Jackeeh: I get you. but still, as a parent, I'm supposed to teach my kids sex education, right? OK. buh am I also to encourage them to be sexually active as young as they are? Heck no. I teach them from birth and when they come of age, they can put to practice what I thought them. Same logic applies to politics.
These PDP people need to stop talking about APC personalities and talk rather about their policies and politics to identify their weak points to be highlighted REGULARLY.
All these talk about APC infighting does not and cannot help PDP in the eyes of the public.
tbaba1234: At the lbs breakfast session held last week, Dr Kayode fayemi, Director of Policies for APC, stood in for GMB.
He talked about the following issues:
1. 1.The cardinal agenda of the government and their over-arching themes will be SECURITY, CORRUPTION and UN-EMPLOYMENT; they believe that corruption has a very strong negative link to both security and un-employment.
2. There will be no real action until around October, partly because the 2015 budget is GEJ’s and may be fully approved in April; the new government will seek to align the electoral and fiscal calendars to avoid this type of problem in future
3. A cabinet will be announced very quickly, within one week of inauguration; anyone with a whiff of corruption or other tainting will not be on the cabinet; GMB’s body language will reflect zero tolerance for corruption
4. Emphasized that the APC is not a conclave of cardinals but includes the good, the bad and the ugly; in Nigeria, the bad and the ugly can be the biggest electoral assets but GMB’s government will not interfere with law enforcement agencies or the judiciary even if APC members are involved
5. The VP elect, did a lot of work as commissioner of justice in LASG and will bring this to a major revamp of the judiciary to complement anti-corruption drive and the rule of law; he will also anchor the economic committee
6. The new government will continue with some of the programmes in the GEJ administration, which were successful, for example Agriculture, but there will be a stronger collaboration between FGN and the states
7. A very LEAN government is the focus; this will involve resolving overlapping and redundant MDAs; largely in line with the Steve Oronsaye presidential committee report; this report was available to GEJ’s government but the will to implement it was absent
8. Rather than strengthen key anti-corruption agencies like EFCC, ICPC and SFI, these are likely to be consolidated and a single entity will be made more effective
9. Believe that CBN is getting over-burdened by developmental finance issues, at the expense of its core objectives; this will be changed
10. Subsidy on petroleum products will certainly go and the industry will be reformed as a matter of priority in order to attract new investments
11. While power reform has been commendable, and will continue, the approach will change. Transmission will be deregulated, regionalized and privatized in order to break down centralized transmission; issues of gas supply to Gencos will be addressed but the new government believes that DISCOs are the biggest bottlenecks presently; the government plan to add-on 4,000 MW of power every year and expect that output will be a minimum of 12,000 MW at the end of term of this mandate
12. Think tank detailed work indicate that N3 trillion in savings can come out of plugged leakages; believe that the employment drive will be private sector led
13. The government will allow market forces to prevail, including foreign exchange; debunked the view that GMB will use fiat to fix the exchange rate; however the government will keenly seek to protect the more economically vulnerable segments of the society
14. There will be tightening of the tax noose but no tax rate hikes/FIRS will be strengthened and the LASG IGR template will be adopted at the national level
15. While the infrastructure gap requires huge capital outlay which the government does not have, a master-plan will be developed; a situation where the recurrent budget is almost 80% and capital budget only 20% is not acceptable…(it does not appear detailed work has been done here….for example, they believe that un-employment is partly due to lack of skilled labour and hope to more actively engage the academic community to train for these skills…..but the tertiary institutions will need to be massively upgraded before they can compete )
16. Advised that we read the APC manifesto, available on the website and also, the Steve Oronsaye report
Now their fellow fulani has won I thought they would stop their killing of other tribesmen, not so
However given his stout defence of fulani murderers in Oyo state even when they were on the wrong side of the law, one cannot expect such stoppage of their killings =>
Day Lam Adesina clashed with Buhari, Marwa, others November 18, 2012
As his Chief Press Secretary while he served as the governor of Oyo State, I will transmit a story of how he disciplined a former military Head of State and prevented what could have led to the Nigerian second civil war.
It was on 13 October 2000, when words went round that General Muhammadu Buhari was leading the Arewa team to the governor’s office to confront the state over alleged killings of Fulani cattle rearers in Saki, Oke Ogun Area of the state. Buhari did actually telephone the governor that he was leading a team to his office.
In less than 30 minutes after the general informed the governor of his visit, we noticed that the entire secretariat was already filled with lorry loads of our brothers from the North. This created some tension but we kept our calm. At about 2 p.m., Buhari arrived in a long convoy at the governor’s office in company of the former governor of Lagos State, General Buba Marwa, Alhaji Aliko Muhammed, Alhaji Abdulrazak and Alhaji Hassan. They all wore long faces. In fact, the anger in them was palpable as all pleasantries extended to them were ignored. “This is trouble” was the expression on the faces of all of us in the governor’s office.
Shortly afterwards, the state Director of State Security Service (SSS) and Commissioner of Police arrived. But their presence did not change anything particular on the fears that had already gripped majority of us. The two security chiefs did not come with any operatives, they came almost alone.
The meeting was called to order after Lam walked into the Executive Chambers. Introductions over, Buhari spoke on their mission to the governor’s office. Emitting fire, the general accused Lam and the government of Oyo State of complicity in the killing of over 68 Fulani people in Oke Ogun area and perversion of justice.
His words: “Your Excellency, our visit here is to discuss with you and your government our displeasure about the incident of clashes between two peoples… the Fulani cattle rearers and merchants are today being harassed , attacked and killed like in Saki. In the month of May, 2000, 68 bodies of Fulani cattle rearers were recovered and buried under the supervision and protection from a team of Mobile Police from Oyo State Command.
“ That some arrests were made by Oyo State Police Command in the massacre with their immediate release without court trial. This was said to have been ordered by Oyo State authorities and they were so released to their amazement. The release of the arrested suspects gave the clear impression that the authorities are backing and protecting them to continue the unjust and illegal killings of Fulani cattle rearers…” According to the general, they therefore wanted immediate stoppage of the killings, justice and compensation to the Fulanis.
As weighty and indicting as Buhari’s allegations were, Lam remained unperturbed. He fired back with his own well coordinated arsenals. Lam identified all the points raised by Buhari and simply asked the heads of the organizations directly involved to respond to the allegations. First to speak was the Commissioner of Police who debunked all the claims. Instead of the allegation that the natives were killing Fulanis, the commissioner said pointedly that the opposite was the case.
“ The killing of the natives by the Fulanis was duly reported to the police and, of course, we can’t make arrest because, as soon as they kill, they migrate to other areas. Who are you going to arrest? That is the problem”. On the killing of Fulanis, which he said was as result of “piled up anger”, the commissioner disclosed that arrests had been made and the suspects were in police custody.
Next was the Director of SSS, who equally debuked the allegations by Buhari. “The natives don’t have problem with the Fulanis who are resident but those who are coming in, they don’t care about anybody. They just go ahead and when they graze the natives farms, whoever cares to challenge them runs into trouble. You said 68 people were killed , and people driven away. I am not saying there were no killings but they cannot be more than five. The petition is on the harsh side, there is nothing like that.”
Not done yet, Lam called in his Deputy, Barrister Iyiola Oladokun; his SSG, Chief Michael Koleoso, both from Oke Ogun, and the chairman of one of the affected local government areas, Mr Ademola Alalade. They stated the true position of things, corroborating the submissions of the security chiefs. At this point, all the tensions and apprehensions evaporated.
Trust Lam any day, he must rub it in. He spoke for about 20 minutes and the generals were at the edge of their seats for the entire period. They were like chicken that had just been thoroughly beaten by the rain. Lam said: “ Before I thank you for this visit, you have come to tell me something. I also want to tell you something and that something is to make an appeal. General Buhari has been a former Head of State, Brigadier Marwa has governed Lagos for some time and with credibility… so you are national leaders of this country. Even though, by accident of birth, you are from the North, you can be born anywhere; may be next time when I am coming to the world, I will be born in the North or the South-South.
“My appeal will be that effort must be made to unite this country and that will be ïn the best interest of all Nigerians. I am appealing to the Arewa Consultative Forum, under which auspices our distinguished Nigerians are here; in recent times, they have been sending wrong signals to a number of us who believe in the unity and peace of Nigeria; you have been too critical of the efforts of the Federal Government. I am saying this because Nigeria, at this point, cannot afford to break and the words you northern leaders utter are very weighty, at the South here, we normally analyze them critically”.
On all the allegations, he said: “From what they have written in the petition, this government is completely blameless because we don’t interfere either with the judiciary or with the police functions. I always preach peaceful co-existence in Oyo State and Nigeria as a whole. We are all Nigerians and that is what we have been preaching all along and we shall continue to be Nigerians , no matter the present or immediate problems which will be solved by the grace of Allah.
“I want to say also that we really have to appeal to our people, the itinerant Bororo people, that they should observe less aggression. It is not good , it is not right just coming from somewhere then you just pass through farm lands cultivated may be with the person’s life savings and then over night everything is gone. That is not right, even Allah does not approve of that.
We even wonder when they talk about this people carrying dangerous weapons, I say do they really believe in Allah? When you just take life like that and go away! Are we not forbidden not to take human life? So I think General Buhari, General Marwa, you have to be educating them… It is my pleasure to inform you that at the Presidential Lodge, we have made some arrangements for refreshments so that before you go we can refresh together”.
Buhari and his team did not wait for any refreshments. They came in angry and left bewildered. ADIEU! GREAT LAM!
*OLAOSEBIKAN, WAS CHIEF PRESS SECRETARY TO ALHAJI LAM ADESINA
theV0ice: Finally, an abok.i, a nama rearer that some people consider great
Balarabe Musa is someone I respect very much but what he's saying holds no water...the June 12 elections had only 14million voters.2011 elections won by Jonathan had 36million voters. If 2015 had 28million, it isn't buhari's fault. He's not the umpire and even the umpire will not point guns to people's head to force them to go vote. Nigerians generally are apathetic to elections.
A perfect example is the rerun elections in Imo state. Out of 144000 registered voters and 113000 PVC collected, less than 50000 came out to vote....
Now, whose fault is that?
Someone posts a comment and you wonder whether the person passed through school without the school passign through him
Balarabe Musa said Buhari has a mandate but not a popular one based on total votes cast and the % he won. You are here bringing up the number of votes in 1993 i.e. 22 years ago that MKO won by a landslide compared to Tofa.
Do we have the same population as 1993
Then you spoil your own argument by bringing 2011 when 8 million people MORE voted despite a lesser population and Jonathan had a greater margin and wider SPREAD. Surely you nor try at all
luvmijeje: I said 'if it's true why the brouhaha' but you responded by saying all the perpetrators have not been arrested. So do answer my question...... is that the reason Nigeria government recall her ambassador? Is that enough reason for Nigeria government to go the extreme.
Why are you telling LIES against me while I am still alive - laiti ku mi
In case you missed it, I also asked a question whether ALL the perpetrators have been arrested.
luvmijeje: Way overblown especially if it's true SA have arrested the perpetrators and taken them to Court.
Is it true they arrested ALL perpetrators including those who INCITED the hate CRIME such as President Zuma's son and the Zulu king
Jacob Zuma’s son supports Xenophobic attacks
President Jacob Zuma’s son, Edward, has come out in full support of King Goodwill Zwelithini’s controversial call to deport foreigners from South Africa.
“We need to be aware that as a country we are sitting on a ticking time bomb of them [foreigners] taking over the country.
“The reason why I am saying that is because some of the foreigners are working for private security companies where they have been employed for cheap labour. These companies are running away from complying with South African labour laws,” said the president’s eldest son.
‘Foreigners need to leave the country’
Zuma told News24 in an interview he fully agreed with Zwelithini’s sentiments that “foreigners needed to leave the country.”
Zwelithini allegedly made the comments, which have sparked criticism, at a moral regeneration rally in Pongola, northern KwaZulu-Natal, two weeks ago.
The Zulu king reportedly said that foreigners were changing the nature of South African society as they were taking advantage of the poorly behaved and undisciplined locals.
Zwelithini was also quoted as saying, “We urge all foreigners to pack their bags and leave.”
Why use the FUTURE tense for an action THEY have already taken
Is this statement not a way of them "raising their concerns"?
They want to spite OUR country and OUR government for their own failure that led to the attacks and loss for our citizens resident in their country. We, as patriotic Nigerians should not let it slide by THINKING it is aimed at just one person i.e. OUR current president. To do so will be to encourage future treatment to another of OUR president/leader.
econity: If presidential election was to be decided on nairaland, then you barcanista is d main reason why Jonathan lost his re-election bid. What were you thinking wen you were selling Buhari and discrediting Jonathan wit every information at you disposal. You personally killed Jonathan's career on nairaland. You can't turn the hands of the time. Did you not know that you did more harm to Jonathan on nairaland than Ffk and Patient did to Jonathan re-election bid. Why are you now making it look as if you are the worst loser. Hold your peace and give Buhari chance. Its too early for all your critique.
I agree with what you said about the OP providing very useful material for the Buhari camp in its campaign.
However I disagree with you about "too early for critique". It is NOT too early. It will never be too early. Buhari needs to know he is & will be under constant scrutiny. No one forced him to contest four times before succeeding after failing the first three attempts!
Moreover, let us see this as barcanista maybe trying to redeem himself for his past contribution to Buhari's victory. When a man converts from any BELIEF he goes out to work assiduously for his new cause- Saul who became Paul, in the Bible, on my mind.
Barcanista, keep doing what you are doing for the love of our dear country.
Kolade354: He revitalised our Rail System, Building of almajiri school and our agric sector is now back to normal, but on a general note he deserve to go.
I asked you to show us where you said anything good about Jonathan in the PAST i.e. BEFORE the elections and I can withdraw my yabis.
Kolade354: Pple lyk Mogidi will never see anyting gud Buhari adminstration even if buhari appoint his father..........What is wrong if he appoint 83 year old man to head his transition commitee as long as he has Clean record and his able to discharge his duties..............#Therewillbehaterz
Please show us where you saw anything good in Jonathan administration otherwise STFU.
Abi what is good for the goose is also good for the gander.
Catered4: Hello sir, I agree with you sir. Here there are no donkey with cart. The donkeys carry load on their back. You will find such in Niger Republic borders.
You can actually do one cart as a demonstration to encourage them to have donkeys pull carts for more load haulage, which will be very useful as their business/farming activities expand to feed the growing middle class and higher income level in the country.
jasper7: In as much as this wasn't meant for me, you still quoted me. and I think that gives me right to quote you back Incredible one. full of wisdom. I hope some youths pick up ideas
Forgot to add that the research will need to include the optimal time for the items to become appropriately RIPE without getting spoilt while retaining the best taste and still fresh for a few days.
Collaboration with our agricultural research institutes will prove useful in this regard.
iyobs7: It is morally wrong for you to insult someone's father. If you go through my post of which you were impatient to go through, I have always been against those insulting Jonathan.
Aside insulting Jonathan or not, it still does not change the fact that you insulting Buhari is morally wrong and irresponsible.
Thank you.
I asked you to simply show just one of such posts.
socialmediaman: I believe Buhari will make sacrifices for this nation, he has a track record of performance and trust of every organization he has administered.
Very soon all the jazz of chanting change, change, change like people wey dey craze go soon clear for we eyes na then we go sabi sey we don enter one chance bus proper
jasper7: hello ma, I just have to say how much I appreciate what you're doing... It's amazing. you are facing some of the most challenging areas in the value chain. untill you have negotiated with a distributor, you never realise that farming is the easy part.
I have saved your number and you'll be hearing from me soon. Shalom.
Catered4 thanks for sharing.
I think you should be doing extensive RESEARCH on options for moving up the value chain aiming at packaging the food items PROPERLY and attractively for supermarkets, restaurants etc.
The reality is that the middle class is growing again and as people get more jobs they will need greater CONVENIENCE that they are ready to pay a little extra for.
May the good Lord continue to bless your hustle and please keep sharing to motivate others such that even the economy of these remote northern areas are also impacted with possible reduction in idleness of their youth for easy enrolment with Boko Haram.
Sibrah: Maybe not Groundnut pyramid but the diversification process is bound become faster than it has been.
Because Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has laid the TRANSFORMATION groundwork for diversification that is now manifesting.
Let us remain VIGILANT that Doro Dullard Buhari does not CANCEL them as he cancelled Lagos metro rail in 1984 after locking up Jakande otherwise our one chance ride don confirm be that
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