As agitation for another northern consensus president aside Alhaji Atiku Abubakar continues to hot up in the country, National Association of Arewa Citizens Action for Change, ACAC, has disclosed its intention to choose  another consensus candidate for northern Nigeria irrespective of party affiliation.

Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the group, Muslim Maigari, who disclosed their plan at the end of a meeting between the national executives, state executives and local government coordinators of the association in Bauchi, yesterday, said: ”We have observed that the presidency is for the north and the Ciroma-led committee had completed their assignment.

“However, what they did was entirely a PDP affair and the North needs to present a candidate that will be acceptable to all irrespective of party affiliation; that candidate should be produced and supported by all because of his sterling qualities.

“Our group now intends to form a committee of 40 well respected people, two from each state in the north, to sit down and bring the candidate that will be acceptable to all.

“Though we have nothing against Atiku, we want to go beyond PDP to choose the best candidate with good qualities that will be acceptable to all.”

He advised former President Ibrahim Babangida, Governor Bukola Saraki and Retired General Aliyu Gusau to contest PDP Primary election as stand by in case if Atiku didn’t  make it, adding that, one of them will definitely be the runner up to become second, which will result to a northerner  having  the chance to led the country again.

Muslim who mentioned that they have been going round the northern states to meets with states executives, added that so far,they have visited Borno, Yobe , Adamawa, Taraba, Gombe , Niger , Bauchi and Abuja the Federal Capital over the matter.

Source:Vanguard 05/1/11.

i said ciroma and co can never represent us

i know my people very well

go buhari

So being a Northerner makes a candidate the qualified for the job abi? Naija Politriks is so so depressing.

Confusion in the north! I dey laugh ooooooo

Atiku's job is done. He ws brought in 2 heat up d polity, destabilise uncle joe's camp nd he's done it wonderfully.
4 cryin out loud, ds guy fought d ebora owu 2 a standstil nd he's done it again. Its nw time 2 bring 'normal' pple in2 d race. Oi! Im proud  2 b 9ja anyday.

X-factoria:

Confusion in the north! I dey laugh ooooooo

how is there confusion

we said we do not want atiku but buhari,,,,,,i do not see any confusion there

E cash:

As agitation for another northern consensus president aside Alhaji Atiku Abubakar continues to hot up in the country, National Association of Arewa Citizens Action for Change, ACAC, has disclosed its intention to choose  another consensus candidate for northern Nigeria irrespective of party affiliation.

Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the group, Muslim Maigari, who disclosed their plan at the end of a meeting between the national executives, state executives and local government coordinators of the association in Bauchi, yesterday, said: [size=15pt]”We have observed that the presidency is for the north[/size] and the Ciroma-led committee had completed their assignment.

“However, what they did was entirely a PDP affair and the North needs to present a candidate that will be acceptable to all irrespective of party affiliation; that candidate should be produced and supported by all because of his sterling qualities.

“Our group now intends to form a committee of 40 well respected people, two from each state in the north, to sit down and bring the candidate that will be acceptable to all.

“Though we have nothing against Atiku, we want to go beyond PDP to choose the best candidate with good qualities that will be acceptable to all.”

He advised former President Ibrahim Babangida, Governor Bukola Saraki and Retired General Aliyu Gusau to contest PDP Primary election as stand by in case if Atiku didn’t  make it, adding that, one of them will definitely be the runner up to become second, which will result to a northerner  having  the chance to led the country again.

Muslim who mentioned that they have been going round the northern states to meets with states executives, added that so far,they have visited Borno, Yobe , Adamawa, Taraba, Gombe , Niger , Bauchi and Abuja the Federal Capital over the matter.

Source:Vanguard 05/1/11.

alj harem1:

i said ciroma and co can never represent us

i know my people very well

go buhari

According to who and what constitution is the precidency for the north? And people from certain part of the country would keep wondering why they are viewed the way they are when this kind of mentality displayed above seems rife??

fink d northerers are jus spoilers,

Sky Blue:


According to who and what constitution is the precidency for the north? And people from certain part of the country would keep wondering why they are viewed the way they are with this kind of mentality?

what kind of metality

before 1999 the south has been shout presidency " the north has rule for 38myrs,,,this and that" now in 1999 there was an agreement within PDP and delegates that there should be zoning so that every part of the country can rule not just northerners and the yorubas

but the zoning was between north and south not north and SW or SE etc

now thw south has ruled for 9 yrs now,,when will the north rule

berth:

fink d northerers are jus spoilers,

how

so atiku will loose again with the kangaru selection from 9 people. all this politician are the same.

Wow. . . .a freaking bunch of malus! The South should come together,kick the North out and let it be on its own; then, they can choose a "Consensus" candidate all they want! These people are so intent on dragging the rest of the country back to 157 B.C. . .

E cash:

”We have observed that the presidency is for the north

ROTFLMAO!

if they like let them change thier candidate 100times, jonathan will still win. In Jesus Name (Amen).

alj harem:

what kind of metality

before 1999 the south has been shout presidency " the north has rule for 38myrs,,,this and that" now in 1999 there was an [size=15pt]agreement within PDP[/size] and delegates that there should be zoning so that every part of the country can rule not just northerners and the yorubas

but the zoning was between north and south not north and SW or SE etc

now thw south has ruled for 9 yrs now,,when will the north rule

E cash:

As agitation for another northern consensus president aside Alhaji Atiku Abubakar continues to hot up in the country, National Association of Arewa Citizens Action for Change, ACAC, has disclosed its intention to choose  another consensus candidate for northern Nigeria irrespective of party affiliation.

Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the group, Muslim Maigari, who disclosed their plan at the end of a meeting between the national executives, state executives and local government coordinators of the association in Bauchi, yesterday, said: [size=15pt]”We have observed that the presidency is for the north[/size] and the Ciroma-led committee had completed their assignment.

“However, what they did was entirely a PDP affair and the North needs to present a candidate that will be acceptable to all irrespective of party affiliation; that candidate should be produced and supported by all because of his sterling qualities.

“Our group now intends to form a committee of 40 well respected people, two from each state in the north, to sit down and bring the candidate that will be acceptable to all.

“Though we have nothing against Atiku, [size=15pt]we want to go beyond PDP to choose the best candidate with good qualities that will be acceptable to all[/size].”

He advised former President Ibrahim Babangida, Governor Bukola Saraki and Retired General Aliyu Gusau to contest PDP Primary election as stand by in case if Atiku didn’t  make it, adding that, one of them will definitely be the runner up to become second, which will result to a northerner  having  the chance to led the country again.

Muslim who mentioned that they have been going round the northern states to meets with states executives, added that so far,they have visited Borno, Yobe , Adamawa, Taraba, Gombe , Niger , Bauchi and Abuja the Federal Capital over the matter.

Source:Vanguard 05/1/11.

Stick to the topic and spare me the sanctimonious anger, it is irritating. Show me where it says presidency must be zoned in the constituion? Or is some PDP "gentleman's agreement" now superior to the constitution? What is even more irritating is the pretence at carrying the whole country along with the whole presenting a candidate that is "acceptable to all" trite. So why were only northern states consulted? I repeat, so why the shock and surprise when people from that section of the country discover that many people from the rest of the country look at them the way they do when this mentality seems rife?

jay_getta:

Wow. . . .a freaking bunch of malus! The South should come together,kick the North out and let it be on its own; then, they can choose a "Consensus" candidate all they want! These people are so intent on dragging the rest of the country back to 157 B.C. . .

and who are this freaking malus

Sky Blue:

Stick to the topic and spare me the sanctimonious anger, it is irritating. Show me where it says presidency must be zoned in the constituion? Or is some PDP "gentleman's agreement" now superior to the constitution? What is even more irritating is the pretence at carrying the whole country along with the whole presenting a candidate that is "acceptable to all" trite. So why were only northern states consulted? I repeat, so why the shock and surprise when people from that section of the country discover that many people from the rest of the country look at them the way they do when this mentality seems rife?

i ask again what mentality

was it not the southerners delegates that propose this zoning thing

was it not during OBJ era

so after obj, there is no longer zoning

if we want to do a free and fair election, the we will always win because of the population size

but zoning was introduced for you southerners so u can also rule

but us northerners know atiku is not for us

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alj harem:

how

dose guyz r jus 2 desperate 4 power, yep!

E cash:

As agitation for another northern consensus president aside Alhaji Atiku Abubakar continues to hot up in the country, National Association of Arewa Citizens Action for Change, ACAC, has disclosed its intention to choose  another consensus candidate for northern Nigeria irrespective of party affiliation.

Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the group, Muslim Maigari, who disclosed their plan at the end of a meeting between the national executives, state executives and local government coordinators of the association in Bauchi, yesterday, said: ”We have observed that the presidency is for the north and the Ciroma-led committee had completed their assignment.

“However, what they did was entirely a PDP affair and the North needs to present a candidate that will be acceptable to all irrespective of party affiliation; that candidate should be produced and supported by all because of his sterling qualities.

“Our group now intends to form a committee of 40 well respected people, two from each state in the north, to sit down and bring the candidate that will be acceptable to all.

“Though we have nothing against Atiku, we want to go beyond PDP to choose the best candidate with good qualities that will be acceptable to all.”

He advised former President Ibrahim Babangida, Governor Bukola Saraki and Retired General Aliyu Gusau to contest PDP Primary election as stand by in case if Atiku didn’t  make it, adding that, one of them will definitely be the runner up to become second, which will result to a northerner  having  the chance to led the country again.
Muslim who mentioned that they have been going round the northern states to meets with states executives, added that so far,they have visited Borno, Yobe , Adamawa, Taraba, Gombe , Niger , Bauchi and Abuja the Federal Capital over the matter.

Source:Vanguard 05/1/11.

Thats the only thing they are concerned about. Why not a concensus on someone capable of ruling this country no matter what part he or she is from. People should start learning to put Nigeria first.

Desert rats

berth:

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dose guyz r jus 2 desperate 4 power, yep!

as desperate as GEJ abi

udezue:

Desert rats

alj harem:

i ask again what mentality

was it not the southerners delegates that propose this zoning thing

was it not during OBJ era

so after obj, there is no longer zoning

if we want to do a free and fair election, the we will always win because of the population size

but zoning was introduced for you southerners so u can also rule

but us northerners know atiku is not for us

Please stop, it is getting a tad embarassing. Is zoning in the constitution? Is it anything beyond a PDP thing? So why try to make it anything beyond that? Perhaps what is even more embarassing is the fact that the very same party whose alleged ideals you so proudly and confidently espouse do not hold those very same ideals to the same level of importance as you do, if not please do explain to us why Northern candidates also came out during the PDP primaries after OBJ's first term? Wasn't the party meant to be respecting zoning? Why did Peter Odilli habour ambition and campaign after OBJ's second term when it was the time for the north? So why all this disgusting hypocrisy? If we are also to adhere to the zoning principle of the PDP then why would AREWA consider the whole north when there are six geopolitical zones and it would by logic be only the turn of Yar Adua's zone (which neither IBB or Atiku belong to)? It seems zoning only becomes an issue when it suits a certain section. If I remember correctly this zoning thing was even proved unconstitutional when the party tried to enforce it some years ago. So please, what on earth are you talking about? ? ? ? ? ? The mentality I refer to is the 'presidency na my papa property' mentality that seems rife in the north (if we are to be simply frank). After years of leadership coming from that section of the country and it remains the poorest part of the nation isn't there some feeling of embarassment? Isn't it time to simply consider the best candidate for the job? And people keep complaining about the North getting the negative publicity it does?

Wait o, how did I miss this?! The name of the Chairman of The Board of Trustees is "Muslim"?! ROFLMAO! This one na double whammy o! Lol. Dead on Arrival!

The statements made by Maigari are illogical, zoning is a PDP affair so you can't say the presidency belongs to the North. People are conviently forgeting that this country has 6 political zones and the South South (Niger Delta) largely responsible for over 80% of the country's foreign currency earnings has not ruled Nigeria until GEJ. With people like (not so smart) Maigari running this "consensus programme" for the North you can be sure that they will not go far.

endless concensussssssssss i dey laf here ooooooooo na wah o

I like this move by the northern wisemen. If Atiku thought he was going to have it all his way, i guess he has another think coming!According to Fela "confusion break e bone e, ye kpa"

Quote from Alj harem

what kind of metality Huh

before 1999 the south has been shout presidency " the north has rule for 38myrs,,,this and that" now in 1999 there was an agreement within PDP and delegates that there should be zoning so that every part of the country can rule not just northerners and the yorubas Huh

but the zoning was between north and south not north and SW or SE etc

now thw south has ruled for 9 yrs now,,when will the north rule Angry

If not Nigeria, what special gains is one part of the country going to get over the other based on "region of origin" of the president?
If this is what PDP meant by 'zoning' then they're just senseless!

Wow! Bunch of confused idiots.

E cash:
”We have observed that the presidency is for the north

kai! Dan bura-ubanshi, who says that presidency is for the north. That is why some of this old fools in the north should go back to primary one for more education. They have forgotten that this country has a federal cons titution which has nothing to do with the PDP zoning trash.

North needs to present a candidate that will be acceptable to all. . . . .[/b]that candidate should be produced and [b]supported by all because of his sterling qualities.

And who makes it mandatory for the would-be goat to be accepted by all. Or is Nigeria gradually becoming a centralised state having it head-quarters in the north.

He advised former President Ibrahim Babangida, Governor Bukola Saraki and Retired General Aliyu Gusau to contest PDP Primary election as stand by in case if Atiku didn’t  make it,

oh! Poor Atiku, after all your hope. Ah! Please help, ATIKU GO DIE O! Lol

Whatever happens, let's all work hard and pray for free and fair elections devoid of violence. All these insults and bickerings among ourselves will take us nowhere but wil only breed contempt and hatred.
BTW, my reply is to those who still believe in Nigeria and are ready to contribute meaningfully to it's development in all spheres.

If the northerners think they will always rule then we have to break this country, after 37 yrs rule still those malams wont let intelligent southerner rule for good.