Okay

They didn't defeat Jonathan! Point of correction. The PEOPLE voted out Jonathan! Without the people, APC is a walking shadow.

We prefer Fayose to Ameachi

Just reflecting on six months back, now see where we are today, power has change hand.

abduljabbar4:
Instead give it the title "how God rescued Nigerians from the devil"

iv told u before ur posts are just a series of foolish rantings!! and here u are again making a fool of urslf. so ur Tinubu is the God that rescued Nigerians from the devil Jonathan abi?? foolish fool

Nigerians made that decision not you Mr cocaine pusher stop giving yourself the glory

nikky5:
LAGOS — ALL Progressives Congress, APC, leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, attributed the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan in the last presidential election to a commonsense revolution anchored on a rebellion against the excesses of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

He spoke at a book launch in Lagos where Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka extolled him, and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State as the drivers of the uprising, which he said, was fast-tracked by President Jonathan’s mishandling of the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF crisis.

The public presentation of the book “Dynamics of Change: The Amaechi Years”, was witnessed by a cross section of the political class and civil society including governors, former governors, senators among others.

Justice Adolphus Karibi-Whyte, who was chairman of the occasion, said the book only offered a glimpse into the vision that stimulated the infrastructure and developments during the Amaechi years in Rivers State.

Amaechi on his part gave a peep into his political challenges, noting how even when he got Tinubu angry before the APC convention, both men set aside their issues for the common goal of achieving victory in the elections that were yet to be held at that time.
BOOK PRESENTATION—The book, Dynamics of Change, The Amaechi Years was launched, yesterday at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. From left, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader, Apc; Justice Adolphus Karibi-Whyte, Chairman of occasion; Mrs Judith Amaechi, Mr Tonye Cole, book presenter; Dr Kayode Fayemi, former Governor of Ekiti State; Dr Chidi Amuta, co-editor of the book; Alhaji Abdulazeez Yari, Governor of Zamfara State and Mr Rotimi Amaechi, Governor of Rivers State during the book presentation. Photo: Lamidi Bamidele. More photos on Page 16.

BOOK PRESENTATION—The book, Dynamics of Change, The Amaechi Years was launched, yesterday at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. From left, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader, Apc; Justice Adolphus Karibi-Whyte, Chairman of occasion; Mrs Judith Amaechi, Mr Tonye Cole, book presenter; Dr Kayode Fayemi, former Governor of Ekiti State; Dr Chidi Amuta, co-editor of the book; Alhaji Abdulazeez Yari, Governor of Zamfara State and Mr Rotimi Amaechi, Governor of Rivers State during the book presentation. Photo: Lamidi Bamidele. More photos on Page 16.

Tinubu, who was guest of honour at the presentation of the book written by Dr. Yemi Ogunbiyi and Dr. Chidi Amuta in his comments said: “Amaechi is an example of common sense revolution. In the course of the historic campaigns for the 2015 Presidential Election, I was emphatic that the election itself was a great opportunity to popularise and test the noble idea of a Common Sense Revolution in Nigeria. Soon enough, we found in the resonance of the APC Change mantra with the electorate a confirmation that Nigeria needed a Common Sense Revolution that is non-violent.

“Indeed there is a publication with that title authored by me in which I argued that Nigeria was ripe for a change of leadership and Nigerians must act in a Common Sense and rational way in choosing their leaders. The results of the March Presidential elections and that of April have demonstrated clearly the desire by Nigerians for change.”

The APC national leader, however, urged the new crop of leaders to embark on policies that will alleviate the plight of Nigerians.”

Continuing, he said: “Elections over, both the leaders and citizens must brace up to meet the challenges required to build a better, more prosperous nation. Indeed, even as we subscribe to the tenets of Common Sense Revolution, we must retool ourselves, the new leadership must embark on policies that will improve the general well-being of the mass of our people.

“It is a positive one to rescue, repair and restructure the nation and its institutions in ways that further collective prosperity and well-being. The only violence that is to be done is to violence, injustice and poverty themselves. At its essence, a common sense revolution is a call to return to a level of decency in the relationship between government and the governed, between each one of us and his neighbour.


“In my view, our gathering to celebrate the landmark achievements of my brother, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, in Rivers State in the last eight years is also another justifiable celebration of idea of Common Sense Revolution for development. The publication of the book, Dynamics of Change: The Amaechi Years is a timely service to history.”

Governors’ Forum crisis

Lauding Amaechi’s leadership of the NGF, the former Lagos State governor said “this occasion is all the more remarkable because of the huge challenges Amaechi has been facing especially in his second term from an extremely hostile federal government. His role as the chairman of the Governors’ Forum invariably brought him into a bitter collision with President Jonathan.

“Governor Amaechi and most of the governors want a properly defined federalist relationship with the government at the centre. The President would have none of that as in the notable example of the management of the federation account. This is, therefore, another great opportunity to salute Amaechi’s rare courage of conviction and sense of purpose. The APC has every cause to be proud of him,” Tinubu said.

Amaechi took a risky decision—Soyinka

In his comment, Prof. Soyinka commended Amaechi for standing up to President Jonathan during the NGF crisis. He identified Tinubu and Amaechi as the two main agents who brought down the PDP.

“The political atmosphere today, whatever you call it, change or hope or cautious hope and naked hope or careless hope, I recognise two personalities, in particular, who led the chant of change. One of them, I call him the architect of the process, the architect, in fact, that houses the essence of hope. That is Ahmed Bola Tinubu. The other person was unconsciously, perhaps, the arrow head of that charge that led to the change and that is the man that we gather here to celebrate.”

Soyinka said Amaechi took a risky decision during the NGF crisis that inevitably exposed him to the wrath of the presidency.

“He (Amaechi) was the one who said no, we cannot turn the clock backwards. Nothing about the philosophy of the clock runs against what we were hoping for. It was a very unpopular and risky decision to take. But it exposed to us the basic arithmetic fallacy of governance in demonstrating that when 16 is said to be higher than 19, something is fundamentally wrong and the same kind of arithmetic leads to the cooking of figures in governance. And it was within that nexus that he stood up and challenged even his own colleagues, and said let’s change the mentality of the stock, let us re-orientate it towards the people and towards the nation and the electorate.

“I remember someone very close to me that said I hear you are close to Rotimi Amaechi, tell that young man that he is going to destroy himself, and I said, you know something, you have been in a position where I have had the opportunity of being your teacher and your mentor and you mean to say you never learnt from me that it is better to be destroyed on the basis of what you really live for? And you want me to deliver such a message? That person who is in Aso Rock wanted me to tell Amaechi to back off, to slow down and that he is playing with fire and playing with a catapult against big guns. I never delivered that message. All I did was to study him more closely and wait to see.”

Karibi-Whyte commends Amaechi

Justice Karibi-Whyte commended Amaechi for embarking on developmental projects that were beneficial to the people of Rivers State, saying it was only a peep into the successful adventure of Amaechi in the state. “From my observation, I believe those who have written, wrote from the position which they thought but they did not to a large extent, look behind the facade of the motivating factors because I believe that he had been pained that nobody had seen the problems which he was foreseeing when he brought about schools, health centres in every local government, roads, education.”

I was determined to effect change—Amaechi

Giving the background of the challenges he faced after joining the APC, Governor Amaechi noted the sacrifice he and other leaders made for the eventual victory that was realised with the victory over the PDP in the presidential election last March.

“I am determined that there should be a change because if there’s no change, things will not move. Even before the party convention, I got Asiwaju Tinubu angry. I went to him and implored that we should not fight or disagree over issues. I told him that the important thing was for us to win first and after which, we can disagree. I believe that we must win and make a change, for anything that will not bring that change; I am ready to make a sacrifice.

I am proud to be a part of the change process. I am not stubborn but principled. I speak the truth and abide by the rules.”

On the crisis that engulfed the NGF, Amaechi, who is the chairman of the forum, accused the president of instigating the crisis.

He said: “In the Governors’ Forum, we set up a mechanism where we go from state to state to see how the governors were faring. Unfortunately, the President scattered the Governors’ Forum”.

Extolling Soyinka’s virtues, he said he is the only person whose bag he has ever carried because of the respect he has for him.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/how-we-defeated-jonathan-tinubu/

Ok so the apostles of positive changes are Tinubu and Ameachi.. I laugh in latin.
These two are among the most corrupt politicians ever in the history of Nigeria.one owns half of Lagos,the other was wasting and misappropriating public funds for his selfish political wars...
A wolf will always give birth to a wolf.
I really pity buhari because he is in for a shocker. When buhari finally resume the fight against corruption the above politicians will be his number one enemies....

Nigeria cursed with corrupt tribalistc-politicians since 1960,and some of the citizenry glorifying corruption since 1914.

Jagaban e never do. ur own dey come buhari will put u were u belong

darkjorse:
Nigerians made that decision not you Mr cocaine pusher stop giving yourself the glory

They initiated the plan/project that was bought by the electorate which in turn enabled them to actualize their dream for the populace.

Make no mistake, their wouldn't have been any victory without the collective heroic efforts by the leaders in APC that ensured GMB came out as their consensus candidate.

That was a well planned out strategy engineered by them

Y these assho.le.s dwelling in the past?
He should be saying "how we are going to defeat poverty and power failure in Nigeria"
.
Does he think they just won a war?

Amaechi, well done. You're indeed a true Pyrate, a disciple of WS. In Pyracy, we believe in fairness and justice and on these tenets, you stood your ground and fought for what you believed in. You're one of the hero of our time.

As the teacher extraordinaire, Tai Solarin used to say, May your waters be rough. Calm waters don't make a skilful sailor, only rough waters do.

Wole Soyinka my role model.
Amaechi my mentor.
Tinubu my godfather.
Fashola my main man.

It's good to stand up to what we believe in.... that is the hallmark of what makes u a principled person.

you should also add propaganda as one of the strategies you use in defeating GEJ.

Are we still on this?

I expect he should be talking about how the APC government Will deliver on promise.

Chest beating Gorillas.

Fold ur trousers n lay ur filthy hands on d plough. It's time to do d magic.

Too much noise from d waste. Northerners are busy strategizing, while our noisy neighbours are still basking on d euphoria of last election.

Loud mouths

pedel:
Not being able to fight corruption, anti people policies and indecision to fight boko haram is what defeated Jonathan. If he had sacked some people the way he has been doing in the last 3 weeks, if he had fought Boko haram the way he has been doing in the last 3 months; throw people like Farook Lawan under the bus and jail at least 5 subsidy thieves; sack Aba Moro, Alison and few other people Nigerians are complaining about; start ground breaking and construction of 2 refineries instead of building some useless almanjiri schools which should have been the responsibilities of state and local governments. He would have won.
Instead, all his projects are designed for money making among his cronies. This is what cost him his government.
Tinubu should stop saying nonsense.

simply put,he had corrupt nuisance all surrounding him. But he himself was also foolish not to have danced to the tone of the masses.

nikky5:
LAGOS — ALL Progressives Congress, APC, leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, attributed the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan in the last presidential election to a commonsense revolution anchored on a rebellion against the excesses of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

He spoke at a book launch in Lagos where Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka extolled him, and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State as the drivers of the uprising, which he said, was fast-tracked by President Jonathan’s mishandling of the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF crisis.

The public presentation of the book “Dynamics of Change: The Amaechi Years”, was witnessed by a cross section of the political class and civil society including governors, former governors, senators among others.

Justice Adolphus Karibi-Whyte, who was chairman of the occasion, said the book only offered a glimpse into the vision that stimulated the infrastructure and developments during the Amaechi years in Rivers State.

Amaechi on his part gave a peep into his political challenges, noting how even when he got Tinubu angry before the APC convention, both men set aside their issues for the common goal of achieving victory in the elections that were yet to be held at that time.
BOOK PRESENTATION—The book, Dynamics of Change, The Amaechi Years was launched, yesterday at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. From left, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader, Apc; Justice Adolphus Karibi-Whyte, Chairman of occasion; Mrs Judith Amaechi, Mr Tonye Cole, book presenter; Dr Kayode Fayemi, former Governor of Ekiti State; Dr Chidi Amuta, co-editor of the book; Alhaji Abdulazeez Yari, Governor of Zamfara State and Mr Rotimi Amaechi, Governor of Rivers State during the book presentation. Photo: Lamidi Bamidele. More photos on Page 16.

BOOK PRESENTATION—The book, Dynamics of Change, The Amaechi Years was launched, yesterday at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. From left, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader, Apc; Justice Adolphus Karibi-Whyte, Chairman of occasion; Mrs Judith Amaechi, Mr Tonye Cole, book presenter; Dr Kayode Fayemi, former Governor of Ekiti State; Dr Chidi Amuta, co-editor of the book; Alhaji Abdulazeez Yari, Governor of Zamfara State and Mr Rotimi Amaechi, Governor of Rivers State during the book presentation. Photo: Lamidi Bamidele. More photos on Page 16.

Tinubu, who was guest of honour at the presentation of the book written by Dr. Yemi Ogunbiyi and Dr. Chidi Amuta in his comments said: “Amaechi is an example of common sense revolution. In the course of the historic campaigns for the 2015 Presidential Election, I was emphatic that the election itself was a great opportunity to popularise and test the noble idea of a Common Sense Revolution in Nigeria. Soon enough, we found in the resonance of the APC Change mantra with the electorate a confirmation that Nigeria needed a Common Sense Revolution that is non-violent.

“Indeed there is a publication with that title authored by me in which I argued that Nigeria was ripe for a change of leadership and Nigerians must act in a Common Sense and rational way in choosing their leaders. The results of the March Presidential elections and that of April have demonstrated clearly the desire by Nigerians for change.”

The APC national leader, however, urged the new crop of leaders to embark on policies that will alleviate the plight of Nigerians.”

Continuing, he said: “Elections over, both the leaders and citizens must brace up to meet the challenges required to build a better, more prosperous nation. Indeed, even as we subscribe to the tenets of Common Sense Revolution, we must retool ourselves, the new leadership must embark on policies that will improve the general well-being of the mass of our people.

“It is a positive one to rescue, repair and restructure the nation and its institutions in ways that further collective prosperity and well-being. The only violence that is to be done is to violence, injustice and poverty themselves. At its essence, a common sense revolution is a call to return to a level of decency in the relationship between government and the governed, between each one of us and his neighbour.


“In my view, our gathering to celebrate the landmark achievements of my brother, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, in Rivers State in the last eight years is also another justifiable celebration of idea of Common Sense Revolution for development. The publication of the book, Dynamics of Change: The Amaechi Years is a timely service to history.”

Governors’ Forum crisis

Lauding Amaechi’s leadership of the NGF, the former Lagos State governor said “this occasion is all the more remarkable because of the huge challenges Amaechi has been facing especially in his second term from an extremely hostile federal government. His role as the chairman of the Governors’ Forum invariably brought him into a bitter collision with President Jonathan.

“Governor Amaechi and most of the governors want a properly defined federalist relationship with the government at the centre. The President would have none of that as in the notable example of the management of the federation account. This is, therefore, another great opportunity to salute Amaechi’s rare courage of conviction and sense of purpose. The APC has every cause to be proud of him,” Tinubu said.

Amaechi took a risky decision—Soyinka

In his comment, Prof. Soyinka commended Amaechi for standing up to President Jonathan during the NGF crisis. He identified Tinubu and Amaechi as the two main agents who brought down the PDP.

“The political atmosphere today, whatever you call it, change or hope or cautious hope and naked hope or careless hope, I recognise two personalities, in particular, who led the chant of change. One of them, I call him the architect of the process, the architect, in fact, that houses the essence of hope. That is Ahmed Bola Tinubu. The other person was unconsciously, perhaps, the arrow head of that charge that led to the change and that is the man that we gather here to celebrate.”

Soyinka said Amaechi took a risky decision during the NGF crisis that inevitably exposed him to the wrath of the presidency.

“He (Amaechi) was the one who said no, we cannot turn the clock backwards. Nothing about the philosophy of the clock runs against what we were hoping for. It was a very unpopular and risky decision to take. But it exposed to us the basic arithmetic fallacy of governance in demonstrating that when 16 is said to be higher than 19, something is fundamentally wrong and the same kind of arithmetic leads to the cooking of figures in governance. And it was within that nexus that he stood up and challenged even his own colleagues, and said let’s change the mentality of the stock, let us re-orientate it towards the people and towards the nation and the electorate.

“I remember someone very close to me that said I hear you are close to Rotimi Amaechi, tell that young man that he is going to destroy himself, and I said, you know something, you have been in a position where I have had the opportunity of being your teacher and your mentor and you mean to say you never learnt from me that it is better to be destroyed on the basis of what you really live for? And you want me to deliver such a message? That person who is in Aso Rock wanted me to tell Amaechi to back off, to slow down and that he is playing with fire and playing with a catapult against big guns. I never delivered that message. All I did was to study him more closely and wait to see.”

Karibi-Whyte commends Amaechi

Justice Karibi-Whyte commended Amaechi for embarking on developmental projects that were beneficial to the people of Rivers State, saying it was only a peep into the successful adventure of Amaechi in the state. “From my observation, I believe those who have written, wrote from the position which they thought but they did not to a large extent, look behind the facade of the motivating factors because I believe that he had been pained that nobody had seen the problems which he was foreseeing when he brought about schools, health centres in every local government, roads, education.”

I was determined to effect change—Amaechi

Giving the background of the challenges he faced after joining the APC, Governor Amaechi noted the sacrifice he and other leaders made for the eventual victory that was realised with the victory over the PDP in the presidential election last March.

“I am determined that there should be a change because if there’s no change, things will not move. Even before the party convention, I got Asiwaju Tinubu angry. I went to him and implored that we should not fight or disagree over issues. I told him that the important thing was for us to win first and after which, we can disagree. I believe that we must win and make a change, for anything that will not bring that change; I am ready to make a sacrifice.

I am proud to be a part of the change process. I am not stubborn but principled. I speak the truth and abide by the rules.”

On the crisis that engulfed the NGF, Amaechi, who is the chairman of the forum, accused the president of instigating the crisis.

He said: “In the Governors’ Forum, we set up a mechanism where we go from state to state to see how the governors were faring. Unfortunately, the President scattered the Governors’ Forum”.

Extolling Soyinka’s virtues, he said he is the only person whose bag he has ever carried because of the respect he has for him.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/how-we-defeated-jonathan-tinubu/

Summary pleeease

SHARIAREPORTERS:
I hate "change"

it wil kill you if you dnt change ya mind!

Jonathan was brought down by his own mistakes which were visible for all to see. He is the architect of his own failure. Nigerians are wiser now.

Long live GMB.,God bless Nigeria.

abduljabbar4:
Instead give it the title "how God rescued Nigerians from the devil"

and installed anoda Devil

If not for the uncontrollable rigging in the north west, this ugly specie(Tinubu) and his cohorts would be standing trial for treason for forming their touted parallel government now.

Amechi dey allow make Hin wife sit there..chai,If the hawks carry Hin wife go Hin go fear ohh..Make he no dey call mee ohh

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pedel:
Not being able to fight corruption, anti people policies and indecision to fight boko haram is what defeated Jonathan. If he had sacked some people the way he has been doing in the last 3 weeks, if he had fought Boko haram the way he has been doing in the last 3 months; throw people like Farook Lawan under the bus and jail at least 5 subsidy thieves; sack Aba Moro, Alison and few other people Nigerians are complaining about; start ground breaking and construction of 2 refineries instead of building some useless almanjiri schools which should have been the responsibilities of state and local governments. He would have won.
Instead, all his projects are designed for money making among his cronies. This is what cost him his government.
Tinubu should stop saying nonsense.

Tinubu and the rest of his camp capitalised on all the misdeeds you mentioned above to defeat Jonathan. How is he saying nonsense then? HATE will simply do you no right

20bc:
OK, was it fatality, brutality or even bability.... I want answers

Mortal combat freak

Nairalandinfo:



There are people that can be invited to such a funny occassion BUT not this man below, infact even in his grave, he will weep @ all of them that attended this gathering.....Yes!!!! Even weep @ GEJ & GMB

After Ojukwu & Fela, Gani is the other nigerian I have ever respected dead or alive......he never dined with the devilz, in his sickness time when Tinubu & Fashola came to assist in his bills, the man still no care about them cos he knew who they were

Please I need to quickly correct the lie in this statement, there was no time Tinubu or Fashola requested to foot Gani medical bills. Secondly the man is a very successful lawyer who owns perhaps the richest law firm in Lagos.

The details of his burial e.g the coffin used is a testament to the wealth of his family.

Thanks

I luv 'cluelessness'=transformation
i hate 'change'=#onechance

Judas 1 of Ubima

BlackTechnology:
Tinubu your plan to control Nigeria through Buhari vie Osinbajo in order to steal the presidency and ND oil wealth has failed






Buhari

Prove us wrong that you are not

BABA ONE CHANCE

BABA HYPOCRITE

BABA MAGICIAN


Prove us wrong by probing


Tinubu OBJ Saraki Atiku Rochas Amaechi


Prove us wrong by probing the corrupt Federal Civil Service which is dominated by Tinubu's people


Sir

Tinubu's people voted you because they believe they can steal the oil wealth and presidency through you


They believe Tinubu through Osinbajo can control your government the way Idiagbon did


Sir

They do not believe in change because if they do, they would have voted you in 2007 and 2011


Remember that you are a descendant of Usman Dan Fodio

Remember that your ancestors never allowed the Oduduwas deceive them


WISE UP

thank you very much for your concern. you are nonentity, so Buhari doesnt have to prove anything to you. He will probe The clueless one and that frog eyed thief and there is nothing you can do about it

I pity this enclave call Nigeria. Among those things call leaders mentioned in that so call book launch are nothing but loosed and irrelevant beings, except and maybe Justice White. But come to think of it, if this Justice, as at today, join these highly and renowned thieves, he is as irrelevant as themselves. Soyinka who has not contributed an inch to this country, but only took aways the FRSC budgets to unknown destination is there talking. Thieves. What he knows best is to talk down others and ran away. When the late Gani was talking, defending all his points one after the other, Soyinka was always on the run. Any way, who does not know the yorubas will doubt what am saying but that the true story. Soyinka is a top runner when it come to talking rubbish and taking off like jet. Tell any Nigerians to tell us Soyinka's single contribution to this country, such person will just go back home or probably tell you how he recked the agency. Dry fish body. Swines

[quote/]So Na your vote you take win him abi. [/quote]

shachris01:
APC didn't like defeat jonathan. Nigerians did. Because we were tired of him. And we would do same to APC if they do not sit up.

you never voted for APC, so you can not vote them out! remove 'we' in your comment!