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afam4eva: I don't think so. I just feel that they have no choice to tolerate one another because the population of Christians and Muslims are sort of like 50-50. It could have been a different case if one religion was a majority and the other minority just like it is in Northern Nigeria.

kingsilly: tahhhh u lie.....

noblezone: A non moslem converting to Islam is always welcomed with fanfair and open alms.

But a moslem converting to other religion will be stoned to death.

The "peace" in Islam is only when all "infidels" submit either by peace of by war.

Olanlere11: Yesterday in Abuja, Arewa Elder called on GEJ to defuse political tension in the country by renouncing any intention he might have to stand for re-election in 2015. Speaking onbehalf of ACF, Alhaji Ahmed Joda who served as permanent secretary in the 1970s, advised the President to publicly announce that he won’t go for it so as to dampen political tension created by the suspense over his candidacy.C
“(The) President should defuse the present political tension that now pervades the country. This should begin with his renouncing any intention he may have of contesting the 2015 elections and devoting his entire time, energy and the resources of the country in order to give Nigeria a credible and acceptable Constitution; a free, transparent and fair election,” he said in a statement in Abuja.
Jona, a former chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission during the tenure of then-President Olusegun Obasanjo, said also that Jonathan “should restructure his cabinet; appoint more credible people; complete his present mandate to continue the work of governing the country to preside over a free, fair and transparent general election in 2015 and step aside"
It is apparent that the only tension that has overwhelmed Nigerians is the fear of being attacked by Boko Haram. If Arewa consultative forum is calling for the withdrawal of GEJ's candidacy come 2015, will they now call their boys to order? So ACF IS BEHIND BOKO HARAM? I need more explanation
http://www.naijapundit.com/news/arewa-elder-to-jonathan-say-you-won-t-contest-in-2015

President Jonathan should defuse political tension in the country by renouncing any intention he might have to stand for re-election in 2015, elder statesman Alhaji Ahmed Joda has said.

Jonathan has not said he will run for president again but neither did he say he won’t, and political pundits say his ‘body language’ indicates that he will join the race.

In a recent submission by his lawyer in a court case seeking to disqualify him from standing for re-election, Jonathan insisted that he is eligible for re-election.

Joda, who served as permanent secretary in the 1970s, advised the President to publicly announce that he won’t go for it so as to dampen political tension created by the suspense over his candidacy.

“(The) President should defuse the present political tension that now pervades the country. This should begin with his renouncing any intention he may have of contesting the 2015 elections and devoting his entire time, energy and the resources of the country in order to give Nigeria a credible and acceptable Constitution; a free, transparent and fair election,” he said in a statement in Abuja.

Joda, a former chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission during the tenure of then-President Olusegun Obasanjo, said also that Jonathan “should restructure his cabinet; appoint more credible people; complete his present mandate to continue the work of governing the country to preside over a free, fair and transparent general election in 2015;

“Immediately impose an Austerity Budget and reduce government waste; work with the judicial system to undertake an accelerated fight against corruption; visibly demonstrate that all awarded government contracts are faithfully and actively being executed; (and) become more visibly and more actively engaged in solving present security challenges.”

On constitution review, Joda suggested for the establishment of constituent assembly to review the constitution, saying that advocates of a sovereign conference are being encouraged by the credibility problems of elected officials.

“In this situation, it is clearly not safe to leave matters of the review of the Constitution in the hands of those now in power. In order for us to undertake a comprehensive review of the Constitution, a body different from the present National Assembly, State Houses of Assemblies and the Presidency should be empowered to undertake the task.

“This contribution is only concerned in drawing attention to the need to devise an acceptable way of approach towards a solution of our constitution and the political crisis associated with the exercise.

“It appears that a likely more acceptable arrangement will be the establishment of a Constituent Assembly, with a full mandate to comprehensively review the Constitution. The Constituent Assembly should be composed of an entirely elected membership.

“No representation should be permitted for special interests. The election should be on zero political party bases. Serving members of any legislative body should not be eligible. Public servants, who wish to serve, must resign from their offices. The Constituent Assembly should be brought into being by an Act of the National Assembly.”

justwise: This news is not in their official website, don't believe the news. made-up

Demdem: substantiate ur claim or STFU

warrior01: do you live in nigeria? If no, then, how do you know that the so called 'epistles' are lies without you being on ground to asses them? I doff my hat for the road constructed from Abakaliki to Ogoja; it was really awesome

miteolu: I do not know how congregation enjoy this kind of political sermon. There is no salvation in this message but '' self motivation''.

Kobojunkie: hm . . I wonder how many laptops Lagos Government has. I mean we only recently learned how many are in Goodluck Jonathan's command room, but how many does Fashola have?

FJCRUISER: Na ya papa be 30-man laptop squad!Thats why ya life can never be better!U people lik celebrating evil.Infact, dont worry,it will soon be you and ya family's turn!Balderdash!Its only in Nija dat thieves are celebrated and stil show their face 4 public o!Na peolple lik u i blame sha and not dis useless daylight robbers!El-Rufai is a THIEF!Simple!

bestview: Are you scared of chino, don't collapse yet this is no chino? When chino comes am sure he will tear you apart like mad dog

How do you determine that enugu governor works when he only concentrate on urban area only, what about the places I mentioned earlier? here it is again (Awgu, Nkanu, Nsukka, Ukwuaji, Akegbe). Have you ever had cause to travel to such dungeon? If you ever have then you need to whip your governor. Even the governors place Udi is a ghost town and a shadow of itself, no road, no pipe borne water, no infrastructure, no hospital and you claim they have government.

You mentioned Awgu, Nsukka and Nkanu having coucillor and chairmen, but with all that are they as developed as ordinary Ekwuluobia and Ihiaha? Go figure.

FYI: Madonna the first private university in Nigeria is in Anambra state, Ihiala precisely. Anambra has more secondary and higher institution than enugu state. UNIZIK, NAUTH, ANSU, MADONNA UNI, TANSIAN UNI, NWAFOR ORIZU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, FED POLY, the major unity colleges/schools that are as old as 100yreas in the east are located in Anambra, the likes of CKC, DMGS, QRC etc, they are too many.

The likes of Pat Utomi, Peter Obi, prof Mbanefo etc. passed thru the revered DMGS. So don't go in the area of school cause we have got it all.

Anambra ranks very high over and above Enugu state in education. In the whole of Nigeria its only Imo that ranks above Anambra. educationally Enugu state competes with the likes of Ebonyi, Gombe, Niger, Adamawa and rest of them.