And there you have it!
The Achilles heel of the presidential system as currently practised from Washington to Abuja is that each president moulds the nation in his own image.
Hence the need to revamp the system for an ethnically polarised nation!
OAA
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From: Ibrahim Abdullah <ibdullah@gmail.com>
Date: 30/05/2021 22:13 (GMT+00:00)
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - An ethnic choice?
Thanks Farouk----Okey wants to shoot me for not mentioning so-called Easterners and Westerners who were passed over.
Ethnicity is toxic--it subverts citizenship and constitutionality.
On Sun, 30 May 2021 at 5:29 PM, Farooq A. Kperogi <farooqkperogi@gmail.com> wrote:
There's nothing "ethnic" about this since, in any case, several Northern officers are also affected.
As I pointed out yesterday in response to Professor Falola, it's a longstanding tradition in the Nigerian military--and paramilitary forces-- that when a junior officer is elevated to the head, all the senior officers have to retire. It happened in every administration. Every damn administration.
During Obasanjo's and Jonathan's administrations, the tradition disproportionately affected Northern officers, but it also affected Southern officers.
I recall writing a cover story in 2000 for the Weekly Trust about the massive number of senior military officers from Muslim Northern Nigeria who were retired when Obasanjo appointed junior officers from the Middle Belt and the South to headships of military and paramilitary institutions.
Farooq
Twitter: @farooqkperogi
Blog: www.farooqkperogi.com
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--On Sun, May 30, 2021, 1:03 PM Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com> wrote:
--Could someone please help me respond directly to Abdullah's question?
On Sun, May 30, 2021, 12:04 Ibrahim Abdullah <ibdullah@gmail.com> wrote:
Can this be ethnic when there are other so-called Northerners passed over?--
On Sat, 29 May 2021 at 2:55 PM, Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:
The 24 Army Officers Buhari Bypassed Over Ethnic, Religious Sentiments To Appoint Lesser Qualified Yahaya As Army Chief
http://saharareporters.com/2021/05/28/revealed-24-army-officers-buhari-bypassed-over-ethnic-religious-sentiments-appoint-lesser
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