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Nigeria Revolution Party,
TO ALL POLITCAL PUNDITS IN NAIRALAND THE CHANCE YOU HAVE BEING WAITING FOR
NRP – Has 20,000 Political Vacancy to be filled throughout the country and that includes the post of the Presidency and Vice Presidency.
Aim and Objectives of the party
1. I read in the news this week that the Nigerian GDP will surpass that of South Africa by 2012. If you vote for the NRP, Nigerian GDP will surpass South Africa in 16 months.
2. The aim of this new party is to gain a foothold and be exemplary in any ward, LG, Federal Constituency, State Constituency, State Government and the almighty Federal Government. Any constituency we win or falls within our jurisdiction will be a bastion of civility, transparency, orderliness, progress and a beacon of hope to the hopeless.
3. We shall not draw salaries, nor wages, or entitlements, our constituents will recommend food and sustenance allowances for her leaders through out the tenure in office. We shall declare our assets before and after leaving office. In the event of loss in an election severance pay will be attached to the number of jobs created however in the event that no jobs where created due to poor performance a minimum severance pay of N8 million will be paid for governorship candidates and N2 million for Chairmanship, with N750,00,00 being what will be paid councillors. You have to remember we are servants to the people and not lord of the manor. Politics is not about making money, it is about serving.
4. No current Political jobbers will be allowed to join this party without going through a forensic screening exercise, this party is targeting the youths, this is their party, this is their baby, if Yakubu Gowon can be head of state at the young age of 26 years and Ojukwu Governor of Eastern Region in his early 30’s so also our restless, wise, energetic and political savvy youths.
5. Adolf Hitler started his revolution in the early 1920’s, he only gained power 10 years later apart from the unfortunate wars he started he did well adminstratively, he actually lifted Germany as a country from the doldrums and depression of the 1920’s into a strong and enviable superpower by the mid 1930’s, his achievements and successes include building one of the 1st motorways anywhere in the world the famous German Auto bahns are still visible today, there was almost full employment by 1935, he built a people’s car Volkswagen making sure all those that needed a car could get one, he did so many positive things that is worthy of emulation, the NRP is interested in this part of Hitler’s economic blue print that made Germany a super-power within 15 years.
6. There will be a people’s congress, 50 delegates from 36 states of the federation. The congress shall choose her leaders. The congress will screen all current Political Jobbers who for one reason or the other wants to join our fold, the essence of the screening will be to separate wheat from the chaff, only allowing those of impeccable character that the congress feel are worthy comrades. This is necessary as it will not be wise to taint all current Political Jobbers with the same brush. There are some shinning beacons amongst the numerous rut e.g Fashola of Lagos State, if a PDP speaker can talk positively of this gentleman, whilst at the same time lambasting her own corrupt Governors, that speaks volume, a party like ours will be damned to ignore such encouraging statements.
7. We shall redeem the image of Nigeria, the giant that has being in coma for 49 years will be resuscitated and brought back to life. This giant will be the envy of the world, and it would take its place amongst the community of wealthy nations.
8. 100% Employment will be one of the cornerstones and target of our manifesto, there will be the Annual Un-employment Jamboree every October 1, the aim of this jamboree is to register, identify, and provide the skills required for our youths.
9. We have identified that the resources of our great Nation is not the oil seeping out of the ground in the South-South but her human resources. If little Britain with ½ of the population of Nigeria can bring in £460 billion yearly from taxes we see no reason why our great nation cannot supersede this figure, why kill each other over $35 billion oil revenue yearly when we can do better.
10. There is a thread in the Travel Section, the sights, sounds and wonderful infrastructures the South African government is putting in place in preparation for that country’s hosting of the football world cup. It is amazing, the first bullet train in Africa will be built by the Zuma led Government. Look at my country nothing is being built anywhere, our rickety railway line is going to be up-graded and replaced by another old rickety technology instead of our leaders to embrace the latest technology they are awarding contracts for old out-dated rickety train stocks for the cost it takes to build new modern fast train lines. ( we hope we get hold of this old stock this time around having already ordered the same stock twice ). Corruption is endemic, contract inflation is widespread and outright abandoning of projects is as common in our polity as fleas and mosquitoes is common in the tropics.
11. Don’t doubt us, Yes we can. Vote NRP for Presidency 2011. Obama did it so we can
12. A Journey of a 1000 miles starts with the first step, the journey starts now.
13. The mega party of Buhari-Tinubu-Bafawara-Atiku-Falae will fail, they are spent forces the country needs young fresh un-diluted blood. The country is in dire need of blood transfusion, we the youths can make it happen.
14. Vote Nigerian Revolution Party come 2011, and you will be proud of being a Nigerian.
15. The post of the Presidency shall be left open for some well meaningful and forensically checked current personalities. This is not a rigid rule as further deliberation on this matter will be discuss by our 50 congress men and women as to the way forward regarding the post of the Presidency and VP.
16. Every other post is ups for grabs.
17. Dont forget poitical movement like this started in the 1920's by people like Herbert Macauley, Nanmadi Azikwe led to our Independence in 1960. Now we need a second Independence from the rogues, theives, and bandits that have hijacked our country, the NRP is prepared to wrestle and grab power from these hoodlums who have led our country down the the slippery slope for 49 years, NRP intend to grabs power through the ballot box and not through any other means.
Put Your Name to Your state, we shall wait for all 36 states to be filled out then we can call a National Congress early next year. We intend to put in a candidate for the Anambra State Governorship election if it is not too late to register our party otherwise we shall concentrate on the 2011 and 2015 elections. The 2015 is the target election, but by 2011, we want our people to be in some relevant position by 2011. Your aliases will do for now.
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KnowAll (m)
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I will like to be a congress member representing Ondo State, that means we need 49 more comrades.
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citizenY (m)
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get registered first and we can talk of 2015
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Okay, is it that when the Nigerian Revolutionary Party comes into power, the will let the people of Nigeria embark on a much needed revolution to cleanse out the those that have always needed to be cleansed out. I love the idea of the party, but what is the ULTIMATE aim? To "capture" power or to start the Revolution?
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@ Citizen Y
Lets be up to strenght before we registere, we cannot register while we are still under strenght. Inital vacancy is for 1800 Congressmen, 50 from each state (Not to be mistaken for the Natinal Assembly members) from THE 36 States, the Congressmen will be the tink-tank and main and final decision making body of the party. Everything about this political Party will adhere to basic democratic principles.
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Okay, is it that when the Nigerian Revolutionary Party comes into power, the will let the people of Nigeria embark on a much needed revolution to cleanse out the those that have always needed to be cleansed out. I love the idea of the party, but what is the ULTIMATE aim? To "capture" power or to start the Revolution
We are a democratic Institution; if the Nigerian Constitution does not recommend the death penalty on corrupt Political Office holders then we cannot really do much. But if we have an overwhelming majority in the National House of Assembly then we can tweak and change the constitution to what our Party Congress-men desire.
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Herbert Macauley
Herbert Macaulay was born in Lagos on November 14, 1864. He was the grandson of bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther and the son of the founder of the first secondary school in Nigeria.[1]. After going to a Christian missionary school, he took a job as a clerk at the Lagos Department of Public Works. From 1891 to 1894 he studied civil engineering in Plymouth, England. On his return, he worked for the Crown as a land inspector. He left his position in 1898 due to growing distaste for Nigeria's position as a British colony.
[edit] As an opponent of British rule
Herbert Macaulay was an unlikely champion of the masses. A grandson of Ajayi Crowther, the first African bishop of the Niger Territory, he was born into a Lagos that was divided politically into groups arranged in a convenient pecking order – the British rulers who lived in the posh Marina district, the Saros and other slave descendants who lived to the west, and the Brazilians who lived behind the whites in the Portuguese Town. Behind all three lived the real Lagosians, the masses of indigenous Yoruba people, disliked and generally ignored by their privileged neighbours. It was not until Macaulay’s generation that the Saros and Brazilians even began to contemplate making common cause with the masses.
Macaulay was one of the first Nigerian nationalists and for most of his life a strong opponent of British rule in Nigeria. As a reaction to claims by the British that they were governing with "the true interests of the natives at heart", Macaulay wrote: "The dimensions of "the true interests of the natives at heart" are algebraically equal to the length, breadth and depth of the whiteman's pocket."[2] In 1908 he exposed European corruption in the handling of railway finances and in 1919 he argued successfully for the Chiefs whose land had been taken by the British in front of the Privy Council in London. As a result, the colonial government was forced to pay compensation to the chiefs. In retaliation for this and other activities of his, Macauley got jailed twice by the British.[3]
Macaulay became very popular and on June 24, 1923, he founded the Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP), the first Nigerian political party. The party won all the seats in the elections of 1923, 1928 and 1933.[4]
This is a new dawn, Nigerians can rejoice, join the movement.
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Nnamdi Azikwe
Azikiwe was born on November 16, 1904 in Zungeru, northern Nigeria to Igbo parents.[2] Nnamdi means "My father is alive" in the Igbo language.[3] After studying at the Methodist Boys' High School in Lagos,[4] Azikiwe went to the United States. While there he attended Howard University, Washington DC[5] before enrolling and graduating from Lincoln University, Pennsylvania in 1930. He obtained a masters degree in 1933 from a prestigious Ivy League institution, the University of Pennsylvania.[6] He worked as an instructor at Lincoln before returning to Africa.
[edit] Newspaper career
After teaching at Lincoln, Azikiwe, in November 1934, took the position of editor for the African Morning Post, a daily newspaper in Accra, Ghana. In that position he promoted a pro-African nationalist agenda. Smertin has described his writing there: "In his passionately denunciatory articles and public statements he censured the existing colonial order: the restrictions on the Africans' right to express their opinions, and racial discrimination. He also criticised those Africans who belonged to the 'elite' of colonial society and favoured retaining the existing order, as they regarded it as the basis of their well being."[7] As a result of publishing an article on May 15, 1936 entitled "Has the African A God?" written by I.T. A. Wallace-Johnson he was brought to trial on charges of sedition. Although he was found guilty of the charges and sentenced to six months in prison, he was acquitted on appeal. He returned to Lagos, Nigeria, in 1937 and founded the West African Pilot which he used as a vehicle to foster Nigerian nationalism. He founded the Zik Group of Newspapers, publishing multiple newspapers in cities across the country.
[edit] Political career
After a successful journalism enterprise, Azikiwe entered into politics, co-founding the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) alongside Herbert Macaulay in 1944. He became the secretary-general of the National Council in 1946, and was the following year elected to the Legislative Council of Nigeria. In 1951, he became the leader of the Opposition to the government of Obafemi Awolowo in the Western Region's House of Assembly. In 1952, he moved to the Eastern Region, and was elected to the position of Chief Minister, and in 1954 became Premier of Nigeria's Eastern Region. On November 16, 1960, he became the Governor General and on the same day became the first Nigerian named to the Queen's Privy Council.[4] With the proclamation of a republic in 1963, he became the first President of Nigeria, while Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was the Prime Minister.
Today as Politcal Pundits who know our stuff, the internet is the new newspaper houses of yesteryears, our angers; disappointments abound on this messaging board. It is time we take our political careers to the next level, just like Macaulay and Azikwe. The NRP is anxiously awaiting new pioneer comrades who are willing to help move our nation to the next level. It is easy to join now as a founding member whilst we are still thin on the ground, don’t leave it too late.
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Tafawa Balewa
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (December 1912 – January 15, 1966) was a Nigerian politician, and the first prime minister of an independent Nigeria. Originally a trained teacher, he became a vocal leader for Northern interest as one of the few educated Nigerians of his time. He was also an international statesman, widely respected across the African continent as one of the leaders who encouraged the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU).
Early life and career[/b
]Abubakar Balewa was born in Bauchi, the son of a Bageri Muslim district head in the Bauchi divisional district of Lere. He started early education at the Koranic School in Bauchi and like most of his contemporaries, he studied at the Katsina College for further education and soon acquired his teaching certificate. He returned to Bauchi to teach at the Bauchi Middle School. In 1944, along with a few learned teachers from the north, he was chosen to study abroad for a year at the University of London's Institute of Education. Upon returning to Nigeria, he became an Inspector of Schools for the colonial administration and later entered politics. He was elected in 1946, to the colony's Northern House of Assembly, and to the Legislative Assembly in 1947. As a legislator, he was a vocal advocate of the rights of northern Nigeria, and together with Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, who held the hereditary title of Sardauna of Sokoto, he founded the Northern People's Congress (NPC).
[b]From self-government to independence
Balewa administration
Balewa entered the government in 1952 as Minister of Works, and later served as Minister of Transport. In 1957, he was elected Chief Minister, forming a coalition government between the NPC and the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC), led by Nnamdi Azikiwe. He retained the post as Prime Minister when Nigeria gained independence in 1960, and was reelected in 1964.
Prior to Nigeria's independence, a constitutional conference in 1954 had adopted a regional political framework for the country, with all regions given a considerable amount of political freedom. The three regions then were composed of diverse cultural groups. The premiers and some prominent leaders of the regions later took on a policy of guiding their regions against political encroachment from other regional leaders. Later on, this political environment influenced the Balewa administration. His term in office was turbulent, with regional factionalism constantly threatening his government.
However, as Prime Minister of Nigeria, he played important roles in the continent's formative indigenous rule. He was an important leader in the formation of the Organization of African Unity and creating a cooperative relationship with French speaking African Countries. He was also instrumental in negotiations between Moise Tshombe and the Congolese authorities during the Congo Crisis of 1960-1964. He led a vocal protest against the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960 and also entered into an alliance with Commonwealth ministers who wanted South Africa to leave the Commonwealth in 1961. However, a treason charge and conviction against one of the western region's leaders, Obafemi Awolowo, led to protest and condemnation from many of his supporters. The 1965 election in the region later produced violent protests. Rioting and violence were soon synchronous with what was perceived as inordinate political encroachment and an over-exuberant election outcome for Awolowo's western opponents.
As Prime Minister of Nigeria, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, from 1960 to 1961, doubled as Foreign Minister of Nigeria. In 1961, he relinquished the position in favour of Jaja Wachuku who became, from 1961 to 1965, the First substantive Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations, later called External Affairs.
It has being noted and observed, obviously with the benefit of hind-sight that the country moved at lighting speed within the first 6 years of Independence than the subsequent 43 years. In fact the country has fallen below the levels of the 1960’s with the power problem we are now facing today, we are actually at pre- 1945 levels.
The train that was de-railed in January 1966, will be fixed by the NRP so that we can continue our journey to utopia.
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msaalli (m)
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Nice idea behind it all but what are the founding principles and ideology? It should not necessarily be a come-all-to-fight-a-common-enemy then fight-yourselves-when-the-enemy-is-dead. You need to elucidate on the ideology behind your party so as to reduce the risks after the fight. History has shown that it is easier to fight for something than to sustain and nurture it when you have won the fight for it.
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KnowAll (m)
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Funding
No grass will turn green without water, comrades are open to ideas on funding, but initial funding will be from the 1800 congressmen and women from the states. Donations will also be welcome from other organisations and cooperate bodies.
The figure bounced around is N25,000.00 a month.
This will add up to just about N45 million a year, in the 5 year period that we plan to come out in a full force we should have just below N200 Million considering certain amount would have been budgeted for the 2011 elections and for adverts.
We might need a few benevolent Sugar Daddies but we will not lower our standards or compromise our stance. It will be a joint decision of all 1800 members on whom to let in or out.
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KnowAll (m)
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Nice idea behind it all but what are the founding principles and ideology? It should not necessarily be a come-all-to-fight-a-common-enemy then fight-yourselves-when-the-enemy-is-dead. You need to elucidate on the ideology behind your party so as to reduce the risks after the fight. History has shown that it is easier to fight for something than to sustain and nurture it when you have won the fight for it.
The buck stops with the 1800 Congress men, all decison will be put to a vote, a simple majority carries the day on all decision no matter how miniscle the idea might be. The Soludo Saga that we all witnessed in the PDP will not happen in our party.
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KnowAll (m)
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Don’t be intimidated by the big names around, our constitution is a robust piece of document, those big names u hear every day where once Mr nobody’s like u and I. They believe in something and they went after their dreams, don’t change the dream u had, follow it to its logical end and u will definitely get to the promise land.
All hail NRP, NRP ! NRP !! NRP !!!
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It has to be noted and emphasised that I knowAll, I am just one member out of an anticipated 1800 comrades, I cannot influence decision even in my state as I will only be one voice out of 49 other voices let alone influence decision nationally.
This is a party steep in core democratic principles. Even If we were to compromise our stance which we will not, in other to let in some sugar daddies, for such sugar daddies to influence votes will be a Herculean task. OBJ couldn’t get his 3rd term even after spending a lot of our common-wealth as bribes.
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Up NRp
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what a laudable idea i've been cracking my brains along this very idea and now that you've come up with i'd say count me wholly in my brother.change is what we need and with a movement like this things will never be the same.we say no to politics as usual and yes we can bring about a change.
God bless you my bro im repping edo state .
Keep the horn blaring n the flag of change flying and always remember not to forget that you are not alone on this.
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redsun (m)
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Don’t be intimidated by the big names around, our constitution is a robust piece of document, those big names u hear every day where once Mr nobody’s like u and I. They believe in something and they went after their dreams, don’t change the dream u had, follow it to its logical end and u will definitely get to the promise land.
All hail NRP, NRP ! NRP !! NRP !!!
Why should any rational person be intimidated by thieves,enemies of the state?They are not big names but big rogues that needs weeding out. Your idea could be it,if taken seriously. |
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rookie (m)
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Nice idea behind it all but what are the founding principles and ideology? It should not necessarily be a come-all-to-fight-a-common-enemy then fight-yourselves-when-the-enemy-is-dead. You need to elucidate on the ideology behind your party so as to reduce the risks after the fight. History has shown that it is easier to fight for something than to sustain and nurture it when you have won the fight for it. The buck stops with the 1800 Congress men, all decison will be put to a vote, a simple majority carries the day on all decision no matter how miniscle the idea might be. The Soludo Saga that we all witnessed in the PDP will not happen in our party.The question asked was simple and straight forward enough (see bold text in the quote above). He or she didn't ask about the fundamentals of democratic system (i.e. vote, a simple majority carries). You need at least a vision; and ideologies that should guide this vision. For instance, will the party shrink government size to reduce excessive government control and give room to private initiatives. Will the party pursue a fiscally responsible and/or a populist agenda. If you can not highlight this clearly, then I would have to question the judgement of the so called party and its leaders. |
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KnowAll (m)
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what a laudable idea i've been cracking my brains along this very idea and now that you've come up with i'd say count me wholly in my brother.change is what we need and with a movement like this things will never be the same.we say no to politics as usual and yes we can bring about a change.
God bless you my bro im repping edo state .
Keep the horn blaring n the flag of change flying and always remember not to forget that you are not alone on this
It is good to know Nigerians like u know u are equal b4 the law as the obasanjos, the yarduas or the Iboris who we wish to put where he belongs if found guity by our courts.
Anyway membership at this moment is a 2 prong thing, those that want to be party congress members who will be contributing towards the upkeep of the party and ordinary members who are priveedge to donate what their hearts desire. We shall not shy from a 1 kobo donation nor we will be intimidated by a one billion donation, as long as we acheive our altimate goals.
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Why should any rational person be intimidated by thieves,enemies of the state?They are not big names but big rogues that needs weeding out.
Your idea could be it,if taken seriously.
For those of us in Nigeria, when the Iboris, Alams or even the OBJ's open their mouths we start to shiver. Dont forget the OBJ's of this world where salvaged from the Nigeria gulags by well meaniningful Nigerians who felt he would be an acceptable compromise candidate. He turned out be a disater and a shame and embarassment to Nigerians of Yoruba extraction.
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The question asked was simple and straight forward enough (see bold text in the quote above). He or she didn't ask about the fundamentals of democratic system (i.e. vote, a simple majority carries). You need at least a vision; and ideologies that should guide this vision. For instance, will the party shrink government size to reduce excessive government control and give room to private initiatives. Will the party pursue a fiscally responsible and/or a populist agenda.
If you can not highlight this clearly, then I would have to question the judgement of the so called party and its leaders.
You dont have to question any leaders, the party is still in its formative state, and u are part nof its leaders that is assuming u are joining our fold. But having said tht u have raised a fundermental point, in the weeks and months to come the core policies of the party will be un-ravelled comprehensively. But this does mean that those policy statement are written in stone, they are still subject to deliberation and review by the party congress men.
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jumobi1 (m)
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What's your website? How much do i have to pay and where do i send my account number and social security number?
Why Revolutional Party and not Revolutionary?
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