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Wow, this is interesting. That is some good research work there obi.

PDP propaganda if we are not careful may give us serious issues in this country. This is because this propaganda is being fired up by bigoted and highly biased ethnic jingoists.

Their biased nature makes them believe every crap churned out by the evil PDP. And this biased nature also makes them propagate this same information with so much energy.

No matter how many times you let them know that the person that made the statement that "they will make Nigeria ungovernable for Jona" is a PDP guy, Kaita, they will never listen. They will keep insisting gullibly that it is GMB.

No matter how you try to let them know, that the Northern elements that was making a silly noise then that "power must return to the North" are PDP guys because of the PDP zoning formula, they will never believe you, even when confronted with superb evidences.

To the disadvantage of our polity, it is this same bigoted soul, that took the PDP propaganda that insinuated that PDP is a christian party, to the amazement and bewilderment of sensible Nigerians .

PDP also has a large chunk of Northern muslims and even southern muslims sef. Even one of the most vocal supporter of the president, Asari Dokubo is even a muslim!

Their gullible sef will never reason in that direction, instead they prefer to malign the image of GMB, one of the few national figures we have in Nigeria with impeccable integrity and love for the common man.

The trend is now even assuming a dangerous direction, because the brainwashing we always accuse the northern masses of seems to be happening now at the south!

Quite ironical I must say.

The man thinks himself smart. He was quick to tell us Obj built the refinery, but did not tell us the role played by buhari.

He also decided to engage his selective reasoning faculty by telling us it was shagari regime that defeated maitatsine, but decided to leave out the role played by Buhari as the commander of the expeditionary force that dislodged the criminals and chased them deep into the heart of Chad republic.

This Wike just speaks like an illiterate mor0n. Does he even know how much 30 billion is? If u have your evidence, pls bring it up instead of shouting like a tout all over the place.

This talkative Wike making an incredible allegation cannot even tell us which months the Rivers state govt is owing workers if indeed he has his facts. Instead of making ambiguous claims to stir up emotions, tell us the months workers are yet to receive their pay, and you will see how you will be countered with facts.

Jonathan has mismanaged our funds! That is just the plain truth. His administration is only good at giving excuses. Their latest excuse on the mismanagement of the economy that resulted in the devaluation of the naira is that oil price is dropping. This is not the first time oil price will drop. Even when Jona assumed the presidency from Yaradua in 2009, the oil price then was still lower than what the oil price dropped to now that they are screaming austerity all over.

The cold hard truth is that this present govt has messed up the economy and mismanaged the funds in their care.

chukwudi44:
Devaluation of naira has to do with the falling oil price and GEJ,please get your facts right.

Did obasanjo campaign for Fayose before he scored 16-0 during the last ekiti elections? abeg make pesin hear word jare

Why are you people quick to always respond that devaluation of the naira has to do with falling oil price?? Is this the first time oil pricr is dropping?? Pls. Do your research well. Even the price the oil dropped to now is still higher than what we have when Jona assumed the presidency after Yaradua.

The devaluation of the naira is due to poor economic mangt strategy of this current administration. Simple.

chukwudi44:
You muslims in Edo are bloody minorities. You would not be able to secure more than 20% for your weeping General

How come your warped mind thinks it's only muslims that will vote Buhari. You better wake up and smell the coffee. His support cuts across religions and ethnicities.

If u think Buhari support is only on the internet, then you are in for a great surprise. The chunk of his support is infact among the illiterate grassroots.

The people are tired of the directionless govt of Jona. His govt is only good at giving excuses.

Insecurity is on the increase, he'll blame opposition. Yet, for years the clueless one has been unable to get the sponsors of boko haram or even their assistant sponsor.

We can see swift justice in Pakistan, where some persons have been hanged already for the terrorist attack last week. Here in Nigeria, we have not had any convincing arrest and conviction of a boko haram since the war started. The SS and police even burgled the Kabir Sokoto case, and let the guy off the hooks. Someone who a lot of people are very sure is a confirmed terrorist. Sincerely, i'm beginning to think GEJ may have a hand in this boko haram issue or he is just clueless to the extreme.

They rubbished the value of the naira, and all they can do is to give the excuse that the oil price is falling. As if this is the only time oil price will be falling. Someone please remind me of the price of a barrel of oil in year 2000. Even as at 2009 oil was still btw the range of 33$-60$. But trust Jona to always look for excuse for his inefficiencies.

A change is needed, otherwise Nigeria will be worse off.

GEJ administration has created a mess, and the masses are now standing on the side of the sensible and humane General to clear this mess. If I were you OP, i'll join the train.

Merry xmas!

Daguccizgreat:
Buhari can not get a total of 200,000 votes in the south east and more over ondo and ekiti belongs to Jona contrary to what u outlined there. Tell ur self the gospel truth

Why do you people keep saying Ondo state will vote GEJ?? he is detested in Ondo state! You all should get that into your thick skulls so that you wont get High BP when you hear the election result from Ondo State.

tomakint:
Definitely the Ondo State in your dreams......it is on record that no Mallam as Presidential candidate had ever won on Ondo soil so Buhari will not be an exception.

Apart from the trash you wrote up there, I can sense you are basing your expectations on Mimiko. Mimiko cannot win any election again in Ondo state and any candidate up for election trying to associate himself to Mimiko will be totally disappointed. You can find out from anybody resident in that state. GEJ will even have a better showing in lesser populated Ekiti than Ondo. You cannot be voted for 2nd term in Ondo state except you perform excellently. GEJ has not performed excellently, and I can assure you with a high level of certainty that he will lose Ondo state woefully. Mark this.

tomakint:
Lagos, Edo, Oyo etc Your calculations on Northwest aggregate votes is laughable; 10 million (for Buhari) to 4 million (for Jonathan) are u kidding me? FYI, elections will pan out along the strength of party members and those with their PVCs! Be guided Fact is Buhari can never win 15 States let alone 22 So Ondo and Ekiti will be won by Buhari?

Bros i'm from Ondo state and I can assure u Buhari will win my state convincingly.

Amen!

GANJAFARMER:
You shut that your stinky gutter you call mouth.

He has made a huge political blunder - At least he will need the people's support even with his new found love with the APC and I can bet that he's being used if not already used.

When are u going to start making use of your grey matter??

Why do u keep saying he is been used??
He is standing for what he believes. He is standing for his integrity and principle.

He refused to bow down and worship Jona and wife like an unprincipled slowpoke. They in turn used the federal might at their disposal to stampede him out of the party.

He gave them a good fight and was able to ward off his impeachment, left the party for them, joined the opposition to continue giving it to them and u are here saying he is been used.

As a man, at different times of your life you have to hold your ground against something. It is not everytime u chicken out of confrontation because the other party seems to be at advantage.

You and your likes may not get it anyway, cos u seem a coward. Moreso, since u are an ethnic jingoists, u tend to analyse everything from a clannish ethnic perspective.

Yes u are right, he'll need the people's support. But that is the beauty of standing out. He is saying he can still draw support from the people even though he is not doing follow follow to the president, which is good. That is the type of stance you teach the coming generation. Not inculcating a pusillanimous mindset in them, that everybody has to do follow follow to the person in power.

And it is not compulsory u give him your personal support, but whether u like it or not, I can tell u that he indeed has some support.

Stop abusing him and castigating his person.

GANJAFARMER:
Amaechi's case is akin to that of the proverbial elephant that was so carried away by the adulation,respect and applause he was getting from his paid praise singers that he failed to notice the big pit that was ahead of him.

Even when he was alerted by his fellow elephants about the big pit ,he replied to them saying .....'' I'm so impressed by these praise singers,the drumming,dancing and the applause. I would rather fall into that pit than stop the dancing and procession because I don't want to hurt my ego and lose all the praises they are showering on me.

Continue praising him - He just made a mistake that no Nigerian politician has ever made and came out victorious as long as Nigeria's politics is still divided and polarized on region,religion and ethnicity he is a fool that would learn through the hard way- Mark my words because time shall tell.

Aren't we all bigots in this country and a divided people paying tribal allegiance before Nigeria ? despite the fact that most folks like you are trying too hard to hide your true color, but we know who you are.

Please shut up jor. Which silly mistake has he made. All u AGIP (Any Govt In Power) thinks everyone has the same skewed brain like u people. That so far, one is not with the party in power, that is the end of the person. What a daft reasoning.

We have Northerners who support PDP with passion. We have SouthWesterners who support PDP with passion, why must it be that it is only Ameachi u decide to call a fool just because he refused to dance the macabre dance of Jona, his wife and their other Port Harcourt thugs and the PDP in general.

It is this kind of your reasoning that is giving our polity issues. The thinking that so far one is in opposition, that is the end of the world. This is the kind of reasoning that gives room to the 'do or die' kind of politics.

It is you that is trying to hide your true colour as a pathetic bigot, but your words has already portrayed you as such.

ped007:
Yes you can.

Thank you. I will go back to INEC office. I have actually been there earlier. The security men tried to prevent me from gaining entry but I stood my ground. Afterwards, I waited for a long time for the person in charge to resume. I got tired after a while and went back to my office. Moreso, since I was not sure if I can use my temporary card to effect the transfer.

ped007:
Yes! All you need to do is to take your card to the new state you'll like to be transfered to, and you'll be ask to write an application for transfer.
That'll be done within two days depending on the population in your new area of residence.

Thank u for ur response. But pls can I use the temporary card to effect the transfer? I'm yet to collect my PVC.

I just like this Amaechi guy. I admire people who can stand their ground against oppression, especially from those at a position of advantage.

Lots of cowardly people beef this Amaechi guy. Just because the guy refused to be a sissy and follow follow to Jona and his wife.

Must everyone from Southern Nigeria be an as5 licker to Jona??

Does everybody in the north support Buhari??

Just because this guy is standing his ground, lots of Nairaland dafties will be talking ill of him and abusing him.

The funniest part of it is their cowardly rants that his political career has finished. Gullible people without a sense of history.

ped007:
GO & GET YOU PVC NOW!!!
The 2015 Nigeria General Election is around the corner, and the general public as usual is expected to play a major role in the electioneering process.
Be that as it may, as ‘ordinary’ citizens, it is very important that we should make all efforts to get our Permanent Voters’ Card (PVC) in order to determine the future of our great country.
We the youths have to play a major role in this forth coming election. Following the antecedents of previous elections in the country; youths have been ‘wrongly’ accused as being the most ‘inactive’ groups in the country’s democratic process. No wonder, most of our leaders (past and present) have been paying lip-service to our plights, like building of institutions, provision skill acquisition programmes etc.
Our vote is indeed our power! And this time around we MUST play active role in deciding the crop of leaders that will pilot the affairs of our great Nation as we match into the promise land.
Our public opinion through the social media (especially Nairaland & facebook) alone will not get the job done. Rather our collective show of commitment to rebuilding our nation, which will start by getting the right leaders in place to represent our collective interest.
Voting during election should not be seen as an act to fulfill our civil obligations only, but also as a means to decide our future as a nation and destinies as individuals. Let me be frank with you all. WHEN WE DON’T VOTE, OUR CORRUPT POLITICIANS ARE HAPPY!!!
So please let us all go out and get our PVC in our various local government area of registration. To check if your PVC is ready for collection, just follow this link: http://inecnigeria.org/?page_id=2160
It’s not all about saying “GEJ till 2019” or “sai Buhari”. . . the truth is that, IF YOU DON’T VOTE, YOUR CANDIDATE WILL NOT EMERGE VICTORIOUS!
So lets make the difference now.
If you have any question, pls feel free to ask and also add your contributions here. The time to act is NOW!!!
Thanks
God Bless all Nigerian Youths
And may God Bless Everybody
God Bless the Nigerian State!!!

Is transfer of Voter registration from one state to another still possible?

There the story goes. NITEL was recently sold to Tunde Ayeni's NATCOM consortium for $252.25 million, approximately 47.3b naira. And he is appreciating Jona publicly by donating 2 billion naira for his reelection campaign. Only God knows how much he will use to appreciate him in secret.

Selling Nitel to a private company is actually a good move. But the investor now coming out to be donating exorbitant amount to the president's reelection sets off a bad precedence. It actually seems like a bribe in disguise.

Ayeni’s NATCOM to Acquire Moribund NITEL for $252.25m- THISDAY Newspaper

04 Dec 2014

By Adebiyi Adedapo

At last, a telecommunications consortium NATCOM has emerged the preferred bidder for the moribund Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and its mobile arm, the Mobile Telecommunications (M-Tel), after offering to pay $252,251,000 under a guided liquidation process for both firms.

During the financial bid process held on Wednesday in Abuja for NITEL/M-Tel by the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), the consortium had initially offered to acquire them for $221 million, but the offer was rejected by the Vice-Chairman of the Technical Committee of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP), Alhaji Haruna Sambo, for falling below the reserve price.

NATCOM however won the bid when it eventually offered $252.25 million.

NATCOM has as one of its main promoters, Mr. Tunde Ayeni, who only a year ago was the chief promoter of Integrated Energy Distribution and Marketing Company Limited, which acquired Ibadan and Yola Distribution Companies (Discos) under the power sector reform and privatisation process.

Ayeni, who has interests in the oil and gas, power and banking sectors, is also the Chairman of Skye Bank Plc, which only recently acquired Mainstreet Bank (former Afribank) from the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON).

Announcing NATCOM’s emergence as the preferred bidder, Sambo said: “I am happy to announce that the revised bid has met the reserve price.”

Two bidders – NATCOM and NETTAG - had been prequalified by the BPE to participate in the liquidation process, but the latter was disqualified for failing to include a $10 million bid bond as stipulated in the Request for Proposals (RFP) prepared by the privatisation agency.

Reading from the relevant section, Sambo explained that the RFP required that “each bidder shall furnish, as part of its proposal, a bid bond in the form of Bank Guarantee or a Letter of Credit in the sum of $10 million. The bid bond must be enclosed with the Technical Proposal.

“The Bank Guarantee or Letter of Credit shall be from a reputable bank acceptable to BPE and the liquidator and be valid for 120 days from the deadline for submission of proposals. Provisions must be made for extension of the term of the bid bond if the validity period is extended.”

He said following the disqualification of the NETTAG consortium as a result of its failure to submit a bid bond with its technical proposal, only the financial bid of NATCOM was prequalified for opening.
NATCOM, he disclosed, had scored 92 per cent when its technical proposal was evaluated, which was above the minimum pass mark of 75 per cent, and had met the requirement for moving on to the financial bid stage with the submission of a valid bid bond.

Sambo, who represented Mr. Atedo Peterside, Chairman of NCP’s Technical Committee, said as stipulated under the RFP, 30 per cent of bid price is to be made within 15 days of notification of the winning bid while the balance would be paid within 90 days.

He recalled that as part of the reform of the Nigerian Telecommunications sector, a new National Telecommunications Policy was adopted in August 2000 and a new Nigerian Communications Act was passed into law in 2003.

According to him, the new legal framework provided the basis upon which the process for privatising NITEL commenced in 2001, stating that since then, there had been four different unsuccessful attempts to privatise NITEL to private operators and one failed management contract.

He said all the measures were aimed at repositioning the company to play a significant role in the Nigerian economy.

Enumerating previous attempts that had gone belly up, Sambo said the first entailed the strategic core investor sale of 51 per cent of NITEL to Investors International London Limited (IILL) in 2001.

Others included the failed management contract by Pentascope in 2003-4; the aborted Orascom Telecoms bid in 2005; the strategic core investor sale of 75 per cent through a negotiated sales strategy to Transcorp cancelled in 2009; and the strategic core investor sale in 2011 when New Generation Communications Limited and Omen International emerged as preferred and reserved bidders respectively.

He said it was after a review of the chequered history of the privatisation of NITEL that the NCP at its meeting of February 27, 2012 approved the privatisation of NITEL through guided liquidation.

The strategy, Sambo explained, was adopted by the council after due consideration of other options and in the light of the previous failed attempts to privatise NITEL through various attempts, as well as the companies’ huge liabilities to creditors of over N300 billion.

Earlier, the Director General of BPE, Mr. Benjamin Dikki, said the NCP had faced numerous challenges including unpaid terminal benefits to ex-staff of NITEL, salary arrears of the retained staff and outsourced security personnel, and accumulated unpaid licence fees, among others to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

He added that with the active support of the federal government, BPE was able to overcome the challenges.

In her remarks, the Minister of Communications Technology Mrs. Omobola Johnson, said the privatisation of the government-owned telecoms firm was the last segment in the well thought-out reform of the nation’s telecommunication sector, which commenced since 2000.

She assured Nigerians that government would continue to review and fine-tune policies that would continue to provide an enabling environment for the growth and development of a private sector-driven Nigeria telecommunications industry.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ayeni-s-natcom-to-acquire-moribund-nitel-for-252-25m/195773/

Purity1:
My dear stop thinking and wake up. Buhari can never contend GEJ. Forget the voices of nairalanders supporting him, come feb. 14 he will lose as the pathetic loser he is.

Stop deceiving yourself. Buhari's support is not limited only to Nairaland. Go to facebook and see how the masses are canvassing votes for him passionately. Even people that were hitherto somewhat apolitical has been using him as BBM display pictures and sending broadcasts canvassing votes for him.
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Now leaving social media, go to the streets (referring to the SW now as i'm resident there) and you'll get inundated with the Buhari phenomenon.

A lot of People are facing hardtimes and are just tired of this directionless and corrupt govt of Dr Goodluck Jonathan.

God bless the General. This man indeed has the genuine interest of the masses at heart.

It's quite an interesting read. Wow, Buhari was a monitor, and also a prefect, infact, the Headboy. That's cool, it shows that this simple man has been subjected to leadership roles basically throughout his entire life.

We sincerely need a change in Nigeria, and Buhari seems the right person to kickstart this change. This reign of impunity just has to stop.

One thing I fail to understand is why there is so much hatred & bile against Buhari from some southerners. Imagine, his 2nd in command as GOC Jos, when they dealt Chad a lesson was even an Igbo man & he has contested with Igbo running mates twice; and once with a Yoruba man.

The country needs a man of integrity like Buhari in this trying period.

If it was Buhari a Northern governor shows support and declare that he will do everything possible to ensure he wins.

Nairaland bigots will not allow us to rest. I can imagine the names they will call such a governor and those in his party. Names like the following will be used: Bigot, fanatic, Islamic militant, Born to rule, political thug etc


So pls don't give it any ethnic/religious bigotry colouration when any other governor or individual come out to declare that they will do everything within their power to ensure Buhari wins.

hizroyalflynes:
Mind you osun state civil servants, teachers in osun detest aregbe nd APC as a whole don't jump to conclusion

So how does that concern me? Is Aregbesola and whether they like him or not the subject we are discussing??

stal:
I have a very good respect for tinubu. This writeup is a masterpiece. My only reservation for him is his religious insensitivity in allowing Muslims taking major position in his party while marginalising other religions. This move alone make apc appear as people tag it. Imagine majority of top shot in Lagos state civil service are moslems. Why are the other religion marginalized. Anyway I wish him well in his next endeavor

A large chunk of indigenous Lagos peeps are moslems. So also is the case in Oyo and Osun. And if you check, you'll see that their civil service will reflect this as well.

PUNCH NEWSPAPER also carried the news.

http://www.punchng.com/news/dont-vote-based-on-religion-deeper-life-church/

Don’t vote based on religion – Deeper Life church


PASTOR William Kumuyi-led Deeper Life Bible Church has advised Nigerians not to vote for politicians in 2015 based on religious sentiments, saying religious considerations in politics have failed the nation.

It also warned the Independent National Electoral Commission against rigging and subversion of the people’s will.

The Ekiti State Overseer of the Church, Pastor Jacob Asubiojo, gave the advice in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday during a press conference on the three-day crusade in the state by Kumuyi, who is the church’s General Superintendent.

Asubiojo said the programme, tagged, “Extraordinary encounter with God of miracles,” was primarily organised for Nigerians to seek God’s face to overcome the challenges facing the country.

Reeling out the virtues of a leader the voters must watch out for, he said Nigerians must look out for a God-fearing leader with genuine interest of the people at heart.

He said, “Nigeria has so many religions but these have not met the needs of the people.

“But with this programme, many Nigerians would have their lives changed and transformed for better, because for a society to produce good leaders that can transform a whole nation, such person must first be transformed.

“What we believe in is prayer as weapons that can transform the lives of the people and not religion that had failed us as a nation. Our people must not continue in wretchedness and backwardness. Enough of satanic victimisation and oppression.”

The church predicted that peace would soon reign in the country, urging the citizens to embrace prayers as the most veritable weapon of warfare.

The cleric advised INEC to be fair and ensure openness and transparency during the 2015 polls. He asked the politicians to also obey the rules of the game.

“They must not heat up the polity over election if truly they are desirous of serving the people,” he said.


http://www.punchng.com/news/dont-vote-based-on-religion-deeper-life-church/

Good news. The next wonderful news i want to hear is that Oshiomole has been selected as the Vice Presidential candidate of the APC.

I like the way they are letting Tinubu know from the onset that he cannot boss anyone around.

GMB!

I'm from Ondo state. And I can categorically say that the people are tired of Mimiko. Woe betides anyone at the polls who associates himself to Mimiko.

They will never show up. All they'll continue doing is casting aspersions on the people's General without any proof.

Senseless people who tries to draw support only on sentiments.

Kingzy4pep:
It seems nobody wants Gej anymore. Just one vote for him here and buhari, 8.
But, ain't you guys scared that gen buhari might islamize our beloved country?

Bros that mantra is pure propaganda. It is not that easy to islamise Nigeria. Even Christians that go on evangelism regularly has not been able to christianise the country.

Infact, it is under GEJ that Nigeria is gradually being islamised. This is because of his inability to curtail the boko haram menace. A lot of Christians have relocated from the North East. Different christian communities in the NE has been ransacked by the devilish boko haram.

And he is still not taking a decisive action against them. He is more concerned with perpetuating himself in power than getting the military to do what they are being paid to do.

In war time in other serious countries, if the service chiefs are not performing, they are relieved and eager officers that wants to perform are brought on board.

But what do we have under GEJ, he is showering under-performing officers with National awards.

How come the Nigerian military is always on the defensive in this war??

I appreciate the efforts of some officers, cos it is not an easy task to take bullets, bleed and die for Nigeria. But I still suspect a high-level conspiracy.

The army is only good at recapturing towns and resisting attacks.

When are we going to start hearing news of Nigeria army being on the offensive and chasing boko haram into Sambissa forest and expelling them from there.

It is either the military chiefs are not sound, they are not utilising their funds to buy the right equipment or they are purposely standing down.

GEJ as the C in C is indicted either ways.

GMB