Buhari, Atiku, Tinubu Join Forces Against Yar’adua

Buhari, Atiku, Tinubu join forces against Yar’Adua
FORMER Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former governors of Lagos and Sokoto states, Senator Bola Tinubu and Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, are set to announce a strategic collaboration agenda today ahead of the 2011 election.

The new agenda, to be unveiled under the aegis of the National Democratic Movement (NDM), according to a spokesman of the leaders, Alhaji Sule Hamman, is aimed at redeeming Nigeria from total collapse before the next general election.Alhaji Hamman, who spoke to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, ahead of the strategic meeting, said “Nigeria is only sure of its geographical attribute so far, while other qualities of nationhood, like effective and credible leadership and organised system of management are already missing.”

He said that the former leaders had discovered that if men of their caliber refused to move to arrest the situation, “the geographical existence called Nigeria may disappear before 2011, in line with sad projections from some Western intellli-gence.”

Hamman, who also mentioned the names of a former presidential candidate of the Allaince for Democracy (AD) and the All Peoples Party (APP) in the 1999 presidential election, Chief Olu Falae, former governor of Cross Rivers state, Mr. Donald Duke, as participants, also named Afenifere chieftain, Chief Supo Shonibare, former Minister of Foreign affairs, Chief Tom Ikimi and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Chief John Nwodo, among the participants.

He stated that Atiku and Bafarawa recently visited Buhari, where they rubbed minds on the way forward for the country and agreed on the formation of the National Democratic Initiative.

He said that the NDI would transform into the NDM, adding that the leaders and members of the group would decide whether it will eventually transform into a new political party or whether they will use one of the existing political parties to prosecute the 2011 election.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/28102009/news/news11.html



I know Nigeria needs another very strong political party besides PDP, but will this attempt work? Can we trust this new party in formation to do better than PDP?

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coalition of the weak and spent corrupt forces.

It would not work every politics is local, it's not about big names or personality

Who told you that people vote for parties? When individuals in Nigeria are not even the ones electing leaders.

But don’t you think that PDP dominance is also not good for our democracy. May be with stronger opposition, any party in power will be result-oriented as in UK and US, knowing that if it doesn’t perform, the opposition will simply take over power. A strong opposition might also checkmate election malpractices.

Looks like PDP is overconfident that there is no party that can match it in size. Nigeria needs a strong opposition party.

 1) Establish a really independent electoral body

2) Institute internal democracy in ALL the political parties

3) Make provision for independent candidates

4) Discourage carpet crossing

And you will see wonders.

The problem with Nigeria is not PDP. The problem of Nigeria, from my own understanding, correct me if I am wrong, is Nigerians.

If they form another political party, stronger than PDP, Nigerians will start decamping to that Party again. All of them. Isn't it what is happening recently.

Buhari is about the only honest politician left in our country.
Lets give him a chance.

being honest is not enough mon ami

Buhari and Atiku combination is quite incompatible.

Why Atiku of all people in the first place? Why are these people always see doom or extinction of name "Nigeria" at all time? Who are these people? Do they think personality is what give good governance? Pls Mr Atiku can you just keep quiet for sometime? I can listen and reason somehow with Buhari only among this group the rest has no place in my record pls Atiku and the rest has nothing to offer Nigeria in absolute let them carry on with their doom message and let see if they are prophets God shows the doom to come on Nigeria or they themselve are Nigeria doom we shall see.

Hope you have done your post-Nigeria cost-benefit analysis

I think people are only seeing Buhari and atiku there are other big names.

The presidency will have 1 notherner and 1 southerner so,

desperado

It is a shame we are in an era of nationhood where these-likes are prevailing for history to record. A party formed without a sound ideology neither conscience to serve the governed is but like a train running outside its tracks. Buhari/Atiku/Tinubu and their ilks have little or no regard for the suffering many of this geographical entity called Nigeria. Neither does the current occupant of Aso rock villa. I tell you something a farce in leadership is all we see from these so-called poiliticians and when all is said and done they meet to share our commonwealth. Atiku has Intel logistics running the show in the oil  gas free zones in the deep south, why must he care in our suffering? Absolute control is what he seeks as he and his co travellers are neither democrats or believers in its ethics. Enough said.

it sounds good when we say we dont like old men like atiku,buhari,tinubu but who among the young generation will speak out or campaign for a revolution.We dont just post good ideas on nairaland,we nedd action.,until then,these old cargoes will keep recycling themselves in nigeria politics