Enugurangers: Nigeria GDP was 363.8 billion USD (2023). Grew 2.74% by end of 2023. Grew 3.40% by end of 2024. And it's still rapidly growing. Just 6 days ago.
How can you stay positive in a meaningful way without critically thinking through whatever information you come across? Is this what being gullible means?
If our country has even $400 billion GDP, then what is the % of the national GDP from Kano, Rivers, other Niger Delta states, Ogun and Oyo as well as the other states for this Lagos claim to be true?
Do you have evidence that NBS is the source of this data
edet19892015: Unless you understand your role in society, you can never make any meaningful contribution.
According to the Greeks, they are three types of people on Earth, 1. The idiots, 2. The tribesmen, and 3. The citizens.
Studies show only 10% of Africans are citizens. The remaining 90% are either tribesmen or idiots.
1. When the Greeks used the word "Idiot", they did not use it as a curse word. Idiots are people who just don’t care. If they sit for exams, they will cheat. If they are in government they will steal.
An idiot does not care at all, if he eats bananas he throws the peels anywhere instead of putting them in a trash bin.
IDIOTS won't attend monthly neighborhood meetings. They won't pay security dues. They won't contribute to community development. Even when they see or know about something that will harm others in the community they won't report it. When they see/know/have something that will benefit their community they won't share.
In fact, Idiots don't care to register for or vote in an election, yet they complain the most. If they register to vote, IDIOTS will sell their votes for peanuts.
According to the Greeks, some societies have more idiots than tribesmen and citizens.
2. The next set of people are "Tribesmen", these are people that look at everything from the point of view of their tribe.
These are people that believe in you only if you are part of their tribe. It can be terrible to have a tribesman as a leader, he will alienate the rest.
When the Greeks talk about tribes, it’s not just about ethnicity, they also consider religion, gang membership, group membership, party membership and even cult membership as a tribe.
A great percentage of Africans are tribesmen, because they view everything from the point of view of their tribes. They trust only their tribesmen
3. The last group are "Citizens". These are people who like to do things the right way. They will respect traffic light rules even if no one is watching them.
They drive within speed limits. They respect the laws, and won’t cheat in exams. In government, they won’t steal. They are compassionate and give to others to promote their well-being.
Citizens often promote projects that benefit everyone. The Greeks called this group "The Citizens".
Some countries have more citizens than tribesmen and idiots, others have so many idiots.
A tribesman can become a citizen through orientation. And an idiot can become a citizen by training and constant enforcement of the law.
But things fall apart if you elect an idiot or tribesman to lead you if he has not been reformed.
Where do you belong? Are you an idiot, a tribesman or a citizen? Reflect on your life. Reflect about your immediate community, city, state and nation.
Excuzeme: Nigeria's Electoral Laws were designed by the same set of ignoble People who wrote our Constitution --- It was designed to protect all these sort of "shady characters" and to prevent their successful recall.
Can you remember how many times some Constituencies have tried to recall their Senators and it failed woefully? Even INEC will create additional Obstacles for the Process, to make sure it does not succeed.
I mean, how can a whole Supreme Court give "fuel" to this sort of political rascality? When Judges start merry-go-rounding on what is very obvous and start twisting reality, using some silly excuses, we are all reminded of the Title of Dele Farotimi's Book.
BTW: Have we forgotten the same sort of Nonsense happened at the Lagos Assembly when some 3rd Party reversed the decision of the House of Assembly, saying the House of Assembly did not consult them before impeaching their Leader..... and then re-instated him? what we are practicing is not a Democracy, it is a "Capture of State", according to a book written by a famous Author.
In summary, the situation should remain as it is?
Otherwise what are you doing to make it like you want it to be?
Meanwhile, the Constitution has been amended five times since 1999, including the last one that Buhari assented two years ago with greater autonomy for states to generate electricity etc.
There was also the Electoral Act that was passed not long ago.
Where there is a will, there is always a way but when there is no will, there is plenty of excuses.
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has said politicians’ sins are forgiven when they join the ruling party.
Oshiomhole made this statement on Thursday, while welcoming new members to the party, at the APC presidential campaign in Benin.
As he reeled out names of those who have defected from the PDP to the APC, he said: “I am told that there are a lot of very very senior people from PDP who have decided to join forces with President Buhari to take the broom to sweep away PDP and to continue to ensure that APC continues to preside all over Nigeria.
“It includes my own brother, my friend who comes from my own clime, Henry Duke Genebe. He is the former organising secretary of PDP and we also have former vice chairman PDP and leader of Edo North of PDP. We also have my brother Chief Esheshi Godwin. He is also former council chairman and my very dear friend. We have quite a number of other leaders who have come.
“We have quite a number of other leaders who have come… in fact, once you have joined APC, all your sins are forgiven.”
TimeManager: In 2018, the Court of Appeal granted the EFCC’s request to challenge the Federal High Court’s ruling. However, the Rivers State Attorney General and the Speaker of the House of Assembly sought to nullify the appellate court’s decision by filing separate appeals at the Supreme Court.
You would be shocked to know that over 90% of Nigerians have no idea of that constitutional provision or how it works.
Matter of fact, believe it... Most Nigerian youths are completely ignorant about how leadership and democracy work.
When you read their blatant and unabashed support for miscreants in power like Wike, Akpabio, and the rest, even while suffering and living subpar lives, it tells you the level of mental incapacity of most Nigerian youths...!
Sadly and shamefully, many of them are actually university educated. Smh!!!
I hope you are working hard to educate and enlighten people around you and beyond so that we have less of them who are ignorant of the political and governance processes.
frikalone: I love your point my friend, but what do you say about an analyst whose opinion about a particular sector of the economy constantly appears as cheap PR for a particular individual who he has been known to have ties with?
Who is the one doing cheap PR for what particular individual
Rewane said the ecomomy was improving 7 years ago when Buhari was President. Today they are telling us Buhari destroyed the economy, even APC said so.
Rewane served in Buhari's committee and if they want to, they will choose him to help Tinubu. Buhari praised his work and he is doing his work.
There is no need for character assassination and I will not blame any of the two for the ecomomy because I didn't vote for them. The people I voted for should come and tell me if inflation is going down and if food is cheaper
May God bless you richly for this excellent comment that is richly backed up with video clips.
NBS said that inflation has dropped to 24% in January from 34% in December, even though more charges on different transactions were hiked recently and T-Pain is yet to crash dollar rate as he promised before hitting the ground running 22 months ago.
anonimi: World Bank offers Nigeria forex rate advice, as Tinubu eyes N200/Dollar rate[
April 23, 2023
The President-elect said he would work with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to *bring down the exchange rate to N200 in his first term.*
“My administration will collaborate with the Central Bank to harmonize the fiscal and monetary policy to achieve immediate stabilization of the value of the naira against the US dollars and other currencies and in the short term, strengthen the naira by boosting the supply of foreign currency and moderating demand.
“The short-term goal is to achieve a naira/dollar rate of 300 naira/US$ and gradually achieve a less than 200 naira rate over the next four years, Tinubu stated.
All those clamouring for a different President in 2027, you ask them why, and they tell you:
1. The prices of garri, beans, pepper etc are too high, as if
2. Price of Petrol is too high, even though it is still the cheapest in West Africa and one of the cheapest in Africa.
3. He should return naira 'to where he met it' The lack of knowledge is on another level.
We have the most transformative President Nigeria has ever had, but they want a new President for reasons that just makes no sense.
Even Mr Rufai's reason is 'lack of internal democracy in APC'. So your personal dissatisfaction with the internal affairs of your party is a reason we should change the government.
Every where you look, there are big road projects going on. We are now free of the evil subsidy that every previous President was too afraid to get rid off. Naira is finding its own feet. Food prices are coming down. Every university student that wants to, can now have his tuition fee paid by government (student loan) and also receive FREE N20,000 per month, our economic growth is on an upward trend, we now have a trade surplus, our debt service to revenue ratio has fallen from 95% under Mr Buhari to 63% under this government, government revenue is at unprecedented levels, State governments are receiving 3 times more revenue than under Mr Buhari, and many more achievements like that.
All of that in LESS THAN 2 YEARS.
The EU said the government is doing well. The World Bank too. Just last week, Chartham House said it has been impressed by the government's reforms. They think Nigeria is now setting itself up for future economic leadership in Africa if we maintain the pace of the reforms.
But guess what...some Nigerians want a new President in 2027 to change everything again, start his own agenda and set us back another decade or two, all because of...temporary increase in price of yam and garri or, oh, the man is appointing too many people from his tribe, or, oh they disagree with so-called ronus on twitter.
Ok na.
Are you brilliant enough to understand what short term means
anonimi: World Bank offers Nigeria forex rate advice, as Tinubu eyes N200/Dollar rate[
April 23, 2023
The President-elect said he would work with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to *bring down the exchange rate to N200 in his first term.*
“My administration will collaborate with the Central Bank to harmonize the fiscal and monetary policy to achieve immediate stabilization of the value of the naira against the US dollars and other currencies and in the short term, strengthen the naira by boosting the supply of foreign currency and moderating demand.
“The short-term goal is to achieve a naira/dollar rate of 300 naira/US$ and gradually achieve a less than 200 naira rate over the next four years, Tinubu stated.
Politicstoday: Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway has started.
BREAKING: President Tinubu has begun the construction of the 1000km Sokoto-Badagry super highway at the Kebbi state end.
The north will remember. PBAT will fix everything necessary for the growth of this Country.
Is that how the north remembered Jonathan for the universities and almajiri schools he established as well as the rice revolution Adesina anchored and the Lagos-Kano train service he revived?
Auspicious2018: Is it your business if or when they recall them?
My question is about the governor. Don't deviate.
You said that the Rivers people love the governor, right? The 27 lawmakers are working with Wike to ridicule the governor and make the state ungovernable to possibly impeach him, not so?
If the people love him, then why have they failed to recall the 27 lawmakers? Are you so clueless to see the connection
The Ijaw people, also known as the Ịjọ people,[2] are an ethnic group found in the Niger Delta region in Nigeria, with primary population clusters[3][4] in Bayelsa, Delta, and Rivers.[5] They also have significant population clusters in Edo,[6] Lagos, Ondo.[7][8] and small parts of Akwa Ibom.[9][10][11]
The Ijaw people are located in about 29 of Nigeria’s 774 local government areas,[12][13] primarily across six Nigerian states.[14][15] Many are found as migrant fishermen in fishing camps and settlements in Benue,[16] and Kogi states and as far west as Sierra Leone, Ghana[17] and as far east as Gabon.
Census data from Nigeria’s National Population Commission recorded the Ijaw population at 5.3 million in 1991, making up 5.9% of the country’s 88.9 million people at the time. By 2006, their population had grown to 8.42 million, representing around 6% of Nigeria’s 140.4 million people
As of 2024, Nigeria's Ijaw population is estimated at approximately 14.39 million, accounting for 6.1% of Nigeria's 233.9 million people, placing them as the fourth largest ethnic group in Nigeria.
Is that the same way that Lagosians brought suffering from increasing taxes without common services and utilities, upon themselves since 1999, such that they have been reduced to beggars in the absence of government jobs
anonimi: The eyesore on Bourdillon Road 2nd January 2025
Beyond his neighbours, there is something about the sight of people hanging around a president’s residence that does not speak well of his leadership capabilities. Maybe no one has nudged him to see it, but the impression that spectacle on Bourdillon Road generates is that Tinubu enjoys the sight of suffering humans and thrives in—and through— their poverty.
If all these years, impoverished people hang around you and you remain comfortable enough to keep them just so they can be handed tokens of your large heart, then it means you have a pro-poverty mindset. Such a frame of mind is oriented toward cultivating poverty rather than stimulating abundance.
That is why he could unproblematically relate the story of his “friend” who went from using five Rolls Royce to a far-less valued car and not consider the import of the nonsense he was saying. That spurious account was an indication that this is a man for whom poverty—of others, not himself—is an ideal.
Auspicious2018: They are all dealing with their mess and the Rivers people are supporting their governor. My question is, why are a particular people so against a sitting governor? Why do they want him out against the wish of his people?
If it is the wish of Rivers people to keep the governor, why have they not recalled the recalcitrant state lawmakers? Any brilliant idea why this has not happened
Exceed15: No he's not looking for relevance. He's looking for daily bread. He has mouths to feed.
If na daily bread, he should look for the nearest location for T-pain palliative sharing. He should take care to avoid being killed in the stampede there o.
Glimpsetv: A large crowd of Lagosians was filmed in a long queue struggling to collect a loaf of bread. To maintain order, several military personnel were on the ground to control the crowd. This has triggered a lot of reactions online.
Watch the video, share your thoughts in the comments.
He may be afflicted with the APC disease Bwala described below.
dre11: Joining APC Makes the Brain Stop Working’ and 4 More Daniel Bwala Anti-Tinubu Remarks
There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy: hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny. – Frederick William Robertson
Daniel Bwala, a staunch critic of President Tinubu, his administration and the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been seen frolicking with the President in recent days, which has infuriated the public.
For his past statements against the APC, Bwala, who was a spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council during the 2023 elections, has now drawn backlash.
He was an APC member until he defected to the PDP in 2022. He would later cite the ruling party’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket as the reason for his exit.
While announcing his decision on X on July 10, 2022, Bwala wrote: “Tonight I officially resigned my membership of @OfficialAPCNg on principles and conviction that I hold so dear. At this time of our national existence, our efforts and energy should gravitate towards uniting our people.”
There are now speculations that he may return to the APC. He held a meeting with President Tinubu on Wednesday “to show appreciation and support for the bold decisions he is taking to deal with the crisis confronting [the] country”, and he revealed that he would support Tinubu without apologies, even if it meant going back to the APC.
Amid ongoing controversies surrounding Bwala’s recent interactions with the President, FIJ revisits five times in the past when he criticised the APC-led administration.
‘EVEN IF YOU GIVE TINUBU 30 YEARS, NOTHING WILL WORK‘
On December 25, 2023, Bwala expressed scepticism about President Tinubu’s ability to deliver within his four-year term. He argued that waiting for significant changes under Tinubu’s administration might not be feasible.
Bwala said, “When people talk about being patient and waiting, you have to look at the time frame the public officer is expected to execute the work. The President has just been voted into a term of four years. He is eight months into the term, which constitutes 31.8 percent of the total time that he has. He has less than 70 percent time in government; when is that going to happen? When President Buhari took over in 2015, it was the same language, and we patiently followed and he finished the first term and finished the second term. When there is a fundamental problem with policy, time is irrelevant; 30 years, it will not work.”
‘TINUBU’S CABINET MEMBERS WON’T PERFORM MORE THAN 15%‘
In August 2023, Bwala said that the cabinet members appointed by Tinubu would not perform beyond 15 percent because the President seemed more focused on politics than governance.
“I feel that when it comes to the number of ministers, he (Tinubu) was more particular about politics than governance. The number of governors in the cabinet and the portfolios assigned to some individuals were purely political. I don’t have an expectation of a performance that is going to be beyond 15 percent, looking at the cabinet members,” he said.
‘TINUBU IS PRESIDENT-SELECT, NOT PRESIDENT-ELECT’
In May 2023, Bwala said Tinubu was the ‘president-select’, and not the ‘president-elect’. He said Tinubu was selected by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as their preferred candidate.
His words: “Now we are in court to say that it was a rigged process. As long as there is no final determination of the matter, we have every right under law, equity and justice to hold the opinion that we express that he is a president-select and not a president-elect.”
‘THE PDP CLEARLY WON THE ELECTION BUT APC RIGGED IT‘
Following the 2023 presidential polls, Bwala said his party won the election and alleged that the APC rigged it to emerge as the winner.
Bwala, who disclosed this in an interview with Arise TV in March 2023, said, “We clearly won. In fact, if these results were allowed to be read from the result sheet, we won with over 1 million vote. Nigerian people voted PDP as the winner of this election, but history and posterity is the one that will judge.”
‘JOINING APC MAKES THE HUMAN BRAIN STOP WORKING’
Bwala made a post on X in November 2022: “The human brain is unique and miraculous. It works and functions optically 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, until you join APC, then it stops working.”
Since his post resurfaced on Thursday amid his unabashed declaration of support for the APC, Bwala’s cognitive abilities have been questioned by Nigerians.
An X user with the handle @chymaker wrote, “His brain stopped working.”
Another X user @Morris_Monye, wrote, “There’s something wrong with this man’s brain.”
“Your brain didn’t take that long to stop working. Either you forgot to go for an annual checkup or your network is not as strong as you think. Whatever the case is, learn to clean your mouth,” wrote @Gary_Mazi
Mandate1: Is Wike not a past governor and current minister of FCT? This man should rest and focus on his job.
Maybe this is part of the work that T-Pain gave him
obasanjonews: Minister Wike clarifies that the initiative to build homes for judges is part of President Tinubu’s policy agenda, with his role focused on implementation.
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has refuted allegations that constructing homes for judges in Abuja is intended to influence them for political advantage.
He stated that building homes for judges is not his initiative, but rather part of the welfare packages created by President Bola Tinubu to support judicial independence.
During a media chat on Wednesday, Wike clarified that the project was approved in the 2024 budget and emphasized that he is simply fulfilling his duty by implementing it.
Wike explained that Tinubu stated, "Where are the judges living? They lack homes and are therefore vulnerable to political manipulation. As a president who aims to ensure the independence of the judiciary, I believe judges must have their own residences."
"I am not the President; I consider myself fortunate to be appointed as a minister in this administration, tasked with implementing his policies. The President expressed his vision clearly and asked us to explore how we can bring it to fruition."
"Mr. President approved and submitted in the 2024 budget to the National Assembly a proposal for constructing quarters for judges and justices. This initiative aims to relocate judges from rental properties, where they reside among potential criminals."
"A policy that deserves commendation for Mr. President has been included in the 2024 budget, approved by the National Assembly, and signed into law by him. What's the issue? I'm just responsible for implementing it; go ahead and carry out this implementation."
"The Federal Executive Council approved the contract and all related aspects; it's not my policy. How can you blame me for implementing something that has been sanctioned by the Federal Government?"
Wike maintained that there is nothing inappropriate, even if it was his initiative to build homes for judges. He further noted that he had undertaken a similar project when serving as the governor of Rivers State.
The former governor of Rivers State expressed disappointment over the criticism this project received, particularly from legal professionals, rather than receiving praise.
Auspicious2018: Sorry ooo... Why do some people from a particular tribe want Fubara out so badly even when it’s obvious that the Rivers people love him...
Very sad folks.... Always very bitter when people stand against oppression. Smh
Is Wike and the 27 lawmakers who defected to APC and then said they did not and the SCON agreed with them, all from outside Rivers
PDPdestroyer: He should come back tomorrow, he can’t stampede them
Stampede is so relevant in this ebilokan era of hunger and starvation poverty where people fight for daily bread palliative in the absence of promised jobs.
Glimpsetv: A large crowd of Lagosians was filmed in a long queue struggling to collect a loaf of bread. To maintain order, several military personnel were on the ground to control the crowd. This has triggered a lot of reactions online.
Watch the video, share your thoughts in the comments.
herich: Don't you know that,, Yoruba media will do everything possible to deny and rather support the humiliation of their Fulani masters on them, in order to look good before their caliphate masters.
Yoruba media like the Punch below? Did any media outlet deny the news or they reported what the government said about it
Who do you think profits from your divisive tribalism if not our useless leaders looters?
anonimi: The eyesore on Bourdillon Road 2nd January 2025
Beyond his neighbours, there is something about the sight of people hanging around a president’s residence that does not speak well of his leadership capabilities. Maybe no one has nudged him to see it, but the impression that spectacle on Bourdillon Road generates is that Tinubu enjoys the sight of suffering humans and thrives in—and through— their poverty.
If all these years, impoverished people hang around you and you remain comfortable enough to keep them just so they can be handed tokens of your large heart, then it means you have a pro-poverty mindset. Such a frame of mind is oriented toward cultivating poverty rather than stimulating abundance.
That is why he could unproblematically relate the story of his “friend” who went from using five Rolls Royce to a far-less valued car and not consider the import of the nonsense he was saying. That spurious account was an indication that this is a man for whom poverty—of others, not himself—is an ideal.
proeast: Tinubu and his APC members are not smart at all. Instead of confronting the insecurities headlong, they decided to play stupid propaganda as they always do. But now it has backfired!!!
They're also stupid enough to show the Fulani herdsmen that they're cowards and can't stop them, hence the denials! This would only get worse because the herdsmen terrorists has seen they're too scared to stop them. Spit!
You go spit tire oh, boss. El Rufai who answered insecurity questions for T-Pain in London, has been locked out of the equation so what do you expect from the clueless Lagos landlord who has wrecked the state/city into being a scamdemic slum without water in buildings despite all the water bodies around it.
Maxymilliano: The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has explained why he delegated some members of the party to respond to questions posed to him. According to the former Lagos Governor, he adopted the delegation method “to show team-ship”.
Tinubu spoke at the Chatham House lecture titled: ‘Nigeria’s 2023 elections: In conversation with Bola Ahmed Tinubu’, monitored by The Nation.
At the lecture, Tinubu after his opening remarks, assigned Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai to speak on how his (Tinubu-led) government would address insecurity and asked the Director of Strategic Communication of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Aleke, to respond to the question on oil theft.
Tinubu also delegated a former Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, Wale Edun, to respond to a question on how he (Tinubu) would boost the economy if elected.
LazyNGyouth: Darn scary, boss. Imagine denying MASSACRE! I weep for Ondo people.
The state government is following the lead of the president on the matter. No more no less. If you know you know.
dre11: Joining APC Makes the Brain Stop Working’ and 4 More Daniel Bwala Anti-Tinubu Remarks
There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy: hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny. – Frederick William Robertson
Daniel Bwala, a staunch critic of President Tinubu, his administration and the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been seen frolicking with the President in recent days, which has infuriated the public.
For his past statements against the APC, Bwala, who was a spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council during the 2023 elections, has now drawn backlash.
He was an APC member until he defected to the PDP in 2022. He would later cite the ruling party’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket as the reason for his exit.
While announcing his decision on X on July 10, 2022, Bwala wrote: “Tonight I officially resigned my membership of @OfficialAPCNg on principles and conviction that I hold so dear. At this time of our national existence, our efforts and energy should gravitate towards uniting our people.”
There are now speculations that he may return to the APC. He held a meeting with President Tinubu on Wednesday “to show appreciation and support for the bold decisions he is taking to deal with the crisis confronting [the] country”, and he revealed that he would support Tinubu without apologies, even if it meant going back to the APC.
Amid ongoing controversies surrounding Bwala’s recent interactions with the President, FIJ revisits five times in the past when he criticised the APC-led administration.
‘EVEN IF YOU GIVE TINUBU 30 YEARS, NOTHING WILL WORK‘
On December 25, 2023, Bwala expressed scepticism about President Tinubu’s ability to deliver within his four-year term. He argued that waiting for significant changes under Tinubu’s administration might not be feasible.
Bwala said, “When people talk about being patient and waiting, you have to look at the time frame the public officer is expected to execute the work. The President has just been voted into a term of four years. He is eight months into the term, which constitutes 31.8 percent of the total time that he has. He has less than 70 percent time in government; when is that going to happen? When President Buhari took over in 2015, it was the same language, and we patiently followed and he finished the first term and finished the second term. When there is a fundamental problem with policy, time is irrelevant; 30 years, it will not work.”
‘TINUBU’S CABINET MEMBERS WON’T PERFORM MORE THAN 15%‘
In August 2023, Bwala said that the cabinet members appointed by Tinubu would not perform beyond 15 percent because the President seemed more focused on politics than governance.
“I feel that when it comes to the number of ministers, he (Tinubu) was more particular about politics than governance. The number of governors in the cabinet and the portfolios assigned to some individuals were purely political. I don’t have an expectation of a performance that is going to be beyond 15 percent, looking at the cabinet members,” he said.
‘TINUBU IS PRESIDENT-SELECT, NOT PRESIDENT-ELECT’
In May 2023, Bwala said Tinubu was the ‘president-select’, and not the ‘president-elect’. He said Tinubu was selected by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as their preferred candidate.
His words: “Now we are in court to say that it was a rigged process. As long as there is no final determination of the matter, we have every right under law, equity and justice to hold the opinion that we express that he is a president-select and not a president-elect.”
‘THE PDP CLEARLY WON THE ELECTION BUT APC RIGGED IT‘
Following the 2023 presidential polls, Bwala said his party won the election and alleged that the APC rigged it to emerge as the winner.
Bwala, who disclosed this in an interview with Arise TV in March 2023, said, “We clearly won. In fact, if these results were allowed to be read from the result sheet, we won with over 1 million vote. Nigerian people voted PDP as the winner of this election, but history and posterity is the one that will judge.”
‘JOINING APC MAKES THE HUMAN BRAIN STOP WORKING’
Bwala made a post on X in November 2022: “The human brain is unique and miraculous. It works and functions optically 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, until you join APC, then it stops working.”
Since his post resurfaced on Thursday amid his unabashed declaration of support for the APC, Bwala’s cognitive abilities have been questioned by Nigerians.
An X user with the handle @chymaker wrote, “His brain stopped working.”
Another X user @Morris_Monye, wrote, “There’s something wrong with this man’s brain.”
“Your brain didn’t take that long to stop working. Either you forgot to go for an annual checkup or your network is not as strong as you think. Whatever the case is, learn to clean your mouth,” wrote @Gary_Mazi
So that he can become brainless like everyone else in APC whose brain has been swept clean after joining the All Promises Cancelled coven of broom carriers
dre11: Joining APC Makes the Brain Stop Working’ and 4 More Daniel Bwala Anti-Tinubu Remarks
There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy: hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny. – Frederick William Robertson
Daniel Bwala, a staunch critic of President Tinubu, his administration and the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been seen frolicking with the President in recent days, which has infuriated the public.
For his past statements against the APC, Bwala, who was a spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council during the 2023 elections, has now drawn backlash.
He was an APC member until he defected to the PDP in 2022. He would later cite the ruling party’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket as the reason for his exit.
While announcing his decision on X on July 10, 2022, Bwala wrote: “Tonight I officially resigned my membership of @OfficialAPCNg on principles and conviction that I hold so dear. At this time of our national existence, our efforts and energy should gravitate towards uniting our people.”
There are now speculations that he may return to the APC. He held a meeting with President Tinubu on Wednesday “to show appreciation and support for the bold decisions he is taking to deal with the crisis confronting [the] country”, and he revealed that he would support Tinubu without apologies, even if it meant going back to the APC.
Amid ongoing controversies surrounding Bwala’s recent interactions with the President, FIJ revisits five times in the past when he criticised the APC-led administration.
‘EVEN IF YOU GIVE TINUBU 30 YEARS, NOTHING WILL WORK‘
On December 25, 2023, Bwala expressed scepticism about President Tinubu’s ability to deliver within his four-year term. He argued that waiting for significant changes under Tinubu’s administration might not be feasible.
Bwala said, “When people talk about being patient and waiting, you have to look at the time frame the public officer is expected to execute the work. The President has just been voted into a term of four years. He is eight months into the term, which constitutes 31.8 percent of the total time that he has. He has less than 70 percent time in government; when is that going to happen? When President Buhari took over in 2015, it was the same language, and we patiently followed and he finished the first term and finished the second term. When there is a fundamental problem with policy, time is irrelevant; 30 years, it will not work.”
‘TINUBU’S CABINET MEMBERS WON’T PERFORM MORE THAN 15%‘
In August 2023, Bwala said that the cabinet members appointed by Tinubu would not perform beyond 15 percent because the President seemed more focused on politics than governance.
“I feel that when it comes to the number of ministers, he (Tinubu) was more particular about politics than governance. The number of governors in the cabinet and the portfolios assigned to some individuals were purely political. I don’t have an expectation of a performance that is going to be beyond 15 percent, looking at the cabinet members,” he said.
‘TINUBU IS PRESIDENT-SELECT, NOT PRESIDENT-ELECT’
In May 2023, Bwala said Tinubu was the ‘president-select’, and not the ‘president-elect’. He said Tinubu was selected by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as their preferred candidate.
His words: “Now we are in court to say that it was a rigged process. As long as there is no final determination of the matter, we have every right under law, equity and justice to hold the opinion that we express that he is a president-select and not a president-elect.”
‘THE PDP CLEARLY WON THE ELECTION BUT APC RIGGED IT‘
Following the 2023 presidential polls, Bwala said his party won the election and alleged that the APC rigged it to emerge as the winner.
Bwala, who disclosed this in an interview with Arise TV in March 2023, said, “We clearly won. In fact, if these results were allowed to be read from the result sheet, we won with over 1 million vote. Nigerian people voted PDP as the winner of this election, but history and posterity is the one that will judge.”
‘JOINING APC MAKES THE HUMAN BRAIN STOP WORKING’
Bwala made a post on X in November 2022: “The human brain is unique and miraculous. It works and functions optically 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, until you join APC, then it stops working.”
Since his post resurfaced on Thursday amid his unabashed declaration of support for the APC, Bwala’s cognitive abilities have been questioned by Nigerians.
An X user with the handle @chymaker wrote, “His brain stopped working.”
Another X user @Morris_Monye, wrote, “There’s something wrong with this man’s brain.”
“Your brain didn’t take that long to stop working. Either you forgot to go for an annual checkup or your network is not as strong as you think. Whatever the case is, learn to clean your mouth,” wrote @Gary_Mazi
Katakata10: For Fulani herdsmen and Igbos, we no know who dey give Nigeria problem pass
According to our Fulani asslkicking ebilokan president, Fulanis don't and can't give any problem in our country. Igbos are the only tribe giving problem.
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When Funke Olakurin, daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti was murdered instead of Bola Tinubu to make sure that the perpetrators were brought to book, he ended up making fun of the death of the young lady by turning everything into tribalism by showing his hates for Igbos.
Tinubu has never spoken against the deadly activities of Fulani herdsmen across the country
The same stand Adeyinka Grandson gave on the death of Fasoranti's daughter is where Tinubu, the leader of the Yoruba Conservatives stands. Please see Tinubu's video below. pic.twitter.com/COhiSvabqW
— Adeyinka Grandson (@deyinkagrandson) July 14, 2019
Mrs Olakunrin died of gunshot wounds in July 2019 after her vehicle was attacked by armed men, suspected to be marauding Fulani bandits whose violent activities had reached a frightening level across the southwest states.
Those arrested suspects include Lawal Mazaje, 40, from Felele area of Kogi State; Adamu Adamu, 50, from Jada area of Adamawa State; Mohammed Usman, 26, from Illela area of Sokoto State and Auwal Abubakar, 25, from Shinkafi area of Zamfara State....
However, the leader of the team, identified only as Tambaya, and three others are yet to be found.
Tambaya has been declared wanted by the police and he is said to be capable of communicating in Hausa, Fulfude and Pidgin English.
shegz24: Evidence of defection - you mean the PDP showed the document where those HoR members officially resigned from the party?
Oh wait, that didnt happen maybe it's because they never actually officially resigned from PDP.
You think Supreme Court operate like you emotional kids.
Fubara was played and you clowns pushed him faster into the pit. 😂
The Supreme Court also allowed itself to be played instead of applying the principle of lifting the veil of incorporation to focus on the intent of the defectors from the materials available in the public space.
Laslas na everybody go chop breakfast of having looters as leaders as we focus on politics with little or no regard for governance while blaming oyinbos for under-developing our continent.
anonimi: Neo-black Problem: Must Blacks Be Ruled by Whites in Order to Prosper?
In short, the neo-black dilemma may be framed as follows: is it better to live under white rule without political dignity but with basic life-sustaining standards for many;
or to live under black rule with illusory political dignity and without basic life- sustaining standards for the majority? @ @ The path forward for Africa lies in cultivating higher and adequate levels of personal and communal agential integrity as well as full personal responsibility and productivity. Not to mention creativity (including epistemic creativity), productive justice (such as merit and freedom), harmony and reconciliation at local and international levels, and a proper domestication of capitalism and other related values and institutions.
Africa must stop wasting her time on dreams of socialism because it is a system of wealth distribution primarily. Whereas, capitalism is a system of wealth creation primarily, and wealth has to be produced before it can be distributed.
That is very High Life expectancy considering the PRESENT ECONOMIC Situation in Nigeria Under this APC Tinubu and Shettima government of Disaster and Calamity
Akpabio has the perfect solution to all the disaster and calamity of ebilokan continuity of APC shege that was fraudulently sold as change 10 years ago.
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Na we do ourselves with our horribly low expectations of government at all levels- local, state and federal as exhibited in the comments below.
anonimi: Why should you limit governance to road repairs and not prioritise employment of workers by local and state governments to provide services and facilities MAINTENANCE as well as utilities like pipe borne water to every building?
Are low expectations citizens like you, with misplaced priorities a greater danger for our democracy than the leaders looters temporarily allowed into government
Ttipsy: Abia state is in dire need of road construction You are so dumb to know I am not surprised
owobokiri: It is the job of the federal government to make sure that these services and responsibilities are being dispensed by the appropriate agencies, tiers of government or parastatals respectively. That's why the president is elected .
He is the commander in Chief, right? If a state governor is evil and corrupt, there is a federal agency called the EFCC entrusted with the duties to deal with such governos. Let the president use his powers effectively and altruistically.
Irrespective of all the arguments as it regards the separation of powers, it still the constitutional responsibility of a president to.ensure rhe smooth and efficieworking of the state. He was not elected to be travelling to France. He was elected to work and supervising these are part of his work.
The highlighted says it all about your irresponsibility mindset.
tollyboy5: I suspect NNPC will be slow to renew naira for crude deal so they can deal with Dangote. Did you see that nothing change yet in the money we spend on importing fuel? Where are these fuel going to? The corruption has not stopped
Corruption under APC is worse than under PDP, which is not surprising seeing that Abacha's PTF associate led looted us for eight years before handing over to ebilokan to continue with his Lagos master plan for raising revenue and borrowing to do nothing with it for 20 million Lagosians.
socialmediaman: The 2018 Rating by Transparency International placed Nigeria at 148th position out of 180 countries. Nigeria was improving over the years under the previous government, until Buhari got elected as president, things became worse.
There is a difference between fact and fiction. We need to face facts, Buhari is worse than GEJ when it comes to fighting corruption, at least that’s what the facts prove.
Most of us believed there was corruption under Goodluck Jonathan’s Government. I agree with those who did, there was corruption, but not as bad as it is today under Mohammadu Buhari.
In 2012, Nigeria was placed at 139th position, In 2014, Nigeria gained 3 steps and was placed at 136th position. Under Buhari, Nigeria has lost many positions down to 148th.
There’s no further proof needed that corruption has worsened under Buhari’s government compared to previous years.
D game was to make prices go up and reverse it to gain cheap praises from party loyalists.
We are waiting for him to crash the prices. Surely the brilliant Chicago accountant will succeed where Buhari failed on this matter of crashing petrol price. Do you think he will crash it to N40 that Prof. Tam David West told us Buhari was capable of achieving 10 years ago
Deltafirstson: Although the pump price of fuel was N197 when President Bola Tinubu took over on May 29, 2023, the product now sells for N617 per litre – less than two months after.
In his inaugural address, Tinubu announced that subsidy was gone, fulfilling a promise that all leading presidential candidates made during the campaign.
However, pump price of fuel hit N537 per litre days after Tinubu ended subsidy.
On Tuesday, the price climbed further to N617, a development that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) attributed to “market forces”.
Nigerians have been lamenting the hardship occasioned by fuel price hike. Amid the lamentation, a video where Tinubu campaigned to slash the price of fuel went into circulation.
Checks by Daily Trust affirmed the authenticity of the video uploaded on the YouTube page of Channels Television.
At his campaign rally in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, on January 25, 2023, Tinubu spoke on a number of issues, but those of fuel scarcity and naira redesign made the headlines.
However, Tinubu who spoke in Yoruba language, also assured the crowd that though people were saying petrol price would hit N200, it would be reviewed downward under him.
“The great Nigerian youths, the great Nigerian students, the confident Nigerian youths. This is a revolution. This election is a revolution. They are plotting, but they will fail. They said fuel price will increase and reach N200 per litre. Go and relax, we will bring it down,” he had said in the 7th minute of the video.
King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, a Fuji musician who performed at the rally, interrupted the president’s speech with chants as the crowd cheered.
On the campaign podium with the president were Vice-President Kashim Shettima; Pa Bisi Akande, interim National Chairman of the APC; Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to the President; Senator Gbenga Daniel; among other bigwigs of the ruling party.
Tinubu went further to say Nigerians would defy the acute fuel scarcity at the time and trek to cast their votes.
“The great Nigerian youths, the great Nigerian students, the confident Nigerian youths. This is a revolution. This election is a revolution. They are plotting, but they will fail. They said fuel price will increase and reach N200/N500 per litre. Go and relax, we will crash the prices,” he had said.
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The lack of knowledge is on another level.
So your personal dissatisfaction with the internal affairs of your party is a reason we should change the government.