other words we have robots in political positions programmed to do as he wishes. So what happens if along the line, we no longer want him there? Power corrupts remember? In this case the man has absolute control, NOONE is keeping him in check!

Do you think everyone working with obama or every successful western country president are 'loyal' to them? I'm amazed at some of you. The most important thing is that they should be loyal to the country. Not the president. Those rules are there in democracy for a reason, they help to prevent the rise of a dictator.

Okay, we are not praying for buhari to become a dictator but he has set a dangerous precedence. Tomorrow, another president will adopt his absolutely lopsided appointment mechanism and employ people from just a tribe who are LOYAL to him, and prolly leave the ministries threadbare for a year, Well buhari started it and we dint complain, so why the hell should we talk when another person does it?


I'm nt trying to say you shouldnt absolutely support the president. Thats okay, we'l all have diff preferences ryt? Prolly some of us are yet to see in him what his loyalists see in him, but you dint support him during the elections more than that kayode guy, m just saying you shouldnt get it twisted just cos you are biased. He goofed on that loyalist point.

gentle said...

I get your point, but you weren't being very critical. It's true that one would always be tempted to surround himself with loyalists, with people that will always have the same ideals and will support him, but doesn't that sound a bit like a monarchy regime.

We are a democratic regime that votes in politicians from diff parties, you honestly think ALL politicians must be loyal to buhari before they are elected. Remove bias from your mind and think about it. So supposing i'm more talented and mature, just cos i'm not close with him or licking his boots, he wnt employ me but go for someone who he trusts to do his bidding but on a lower intellectual level. In other words, our INEC chairwoman(i will keep hitting on this since we are all selectively blind to that all of a sudden) is LOYAL to buhari first before the country, in other words we have robots in political positions programmed to do as he wishes. So what happens if along the line, we no longer want him there? Power corrupts remember? In this case the man has absolute control, NOONE is keeping him in check!

Do you think everyone working with obama or every successful western country president are 'loyal' to them? I'm amazed at some of you. The most important thing is that they should be loyal to the country. Not the president. Those rules are there in democracy for a reason, they help to prevent the rise of a dictator.

Okay, we are not praying for buhari to become a dictator but he has set a dangerous precedence. Tomorrow, another president will adopt his absolutely lopsided appointment mechanism and employ people from just a tribe who are LOYAL to him, and prolly leave the ministries threadbare for a year, Well buhari started it and we dint complain, so why the hell should we talk when another person does it?

gentle said...

I get your point, but you weren't being very critical. It's true that one would always be tempted to surround himself with loyalists, with people that will always have the same ideals and will support him, but doesn't that sound a bit like a monarchy regime.

We are a democratic regime that votes in politicians from diff parties, you honestly think ALL politicians must be loyal to buhari before they are elected. Remove bias from your mind and think about it. So supposing i'm more talented and mature, just cos i'm not close with him or licking his boots, he wnt employ me but go for someone who he trusts to do his bidding but on a lower intellectual level. In other words, our INEC chairwoman(i will keep hitting on this since we are all selectively blind to that all of a sudden) is LOYAL to buhari first before the country, in other words we have robots in political positions programmed to do as he wishes. So what happens if along the line, we no longer want him there? Power corrupts remember? In this case the man has absolute control, NOONE is keeping him in check!

Do you think everyone working with obama or every successful western country president are 'loyal' to them? I'm amazed at some of you. The most important thing is that they should be loyal to the country. Not the president. Those rules are there in democracy for a reason, they help to prevent the rise of a dictator.

Okay, we are not praying for buhari to become a dictator but he has set a dangerous precedence. Tomorrow, another president will adopt his absolutely lopsided appointment mechanism and employ people from just a tribe who are LOYAL to him, and prolly leave the ministries threadbare for a year, Well buhari started it and we dint complain, so why the hell should we talk when another person does it?

1 NAIJA said...

Youth wey suppose get brain sef don allow corruption wash away en brain. If u knw lik d man selection, go hug transformer or make u chill for ur time so u can use ur enemy as ur secretary, P.A,SGF... so ur life can be completely finish. It s simple, while developing yasef, be loyal to d pple u meet in ur journey of life. Dos guys re loyal to him n fortunately they r qualified!!! Am sure der r more loyal pple to him dt but he cant select cos they might not have the required experience and qualification. so lets jst take a chill pill n allow this man use his wisdom in sanitizing this country.

1 NAIJA said...

He can only goofed if dos selected are not competent or qualified! If a company put on an advert for a vacant position using 2.1 as criteria. Many folks wid 2.1 will apply and they ll end up picking jst 1 or 2 out of d applicants. They let go of odas not because they dnt av the qualification but bcos dos selected are in one way or d oda av extra quality the coy is looking for. My point s dis, dos guys re not jst qualified but still very loyal. If you need to understand d strength behind loyalty, go get a dog n train him well!!!

1 NAIJA said...

He can only goofed if dos selected are not competent or qualified! If a company put on an advert for a vacant position using 2.1 as criteria. Many folks wid 2.1 will apply and they ll end up picking jst 1 or 2 out of d applicants. They let go of odas not because they dnt av the qualification but bcos dos selected are in one way or d oda av extra quality the coy is looking for. My point s dis, dos guys re not jst qualified but still very loyal. If you need to understand d strength behind loyalty, go get a dog n train him well!!!

young G said...

Cause hausas listen to radio more than any tribe in a Nigeria...how many times have u seen an igbo or Yoruba man with a radio...? So bbc just cashed in... Not everything is a conspiracy.#wiseup

Unknown said...

Ok, I get your point also. Noted

bumade said...

Thank you so much! You said it all.

young G said...

Am yeaaa all those close to Obama are strong party members that he can trust....or you think if Hillary or Kerry were republicans he would have chosen them? Almost every leader in d world dse this ....merit and loyalty are paramount. #wiseup.

Anonymous said...

So true!

Mademen said...

Deeeeeep breath! Those commentz above are enof for d day. Letz remember tomoro. Our kids also hear n read tis n store in pdf format in dia brainz!

Anonymous said...

Are loyalty and merit mutually exclusive? So someone can't have merit/qualification and be loyal at the same time?! Some ppl just like to think with their rectum sha...

Anonymous said...

Are loyalty and merit mutually exclusive? So someone can't have merit/qualification and be loyal at the same time?! Some ppl just like to think with their rectum sha...

Anonymous said...

Are loyalty and merit mutually exclusive? So someone can't have merit/qualification and be loyal at the same time?! Some ppl just like to think with their rectum sha...

Anonymous said...

Its funny... the words we speak says a lot about u

Anonymous said...

Who get said it was either loyalty or merit? Why was it not merit AND loyalty. Nigerians like living in denial and lov lies that Buhari tells you them. So loyally incompetent is the new slogan for Buhari and his henchmen

Anonymous said...

My dear!
~D great anonymous!

Anonymous said...

Hmm a good point.

Anonymous said...

Word.
~D great anonymous!

Anonymous said...

True
~D great anonymous!

Anonymous said...

*codeine
~D great anonymous!

Anonymous said...

Lol
~D great anonymous!

Anonymous said...

His honesty though...
~D great anonymous!

Anonymous said...

*criteria
~D great anonymous!

Anonymous said...

*his.
Oh and Nigerian youths aren't daft but observant. You're prolly the daft one, to think of it.
~D great anonymous!

Anonymous said...

Kayode, I completely agree with you. Big time goof.

People who are now defending loyalty are the same people that insisted the appointments were purely on merit. Now it is merit and loyalty goes together. No merit and loyalty does not always go together and you do not need people to be loyal to you to serve the country. that leads to sycophancy. What you need are people who are loyal to the country and buy into your vision for the country.

So how is he going to choose ministers from states that he does not have any relations or relationship with. Loyalty will not give us good or the best ministers not appointments that will lead this country to greater heights. Buhari must have a vision for the country and communicate this forcefully to the competent people he finds and that will guarantee loyalty to his vision.

I do not need to like you or be loyal to you to work for you or together with you. Period.

Anonymous said...

I'm super certain u don't know wa you're talking about.
~D great anonymous!

Unknown said...

Are u mad? What is unbiased about this ? .. is that not what he said .. damn what is wrong with this country sef

Anonymous said...

Wat is oga jonah always high on?sapele water rite?

Anonymous said...

Wat is oga jonah always high on?sapele water rite?

Anonymous said...

Why must the President's first interview be in Hausa?Is Hausa our Lingua Franca or is Buhari President of the Hausas alone?

XTY said...

Well said. First things First. Loyalty + competent hands. It is well with this great nation, Nigeria

XTY said...

#WORD

Anonymous said...

I need your name! Dump asshole with a feeding bottle.

Unknown said...

oh really,!! and the sycophants here have been claiming it was based on credibility.. lol, u APC supporters are more blind than a mole... smh..

Unknown said...

oh really,!! and the sycophants here have been claiming it was based on credibility.. lol, u APC supporters are more blind than a mole... smh..

Unknown said...

Thank you!

Anonymous said...

Linda d moment PDP started spoiling wit Attention nd money, ur common sense died

Anonymous said...

Stupid tweet of the day from one of the wailing wailers for scarcity of a fault to cling on. Even an idiot know that appointment takes more than merit/competence. Loyalty is very crucial. Leadership principle has it that any leader that wants to succeed importantly chooses by merit/competence, but does that without undermining LOYALTY. A Leaders that would succeed chooses competent people he's comfortable and confident of their loyalty, NOT drawing his team from a band of competent antagonists. Both criteria are not mutually exclusive , dummy!

Anonymous said...

@anonymous2:10p what's ur point? So if Jonathan & Diezeani or whatever she is called r swindling, & not remitting Nigerian money appropriately Sanusi shld b quiet or play along.
U just did not get the point y ppl r kicking against that stupid commentary. So is Buhari planning 2 swindle the country & have his loyals b quiet about it.
U guys r so daft these days u cldn't understand the implications of any kind topic.

Ayinde said...

U are blessed and guided.

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