President's Sacking Spree:See List Since 2010

At every historical junction in Nigeria leadership, every president and head of states had been identified with their respective peculiarity in terms of administrative system. From 1960 till date, there have been various styles of leadership perception as defined by the citizen. Alhaj Abubarkai Tafawa Balewa was criticised for his intention to consolidate the country under the northern dracony, Major Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi was accused of centralising the federal system and upholding the supreme military council through the appointment of administrators in the regions, Gen. Yakubu Gowon was accused of “staying too long” in power, Gen Murtala was a disciplinarian and the least goes on..

Fast-tracking into this republic and specifically the present administration of the very first president from the south, it can be identified that it is this administration that has sacked or suspended appointed executives more than any administration since Nigeria’s’ existence.

Comrade Eze Prince stated that it would take more than an academic research to make a head count of the list of sacked officials during President Jonathan’s administration since 2010.

However here are the few data of as much people as we can gather

2010-     72   Officials including EFCC chairman, all the Service Chiefs, IGP, 20 Ministers, his security                               adviser and SSS Senior Staffs

2011-      23 Officials including Defence Minister, Justice Salami, National Security Adviser and Nine other                        Ministers

2012-      15   Officials including NCC Commissioner and NNPC Group Managing Director

2013-      22 Officials including nine ministers.

In the early period of 2014 however, Mr President has sacked four Ministers, all the service Chiefs and the CBN Governor, Mallan Sanusi Lamido Sanusi not mentioning those who were forced to resign.

The sporadic pen-killing style of our dear president has however attracts the consciousness of law abiding, tax paying and subjective Nigerian citizens who only have become a peripheral parcel of all the events. The Convener of Youthful Women for Change (YWC) Mrs Ayokunle Deborah has noted that none of the forceful relief of appointment done by the President has been able to put food on the table of Nigerian youths. She cited the instance of the resignation of the PDP head as he was again appointed to head the Railway Corporation. Does that mean the position has been vacant all the while? What else would a 79 year old want to offer the country that a younger Nigerian cant? How can the president assure mass employment at the beginning of every year and would not record a landslide fall in unemployment rate at the end of that fiscal year, rather would only celebrate the ones that had been sent home? What were the ethical credentials that qualify them into the office in the first place? Nigerians want to know.

Mallam Sanusi was at the TEDex seminar in Maitama December last year and he emotionally analysed certain negativities that the present administration is comprised of. He openly mentioned certain offices and persons who stood as opposing giants to the growth and development of this country and challenged the youths to take the destiny into their hands. He probably must have perceived that he might be removed before his time.

We are just two months into the year, the acclaimed national conference in still in the tube, parties are still brooding and militancy still looms, the masses still groan, rent is still high, jobs are still illusive and our hope is still high. Will this sacking jamboree address out many problems? Only time will teach us what is truth and what is legendary.