President Yar'adua Should Resign!

People are attracted to America mostly due to the luster of its economy.  The government operates the economy, whereas the people operate the government.  In Nigeria the people have no say and are definitely not allowed to run the darn government.  Who is ensuring that the government does its job . . . ?  There is no system of checks and balances, just governmental superiority in all matters.

Kobojunkie: na wa for you sef.  I recommend more research!!!! 



I think corporations operate the economy. (free market/private companies) , its capitalism.

Bush's economic policies favor huge corporations and the Rich and not the common American.

I was under the impression that the mortgage crisis/subprime lending ruined the economy, 

Yar'adua should humbly resign! 
He is just too lazy.

Wow, you guys will never stop will you? There you'all go again, attacking!!! How is that ever going to change the condition of Niagerians. If the President resigns don't u'all think of the vulnerable state it will leave this Country in? Is that going to help or worsen the condition. Why don't we let him finish this term then we can vote for whoever we think will do the job well.

Don't be surprised if this is used as A FACTOR to vote for Yar'Adua for the 2nd term.

Removing Yar'adua for what reason? Who will take over from him given the messed up political system you have in place?

Is he the problem or something else? If he is removed, are there institutions in place that can credibly midwife the emergence of a candidate of the people?

Some are advocating get him out of office? How exactly is that going to work? Impeachment? How long does the average impeachment take? a year? 2 years? Will the people in the house of reps and co go along with such a plan?

Removing Yar'adua will achieve little or nothing, what needs to be done is to examine the systems that produced him (if he is defective that is) and start the corrections from there. If not, you'll repeat the same mistake again.

You CAN'T logistically swap leaders every 6 months - you need party primaries, conventions, election campaigns, printing of ballot papers, etc - each time wasting huge amounts of money while the economy lies essentially comatose in the intervening period - that will never work.

I'd rather advocate for a single term of 5 years, proper strengthening of anti-corruption agencies to prevent looting as much as possible and genuine reform of the electoral system. A flawed system will most times produce a flawed product.

I can swear all the people that say Yar'adua did not perform as governor have not been to kaduna, not to talk of katsina state. Look, if Yar'adua serves for EIGHTY years, he cannot do as much damage that obasanjo did.

Do you know that Yar'adua is the FIRST President in history to publicly declare his assets on assumption of office? One and a half years in office and you expect Nigeria to turn to a shangri-la. If you have noticed, a better part of the 1 and half years was spent in reversal of Obj's injurious policies, and booting out his foot soldiers (e.g Ribadu).

This man is so internationally respected (check out the recent G8 summit) and tell me, which past president has ever attempted an electoral reform of an entity that produced him (INEC). C'mon guys, cut Musa some slack.

Sorry to burst your bubble here but I have seen Katsina, and I was appalled. I expected a sight worth writing home about but met with the usual eyesore here and there. The touted Health system was less than what I had read of in some papers praising the man.

The Current Lagos State Governor has done a job 100 times better in 1 year than Yar adua was able to do in Katsina in 8 years. So again, enough with the “PLEDGE to Mediocrity”, can you please start believing you deserve better as a Nigerian??

Secondly, should we then say mediocrity is ok because Obasanjo, who, by the way is no longer the president, did not do better?? Is this the sort of nonsense excuse you offer your children for why their live remains worth less in Nigeria??


What has declaring his assets to do with him being a good enough leader? Anyone can come out to declare assets publically but what has that to do with the individual’s ability to do or not do his/her job as a leader? You claim he declared his assets, how are we sure that is all he has as assets?? What about giving us the power to probe him to make sure what he declared is all there is?? Again, what has declaring his "assets" to do with anything when we do not even have the power and information available to us to make sure we are not being decieved??




No one but you holds such an expectation of anyone who is president of Nigeria. We simply expect 1 and a half years worth of progress from anyone who has been in office that long.  So far, what we have does not even come close to measuring up to 6 months worth and you think we are wrong to call for a shuffle here.



I am going to guess that in your mind, if Mugabe says he respects this man, it automatically means He is respected internationally. I am sorry but I do not subscribe to that MESSIAH /Hero worship mentality. I can claim Hitler was and is also internationally respected but what has that to do with his leadership skills, intelligence or the facts??

declaring his assets publicly was a great start. it shows something that is vital and fundamental to our growth as a nation . . . . transparency.

we need a serious attitudinal change in the nation and for him to declare his assets was great. but not enough.

Just as Appalling. Barely much of a difference if you ask me, and for 8 years, I have to conclude he did terrible work as governor.


Only one who has never been to or seen Lagos prior, or someone who just wants to argue blindly would argue such.

I say you at least ask Lagosians of what the difference is before reaching such a conclusion.



Like I posted earlier, even Hitler gets applause from some in different regions. Does that then make him a good leader?? You fail the answer the main questions.

Perhaps I am not. The System and Physical signs both point to little progress: Progress not worthy of the 8 year investment made.


Again, that idea that people assume when you are put in to do a job, you are expected to do magic, is not held by me and most definitely not all persons. So please, can we drop that from the list of excuses?? Read my posts and you understand that the assessment is made on the fact that out of 8 years, an equivalent amount of progress is expected. If you even spent time to READ my posts so far, you would realize that at this point, I am simply repeating myself over and over. Take time to read and understand things as they are. Stop injecting baseless claims into the conversation and focus on the reality we have now. Katsina does not have 8 years worth of progress to show for 8 years investment. Nigeria does not have even 4 months worth of progress to show so far. I don't know what this has to do with your thinking me a pro to you. 

Yaradua seems to lack any potential or kinetic energy

well he'll only resign if he thinks he can't cope any longer.better still a referendum can be held to determine the opinion of nigerians^{( thats in liberal politics which is not obtainable here, at least for now)}

a referendum?   

In the much vaunted and oft mentioned western democracies, do they hold referendums to decide whether a president can cope or not?  Where exactly do you get these ideas from anyways? When the results of an 'election' are barely credible, what makes you think the referendum will achieve a different outcome given the state of the electoral system?

Yar'adua's government does seem to be experiencing some paralysis and is not even appearing to be acting, except, according to them anyways, in the area of setting public policy direction and building an enabling system to carry out whatever transformations are needed in a 'rule of law' environment and in a sustainable manner. Patience is running thin if not completely exhausted. People need to see some form of action to give them hope. I hope they are getting their act together.

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oboy you talk sense. Our president is currently in a state of inertia. He is dumb and bamboozled by issues facing the country. He is too weak to act or do anything serious. He should resign. Nigerians love endurance, we
have been enduring since 1999 I think its time we take up issues and call our politicians to order.