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Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by Megatone(m): 8:39am On Mar 06, 2016
APC lacks Integrity......

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Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by lilreese: 8:40am On Mar 06, 2016
Hmm buhari
Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by fabmuazu7(m): 8:42am On Mar 06, 2016
The leaders : Do they even get to read all this post? They're more concern and concentrated on public opinion only during election periods. Our leaders need real orientation as regard governance.

All i see is total confusion and party crisis.
Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by JW214: 8:49am On Mar 06, 2016
"As advanced as Britain is, the Governor of the Bank of England was recruited from Canada. No one raised eyebrows because the most important thing was getting the job done"

This cannot happen in Nigeria of today. If either of CBN Governor or Minister of Finance is sacked and replaced by competent people from another Geo-political zone for example, I trust Nigerians will start singing tribal songs.

Until we see liberating Nigeria as a general course, we are tied moving around a fixed radius.

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Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by Omexonomy: 8:49am On Mar 06, 2016
ademega:
the best thing and logical thing to do is to change the manifesto. during campaign, they never thought the oil would be so bad like this.
also, they were only thinking of how to defeat bokoharam not knowing some jobless youths would be agitating for one scam selfish government. with all these it would be reasonable for a wise government to change manifesto.
I know some people would be sad about this but take heart u can only do nothing.
stop the lies oil price started dropping in the thirdd quater of 2013
Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by just2endowed: 9:00am On Mar 06, 2016
STFUareyouGod:
Hmmmmmm.

He didn't even address the many killings by Fulani herdsmen all over the country
Bubu is yet to utter a word. But he was able to campaign for a paliestinian state

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Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by Nobody: 9:03am On Mar 06, 2016
just2endowed:

Bubu is yet to utter a word. But he was able to campaign for a paliestinian state
only God can deliver us

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Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by legacy4real(f): 9:03am On Mar 06, 2016
We need God intervention in this country. Both APC and PDP are the same.politicians can easily swap within the parties within a day, *all politicians are liers* none of them is honest except if we will be deceiving ourself. They are just deceiving us, playing us up and down like football.

Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by maasoap(m): 9:16am On Mar 06, 2016
It is even an insult to the youths including me who voted for Buhari to think that we voted for him just because he promised us meager monthly stipend of N5000. For how long will he even be able to pay that, 1 year or 4 years?
The truth is that 99% of people crying because of this peanut are wailers.
Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by hucienda: 9:16am On Mar 06, 2016
lol... stylish wailing.
Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by Misterdhee1(m): 9:23am On Mar 06, 2016
Logically, no sane man should expect APC To change the Nation overnight, with their daring manifestos.. They have good wishes, but politicking won't allow most of these wishes to come to past..They just offered us a liberation form PDP's power drunk leadership.. The best thing APC could offer us, is Buhari's Presidency.. He seems to have 'what most 9ja Politicians lack' - INTEGRITY.. Let's hope this will count in the long run!

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Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by oganology33(m): 9:28am On Mar 06, 2016
adipemcanis1:
On the economy.....

Good points from Mr Momodu. But.....we have to get the power sorted out first. Getup to 20000MW , if not 40000MW and we would be there.

Also....the cold reality is that we may have to go austerity mode.Our economy is dependent on oil and getting it off oil to the industrial one Mr Momodu suggests is going to take ages. In my opinion, PMB should fire excess civil servants, raise school fees, hospital fees,and end the fuel subsidy....and use the money saved to invest in vital sectors like rail and power....which would get us off oil. Yes....it is HARSH.......but oil is below $40. We need it to be at $123 just to balance the books. Sorry.....but subsides and other excesses have to go.

(And speaking of excesses.....government needs to stop buying new cars, and needs to spend less on Aso Rock....and the National Assembly).

I honestly doubt if Mr. President has plans 2 take our economy off oil. Else he'd have taken over the ministry of Agric, solid minerals, power, or even tourism, not petroleum.
Sadly, d Ministry whr u'll find one of the brightest minister -Kachiku, is d one he decided 2 head.

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Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by RZArecta(m): 9:38am On Mar 06, 2016
adipemcanis1:
[s]On the economy.....

Good points from Mr Momodu. But.....we have to get the power sorted out first. Getup to 20000MW , if not 40000MW and we would be there.

Also....the cold reality is that we may have to go austerity mode.Our economy is dependent on oil and getting it off oil to the industrial one Mr Momodu suggests is going to take ages. In my opinion, PMB should fire excess civil servants, raise school fees, hospital fees,and end the fuel subsidy....and use the money saved to invest in vital sectors like rail and power....which would get us off oil. Yes....it is HARSH.......but oil is below $40. We need it to be at $123 just to balance the books. Sorry.....but subsides and other excesses have to go.

(And speaking of excesses.....government needs to stop buying new cars, and needs to spend less on Aso Rock....and the National Assembly).

[/s]
see as you're chanting 20000 & 40000mw as if they're plucked from trees. Oya increase the megawatts make we see na. Your rest other contributions are pathetic, sentimental and quixotic at best
Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by thawgy(m): 9:41am On Mar 06, 2016
One major thing we failed to observe as a nation was that APC alongside their information media and their payed ASUU did everything to frustrate the last government.. have you ever asked yourself why GEJ would set himself up to fail so woefully if there was no one or a group actualizing a propaganda.. Now they have got the power, do they really think the methods they used to get there will not be used against them?.. what pains me is that all these power tussle is at the detriment of my beloved Nigeria.. APC and PDP are our greatest problems of which APC be the worse

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Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by heffem(m): 9:51am On Mar 06, 2016
adipemcanis1:
On the economy.....

Good points from Mr Momodu. But.....we have to get the power sorted out first. Getup to 20000MW , if not 40000MW and we would be there.

Also....the cold reality is that we may have to go austerity mode.Our economy is dependent on oil and getting it off oil to the industrial one Mr Momodu suggests is going to take ages. In my opinion, PMB should fire excess civil servants, raise school fees, hospital fees,and end the fuel subsidy....and use the money saved to invest in vital sectors like rail and power....which would get us off oil. Yes....it is HARSH.......but oil is below $40. We need it to be at $123 just to balance the books. Sorry.....but subsides and other excesses have to go.

(And speaking of excesses.....government needs to stop buying new cars, and needs to spend less on Aso Rock....and the National Assembly).

.... Raise school fees, hospital bills, from which money? the money this same govt refuses to pay to workers?... My brother, do not come up with that for now......instead, let PMB stop his unnecessary travelling(to save some meaningful cash), reduce politicians wages to d minimal, make use of Abacha looted-recovered cash, blah blah blah blah....and above all, stop disturbing the masses!

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Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by Adminisher: 9:59am On Mar 06, 2016
Nairaland. Too many young people.

First of all let me say that Niveria is very lucky to have Buhari. He is actually one of the "ruling class" but the only one who probably cares about the common man.

His trips abroad are not frivolous. Only on Nairaland will people say such "amateurish" things. That a leader of bkack Africas largest country will go to another country with a delegation for frivolity.

There is a lot of money to make in Nigeria, there is a lot of stolen money to return to Nigeria. There are lots of weapons to buy for the armed forces.

Buhari went to the North during campaigns and promised textile manufacturers, tanneries and agro allied industries a boom . The financing to do that is coming from the GCC countries. They need to grow the northern middle class and develop the north east. Only a bunch of narrow minded, parochial , local people don't realise that things are happening . My message to IPOB, you will soon see what the North can be in a few years and they wont use oil money.

On the 5000 Naira for the poorest I million people, Dele Momodu has really disappointed me. How can an accomplished Yoruba man be reasoning like an IPOD youth? So i put it simply:

THERE IS NOWHERE IN THE APC MANIFESTO WHERE 5K IS MENTIONED.

The programme is from the fine mind of the Vice President and if i know him well he will make sure it is actualised but it is not and has never been in the APC manifesto
Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by maasoap(m): 9:59am On Mar 06, 2016
thawgy:
One major thing we failed to observe as a nation was that APC alongside their information media and their payed ASUU did everything to frustrate the last government.. have you ever asked yourself why GEJ would set himself up to fail so woefully if there was no one or a group actualizing a propaganda.. Now they have got the power, do they really think the methods they used to get there will not be used against them?.. what pains me is that all these power tussle is at the detriment of my beloved Nigeria.. APC and PDP are our greatest problems of which APC be the worse
So, APC was the party that advised him to stick with Aba Moro till the very last end of his tenure?
APC was the reason he said we were exaggerating corruption?
APC was the reason he said that stealing is not corruption?
Sanusi said 20 billion dollars was missing from NNPC accounts, Okonjo said (after accounts reconciliation) that it was 12 billion dollars but GEJ say that if any money was missing at all, America will know (sic). Moronic statement I would call it, if you ask me. That's also APC.
May be you should go back to your sleep.

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Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by ozoemenaca: 10:04am On Mar 06, 2016
I expect these APC people to apologise to GEJ and his Ministers seeing that the scenario is like that of a spectator blaming the foot baller for not scoring only for him to get to the field to find out that he could not even move the ball. They should go and beg Aunty Ngozi and other Ministers to come and help them out.
Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by Nobody: 11:02am On Mar 06, 2016
APC wanted to wrest power from PDP so badly that it had to co-opt Buhari who doesn't share any of its political ideals. Buhari on the other hand wanted to be President so badly that he allowed himself in the mix of the dregs in APC and accepted their corrupt campaign funding. APC ran the campaigns with unrealistic walfarist manifesto while Buhari chose his words and made few promises; even though he didn't stop APC Campaign from promising heaven on earth. After winning, Buhari seems to have rejected APC Campaign promises and wants us to hold him to his words. There's a huge gap between Buhari's vision and APC agenda and it's affecting Policy. Buhari also brought in outsiders into his government and sidelined his party.
Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by Nobody: 11:09am On Mar 06, 2016
Adminisher:
. ...My message to IPOB, you will soon see what the North can be in a few years and they wont use oil money. 
I thought no one else noticed. The north is sending students abroad on quality scholarship education. They are building capacity everywhere. Meanwhile, the south is sitting back in its arrogant posturing, even shouting 'let's divide the country'.
Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by 989900: 11:21am On Mar 06, 2016
The time has come to declare an emergency on an evil economic apparatus foisted on us by selfish people that may end up ruining our otherwise great country. I believe we should rise above partisan politics and bring our past and present geniuses together including The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, The Governor of the Central Bank, Mr Godwin Emefiele, The Emir of Kano, His Highness Lamido Sanusi, Professor Charles Soludo, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, Professor Part Utomi, Mr Bismark Rewane, and some of our brilliant University dons to fashion out a way out of this scandalous debacle.

Most of the above are just names -- good on paper. We need brilliant minds who can think out of the box.


The next thing is for this government to reflect true frugality and shed the toga of prodigality that is already rearing its ugly head. The President should be alerted about how those outside now believe he has already joined the psychedelic class by wasting resources on flights of fancy and excessively flamboyant and ostentatious airport ceremonies. The social media caught fire last Monday as the pictures of our Brigade of Guards in Scottish kilt fully piped up welcomed the President on his arrival from his Middle East tour went viral. Such frivolity did not reflect the mood of the nation. The President’s winning formula had always been his simplicity, humility and childlike innocence. He must resist the temptation of being corrupted by the carpetbaggers who litter our corridors of power. Running the different tiers of government has been a major drain on our economy. It is also the reason the citizens would not change their ways when government refuses to set good examples.

Please tell them.

Everything humanly possible should be done to empower and encourage Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola to give us power. There will never be any meaningful development and progress until we can generate enough electricity and be able to transmit and distribute this effectively.When people shout that we should patronize made in Nigeria products they conveniently forget that most of what we use in making the made in Nigeria products were fabricated and made abroad. At best we are only an assembly line for these products. An average company loses its profit to what should have been provided ordinarily by government. I cannot begin to overemphasise the importance of electricity. Nigerians will never forget whoever can put an end to their life in perpetual darkness. It is worth every effort and investment.

The most important part of the epistle.
Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by maasoap(m): 12:21pm On Mar 06, 2016
ozoemenaca:
I expect these APC people to apologise to GEJ and his Ministers seeing that the scenario is like that of a spectator blaming the foot baller for not scoring only for him to get to the field to find out that he could not even move the ball. They should go and beg Aunty Ngozi and other Ministers to come and help them out.
Lol. People who couldn't manage our economy and turn things around when oil was selling for 130 dollars per barrel. Now you want them to come and do magic with 30 dollars per barrel. Aunty Okonjo was already borrowing money to pay salaries of Federal workers by the time she left office, she said it herself.
Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by kayslimshady(m): 12:40pm On Mar 06, 2016
Kindly tell him to shut up. Did he not block me on Instagram before the election All because I told when he was jumping up and down like Di'ja campaigning for Buhari.

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Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by Nobody: 12:50pm On Mar 06, 2016
Times are hard, poor economy, lean foreign reserves...it is logical to see that its not possible to pay 5k stipends...but to lie about it by telling Nigerians that you did not campaign with it is a terrible thing to do...Nigerians are watching and waiting...
Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by Nobody: 1:09pm On Mar 06, 2016
RZArecta:
see as you're chanting 20000 & 40000mw as if they're plucked from trees. Oya increase the megawatts make we see na. Your rest other contributions are pathetic, sentimental and quixotic at best

Fix the power supply in this country....and you fix the economy.

We have to increase generation. No two ways about it.

Nigeria now can generate 5000mw max. We need 12000MW daily. That tells me a lot about why our economic structure is awful.

Re Austerity.

You called my austerity paln quixotic. The cold reality is that our economy IS dependent on oil, and oil prices have dropped. If Nigerians, and their government cannot respond to that with tough austeirty measures, accompanied by increased spending on railand power......things that would get us off the trapof oil dependency......we are not going anywhere. There is no money. We are not a rich nation. THAT IS WHY CORRUPTION MUST BE STOPPED., NOT EXCUSED.

That's the way the cookie crumbles.
Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by RZArecta(m): 1:14pm On Mar 06, 2016
adipemcanis1:


Fix the power supply in this country....and you fix the economy.

We have to increase generation. No two ways about it.

Nigeria now can generate 5000mw max. We need 12000MW daily. That tells me a lot about why our economic structure is awful.

Re Austerity.

You called my austerity paln quixotic. The cold reality is that our economy IS dependent on oil, and oil prices have dropped. If Nigerians, and their government cannot respond to that with tough austeirty measures, accompanied by increased spending on railand power......things that would get us off the trapof oil dependency......we are not going anywhere. There is no money. We are not a rich nation. THAT IS WHY CORRUPTION MUST BE STOPPED., NOT EXCUSED.

That's the way the cookie crumbles.
how do you intend to fix power in Nigeria and what's your time frame
Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by Nobody: 1:14pm On Mar 06, 2016
heffem:
.... Raise school fees, hospital bills, from which money? the money this same govt refuses to pay to workers?... My brother, do not come up with that for now......instead, let PMB stop his unnecessary travelling(to save some meaningful cash), reduce politicians wages to d minimal, make use of Abacha looted-recovered cash, blah blah blah blah....and above all, stop disturbing the masses!

Which is what I mean by cutting government excesses.

But that won't be enough. The cold reality is that we are no longer earning the cash. We have to make tough choices now. Cut spending on subsides, politician salaries, govt expenditure.....and spend the money on power, rail, primary and secondary education, technical education, roads.......so that we can go industrial.
Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by Nobody: 1:19pm On Mar 06, 2016
RZArecta:
how do you intend to fix power in Nigeria and what's your time frame

Let's start with time.....in my opinion, we need ten years.

First....we need to add 5000mw.Now...there are plans to add 2400mw via two nuclear power stations.I propose we add five new gas fired stations over the next ten years, and we also add solar powered projects in collabo with Niger Republic.

Second....we spend more on transmission. Transmission is a mess. The DISCOS inherited ancient transmission systems which need fixing.Once we do that....we can get better power supply.

My ten year time frame factors in the fact that it takes time to design power stations....and we also have to modernize our gas supply urgently.

Do that....and we are moving forward.

(We can also build power plants fired by waste products/refuse ).
Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by 400billionman: 1:29pm On Mar 06, 2016
nnachukz:
Leave too much grammar and say it the way it is. Buhari is an un-serious and insincere leader who is just wasting our money on frivolity.

He only talks when he visits foreign countries.

His simpleton followers cannot read the meaning. Its an agberoo escapist behaviour of not taking responsibility.

YOU PEOPLE ARE ON UR OWN..
Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by ceejay4real(m): 1:37pm On Mar 06, 2016
tuscani:
I saw this today in this day news paper. Nairalanders what are your opinion on the matter
http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/03/05/time-to-rewrite-the-apc-manifesto/

Fellow Nigerians, something melodramatic occurred some days ago in Doha, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, where President Muhammadu Buhari dropped a bombshell inadvertently. And what was the matter? The President in his usual candour and uncommon honesty announced that one of his major campaign promises was no longer feasible and practicable; the plan to pay unemployed youths a paltry sum of N5,000 monthly stipend was thus summarily jettisoned. Or so it seemed. To be accurate, what Mr President said with a wry smile was that this was a campaign promise of his Party and was one of the cardinal points of his Party’s Manifesto but he had not personally campaigned about it and it was not going to be a priority of his administration in view of other more significant and important challenges.

However, all hell broke loose on social media because the President’s body language actually suggested that the pledge was dead in the water and had not just been demoted from the list of priorities. There were several reasons why social and popular media became instantly agog with activity on this issue. Nigerian youths took great risk to get Major General Buhari elected. They trusted him with their lives and expected the change mantra to become reality as soon as the People’s General regained power after being sacked as a military ruler in 1985. Truth is there are already some loud whispers in many quarters that lofty expectations are turning to a mirage and that things are already falling apart. Every explanation that it is too early to expect miracles is hardly treated with belief.

Thus when the President delivered this seemingly bad news to the expectant nation, it did not go down well with many people. First the location was wrong. I agree that such monumental decisions should not have been announced while sojourning abroad. To some it would appear as if the President was taking the easy pusillanimous way out. Perhaps, the President should have addressed the nation on home soil. Maybe the President could have requested his ruling APC party to take the bullet for him by getting the Party Chairman, Chief John Oyegun, to talk to the nation about the need to revise the manifesto that was sold to the electorate with so much glee. There is nothing wrong if fresh realities have necessitated a change of plans. There is usually a world of difference between the idealism of opposition and the reality of being on the hot seat. It is one of the reasons I don’t envy the President on this present job.

Mr President and his Party would have to sit down urgently to reappraise things and come out with a tidier and clearer agenda containing the realistic plan for Nigeria and Nigerians in this dispensation. Sooner rather than later, the first year of this administration will come knocking. It would be disastrous if by May 29, 2016, we still cannot have a glimpse of where the government is headed or heading. The staccato, stop-start fashion by which things are being currently handled must yield way to a smoother policy manifestation and implementation. There are many things that need to be worked on speedily.

The first and most pressing is the economy. What is on ground now has been described by a famous economist as “Robinson Crusoe economics.” Like Robinson Crusoe, our economy is being handled like one man living alone on an uninhabited island but surrounded by cannibals and vermin. The economy is on a freefall, the sort we’ve not encountered before. My humble suggestion is that the President should assemble a crack economic team immediately. Those who wish to hold conferences can still do so especially as we know where similar jamboree conferences have gotten us in the past. However, it is obvious that some people have hijacked the misfortune of Nigeria and turned it into a spectacular goldmine. “Voodoo economics” is being practised by those milking the country dry and their acolytes as well as by others wishing to manipulate themselves into the position of latter day economics experts and get a slice of the national cake. There are at this moment only a few sincere economists about and we should tap into these people but not make the mistake of putting them on the same platform with the evildoers lest we become unable to separate the wheat from the chaff. A nation that fails to consult and use its best brains is doomed and may be permanently jinxed like we seem to have been forever. In any event what is necessary now is not to make the country a debating society where esoteric and grand economic principles are postulated and propounded but a society where practical visionary and meaningful economic policies are garnered and implemented.

As young as I was in the days of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, I was aware that his best asset were the brightest brains he was able to attract and assemble. He gathered their brilliant ideas and merged them with his own. Leadership is thus an art and science of skillfully managing people and resources. It is even easier these days. In the age of advanced technology, where you can buy whatever you lack, including brains. As advanced as Britain is, the Governor of the Bank of England was recruited from Canada. No one raised eyebrows because the most important thing was getting the job done. Our parochialism will kill Nigeria ultimately if care is not taken. Many of the voodooists controlling Nigeria know nothing about modern governance or managing an economy, not to mention an ailing one. What is worse is that they know that they know not but would not agree to allow those who know something to do anything.

The time has come to declare an emergency on an evil economic apparatus foisted on us by selfish people that may end up ruining our otherwise great country. I believe we should rise above partisan politics and bring our past and present geniuses together including The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, The Governor of the Central Bank, Mr Godwin Emefiele, The Emir of Kano, His Highness Lamido Sanusi, Professor Charles Soludo, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, Professor Part Utomi, Mr Bismark Rewane, and some of our brilliant University dons to fashion out a way out of this scandalous debacle.

The next thing is for this government to reflect true frugality and shed the toga of prodigality that is already rearing its ugly head. The President should be alerted about how those outside now believe he has already joined the psychedelic class by wasting resources on flights of fancy and excessively flamboyant and ostentatious airport ceremonies. The social media caught fire last Monday as the pictures of our Brigade of Guards in Scottish kilt fully piped up welcomed the President on his arrival from his Middle East tour went viral. Such frivolity did not reflect the mood of the nation. The President’s winning formula had always been his simplicity, humility and childlike innocence. He must resist the temptation of being corrupted by the carpetbaggers who litter our corridors of power. Running the different tiers of government has been a major drain on our economy. It is also the reason the citizens would not change their ways when government refuses to set good examples.

Everything humanly possible should be done to empower and encourage Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola to give us power. There will never be any meaningful development and progress until we can generate enough electricity and be able to transmit and distribute this effectively. When people shout that we should patronize made in Nigeria products they conveniently forget that most of what we use in making the made in Nigeria products were fabricated and made abroad. At best we are only an assembly line for these products. An average company loses its profit to what should have been provided ordinarily by government. I cannot begin to overemphasise the importance of electricity. Nigerians will never forget whoever can put an end to their life in perpetual darkness. It is worth every effort and investment.

It is heartening to note that there are those ready and willing to partner with Government at little or no cost to make our dire power situation a thing of the past using both conventional and sustainable energy solutions. All that seems to be required is for government to discard any policy that would be a stumbling block to the utilisation of these opportunities. Nothing must be seen as set in stone. National development requires not only flexibility but a willingness to think outside the box. It is time to seize the moment!
In the name of God, we must revamp our educational institutions. It is disgraceful that we watched them collapse and we have refused to do anything tangible to bring them back to par with their counterparts elsewhere. The APC should tell and demonstrate in concrete terms what it intends to do to restore the lost glory of our schools from primary to tertiary institutions. Mercifully, the Vice President comes from a scholarly background and hopefully should be able to activate and actualize what the former President Goodluck Jonathan, himself an academic, could not achieve in the five years he spent as substantive number one citizen of Nigeria.

Without quality education, most of our graduates would never be employed or even become employable. Our school curriculum must now be redesigned in such a way that it can be relevant to the needs and requirements of our tough situations. Entrepreneurship should become a compulsory subject. This is why we must commend and recommend the great initiative by Tony Elumelu’s foundation that seeks to locate and situate hidden talents and future captains of industry. Innovation and inventiveness must be encouraged. There are Nigerians undertaking breathtaking research in many fields of human endeavour within the hallowed precincts of our university communities but they do not have the financial muscle or government encouragement and backing to be able to bring their dreams into reality. Great nations are made from developing such talents. Research and development (R & D) is the way to go. Most of our manufacturing companies hardly have any such viable R & D departments. Incentives must be given to all concerned, including funding and tax initiatives, so that our nation may truly enter the industrialised comity of nations and not just pretend that we are better than mere panel beaters!

Yes, it is time for APC and the Government to set their priorities again but this must be done with a sense of purpose and a desire to take the people to a higher level. May God help them.​

source http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/03/05/time-to-rewrite-the-apc-manifesto/


Good write up. But pls remove Sanusi 4rm ur list of 'brains' cos he's not qualified. He just has an MSc in Islamic Studies 4rm the University of Khartoum in Sudan. His Economics qualification is only a Bsc 4rm ABU, Zaria. So he shd focus on his Emir of Kano job, shikena!

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Re: Dele Momodu Wants Apc To Change It's Manifesto Because Of Buhari by RZArecta(m): 1:39pm On Mar 06, 2016
adipemcanis1:


Let's start with time.....in my opinion, we need ten years.

First....we need to add 5000mw.Now...there are plans to add 2400mw via two nuclear power stations.I propose we add five new gas fired stations over the next ten years, and we also add solar powered projects in collabo with Niger Republic.

Second....we spend more on transmission. Transmission is a mess. The DISCOS inherited ancient transmission systems which need fixing.Once we do that....we can get better power supply.

My ten year time frame factors in the fact that it takes time to design power stations....and we also have to modernize our gas supply urgently.

Do that....and we are moving forward.

(We can also build power plants fired by waste products/refuse ).

good, I actually set that question as a trap to see if you're amongst those who argue blindly over things that know absolutely nothing about but I can see you have a good grasp of what you're talking about here. Sorry if I sounded harsh earlier on but I think your time frame for improved power supply (10 years) is too short. Reasons being the dearth of basic infrastructure across the country. It's one thing to design/import equipment for DISCO's/GENCO's, it's another thing to get them to many of the remote locations where they will have to be stationed and that's why you find out that many of the equipment bought far back as Obasanjo's tenure were abandoned at the ports (I think some were released under Gej). You've talked about transmission too, I believe you've traveled around Nigeria by road so you know how vast this country is. Add our normal bureaucracy and you've got a very nice cocktail kicking your 10 years time frame in the buttocks.

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