₦airaland Forum

ozoigbondu:
What of radio biafra

I will give you a free advise, make this the last time you quote me.

Rose2014:
I agree
Despite the fact that Jonathan did everything possible to please the northerners, they still wanted him out at all cost.
Now that a northerner is taking over, they want a united Nigeria with no opposition.

Talk about hypocrisy

That has been their battle cry since they won the election, a "united Nigeria". Unfortunately their 2011-2015 playbook is out there for us to follow . Every man for himself, let see who survives in this free and democratic Nigeria.

The first tool we need is put our own media houses in place. This is the first line of action, the states of SE/SS need two or three broadcast media houses located in the zones. The news our people read and hear MUST not be the edited news from the other side. Let's keep it local across the regions.

collynzo2:
Being in the opposition will be the best thing for both regions especially the South South which is responsible for most of Nigeria's revenue.
The clamour for resource control is no longer left in the hands of militants but will now be championed by elected officials of the highest level. No more party solidarity to silence them.
Someone like Governor Wike will be in the fore front.

Party and he is our brother solidarity are both gone. The incoming National assembly will be brutal, because of the frank debate, about who owns and does what in this country. APC does not know what's about to hit them. The power of democracy is about to take center stage. I also foresee a clear ideological divide emerging from the SS/SE. The functions/limitation of government will also take a center stage too.

The election of 2015 changed Nigeria fundamentally. Goodluck losing was not good, but the voting pattern in my opinion has done the SS/SE lots of good. Many people mainly from the SS understand Nigeria better than ever before. I see a bright future for both regions.

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Eziachi:
I was privileged to witness the two elections while holidaying in Nigeria in Orlu and Port Harcourt precicely. I left Orlu on the eve before the presidential election and travelled to Port Harcourt.
Everywhere was tensed. Ideato where I stayed for few nights visiting extended relatives was locked down with military presence that you will think that there is a war coming.
It was a day after the election when picture started to emerge, why the military presence- Ideato. Ideato is the heartland and beat of APC in Imo, Mr Okorocha's home town.
In Port Harcourt on the election day, it was very quiet around my residential home in Elekahia Housing Estate.
Those around me , non of them voted. There reason being that Jonathan has won already without them voting, which was odd at first.
They were all diehard supporters of GEJ but were sharply divided with the governorship contest candidates.
We all sat together watching as the collation exercise with Jega was going on with the exceptIon of my wife who aren't interested until Orubebe decided to enter the stage.
We all had a good laugh about it and in fact Orubebe succeeded in getting my Scottish wife interested in the election.
It was after the Orubebe side show that I personally called the election for Buhari because I knew both side had already knew the outcome from their polling agents, hence, Orubebe's outburst.

But my diehard GEJ supporters relatives thought that I was mad because Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Delta has some atomic bomb vote not yet called eventhough they never bothered to go out and vote themselves.

And they were right. Rivers state vote dropped like an atomic bomb and they got excited and more excited when Akwa Ibom and Delta was dropped.

But that excitement was shortlived when Katsina was released, and with Borno and I think Sokoto yet out of the bag. It was at that point they were forced agreed with me that Jonathan is now officially an ex president.

At that point, lunch was called with many more relatives and old friends trooping in to see me for the first time after my amputation surgery.
Discussion then turned to where it all went wrong. With all sorts of reasons and blames. Most prominent was that it was a gang up. I reminded them 2011.

But the biggest blame was that of underage voters tilting it for Buhari.
They were alarmed when I said that I do not have much problem with underage voting, eventhough it is unlawful.

Rather, I am against people sitting down to write vote numbers no one casted. Under age voting is a question of a,made law barring a young person from voting because of their age, eventhough many of them are more political aware than grown men that sell their PVC for few hundred Naira.
And in theory, there is no way to prove that the under age vote benefitted a certain candidate. In theory under age vote is the same when women were barred from voting in England because of their gender or when black people was barred from voting in America because of their race.
But in time both were removed to allow both groups to vote. But never would writing of non existing vote ever be allowed In any democracy. That is my reason.

If the very young people in the north were political conscious enough to register, endevour to collect their PVC, stand for hours to be accredited and voted, good luck to them.
What about their counterparts down sourh? How much of awareness of whats going on do they have Absolutely non!
How can they? When they are more interested in what the Kardashians had for breakfast than knowing that there is a political party called KOWA in this election.

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Buahri's pending failure will not be because of SS/SE, it's just a matter of reality and facts, most of you in APC pretended never was.. Our newly baptisted APC patriots should take heart, you have provided a play book from 2011-2015, the way patriots support their country. Let's change sides and talk about Nigeria the same way you people did in the past, act the same way you people acted.. Democracy is a great tool, you have to love it too.

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TheGoodJoe:
[b]I left PDP to reclaim Rivers oil wells FG gave to Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom – Amaechi

Rivers State governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has explained why he left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He said he did so to get back oil wells belonging to the state that were handed over to Bayelsa and Akwa-Ibom states.

Ameachi spoke at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) while sensitising them on voter registration and collection of permanent voter cards which is scheduled to commence on Friday, November 28.


He said, “Our oil well in the Kalabari area, they have taken, so the basic quarrel is that the federal government is not addressing our problems.

“So, we said to the federal government, if you have not done those projects and you have done nothing for Rivers State, why do we need to remain in PDP and work with the federal government? So we left PDP and joined APC.


“We joined APC because we need to get back our oil wells. So, one thing you owe us is to go and collect your card. When you collect your card, you must help us do one thing – don’t vote for PDP.

“Now, the reason why there is a disagreement between us and the federal government is one question we have always been asking in public – can a federal government led by our own brother who comes from Bayelsa, show us one project that they have done in Rivers State.


“And I said again to the federal government, if you can’t show us one, show us half, that is, the one you started and you abandoned and you forgot it; none, and Rivers State gave our president the highest vote in the country, 1.8 million votes.

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“If nothing else, repair our airport. What have we done against the president that an airport they started the same time with Abuja, with Lagos, with Enugu has not been finished. They have finished Lagos, they have finished Abuja,” the governor lamented.

http://dailypost.ng/2014/11/26/left-pdp-reclaim-rivers-oil-wells-fg-gave-bayelsa-akwa-ibom-amaechi/
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EdCure:
I respect Amaechi and still regard him as a dogged fighter (maybe hero), considering the odds against him. But I had to view the whole thing from a different perspective.
I hope he gets his desired compensation from the in-comming govt. It is only morally correct to reward hardworking loyalists without considering their political leverage (which, honestly, Rotimi Amaechi has lost).

Amaechi was never a fighter, he had access to billions every month with which he bought media space. Those are all gone now, let's see how much fight he puts up, against the incoming storm from his new friends. I wish him Goodluck.

EdCure:
It is safe to conclude that Amaechi has no clout in his home state (domain). How could he be so roundly beaten twice by his rivals (no matter how powerful they are) when he still remains the Governor of the state?

Amaechi has no stronger rivals than Oshiomhole of my Edo. Osho has the Igbinedions, Anhenis, Dokpesis, Onolememes, Orbis, Ize-iyamus and numerous others (all with federal backing for impunity) to contend with, yet he was able to win One senate seat, 3 HOR, about 45% of the presidential votes, and 21 out of 24 HA seats.

I don't think Amaechi is a smart politician with popular appeal. He doesn't seem to know what to do either.

That said, Amaechi has come a long way. He gave his best for the in-comming administration and I hope they don't acknowledge him less because of this.

This came from you? Amaechi will learn a basic life lesson, east or west your home will always remain the best. He has successfully made himself a strange in his own village. His worse enemies now, are his new friends. You have already thrown him under the bus. As dem say, such is life.

Abok1:

Before you muddle up the salient points and try to sidestep from the focus which is the bad management of our collective wealth as a nation, you need to read up on what the cause of this argument. The gentleman @Zubby77 requested for the FG's budget between 2003 to 2007 which I provided.

Your sphallolalia would not do justice to the issue at hand, which points at he failure of your principal, and no amount of jingoism would change this.

If you have any information to help or justify your line of argument, do not desist from providing it. But to expect me to get the information for you would be foolhardy. My 2 cents.

I replied the comment you made, where you stated the Nigerian budget, states included for the years 2014 and 2015. I am not interested in Zubby 77's comment. Just correct your misleading figures and tell the forum the correct amount. You can then, move on. You were wrong, way wrong. Spare me your other sphallolalia and jingosim as you call it.

I still use a Motorola V3, beats all my smart phones when it comes to signal in my village.

Abok1:

Unbelieveable conclusion and inference from you right there.

Let me see, once you ignore the rot in the system and you wag your tails in agreement like someone suffering from knismesis, you are applauded.

But the moment you refuse to sing kumbayah in face of the gambrinous recklessness of the irresponsible President who performs cleptobiosis with his cronies, you become an APC member.

I'm appalled at your line of reasoning to say the least.

Why are you appalled? you gave unbelievable figures as the gross budget of Nigeria, yet you are the one appalled Correct your numbers and tell the forum the gross budget of the Nigerian Nation in 2014 and 2015 ( federal government plus the 36 states). Then we can revisit your gambrinous recklessness of the irresponsible President who performs cleptobiosis with his cronies, comment.

Abok1:

Nigeria's Budget for
2014 - 4.695 trillion Naira (about 29.3 billion dollars)
2015 - 4.3 trillion Naira (about 23.8 billion dollars)

These figures include the state allocations for both years, sufficient to say that the $40 billion from Shell would cover the budget for 2 fiscal years conveniently.

This is while ignoring the Royalties paid by the other MNC in the oil sector, and also the Banks and Telecomms.

Why mislead people, the figures you presented are only the federal government budget. This is the mistake most of you in APC make come May 29 Buhari will shock you people with the true state of government finance

You people have 4 years to correct your so called "mistakes". Oya start make we see.

The drama started already. Change you people wanted is here, please enjoy it for the next 4 years.

Too early to make excuses. Nigerians need to see the miracles awaiting them.

martineverest:
Another wasted sperm.....dont boda replying cos i wont ur trash anymore.....stupidity of d highest order.....u mate dey ugborikoko dey hussle

Time to allow, you do your daily trolling. Awaiting your other monikers to come and beef you up. Like I said in my first comment to you, all your comments on a thread, about a political victory of PDP in delta, have all been off the mark. Again, you are the odd man out on this thread.

martineverest:
Old fo.ol.....ur mate dey uselu psychiatric home.

Typical of a born throway, please use your sense. It will do you some good.

Yes you did, unfortunately you will have more of them by 2019. Goodluck Jonathan will go home and have a peaceful and fulfilled life, while you and your fellow pretenders produce another generation of lost souls. You won this battle by the war is lost already.

martineverest:
Ozuor like u....ur brain don dey tilt,abi?

Little boy, oya use your straighten brain and make some sense here.

martineverest:
Na were dis odoyo come from?

Not from the Odoyo that produced you

otokx:
His comment is not out of place, Ikwerres would have ruled Rivers State for 16 straight years whereas in Delta State everybody has a sense of belonging.

Let us hope that Ifeanyi Okowa would deliver, IBORI still stands out as the ultimate road builder in Delta State, his legacy is there for all to see.

Read his comment again, before rushing to quote mine.

martineverest:
The aniomas have gotten a fresh breathe....urhobos be wan pursue dem commot for delta state,same thing d ikweres dey do ijaws and co for rivers state....urhobo ppl no just get joy

Just see, as your comment is out of place.

AKPOSbaba:
SOURCE..http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/buharill-reduce-petrol-to-n40l-david-west/

Some people actually believed this The level of disappointment awaiting many of you is staggering.

stanech:
he will not even be accepted in rivers state and remember that there will be no salary for ministers. under buhari. that guy go beg

Rivers state rejected him a long time ago, he just received the confirmation last weekend.

The sad reality for him is the complete lack of trust, the incoming powers in Abuja have for him. Nobody places their trust on a character like Amaechi. The APC leaders know, he is a man ready to sell them out at the turn of a kobo, so they wll keep close eyes on him. His actions in River State are an eye opener for them. He might end up as an ambassador to some country.