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Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by kaysy(m): 1:52pm On Feb 17, 2013
The President of Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria and a senatorial aspirant of CPC, Kaduna Central Senatorial District , Mallam Shehu Sani has said that if the governor of Lagos state, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) emerges as the presidential candidate of the newly formed party , All Progressive Congress (APC), he would receive his backing.

Sani told Sunday Mirror that what mattered to him was that whoever emerges as the presidential flagbearer of the party should be the best candidate and if Fashola emerges as the best candidate backed by the entire party, there would be no opposition from the North.

“If the PDP is presenting a candidate and APC is presenting a candidate, Nigerians will definitely go for the best candidate; but whoever is going to represent the APC must have proved himself over the years.

He should be incorruptible, should have a vision for Nigeria and should be someone that is widely acceptable to all and should not be seen as representing any ethnic group or religious background and should be someone who places national interest above his personal ambition. So if Fashola is the popular choice of the party, we are certainly going to back him,” he maintained.

He added: “Well, as a potential member of the APC, if the party finally decides on that, I will support whoever emerges as the party’s choice. We need someone that is ideologically, fundamentally and characteristically different from what the PDP is presenting”.

Sani cautioned that Buhari and Tinubu should be ready to play key roles that would make the APC victory in the coming polls. “Well, what we should understand is that, this merger is not all about Buhari and Tinubu factor and if it is about Buhari and Tinubu, then, it is going to fail.

The merger should be seen to be a consensus of ideas, vision and hopes that can be found in one aim, which is to rescue Nigeria and bring Nigeria forward.

Buhari and Tinubu should be ready to play any role to which they need to play for the supporters of the party and Nigeria as a whole.”

Speaking on the development, the National Publicity Secretary of the CPC, Engineer Rotimi Fashakin said the Fashola option for the Presidency is largely speculative and lacks any basis, saying “ we have not got to that bridge at all. Where they are getting all these kinds of speculations is funny’.

“They are speculating to create a wedge against the coalition. We have not even informed INEC about the new party. I don’t know where they are getting such speculation from but they will not succeed in creating a wedge in the merger”, he said.

The Special Assistant on Media to Governor Fashola, Mr Hakeem Bello, said the issue of who should become a presidential candidate to the new APC is not a Lagos State Government matter and so, he could not comment on it.

“It is not a Lagos State Government matter but I know it is speculation. The party is just evolving. It is about politics and so I am not in a position to comment on politics”, Bello said.

Meanwhile,Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State has said that the recent merger in which the APC was born is the best option to wrest power from the opposition PDP, which has been in power for 14 years but “leaves the country to decay and anarchy.”

Gaidam stated this yesterday in Damaturu, the state capital, at a meeting with ANPP stakeholders and supporters to endorse the decision of the merger by governors of the 10 states controlled by the opposition parties after their meetings in Lagos, and later on Monday last week in Abuja to re-affirm their support for the initiative.

Represented by his Deputy, Engineer Abubakar, Aliyu said, “the meeting is crucial, as it will offer all members of the ruling party and it is an avenue to discuss issues related to the merger, come together with full support and cooperation on how to move the new party APC to a greater height.

He said the merger is a welcome development in rescuing Nigeria from decay, and therefore, urged all All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) stakeholders and supporters to give their overwhelming cooperation in the ongoing merger for the wellbeing of the state and the country at large.

Also, the Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Imo State, Chief Charles Ubah, has commended the state governor, Rochas Okorocha, over his decision to join other progressives “in their quest to rescue the nation from the stranglehold of the ruling PDP.”

Ubah described the governor as a patriotic Nigerian who is committed to the success of Nigeria’s democracy and good governance, assuring the Governor and members of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), of the willingness of the party to work harmoniously with everyone under the new PDP.

Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by kaysy(m): 1:53pm On Feb 17, 2013
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Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by Itoroetti(m): 1:57pm On Feb 17, 2013
Amen.u will support fashola since he is a muslim and u the northerners will aswell present alhaji el rufai to us as the vice president,meaning we will both have d president and the vp as muslim.u tink say we christians we be mumu?can the northerners allow both the president and vp to be christians?
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by kaysy(m): 1:59pm On Feb 17, 2013
Itoroetti :
Amen.u will support fashola since he is a muslim and u the northerners will aswell present alhaji el rufai to us as the vice president,meaning we will both have d president and the vp as muslim.u tink say we christians we be mumu?can the northerners allow both the president and vp to be christians?

Nobody has asked for the introduction of religious bigotry here... just say your mind
Personally for me, i'l vote for BRF if he emerges as the presidential flag bearer of the party, i dnt care about religion, all am more concerned with is performance that's all.
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by bappahman: 2:10pm On Feb 17, 2013
Many in the north respect fashola for the work he has done in lagos..majority on the streets don't even knw he is a muslim..fact
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by Nobody: 2:17pm On Feb 17, 2013
^^^ Abeg tell them, did I not just see our president getting another sets of blessing from another pastor this week?
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by Goodcare(m): 2:42pm On Feb 17, 2013
Good for us
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by Nobody: 2:52pm On Feb 17, 2013
why not have a State by State Primary election that is transparent?

Fashola or whoever gets elected will benefit from it because he would through that process build grass-root movement all around the country.

No matter how great Fashola is as his shows, if his candidacy is hatched in the living room of few prominent people APC will fail again.

Like it or not PDP has ground supporters, what motivates this support is a debate for another day. However Only a grass-root movement that the people can identify with will help upstage PDP. anything less than that will be a waste of time, PDP will win another election while the opposition moans again about rigging
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by seanet01: 2:52pm On Feb 17, 2013
Nice development
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by Nobody: 2:55pm On Feb 17, 2013
Itoroetti :
Amen.u will support fashola since he is a muslim and u the northerners will aswell present alhaji el rufai to us as the vice president,meaning we will both have d president and the vp as muslim.u tink say we christians we be mumu?can the northerners allow both the president and vp to be christians?
you're Nigeria's problem...look at personalities and not religions... sucker!
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by gbolah1(m): 3:06pm On Feb 17, 2013
I pray fashola become the president of nigeria comes 2015.his the type of leader we need in this country,people should put aside sentiment n face the reaility of life.
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by lacasa: 3:09pm On Feb 17, 2013
bappahman: Many in the north respect fashola for the work he has done in lagos..majority on the streets don't even knw he is a muslim..fact


Gbam!!!
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by miiraaj: 3:37pm On Feb 17, 2013
A welcome development if the party chooses Fashola as their flag bearer.


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Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by Jlow2: 3:40pm On Feb 17, 2013
Pls let's not allow ethnic/relegious sentiments bring APC down,though am 4rm d southeast,i think sumone like fashola will be a match 2 anybody pdp is fielding,but his runing mate shuld be a xtain,with his antecedents I think pdp will be dead n buried come 2015,enuf of unfullfild promises of pdp n wasted years
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by Elueme: 3:59pm On Feb 17, 2013
bappahman: Many in the north respect fashola for the work he has done in lagos..majority on the streets don't even knw he is a muslim..fact
Pls, can you tell me those achievements agin? Maybe I forget things at day time shocked

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Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by Elueme: 4:03pm On Feb 17, 2013
I so much hate to comment on issues concerning these amalgamated thieves under the umbrella of Abandoned Political Cheats( APC). Up till now, no ideology or manifesto other than wrestling of power. These men are jokes!!
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by Sealeddeal(m): 4:11pm On Feb 17, 2013
Other opposition parties that have not joined APC should try and do so,so that Nigeria will have a potent and all inclusive opposition that can challenge PDP at federal level.while i thank God for the formation of a formidable opposition(APC),i still think that 2015-2019 belongs to President Goodluck Jonathan as he has demonstrated his capability to putting governance at federal level in a right footing.
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by takedat(m): 4:14pm On Feb 17, 2013
Elueme: I so much hate to comment on issues concerning these amalgamated thieves under the umbrella of Abandoned Political Cheats( APC). Up till now, no ideology or manifesto other than wrestling of power. These men are jokes!!
Bro, So you are expecting the manifesto of a party yet to be registered! I would have told you to wait for the party's registration before condemning their manifesto or ideology but it makes no sense, since you are comfortable with a party of the least-able, most unsuitable and incompetent treasury looting men!
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by drnoel: 4:15pm On Feb 17, 2013
hahaha let me laugh in japanese, that will not happen
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by Elueme: 4:19pm On Feb 17, 2013
gbola h: I pray fashola become the president of nigeria comes 2015.his the type of leader we need in this country,people should put aside sentiment n face the reaility of life.
Pls, can you tell me just five achievements of Fashola that has made him a Nigerian model? The problem with some of you is lack of exposure, gaskia! . I just left rivers state yesterday, I took on the opportunity of this national good governance tour to make an assessment of performance and I can say Amaechi is a gladiator and a pragmatic leader, though he may have his shortfalls. I have heard similar stuffs concerning Akpabio and some other few but can't still fantom what BRF had done other than policy which the workability is still probable for all these praise singing. Let me make it emphatically clear that am a lagosians to some extent so I am not speaking from an ignorant position. I am quite aware of the successes recorded in BRT, renovation of schools, Oshodi( my former hood), expansion of markets/ sighting of new ones etc. however, good these projects are but Nigerians deserve more.
One most annoying thing is the way you Yorubas praise your tribesmen to high heavens and always in the habit of discrediting others( I maybe wrong about your identity but this is true if Yorubas). That is a nasscistic personality disorder and it sucks. Whoever, emerges as presidential candidate of APC is my 2 cents, they may nt get my vote until I am convinced about their ideology
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by Nobody: 4:22pm On Feb 17, 2013
take dat: Bro, So you are expecting the manifesto of a party yet to be registered! I would have told you to wait for the party's registration before condemning their manifesto or ideology but it makes no sense, since you are comfortable with a party of the least-able, most unsuitable and incompetent treasury looting men!

They do not have to be registered to have an ideology

They are forming coalition, coalition of what? Is it a left-wing coalition? or a right wing coalition? or just a coalition of Politicians-No-In-Power (PNIP)? I think the smart money will be on the latter

We can not have change for the sake of it. They need to show how different they are from PDP. Otherwise this will amount to replacing a monkey with a dog in which an animal that stoops is still within your neigborhood
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by olabukola: 4:35pm On Feb 17, 2013
take dat: Bro, So you are expecting the manifesto of a party yet to be registered! I would have told you to wait for the party's registration before condemning their manifesto or ideology but it makes no sense, since you are comfortable with a party of the least-able, most unsuitable and incompetent treasury looting men!
They are not registered yet but they are talking of presidentail candidate. Which should come first Idealogy or Candidate? your honest answer is required.
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by takedat(m): 5:06pm On Feb 17, 2013
mikeansy:

They do not have to be registered to have an ideology

They are forming coalition, coalition of what? Is it a left-wing coalition? or a right wing coalition? or just a coalition of Politicians-No-In-Power (PNIP)? I think the smart money will be on the latter

We can not have change for the sake of it. They need to show how different they are from PDP. Otherwise this will amount to replacing a monkey with a dog in which an animal that stoops is still within your neigborhood
Even if the merging parties have an identical political philosophy or they claim their ideology is based on "democratic socialism", some will still write it off especially those contented with PDP's dominance and its myriad of failings and inability to lift the socioeconomic fortunes of the populace, rampant corruption and misallocation of public funds.

Some of us are looking beyond 2015, those whose gaze are fixated on 2015 elections are the ones who do not see the beauty in this merger plan. OBJ, Buhari, Tinubu and other political actors will eventually go, but these parties(PDP and APC) will survive if we allow them to and when you and I who are critics outside of the arena chiose to get politically involved.

The party can only aspire to make a difference when we support it. For the mere fact that there will be competition of ideas with the two parties almost equal in strength and spread is worth giving the party a benefit of doubt!
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by takedat(m): 5:20pm On Feb 17, 2013
olabukola: They are not registered yet but they are talking of presidentail candidate. Which should come first Idealogy or Candidate? your honest answer is required.
You've been paying too much attention on media manipulation. If I may ask you, who is the presidential candidate of the party? Sure you don't have an answer to that! Its normal for names to be bandied about just like its done here(NL) where forumites open threads to discuss their preferred presidential candidates! All I know is that the party is still in consultation!
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by Nobody: 5:34pm On Feb 17, 2013
take dat: Even if the merging parties have an identical political philosophy or they claim their ideology is based on "democratic socialism", some will still write it off especially those contented with PDP's dominance and its myriad of failings and inability to lift the socioeconomic fortunes of the populace, rampant corruption and misallocation of public funds.

Some of us are looking beyond 2015, those whose gaze are fixated on 2015 elections are the ones who do not see the beauty in this merger plan. OBJ, Buhari, Tinubu and other political actors will eventually go, but these parties(PDP and APC) will survive if we allow them to and when you and I who are critics outside of the arena chiose to get politically involved.

The party can only aspire to make a difference when we support it. For the mere fact that there will be competition of ideas with the two parties almost equal in strength and spread is worth giving the party a benefit of doubt!

asking relevant questions that will see APC buckle up and be better than PDP is in the interest of Nigeria. PDP is complacent and Nigeria is desperate for an alternative Government. That said the alternative can not offer us excatly what the incunbent is offering. Politics based on nothing, no values, no ideologies, no direction. Asking questions whether APC is the change we seek should not mean being confortable with the status quo. Change does not come on the cheap and it is important that the opposition is scrutinised now so that we know what we are getting

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Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by takedat(m): 5:40pm On Feb 17, 2013
mikeansy:

asking relevant questions that will see APC buckle up and be better than PDP is in the interest of Nigeria. PDP is complacent and Nigeria is desperate for an alternative Government. That said the alternative can not offer us excatly what the incunbent is offering. Politics based on nothing, no values, no ideologies, no direction. Asking questions whether APC is the change we seek should not mean being confortable with the status quo. Change does not come on the cheap and it is important that the opposition is scrutinised now so that we know what we are getting
Okay Sir
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by CyberG: 6:02pm On Feb 17, 2013
Elueme: Pls, can you tell me just five achievements of Fashola that has made him a Nigerian model? The problem with some of you is lack of exposure, gaskia! . I just left rivers state yesterday, I took on the opportunity of this national good governance tour to make an assessment of performance and I can say Amaechi is a gladiator and a pragmatic leader, though he may have his shortfalls. I have heard similar stuffs concerning Akpabio and some other few but can't still fantom what BRF had done other than policy which the workability is still probable for all these praise singing. Let me make it emphatically clear that am a lagosians to some extent so I am not speaking from an ignorant position. I am quite aware of the successes recorded in BRT, renovation of schools, Oshodi( my former hood), expansion of markets/ sighting of new ones etc. however, good these projects are but Nigerians deserve more.
One most annoying thing is the way you Yorubas praise your tribesmen to high heavens and always in the habit of discrediting others( I maybe wrong about your identity but this is true if Yorubas). That is a nasscistic personality disorder and it sucks. Whoever, emerges as presidential candidate of APC is my 2 cents, they may nt get my vote until I am convinced about their ideology

Mr. man, are you not proving yourself a retardeen by your blanket generalization? I don't speak for Yourbas but was Alao Akala, Bode George, Adedibu, etc praised then or now by majority of their people who are not part of PDP or benefiting from the corruption and high handedness of those people? Oh, was OBJ even supported by majority of his folks when he ran for president? Or was it not OBJ that schemed out then AD to take over states in his region for PDP thwarting their momentum? Yes, those folks are politically sophisticated, perhaps the most in Nigeria and they will never support a thief, vagabond or unworthy character! A visit to a state to Akwa Ibom/Rivers getting several billions more from oil derivation in a state with far less population than Lagos and on top of that you have been infused propaganda by the "good governance tour" of the PDP FG, now makes you an expert whose knowledge is god-like and should be unchallenged? You gotta be kidding, abeg park well!

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Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by MrGlobe(m): 6:29pm On Feb 17, 2013
I guess Alhaji Shehu Sani supported Buhari in 2011. Irrelevant. I also guess he supports boko haram too. Who is he? I don't even know him. Who cares who he supports?

Fashola for president my black azz.
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by Elueme: 7:37pm On Feb 17, 2013
CyberG:

Mr. man, are you not proving yourself a retardeen by your blanket generalization? I don't speak for Yourbas but was Alao Akala, Bode George, Adedibu, etc praised then or now by majority of their people who are not part of PDP or benefiting from the corruption and high handedness of those people? Oh, was OBJ even supported by majority of his folks when he ran for president? Or was it not OBJ that schemed out then AD to take over states in his region for PDP thwarting their momentum? Yes, those folks are politically sophisticated, perhaps the most in Nigeria and they will never support a thief, vagabond or unworthy character! A visit to a state to Akwa Ibom/Rivers getting several billions more from oil derivation in a state with far less population than Lagos and on top of that you have been infused propaganda by the "good governance tour" of the PDP FG, now makes you an expert whose knowledge is god-like and should be unchallenged? You gotta be kidding, abeg park well!
Who has resorted to propaganda? Certainly you for now tagging the good governance tour a PDP FG's. You certainly need wake up from your slumber and better integrate yourselve into governance because if you want to wait for your frustrated rogues by the acronym APC( abandoned political cheats) to be in power before you keep a breast with happening in govt, then you may still spend another decade leaving the life of a sadist. I have come off my shell and am fully integrating and above parochial sentiments as you and your likes. As for performance, let it behoove on you that your Fashola enjoys media propaganda and it should be impressed on you that the likes of Ajimobi, Amosun and co are nothing but jokes. Let's not even talk of Al Makura who is a standard for failure and ineptitude. Talking of allocation and population? Do you tell this forum the net worth of lagos state per month? Allocation plus IGR? Also, do you tell this house that lagos state govt is building on an already established model and an infrastruturally endowed society compared to Akwa Ibom which just came from the ruins of a country home( village)? I think you guys are being too unfair and blind about the PDP and the FG.
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by Igwe9(m): 9:48pm On Feb 17, 2013
kaysy:

Nobody has asked for the introduction of religious bigotry here... just say your mind
Personally for me, i'l vote for BRF if he emerges as the presidential flag bearer of the party, i dnt care about religion, all am more concerned with is performance that's all.
How dare you ask another person not to speak his mind while you speak your own mind?

There's enough space here for everybody and don't think you can cow people into accepting your own political ideology.
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by vanunu: 9:53pm On Feb 17, 2013
You no sabi
kaysy:

Nobody has asked for the introduction of religious bigotry here... just say your mind
Personally for me, i'l vote for BRF if he emerges as the presidential flag bearer of the party, i dnt care about religion, all am more concerned with is performance that's all.
Re: Shehu Sani Will Support Fashola As APC Presidential Candidate by vanunu: 9:56pm On Feb 17, 2013
gbola h: I pray fashola become the president of nigeria comes 2015.his the type of leader we need in this country,people should put aside sentiment n face Na waa for u who told u others think the same the reaility of life.

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