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The appointments of the Chief of Defence Staff and three service chiefs have been approved by the Senate of Nigeria.

There have been reports that the confirmation was made during plenary on Thursday, after the Senate had considered the request made by President Bola Tinubu for the confirmation of the appointments.

Following are the confirmed positions of service chiefs:

Chief of Staff of the Defence Force, Major General Christopher Musa
Chief of Staff of the Army Major General Taoheed Lagbaja Chief of Staff of the Navy Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogala Chief of Staff of the Air Force Air Vice Marshal Halidu Abubakar Chief of Staff of the Air Force

The request for the Senate to confirm the nomination of the service chiefs came from a letter that President Tinubu sent to the Senate on Monday. In the letter, President Tinubu requested that the Upper Chamber confirm the nomination of the service chiefs.

A previous report from the Godswill Akpabio-led Senate suggested that the screening of the service chiefs would take place on Thursday. This came about after it was discovered by this newspaper that preparations were being made within the chamber, indicating that the screening might take place today.

There will be more…

Nigeria’s president is a very strong individual. He has more authority than the US president. The term “the most powerful man on earth” is frequently used to refer to the American president. However, that only applies to foreign matters, where he has unrestricted authority. Given the federalist structure, clear separation of powers, and strong checks and balances in place in the US, the president faces significant domestic restrictions.

The president of Nigeria, in contrast, enjoys full executive authority. The court, which is vulnerable to executive bullying, is normally a toothless bulldog, and federal agencies are completely dependent on the presidency and serve only as a rubber stamp for the executive branch. also the states? Since they are a part of the federal government, any state that isn’t on their good side may find life to be challenging. That some consider the president of Nigeria to be “next to God” is understandable.

Now, given the aforementioned facts and the fact that Nigeria is unstable and sharply divided along regional, ethnic, and religious lines, the president—who would exercise such immense, unrestricted powers over the country—must win a resounding victory in an election that, without a shadow of a doubt, represents the free expression of the will of voters throughout the nation. Given these circumstances, Nigeria’s division, instability, and fragility would increase if a “president” was elected through a corrupted and invalidated process.

Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s current president, was unfortunately elected following a deeply tainted and discredited election that failed to pass basic transparency and credibility tests, as made abundantly clear in the recently released final report of the European Union Election Observation Mission, EU EOM, on Nigeria’s 2023 general elections. As would be expected, Tinubu’s administration disregarded the findings and even funded an attack on the Abuja headquarters of the EU by demonstrators. However, it is difficult to dispute the report’s meticulous examination.

It’s certain that Tinubu’s followers will continue to slander, threaten, and harass me on social media, but this editorial speaks the truth to power. I love the United States because it indicted a former president on felony charges and penalised him for sexual misconduct that occurred more than 30 years ago. I am a citizen of the United Kingdom, where a prime minister was removed from office and expelled from parliament for lying. However, in Nigeria, political leaders are exempt from both legal and institutional oversight. That’s intolerable, especially when their actions put Nigeria’s long-term prosperity, stability, and unity in jeopardy.

Since Tinubu has serious integrity issues and is, in my opinion, morally and ethically unqualified to lead Nigeria, as frequent readers of this column know, I was vehemently opposed to him being president. However, if he had won in an election that was free, fair, transparent, and trustworthy, I would have accepted his leadership. However, it didn’t, and the EU EOM study backs up the claims made by other genuinely impartial observers—not by compromised observers.

Of course, I will respect the Supreme Court’s decision regarding the petitions related to the presidential election. I truly hope, though, that it isn’t based on some twisted public policy theory or technicalities, but rather on a fair and reasonable interpretation of the substantive and procedural laws. Technicalities cannot take precedence over substantive fairness and procedural values in determining the legality of the judgement. Let there be a repeat if the Supreme Court orders one!

Strangely, some have stated that it doesn’t matter how anyone wins the presidency—whatever path he takes—as long as he succeeds—since Tinubu has assumed that position. A military dictatorship doesn’t matter as long as it is benign, competent, and effective, according to those who make that case. After all, what distinguishes gaining control through a fraudulent election that subverts popular will from gaining control through the use of force?

In actuality, the “goal justifies the means” argument put out by those who claim that “performance is what matters,” as if performance were a universal property, will entrench rigged elections in Nigeria, obstruct democratic advancement, and entrap the nation in a cycle of ever-deepening instability.

And that brings us full circle to the EUEOM report. The fundamental argument is that there are no fair playing conditions in Nigeria’s elections. This is very important since fair play is essential to any competitive sport or activity. Because of this, any athlete who wins a medal through cheating will always have the medal revoked if discovered, and any referee who is biassed or inept will always suffer public disapproval and may have his licence revoked. Why then do we only hear the taunt, “Go to court,” in relation to Nigeria’s presidential election, which is ostensibly an electoral contest in which someone might “win” through cheating and the electoral organisation, INEC, can be blatantly biassed and completely ineffective?

Consider the referee. “The selection method of INEC commissioners and Resident Electoral Commissioners leaves the electoral institution open to perceptions of partiality,” the EU EOM claims.Is that not accurate? As national and local electoral commissioners, the former president Buhari selected APC supporters. A few days ago, Rotimi Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers State and current minister of transport, openly cautioned Buhari not to re-appoint Professor Mahmood Yakubu as INEC chairman because “he’s a Tinubu supporter.” The fact is that unless INEC is genuinely independent from the ruling party and administration, Nigeria won’t have elections that can be trusted.

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Regrettably, INEC is unable to refute claims of bias in this year’s elections. Despite the ridiculous justification of “technical problems,” it is quite suspicious that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV) functioned in other elections but not the presidential. Only 31% of the presidential election results uploaded to the IReV system, according to the EU EOM study, were officially and mathematically valid.How can an election be credible if there are such significant differences between the results?

Every impartial observer will agree with the other findings of the EU EOM study. For example, wasn’t misuse of incumbency widespread? Buhari and the majority of the current governors would be found to have influenced INEC officials and the security services in order to get election advantages if put on a lie detector. Furthermore, despite the Electoral Act’s prohibition against “the use of state apparatus to the advantage or disadvantage of any political party or candidate,” the incumbents flagrantly misapplied official resources to level the playing field.

Do not thus shoot the messenger. The EU EOM was correct. And it matters because Nigeria’s president is simply too strong to win in corrupted and delegitimized polls!

Malam Bukar Tijani, a former minister of state for agriculture and rural development in Nigeria, has been appointed as secretary to the government of Borno State with the blessing of governor of Borno State Babagana Umara Zulum.

As Chief of Staff, Professor Isa Hussaini Marte has also been reappointed by the Governor.

In a statement released on Wednesday, the Governor’s spokesman Malam Isa Gusau confirmed the two appointments.

In a statement, Zulum said that Tijani’s work as a minister from July 2011 to September 2013 and as the assistant secretary-general and assistant director-general of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation were both taken into account.

Sixty-two-year Although Tijani is a Borno State native, she was born in the Damasak local government region. The previous minister graduated from the University of Reading in the UK with a Master of Science (degree) in Tropical Agricultural Development in 1989.

From 1982 to 1984, he studied at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in Alabama, United States of America, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Plant and Soil Science.

The former minister holds fellowships from the Agricultural Society of Nigeria, the Soil Science Society of Nigeria, the People’s Republic of China, the Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and other organisations. recipient of a letter of commendation from the president of Nigeria for his meritorious service as a minister of the federal republic, recipient of a letter of commendation for his work in the Borno/Yobe States’ first farmer’s council, Certificate of Merit – American National Dean’s List (1984), Certificate of Merit – American National Dean’s List (1983), Recipient of Honour Roll Scholastic Achievement Certificate from Tuskegee University, Alabama, USA (1983), and Best Overall Student during his Diploma in Agriculture at Borno College of Agriculture, Maiduguri (1980).

Professor Isa Hussaini Marte, the chief of staff, is a native of the Marte local government region of Borno State. On August 17, 2020, he was chosen to serve as Governor Zulum’s chief of staff.

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From August 2019 until August 2020, the Professor was the higher education commissioner for Borno State. He was head of staff in 2021 and also the supervising commissioner of health. Under the rule of Zulum, he held both offices.

Isa Hussaini Marte is an associate professor of pharmacology with a focus on cancer research. He is also a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science, a member of the Society for Neuroscience, the American Association for Cancer Research, and the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, among other organisations.

From King’s College London, Marte earned a Ph.D. in pharmacology in 1987. He graduated from Chelsea College, University of London, with a master’s in pharmacology in 1983.

He earned his MBA from Averett University in 1997. This private, non-profit university is located in Danville, Virginia. He graduated with a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria.

Professor Isa Hussaini Marte had his primary education at Yerwa Central Primary School in Maiduguri before transferring to Yerwa Government Secondary School, where he earned his West African School Certificate in 1975.

In order to enrol in a graduate programme at Chelsea College University of London, Marte left the University of Maiduguri’s Department of Pharmacology in 1982 after joining it in 1981. He returned to Nigeria to work for Ahmadu Bello University after earning a doctorate (Ph.D.) in pharmacology from King’s College London in 1987. In 1991, he was promoted to senior lecturer. He left the institution to work as a chief research fellow at the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Development, Abuja, and was later named head of the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology.

He began working as a research associate in the Department of Pathology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1993. He held that position for two years before being named a research professor in 1995. ABU Zaria’s Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy named him as a visiting professor in 2004 after he had served in that role for five years.

He was appointed the University of Maiduguri’s dean of pharmacy and professor of pharmacology in 2010, a position he held until 2014. He was chosen to be a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science in 2013, the same year he was recruited as a visiting professor at the University of Virginia’s Department of Pathology.

The appointment of Malam Bukar Tijani, a former minister of state for agriculture and rural development in Nigeria, as secretary to the Borno State government has received the governor of Borno State, Babagana Umara Zulum’s approval.

Additionally, the Governor renewed Professor Isa Hussaini Marte’s position as Chief of Staff.

Malam Isa Gusau, the governor’s spokesperson, revealed the two nominations in a statement on Wednesday.

According to the statement, Zulum took into account Tijani’s extremely high-level experience from his time serving as a minister from July 2011 to September 2013 and as the assistant secretary-general and assistant director-general of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation.

Sixty-two-year Despite being a native of Borno State’s Dikwa local government district, Tijani was born in Damasak. The former minister graduated from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom in 1989 with a Master of Science (degree) in Tropical Agricultural Development.

Prior to that, he had earned a Bachelor of Science in Plant and Soil Science from Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in Alabama, the United States of America, from 1982 to 1984.

The former minister holds fellowships from the Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China, the Agricultural Society of Nigeria, the Soil Science Society of Nigeria, and the People’s Republic of China. Received a letter of commendation from the President of Nigeria for his meritorious service as a Minister of the Federal Republic, received a letter of commendation for his work leading up to the establishment of the first farmer’s council in the Borno/Yobe States, and more. Certificate of Merit – American National Dean’s List (1984), Certificate of Merit – American National Dean’s List (1983), recipient of Honour Roll Scholastic Achievement Certificate from Tuskegee University, Alabama, USA (1983), and best overall student during his Diploma in Agriculture at Borno College of Agriculture, Maiduguri (1980).

Professor Isa Hussaini Marte, the chief of staff, is a native of Borno State’s Marte local government. On August 17, 2020, he was named the governor’s chief of staff.

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From August 2019 to August 2020, the Professor was the Borno State Commissioner for Higher Education. While serving as chief of staff in 2021, he also served as overseeing commissioner of health. Under the Zulum administration, he held both jobs.

Professor of pharmacology with a focus on cancer research, Isa Hussaini Marte is also a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science, a member of the Society for Neuroscience, the American Association for Cancer Research, and the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria.

Marte graduated from King’s College London with a Ph.D. in pharmacology in 1987. He graduated with a master’s in pharmacology in 1983 from Chelsea College, University of London.

He earned his MBA in 1997 from Averett University, a private, non-profit university in Danville, Virginia, in the United States. From Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, he graduated with a bachelor’s in pharmacy.

Professor Isa Hussaini Marte attended Yerwa Central Primary School in Maiduguri before transferring to Yerwa Government Secondary School in Maiduguri, where he earned his West African School Certificate in 1975, before beginning his postsecondary study.

Marte began working in the University of Maiduguri’s Department of Pharmacology in 1981 but left in 1982 to enrol in a graduate programme at Chelsea College University of London. He returned to Nigeria to join the staff of Ahmadu Bello University in 1991 after earning a doctorate (Ph.D.) in pharmacology from King’s College London in 1987. He left the institution to work as the department’s head of pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical technology at the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Development in Abuja.

He started working in the Department of Pathology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1993 as a research associate. After two years in that position, he was named professor of research in 1995. He held that position for five years before being named a visiting professor at the ABU Zaria Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy in 2004.

He was named the University of Maiduguri’s dean of pharmacy and professor of pharmacology in 2010, a position he held until 2014. He was selected as a visiting professor at the University of Virginia’s Department of Pathology the same year he was named a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science.