Flickzvill:
how ke? When common local government chairman is sitting on millions o naira let's not even talk about the house of reps,senates,governors, Ministers pls shut the f**k up

Yeah he is sitting on millions ...but adding 2k to each worker in a local government means billions per month oga get a life... Nigerian problem is not corruption it's simply we don't generate enough

Do you really think Nigeria is more corrupt that America or middle Eastern countries?

Check up top 50 economys , compare gdp to budget then check our own that's were the problem is

Now go tell your boss.... He is dumber than buhari if that's is correct

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Come on, let's ATIKULATE Together

good idea but it's just that we don't know him. may be he should begin from his ward....contest for local government chairman etc..

I have said it severally on this forum. Most Nigerians want a better life but are UNWILLING to work for it. You have someone with a track record of defending the nation's interest relentlessly but would rather go for the same old hags that steal & eat the whole bread and leave mere crumbs for almost 200 million people!

Wake up Nigeria! Wake tff up!

socialmediaman:
Sowore needs a national appeal to become president, else he’s just going to distract people from voting out the tyrant currently in Aso Rock. If Sowore was contesting against GEJ, then we’ll probably listen to him cos we’ll have 2 educated contestants. But for this election, the objective is to vote out Buhari from office and these votes come from market women and many people not on social media. Buhari’s followers are on the streets, not on social media and you need to match them vote for vote, it’s not a social media election

bros i swear you too get sense....this your write up sweet pass milk

Why this assertion?

kolaosuofia:
Sowore can not be a good president

People don’t seem to understand that it’s not about sowore , Moghalu & Durotoye. The people that will vote for either of them are out there in the streets, forget social media blabbing and big big grammars because it’s sopointless, most of the people following them on their various social media platforms don’t even have PVC & majority of Those that does don’t Vote. The Voters are in the markets, streets & the most concerned about the country. It’s a pity the focus is on Atiku & Buhari and not young Nationalist. But enough grammars, even though we all know he can’t win , he should try to appeal to the masses. Most market women & traders don’t even know who Sowore is. His popularity ratings is so low yet he wants to be President. What a Huge Joke. Let him be on TV and his Media agency and continue blowing grammars!

His is so arrogant and irresponsible. Has no well detailed plans just abuses.

gbengalite:
“Sho Baba!” That is Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, being hailed by his friends and fans.

He is “my presido” to those who attended the University of Lagos at the time he was the president of the student union government (SUG).

Easily identified with his signature looks that shows a pan-Africanist, Sowore, who shares his time between New York and Lagos, is always attired in African made cloth, with the string of cowries and beads worn around his neck.

You may or not like his style, the enigma that is Sowore, over the years, has used Sahara Reporters— his citizen journalism media platform— to expose tens of wrongdoings in the Nigeria polity.

“The looters and despoilers of Nigeria may wish you dead but a lion’s liver is a vain wish for dogs,” Pius Adesanmi, a Nigerian public intellectual, wrote about Sowore on March 1, when Sahara Reporters clocked 12. “You are the husband of their mothers, the elephant who used them as carpet when they tried to block its path,” Adesanmi added.

Oh well, presidential election is 11 months away and from the colourful flyers flying around, the publisher of Sahara Reporters may be listed on the ballot paper as a presidential aspirant.

A BOY OF HOPE…


Young Sowore

“A boy of hope, but he should work harder for better future,” Sowore’s class teacher at the Community High School Kiribo, Ondo State made this remark on his result— where he had failed Mathematics, one of the core subjects, in 1984.

At age 9, Sowore, being the first child of a family of 24, fished in the lake for his family every morning before going to school. He would fetch water, wood and later, with his dad’s motorbike, he began making a living off helping women to ferry wares to the market.

By the time he was 13 and in class four, he couldn’t bear the burden anymore. His grades in school were terrible and the school principal had grudgingly promoted him to the next class.

Age 14, he finished secondary school with depressing results.

His father, who took his class teacher’s comment on his result as prophesy, sent him to live with one of his uncles, where he was to start school afresh.

Sowore eventually passed his exams and was offered admission into the University of Lagos.

SOWORE, ACTIVIST AND JOURNALIST


Sowore as journalist

Sometime in 1980, a group of policemen invaded Kiribo community where Sowore was growing as a boy. There had been a clash between the policemen and youths in the community who accused the officers of extorting money from market women.

From where Sowore sat inside his mother’s shop, he watched how people were brutalized by the police officers. Women weren’t spared as these officers took turn on them, and one of the rape victims was Sowore’s cousin.

The young Sowore had wished he had all the powers. He struggled from within, but he was just a little boy. That moment, however, the incident would stir the activism in him.

He once recalled; “as I grew up and realized the implication of what I witnessed, I decided to dedicate my life to the fight for human rights.”

Sowore took on activism in a full scale in 1989 at the University of Lagos. As a student activist, he was fully involved in demonstrations and rallies against the military rule of the time. He was a leading voice in the protests against the conditions of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan of $120 million to be used for a Nigerian oil pipeline. One of the loan conditions was to reduce the number of universities from 28 to five.

In 1992, Sowore was elected president of the SUG, and he continued to lead students in protests against government’s draconian policies. Fighting for students’ rights, he was expelled twice by the university authorities. And, more than five times, for constantly speaking against the government, he was arrested by the police and detained for days.


Sowore as an activist

One would have thought Sowore’s activism would end the moment he graduated, he carried the spirit with him to Adamawa state where he did the one year mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) service. The activist corps member was dismissed from the Adamawa State Broadcasting Corporation, his place of primary assignment. On a socio-political show he anchored, he had criticized the circumstances surrounding the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa, an environmental activist, and this, the offense that led to his dismissal.

On his last day as a corps member, while others went home, Sowore was arrested by men of the state security service and detained for two weeks. His offense this time? While serving, he mobilized his colleagues against the government.

In 1999, Sowore relocated to the US, and in 2006, he took a different area of activism by starting Sahara Reporters.

“Our mission is to do as much evidence-based reporting as possible. We want to make sure that we consistently shame and make life difficult for the thieves plundering Nigeria and holding down the country’s progress,” Sowore said of his news platform.

He had explained that he did not start Sahara Reporters with that original decision to change Nigeria’s media landscape, but soon he realized that the public trusted and yearned for more of his of reporting, and there, he decided to step fully to the plate and give in his best.

Indeed, Sowore has walked the talk. Sahara Reporters has exposed and shamed a considerable number of corrupt officials in Nigeria. Philip Shenon, a former investigative reporter with The New York Times had called Sahara Reporters the Wikileak of Africa.

Sowore, sometimes however, would not want to agree that he is a journalist. Well, he trained as a geographer, and he is more comfortable with the activist badge. He wouldn’t see this as a professional endeavor, and these days, he calls what he does; a continuation of activism.

SOWORE, PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA?


Sowore for president 2019

Sowore’s hatred for corrupt politicians in Nigeria is evident in his decade-long activism, writings and reporting. In his adult life, the 47 year old has continued to fight government institutions, and he cares less about his own safety, he just wants to see a corruption free Nigeria.

“Corruption will not go away if there are no long-term consequences for engaging in corruption,” Sowore would say. “Consequences, consequences, and severe consequences are the only way to curb corruption. There has to be revolutionary justice against corrupt public officers.”

But, who will lead this revolution?



“We may be late to the starting point of the revolution, but we’ll certainly get to the destination sooner than later,” Sowore while addressing his friends in Lagos, recently.

These friends who no longer believe in President Buhari’s ability to fight corruption are now calling on the dogged activist to run in 2019.

Yet to make his intentions known, he, however, recently said, “people are tired of the old order… they no longer want the ODBs and they are moving, we are all moving together!

“There will be no contest, it will be a walkover whenever the people oppressed by the wicked coalition that operates this cruel, inhuman, unjust, unfair and burdensome nation decide to take back their country.”

As his concerned friends wait to see him take up this task, can we imagine a Nigeria under a fearless President Sowore?

Source: The Cable

I am an Atikulate man, but I'll rather vote for Buhari than this ganja lie monger.

Mmlanrehh:
I think we should only have more of youths at the legislative arms. And if the president do anyhow they should just impeach his Ass..

And also my vote belongs to Atiku in 2019 general election not because he is a saint, We just need Nigeria to work again. And if he under performs I'll vote another candidate in 2023 till Nigeria get it right

You want Nigeria to work again and you are voting for a crook?

A man who will purchase our public enterprises in the name of privatization and make himself much more wealthy.

kamez:
noise makers don't make good leaders. using oshiomole as an example, a good noise maker as NLC president, but performed way below expectations as a governor. Sowore will be like trump if he becomes president



the national assembly would have been a Good place for him to pitch his tent

Exactly !

They will keep dissing Sowore comparing him to Oshiomole, lol

What has Oshiomole ever built in his life

Sowore is just like Seun of nairaland in terms of entrepreneurial spirit, building Sahara Reporters from the ground up and you compare hime to Oshiomole, are you serious?

I just don't get how anyone who wants a better Nigeria will vote for A buhari or an Atiku.

When last did you even hear either of them speak in public

God help Nigeria

In as much as no one wants an end to a good dream, you'll have to still wake up to reality at some point.

Please book mark this, if Sowore wins a polling unit, I'll offer to be his butler for a year for free.

BluntBoy:


You want Nigeria to work again and you are voting for a crook?

A man who will purchase our public enterprises in the name of privatization and make himself much more wealthy.

I dunno who do my people dis tin, I'm telling you.

it's like armed robbers visit your house and then you want them to visit again.

How even did a buhari, A known DICTATOR, as in DICTATOR, DICTAAAAAAAAAAAATOOOOOOOR OOOOOOOO, come into power in 2015

Only in naija!

God please heal your people and give them sense

zabuur:
In as much as no one wants an end to a good dream, you'll have to still wake up to reality at some point.

Please book mark this, if Sowore wins a polling unit, I'll offer to be his butler for a year for free.

Forget about if he wins bro, look within yourself and ask who is the best candidate and then vote for that person.

Don't vote APC or PDP because you think they are big parties, even the U.S democrat and republican party weren't in existence a long time ago, so to naija can kick our APC and PDP.

Of course it's not just about party, if PDP was fielding OBAMA for instance, I would campaign for PDP, but PDP is bringing Atiku, APC is bringing Buhari, two people that ruled me and you as children.

Please just vote with your conscience.

Good candidate, wrong party

kYjelly2:


I dunno who do my people dis tin, I'm telling you.

it's like armed robbers visit your house and then you want them to visit again.

How even did a buhari, A known DICTATOR, as in DICTATOR, DICTAAAAAAAAAAAATOOOOOOOR OOOOOOOO, come into power in 2015

Only in naija!

God please heal your people and give them sense

I think it is a curse. Some people don't want us to progress. Nigeria had prospect in the 60s but see how far we have derailed.

Pekele007:
Sowore and Fela Durotoye that worked together to foster a lifeless dullard on Nigerians in 2015


Have anyone listened to this tout called Sowore speak? He can't even answer basic questions on governance. SMH


We can't suddenly trust these sets of jokers with power because 3 years is too short for a zombie to regain his or her senses.


Sowore can start his political career as a local government chairman first cos Sowore as a president is a joke taken too far abeg.

Please how did he work for buhari?

Most people who support Sowore are Nigerians in diaspora cos probably they have tasted a good Government wherever they are.
Assuming we are normal, even if Sowore fails, we will vote him out and continue searching till we get it right. But unfortunately Naija are abmormal people and will continue to recycle old politicians.

Una go come back crying by 2022 even if Atiku wins and will continue recycling by that time.

I don lose hope.

Nigeria has never worked
This is a Nigeria of their dreams not ours.
Sowore seems arrogant but it's needed because our leaders have looted the country so bad that some Nigerians have become comfortable with looters and dictators.
I don't see any reason why Nigeria should not have been developed with its commonwealth like UAE.
We keep recycling leaders.
He is on a selfless mission, Robin Hood mission
Sahara reporters is worth millions of dollars but he decided to step into the political space to help build Nigeria
Why do we keep electing dvmb set of leaders & looters?

BluntBoy:


I think it is a curse. Some people don't want us to progress. Nigeria had prospect in the 60s but see how far we have derailed.

I too tend to believe sometimes that Nigeria/Nigerians has(ve) been cursed, I just don't get it.

Watch this video when you have time, even diaspora Nigerians are angry with people back home and rightfully so, cause it doesn't make sense how people can willfully campaign for a Buhari and Atiku after all the suffering Nigeria has been through since the 60s till now.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3dBl6NHWeA&t=907s

Sowore cannot govern Nigeria cos he lacks the expireince and network so necessary to succeed. He needs to go mainstream and go for lower political office lest he wastes his time and money. I've got a lot of respect for the dude though

kYjelly2:


I too tend to believe sometimes that Nigeria/Nigerians has(ve) been cursed, I just don't get it.

Watch this video when you have time, even diaspora Nigerians are angry with people back home and rightfully so, cause it doesn't make sense how people can willfully campaign for a Buhari and Atiku after all the suffering Nigeria has been through since the 60s till now.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3dBl6NHWeA&t=907s

Na real curse... We are really angry. Unfortunately no place like home but i need to get another passport. I don lose hope finally. Both Atiku & Buhari cant do it.

Kolewerk

Jayloy:
People just run their mouth anyhow instead of being grateful that a bold youth like them is leading a movement to take back this government from recycled politicians. The movement is #Takeitback and not Sowore2019 because he himself knows that the youths who should vote for his likes are shouting Atikulating Obediently. Atiku who has been relevant in our politics since 1980s now contesting almost 40 years later.
Now let me ask you, who among the politicians have a vibrant campaign like Sowore. What of the quality of ideas his presenting. The youths need to be smart. And mind you there have been rumours especially by Deji Adeyanju that all the other youthful candidates have been bought save Sowore. My only issue with Sowore is that he doesn't know how to do little hypocrisy to win friends like many Nigerians.

Which “quality of ideas”?

Don’t make me laugh. I like him but his ideas especially regarding the economy are scary. He suggested that the minimum wage should be increased to 100k. It truly boggles the mind to think about the fall out from such a policy.

I think you stick to his “activism”.

Seriously Nigerians we have our destiny in our hands.

Sowore is very convincing.
We all know Buhari or Atiku has no good plan for Nigeria.

I strongly believe in Sowore.
Lets make a point!

MrHenri:
I strongly believe in sowore and I know he can deliver. Our problem is how to convince the youths to stop look for their future in the hands of old folks who has been in power since 1960.
Well, As for me and my household, we will vote for sowore 2019.

it sadden my heart everyday that some youths still have it in mind to vote for either Atiku or Buhari, it shows the commoners of this country are not ready to liberate themselves from the hands of their oppressors.

Curlieweed:


Which “quality of ideas”?

Don’t make me laugh. I like him but his ideas especially regarding the economy are scary. He suggested that the minimum wage should be increased to 100k. It truly boggles the mind to think about the fall out from such a policy.

I think you stick to his “activism”.

Why can't minimum wage be 100k or do you think 18k is enough? And moreover, he has explained where he hopes to get the money from. He floored Moghalu on this same issue on their debates on TVC last week. Imagine the 5 million dollars Gaduje hid in his Babariga. I'm sure people like you would scream to high heavens that he'll cause inflation if he said he was going to add it to workers salary.
Which candidate are you supporting and let's compare their ideas if you think his is not quality enough.

Sowore the Arrogant, Chaff and Loose Canon, who thinks what he needs to get to Aso Rock is through Noise Making and Making Frivolous promises, of what he knows Nothing about, Someone, that wouldn’t do well as a Councilor.
Sowore is a Lousy joker

God forbid! Him done baff? Has he take good care of his life or family before saying anything about being councilor of his word not to talk of chairman or governor before eyeing presidency. Make una park una keke well ooo. We the youth of this great country no get joy for bad governance oo. More so, don't forget to be Atikulated come 2019. ATIKU for life!