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

FTC, dedicating this FTC to all My Malabites and Malabaress Friends That Are Matriculating Today!..I Wish You All Grace! You've Come Far, Keep It Up And "Study To Show Thy Self Approved Unto God...."

Back to the topic, Jona's/PDP's Case was more of a TEKE TEKE MENE UPHARSIN, nothing more, nothing less!
the PDP govt took many things for granted! and they paid dearly for it!

APC, Tinubu, Rotimi, GMB etc were a vehicle, to Change, Men's Mene Tekel Upharsin

I disagree with the Governor's forum issue being a main determinant, we Nigerians aren't really bothered about PDP's internal workings.

Three things swung the pendulum;

1. The person of GMB

2.Prof Jega and the PVC/SCR

3.The positive PR spin for Baba, especially on social media did a lot of image rehab, I still remember the viral ikpeba tweet " even if na nepa bill he get, I go still vote Buhari, e don reach that level"

That "powerful" tweet not only made my unpaid non card carrying GMB campaigner job easy, it made a total rubbish of the certificate saga.

Mama Piss, Fayose and FFk's hate campaigns didn't help Jona's cause considering his bumbling ways had eroded his goodwill.

FirstNigerian:
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modath:
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Haba
Thus they booked space this early morning.
AMEACHI, sending Patience to Okrika permenantly.

Why not tell us how you are about to be dumped by your slave masters

Ok. Next!

chukwudi44:
Why not tell us how you are about to be dumped by your slave masters

get sense dis early morning
Na

Let he who stand take heed lest he fall..in as much as I am glad that we have a new presidnet, APC should put his house in oder and close all cracks...God bless Nigeria