We are yet to receive volunteers for the media platform

Secondly we need international platforms from america to britain to china, if you are in anyplace outside nigeria muster through mails and the internet every nigerian who believes in change to the REVOLUTION.

We need passionate people to spearhead this drive in foreign countries.

When the trumpet to march sounds, move without looking back. This battle is for our land and the future of our children, Gen. Eisheowen

Hi All,


I've signed up as well.

I live in the UK and most happy to help my country get rid of these corrupt politicians through direct and peaceful means.



kiwi992.

roflmao!!!

inquisitiv:

We are yet to receive volunteers for the media platform

Secondly we need international platforms from america to britain to china, if you are in anyplace outside nigeria muster through mails and the internet every nigerian who believes in change to the REVOLUTION.

We need passionate people to spearhead this drive in foreign countries.

When the trumpet to march sounds, move without looking back. This battle is for our land and the future of our children, Gen. Eisheowen

sounds cool but will require much more work and commitment which i dont see happening solely on the strenght of the support gannered from nland,however i think its better having a sort of internet chain where u can use this medium to hook thousands of nigerians/lovers of nigeria all over up and send emails,texts,phone calls e.t.c to specific politicians and ppl in govt like the efcc woman,reps e.t.c that ll work better in the short term and will also be a catalyst to much more long term inpt/commitment

@ lucabrasi,

greet suggestion there, WE approve your doing just what you suggested or find someone that will do that for the REVOLUTION. we await your response on progress made.

, on your marks! Ready! GO!!!

well,you have started it already and all it requires is a number of people you can call on to maybe email,write or text to specific office holders on particular issues in an organised way for maximum effect ,the only problem i see mitigating against this ,is some ppl who will either turn this into a huge joke or being arm chair critics as usual without backing up their words with cogent action

You'd better get well-organised, or all this will be is a colection of posts on nairaland. Enthusiasm is great, but you have to be a realist as well, and FULLY UNDERSTAND what it is you are up against, not surge forward all starry-eyed with revolutionary naivete.

I think it's a great idea. And one can start from anywhere, and this is a good place to start. Don't be disouraged. You certainly won't change things by concluding it's hopeless and folding your hands. If and when you actually move from the rhetorical phase to an actionable plan,let me know.

@ Mad max

Pls don say YOU better be organised but say WE. I reckon we we should all be in this together and your advice is great but it should all be our collective efforts not just of a few bunch of enthusuastic people.

Lets get moving

Nigeria would be great once more!!!!

Mad_Max:

You'd better get well-organised, or all this will be is a colection of posts on nairaland. Enthusiasm is great, but you have to be a realist as well, and FULLY UNDERSTAND what it is you are up against, not surge forward all starry-eyed with revolutionary naivete.

I think it's a great idea. And one can start from anywhere, and this is a good place to start. Don't be disouraged. You certainly won't change things by concluding it's hopeless and folding your hands. If and when you actually move from the rhetorical phase to an actionable plan,let me know.

My feelings too.

All the revolution Nigeria and in fact, most of Africa needs is for the people to get up and start playing their part in their government. Simple things like writing to your reps, calling them to tell them of your stance on issues, making sure to vote for candidates you truly believe are better for the job, and voicing your opinion goes a long way. Trying to create yet another "CLUB" in my opinion is not the way to go about this. Setting up a situation where all persons understand that they are part of the problem and providing them with information on how to FIX it, will work wonders. Just my opinion!!

Kobojunkie:

All the revolution Nigeria and in fact, most of Africa needs is for the people to get up and start playing their part in their government. Simple things like writing to your reps, calling them to tell them of your stance on issues, making sure to vote for candidates you truly believe are better for the job, and voicing your opinion goes a long way. Trying to create yet another "CLUB" in my opinion is not the way to go about this. Setting up a situation where all persons understand that they are part of the problem and providing them with information on how to FIX it, will work wonders. Just my opinion!!

I don't disagree with you, but such can be achieved in various ways and even through various groups. As long as this is not just a "Club" where we all buy the T-Shirts and have monthly meeting in disney world without doing anything, but a groupd that is actually focused on achieving something or with some vision of some sort then i don't see any problem with it. The problems in Nigeria are so many that specialising in one of them and trying to find a way alleviate that are might actually help. You have groups like "the integrity group" in the house of assembly although i couldn't personally vouch for them, they have a vision which they strive to actualise. To be honest what caught my attention was the whole naming and shaming idea on this thread  . Such might actually be effective if it was actually going to be broadcast in Nigeria, unfortunately i am still yet to be convinced that Nigerian leaders actually have such a thing called shame, but it could serve as an informative means of educating and enlightening people.

Your idea of educating people to stand for their rights and vote more sensibly that is if votes even count in Nigeria and such could yet be another area to focus on. The problems in Nigeria are so many that i don't really see anything wrong with a serious group of people with a plan to actually do something in a certain area, if the group is serious and actually has a plan, etc then kudos.

Kobojunkie:

All the revolution Nigeria and in fact, most of Africa needs is for the people to get up and start playing their part in their government. Simple things like writing to your reps, calling them to tell them of your stance on issues, making sure to vote for candidates you truly believe are better for the job, and voicing your opinion goes a long way. Trying to create yet another "CLUB" in my opinion is not the way to go about this. Setting up a situation where all persons understand that they are part of the problem and providing them with information on how to FIX it, will work wonders. Just my opinion!!

For example, everyone here can start by contacting their reps and telling them their opinions on the FOI bill. There are provisions for mailing them on the NASS website though I don't know if that actually works. It's all good calling for this sort of revolution but people should also participate in government where possible. I believe if all of a sudden, reps started hearing consistently from their consituents on issues, it'll have an impact, however small. At least there'd be more foundations on which to hold them accountable and they might just start to take their seats more seriously.

Sky Blue:

I don't disagree with you, but such can be achieved in various ways and even through various groups. As long as this is not just a "Club" where we all buy the T-Shirts and have monthly meeting in disney world without doing anything, but a groupd that is actually focused on achieving something or with some vision of some sort then i don't see any problem with it. The problems in Nigeria are so many that specialising in one of them and trying to find a way alleviate that are might actually help. You have groups like "the integrity group" in the house of assembly although i couldn't personally vouch for them, they have a vision which they strive to actualise. To be honest what caught my attention was the whole naming and shaming idea on this thread  . Such might actually be effective if it was actually going to be broadcast in Nigeria, unfortunately i am still yet to be convinced that Nigerian leaders actually have such a thing called shame, but it could serve as an informative means of educating and enlightening people.

Your idea of educating people to stand for their rights and vote more sensibly that is if votes even count in Nigeria and such could yet be another area to focus on. The problems in Nigeria are so many that i don't really see anything wrong with a serious group of people with a plan to actually do something in a certain area, if the group is serious and actually has a plan, etc then kudos.

2. WE START BY WEARING GREEN AND WHITE POLOS AND JEANS EVERY TUESDAY FROM NOW ON EVERY WHERE U ARE, LAGOS, LONDON, NEW YORK

3. WE START TELLING EVERY YOUTH ABOUT THIS FORUM.

4. WE CREATE A SPECIAL SECTION FOR THE REVOLUTION MOVEMENT ON THIS FORUM OR AN ENTIRELY NEW WEBSITE.

5.WHEN OUR RANKS REACH LIKE 5000 WE START MOUNTING NIGERIAN FLAGS ON OUR HOUSES AND CARS.

You sure say you no go buy club teeshirt soon?? roflmao!!

subice:

For example, everyone here can start by contacting their reps and telling them their opinions on the FOI bill. There are provisions for mailing them on the NASS website though I don't know if that actually works. It's all good calling for this sort of revolution but people should also participate in government where possible. I believe if all of a sudden, reps started hearing consistently from their consituents on issues, it'll have an impact, however small. At least there'd be more foundations on which to hold them accountable and they might just start to take their seats more seriously.

Precisely! But I imagine this is going to take a lot of time because it seems we are more willing to do things the hard way than pick up the phone to make these calls. Tell the average Nigerian on the street that he can change the country by simply picking up his phone and calling his rep, and you are bound to get a mouthful on why it is not such a good idea. I can not imagine how a person can have more than one cell phone but as soon as you tell ‘em to call a state rep, it is almost as if you just em to jump off a cliff.


I believe such a push will be more effective if the word CLUB is completely removed and it becomes a PUBLIC move to change the people’s approach to handling government. CLUB denotes a selected few, when you push for the public to do it, then you remove that group mentality and also put more fear in those reps as they then realize that it is not another CLUB after them but the people saying ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

Kobojunkie:


You sure say you no go buy club teeshirt soon?? roflmao!!

Great, you had to pick up on that  .
Regardless of what the poster might see as action the truth of the matter is that the idea seems to have caught fire and that is because there are actually people who want to do something (not saying the poster doesn't want to  ) Hence if some group that can put actions where there mouth is starts then that to me is a good thing. And if there is the obligatory disneyland or alton towers trip to 'talk' about the issues while on one of the rollercoasters i promise to lose interest after the first three trips 

To be honest anything that can lead people to be more proactive in building Nigeria both from home and abroad seems very worthwhile. This does not mean there should be no public push, but are the two methodologies mutually exclusive? I am yet to see how genuine this one is though.

In view of the intelligent suggestions coming up here,

1. Can we have all the e-mails of the house members so we can write them from our groupmail.

2. This is not a club but a growing national movement.

3. for every action you suggest you can as well implement it.

the yahoogroupmail has been created, someone else can create the media connection, i emphasize on this media angle because our message has to get out for the impact to be felt.

4. Someone who can create a website should do so (I wish i could) from where we can have a network like geting mass e-mails of nigerians for mass messaging.

Remember your role cannot be played by someone else, find out that role you can play and start now.

LONG LIVE NIGERIA!

LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION!

tyme for revolution? Ok

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-186514.0.html#bot

Revolution Ndi Ara.

inquisitiv:

In view of the intelligent suggestions coming up here,

1. Can we have all the e-mails of the house members so we can write them from our groupmail.

2. This is not a club but a growing national movement.

3. for every action you suggest you can as well implement it.

the yahoogroupmail has been created, someone else can create the media connection, i emphasize on this media angle because our message has to get out for the impact to be felt.

4. Someone who can create a website should do so (I wish i could) from where we can have a network like geting mass e-mails of nigerians for mass messaging.

Remember your role cannot be played by someone else, find out that role you can play and start now.

LONG LIVE NIGERIA!

LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION!

For the Reps contacts, go to: http://www.nassnig.org/house/members.php, select any Rep for his/her profile and scroll down to where it says 'contact'. Some have their numbers, some e-mails and some no contact at all. And committees are here: http://www.nassnig.org/house/committees.php

For the Reps contacts, go to: http://www.nassnig.org/house/members.php, select any Rep for his/her profile and scroll down to where it says 'contact'. Some have their numbers, some e-mails and some no contact at all. And committees are here: http://www.nassnig.org/house/committees.php

NOW lets start from here, everybody send the above link to atleast 20 people in your constituency and more in nigeria and tell them to write their rep to pass the freedom of information bill. I am sending my right now. Mail everybody mailable from friends, to colleagues and journalists.

lets start now

start by mailing David mark

http://www.nassnig.org/senate/member.php?senator=13

make sure we spread this e-mail

We also need phone numbers please

What is the message to David Mark?

http://www.nlcng.org/
nigerian labour congress website

http://nupeng.org/
nupeng(national union of petroleum and gas workers)

i admire your courage and willingness to take this head on.i am from the North and i know if the information is taken to the right quaters we could start up something good for this  nation. for my Biafran brother (qoutesyste ) who is always in the habit of going down on other tribes i have a problem .how can i have him watch my back in such a change that will need unity and patrotism as it's top most priority .i have read with displeasure how he has made us look.i urge him to continue his quest to divide or instigate hate.i am with the revolution all the way ( i know my Biafran brother may be wondering if i am working for the government or  a mole or spy) when you are done thinking i have one thing for you, Nigeria is here!Why a post like this exist is because it is real and we can all fix it no destroy it.Got a problem channel it well, not dream it like you do and send cheap propaganda all over.with such a view of hate from you why would i support you to take charge of anything in NIGERIA.Excuse my response to the Biafran.Brothers i support your Idea all the way.NOT the Biafran's Idea of WAIT AND SEE or TRIBALISM.

subice:

For example, everyone here can start by contacting their reps and telling them their opinions on the FOI bill. There are provisions for mailing them on the NASS website though I don't know if that actually works. It's all good calling for this sort of revolution but people should also participate in government where possible. I believe if all of a sudden, reps started hearing consistently from their consituents on issues, it'll have an impact, however small. At least there'd be more foundations on which to hold them accountable and they might just start to take their seats more seriously.

I maybe wrong but i dont think the sending of mails to reps would solve embezzlement by state governors or solve the rot in NNPC. Thousands of petitions has been sent to the EFCC regarding former governors and OBJ all we hear by the idiotic woman heading EFCC is the files are lost. A group publicly handed over a petition on OBJ to the EFCC office in Lagos and yet the file is missing or the famous slogan "bring us evidence and we would prosecute them"

The problem is with the system, how can a rep who was not duly elected and doesnt have the mandate of his people be accountable to them. He owes them nothing but owe his godfathers that put him there. How many reps really won the elections especially the PDP ones in the southwest. PDP lost in OBJ's ward and the result was never announced and still PDP has a rep in that region.

The judiciary is deep and buried in rot. In cases where election were upturned PDP rigged again and the same governors won because it is the same IWU (who is the shameless person i have ever seen) conducting this elections.

If the system is not cleansed we can never have any meaningful change. Cleansing the system I mean a revolution where the all these people are gotten rid off. Then the new ones comming would have seen a precedence of what happened to those before them and would think twice before engaging in currupt acts.

Mere protest would lead us no where even in the west protest doesnt always work. I happened to participate in the 2 million march at hyde park in london in february 2003 against the war in iraq yet the war went ahead amidst protest all over the world. The war as we now know was a wild goose chase of WMD. Sorry to digress!!

hassanic:

i admire your courage and willingness to take this head on.i am from the North and i know if the information is taken to the right quaters we could start up something good for this nation. for my Biafran brother (qoutesyste ) who is always in the habit of going down on other tribes i have a problem .how can i have him watch my back in such a change that will need unity and patrotism as it's top most priority .i have read with displeasure how he has made us look.i urge him to continue his quest to divide or instigate hate.i am with the revolution all the way ( i know my Biafran brother may be wondering if i am working for the government or a mole or spy) when you are done thinking i have one thing for you, Nigeria is here!Why a post like this exist is because it is real and we can all fix it no destroy it.Got a problem channel it well, not dream it like you do and send cheap propaganda all over.with such a view of hate from you why would i support you to take charge of anything in NIGERIA.Excuse my response to the Biafran.Brothers i support your Idea all the way.NOT the Biafran's Idea of WAIT AND SEE or TRIBALISM.

moving nigeria foward or revolution in the poster's own words is not about biafra,arewa,afenifere,mid belt forum e.t.c its about nigeria as a whole which is bigger than any single ethnic group,so forget about what anyone ll think and post any tel no s or email yo think ll help
@lammie1
the petitions have not worked before because most of the anti corruption and human rights pressure groups in nigeria are way too fragmented and dis organised,everybody wants to be the president of a group so u have like i billion tiny groups some with not more than 20 ppl,if it was a co-ordinated effort,with a single or group ideals and single mindedness of purpose it ll have much more of an impact, what we have at the moment and the reaon why efcc and the rest are not payb attention is because its a shot gun approach,

I have been going through all the posts carefully and I am happy I am not the only Nigerian who believes we will do exactly what we have set out to do.

1. to my northern brother addressing the biafran optimist, some people never forget about the past not because they gain anything from it but because they refuse to move forward. we aim for a nigeria that is blind to tribes but is united on the basis of one nation. when the time comes we will address tribalism and put such people where they belong because they are more destructive to this mission than the corrupt people we want to sack. whether hausa, igbo or yoruba or the other tribes, we will handle tribalism and put an end to it. Anybody cannot hide under the cloak of a war my grandfather fought to further plunge this nation into the abyss. The corruption we are facing is it limited to one tribe
in the east was it not people like Chimaroke Nnamani that looted states and siphoned money into their personal accounts, in the north was it not people like Yerima that destroy their states, in the west was it not Adedibu and his cohorts of evil that ran oyo into the slums, in the south south was it not Odili and people like Alams that wreck financial havock.

I would want us all to see that tribalism is more dangerous to this nation than anything else because people will perpertrate evil and run to the umbrella of tribalism for cover. if i had the power to ban posts in this thread i will quickly remove any ethnocentric individual just as i will not hesistate (when we swing into real action) to remove anybody who displays this tribalistic nature. I want to address this issue straight ahead and say anybody who habours tribal sentiments should see himself as an illiterate.

Secondly on the issue of the failure of groups because everybody wants to be the leader, i would say that this revolution will be directed by people not an individual we will not have politics destroy this movement. A group of people, a decentralized council will direct this REVOLUTION. i may have atarted this thread but I do not have an interest in being in that council or group. This is about the future of our children, the generation before us handed us a destroyed nation are we going to hand over the same to our children. I have determined not to whatever the cost, YOU can also determine to do same.

Victory is in sight.

lammie01:


I maybe wrong but i don't think the sending of mails to reps would solve embezzlement by state governors or solve the rot in NNPC. Thousands of petitions has been sent to the EFCC regarding former governors and OBJ all we hear by the idiotic woman heading EFCC is the files are lost. A group publicly handed over a petition on OBJ to the EFCC office in Lagos and yet the file is missing or the famous slogan "bring us evidence and we would prosecute them"

This goes back to what I said earlier. Groups can send in petitions and these politicians already know how to handle those. But there is nothing like a rude awakening coming from members of the public who are not necessarily signing and sending in petitions under any particular group name. These people have never been confronted by the public. When you have people send letters and these notice that the mail is coming from all parts, they are bound to panic.

lammie01:

The problem is with the system, how can a rep who was not duly elected and doesnt have the mandate of his people be accountable to them. He owes them nothing but owe his godfathers that put him there. How many reps really won the elections especially the PDP ones in the southwest. PDP lost in OBJ's ward and the result was never announced and still PDP has a rep in that region."

The problem with the system is the people. Not the government. Government is hired by the people for the people. And so when there is a problem it is up to the people to see to it that it is fixed.

lammie01:

The judiciary is deep and buried in rot. In cases where election were upturned PDP rigged again and the same governors won because it is the same IWU (who is the shameless person i have ever seen) conducting this elections.

If the system is not cleansed we can never have any meaningful change. Cleansing the system I mean a revolution where the all these people are gotten rid off. Then the new ones comming would have seen a precedence of what happened to those before them and would think twice before engaging in currupt acts.

Mere protest would lead us no where even in the west protest doesnt always work. I happened to participate in the 2 million march at hyde park in london in february 2003 against the war in iraq yet the war went ahead amidst protest all over the world. The war as we now know was a wild goose chase of WMD. Sorry to digress!!

Who is going to cleanse the system? Yar adua?? Waziri? Who??

inquisitiv:

I have been going through all the posts carefully and I am happy I am not the only Nigerian who believes we will do exactly what we have set out to do.

1. to my northern brother addressing the biafran optimist, some people never forget about the past not because they gain anything from it but because they refuse to move forward. we aim for a nigeria that is blind to tribes but is united on the basis of one nation. when the time comes we will address tribalism and put such people where they belong because they are more destructive to this mission than the corrupt people we want to sack. whether hausa, igbo or yoruba or the other tribes, we will handle tribalism and put an end to it. Anybody cannot hide under the cloak of a war my grandfather fought to further plunge this nation into the abyss. The corruption we are facing is it limited to one tribe
in the east was it not people like Chimaroke Nnamani that looted states and siphoned money into their personal accounts, in the north was it not people like Yerima that destroy their states, in the west was it not Adedibu and his cohorts of evil that ran oyo into the slums, in the south south was it not Odili and people like Alams that wreck financial havock.

I would want us all to see that tribalism is more dangerous to this nation than anything else because people will perpertrate evil and run to the umbrella of tribalism for cover. if i had the power to ban posts in this thread i will quickly remove any ethnocentric individual just as i will not hesistate (when we swing into real action) to remove anybody who displays this tribalistic nature. I want to address this issue straight ahead and say anybody who habours tribal sentiments should see himself as an illiterate.

Secondly on the issue of the failure of groups because everybody wants to be the leader, i would say that this revolution will be directed by people not an individual we will not have politics destroy this movement. A group of people, a decentralized council will direct this REVOLUTION. i may have atarted this thread but I do not have an interest in being in that council or group. This is about the future of our children, the generation before us handed us a destroyed nation are we going to hand over the same to our children. I have determined not to whatever the cost, YOU can also determine to do same.

Victory is in sight.

This is a tad amusing, i don't think the issue at all in Nigeria is people knowing that they are from different ethnic groups. The issue is whether that interest is fundamentally placed above the interest of the nation and fairness. It is easy to say that people who are ethnically biased in all arguements and reasoning are illiterates, just as it is easy to say hitler was an illiterate and evil for doing what he did, but we all know he wasn't the former. It is almost as funny as when people talk of being colour blind. Does that mean we should all live in the illusion that everybody in the world is one colour? I don't think so. The issue is how this affects one's judgement, actions, etc and if it has what can be argued as a negative impact. One of the things i love about Nigeria is the diversity, such diversity that can be seen from things like the mash pot of slangs used in pidgin that is borrowed from different languages, the huge variety in cuisine, the different cultures, etc. In one expression, it is rich and so textural. The issue is if what a lot of people have seen as a means of seperating the country can be used to bind it together.

I for one have always seen the diversity as a possible bond, Nigeria is one of the few truly multiethnic places in this world. Lagos as a city has people from all over the country of different languages living together, interacting etc, so does Port Harcourt and some other cities in the country. This is something that does not even truely exist in places like london that claim to be multi ethnic whereby you have the pakistanis living in one community, the blacks in the other, etc, and the further division in these places as well as the tiff between scotland and england or the english and the french. While New York is arguably more integrated, it still does not get up to the degree seen in some Nigerian cities. 

The point i am trying to make is, i hope this so called tribal blindness does not mean blindness to the richness. This is an issue that does not have to be divisive. We might be different but still habour common national goals. If the nation was functioning properly, i.e employment available, healthy economy, security, good governance, etc, do you think such sentiments will still be soo rampant? Perhaps if Nigerians actually believed in Nigeria then the national interest and the interest of everyone else on the national scale could then naturally take greater precedence. So perhaps instead of forcing everyone to be "tribally blind" the issue would be making people believe in Nigeria again.

the ability to achieve this lies in our ability to champion this cause everywhere we are and remember everyone is waiting for someone that someone is you

everyday I go through the dailies, it gives me more reason not to give up this REVOLUTION

Carry on mate Revolution all the way!!!! We wouldnt give up and we wouldnt suffer in silence neither would we let the bastards called leaders continue to take us for granted.