₦airaland Forum

I think it is high time the South do something more than just talking online... We need to go out and get people to register their PVC in order to increase the pool of voters over here.

I was talking to a woman and asked if she has registered for PVC, and the remark she displayed made me felt we need to do more work than we realize. I had to start talking on what she should get it done to avoid the last catastrophe which we are currently battling to survive on.

At this stage, there should be some campaign to sensitize as many people as possible on the benefits of having PVC before the forth coming election.

Thanks.

Grinch:
I have seen how foolish Northerner's are,when it comes to voting for the right candidate. As a result of this n as a way of fighting back,I have stop giving any beggar from that part of d country alms,n have always reminded them the reason that their sai baba has finished everybody in the country with his archaic leadership style n that they voted for him massively,so they should go n ask him for alms

Thank you for this. Henceforth, I will no longer give them alms. Make dem go meet their leaders.

RadicallyBlunt:
No be any recession. He's getting tired of you. He has seen it all. To those seeing ur pic for d first time, you may be fresh. But ur hubby is probably craving something fresher. Very soon e go reduce to one round in 1 week.

lol, the way many of you take some of these comments serious. Doesn't that look like sarcasm to you? She is joke and I can bet she is not married.

People think OBJ will back down. I am laughing... now this is a torque of war between two Military war lords... a people who know you have to stand your ground, no matter what... we shall see who will win this battle!

laura8:
Madame, you are an educated lady..the world is changing...its so sad that the Fulani herders have not caught up with new trends in agriculture.. This clashes will not stop until people like the Fulani learn to respect boundaries.. Instead of supporting nomadism, they should be encouraged to change their methods of cattle rearing..nomadic agriculture is no longer sustainable.. We are a country of about 180 million..the demand for for food keeps increasing
If the farmer cannot go to his farm comfortably where would you and I get food to eat..the people in the middle belt are simply protecting what is theirs..their lands, their farms and their harvest.. The Fulani's should learn to respect boundaries...

Don't mind her. What makes me angry is that the educated ones, the privileged ones have REFUSED to use their education to help their people.

yazach:
Obasanjo of all people!!!! He can not pull local government. You his letter did anything in 2015, man wake up it was just coincidence

bros, don't say so oo. e go b like film trick... the only way it APC will stand out easily is if they give the presidency to Osibanjo... which I will earnestly have wished for.

papoudaupolos:
In a near future our youth will begin to see the effect of their online hate speech on the prospect of finding jobs and individual security. Internet doesn't forget.

For entrepreneurs like me, I can insult anybody that fuckks up cos I am the job and I am the boss

Ahmad658:
Mind what you are saying...........

and what will you do? Is it a lie? it is truth that fools from the west and east haven't realised just yet, but I am guessing very soon, all that will be a thing of the past. Thanks to Buhari!

yazach:
Before you Stone Buhari,please read this!

Obasanjo as Nigeria's moral compass

Simon Kolawole Live | THISDAY | 18 January 2015

For the life of me, I will never understand how former President Olusegun Obasanjo does it. When you think he is done, he has just begun. I have watched in utter amusement how he has, yet again, wangled his way into the front page of newspapers on a daily basis. I don’t know of any other former head of state elsewhere who has turned himself into the subject and object of national attention long after he has left power. Obasanjo is always there, always scheming, always screaming. It is his luck, I must say, but, as a mere mortal, I often wonder why some guys have all the luck.

Obasanjo, amazingly, has become a god or a saint to many Nigerians. Many politicians, commentators, journalists, activists and youths who used to criticise him are now celebrating him as our moral compass. The people he has brutalised before — such as Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi — go to Abeokuta to genuflect to him. Even Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, of all people, goes to Obasanjo's house to pay homage. And President Goodluck Jonathan goes to Abeokuta to kowtow to him, with two respected pastors in tow.

How does Obasanjo do it? Can anyone help me out? He has a word on every issue. He expresses his opinion so forcefully, so eloquently and so mischievously that you just cannot ignore him. He loves to criticise what he is patently guilty of. He loves to vilify anyone who does not worship at his temple. There is no accusation Obasanjo throws at anyone that he himself is not double guilty of. He has launched ferocious media attacks against most of his successors — President Shehu Shagari, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and Jonathan. Only Gen. Sani Abacha pre-empted him by throwing him into jail before he could open his mouth.

Obasanjo complains about corruption and Nigerians hail him. What's his moral high ground? Can someone tell me? Has anybody never heard about the Halliburton and Siemens scandals? The damning reports are there in the attorney-general's office. Does the name Dr. Julius Makanjuola ring a bell? Under Obasanjo, he was the permanent secretary of the ministry of defence implicated in a N421 million scandal. Mysteriously, the case was abruptly closed with Nolle Prosequi (no further prosecution) — the first in Nigeria's history.

Well, Obasanjo went on to set up the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), headed by Malam Nuhu Ribadu, which — in fairness — did kick the backsides of many politicians. But EFCC could not tackle Obasanjo's own corruption: from the obscene fundraiser for his private library to his shareholding in Transcorp — a company that was getting juicy stuff from a government superintended by Obasanjo. Have we all forgotten the scandalous waivers granted to all kinds of human beings, officially defrauding our treasury billions of dollars?

Does anybody remember that Obasanjo was in power for eight years and we kept importing fuel, with PDP financiers getting the contracts through local and foreign fronts? Forgotten so easily? Does anybody remember how much we spent on repairing refineries that kept "knocking" for the eight years that Obasanjo was in power? Does anybody still remember Obasanjo saying on national TV that he did not know the price of kerosene and it was "unacceptable" that it was more expensive than petrol? How does Obasanjo get away with hoodwinking Nigerians?

Do we still remember that Obasanjo did not resolve the electricity problem for eight years? Do we still remember the "$16 billion spent on power without results" for which Obasanjo arrogantly refused to appear before the House probe panel? Is it that we have forgotten that the damning report was killed? Do we still remember that Obasanjo did not add one coach to the railways throughout his tenure despite spending billions of dollars? Does anybody still remember how many federal highways were in terrible state for the eight years that Obasanjo spent in power? Have we forgotten the Benin-Shagamu road saga? Just like that?

When Obasanjo discusses insecurity, I cringe. From every available evidence, Boko Haram started right under his nose. If he had aborted the foetus, maybe we wouldn't be engaged in fire-fighting today. I have heard many Nigerians say, perhaps innocently, that if Obasanjo had been in power he would have crushed Boko Haram by now. Really? How well did he crush the less complex militancy in the Niger Delta? Was it not under Obasanjo that the militancy started in 2004 and flourished?

To the best of my knowledge, militants were bombing oil installations and kidnapping oil workers with ease under Obasanjo. At a stage, daily crude oil production fell to about 900,000 barrels — from the height of 2.5m. In fact, we were later told that why Obasanjo picked Jonathan as the running mate to Yar'Adua was to appease the Niger Delta. Of course, nobody was appeased. The attacks continued until Yar'Adau offered an amnesty deal. How these facts conveniently escape us is beyond my understanding.

Insecurity? Abacha's regime aside, more Nigerians were assassinated under Obasanjo's watch than at any time in our history. The abridged roll-call: Chief Bola Ige, a serving minister; Chief Marshall Harry, co-ordinator of the Buhari presidential campaign in 2003; Chief AK Dikibo, PDP chieftain and ally of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar; Chief Uche Ogbonnaya (OGB), an ANPP senatorial candidate in Imo state in 2003; and Mr. Barnabas Igwe and his wife, Amaka, in Onitsha. The assassins were never unmasked. What is insecurity?

How did Obasanjo become our moral compass? How did he become such a highly sought-after role model? Has anybody ever managed to read the affidavit Obasanjo's own son, Gbenga, filed while seeking a divorce from his wife on the ground of incest and adultery? It doesn't matter? Has anybody ever taken time to read the letter Iyabo wrote to her father, giving graphic details of his megalomania and duplicity? It doesn't matter? Has anybody ever done a recap of the blatant rigging of elections under the "saint"? It doesn't matter?

Obasanjo pontificates on impunity and we hail him. What happened to us? Dr. Chris Ngige, as governor of Anambra state, was abducted by Obasanjo's associates. Have we forgotten the illegal impeachment of Alhaji Rashidi Ladoja as governor of Oyo state? What about the impeachment of Chief Joshua Dariye as governor of Plateau by eight out of 24 lawmakers? For three years, Obasanjo unconstitutionally withheld Lagos council allocations because of political differences. It took Yar'Adua only a few days in power to undo the impunity.

They say, 'Oh, Obasanjo is a patriot. He has the best interest of Nigeria at heart.' Really? Can Obasanjo look up to heavens and say, solemnly, that he had the best interest of Nigeria at heart when he was picking his successor? Such a character cannot be my own moral compass. With a moral compass like Obasanjo, though, Nigeria is doomed and damned.

I don't care about all these at the moment.. what I care about RIGHT NOW is BUHARI LEAVING THAT ASO ROCK... AND IF Obasanjo is going to be the man that will make that happen, so be it!

olayinkajnr:
One bottle of origin for you bro. I really don't know what's wrong with people.

Ngwenekwenu ask Mynd44 to ban me cos of this comment and he did accordingly... Can you imagine...

gafsal:
Hmmmm....a friend came in to my family to mediate between my sibling that I sponsored to America and turned wayward after making it big in Yankee .the friend needed a loan of #1million from a microfinance bank but he didn't have documents needed which I have and gave the bank,he collected the loan and he supposed to pay #1.4m in 6 months. From September last year to February he didn't pay a dime which he put me in big mess dat I sold my jeep because of that in other to pay back and collect my house and animal farm documents. Run when you hear friend...

Lol... It doesn't look like you have learned anything to me. Nigerians don't pay back monies owed... It is a fact! I don't give money any how.

I will rather end my friendship with anyone than give them money. Yes... That is right!