APC governors reduce
financial support
We depend on people’s
donations, says
organisation
The campaign
organisation of the All
Progressives Congress
(APC) presidential
candidate, Major General
Muhammadu Buhari, has
been hit by a cash crisis
following the dwindling
fortunes of states under
the party’s control. It was
learnt at the weekend
that the APC states, like
other states of the
federation, are badly
affected by the volatility
in the global oil market
that has reduced the
distributable funds from
the Federation Account
among the three tiers of
government.
This, one of the party’s
governors confided in
New Telegraph, has made
them to reorder their
priorities.
According to the
governor, he and his
colleagues have been
forced to cut down on
their financial support to
Buhari because besides
their contractual
obligations to civil
servants and funding of
capital projects going on
in their respective states,
some of them are battling
re-election while others
have funding of the
campaigns of their
anointed successors to
contend with.
Unlike Buhari who as at
last week has garnered
N54 million in donations
from a cross-section of
Nigerians, his Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP)
counterpart, President
Goodluck Jonathan, has a
heavy war chest. Jonathan
at a fund raiser last
weekend, had grossed
over N21 billion for his re-
election bid with the
donors including 21 PDP
governors who donated
N50 million each to the
president’s campaign
fund. The source,
however, added that
given the challenges
before them, the APC
governors have chosen to
focus on their respective
states rather than
Buhari’s presidential
campaign. He said: “The
current revenue fortunes
of the states call for
cautious spending on the
part of any governor.
Gone are the days when it
was easy for any governor
to commit himself to
several other things; but
when you look at what is
on ground, especially
when several states could
not even pay salaries,
how do you expect such
states to think about
funding a presidential
campaign?
“It is absolutely
impossible because each
of us is either focusing on
reelection, or in the case
of those leaving, the issue
of funding the would-be
successor is very
important too; so which
one do you pick?”
However, the Buhari
Campaign Organisation,
has dismissed fears that
the precarious financial
state of the party’s
governors will hurt the
candidate’s vote-seeking,
adding that it is in a bid to
avoid such a scenario that
made Buhari right from
the outset to solicit
donations from ordinary
Nigerians.
The Director of Publicity,
APC Presidential
Campaign, Mr. Dele
Alake, said the call for
public funding of the
party’s presidential
campaign was to ensure
that Nigerians owned the
incoming government
even before it is elected.
“I think the Nigerian
media needs to put more
perspective and perhaps,
try as much as possible to
be analytical in this
regard. Let us take the
United States for
example; did the
Democrats or the
Democratic governors
have any issue about
funding before the current
president, Barack Obama,
resorted to the idea of
public donors to fund his
campaign? No!
“The idea is to engender
more public and mass
participation in
government and
governance even before
the man is elected so that
they can be part of it
when it finally berths; this
without doubt, is the best
way to enshrine an all-
inclusive government that
will work for the common
good of the people rather
than for the good of a
select few who sit in the
comfort of their chosen
points to manipulate the
nation to the
disadvantage of the
common man.
“I urge you to ignore such
suggestions because such
are sheer evidence of
negativism aimed at
discouraging the ordinary
Nigerian whose one naira
is a tool for change in
Nigeria,” Alake added.
However, it was learnt
that while money might
not be Jonathan’s
headache, his campaign
is facing a threat due to
the emergence of new
battleground states. A
source in the president’s
campaign organisation
expressed worry that
even though the
incumbent would win the
2015 election, “there are
likely to be lost grounds
arising from the
emergence of new
battleground states.”
He listed the battleground
states as Kebbi, Kaduna
and Zamfara (North-
West); Benue, Kwara and
Plateau (North-Central) as
well as Lagos and Ogun in
the South-West. But he
cited Zamfara as the
‘safest state’ in the North-
West where Jonathan’s
posters and presidential
campaign materials are
“freely distributed without
any fear.”
“Truly, to say that there is
no problem is to ignore
the reality on ground. If
you want my objective
assessment of the
situation as it now stands,
I can say that although we
stand a good chance to
win the presidential
election in 2015, there
are indeed some states
that we have lost due to
internal wrangling and
disputes across the
nation.
“And taking you through a
zone-by-zone analysis as
being studied by
campaign strategists, I
can say that in the North-
West, PDP has a 30-70
ratio to the advantage of
the APC; 50-50 in
Zamfara, 50- 50 in Kebbi,
40-60 in Kano, 50-50 in
Kaduna, 60-40 in Jigawa
and 30-70 in Katsina. “In
the North-Central, we can
confidently place it at
60-40 in Kogi, 50-50 in
Kwara, 50-50 in Niger, 60-
40 in Nasarawa, 50-50 in
Benue and 70-30 in
Plateau.
“For the North-East, we
place it at 30 for PDP and
70 for APC, same for
Gombe, 40-60 in Borno
and Yobe, 60- 40 in
Adamawa and 70-30 in
Taraba. “In the South-
West, while Lagos and
Ogun are 50-50; Ondo,
Ekiti and Oyo are for PDP;
but Osun is APC.
But the situation is better
in the South-East and
South-South where the
PDP will hold sway,” he
added. He explained that
in Rivers State, for
instance, there are
indications that while
most people are in
support of Governor
Chibuike Amaechi for the
governorship election, a
many of them are most
likely to vote for Jonathan.
The source attributed the
emergence of swing
states to the festering
leadership crisis in the
PDP in most states of the
federation. According to
him, the PDP may lose
about three million votes
due to internal wrangling
in its fold; and this means
that Jonathan will garner
a minimum of 17 million
votes as against the 21
million and 22 million
votes recorded by the
PDP in the 2007 and 2011
presidential elections
respectively. newtelegraphonline.com/cash-crunch-hits-buharis-campaign/

Either, they donated $21Billion to Jonathan or donated just 54 thousand Naira to Buhari, Buhari will win 2015 presidential election, mark my word.

That's how I told some people sometime ago that, Fayose will win in Ekiti and Aregbesola in Osun State, they didn't believe me. you don't have to be a soothsayer/prophet to tell what Nigerians are asking for. Just look around you, hear what people are saying, gather the momemtum together and you will know GMB is awaiting President of FRN come 2015. Even PEG/GEJ, Okupe, Asari, Akpabio, Oilthieves etc knew, that's why they are afraid & running eta scatter now.

Abeg, make I sing Singing 2Face song ..another year as come, and they want my vote once more, oh, NO oh, oh.
E be like say they want to tel me another story again...

Mind you, I dislike how politics are practice in Nigeria, yet as for me and my entire Christian house, will we vote For General Muhammadu Buhari come Feb. 2014.

God Bless Nigeria
God Bless GMB
God Bless NL
God Bless Me
God Bless You

if he steal like stealing is not corruption, he wount Ve monetary problem

Una don dey talk how una go riggam ba? Make una try am make we see!

OKAY!...But where's Amaechi when you need him

PDP just dey deceive themselves jonathan cannot get up to 12 million votes except he embarks on a massive rigging which will ultimately lead to a stalemate!!

But some nitwit claimed Amaechi gave him 30 billion, 33 billion, 27 billion, and 18 billon naira. Some even claimed Tinubu has spent 10s of billions belonging to Lagos on Buhari campaign.

Buhari is not a corrupt man. He is not willing to let any rich man fund him so he won't be an hostage to any rich man. There is rumor he rejected funds from Dangote 48 hours after he clinched APC nomination.

I don write my Presidential results already

Dunce of a president

NgeneUkwenu:
PDP just dey deceive themselves jonathan cannot get up to 12 million votes except he embarks on a massive rigging which will ultimately led to a stalemate!!

Really I laugh in Swahili, most of buharis supporters are mouth supporters/illiterates who won't even vote, mind you I live in the north & majority are for GEJ except for some religious fanatics.

CrazyScientist:


Really I laugh in Swahili, most of buharis supporters are mouth supporters/illiterates who won't even vote, mind you I live in the north & majority are for GEJ except for some religious fanatics.

Oh yeah! You live in the North? Have you seen your fellow PDP displaying their campaign pictures with Buhari's pictures? You are as clueless as your mentor.

yibomustgo:


Oh yeah! You live in the North? Have you seen your fellow PDP displaying their campaign pictures with Buhari's pictures? You are as clueless as your mentor.

No! Sorry to disappoint you.

How can an ediot tell me he will kill any non buhari supporter if he doesn't win, so sad, I realised I was surrounded by ediots too late.

Buhari does not need half of what Jonathan has to defeat him in 2015.

Oh really I thought they said River's state treasury has been emptied into Buhari's account. Where then is the "crunch" coming from??

Believe whatever you hear from TANoidal quarters at your own peril.

OrlandoOwoh:
Buhari does not need half of what Jonathan has to defeat him in 2015.

Buhari said he only needs 200 million naira to launch a full fledge campaign.

CrazyScientist:


Really I laugh in Swahili, most of buharis supporters are mouth supporters/illiterates who won't even vote, mind you I live in the north & majority are for GEJ except for some religious fanatics.

CrazyScientist

Garri is a staple food for the rich & poor, no matter the value of the naira, people would still consume it, besides its also a Yoruba food. Cause I live in the US doesn't mean I would stop loving pounded yam.

Ask economists if you don't know.

Mr. Liar! Do you mean North America?

Its a shame the APC governors dont have faith in buahri. Why are they reducing the fun, he has promised to stablize global oil price if elected president, they have nothing to worry abt.

FastShipping:


Buhari said he only needs 200 million naira to launch a full fledge campaign.

The 20 billion naira NNPC realized from the sale of crude not remitted into the national treasury and the 21 billion Jonathan realized won't take him anywhere.

CrazyScientist:


Really I laugh in Swahili, most of buharis supporters are mouth supporters/illiterates who won't even vote, mind you I live in the north & majority are for GEJ except for some religious fanatics.

Yes!!! Indeed you live in North Pole

NgeneUkwenu:




Mr. Liar! Do you mean North America?

O si gi ni? PDP caught out sharp sharp.

StunningCEO:


O si gi ni? PDP caught out sharp sharp.

No mind the 1diat!

onatisi:
APC governors reduce
financial support
We depend on people’s
donations, says
organisation
The campaign
organisation of the All
Progressives Congress
(APC) presidential
candidate, Major General
Muhammadu Buhari, has
been hit by a cash crisis
following the dwindling
fortunes of states under
the party’s control. It was
learnt at the weekend
that the APC states, like
other states of the
federation, are badly
affected by the volatility
in the global oil market
that has reduced the
distributable funds from
the Federation Account
among the three tiers of
government.
This, one of the party’s
governors confided in
New Telegraph, has made
them to reorder their
priorities.
According to the
governor, he and his
colleagues have been
forced to cut down on
their financial support to
Buhari because besides
their contractual
obligations to civil
servants and funding of
capital projects going on
in their respective states,
some of them are battling
re-election while others
have funding of the
campaigns of their
anointed successors to
contend with.
Unlike Buhari who as at
last week has garnered
N54 million in donations
from a cross-section of
Nigerians, his Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP)
counterpart, President
Goodluck Jonathan, has a
heavy war chest. Jonathan
at a fund raiser last
weekend, had grossed
over N21 billion for his re-
election bid with the
donors including 21 PDP
governors who donated
N50 million each to the
president’s campaign
fund. The source,
however, added that
given the challenges
before them, the APC
governors have chosen to
focus on their respective
states rather than
Buhari’s presidential
campaign. He said: “The
current revenue fortunes
of the states call for
cautious spending on the
part of any governor.
Gone are the days when it
was easy for any governor
to commit himself to
several other things; but
when you look at what is
on ground, especially
when several states could
not even pay salaries,
how do you expect such
states to think about
funding a presidential
campaign?
“It is absolutely
impossible because each
of us is either focusing on
reelection, or in the case
of those leaving, the issue
of funding the would-be
successor is very
important too; so which
one do you pick?”
However, the Buhari
Campaign Organisation,
has dismissed fears that
the precarious financial
state of the party’s
governors will hurt the
candidate’s vote-seeking,
adding that it is in a bid to
avoid such a scenario that
made Buhari right from
the outset to solicit
donations from ordinary
Nigerians.
The Director of Publicity,
APC Presidential
Campaign, Mr. Dele
Alake, said the call for
public funding of the
party’s presidential
campaign was to ensure
that Nigerians owned the
incoming government
even before it is elected.
“I think the Nigerian
media needs to put more
perspective and perhaps,
try as much as possible to
be analytical in this
regard. Let us take the
United States for
example; did the
Democrats or the
Democratic governors
have any issue about
funding before the current
president, Barack Obama,
resorted to the idea of
public donors to fund his
campaign? No!
“The idea is to engender
more public and mass
participation in
government and
governance even before
the man is elected so that
they can be part of it
when it finally berths; this
without doubt, is the best
way to enshrine an all-
inclusive government that
will work for the common
good of the people rather
than for the good of a
select few who sit in the
comfort of their chosen
points to manipulate the
nation to the
disadvantage of the
common man.
“I urge you to ignore such
suggestions because such
are sheer evidence of
negativism aimed at
discouraging the ordinary
Nigerian whose one naira
is a tool for change in
Nigeria,” Alake added.
However, it was learnt
that while money might
not be Jonathan’s
headache, his campaign
is facing a threat due to
the emergence of new
battleground states. A
source in the president’s
campaign organisation
expressed worry that
even though the
incumbent would win the
2015 election, “there are
likely to be lost grounds
arising from the
emergence of new
battleground states.”
He listed the battleground
states as Kebbi, Kaduna
and Zamfara (North-
West); Benue, Kwara and
Plateau (North-Central) as
well as Lagos and Ogun in
the South-West. But he
cited Zamfara as the
‘safest state’ in the North-
West where Jonathan’s
posters and presidential
campaign materials are
“freely distributed without
any fear.”
“Truly, to say that there is
no problem is to ignore
the reality on ground. If
you want my objective
assessment of the
situation as it now stands,
I can say that although we
stand a good chance to
win the presidential
election in 2015, there
are indeed some states
that we have lost due to
internal wrangling and
disputes across the
nation.
“And taking you through a
zone-by-zone analysis as
being studied by
campaign strategists, I
can say that in the North-
West, PDP has a 30-70
ratio to the advantage of
the APC; 50-50 in
Zamfara, 50- 50 in Kebbi,
40-60 in Kano, 50-50 in
Kaduna, 60-40 in Jigawa
and 30-70 in Katsina. “In
the North-Central, we can
confidently place it at
60-40 in Kogi, 50-50 in
Kwara, 50-50 in Niger, 60-
40 in Nasarawa, 50-50 in
Benue and 70-30 in
Plateau.
“For the North-East, we
place it at 30 for PDP and
70 for APC, same for
Gombe, 40-60 in Borno
and Yobe, 60- 40 in
Adamawa and 70-30 in
Taraba. “In the South-
West, while Lagos and
Ogun are 50-50; Ondo,
Ekiti and Oyo are for PDP;
but Osun is APC.
But the situation is better
in the South-East and
South-South where the
PDP will hold sway,” he
added. He explained that
in Rivers State, for
instance, there are
indications that while
most people are in
support of Governor
Chibuike Amaechi for the
governorship election, a
many of them are most
likely to vote for Jonathan.
The source attributed the
emergence of swing
states to the festering
leadership crisis in the
PDP in most states of the
federation. According to
him, the PDP may lose
about three million votes
due to internal wrangling
in its fold; and this means
that Jonathan will garner
a minimum of 17 million
votes as against the 21
million and 22 million
votes recorded by the
PDP in the 2007 and 2011
presidential elections
respectively. newtelegraphonline.com/cash-crunch-hits-buharis-campaign/

PDP will get NO vote in Borno and Yobe states.

I said it before that although Buhari is a good Nigerian, he wouldn't win the forthcoming election. The odds are heavily stacked against him.

We are all yearning for well-fought contest.

An anticlimax will be so disappointing...

not in a mood to comment

aurenflani:


PDP will get NO vote in Borno and Yobe states.

because na u be the inec wey go count am abi!

maestroferddi:
I said it before that although Buhari is a good Nigerian, he wouldn't win the forthcoming election. The odds are heavily stacked against him.

We are all yearning for well-fought contest.

An anticlimax will be so disappointing...

even tinubu and sw apc will not commit too much too much resources to buhari campaign,because they themselves are on a shaky foot in the sw. Apc governors will rather commit their resources in maintaing and retaining their stronghold in the remaining 4 sw apc states than spend it on a candidate who is 80% sure of losing.one candidate pdp and gej will never want to go against at the polls is atiku,but buhari is the most easiest candidate for pdp to beat and floor anytime,anyday,any where.

Cash crunch abi crunches. GMB till #2023

onatisi:
because na u be the inec wey go count am abi!

Civilian jtf will ensure correct counting as it happened in p/h and the east in 2011 in favour of pdp.

aurenflani:


Civilian jtf will ensure correct counting as it happened in p/h and the east in 2011 in favour of pdp.

ok, I no go argue. Just keep watching and see how the game will be played .

aurenflani:


Civilian jtf will ensure correct counting as it happened in p/h and the east in 2011 in favour of pdp.

Perfect answer The North Should make sure the "turn out" is 80% as the South East/ South South use to have!