seanet02:

Mumu, you better go and form your own party and install ya brothers and family members as candidates. We are talking of a Performing Party in Lagos, osun, Ekiti and Edo, all you can do is spew garbage on a matter because you lost out. ODECHUKWU

osundefender:

oh u mean i should form my own party and do what tinubu is doing in lagos state imposing his wife as d senatorial candidate and his inlaws and nephews as house of rep and house of assembly candidate? NO THANKS! i strongly believe in democracy.

osundefender:

oh u mean i should form my own party and do what tinubu is doing in lagos state imposing his wife as d senatorial candidate and his inlaws and nephews as house of rep and house of assembly candidate? NO THANKS! i strongly believe in democracy.

seanet02:

the very democracy that produces Akala. Ogd, ohakim, oyinlola,ibori, uduaghan,oni and co is what you called Democracy? Arrant s.tupi.dhty the fact is if party elders does not scrutinize aspirants, how do you expect Fashola to defeat omisore in an open primary where the highest bidder takes all? Do you think GEJ can defeat Atiku in an open Primary where money is not used to induce poverty stricken delegates? GROW UP

osundefender:

I can't help but bring to the notice of my fellow nairalanders of the political situations in osunstate particularly the action congress of nigeria (ACN). one will always wonder why the ACN a party which preaches dignity and transparency in all dealings will chose not to conduct primary elections for political offices but yet order all aspirants to purchase forms of intent (120k for house of assembly aspirants, 300k for house of rep aspirants and 500k for senetorial aspirants)
these aspirants also went through stressfull screaning process with the thought that the best candidate will be chosen. Little did they know that this screaning exercise was only for formalty sake because the chief dictator himself who calls himself the executive governor already has his own candidate whom he intends to impose on the good people of osun state against their wishes. the screaning panel submitted the names of the candidates who performed well to the party for adoption but mr dictator changed the list to his own list which was submitted to to INEC. This development was greeted by violent protests by Party members (who have worked, prayed and some even lost their lives during the 2007 elections and subsiquent election tribunals for the victory of Mr Aregbe) both at the governors office in osogbo and the home town of the the national chairman of the party chief bisi Akande (sometimes i wonder if he is still the national chairman) in Ila. These protests were surprisingly ignored by the party, even Newspapers didnt report these protests. It is also known that Mr Aregbeshola has also compilled his list of commissioners with majority in the list being his friends in Lagos state while he was a commissioner. Protests by party faithfuls were also ignored by Mr Dictator.

Mr Aregbeshola, i think you are bitting the fingers that fed you. This people you are ignoring are the same people who ensured your victory at the 2007 polls, stood by you during the election tribunal and ensured your succesful swearing in to office. they have been with the party even when you were still a commissioner in Lagos state. If you still choose to ignore them then you are spelling doom for the party in this forth coming general election. my advice to you is to be more reasonable and stop being a dictator!!!

aworee:

Those of you condeming Tinubu and praises Fashola,may be you people has forgoten that Fashola was also imposed and now all of us are living withness to the wonder the people's gonernor is doing in Lagos state.@ poster,on the accusation of Aregbesola appoint his friends as commissioners,do you want him to make his enimies commissoiners?

yemmight:

@poster,

So, is Aregbe that determine how much a candidate will pay or the party? And what is wrong if the Gov invites his former colleagues to come and be commisioners? If the gov then look for some technocrats that can move the state forward he should not do that?  Some of you are confortabble with a system where a gov will rule for 8 years without a change.  Now you are here and call your self osundefender, who are you really defending if you want development in that state? Who?

osundefender:



Well Mr yemmight, if we define democracy atleast by the definition they thought us in secondary school, democracy is defined as the government of the people by the people and for the people. This tells us that for democracy to be achieved a leader has to be chosen from a group of people. This leader has to be part of the group of people he is to lead and not brought from another group of people. What I'm saying is that I don't think it is right for the governor to bring someone else from another state who has not been staying in osun state to handle the affairs of the ministry in osun state. Are you saying there are no technocrats no progressives no right thinking people living in osun state that the affairs of a ministry can be entrusted upon? Are you saying Osun state can only be governed by ousiders because there are no sensible people living in the state? That is a big slap on the faces of those living in the state who voted him in and ensured he came out victorious at the tribunals and swearing in to office

Like someone rightly said, do you think Aregbeshola and co have the interest of Nigerians at heart or theirs first and formost

yemmight:

You must hear yourself very well.  Aregbe, being a native of Osun State, served as a commisioner in Lagos State and that has prepared him well to serve as a Gov.  In Lagos, the commisioner for finance is an Ibo man, Opeyemi Bamidele came from Ekiti, Adewusi came from Oyo, a lot of them like that and they have performed credibly well in thier respective positions.  This is not a Fed Govt system where they use quota and it never worked anyway.  Does it mean Aregbe will never gave opportunities to the indigines of that state? no.  Who cares, all everybody wants is feasible development in that state that have been lacking in the past eight years.  If he wants to bring in abokis that can turn around the state, so be it.  If for instance I work in a company for few years and I got another job that is more challeging, do i need to be told to woo some of my collegues? A[b] yoruba adage will say the old witches you know for long is better than the new angels you never knew.[/b]  If you are loosing out in the sharing for now work more harder.

babytoun:

Nothing annoys me more than , a group of people who call themselves progressives trying so hard to defend what is not right. Lets call a spade a spade. If something is wrong, then say so, instead  of conjuring up explanations to justify what is wrong.

If you are going to impose candidates as a party why sell forms to everybody and still make them undergo screening?


Dont come here telling us that Fashola was imposed hence imposition is the right way to do things.  What makes you think that a FEMI PEDRO elected properly through the primaries would not have done better than Fashola?

Internal democracy is not imposition of candidates by elders, it is the election of candidates by delegates.

Remi tinubu is now being tactically positioned to take over from fashola, surely by imposition again.