Ekiseme: His accent should never be an issue

xtayle: As Nigerians and Africans, we need to understand ourselves very well. Certain things are universal and we cannot treat them in isolation. Globally, everyone has a mother tongue which is the language he/she speaks best. Any other language is learned and spoken with the accent of the mother tongue.

For instance "Tola" a yoruba name is pronounced by americans as "Tow-la". Will you say the americans have shameful accent? The answer is NO. Ghanaians pronounce "Love" as "Laav". Do you mock them? No. Every mother tongue comes with an accent and Africans generally exhibit mother tongue with heavy accents. That is why when an Ibo man speaks English, you can easily tell, if a south African speak English, you can also tell. If a Russian speaks English, you will quickly place his origin. Even the Portuguese are quickly discovered when they speak English. Its the same for every race across the globe.

Having said that, its not the accent of a leader that determines whether he will perform or can perform when voted into an office. President Jonathan probably pronounces English word fairly but he is not an interesting speaker of the English language. His expression in English is quite poor. He does not know how to punctuate when reading a written address. If we are to name good speakers of the language among politicians, he cannot be among the first 100. Retd Gen Buhari on the other hand speaks very good English with good punctuations but with heavy accent.

Buhari spent less than 2 years in office as head of state and creatively salvaged the economy that was balkanised by shagari. Jonathan have spent almost 6 years and there is nothing but daylight looting of our commonwealth. It does not have anything to do with your accent but the will and creativity to perform

It is a record low for any Nigerian to mock the accent of a fellow Nigerian.

xtayle: As Nigerians and Africans, we need to understand ourselves very well. Certain things are universal and we cannot treat them in isolation. Globally, everyone has a mother tongue which is the language he/she speaks best. Any other language is learned and spoken with the accent of the mother tongue.

For instance "Tola" a yoruba name is pronounced by americans as "Tow-la". Will you say the americans have shameful accent? [/b]The answer is NO. [b]Ghanaians pronounce "Love" as "Laav". Do you mock them? No. Every mother tongue comes with an accent and Africans generally exhibit mother tongue with heavy accents. That is why when an Ibo man speaks English, you can easily tell, if a south African speak English, you can also tell. If a Russian speaks English, you will quickly place his origin. Even the Portuguese are quickly discovered when they speak English. Its the same for every race across the globe.

Ikengawo:

Yes.


Buhari can barely speak english. If you think this is the most qualified person that APC can produce than APC needs to assess itself. Someone that has already ruled nigeria, ended democracy, and has no real education will become president in 2014 while anytime a bank announces a job you'll see a line of no less than 3,000 youths that are jobless and unsure of their future with their only crime being that they chose to get an education.

Buhari spent less than 2 years in office as head of state and creatively salvaged the economy that was balkanised by shagari. Jonathan have spent almost 6 years and there is nothing but daylight looting of our commonwealth. It does not have anything to do with your accent but the will and creativity to perform

Ikengawo:

Yes.


Buhari can barely speak english. If you think this is the most qualified person that APC can produce than APC needs to assess itself. Someone that has already ruled nigeria, ended democracy, and has no real education will become president in 2014 while anytime a bank announces a job you'll see a line of no less than 3,000 youths that are jobless and unsure of their future with their only crime being that they chose to get an education.

donphilopus:

Why have you decided to shoot yourself?! Ain't you aware that you're embarrassing yourself in public?! Who told you Buhari ended democracy?! You should have known by now that Buhari was only selected by his fellow military men to rule Nigeria after the coup in 1983, being that he was considered pure by them. Since they felt that democratic government' efficacy was in doubt then.

Your so-called PhD Holder President who claimed to have got a formal education is nothing to write home about, yet you opened you opened your odoriferous mouth to spew this. And I'm very sure Jonathan is among the so-called 3,000 jobless youths who always queue whenever a bank announces a job!

Ikengawo: If you think this is the most qualified person that APC can produce than APC needs to assess itself.

CFCfan: Buhari may not have been the architect of the coup, but accepting to be the HOS means he was a willing participant. Ditto for Idiagbon and other officers that were 'invited' to join that junta.

egift:

How many Coup Plotters are in PDP, Mr. Ostrich?

egift:

In the same vain, Is Zoology and Fisheries the most prevalent Profession in PDP?

A7:

Her case is not accent, it's more like aphasia. The things she say are unintelligble, not even her understand her own words.

It is unfortunate that dumbo's concern is only on stomach infrastructure, I believe the 1 billion annual food allowance is more than enough to hire a speech pathologists and therapists to save this lady from all the defects and impairements.

agriboom: @op thanks for this jare! but sometimes some Donkeys should not be honored with a reply, atleast his performance still speaks for him unlike some timid fks claiming PHD/lecturer

thwarrior72: I have asked this question before and I'm repeating it now....how will buhari who can hardly make intelligible & decipherable sentence in English rule a country of 170+million people, which language will he rule with, is it hausa, arabic or by hand & mouth sign?. Which language will he communicate when representing Nigeria in UN general assembly?. Buharis appalling speech/oratory cannot be attributed to mothers tongue, but a serious impaired speech.

thwarrior72: I have asked this question before and I'm repeating it now....how will buhari who can hardly make intelligible & decipherable sentence in English rule a country of 170+million people, which language will he rule with, is it hausa, arabic or by hand & mouth sign?. Which language will he communicate when representing Nigeria in UN general assembly?. Buharis appalling speech/oratory cannot be attributed to mothers tongue, but a serious impaired speech.

nigerianvenom: APC supporters are so funny.
Do u ever think buhari can lead nigerians again?
Never will such happens. Apart from the north east,buhari is d most hated politician/
past military administrator in nigeria.

MeAboki: Has anyone listened to Ban Ki-moon the Secretary General of the United Nations? How does his accent make him any less competent?
BTW, Obasanjo didn't have a good accent and neither did MKO Abiola but both were voted by Nigerians to be their presidents - some shallow empty mofos (like their paymaster) trying very hard to discredit GMB; desperation at its best to say the least.

nyabingi:

What Performance?