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Of Appointments & The 100 Days Electoral Rhetoric

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Of Appointments & The 100 Days Electoral Rhetoric by M.B.O Owolowo Some people wondered why I chose to be mum on certain matters affecting our polity lately, particularly the latest appointments by President Buhari and the purported 100 days promise to the electorate.  I have discovered there are two categories of people; people that speak because they have to say something, and those that speak because they have something to say! I am sure you have already figured out which category I belong because I now have something to say on these issues! Personally, I had initially considered the brouhaha ‎on these particular issues as what the Yorubas would call 'Ariwo Oja', that's “Market Noise” for those who don't know the meaning of the phrase. I will employ the same quote I used to start one of my articles (Certifying a Distraction: http://saharareporters.com/2015/01/23/certifying-distraction-mbo-owolowo ), during the pre-election certificate saga: "You w