Why boards’ appointments are delayed – Jonathan

by Augustine Ehikioya

President Goodluck Jonathan

He spoke while swearing-in seven new members of the Federal Character Commission, one member of the Federal Civil Service Commission and two permanent secretaries shortly before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja
To ensure that no geo-political zone is shortchanged, President Jonathan said his administration is set to correct all the wrongs in federal appointments.
To this end, the president said he had directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, to do a proper analysis of the complaints received from all the zones, towards redressing them in the pending federal appointments.
While he has been severally accused of favouring people from his home state, Bayelsa and the South- South geo-political zone in his appointments, President Jonathan said his impression before assumption of office was that complaints of marginalisation were limited to some parts of the country.
He said his experience in office had shown that all geo-political zones complain of marginalisation and it is not limited to any zone.
He said: “The Federal Character Commission is very critical. We are in an era where every geo-political zone complains about marginalisation. Initially, I thought that only some parts of the country are marginalised, but when I got here, all the geo-political zones complain that they are marginalised.
“All the geo-political zones are complaining that they are not given appointments. In fact, we have some pending appointments because of that (the claims of marginalisation), I have told the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to do proper analysis and probably to wait and accumulate the number, probably if we accumulate them (pending appointments) up to 12, when we want to make the appointments, we will make sure that all the geo-political zones get two each.
“In that case, one’s conscience will be clear. That is why some appointments are pending which I hope we will deal with this week. I think they are about 12 or so. We will make sure that all the geo-political zones are accommodated,” he stated.
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