“Northerners Must Not Take All Positions” Top 10 Tweets As Nigerians React To Buhari’s Appointments

Nigerians have started reacting to the new appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in the following offices: SGF, Chief of Staff among others see here for full details on appointments.

I am perfectly happy for us to abandon federal character, quota system and for us to adopt devolution of power. A true meritocracy.

— Onye #2ndNigerBridge (@cchukudebelu) August 27, 2015

I don't like federal character but I endorse it for now because it is a binding factor for the nations within the entity called #Nigeria

— Rosanwo (@rosanwo) August 27, 2015

The only federal character I know is the character that will give me security, stamp out corruption, gimme a job & put food on my table

— Shehu Abdullahi (@Shehu_III) August 27, 2015

We need ethnic balance. Northerners must not take all the top positions.

— Ini (@iniobong_) August 27, 2015

i really dont mind if Buhari is employing Northerners or people that are dropping out of the sky. if they can put in work, who cares?

— Mufasa (@olumidae) August 27, 2015

I love the Northerners for one thing, THEY ARE 2000% loyal to themselves...over-Sabi Southerners always forming highly educated & not United

— Daniel Kazaya Verbo (@Mistahsix4) August 27, 2015

– I don't really care if PMB appoints only northerners I just want whatever he got in his manifesto to be carried out as promised

— adroit bloke (@NN4MD1) August 27, 2015

1. Buhari is a lot more comfortable with Northerners than with people from the South. You can tell by merely looking at his appointments.

— Onye #2ndNigerBridge (@cchukudebelu) August 27, 2015

Federal Character shouldn't be about political positions but about equity in the distribution of resources

— Okafor Paschal (@passyjango) August 27, 2015

Abi why should someone who scored 104 in Jamb get into a University before someone who scored 260 jst cos he is from d North?

— AYOKUNLE Odekunle (@Oddy4real) August 27, 2015

Can’t speak Hausa, your President’s first language and the language of his inner circle. Tricky … https://t.co/URBUhBKxKl

— A Nation @ War (@_yemia) August 27, 2015

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