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From democracy to Northenocracy: A young burgeoning political analyst, Oke Umurhohwo writes







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Northernocracy is a government of the North, by the North and for the North.
This is what has been trending on Social media since yesterday when President Buhari announced his Service Chiefs.


So far, PMB has made 17 Appointments and the distribution is as follows:
Northern Region: 14 (82%)
South Western Region: 2 (12%)
South South: 1 (6%)
South Eastern Region: 0 (0%)
The stats above clearly show a highly favorable regime to the Northern Region while all other regions have either not be represented or barely been represented.
In a country like Nigeria where ethnicity and cultural divide is still very prominent, I hope the government of the day know what it's doing.
It spells doom and disaster for our nascent democracy if this trend continue unabated. Until such a time when our democracy has come of age, I would call on the government of the day to maintain the Federal character as clearly stated in our Constitution.
I would just employ the proverbial "Sit-Down-Look-Na-Dog-Name" until we see the ministerial list and the ministry attachment to know if we can fully call this Buhari's administration a Northernocracy or not.
God Bless Nigeria.
Oke Umurhohwo
You can follow him @stalyf on twitter.

Alright, Good people of Nigeria, what do you think?

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