Michaeljones36:

1. I was talking about Fashola running for President, not Buhari.

2. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DAYS HAVE HIGHER TURNOUT!

3. Fashola runs the largest state in the nation by population. 6000 people move there everyday.

4. It's about the combination of taking votes away from GEJ and giving them to ACN + CPC + ANPP

I'll be back in a sec with more info.

lakhadimar: AS FAR AS I AM CONCERND APC, PDP, CPC, DPP, APGA, RPG, BSC, NTA, LLB, LP, HIV, ARE ALL ONE AND THE SAME THEY ARE ALL THIEVES. IS BUHARI EVEN THE BEST MAN FOR THE JOB? NIGERIA NEEDS FRESH BLOOD AND FRESH IDEA IN ITS POLITICAL TERRAIN, NOT ALL THESE OLD ROGUES

tinnymerit:
''When i left in 1979,i left 32 planes when i came back in 1999 i met 2 planes'' -OBJ.Was buhari not among those that wreck Nigeria airways,what about 2 billions given to ex-president,is he not among the receivers?.No difference btw APC and PDP.All of them are BRIGANDAGES.

Ogbuefi_Negro: This news is reporting what CPC and ANPP want and what those two parties"think" Tinubu and ACN wants.

In terms of political foothold and electoral penetration, ACN brings the most meat to the merger table. ACN has held its convention, CPC and ANPP are yet to hold theirs.

Until ACN makes public statement on the way forward for the merger, West should treat the report as a "wishful desire" in the North. It becomes official only when ACN concurs to it.

emiye:

The total number of voters for the 2011 presidential election in lagos was in the neighbourhood of 2 million .

sadly, Elections in nigeria is still hinged on regional and religious sentiments, and any good political strategist must put that in consideration in fielding a candidate. If you field in fasola a swesterner, you have suceeded in weakening the northern base, a segment of the north currently feel cheated at the moment having only tasted power 2years out of the total 16 years of current democratic dispensation.

[size=18pt]2. shamefully, at the moment the SW / SS /SE do not speak the same political language.[/size]

IT IS IMPORTANT YOU STRIKE A BALANCE in fielding a candidate taking into cognisance this realities.

the best cndidates in terms of brilliance and ideology do not necessarily win elections.

Why did a relatively unknown shagari defeat Awolowo in 1979 P.E ?

Eko Ile:


I feel you. I was around when he was the head of state and I saw him in action, he practically changed Nigeria in little or time with WAI and other programs.

Nigerians were showing up to work on time because buhari was at your gate to fire you even if you are oga at the top, nigerians stopped throwing trash everywhere, we stopped rushing to enter buses, we stopped jumping the line and so on. Buhari successfully tamed our unruly ways and behavior in no time..

He proved his worth and he's a tested leader with good qualities.

Just imagine Nigeria today without IBB's coup and interruption..

phreakabit:

We'd never take a common stand with shady, dishonest folks. Not going to happen for obvious reasons.

emiye:
OK, i wish you Goodluck j

sweetkevisco: [size=18pt]Buhari!!,the blood of youth corpers that died in the hands of cpc led thugs wil forever cry against you![/size]

lakhadimar: AS FAR AS I AM CONCERND APC, PDP, CPC, DPP, APGA, RPG, BSC, NTA, LLB, LP, HIV, ARE ALL ONE AND THE SAME THEY ARE ALL THIEVES. IS BUHARI EVEN THE BEST MAN FOR THE JOB? NIGERIA NEEDS FRESH BLOOD AND FRESH IDEA IN ITS POLITICAL TERRAIN, NOT ALL THESE OLD ROGUES

naptu2:

This is a report in the Tribune newspaper. What's Tribune's political leaning?

Eko Ile:


I feel you. I was around when he was the head of state and I saw him in action, he practically changed Nigeria in little or time with WAI and other programs.

Nigerians were showing up to work on time because buhari was at your gate to fire you even if you are oga at the top, nigerians stopped throwing trash everywhere, we stopped rushing to enter buses, we stopped jumping the line and so on. Buhari successfully tamed our unruly ways and behavior in no time..

He proved his worth and he's a tested leader with good qualities.

Just imagine Nigeria today without IBB's coup and interruption..

sweetkevisco: Buhari!!,the blood of youth corpers that died in the hands of cpc led thugs wil forever cry against you!

Ogbuefi_Negro:

I never said the report or the article is false. The tribune is reporting, at face value, what is expressed by the parties, this is not an editorial. Besides, ACN is yet to respond. It may not do so until after the partners have held their conventions.

naptu2:

What I mean is that I won't be in a hurry to believe the report. The Tribune has shown in the last few years that it supports conservative groups (basically, the regimes that governed the south-west between 2003-2007).

The report might be true, but I'll wait for corroboration from more independent sources.

Gbawe:

http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/11135-2015-merger-parties-pick-buhari-fresh-tension-as-cpc-crisis-lingers

truth4meal: Insincerity on what we truly want is a major in Nigeria. Is the problem of Nigeria caused by age of our leaders? NO! Is the challenges of our economy a result of an absence in technocrats? NO! Is the problem facing us as a nation and our inability to move forward a direct product of sentiments? YES! Why can't will just for once be reasonable - if age is the magic why then is a young and educated GEJ performing so horribly? Or why is Dimeji Bankole and the rest "youths" embroiled in massive corruption? Any reasonable person who is still thinking freely and not with a bought conscience will attest to the popularity of Buhari and the sincerity of the man's quest for a positive change. When we reason in terms of how old a man is and where he is from rather than the ability to perform then we are indeed our problem. Politics is a game of popularity and numbers - only Buhari can within d frame of two years be sellable cos pushing a new relatively unknwn individual as a presidential candidate is a suicide. Age has nothing to do with performance in govt and history has a lot of examples. What we need is progress - sincere transformation and "total" freedom from the bondage of PDP. Our problem is not about age, sex, tribe, place of birth and other trivia tinz - our problem is corruption, greed, insincerity, mismanagement and PDP!!! Buhari is the man! After him a young an vibrant Nigerian can emerge but not now - to clear the rot in this nation atm is not a child's play...Sai Buhari!!!

truth4meal: And to all you singers of young president - how many of you voted ur young comrades who contested for the presidency in other political parties to serve as a form of encouragement and also as a testimony of your sincere want for a young president. How many of you belong to a political party or are u dreaming someone will one day knock your door to offer you the candidature of a party? See we should cover our face in shame that the only tin veritable against Buhari is his age and religion - and not that he is corrupt and insensitive to the plight of the masses. Because Buhari is old I should then vote a clueless GEJ cos he is young? Because Buhari is a northern I should then vote the corrupt GEJ cos he is from the south? So because Buhari is muslim I should vote the visionless GEJ cos he is a "christian"? We need to start thinking and acting like people that sincerely want a positive change. It should be progress over sentiments not the other way round...transforming Nigeria atm is not a child's play I beg to repeat! Sai Buhari!!!

berem: I wonder how age has become a factor for becoming a president. Jonathan who is in his 50's, what has he done so far for the country? what has people like Dimeji Bankole, Farouk Lawan etc who i believe are in their 40's impacted in the lives of the Nigerian youth? Absolutely nothing! Corruption knows no age. Buhari should be given the opportunity to rule this country. Who cares if he is 100years? what Nigerians want is a true leader who will liberate this country from the hands of PDP.

SAI BUHARI 2015!

Prof Corruption: The news is false. It's just a speculative item echoing popular sentiment and hoping to get some feedback. Tribune is the propaganda mouthpiece of PDP in SW.

Anyway, Buhari's popularity in the North is unshakable. He won convincingly in Core North in 2011 and the incumbent president has not been able to break into such regions. With the poor handling of Boko Haram issue, GEJ chances of even picking 25% in those core northern states are quite poor.

Two, the sentiments that drove electorate to vote GEJ-let's help minority, let's reward Niger Delta, Let's vote a PhD into office, Let's this man bring good luck, let's vote a humble man-are no longer present. Such perceptions are now replaced with that of corrupt, clueless, incompetent and unfortunately tribal leader. Sentiments are no longer in his favor. His performance is beyond failure, he's simply a non-starter.

The political configuration has also changed with ACN's dominance in the West becoming more and more unshakable relative to pre-2011 permutations. Even the East though still pro-GEJ is not as solid relative to 2011. A good vice presidential candidate who is popular in the South is now what is needed to make such ticket more meaningful. With southern sitting governors, political heavy weights following Buhari to campaign in the South and deploying resources to that end, the results ll certainly be different this time. The electoral liability of a man who has contested three times is not high. There's nothing new to use against Buhari that perhaps has not been heard before.

Will the ticket and by extension the candidates solve our problems? It's too early to tell. Cabinet composition and a number of other factors can give a pointer to that end. The opposition is now closer to Aso Rock more than ever before.

PS
A political party is more interested in who can win elections than who can perform in office. I would have preferred a Fasola/Oshiomole ticket but such can not win election in Nigeria. The best bet to electoral victory is Buhari with a popular candidate in the South.

Toktee: Wake up man,Robert mugabi iz older than buhari,italian prime minister iz older than buhari,indian prime minister iz older than buhari,how old was mandela wen he became s/african president;wakeup bro we need a leader that iz capable of redirecting the ship of thiz great country toward the promised land,the picture is there for you to see what a young man has done to thiz country,he promised minimun wage but paid it with subsidy removal,promised to fight corruption but grant pardon to looters etc......................church tins on my mind,later pls

Michaeljones36:

Why do you think Fashola can't win?