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After realising one ticket

Our musicians are politicians

Such a good and thoughtful movement

Udom made it happen

Udom till 2067

2019 oti set

Ayemi temi

Egbon move on

I have no doubt that President Buhari will win the presidential election by a landslide.

Don’t you see Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a threat to him with many Nigerians believing that Northern votes will be divided between the two?

Atiku can’t divide his votes in the North and he will not get anything significant in the Northern region. Everybody especially in the North trust Buhari. They have confidence in him because of his records and integrity. They are sure that whenever he makes promises, you can hold him to his words. You cannot say that of Atiku. Nobody will want to leave what is good, what they have experienced and now take a risk for something that is uncertain. So, I believe President Buhari has performed creditably well to deserve a second term and Nigerians who are appreciative of what he has done in the last three and half years will ask him to continue for another four years.

Were you surprised by the actions of some federal lawmakers who booed President Buhari recently during his budget presentation?

The action of the lawmakers who booed the President was nothing but an animal behavior. Harry Belafonte used to sing one song. He said ‘ A donkey will sometimes bray, let him bray; let him bray’. That is my response to the actions of the lawmakers. We should allow their donkeys bray. They behave like animals and they just demonstrated their true nature during the budget presenation. We should just tolerate them at their low level of humanity and conduct. You saw what the President told them. He said they are expected to be above this because the whole world is watching them. I think the President is wrong because they are not above what they did. That is their level and they are demonstrating it to the world. So I am not surprised at all.

Some lawmakers in the House of Representatives have begun moves to revert Nigeria to parliamentary system of government. Do you see this as a step in the right direction?

I believe Nigerians (this time unemployed legislators) have found a new favourite subject for debate and wasteful diversion of time and resources. Suddenly, Parliamentary System of Government is the holy grail for Nigerian political salvation. For days now, the media, both orthodox and social have become fiercely engaged in pursuing a new political chimera with excitement and apparent seriousness.

Let it be made clear, the whole idea of one system being better than the other is “poppy cock”, time wasting, arising from either ignorance or mischief. The mischief here being to have a Buhari with reduced powers.

In 1963, when I was an undergraduate at the University of Ife, the Students’ Union invited Chief Rotimi Williams, soon after he left office as Attorney-General of the Western Region, to address the Students’ Body on which system was preferable for Nigeria: Parliamentary or Presidential? I have never forgotten his answer. Briefly summarised, it was that neither of the two systems was better than the other.

The success of Governance depended on the quality of the operators of government. Bad operators, i.e., bad politicians and “leaders” would always produce bad and failed governance. In other words, the fault was not in the system of governance, but in the quality of the operators of the system.

We were operating this suddenly “golden” parliamentary system then. It led to a declaration of a state of emergency in the Western Region, restriction and detention of major political figures, crisis and violence, and the fall of the first Republic. The fault dear Nigerians, was not in that system, but in the irresponsible and reckless manner in which First Republic politicians conducted themselves.

It is even more foolish to think that the introduction of the parliamentary system will weaken the Buhari Government and empower the opposition. On the contrary, the Prime Minister under a Parliamentary System is far more powerful than a President under the Presidential system.

The Prime Minister combines the positions of Leader of Parliament and Head of Government. He does not need the confirmation of parliament to appoint Ministers. It is his sole prerogative. If a vote of no confidence against him succeeds, he can dissolve parliament, and compel his critics and foes to face a fresh election in which they might not be returned.

In other words, a Prime Minister is President and Speaker of the House of Representatives rolled into one. Never mind the fact that the British Parliament has someone designated “Speaker”. All he does is to recognize House members who wish to speak.

The Prime Minister must be recognised above every other person as soon as he or she rises up to speak. The Speaker has no discretion in that regard. It is the British Prime Minister who exercises all the powers currently enjoyed by the Nigerian speaker. The House of Lords (Senate) is simply a decoration intended to give the aristocracy and retired elder statesmen a false sense of importance and relevance.

The Prime Minister is effectively, National President, Speaker and President of the Senate, rolled into one. To bring home the message clearly, there will be no “Saraki”, no “Dogara”- in that system. Buhari will bestride the Nigerian World, under the parliamentary system being proposed.

The Senate and its President in such a system is an impotent and relatively unimportant body. It can delay, but cannot hold-up legislation. In fact its opposition to any bill can be overridden by the House under the leadership of the Prime Minister.

[s]So those calling for the re-introduction of the Parliamentary system in the mistaken belief that it will result in a weak Executive Branch should think again. They are foolishly asking for a system in which a powerful Prime Minister will control both the Legislative and the Executive Arms of Government. My advice to them is “Beware of what you wish for yourselves.
https://www.independent.ng/future-governments-will-struggle-to-meet-buharis-records-sagay/[s]

That's why there is a head of government which is the prime minister and a head of state which is a celebratory president. The prime minister sets up his minister, and he is taken out of office by a vote of no confidence, if you look at it critically you'd see powers are equally shared, and the prime minister can be easily impeached just like what almost happened to may.

I hate when this ugly man speaks, it sounds gibberish.

Burna is a totally different Nigerian musician. Burna boy is a movement.

Sex sex sex the only good thing Nigerians know!

And the one's who cheered him are what? fungus

Dance jare. It's not every time you go to sambisa forest to suffer. Enjoy in a while.



*Cheers

faithfull18:
The girl should leave your friend. Someone made a mistake once and has made up her mind not to make it again.

Yet, you want her to. Five years and your friend isn't thinking about settling down. All he is thinking about is taking advantage of the poor lady.

I wish I knew the lady personally.

Talk of a nairaland feminist.

He cannot comman kill himself

Nigerians don't still know the difference between Santa Claus and "father Christmas"

Cute and thoughtful.

Something must kill a man

Okoyeeebos:
Obi isn't giving anyone sleepless nights. If it were Okonjo Iweala, we would have understood.

Even if PDP presents Jack, Kanu's dog as PDP's VP candidate in the SE, those voting Obi would still vote Jack.

The SE voting Obi is not on the basis of competence or achievements, it's on the basis of tribal sentiments.

Just like Buhari/Osibanjo

Tell that to Olukoya's Mountain on fire

I go like attend that particular service

It looks so fun

Obi giving BMC's headache since 1590

All for the cameras


Why the hell will I kill myself because of wizkid??

Igbo amaka

franchasng:
That means you don't know about Nigeria's history.

Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe's father, an Igbo man was the only educated Nigerian British government saw educated enough to become the Secretary to Lord Lugard who drafted most treaties between British government and Nigerian Kingdoms, google it.

His name is Udom Azikiwe.

Ojukwu was the first Nigerian military Officer to graduate from the British Royal Army school, google it.

Maj. Nzeogwu was one of the most educated Nigerian army after independence and he was Nigerian army instructor. Google it bro.

Maj. Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi was the most educated Nigerian army officer who served under British Royal army, served under Queen Elizabeth, toured African nations under British Army command before returning to Nigeria to become the Chief of Nigeria's Army as he was appointed by the outgoing British Colonial Masters before Nigeria's independence, google whatever I tell you sir.

You can google first Nigerian pilot, surgeon, professor, lawyer, engineer, etc and check which name dominates.

Igbos owned Nigeria and dominated in government, military and civil service before the 1966 coup and civil war, it was after the war that Igbos lost hold of Nigeria in terms of government, military and civil service.

Before then, ask any honest elder above 80yrs you know, he or she will tell you.

Are you aware that all Igbo Police and Military Officers before the war were all dismissed after the war

All Igbo civil servants were all dismissed too, including my father and many uncles who worked with NRC, etc.

Igbos lost virtually everything after the war they had to start from scratch again.

Before the war ended, Hausa-Fulani, Yorubas used the period of the war to put their tribesmen into Nigerian civil service by replacing every position occupied by Igbo person before the war broke out.

Igbos were denied employment after the war, Igbos lost their companies, and those that had millions in their bank accounts were seized by Nigerian government and only 10 shillings was given to them no matter how much millions you had in bank before the war, my father lost millions and became a poor man, so many rich uncles then too.

So out of no other choice, Igbos began to embrace business and trading, scattering all over the world; some moved to Gabon, Cameroon, Togo, Ghana, USA, etc to start life afresh and today they have regained their stolen glory, all thanks to God Almighty the great healer and restorer

So before you type next time my brother, check your history book and maybe use google to make a thorough research so u don't end up peddle wrong facts.

Before the war, academically, Igbos were leading followed by Yorubas, thanks to Awolowo free education policy in Yoruba region back then

okay thanks for the lecture. All I know is that Yorubas topped the educational system then.

Beautiful. Lemme tell you the diffrence between an average/poor Muslim and a rich Muslim.


An average/poor Muslim cover every part of their body,


While a rich Muslim dresses anyhow they want to dress.

The sex will not be sweet

Omo were

BlacSmit:
The Igbos where massively rich before the war.

Igbos had always been rich. Even before colonial times, hardwork had been widely appreciated in Igboland.

Before, the igbos didn't really appreciate Education, they rather go to farm or a trade. But during the 80's and 90's igbos started Accepting Education.

Ojukwu is dead, but his manhood still lives on

Now that's Christmas

you think you're a small child.