₦airaland Forum

Tranquill:
Sorry for your ears. Please have you applied anything on it? I hear a heavy slap is a good cure.

Go and look at the electoral act as ammended. Yes the judiciary will deal with it like I said the workers just called off the strike today. You know if it was Obasanjo he would have arrested him immediately but this Administration follows due process so just be patient ok?

Another comedian, so out of touch with reality. I'll remind you after the election just how foolish you sound. Regardless of who wins, GEJ or GMB, your ignorant believe in the judicial system is pathetic!

Tranquill:
1 The judicial workers have been on strike for weeks now so no one can file any case in court but I hear the federal ones have called off today so expect some legal fireworks in the coming days.

2.The law was changed shortly after 2011 election to not only mention your qualifications as was the case, but to also attach photocopy of the qualifications you are claiming but Buhari in his own wisdom is refusing to obey the law so much so that he submitted an incomplete application form to INEC.

Another funny dude, please quote the exact section of the constitution that was ammended to reflect this. At least we have laws in this country, if Buhari has broken any laws, let the judicial system deal with him, all these useless rantings are hurting my ears!

What's with all these rubbish posts about marriage. Nigerians and our emphasis on marriage, abeg give it a break! Fathers, train your daughters well and equip them with good moral values. Mothers do the same and teach them how to be strong, yet lady like. Daughters focus less on love and men, focus more on your own brand. Make something of yourself and men will flock to your feet, at the same time keep it simple, know your worth but don't be boastful, be humble and God takes care of the rest. I have yet to see a right thinking woman with good moral values and family support complain of not being able to get a man, it is only the wretched, thirsty, fake living blackberry big girls that end up with such problems.

onatisi:
ok ,maybe u don't know I will explain . This has been explained various times here. Before 2011 ,candidates only needed to write their qualifications down in their forms that is all,but after 2011, there is a new procedure that mandates contestants to attach a copy of the academic credentials to their forms.

Show me the ammendment in the constitution, please we are all educated here, show me the section in the constitution which specifically states that. I'm very eager to learn.....

onatisi:
and maybe u should ask urself under which electoral law and regulations did he contest those 3 times and under which reformed electoral law is he contesting now. Do ur research,then come back.

Can a law be reformed without passing the legislative branch. Come on dude, you are more intelligent than this, show me the law that was reformed and added to the constitution after 2011 elections, funny dude!

organic973:
But please I want to ask is God almighty an author of confusion? NO! How can one shepherding God's flock go into leadership position. Am thinking was he actually CALLED? Is he actually born again? Because I know very well and understand that CHURCH LEADERSHIP is different from POLITICAL LEADERSHIP. I sincerely doubt the claim integrity osibanjo knowing that if God calls anyone it's forever unless he himself dismisses the person. And he is proposing to bring change in Nigeria. So osibanjo may or can boldly tell us if God has dismissed him from pastoral work because he can't work effectively in pastoral work and as a vice president. I see this a conflicting issue.
It's a personal observation so I need no abuses or harsh replies.

Thanks

You are confused and I understand why. It's because when it comes to religion many Nigerians see it as a do or die affair. You can carry out the will of God and still actively participate in the society. Nigeria's economic, religious and ethnic issues have resulted in men of God taking the bull by the horn, gone are the days of sitting and doing nothing. Furthermore where did you get the notion that one must be called before preaching the word of God, many people go to ministerial schools or schools of religion to educate themselves, if they walk the right path and live an honest life, God blesses them the same.

onatisi:
I just don't know why people are defending buhari refusal to present his academic requirement as mandated by the law. This has got nothing to do with pdp or apga. If all other contestant can present theirs ,why should buhari be different? All this military attitude from buhari will not work on the nigerian populace. The time spent by Buhari in defending could have been spent in collecting those results from waec.this is just pure common sense .the people u want to govern are asking for it and u say u have ,so just present it and win their votes.shikena !!!

Maybe you should ask yourself a couple of simple yet concise questions before attacking Buhari?

1. If it is indeed the law to have certian educational qualifications before being eligible to contest, why is he not disqualified or taken to court?

2. This is his 3rd time contesting, was INEC asleep the previous times or is all the commotion because he has a high chance of winning this one?

In a country with great economic and security challenges, I cannot believe educational certificates are the number one priority, shame on you all!

Sobeautiful:
Exactly what l've said. Buhari needs an interpreter to communicate with John Kerry or Kerry will tell his ordeal when he gets back to the US. If we fellow Nigerians don't understand him how much more the oyibo himself. God won't let Nig have a president who will not be understood by the international community when we claim to be English speaking.

Stop making a fool of yourself, I'm sure some of my friends here would have a hard time understanding your thick accent. Afterall you are a Nigerian and no matter how hard you hide it, you still have an African accent so shut your stinking mouth!

All it takes is to look at the comments on this page and you'll see why many of the Igbos are detested especially in Yorubaland. The arrogant nature and lack of respect just baffles me, you give them a little space they try to take your entire house, seriously I think Igbos should all come together and organize enlightenment seminars, it does not pay to be too aggressive, sometimes gentility gets the job done.

Less than 3 weeks to election and we are still talking about certificates, it is obvious that most Nigerians have deep mental issues. In a country where unemployment is at its highest and insecurity rules the day, I cannot believe that educational certificates dominates the headlines. No wonder why many Nigerians are unemployable and useless, we focus on getting all the degrees in the world but lack basic common sense. IF a PHD holder can cripple the economy to this extent, I would think most Nigerians would want to vote him out by all means. If this was 2011, I could understand the sentiments and say GEJ deserves more time but for goodness sake this man has nothing to offer. If we are all honest with each other we can all see that GEJ is incapable of solving most of Nigeria's problems, even if we give him another 10 years, he is a decent man but a terrible leader, he lacks guts and therefor cannot lead us to glory. I would advise us all to focus on main issues in regards to the economy instead of this certificate propaganda, if PDP has issues with Buhari's certificates let them go to court or better yet let INEC disqualify him, enough playing with people's intelligence.

One final truth, Nigeria is made up of two classes, the rich or the poor. The rich will survive regardless of who wins, I am lucky to find myself in such a class. The poor however will continue to experience unjust hardship if we continue this way, it's not about Christians against
Muslims or South versus North, it's about doing the right thing, it's about change! The whole world is laughing at Nigeria, everything from security to oil subsidy has been politicized, we need drastic change as the status quo is no longer acceptable, vote wisely!

obiscolly:
U've just been talking grammar. I don't see a single reasonable point you made. Terrible economic policies lead to our economy growing by 7% last year? Nigeria has no bi lateral relations with other countries? Lol..Perhaps you should give an example of a relationship that was destroyed. I guess your dictator APShit candidate wd do better after all, after making enemies with most western states like he did before?

Get some rest bro, I'm done with you.

I don't even have to say anything, you've just exposed your ignorance.

obiscolly:
How's that any different from what Nigeria's facing? I'm not an economist but from common sense if you claim russia's economy began declining due to falling export of natural gas, one can safely deduce what's happening is no surprise since the US stopped buying our crude cos of their shale. This has nothing to do with government policy in this case, in my opinion.

Your opinion is flawed! A right thinking government builds bi lateral relations with other countries, they don't destroy it and jeopardize the future of the nation. Nigeria depends largely on oil and investments from other counries, our economic policies are terrible right now and it's only a joker that won't be able to see how a weak Naira is directly related to the government.

hedonistic:
Mr. Pathetic, you don't know history more than I do. Who is talking about the mutual distrust that EXISTED between both groups before, during, and shortly after the Biafra War era? Besides, what exactly is your point. . . . .is it that the South East would rather support the North than the South South if it comes down to it?

In the peculiar geo-politics of Nigeria, current interests always outweigh historical misgivings. If Nigeria were to divide into two today - with one half going with the barren, resource-less, and unproductive core North and the other going half going with a Southern region that includes the Niger Delta and it's oil, where do you think the South East would end up? That's essentially the point. It's all about where your interests are best protected.. . . Not about petty misgivings carried over from the 1960s.

Mr. man stop dreaming, just look at the bolded statement. In a country with over 250 different ethnic groups, is it possible to just divide into two? I like to think we are both educated here and we know the difference between theories and practicalization. In what world do you see core Igbos coexisting with other ethnic brethens who do not share their ethnic sentiments? Furthermore, if the North split, do you think they can just split into one or two groups? The problem far outweighs the solution and I have yet to see the genius with a workable solution. Like I said, ask the elders and you'll learn more about the history of bitterness.

tonychristopher:
Sharap.. did anybody drag cocoa proceeds from you when you were farming . The oil us in their land and who owns the land owns everything in it .. are you suffering degradation

Coming to Lagos ..let me tell you something and it will hurt you ..Lagos was developed with money from Niger Delta so they have more claim to it than Yoruba

.oh I forgot ..is it not same Yoruba that chased away Ghana people in 80s..and your shouting today Igbo go to your village

Igbo case is difernt cos Igbo have human material and capacity but the Niger Delta have natural resources so they should be given a break or slack

That's my take

When we look at your history on Nairaland, it is a forgone conclusion that you are a certified psycho, the educated Igbo brothers and sisters dare not say what you've just said, it is only demented looking ones like you who has never held a gun before or shown any symptoms of patroitism that could have the audacity to speak in such an ignorant manner. When we look at it very well, is it not the greed of your mentors that led to the depreciation of the Niger Delta area? If your idols Ojukwu and Co. had not sold you and your brethens lies then millions of souls would have been spared and Igboland would have been more developed by now. When will Igbo touts like you learn from your mistakes, you want another Biafrian war, a war you cannot possibly win, militants or no militants when it boils down to it, the military would rather take over than to allow degenerate souls like yourself to divide Nigeria, even your brother GEJ cannot pray for division because he knows just how ratchet some of you are.

sleekp1:
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The SE is joined with us in the battle ahead. If you cound't defeat the Igbos for 3yrs, add the entire SS and the middlr.e belt, plus we have the luxury of having OIL in abundance. Start growing cocoa now.

Keep dreaming, you can't keep your house in orderr yet you expect your neighbours to support your pathetic attempt of a rebellion. You have oil, please don't make me laugh, oil that you cannopt refine or sell, you have so much oil yet many of your brothers and sisters run to yorubaland for employment and survival, rubbish!

hedonistic:
And after that, you would run your Abokki government with proceeds from suya, kunu, and groundnuts, right? Some of you need to get your heads out of the clouds.

Besides, don't lump the "whole Nigeria" into your Core Northern/South Western agenda. The good people of the South East will empathise with the Niger Delta if it comes down to it. And we also expect the conscientious people of the Middle Belt and Christian minority North to know where their bread is best buttered if a reconfiguration of the geo-polity becomes inevitable.

You are pathetic, South east align with south south, you are a joker! I suggest you learn from the elders the history of bitterness between the South East Igbos and the South South, it is because of this division that both greoups remain a minority!

tonychristopher:
That's what I have been saying all these while .. they don't want their son to rule but they want their oil ..what have they done for them with their oil

Its their oil that they used to build Lagos or is it worthless cocoa
Its their oil that they used to build Abuja or is it the worthless gwari that will build Abuja ..now these idiots don't want their son to at least enjoy the benefits of the oil ...so that north will come look at north and how they handled the oil money

Look ptf ..who was the crook that headed that parastal anyway

Shut your dirty mouth, who gave the oil to them, Nigeria is Nigeria, one ethnic group does not control the resources of the nation just because the resources are being taken from that area. It's like driving all the Igbos out of Lagos because it is located in the Yoruba region, it makes no sense! This is why I love military rule, who born militants, thunder fire all of una! Na your papa created the oil or na your mama build Nigeria, useless bunch of goats!

Bunch of jobless touts, your hero GEJ is busy destroying the economy and yet you want to impose him on the Nigerian people for another 4 years, jokers!

obiscolly:
No need wasting words on you. It's clear u're one of those APshits. I'm sure you're aware of what's going on in Russia currently in terms of currency devaluation. You should blame it on Putin and his government too.

See stop exposing yourself. What Russia is dealing with is mostly Putin's fault. The currency is being manipulated based on the economic sanctions imposed on him for his arrogance, Russia relies on natural gas export for most of it's revenue and when that collapsed due to sanctions the economy began to suffer. Dude you are learned fellow, stop typing and do your reasearch, every country's currency is directly tied to the economic policies of its government, Naira is weaker because of poor economic policies of the current administration, take it or leave it!

What do you mean by study law? Do people still study law? You have to specialize in a particular area of law. This applies to any professional designation, you have to know your niche and make it work for you. It's not enough to just get the degree, you have to constantly network and improve yourself. The school you study at matters but not as much as the connections you make along the way. When it comes to professionals such as doctors, lawyers, engineers and so on, you must belong to various organizations in order to reach the top of your field, stop dulling!

obiscolly:
I don't understand why some people are just so dumb? How does this have anything to do with GEJ? The N208 is the black market price of a dollar and not what you get at Bureau de change. Why it's that high is because of the scarcity of the dollar. Dollar to naira exchange rate still stands at N190.75 last I checked. Probably the CBN intentionally caused the scarcity to bring back the price of dollar to around 160.

Clap for yourself, you've just written rubbish! $190 or $208, the fact remains that the Naira is getting useless by the day, this directly reflects on the impact of government fiscal policies and economic control. Who is to blame, if not GEJ and his government? Should we blame the helpless masses or blame western influences? Your school age theory of trying to bring the naira back to $160 is a joke and I wouldn't expose you too much cos it's clear you are not aware of what drives the currency of each country.

How sad of a society do we have when important issues like unemployment, security and poverty are swept aside and certificate or educational qualifications are the number one topic on the lips of the citizens. You mofos are so blind to the truth that all you talk about is religious/tribal nonsense and noone is asking the right questions.

1. If this man is not qualified to run for president, why can't INEC disqualify him? Why not go to court? Why is it that he was allowed to run for the past two elections? Are you trying to tell me that this election si special from the previous ones or is that there's a real chance PDP can truly be defeated?

Come on people, stop reasoning like goats, open your eyes, I can't believe how easy it is for many of you to be carried over by propaganda!

Some ignorant Nigerians will actually come here on Nairaland and start spewing rubbish. Consider these three crucial facts.

1: Nigeria has no sophisticated hacker, if we did the defense system and even central bank would have been hacked a long time ago!

2: You can hardly deal with Boko Haram, WTF makes you think ISIS would be interested in Nigerian politics?

3: It's election time, you fools of course propaganda will be thick and heavy. APC trying to paint PDP as evil, PDP trying to paint APC has terrorist supporting defectors.

The only truth we can rely on right now is to look at GEJ's handwork over the last 5 years. If we owned a multi trillion naira company and such a company after running for 5 years has yet to provide any profits to the shareholders(The Nigerian people), should such shareholders stick with the same investment or pull their money out and cut their losses. No one is going to save Nigeria, we have to wake up one day and realize that we are more powerful than we think!

idumuose:
The opposition against the former military ruler is being championed by the United States chapter of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (NIDO), the flagship association of Nigerians living abroad.

Speaking at a press conference held at the Hilton Garden, Washington DC, Hon. Victor Ugho, the immediate past Vice-President of NIDO, who is the current President of the Georgia State chapter of the association with headquarters in Atlanta, urged the former Head of State to perish the thought of becoming the next president of the country, saying that the world has moved past the likes of Buhari.

Ugho regretted that Buhari has allowed himself to be pushed around by some people whom, he said, were looking for ways to cause more pains to Nigeria. He noted that Buhari, as Head of State, had ample opportunity to turn the country around, stressing that, “as a matter of sincerity, I do not think Buhari is the best candidate for Nigeria at this period in time. He was there as Head of State, what did he do?

“Again, he has not told us what he is going to do differently.  We need continuity; the choice should not be based on tribal sentiment. Let him tell us how he is going to fix the so-called terrible situation he has identified.  We need somebody who will not bring disunity.”


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/amid-health-concerns-buhari-jets/

NIDO is as clueless as the current president. I stay in Georgia and I can tell you it's made up of members who are out of touch with reality. Many of them are empty drums, most of them will not vote because they do not have PVC. The organization is made up of 90% Igbos and are largely biased in their opinion, so I am not shocked at their statement.

Prophecies prophecies. How about we talk about something real. Who the hell puts election on Valentine's day? I think it's a conspiracy to reduce the number of people that actually votes. Seriously, something's wrong somewhere, Nigerians we should be vigilant, let us all turn out in mass and vote for the right candidate, let us remember the way people massively turned up in 1993 and use that as motivation.

anonimi:
The provision of TAP water to all households and business premises in the 36 states is the constitutional responsibility of the governor.

The 36 states and 774 LGAs that are currently 101% controlled by state governors also have responsibility for 83% of all the roads in Nigeria.

The states and LGAs are also responsible for General hospitals and Primary health centres respectively.

Do you know how many youths would be EMPLOYED if the 36 states and 774 LGAs did their work HALF as well as the Jonathan/Sambo federal executive administration has done in the past five years

Have you asked yourself what Amaechi, Fashola and other state governors did with their cumulative budgets in mega trilllions for the past eight years and what the LGAs do with the millions received on our behalf from Abuja via the governors and IGR collected from us?

When shall we begin to better understand the DIFFERENT but complementary roles of various tiers & arms of government to start asking tough questions of other elected public officers apart from the president?






Kai Buhari!!!
#Liberate-Lagos

As an educated man, you ought to really do proper research before spewing such nonsense! Do you know how much power is given to the office of the presidency? When we talk about issues such as unemployment, safety and poverty, it is only a fool that would absolve the federal government of blame and concentrate on state and local governance. Nigeria still operates primarily on a federalist form of government, the federal government controls how budgets are allocated, if jobs are created at the national level and issues like electricity and safety are properly addressed then Nigeria can develop more evenly, instead of leaving most things to the states. This is why there's such a huge difference between a state like Lagos and Osun. I hate when GEJ apologists try to shift blame or derail public opinion from the real issues facing the country. What can we look forward to if GEJ wins reelection? Does he look like a man able to tackle Boko Haram? Can he reduced unemployment rate from almost 20% to the minimum acceptable rate of 10%? In any other resourceful country, the president would have been impeached by now but instead we must entertain useless PDP goons trying to shove another 4 years of mediocrity down our throat, trying to convince us that the 5 years he used in office were just testing and he needs 4 more years to accomplish great things. What a joke!

Akshow:
symbolism Do u know how long a visit from the president will boost the morale of the soldiers fighting this war? Do u know how long it will help the victims of this menace psychologically to see their president?

Why didn't he do it earlier? Why wait till a few weeks till election. It's obvious this is nothing but a political stunt. Medicine after death.....

When Fashola was selected out of nowhere, people knew little about him, even though he was a major player in the daily affairs of the Lagos state government. During the election we had a choice between Koro and Fashola, imagine if Koro entered, how disastarous would that have been. Fast forward to 2015, when you look at Lagos now and compared it to 2003, we can't help but to be amazed. It's election time again and we are once again presented with an unknown candidate, please keep in mind that this unknown candidate also has valuable knowledge of the inner workings of the Lagos state government, something his opponent cannot boast of. In Lagos, APC has done a decent job but there are so much more that can be done, rome was not built in a day and I believe continuity is the key to sustaining the success of previous years. Sorry Agbaje, PDP's name has been tarnished beyond repair, you are a good man but you rolling with the wrong crowd!

IVORY2009:
[color=#FF6600] Bro, I am not cursing myself, like the saying goes " the truth is always bitter" we dont need a prophet or an Alfar to tell us dat Ambode will not smell that sit, how long do you want to be a slave in Lagos to somebody? [/color]

Don't be daft, we all know Lagosians vote primarily by parties. APC will win convincingly, whether people like Ambode or not. So take the advice and stop cursing yourself or do the needful and hug a transformer!

Welcome to Nigeria a nation in which we believe in pastors more than God himself. A nation with more churches than schools or hospitals. I pity una souls!

Something is wrong here, I thought they said he didn't have any certificate. So now INEC is admitting he has WASC, seems like INEC and PDP are finally realizing that propaganda won't work this time. Buhari might not have a PHD like Uncle Jona but he is a 100 times the man Jona is. He is a man capable of making decisions and sticking with it. People let me ask you, what is the purpose of a PHD when you allow yourself to be bullied by members of your government. Jona lacks the balls of a leader, the countless lives lost due to Boko Haram could have reduced significantly if Jona did the needful. How hard is it to equip the military? How hard is it to use the billions of foreign aides to develop a strategic plan to secure lives up there? Is it that Nigeria does not have the money or is it that the true sponsors of Boko Haram are part of Jona's government? I remember Jona calling Boko Haram members our brothers, what type of brothers kill their fellow family members. No Jona, they are not our brothers, they see us as preys and they as predators. We need a president who won't surround himself with lazy, inactive and corrupt government officials but one with the track record of action and development. Nigerians vote wisely, resist propaganda, be wary of religious/tribal distractions, vote for the much needed change; enough is enough!

Cheny:
And there are many,i mean many who still end in divorce and fights despite engaging in premarital sex,so it is not a guarranty.

Correct, there's no such thing as a guaranty when it comes to marriage!