Hodaya:

Get a life mate. Do you call all these achievements?

It's a shame, an average University graduate isn't literate enough to operate a computer system and yet GEJ intends to create more of such schools. Talk about a so called scholar not sound enough to identify possible solutions to our existing problems. Me think a junior secondary school should be have all needed skills to operate a PC.

Whose fault is it? Is it that they were never made available,  or they were provided and some hooligans("future leaders" amongst them destroyed them instead of taking advantage of the opportunity given to them. I want us to get to the grassroots of all these problems you are listing.

I want to know who amongst all you critics presented a well outlined proposal addressing a particular issue/problem in Nigeria, with solutions to the problems and it was ignored.

@ execellency , even obama has always shown himself to be a grassroot person,fighting for human rights and rights of the minorities, down trodden, he even used to defend people for free, hw has antecedents, goodluck has no antecedents, no track record, nothing , no past glory, what did he achieve as governor of bayelsa , absolutely nothing , luckily he was given 8 months to show himself , and he has failed woefully, he has only stood up for the corrupt and outdated people

steroid:

Some Achievements of GEJ include:

no fuel scarcity

four airlines (Arik, Continental, Delta and United), with direct flights from the United States (US)

five functional international airports.

the reopening of three textile mills in Kaduna that had previously been closed including the United Nigeria Textile Mills Ltd.; which has reopened as a result of accessing funds from the N200 billion textile industry bail out funds leading to the re engagement of 2000 workers that were laid off when the company went out of business.

addition of one new Federal University in each of the six geo-politcal zones for which work has already begun. The six new federal universities did not exist last year

etc,

You forget to add increase in Civil servants salaries,tolerance of opponent and respect for the rule of law.What about strenghtening INEC to organise a free and fair election?

steroid:

Some Achievements of GEJ include:

no fuel scarcity

Not an achievement. You might as well give him an award because Aso Villa hasn't burned down during his reign.

four airlines (Arik, Continental, Delta and United), with direct flights from the United States (US)

This is due to agreements that were signed long before GEJ became president. Also, this has little or no effect on the lives of average Nigerians.

five functional international airports.

Nigeria has 2 major international airports: Lagos and Abuja. The others were barely functional before and are barely functional now. There has'nt been any change that I'm aware of. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

the reopening of three textile mills in Kaduna that had previously been closed including the United Nigeria Textile Mills Ltd.; which has reopened as a result of accessing funds from the N200 billion textile industry bail out funds leading to the re engagement of 2000 workers that were laid off when the company went out of business.

Throwing taxpayers' money at failing businesses is not an achievement. By next tomorrow, the money will have finished and its back to square one. What has he done to address the fundamental economic problems that caused the companies to close? You need to go and dig out your secondary school economics textbook.

addition of one new Federal University in each of the six geo-politcal zones for which work has already begun. The six new federal universities did not exist last year

Universities that exist only on paper. Do you actually believe the promises of a PDP politician? Have you already forgotten about the 10,000 Megawatts? Besides, Nigeria has more than enough universities. What has he done to fix the ones we have already. I suspect that the new schools are more about fooling gullible voters and creating contracts for his PDP friends.

Sorry, but you can't convince anybody with this flimsy nonsense. Maybe you should talk about the amazing improvement in electricity supply, or the sharp fall in maternal and infant mortality. Or the fact that he has locked up all the corrupt politicians. Or the increased peace and security all over the country.

Except that you can't because Jonathan hasn't achieved anything in any of the areas that Nigerians actually care about.

Evil Brain:

Not an achievement. You might as well give him an award because Aso Villa hasn't burned down during his reign.
This is due to agreements that were signed long before GEJ became president. Also, this has little or no effect on the lives of average Nigerians.
Nigeria has 2 major international airports: Lagos and Abuja. The others were barely functional before and are barely functional now.
Throwing taxpayer's money at failing businesses is not an achievement. By next tomorrow, the money will have finished and its back to square one. What has he done to address the fundamental economic problems that caused the companies to close? You need to go and dig out your secondary school economics textbooks.
Universities that exist only on paper. Do you actually believe the promises of a PDP politician? Have you already forgotten about the 10,000 Megawatts? Besides, Nigeria has more than enough universities. What has he done to fix the ones we have already. I suspect that the new schools are more about fooling gullible voters and creating contracts for his PDP friends.
Sorry, but you can't convince anybody with this flimsy nonsense. Maybe you should talk about the amazing improvement in electricity supply, or the sharp fall in maternal and infant mortality. Or the fact that he has locked up all the corrupt politicians. Or the increased peace and security all over the country.

Except that you can't because Jonathan hasn't achieved anything in any of the areas that Nigerians actually care about.

As an analyst I presume you to be,  and a graduate who has passed through the for walls of a university, please proffer a feasible solution to any

of the problems you were quick to identify.


It is one thing to know that there is a problem, another is to solve it.

“In the education sector, Nigerians can celebrate an allocation of almost N1 trillion (N933 billion) in the proposed budget for 2011 to a sector which had less than a third of that amount (N249.08 billion) allocated to it last . In addition, THANK TO GEJ FOR THE addition of one new Federal University in each of the six geo-politcal zones for which work has already begun. The six new federal universities did not exist last BEFORE GEJ”

9 MONTHS OF NO FUEL SCARCITY “Note that this did not happen by accident but is a deliberate effort by his administration to ease the pains of Nigerians “

the country could boast of four airlines (Arik, Continental, Delta and United), with direct flights from the United States (US) while the country could only boast of one last year.




Nigerians could boast of five functional international airports.

“These new international airports made it easier to airlift Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu (please pray for his recovery) instead of risking his life further by driving him to a farther airport.
“In the manufacturing sector, Nigerians can celebrate the reopening of three textile mills in Kaduna that had previously been closed including the United Nigeria Textile Mills Ltd.; which has reopened as a result of accessing funds from the N200 billion textile industry bail out funds leading to the re engagement of 2000 workers that were laid off when the company went out of business






“In the area of human rights, Nigerians have seen improvements. there were 27 soldiers serving a life sentence for an incidence that some claimed was not their fault but GEJ they have been released and ARE with their families. BEFORE GEJ several exiles such as Nuhu Ribadu and Nasir El Rufai etc RAN FROM their friends and families, but UNDER GEJ they have the liberty to be with their friends and families in Nigeria plus there are NO Nigerian political exiles outside Nigeria NOW CAN THE SAME BE SAID ABOUT BUHARIS REGIME OF 1983?

i think this thread would have been titled:
[b][/b]ANTI-JONATHAN FORUM

the truth is i still prefer him to the other candidates esp some greedy old men who were there before, and want to go back and turn  themselves to Ghaddaffi

I WISH U ALL GOOD LUCK

Ozin:

You forget to add increase in Civil servants salaries

An increase that came at the expense of the country's long-term stability. Nigeria is almost bankrupt because recurrent expenditure is so high. The only thing that increase show is that Jonathan cannot make the hard decisions. He should be reducing the size of government and trying to save money. Instead he's doing the opposite. This kind of short-sighted populist nonsense is what started the economic meltdown of the 1980s. Check your secondary school econs textbook if yo don't believe me.

tolerance of opponent

As shown by his "Rascals" speech. You've conveniently forgotten the childish way he and his people tried to frame IBB for the Eagle's Square bomb blasts.

and respect for the rule of law

You mean he has locked up all his corrupt PDP friends? When did that happen?

What about strenghtening INEC to organise a free and fair election?

This is same the president that tried to manipulate the electoral act to favour him. To his credit, he appointed someone who isn't a well known thief to head INEC but we can't give him any credit until after the elections are held and the results announced. Don't forget that we once thought Maurice Iwu was honest as well.

You GEJ supporters should keep trying. Today I'm like Peter Rufai in his prime!

Hodaya:

Get a life mate. Do you call all these achievements?

It's a shame, an average University graduate isn't literate enough to operate a computer system and yet GEJ intends to create more of such schools. Talk about a so called scholar not sound enough to identify possible solutions to our existing problems. Me think a junior secondary school should be have all needed skills to operate a PC.

U dont need to use such words as GET A LIFE.Why cant you follow simple rules in a debate,shows why u can not use a computer as a graduate.Even if GEJ brings Heaven here into Nigeria,your type with sentiments,tribal and cynicsm wont see it.

karl max:

“In the education sector,  Nigerians can celebrate an allocation of almost N1 trillion (N933 billion) in the proposed budget for 2011 to a sector which had less than a third of that amount (N249.08 billion) allocated to it last . In addition, THANK TO GEJ FOR THE addition of one new Federal University in each of the six geo-politcal zones for which work has already begun. The six new federal universities did not exist last BEFORE GEJ”

9 MONTHS OF NO FUEL SCARCITY “Note that this did not happen by accident but is a deliberate effort by his administration to ease the pains of Nigerians “

the country could boast of four airlines (Arik, Continental, Delta and United), with direct flights from the United States (US) while the country could only boast of one last year.




Nigerians could boast of five functional international airports.

“These new international airports made it easier to airlift Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu (please pray for his recovery) instead of risking his life further by driving him to a farther airport.
“In the manufacturing sector, Nigerians can celebrate the reopening of three textile mills in Kaduna that had previously been closed including the United Nigeria Textile Mills Ltd.; which has reopened as a result of accessing funds from the N200 billion textile industry bail out funds leading to the re engagement of 2000 workers that were laid off when the company went out of business






“In the area of human rights, Nigerians have seen improvements.  there were 27 soldiers serving a life sentence for an incidence that some claimed was not their fault but GEJ they have been released and ARE with their families. BEFORE GEJ several exiles such as Nuhu Ribadu and Nasir El Rufai etc RAN FROM  their friends and families, but UNDER GEJ they have the liberty to be with their friends and families in Nigeria plus there are NO Nigerian political exiles outside Nigeria NOW CAN THE SAME BE SAID ABOUT BUHARIS REGIME OF 1983?

My guy you too much! but GEJ haters for no reason will not see all these.They will ask for achievement and when u give them these sweet achievement of GEJ,they will say that is no achievement.May God help us all

I know who I am voting for: Buhari/Bakare.
I can't even vote for that GEJ.

Ozin:

U dont need to use such words as GET A LIFE.Why cant you follow simple rules in a debate,shows why u can not use a computer as a graduate.Even if GEJ brings Heaven here into Nigeria,your type with sentiments,tribal and cynicsm wont see it.

From his response you can tell his one of those artistically illiterate ones who think it's all about going to school to get a certificate.

1,ESSENCO(WHEN POOR TRADERS ARE FORCED AT GUN POINT TO SELL BELOW COST PRICE)
2,DECREE 20(Miscellaneous Offences Decree, BUT WHEN HIS INLAW WAS INVOLVED HE LOOKED THE OTHER WAY)
3,DECREE 4(THE PRESS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT HIS REGIME evn if is true, no wonder the proof of the stolen 2.8billion nnpc acount during his time as the head in 1976 never came out but we still have strong Nigerians like vera ifudu who should us evidence of the money cooling of in his private act at midlands bank in london)
4,WAI(WERE PEOPLE ARE BEATING BY SOLDIERS LIKE ANIMAL ALL IN THE NAME OF DECIPLINE). is this the achivement his talking about ?or this ones

5, The change of colour of the nation's currency notes (except the fifty kobo note) in April 1984 to stop currency trafficking. The exercise rendered almost half of the estimated N6 billion in circulation worthless at the expiration of the chang.or is it his economic reforms people who understand economy in buharis camp repond


6 The introduction of N 100 airport special levy for travellers going outside Africa

7The closure of the Nigerian borders in January 1984 to stem smuggling

or In 1984, Nigeria's recognition of the Sahara Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) on November 11, 1984.

please argue with facts and stop name calling


PTF ROAD PROJECT UNDER BUHARI
Of all the roads rehabilitated by he PTF, only 1984.5 kilometres of roads representing 10.84 per cent were carried out in the South West; from where the bulk of the PTF revenue came since the zone consumes over 60 per cent of refined petroleum products. All the Southern States had 4,440.43 kms or 24 per cent of road rehabilitation as against 13,870.47 kms or 76 per cent in the Northern States zone three comprising the North-West States of Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara had a lion share of 5020 kms or 27.42 per cent because the Fund’s Chairman, Buhari and the military dictator Sani Abacha were from there; zone four comprising the North-East States of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe picked 23.48 per cent. This is the zone where Salihijo Ahmed, the late Chief Executive of Afri-Project Consortium APC, the sole consultants that supervised all PTF projects came from".--- Afenifere

Breakdown from above

Total Road projects through PTF funds under Buhari =13,870.47 kms

South West Road Projects=1984.5 kilometers (10.84)

Southern States 4,440 Kl (24%)

Northern States =13,870.47 kms (76%)

South East?

South South ?

Both South South and South East share a marginalized 14% or 7% for each zone

Read the full story at: http://www.nigerianmuse.com/20061228122222zg/nigeria-watch/all-about-the-oputa-panel-hrvic/nigeria-has-persecuted-the-yoruba-submission-of-afenifere-to-the-human-rights-violations/

As PTF Chairman, he was an ethnic champion with the way projects under your supervision were executed. The Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, Shagamu/Benin Expressway and their Ibadan/Ilorin counterpart became death traps because you deliberately ignored these national arteries of commerce and social mobilisation due to a myopic vision of ‘punishing’ the Yoruba Nation for standing up to Abacha.and he came out to say ABACHA DID NOT STEAL. IF U HAVE PASSED THE ABOVE MENTIONED ROAD FOR THOSE WHO TRAVEL BY ROAD U WILL SEE AN IMPROVEMENT UNDER 9 MONTH I REPEAT 9 MONTHS OF GEJ RULE HE DID WHAT U SO CALLED MESSIAH CANT DO IN 5YRS SHAME ON HIM

WHY NUHU RIBADU MATTERS

Nigerian politics is not yet at the point where democratic institutions have taken deep root so the 'type' of leader we have sends a lot of 'signals' down the food chain which in turn gives the government whatever character it is seen to have.

So Shagari was seen to be incompetent and spineless, this was a signal to men like Umaru Dikko and many others in that government that you could pretty much take whatever you wanted from the commonwealth with impunity. Likewise when  a few days to the 2007 elections, President Obasanjo described it as a do or die affair, this was a powerful signal to every politician, especially those in the PDP, that whatever barriers to rigging that were in place previously had now been removed. The result was that we had a shame of an exercise that must never be referred to as an election.

The examples are endless. After Murtala Mohammed became Head of State, civil servants were said to be reporting at their desks by 7am. Fast forward a few years and our civil servants are more likely to be found watching Africa Magic or hawking all sorts of wares in the office.

The President does not need to patrol every ministry unannounced to make our civil servants sit up at their desks. He only needs to send a strong enough signal, in word and in deed, that things will no longer be as they have and people will sit up.

Similarly, we need leadership that will send a strong signal to the rest of the world, that things are different now so we can attract the quality foreign investment we need along with the skills transfer this would bring.

But most of all, we need leadership that sends a strong signal to every Nigerian that things have well and truly changed and after so many false starts, our country can finally get going. One man cannot unwind our totally corrupt system but he can at least introduce punishment into the system so that people know that there will consequences for robbing the nation. A system whereby people facing trial for corruption are awarded multi million naira contracts sends out all the wrong signals to the clerk in the ministry.

Nuhu Ribadu's candidacy excites me. For one, I know that the ONLY way he can be President is if Nigerians come out in their numbers to vote for him. Perhaps in my lifetime, this will be the first real transfer of power from the people, via a mandate, to a man they have deemed worthy of presiding over the affairs of the nation. He cannot rig his way into office neither can he buy his way to the Presidency.

I am also excited by the fact that this candidacy is getting a lot of its power from those who will own this country tomorrow. Those who will be called next. I need not bore you with the man's biography or achievements. His Wikipedia page has all the information you need.

A foolish consistency they say, is the hobgoblin of small minds; the time for doing the same thing 'one more time' hoping for a different result is gone now. It is getting boring even. I watched the PDP primaries in 2003 that handed Obasanjo the party's presidential ticket to contest that year's elections. It promised so many surprises to the point where I stayed up till very late in the night listening to Tom Ikimi repeat 'Oba-sanjo' again and again till I was nearly in a trance. And then a few weeks ago, I watched again as 'Jonathan' after 'Jonathan' was called out. This time I didn't wait very long before going to bed.

We are being asked once again to vote for a candidate delivered by the exact same system that has produced his predecessors because after 12 years, this time it will be different. I leave you to imagine what signals will come out of Aso Rock in 4 years if we are to continue with the PDP.

No word has been as much abused as the word 'change' especially when it comes to politics and campaign. And because Nigeria cries out for change so obviously, change has become a single door through which a throng of politicians try to run through at the same time whenever elections approach leaving the race not to the best but to the most thuggish.

But I can make my decision based on those who indeed brought change when they had the chance to do so, anyone can brandish a credit card with change written all over it. At some point, real cash will have to be involved to complete the transaction.

My name is Feyi Fawehinmi and I am 32 years old.[b] If I had been born in the east end of London, in my lifetime I would have seen Canary Wharf rise from the ground from a part of London that was no more than a glorified marsh. And I would have grown up with a vision that no longer sees the obstacles in front of me but the possibilities.

Or if I had been born in Beijing, I would have watched in my lifetime as my city was completely transformed into one of the most developed cities in China good enough to host the Olympics. And I would have grown up not being overwhelmed by the problems but excited by the possibilities.

I could have been born in Atlanta, Georgia and I would have watched my city transformed by the 1996 Olympics and seen life spring up from empty spaces all over the city turning the city into a world class town. And with that, never again will I look at an empty dark space the same way again. And when Barack Obama says 'we do big things', I would nod in understanding.

As it turns out, I was born in Nigeria so the gutters that have been open for as long as I can remember remain open till today, filled with quite possibly the same stagnant water. I might therefore think that covering gutters (which will in turn reduce mosquitoes that still kill our people) is such a big deal. And when I travel round the country and see open gutters everywhere, I am more likely to be overwhelmed by the scale of the problems that have been left to fester for forever[/b].

The inimitable Pius Adesanmi put it best when he said; "You are not likely to consider constant electricity in the 21st century a right that must be fought for if your mental universe is such that you want to mount the pulpit on Sunday and give testimony that you went to the lord in prayer and fasting and came against the spirit of darkness and, behold, “NEPA did not take light during the naming ceremony of my child!"

In other words, because I am a Nigerian, my idea of development and advancement is completely warped (not different, warped) and I have come to view certain things as perhaps acceptable. We underestimate how far behind we are from where we should normally be. And we forget that the world is not sitting down somewhere waiting for us to catch up. We cannot continue to flirt with a party that is more likely to produce a Peter Odili as governor than it is to produce a Rotimi Amaechi.

We are all partly to blame for where we find ourselves because as much as we have had the misfortune of being ruled by the most clueless of generals, there have been those moments when an olive has been offered us and we turned it down. We could have perhaps voted for Awolowo instead of Shagari and our story might have been different today. Or maybe not. The important thing to note is that we had a choice then and we have a choice once again now.

A wise man once said that the reason why God gave us Mondays was so we could start again even after a very bad week.

I am voting Nuhu Ribadu because Nigeria is crying out for positive change and nothing says change like his candidacy, not just a change in the choice of headgear.

We are at a point in our nation where we are being sold second hand sophistry packaged in a new wrapper. That the presidency is defined by a man who would be nowhere in the reckoning were this to be anywhere near a serious open contest. That a man propelled to the top of the nation's leadership by a series of events that would make Lemony Snicket green with envy apparently had all the solutions inside of him all along. That a man, just like his late boss, who had never been known to aspire to the highest office in the land is now the best man for the job, presumably after having seen what the job entails and declaring it to be only slightly more difficult than a cakewalk.

It is important that we pause and listen to the arguments being presented to us. Yours truly is an accountant and I work in a firm where I report to a Director. If something were to happen and my boss couldn't make it in to the office one day, I could probably cover for him for a couple of days using whatever knowledge I have gleaned from working with him. This does not however automatically make me a director. If my boss were never to return to the office again, the reasonable thing for the company to do would be to call for applications for the vacant role and if I felt confident enough to apply, I would do so like everybody else. I would not expect to be treated differently even though I might have an edge.

But in Nigeria we have created a system whereby, as long as you are able to reach the Presidency by whatever means, you automatically become the 'best man for the job'. To sit on the chair is to be. And invariably the country is dragged to your level of competence, usually downwards hardly ever upwards.

Nigerians are once again faced with a choice and we can be fixated on the person sitting on the chair to the detriment of every other person. We only postpone the evil day in that regard.

So when I look at all the candidates running for office, I comfortably come down on the side of Mr Ribadu as the best man for the job. I am not moved by luck or chance. I choose to remain clear eyed when making such a serious decision.

It is practically impossible to talk about the candidacy of Nuhu Ribadu without talking about Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos state and ACN chieftain.

Without mincing words, I am no fan of the Asiwaju mainly because I think he lacks the intellectual capacity to come up with a vision as leader of the Yorubas, never mind Nigeria, as he is seen to be these days.

But unto Asiwaju what is due Asiwaju.

Wole Soyinka once said that 'records are not kept to assist the weakness of memory but to serve as guides to the future'. So a quick recap will suffice.

Olusegun Obasanjo got elected in 1999 in an anomalous fashion in that he lost his entire constituency (South West Nigeria) but went on to win the Presidency. In a parliamentary system such as the UK, David Cameron would no longer be Prime Minister if he were to somehow lose his constituency of Witney in Oxfordshire.

Four years later this anomaly was seen as a weakness for Obasanjo and there was much grumbling directed at him from within the PDP. Invariably having learnt the lessons of politics, he needed to correct this problem. So by hook or crook he needed to 'deliver' the South West to the PDP from the AD. This was achieved in various ways from outright rigging to giving false assurances to men like Segun Osoba.

Yes it is true that Lam Adesina was considered to be pretty much useless by the people of Oyo state but today they have Adebayo Alao-Akala in his place, a man who has plumbed the depths so far that the only place left to go is for him to drop out of the earth's bottom.

Yes it is true that Olusegun Osoba was seen to be disconcertingly haughty by the people of Ogun state but he was replaced with Gbenga Daniel who is never far away from the gravest of allegations ranging from murder to theft.

Yes it is true that Bisi Akande and Adebayo Adefarati were seen to be old and lethargic by the people of Osun and Ondo states respectively but they were replaced by Olagunsoye Oyinlola who never once let anything stand in the way of his enjoyment around the globe and Olusegun Agagu who performed so woefully in Ondo state that he saw fit to hire Mike Tyson, Michael Jackson and such like to aid his re-election in 2007.

Yes it is true that Adeniyi Adebayo in Ekiti state was seen to be a spoilt and privileged daddy's boy but he was replaced with Ayodele Fayose who spent billions of naira on a shameful poultry project in the state where not ONE single chicken was ever seen.

In the end, the PDP hostile takeover of the South West in 2003 was a self serving move led by Obasanjo using his patented brand of do or die politics.

Now pause for a moment. And imagine if the PDP had completed a clean sweep and taken Lagos state in that same 2003. The APP/ANPP had also been decimated by the PDP from 9 states down to 2 states.

Today the ACN is in control of 4 states and has more than a good chance of capturing at least 2 more states in April. The ANPP remains stuck on 2 states and is likely to remain at that after the coming election.

There is therefore no doubt that the ACN is the #1 opposition party in Nigeria today. And it would never have been possible if the Asiwaju didn't somehow stand firm in 2003 to repel the PDP juggernaut. The only hope we would have an opposition worth the name today would be us waiting for the PDP to implode and spin off a new arm.

Then there is of course the question of legacy. No amount of garnishing can turn a plate of frog meat into something palatable that one would want to eat. However if push came to shove, one would at least make a choice in favour of the frog with an egg inside it, so says the Yoruba proverb.

Obasanjo and Tinubu were motivated by the same selfishness when they were picking their successors in 2007 but it is hard not to imagine that Babatunde Fashola is in fact the frog with an egg inside it when placed side by side with the late Umaru Yar'Adua.

The ACN as the main opposition party in Nigeria today presents the most realistic vehicle for Nuhu Ribadu to achieve his aim of change. Politics always comes in packages; It is not a Christmas hamper where you can take what you want out of the basket and abandon the rest. This is the reason why Barack Obama rose out of the same party in the same state of Illinois as the hopelessly corrupt  Governor Rod Blagojevich.

To repeat; this is not a defence of the Asiwaju, he comes with baggage. But the office of the Nigerian president does not tolerate a godfather for too long and I am confident that Mr Ribadu will be his own man and set the agenda as President. Because I know he at least stands for something.

I believe a new Nigeria is possible. And on April 9th I will vote for Nuhu Ribadu as the man best able to deliver the vision of Nigeria I have when I close my eyes and imagine the possibilities.

But I will also abide by the choice of the Nigerian people. Whoever wins will be recognized as my President. And not a drop of any Nigerian's blood will be shed in the name of any politician, Ribadu included. And I am confident that our votes will count. And the people's voices will be heard.

But I do not love any one candidate more than I love Nigeria to the point where I believe he has to win or nothing else. Presidents will come and go but Nigeria will endure. I will vote my conscience and I will accept the result. I am not afraid.
Posted by Public Information Project Management(PIPROM) at 12:16 AM

All of una na hyprocrite, can u put down ur religion and ethnicity mentality in ur pocket and let us move on as a country, if u knw u want someone from ur religion or tribe to bcome d president, then let him b your tribe or religion president, Buhari for Northern president and jonathan for southern president, or wht do u feel, I can see dt we are nt dsame, we dont share same ideology.so d best 4 us is to part,if u can b alone den go,if we cant leave 2geda as one, or whts una problem self, abeg make all of una go rest,

owasoyo:

All of una na hyprocrite, can u put down your religion and ethnicity mentality in your pocket and let us move on as a country, if u knw u want someone from your religion or tribe to bcome d president, then let him b your tribe or religion president, Buhari for Northern president and jonathan for southern president, or wht do u feel, I can see dt we are nt dsame, we dont share same ideology.so d best 4 us is to part,if u can b alone den go,if we cant leave 2geda as one, or whts una problem self, abeg make all of una go rest,

Where exactly do you stand?

karl max:

1,ESSENCO(WHEN POOR TRADERS ARE FORCED AT GUN POINT TO SELL BELOW COST PRICE)
2,DECREE 20(Miscellaneous Offences Decree, BUT WHEN HIS INLAW WAS INVOLVED HE LOOKED THE OTHER WAY)
3,DECREE 4(THE PRESS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT HIS REGIME evn if is true, no wonder the proof of the stolen 2.8billion nnpc acount during his time as the head in 1976  never came out but we still have strong Nigerians like vera ifudu who should us evidence of the money cooling of in his private act at midlands bank in london)
4,WAI(WERE PEOPLE ARE BEATING BY SOLDIERS LIKE ANIMAL ALL IN THE NAME OF DECIPLINE). is this the achivement his talking about ?or this ones

5, The change of colour of the nation's currency notes (except the fifty kobo note) in April 1984 to stop currency trafficking. The exercise rendered almost half of the estimated N6 billion in circulation worthless at the expiration of the chang.or is it his economic reforms people who understand economy in buharis camp repond


6 The introduction of N 100 airport special levy for travellers going outside Africa

7The closure of the Nigerian borders in January 1984 to stem smuggling

or  In 1984, Nigeria's recognition of the Sahara Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) on November 11, 1984.

please  argue with facts and stop name calling


PTF ROAD PROJECT UNDER BUHARI
Of all the roads rehabilitated by he PTF, only 1984.5 kilometres of roads representing 10.84 per cent were carried out in the South West; from where the bulk of the PTF revenue came since the zone consumes over 60 per cent of refined petroleum products. All the Southern States had 4,440.43 kms or 24 per cent of road rehabilitation as against 13,870.47 kms or 76 per cent in the Northern States zone three comprising the North-West States of Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara had a lion share of 5020 kms or 27.42 per cent because the Fund’s Chairman, Buhari and the military dictator Sani Abacha were from there; zone four comprising the North-East States of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe picked 23.48 per cent. This is the zone where Salihijo Ahmed, the late Chief Executive of Afri-Project Consortium APC, the sole consultants that supervised all PTF projects came from".--- Afenifere

Breakdown from above

Total Road projects through PTF funds under Buhari =13,870.47 kms

South West Road Projects=1984.5 kilometers (10.84)

Southern States 4,440 Kl (24%)

Northern States =13,870.47 kms (76%)

South East?

South South ?

Both South South and South East share a marginalized  14% or 7% for each zone

Read the full story at: http://www.nigerianmuse.com/20061228122222zg/nigeria-watch/all-about-the-oputa-panel-hrvic/nigeria-has-persecuted-the-yoruba-submission-of-afenifere-to-the-human-rights-violations/

Karl Max (aka Beaf/Faeb etc etc),
The rule was for you to list GEJ's achievements and as typical of you and your brothers, you have resorted to name calling and falsehood peddling.

You listed several points without substantiating with any shred of evidence. I'll try to address them one at a time.
1. Poor traders were never forced to sell below cost price. Buhari's government forced traders to sell the products they were hoarding. These so called traders were hoarding goods and products in order to create artificial scarcity and hence force prices to go up, in order for them to make obscene profits.

2. Abeg give us the name of his so called inlaw o! You can't just make an allegation without substantiating. You should know that it's not only toddlers that are on NL. Abeg give proof of your claims o!

3. WAI worked and it worked perfectly well. If you follow the rule you'll never face the wrath of the law. Only lawless people were dealt with. I was old enough to know that it worked well. Teachers were in class on time, civil servants reported to work on time. Nigerians were disciplined. The corruption we have to deal with in Nigeria is not only related to stealing of states fund, we also have to deal with a branch of corruption called indiscipline. A nation with disciplined leaders and followers will have no room for embezzlement of the national treasury.

4. Abeg give us the midland bank account number. Mind you it's not difficult at all for such a huge amount to be traced in this day and age. Stop peddling half truths and total falsehoods. As per Decree-4, we all know the damage the average Nigerian Journalist has done to the nation. While I won't support gagging the press, I sure will not support journalists who are paid 250K (and perhaps several 50K dollars) as transport fairs for visiting prominent Nigerians at home.

5. Well we pay the same levy in several other ways today. Hence you have no point here.

6. In case those whop told you about the essence of changing the color of the Nigerian currency failed to tell you the truth, it was meant to render USELESS, most of the stolen wealth which the politicians in Shagari's government had amassed. If the money they stole becomes useless, they will not be able to spend it. In case you were told half truths, Buhari set a maximum limit to the amount that can be changed by any individual.

7. Closing Nigerian borders to stem out smuggling was aimed at developing the industries in Nigeria. Nigeria was not the only country to have done such.

As per all the above, you have hardly been able to do any better than a kid on his first day at school !

As per PTF, many thanks to you for pointing out what a Buhari led PTF did to better the lot of Nigerians. Let me for the sake of argument agreed with your false premise of lopsidedness in PTF projects. According to you, PTF rehabilitated (and constructed) a total of 18,310.9 km of roads in during his tenure as PTF chairman. I hope your elders also informed you that Buhari achieved such a feat with just =N=2 (Two Naira) on every single liter of petrol sold across the nation! Buhari did not have the luxury of a national budget nor billions of dollars of external reserves nor the luxury of Excess Crude account. Oil price from 1994 to 1999 hovered around $10 to $14 (peaked briefly to about $22.5 in 1996 see: http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=crude-oil-brent&months=300), yet Buhari achieved 18,310.9 km of road repairs & construction within a period less than 5 years.

Please point to the roads GEJ has repaired in his 12 years in government out of which the last 1 year has been in Aso rock as C-in-C. What we asked for is for you to point out the achievements of your benefactor, all you've done is to resort to your usual mode of name calling.

Buharis constructed/repaired and average of 3,662.2km per annum while sitting atop PTF, what has GEJ done in his one year of reign in Aso Rock?

what of Dele Momodu
Chris Okotie
Pat Utomi

lets compare their track records

Where exactly do you stand?



Where exactly do i stand? u shld ask ur self where exactly u stand, and check ur self if where u stand is nt base on Religion and tribal mentality.u and ur fellow poster shld knw we have nt gotten an authentic candidate dt can lead us to where we shld b tinking of nw,nt bcus of anytin ,bt bcus of our children s future.d only candidate we hv voted 4 was nt allowed to get there, Why? i will answer ur questn nw;non of dem has any achievement to write abt

Buhari-PTF one sided
Ribadu-anticorruption for opposition pple
GEJ-noting yet  even if he wants to work pple like u wont allow him,

what of Dele Momodu
Chris Okotie
Pat Utomi

lets compare their track records



Nigerians dont have time 4 dt, dey are only interested in d weapon of religion and tribal sentiment

karl max:

1,ESSENCO(WHEN POOR TRADERS ARE FORCED AT GUN POINT TO SELL BELOW COST PRICE)
2,DECREE 20(Miscellaneous Offences Decree, BUT WHEN HIS INLAW WAS INVOLVED HE LOOKED THE OTHER WAY)
3,DECREE 4(THE PRESS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT HIS REGIME evn if is true, no wonder the proof of the stolen 2.8billion nnpc acount during his time as the head in 1976 never came out but we still have strong Nigerians like vera ifudu who should us evidence of the money cooling of in his private act at midlands bank in london)
4,WAI(WERE PEOPLE ARE BEATING BY SOLDIERS LIKE ANIMAL ALL IN THE NAME OF DECIPLINE). is this the achivement his talking about ?or this ones

5, The change of colour of the nation's currency notes (except the fifty kobo note) in April 1984 to stop currency trafficking. The exercise rendered almost half of the estimated N6 billion in circulation worthless at the expiration of the chang.or is it his economic reforms people who understand economy in buharis camp repond


6 The introduction of N 100 airport special levy for travellers going outside Africa

7The closure of the Nigerian borders in January 1984 to stem smuggling

or In 1984, Nigeria's recognition of the Sahara Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) on November 11, 1984.

please argue with facts and stop name calling


PTF ROAD PROJECT UNDER BUHARI
Of all the roads rehabilitated by he PTF, only 1984.5 kilometres of roads representing 10.84 per cent were carried out in the South West; from where the bulk of the PTF revenue came since the zone consumes over 60 per cent of refined petroleum products. All the Southern States had 4,440.43 kms or 24 per cent of road rehabilitation as against 13,870.47 kms or 76 per cent in the Northern States zone three comprising the North-West States of Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara had a lion share of 5020 kms or 27.42 per cent because the Fund’s Chairman, Buhari and the military dictator Sani Abacha were from there; zone four comprising the North-East States of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe picked 23.48 per cent. This is the zone where Salihijo Ahmed, the late Chief Executive of Afri-Project Consortium APC, the sole consultants that supervised all PTF projects came from".--- Afenifere

Breakdown from above

Total Road projects through PTF funds under Buhari =13,870.47 kms

South West Road Projects=1984.5 kilometers (10.84)

Southern States 4,440 Kl (24%)

Northern States =13,870.47 kms (76%)

South East?

South South ?

Both South South and South East share a marginalized 14% or 7% for each zone

Read the full story at: http://www.nigerianmuse.com/20061228122222zg/nigeria-watch/all-about-the-oputa-panel-hrvic/nigeria-has-persecuted-the-yoruba-submission-of-afenifere-to-the-human-rights-violations/

its soo funny how this Karl max thinks

why didnt you break the northern states into Regions: North West, North Central and North East so u can compare appropriately
do u realise that the "whole north" comprises of 19 states
do u need a map of Nigeria for assistance
do u know the projects were allocated based on federal character principle??

adah1010:

its soo funny how this Karl max thinks

why didnt you break the northern states into Regions: North West, North Central and North East so u can compare appropriately
do u realise that the "whole north" comprises of 19 states
do u need a map of Nigeria for assistance
do u know the projects were allocated based on federal character principle??

I really wonder how he thinks
Maybe you should call on becomrich to show him on the maps

I have read thru most posts and am indeed impressed and ashamed at some of what my fellow nigerians are writing about.

My position is this, I will vote Nuhu Ribadu and i dont want to kno whow many roads Buhari tarred or not, what i know is that people that were alive and wise in did not enjoy his presidency, there was fear in the land, yes he tacked corruption but leaders are never feared, they are respected, which is what Jonathan lacks! On the day of the Oct 1 bomb blast it was jonathan that first said that the bombing cannot be Niger Delta militants and then in cohort with his security people tried to (in a very local manner) throw the blame on the IBB campaign org, only for his govt the next week to start chasing Okah and his family, my point here is that , why was he in the face of the National condemnation covering up for his Niger Delta brothers? I could refer to more instances where he will make pronouncements and mannerisms that show inconsistency and paucity of decision making in his govt. that does not breed respect!

Ribadu has world acclaimed respect and as far as i know the most capable, the Presidency does not need years of "Internship" it needs Leadership which is what he has!

abdulgee:

I have read thru most posts and am indeed impressed and ashamed at some of what my fellow nigerians are writing about.

My position is this, I will vote Nuhu Ribadu and i dont want to kno whow many roads Buhari tarred or not, what i know is that people that were alive and wise in did not enjoy his presidency, there was fear in the land, yes he tacked corruption but leaders are never feared, they are respected, which is what Jonathan lacks! On the day of the Oct 1 bomb blast it was jonathan that first said that the bombing cannot be Niger Delta militants and then in cohort with his security people tried to (in a very local manner) throw the blame on the IBB campaign org, only for his govt the next week to start chasing Okah and his family, my point here is that , why was he in the face of the National condemnation covering up for his Niger Delta brothers? I could refer to more instances where he will make pronouncements and mannerisms that show inconsistency and paucity of decision making in his govt. that does not breed respect!

Ribadu has world acclaimed respect and as far as i know the most capable, the Presidency does not need years of "Internship" it needs Leadership which is what he has!

I respect your choice. However I totally disagree with your assertion that "people that were alive and wise did not enjoy his (Buhari's) presidency". That's an absolute fallacy. I was alive and old enough to tell the difference then. My parents are still alive and to date they still rain curses on IBB for derailing Buhari's government. Every single family friend who were struggling Nigerians before Buhari's tenure still pray for someone like him to rule Nigeria again. Those who did not like his style of governance where those who mostly engaged in acts of corruption with the Shagari led government.

As stated earlier, your choice is respected, at least you do not fall into the category of those who still want the misrule of PDP to continue.

More info about Buhari's track records, especially for those of you peddling rumors and falsehoods. Here's an account of an individual who can best be described as a PTF insider. Culled from another thread.

nagoma:

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Nsiman,
Among the regions/states that existed then, mention each state/region and project(s) executed by ptf that u claim N30b was used to execute projects accross the nation. I'm waiting .

Nsiman again ! asking about how the PTF 30B was spent. Both you and have access to these figures especially if you live in Nigeria. PTF worked in the formal sectors of (1) Road construction and transportation (2) Education (3) Health (4) Agriculture(5) Water Supply (6) Other Projects - this means projects worth doing but did not fit well among the first five. Buhari's PTF was governed by a board of trustees from the 6 Geopolitical zones of the country with Buhari as the Chairman. Chief Rufus Giwa was for the SW, Professor Clark for the SS, Professor Ikoku for the SE, Chief D.B. Zang for the North Central , Alhaji Ahmed Talib for the NE and Yahaya Gusau for the NW. One important additional member from the SS was |Chief Tayo Akpata who was a board member and a powerful secretary of the board. There were only 3 Directors reporting to Buhari and to Chief Tayo Akpata. The 3 Directors were (1) The director of Programs  Dr. Ochi Achinivu from Abia State - he had the control of all the six service areas I mentioned above and also the Monitoring and evaluation division, (2) The Director of Finance Hassan Muazu is from Southern Kaduna and the Director Admin Chief Oyero was from Ibadan Oyo state. The divisions were headed by dDeputy Directors who were fully qualified people carefully selected through adverts and transparent interviews but from all zone of the country. I can give you the details of their names and where they came from if you want.

Now we go to projects - starting with the big spending which is Roads. Thousands of Kilometers of Roads were built across the country and in equitably selected cities within each zone. Buhari's ideaa was to select the best construction  contractors to work for all roads but the zonal representatives i.e board members had the option to disagree. Most of the zones selected Julius berger - remember the kilometers and money allocated was equitable per zone. Cities were considered according to size. Lagos understandably had more township roads than any other city (42 Km)  Areas for construction were selected by the states in township roads. Other cities like Enugu ,Jos, Kano and Ibadan had a range of 22 to 30 Km of township roads.
You will remember that Board members can object to choice of construction company but SW ,NC and NE all agreed to the Selection of Julius Berger JB - well known for quality work. The board member for the SE brought his own contractors and insisted on them ,even thouggh they were less well known and have not establishred a history of quality. That explains largely why the roads in the SE were not as good as in other zones by the time Obasanjo dissolved PTF. It is on record that Buhari in his physical field inspection of roads stayed and kept all his staff stading and puttng pressure on the contractors between Aba and Enugu all evening , all night untill 2 am! at night in that forest. Many PTF engineers were later on joking ans saying that the man has suddenly turned into a Genral thinks we are soldiers and fihting . They said it must be some residual effect of the Military injections given to them at times of war!
This is a long story and if Nairalanders want to know the truth I can continue and give the details of work in other sectors and how equitable they were. In water and other sectors |Lagos still had the lion share where Ijora water station gulped one billion Naira directly given to Lagos government fby PTF for the completion of that project. Ikoyi /Victorisa Island Water supply took 850 Million Naira. etc, etc. I can go on to more on Roads and water and then to Education,health and to other projects to enlighten people like Nsiman. And Buhari did not want take any of these for himself or his relatives.
   
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as for me and my household, it's bb all the way. don't even compare with the poverty development party (pdp). for ribadu on the other hand, he's got many godfathers whose interests he must protect even if they were supposed to be jailed.

To be honest let us remove religion and look at all the candidates as one Nigerians and choose the best among them, and reliable, if not that you are born a lair, you will deffo choose Buhari as the only reliable candidate that we have for this election and i hope every sane ans sensible Nigerian that hopes and yarns for change will vote for him, if not then you are among the ppl killing our country we need to f**k you out of Nigeria.

abdulgee:

I have read thru most posts and am indeed impressed and ashamed at some of what my fellow nigerians are writing about.

My position is this, I will vote Nuhu Ribadu and i dont want to kno whow many roads Buhari tarred or not, what i know is that people that were alive and wise in did not enjoy his presidency, there was fear in the land, yes he tacked corruption but leaders are never feared, they are respected, which is what Jonathan lacks! On the day of the Oct 1 bomb blast it was jonathan that first said that the bombing cannot be Niger Delta militants and then in cohort with his security people tried to (in a very local manner) throw the blame on the IBB campaign org, only for his govt the next week to start chasing Okah and his family, my point here is that , why was he in the face of the National condemnation covering up for his Niger Delta brothers? I could refer to more instances where he will make pronouncements and mannerisms that show inconsistency and paucity of decision making in his govt. that does not breed respect!

Ribadu has world acclaimed respect and as far as i know the most capable, the Presidency does not need years of "Internship" it needs Leadership which is what he has!

Thank God you are not voting for PDP and GEJ, they are the root of our problems, kicking them out is the first step to solving the problems.

I would have agreed with you on Ribadu, I'm just too scarred of his political godfathers, because he must listen to them if he becomes the president

In my own opinion BB is the best we have for now, let's vote for real change!

Well one thing is sure- GEJ is remaining in Aso rock come May 29. I'll suggest you look for solutions to the problems facing Nigeria cos the arguments

won't change anything.

@adah1010
its soo funny how this Karl max thinks

why didnt you break the northern states into Regions: North West, North Central and North East so u can compare appropriately
do u realise that the "whole north" comprises of 19 states
do u need a map of Nigeria for assistance
do u know the projects were allocated based on federal character principle??





Anwer that is why I said and would continue say that buharis supporter follow with the ass instead of there head please maybe u don’t knw how to read let me break it down for u

“Northern States zone three comprising the North-West States of Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara had a lion share of 5020 kms or 27.42 per cent”

Read the post this statement is there

Kick GEJ out of Nigeria