All the failure of his Minister of Power, has anyone pleaded with him not to fire the Minister? His Minister in FCT is reported of stealing and grabbing peoples land, what has the Nigerian CEO done about it??
Nigeria PLC: The Limits of Presidential Power
You raised a very good question, and the answer is yes. A Nigerian PLC CEO can not fire anyone as he wishes.
Look at it again from factual reality and not emotion.
You mentioned above that there is a system. The system, in this case, is called Company Policy. In Nigeria, it is called the constitution. If a CEao violates company policies, the board can fire him. If a president violates constitition, the NASS can impeach him. If the NASS violate constion the real CEO of Nigeria, the voters can recall them!
Every company has its policy. Unless you are the owner of the company, you can not do just anything as a CEO. There are many people within a company you can not touch—especially people the board appointed to watch over your activities.
Is that not how it works? Can the Dangote CEO fire just anyone in Dangote PLC?
I now see where you and many others missed it. You are looking at Ministers, despite the fact that I just provided an extensive list. Ministers themselves are relatively limited in power. They can't do more than constitution empower them. They are not our problems.
Take, for example, a few weeks ago when Minister Wike tried to dispense justice by stopping illegal construction in Abuja. Most of you backed the young soldier even though he was on illegal duty. You not only backed him but celebrated Wike's disgrace.
A massive debate arose here as to who is really in control. And can a military take order from a minister? Even president
The hypocrisy is in self-limitation and selective righteousness. Because we don't like Wike, we are very happy to see him humiliated and even called for his sack because of what is happening elsewhere and not because he is failing in his duty.
Here, you have the answer to your own question. Yes, ministers do not have all the power, just as the president does not have the power to fire everyone.
Our problem in Nigeria is not the federal minister. Our problem in Nigeria lies at the feet of governors and local governments. The president has zero power to fire a governor.
Section 188 of the Constitution vests the power to remove (fire) a governor solely in the State House of Assembly through the impeachment process. The president has no constitutional role in this process.
Ironically, you and everyone else debated and considered it illegal for the president to impose a State of Emergency and suspend a sitting governor. Yet you are here arguing that he can fire anyone.
Look at the mirror, my brother, and answer the following questions. Don't worry, nobody is looking at you:
1. Can a president fire all the judges in the country for corruption? No.
> Section 292 states that a judicial officer shall not be removed from office except by the President acting on an address supported by a two-thirds majority of the Senate (for federal judges) and only for specific reasons like inability to discharge functions or misconduct.
2. Can the president fire a governor the way a CEO fires staff? Check your Constitution. He cannot.
3. Does a president have the power to run any state in Nigeria? Your Constitution says he doesn't.
> Section 5(2) clarifies that executive powers of a state are vested in the governor. Furthermore, the Land Use Act (Section 1) vests all land in the territory of each state in the governor of that state. This is why the president must apply for land just like anyone else.
4. Does a president control local governments (LG)? > The Supreme Court recently reaffirmed the financial autonomy of LGs. Under Section 7, the system of local government by democratically elected councils is guaranteed.
5. Can a president fire National Assembly members? No.
> Under Section 4, the legislative powers are vested in the National Assembly. They are an independent branch of government. Only the constituents (the voters) can remove them via Section 69 (Recall process).
6. Can a president fire the entire Army for non-performance? While he is the Commander-in-Chief (Section 130), replacing the entire rank and file is a structural impossibility and legally complex.
7. Can a president fire the House of Assembly members at the State level? No. They are independent of the executive.
The reality is that we can be sentimental or not, but the reality is that a president is not a CEO in the way you suggested. The only president who can be a "CEO" in that mould would be a military president. And they hachieve thia by suspending the constitition. That is why they are called dictators..
As you rightly noted, we run a system of rules and order. Our democratic system did not concentrate power in the hands of one man.
He is not the CEO of the entire country; he is the "CEO" of the Federal Executive. Federal Government is the only arm of gobement that is working in thiancountry aside a handful of states like Rivers Lagos and recently some states..
He does not own the Federation Account and cannot disburse funds as he wishes; that power belongs to the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (Section 153) and the National Assembly.
We, you, and me and everyone making excuses are the true CEOs
We, the people, are the "CEOs" of Nigeria PLC. If Nigeria is failing, we are the ones failing. If we feel we need to fire someone, we have the power to do that.
> Section 69 of the Constitution allows you to recall your state and federal lawmakers if they are not performing their oversight functions.
How many of you have mobilized yourselves to recall your House of Assembly members, Senators, or Representatives for not policing the Governors and President?
Do you expect the president to become a military dictator just because we want to talk for its sake? Ordinary quelling of protesters, we cry and lament that the president is not allowing it.
Lastly, imagine if a president fired a judge because the judge granted an injunction against a presidential act. Would you be clapping and saying, "the CEO is doing his job"? No, you would call it tyranny. Our system was made rigid specifically to avoid such things.
We must get it right by first getting our mindset right.
We are the problem of Nigeria. We are the poverty manufacturers, the thugs producers, and bandist and terrorists factory. These outlaws were made made in some people's bedrooms and not Aso Rock. If their fathers and mothers had used condoms, castrated or married right, or act as good parents, we won't have many so much rogues in the society.
Did I forget to mention the media? Much of our national crisis is driven by sensational and propaganda media who drive narrative. Can Presidnet fire them, too?
We are the drivers of corruption. Electoral fraud, insecurity, and we are "electors" of bad senators Bad Rep and hungry and greedy House of Assembly members.
As long as our focus is solely on one man, we will never get this country right, no matter who is a president. It is a collective laziness and people sabotage. The president won't do our jobs for us.
There is nothing like CEO of Nigeria in Abuja. Of we want to be honwst, the real CEO are the people, the voters!
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