He should forget it,the north have not completed their 8 years.

He should forget it,the north have not completed their 8 years.


Well I will not bet my last Naira, dollar, pounds on that. We all know it is the North's turn but they should do the honourable thing and follow the constitution to its letter. 150 MILLION Nigerians does not have to be a soothsayer to know something is wrong with Mr President. Even the blind in Sabo knows that.

Just for the record, he'll certainly lose.
I pray he doesn't lose his life as well.

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That is the exact reason why they don't want him to "act". As acting president, if he decideds to run he would have the power of incumbency [which is very real in naija] plus unlimited access to the national treasury to finance his war chest in the 2011 elections. As we all know politics in naija is about who has more money to spend. That is apart from the fact the the northerners know they don't have one single credible candidate that would be allowed to run. [that is apart form el-rufai and nuhu ribadu that have been hounded into exile by their kinsman]

Can you hear his name. Goodluck. He deserves his own 4 or 8years. We need a breath of fresh air in 9ja. It should not only be yoruba or hausa. Minorities should also get thier chance. Igbo should also get thier chance someday.

Hausas can bring in rtd. col Umar from Kaduna to run for them, but i guess he is not a politician.

Who said hausas have not finished thier 8years must be ignorant. Presidency should be about who was elected, and not who was imposed on us. We all know that with a free and fair primarys and elections a hausa man cannot be 9ja's president. No offence to our hausa bros. They should also remember that ibos did not have up to a year, before hausas struck.

Nigeria is getting ready to explode. I should make fast and move into Perth, Australia before this begins.

KnowAll:

He should forget it,the north have not completed their 8 years.


Well I will not bet my last Naira, dollar, pounds on that. We all know it is the North's turn but they should do the honourable thing and follow the constitution to its letter. 150 MILLION Nigerians does not  have to be a soothsayer to know something is wrong with Mr President. Even the blind in Sabo knows that.

You really think it is the North's turn?

Ok look at this scenario: If a fresh Northerner takes over in 2011, do you think he will be willing to reliquish power in 2015 after just 4 years, just so that the South can now take its turn??

The wise thing for southerners to do now is to checkmate the north by either by sopporting Jonathan to continue in 2011 or by fielding a very credible candidate that would knock out any potential tribalistic northerner.

For me, If the north presents candidates like Ribadu or El Rufai easily vote them many other southerners except the likes of Donald Duke or Fashola.

The bad eggs in the north are scared of the words Ribadu or El Rufia.

You really think it is the North's turn?

Ok look at this scenario: If a fresh Northerner takes over in 2011, do you think he will be willing to reliquish power in 2015 after just 4 years, just so that the South can now take its turn??

The wise thing for southerners to do now is to checkmate the north by either by sopporting Jonathan to continue in 2011 or by fielding a very credible candidate that would knock out any potential tribalistic northerner.

For me, If the north presents candidates like Ribadu or El Rufai easily vote them many other southerners except the likes of Donald Duke or Fashola.



To be sincere, Yaradua's illness has thrown all the calculations, permutataions and scheming into dust bin, the stake holders of the ruling party had better come up with a new plan.

Plan A is history, Plan B should commence,  the names of some current Governors from the NW and NC regions mentioned recently in some recent press release as possible candidates for the post of  VP to Jonathan does not stir any emotion or inspire anticipation of good things to come.

The North had better bite the bullet and accept that the only credible candidate from the North is Nuhu Ribadu or the no-nonsense CBN of Governor. The only problem I have with Mallam Lamido is he might be an islamist and have a very parochial view of things.

His decision to sack Eratus and Ibru was a bit premature, what any reasonable person would have done was give them a time frame( maybe within a month ) to get their books in order. Now with the added benefit of hindsight knowing how rich Ibru and Akingbola is,  one would suspect that both Ibru and Akingbola would  have liquidate their own personal fortunes to find the funds to fill those gaps in other to safe their necks.

Lamido should have being patient, he would still sack them after the gap filling exercise was over, he and they that is Sanusi and Akngbola and Ibru will know that the games is over as the Chief Executives would know they have already compromised their positions, filling the gaping holes in their banks would seem a lesser evil than spending 10 years in a Nigerian Gulag.

That would have put Lamido in a position where if he desire for the coveted top job he would not be questioned on his decision and leadership qualities.

I suspect Jonathan might however still shock the North in particular and the nation in general,  he sure knows,  he cannot run himself,  he might as well have a powerful, well respected, and wildly accepted God-Son in no other person than Nuhu Ribadu.  

I would not be surprised if this comes to past. If it ever comes to past then Nigerians all over the world can take solace and know that without firing a single shot a revolution has taking place and a new nation would be born. Jonathan on the other hand would have written his name in a historic plague that would be revered for ever.

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heilige:

Can you hear his name. Goodluck. He deserves his own 4 or 8years. We need a breath of fresh air in 9ja. It should not only be yoruba or hausa. Minorities should also get thier chance. Igbo should also get thier chance someday.

Hausas can bring in rtd. col Umar from Kaduna to run for them, but i guess he is not a politician.

Who said hausas have not finished thier 8years must be ignorant. Presidency should be about who was elected, and not who was imposed on us. We all know that with a free and fair primarys and elections a hausa man cannot be 9ja's president. No offence to our hausa bros. They should also remember that ibos did not have up to a year, before hausas struck.

That is false. Democracy is about numbers and not about enlightenment. Under democracy, a PhD holder and a mechanic hold the same vote. You get it?. I think free and fair elections will produce more notherners as presidents than any other zone in Nigeria. The equation of three even favours them more.

Akanbi_edu:

That is false. Democracy is about numbers and not about enlightenment. Under democracy, a PhD holder and a mechanic hold the same vote. You get it?. I think free and fair elections will produce more notherners as presidents than any other zone in Nigeria. The equation of three even favours them more.

funny how people are arguing on posters assumptions.

I hope that doesn't happen.