BAT is only a master of Lagos politics but when it comes to national politics, he need to attend the class of pol 121 from northerner's politicians. This is when obj over smart him.
jamace: 33 Reasons Why Southern Nigerians are Fools - and the Northerners are not! By Eccentric Rowland.
Sadly, 80% of Southerners who see this article will not read it! Note: This article was not developed to ascribe to the entire Northern Nigeria the selfish antics and machination of a few individuals who belong to the region. It would be unfair to do that. Also, this article was developed not with the intention of causing incitement... 1. An average Northerner acquires a cheap transistor radio-set in order to gain political awareness from broadcasting structures such as BBC (Hausa Service),Radio Nigeria, etc. This practice has made the region the most politically-aware region in Nigeria. On the hand, an average Southerner, typically, acquires expensive Smartphones equipped with FM radio receiving capability. Instead, they would rather listen to inane songs like “Your Waist”, “Skelewu”,“Ginger Your Swagger”, “NoGede”, etc. 2. Unlike the South, the North understands the importance of numbers in politics. This is why, by all strategic means necessary, the North ensures that they have a larger representation at the National Assembly. 3. Northerners don’t shout, scream, vent and speak “big grammar” to prove that they are politically intelligent on political programmes on TV and radio. Instead, they shout, scream, vent, kick, punch, taekwondo, etc on the floor of the National Assembly to promote a cause that is in their favor. The reverse is the case for the Southerners. 4. Southern graduates/job seekers consider the public sector (government institutions) an unfashionable place for employment.Meanwhile, the Northerners massively recruit and entrench themselves into the public sector and manipulate themselves up the ranks. While all these are going on, their southern brothers and sisters spend years languishing in the labour market for the elusive jobs in blue chip organizations. Yet, Southerners complain of marginalization in the public sector. 5. For some weird reasons, the South is always frightened when the North make political pronouncements. Even weirder - for some inexplicable reasons, Senators and House of Representative members from the South appear to be too timid to oppose their northern counterparts during legislative sessions. 6. According to the gospel of the North - the Northerners were born to rule. That is, leadership (of Nigeria) is their exclusive preserve. By extension, the Southerners were born to be led! Interestingly, certain actions of some Southerners support this belief. 7. The North has more (unrated) billionaires(in Dollars) than any region in Nigeria. For instance, a certain Alhaji Mai Deribe (an oil well licensee)would certainly laugh each time Forbes releases its ratings and his name is not listed. 8. The North doesn’t produce crude oil, but the Northern Senators had the temerity to oppose the 10% host community funds. The Southern legislators find nothing wrong in that, so long as it doesn’t affect their “constituency allowances”. 9. {Singing}Come and see Nigeria wonder! (2x) Statistical absurdity of the grandest order is stating that Kano is more populous than Lagos! Dear friends, even science have proved from simple demographic distribution patterns across the globe that population increases as we move from the hinterland (desert/Savannah region) to the coast– but in the case of Nigeria, the North which lies in the arid zone, is more populous than the South – by a deviously doctored census report. Okay o! We dey look. 10. The North have ruled the country legally(democratically) and illegally (military) for 37 out of the 53 years. The South is very comfortable with this inequality. 11. The North is the chief proponent of the "quota system” and “federal character” principle – a system that was crafted to sacrifice merit on the altar of “national oneness”. In simple terms, even the most unqualified gets a slot in sensitive national projects. 12. Northern law-makers at the National Assembly- typically - rally amongst themselves to promote legislations that favors their region (e.g. pedophilic laws). Southern law-makers typically rally amongst themselves to promote legislations that will increase their salaries and constituency allowances. 13. To the Northerners - the census exercise is not just a statistical evaluation exercise. Instead, it is considered a key political exercise. Meanwhile, the Southern folks see census exercise as a temporal job opportunity for its largely unemployed undergraduates. In the words of Chief Festus Odimegwu (recently resigned Chairman of National Population Commission) “There has been no credible census in the country since 1816 because of manipulations”, Punch Newspaper, 18 October 2013. 14. When it comes to regional unity – religion, politics and language are the common uniting factor for the North. Southerners(especially the South-Easterners) are never united for any course. (Oh, well, Soccer sometimes offers some measure of unity among the Southerners!). 15. The North is the region with the least education, least resources, least development and pervasive poverty – yet, they have ruled Nigeria for 37 years out of the nation’s 53 years of independence. 16. Only the North understands the logic behind establishing a national refinery (the Kaduna refinery) thousands of kilometers away from the point of extraction of crude oil. 17. When it concerns the north, a new standard is always invented. For else, how does one explain how Sani Abacha – a near-midget –escaping the “standard height” rule of the military. Even, rising to be president. 18. The North conceived and sold the “Boko Haram” concept as a pointer to the fact that the South is incapable of ruling the country. The South has wholesomely bought the idea. “Yes, automatically Boko Haram will disappear if the north gets the presidency by 2015. I am sure”. Excerpt from the interview granted by Lawal Keita (2nd Republic Governor of Kaduna State) to the News magazine (October 2013) 19. An “instant enemy” of the northern region is any appointed public officer (especially a female one) from the south who has the temerity to oppose their common cause. Or, one that is standing as a clog in their continued dominance in the Oil & Gas/public sector. Some southerners gleefully and ignorantly join in the attack on some of these public officials. 20. Poverty, ignorance, lack of education, religious bigotry and fanaticism, etc are some very powerful tools needed to effectively manipulate/control people. The Northern oligarchy is very aware of this. Hence, their manipulation of the masses in the north (using these tools) for their selfish interest. 21. Of all the regions, the North is the least supportive of resource control, Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), and the entrenchment of true federalism. The South finds nothing suspicious in that. 22. It is unbelievable to believe that some WISEMEN (in a certain political party) from the South were party to a bizarre arrangement for “power shift” or “power rotation” between the North and the South – when, clearly, the south is home to 2 major ethnic groups and - by far - more ethnic groups than the north. 23. The North offers the most opposition to the privatization of public (government) institutions. Opposition to privatization is principally to prevent the likely disengagement of their largely unqualified members. (BTW, till date, some people still earn salaries of close to N1m monthly from the comatose NITEL. Now guess what region most of these people are from? Note: This fact is verifiable.) 24. The South produces the crude oil (Nigeria’s economic mainstay). However, amongst the regions, the North owns majority of the oil blocks, oil prospecting (OPL) and oil mining (OML) licenses. 25. Northern leaders (political and religious)have never come out, unanimously, to publicly condemn the menace of Boko Haram. Southern leaders (political and religious) that publicly condemn the methods of Boko Haram attract criticisms and are described as self-seeking or seeking attention/relevance. 26. Political power means just one thing to the North – control of the nation’s economic mainstay (Petroleum resources). Little wonder they are vehemently opposed to the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). 27. While the north was too busy attacking some Federal Ministers from the South for “ineptitude”, they failed to notice the atrocities of Northern Ministers who were on a mission to inflict callous disparity within the sectors they were meant to oversee. Please, kindly check out the bizarre disparity in cut off points (quota admission) into the 104 Federal Government Colleges (FGCs) aka “Unity Schools”. It was published in January,2013, by the Federal Ministry of Education under the careful supervision of Prof. Ruqayyah Ahmed Rufa’i - a “once upon a time” Minister of Education from the North. Note the disparity between cut off point for southern and northern students. · Abia Male(130) Female (130) · AkwaIbom Male(123), Female (123) · Anambra Male(139) Female (139) · Benue Male (111), Female (111) · Bayelsa Male (72), Female (72) · CrossRivers Male (97), Female (97) · Delta Male (131), Female (131) · Ebonyi Male (112), Female (112) · Edo Male (127), Female (127) · Ekiti Male (119), Female (119) · Enugu Male (134), Female (1340 · Imo Male 9138), Female (138) · Kogi Male (119), Female (119) · Kwara Male (123), Female (123) · Lagos Male (133), Female (133) · Ogun Male (131), Female (131) · Ondo Male (126), Female (126) · Rivers Male (118), Female (118) · Osun Male (127), Female (127) · Oyo Male (127), Female (127) · Plateau Male (97), Female (97) · Yobe Male (20), Female (27) · FCTAbuja Male (90), Female (90) · Kaduna Male (91), Female (91) · Nasarawa Male (58), Female 58) · Niger Male (93), Female (93) · Kano Male (67), Female (67) · Katsina Male (60), Female (60) · Adamawa Male (62) Female (62) · Borno Male (45), Female (45) · Gombe Male (58), Female (58) · Jigawa Male(44), Female (44) · Bauchi Male (35), Female (35) · Kebbi Male (9), Female (20) · Sokoto Male (9), Female (13) · Taraba Male (3), Female (11) · Zamfara Male (4), Female (2) 28. Contrary to the general belief - the biggest unifying factor in Nigeria is not football , but “Crude Oil”. Now note this: The very moment crude oil (in significant commercial quantity) is discovered in the North, that day will mark the beginning of the North’s agitation for a breakaway from the entity called Nigeria. 29. The Nigerian constitution was deliberately flawed and crafted to benefit the North. 30. Strangely, for a nation with vastly more ethic nationalities situated in the South, it is rather suspicious that Nigeria is divided along just regional lines – The North and the South. Now, of course, we all know which region this strange dichotomy favors. 31. The North is the region with the least education, least resources, least development and pervasive poverty – yet, they claim rulership of the nation by right (the “Born to rule” philosophy). In other words, the north must maintain all the undeserved advantages handed them by the British colonial masters and fortified by the North-controlled military political class between 1960 and 1999. 32. In the thinking of a typical Northerner, Arewa Northern Nigeria (not Nigeria) won the Nigerian civil war. 33. In defending a northern interest, if political logic fails, then religious antics and sentiments are stirred up by the Northerner leaders. BONUS The relocation of the nation’s capital from Lagos to Abuja was a deliberate plan of the Northern oligarchy (using the military) to situate the nation’s seat of power at the door-step of the Northerners. They, cleverly, gave Nigerians and the world the impression that everything was irreparably wrong with Lagos as the capital, and that to correct the impression, the capital would need to be situated in the heart of the northern region of Nigeria. To fulfill this arrangement - and give the relocation project an unbiased outlook - reputable Southerners (e.g. Late Justice Akinola Aguda and Tai Solarin) were recruited into the panel set up by the northern oligarchy.
WORD ON MARBLE: “This new Nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great grandfather, Uthman Dan Fodio. We must RUTHLESSLY prevent a change of power. We use the minorities in the north as willing tools, and the South, as conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us, and never allow them to have control over the future.” Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna of Sokoto & Premier of Northern Region: The Parrot newspaper, October 12, 1960.
Now, who is the real fool here?
Southerners got ponder on this.....las las we all go dey alright
Foolish Igbo TV presenter you mean to say. The same fools you will be amazed they are from the shithole of Abia where there governors have looted their destiny n destiny of their unborn generation beyond repairs but the fools won't say a word about that on their show.
Igbo land is indeed doomed cos of hypocrisy
VcStunner: TV Presenters and comedians are now using the man for caricature . I saw this one on YouTube, the presenter is definitely looking for trouble.
fairfora: I was about putting up a piece on Tinubu at the politics thread this morning but reading this, i felt it's not necessary. Nigerian youths let us take a cue of the edo politics as its still super hot. I watched the primaries yesterday and was amazed at the orderliness as it was televised live. That was the way our forefathers practiced open and transparent politics. I also heard Imasuagbon, one of the aspirants who stepped down speak this morning and could take a few words away from his statements. . This message goes to the yoruba youths in particular of which am one. The earlier we end godfatherism in yorubaland the better for us. Oyo is winning already with the emergence of Makinde who's thinking in the right direction. In retrospect, Pa Awolowo was no godfather to anyone rather, some of his folks ended up stabbing him in the back for being open as he gave everyone a level playing ground to operate. I remember a story once put up by Chief Omololu Olunloyo whom I respect so much. He said he always visited Pa Awo in his Oke Bola residence, opposite the popular Odusote Bookstores, the largest bookseling company in Africa at a time. He said he would sit down as an opposition and awolowo would give him beer to drink and he would tell him papa, you cannot win, telling him the reasons and they'd all laugh over it.
I also remember Alhaji Lateef Jakande in his active days in politics. He was no godfather to anyone, likewise Pa Michael Otedola who reigned after him and that was why someone like otedola, a printer could become governor of Lagos. Tinubu came and made himself a small god, surrounding himself with sycophants and thugs, those who would not hesitate to take anyone off his feet, should the person speak anything against him.
My people, we have been hearing that we are the futures of Nigeria but the future wouldn't stop coming our way. Many of us would soon become irrelevant in politics and leadership because age would soon start playing its part. Yesterday's youths are now men of today who can hardly fend for their family and no thanks to godfathers who have mortgaged their future, only to give them stipends when the election is approaching and dump them thereafter for their selfish gains. The bane behind our ordeal is godfatherism. I'd urge the diehard supporters of godfatherism to please sheath their swords and join the winning team. The team is neither the APC nor the PDP but you and I who can form a formidable force against godfatherism in Nigeria and the future would be truly ours. They don't have the number, we do. They only have money and influence but if we could shun them, we can take our country back. Good morning all.
toprealman: Re: Hunting In The Sacred Months Dear Seun, Must I swear to your oath and give up my religion before I make a comment on a Muslim issue? Do you do same for Christians, traditionalists...etc? We all claim to like freedom of speech, democracy.....etc, yet encourage the exact opposite. This is 2020 and it is called the 21st century for a reason. The people that introduced these religions to us do not even go about it the way we do. Life is simple and beautiful, let's not complicate it further. You no holy pass brother......always remember this. Oshay!
This particular matter tire me You see everyone commenting on Christian and traditionalist threads freely but when it comes to Islam u gas swear oath, that's really ancient.
24SEVEN: Between Tinubu and Atiku, I don't know who is more desperate to be President of Nigeria..
Tinubu is yet to express any presidential intentions and he's obviously not interested, but rumor mongers and gist peddlers don see desperation deen don begin prin campaign posters for Tinubu.
princepalace: South south man was chairman, south south man wanted him out. Now, the post go back to the people who know how to play politics, who believed when their kinsman is there, they are also there. Later now south south will be saying north are everywhere and crying marginalization.
We're not crying sir, besides the North and their Western servants were the main formulators of APC so they can have it. PDP is the party in the SS and as you can see we are firmly in control of the party.
VcStunner: TV Presenters and comedians are now using the man for caricature . I saw this one on YouTube, the presenter is definitely looking for trouble.
frankline461: He is unhappy and whose business is that?
I have been unhappy about the state of Nigeria for years now, how the youths have incorporated the 'get rich fast' mentality and no one is thinking about making innovations and inventions that will shake the world, all they want to do is sit behind their phones and laptop with a fake profile and chat with sex/love starved men and women for money and cards.
Maybe I can be the change, maybe you can too, it's starts from individuals. Get a laptop or a phone, start learning something online. Programming, digital marketing, vtu, writing, etc.
Stick to what you're doing, and maybe your case can be like that of ikorodu boys who are going from ikorodu to USA for free.
Sorry, we don't have more important issues
I am impressed we still have young people with a positive mentality. You r 100% right, sometimes I cry in my heart seeing how our youths have lost direction in life.
nairavsdollars: Serves him right. You know Ajimobi is dead and you are issuing out statements in his name as Acting national chairman
You people just love to believe everything that goes against Tinubu just because you don't like him. Keep masturbating over lies from the pit of hell, Tinubu is waxing stronger everyday no matter the campaign of lies against him. Get sense please
aeronot: What I don't understand is the Attorney General swearing in party members. Does it apply to other political parties? Is the attorney general a full Apc member? Is he the AG not meant to be for the Nigerian state? Or for Apc? I don tire for this country.
They said the AG swear the caretaker committee in as a lawyer, and not as a political office holder.
