₦airaland Forum

@Beaf
It won't matter anymore on a second thought. Isoko is not widely spoken in Delta na. See as u dey talk as if the youths in Delta can speak their native tongue, mtschewww.
Anyway we will go with the traditional wafi slang, no be so omo te?

@Beaf
I have written a campaign speech for him in Urhobo, when he comes to the south south on the 4th . Ode

Buhari kicks off campaign Wednesday in Kaduna Call friends and family in Kaduna, share this on,  http:///SFiavK4l

Buhari kicks off campaign Wednesday in Kaduna Call friends and family in Kaduna, share this on, http:///SFiavK4l

@poster, I have pass on this msg to several peeps via text messages, and will continue to do so. I implore all patriotic NL, to continue passing it on:



We dont just need well-meaning leaders, we need those that can stand Toe-to-Toe against corruption! Vote Buhari/Bakare (CPC) @ d Apr 2011 Elections. Pls pass on

@Nsiman, I am surprised. because I work as a consultant to the presidency on millennium development goals (mdg), in charge of building classrooms blocks, all over Nigeria, I have been to the remotest parts of Nigeria, to inspect classrooms blocks, and have inter acted with so many pupil/teachers/headmasters. I have seen a lot, but, I can't remember visiting a school where some children go to school bare-footed,

Pls did I hear him say he went to school without a shoe? Kai! His father must have been irresponsible to send him to school without a shoe.
If he had said trekked to school, that would have been different. Beside, Shagari trekked 4km to school everyday. Nnamdi Azikiwe trekked to school everyday, all with shoes. But this one, his dad has failed in his responsibilities.

Poster
Well thought analysis and right on target. I must say it is a wake up call for the  BB ticket.

Nevertheless, I will disagree with you on the issue of campaign and money. Buhari had a head start. Before he was even nominated CPC's presidential candidate, Buhari has gone round all the key southern states of Nigeria, appealing for votes from mostly stakeholders. He was in most churches appealing to their leaders and the need for change, and the vexed issue of the sharia toga wrapped on him. One thing with grass root mobilisation, especially in the northern part of nigeria, and among the hausa fulani, is the electronic media. Buhari, has been on BBC Hausa service, VOA Hausa service, Deutsche Welle Hausa service etc indicating interest to his grassroot supporters. We must not also take it away from him, that he was in the south south, especially with the late Harry Marshall's family. He was in Yenagoa, to campaign with his gubernatorial aspirant before gej. He was in so many contless functions, sometimes, passing the night in remote villages with associates.
The TBO, a mass mobilisation outfit for Buhari, has been well and active since 2003.
On the issue of money, and "almajiris", being bought, Nigerians seems to forget that in 1982, the whole of the "stumping ground", which is NW, was awashed with late papa Awolowos largesse, on every street in the NW, there is either a beetle car, a skoda,or an audi. And in almost every household in the NW, there is a motorcycle or a bicycle. Alas late papa Awolowo, never won the election. And never had the mandatory 25%. In 2003, we saw how Kano, jigawa, sokoto, zamfara, kebbi, in NW, Borno, yobe, Bauchi in 2007, went to opposition, all because of Buhari, despite the firepower of obj and money that was used.

In SW, we have seen how the election was rigged. We have seen despite all the pdp's money how obj, appealed to the AD govs to allow him a base, because the northerners have told him to his face that he has no base support.
I can go on and on. I think the 2011 election, is an issue base election. Like all the the previous elections, money has never been a determinant. Yes we can collect money, and vote for our heart desire. And that is the jingle of CPC. I have heard it on BBC Hausa service on several occasions, I have heard it on local radio channels.

@Beaf
Buhari will continue to be a demon as far as peeps like you exist in our midst. Peeps that sing the song of tribalism(Buhari a "fulani). Wake up and smell coffee, to know that we have gone beyond the 80's. We are in the  millenium,  we are in right now. We need change. Not with gej and his recycled b.astards, Anenih and co. If you are one of  them, I wish you death by the same decree Haba, 12years, with over 3trillion
dollars in revenue, is it not death for all us. And you sitting in your comfort eurpean zone, with your level of education and exposure, which one is more  draconian? The depletion of our ECA account and foreign reserve or decree no. 4? SMH.
Benin/Ore road, for 12yrs under pdp. Yesterday, I was on that road, it was like passing through hell. You guys are coming to spew rotten garbage on our sensibilities. The saying that show me your friend, and I will tell you who you are, is correct on gej.
No wonder the oba of Benin ban the minister of state from his palace. It is a serious indictment on gej and pdp. See below:
234next is reporting that Benin monarch Oba, Erediauwa 38th bans PDP minister of state for works from palace until Benin-Ore road is rehabilitated. (Better days coming). The days of the VULTURES.
The same shyte, that brought Buhari in the NPN days, is obviously what will bring him back in 2011.

@noblezone,
Will you shut up. Where is Ghana today, after flt. Lietanant Jerry Rawlings killed president Hilla liman,and his recycled bunch of corrupt leaders.
Ghana, is where Nigerians run to now for qualitative education. Ghana is stable economically, structurally, with exemplary leadership, second to south Africa.
I didn't see your post condemning obj, in his hey days, mtschwwww.

I will take this manifesto to my bank and collect value.

@ogb5
We in the vanguard for enthronement of fiscal and fundamental discipline in our country, were not young when GMB, came calling, in 1983, as head of state. He burst shops that hoard our commodities sold to wholesalers and retailers, from commodity boards, and importers given duty waivers, and those that on concessed form M. All those NPN rogues and their accomplices. As a petroleum minister, he "birthed" the now existing refineries. We queued for commodities,and we leave the queue lines with our desired stuff. We were flogged to follow simple rules, that ordinarily we were supposed to imbibe as human beings. We were so unruly, and the consequence is what we are now suffering from. Our "Andrew's" have gone and contributed to the development of foreign lands at our country's expenses.
As a ptf chairman, he has been lopsided, if you recall like you said, you were around then. The road from Onitsha-Owerri-Owerrinta to Aba, was contracted out to a son of the Igbo land, Chief Iwuanyanwu, who ordinarily, one supposed will be patriotic enough. He did poor job of it, with only gravel and tar, and left. The other portion of the road, Owerri- Onitsha, was left in a chaotic and precarious position. At the burial of Father Tansi, it was difficult to access Onitsha on that road. Ptf, was left to re award, at another cost the construction, erection of gully barriers on that road.
The Eleme - East/West road, was a top challenge to the federal govt, until Buhari came with a plan of community dialogue, which has been an impediment for the re-asphalting/opening of the road. Part of what he did in dealing with community challenges was any economic land/tree is entitled to full compensation. Ptf came to the rescue of road users in that axis, though on palliative measure, but there was unanimity of opinions. I will also inform you from reliable source, that 80% of the hospital beds/sheets, in most of the teaching/specialist hospitals in the south south, have ptf logo on them. Emzor pharmaceutical, was a great beneficiary of ptf. My landlord's younger brother, Chukwudi, was without a job, 3yrs after graduation, until he ptf came on-board, and emzor pharmaceuticals, employed him. This ptf, program, has created openings/vacancies, in most moribund until hitherto, Nigerian companies.
Prof. Dora Akunyili, would not have done what she did in nafdac, if she had not worked and served under GMB's ptf, whom she still refers to with nostalgia, as "my oga". If we are to judge GMB's performances,as a military head of state, with GMB, as a civilian president, I think it is a task this fine gentleman will achieve, even better now. because he is senile now, he has removed the toga of military dictatorship from his nomenclature.
A vote for BB, to me and other progressive Nigerians, is a security for our children and grand children.
Ghana is what it is today, because of the even-handedness of Flt. Lieutnant Jerry Rawlings. If we had supported GMB, Nigeria and Nigerians would not pariahs abroad, and object of scorn.

@Lagosboy,
E go better for you.

@caringchi.
How does owing in a house translate to exemplary leadership. Is owing a house in Abuja your problem? Mtscewww.

I add my BB pin and twitter page to the two honest men (BB). I also add a true confession:


Testimony By a Nigerian on Why They Didn't vote Buhari before
.In 2011, GMB is not alone. He's supported by a team of volunteers online and offline who never voted for him before. We didn't vote for him, because we didn't know. We didn't know that he supervised and birthed our only existing refineries. We didn't know that what he did in road construction while in the PTF hasn't been matched by 12yrs of the PDP, even though we claimed they were lopsided. We didn't know that in his time as head of state he reduced inflation from 23% to 4%, by fiscal discipline and a homegrown economic team (not achieved under any other era, even military). We didn't know that there was no religious crisis while he led.
We didn't know that JJ Rawlings of Ghana took over 2yrs before him, and killed all the corrupt leaders, while GMB merely gave his own, long-term jail sentences. We didn't know that the hospitals and universities around the country never witnessed as much benefits they got from the PTF from any government after or before his time. We did not know, that this man haven been in all the oil sectors in Nigeria, has no petrol station, much less a refinery or an oil rig like so many of our leaders. We never voted him, because we did not know.
But now we know, We know that he has followership in the north that money can't buy. We know that those who follow him are poor, and follow him out of hope and belief in his values. I have met old men who know him, who have said, "All I need from Buhari is his word, I can take it to the bank". Now we know that here is someone that has been in everything to make him a Dan-Something, but didn't take the road.

We feared he was an Islamic fundamentalist, but he challenged us to provide any human being who can point at anything he did to show the same. Now we know, that it's about the values, The only former head of state that does not own a house in Abuja, Shine your eyes o!, This is my take, What is yours?

@Nsiman,
How is it a "semi-one party state". Have you forgotten, Kano State was taken over from an incumbent pdp gov. Lagos, has never been ruled by your so-called "semi-one party, " Pdp. Look, if they try any nonsense this time around, we will match them with a revolt. The fact that these two largest states, one from north west and one from south west, shows that "semi one party" is not sustainable.

@Ping Pong
TeamGej has to do better than stealing our votes. No "fostering on us" would be allowed.

@Beaf,
There is nobody like a "leader", in the almajiri/malam set up. It is not a unionised/registered organisation. What they have is loose/decentralised set up, with parents sending their kids/wards to the most talented malam of their estimation. These popular malams aka malaman tsangaya, are mostly of different islamic sect, who will not be identified with one leader. A case for reckoning, is during ramadhan, when the moon is sighted for the opening and closing of fasting. Majority of these malams, prefer to see the moon live before starting or ending their fasting. They never rely on the universal announcement of the sultan. This is one aspect among several of departures. Some don't even follow the teachings and practice of prophet Mohammed, hadith, which is a secondary source of sharia. They prefer and abide by the primary source, quran.
Those that presented themselves as leaders, to the president, the other day on nta, are sycophants, catching up with the order of day.
I hope you are guided please.

I said, double check please. Afterall Satan is God's creation.

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Please could anybody help double check on this?

@ddc machine,
It is a universal thing. It happened where I was last week, Aladja, Warri, Delta state. Scores of under age kids registering.

@MAYOWAAK
May your days be long!

@dappssee,
It is the two side of one coin.

@Jarus, thank you. You are a patriot.

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Hmmmm. Gej's supporters no go talk now o.

I am with you.

Brazil built power plant of 120,000MW in 3yrs with a loan which they also paid in 3yrs. South Africa gave a contract for 5,000MW at just $3b. PDP spent $17b in 11yrs & generate less than 2,000MW. Vote BUHARI & kick PDP out! Pls kindly 4wrd to patriotic Nigerians who are ready 2 salvage the Nation.

@poster:
Don't you have a better thing to post?
Every religion has it's fundamentalist elements. The christian's for you to enter the kingdom of God,you must be born again.

@onlytruth:
The Ndigbos have lost out. I have also commented on a similar thread posted by jason 123, some months back. The fact that gej is supporting only his native ijaw is real. Name me one key ministry in gej's cabinet that has Ndigbo, apart from health (rubbish). All the key ministries/parastatals are purely ijaws. Even the recent appointment of SA's is lopsided. The key man of that appointment, is Mr. Kingsley Kuku, SA, amnesty. What in the name, is Bianca Ojukwu's SA diaspora? I wan cry. The "non-Ndigbos", have nothing to do with this. Mr. Simon Kolawole, a yoruba, and the yorubas, have had a fair share of administering Nigeria. You can hype whatever you want to hype for yourself to make you feel good, but the truth is plain.
Like jason123, said, "good morning" Ndigbo.

If I were an Igboman, I would not find the current political calculations funny at all. Look at the fact: from an enviable height in the First and Second Republics, when Igbos held key positions in government, the reality today is that the highest-ranking Igbo is Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweramadu. And guess what? He is No. 5 in the hierarchy! For an ethnic group that is one of the biggest three, this is not something to cheer. If the last four years did not offer anything noteworthy to them, how can the next four years be different? That, to me, should be the focus of Ndigbo politics ahead of the April polls.


Let’s start with the most difficult question: when will an Igbo man or woman become President of Nigeria? The South East Leaders Forum, in a statement issued last Thursday, proposed 2015. Now this is very tricky. A major issue in the polity today is the return of power to the North this year to, as the saying goes, “allow the North complete its eight-year term truncated by Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s death”. Assuming President Goodluck Jonathan wins the presidential election and quits after only one term in 2015, the coming presidential battle then would be between the North and the South-east. It does not promise to be exciting.


On paper, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar made the best offer to the South-east before the PDP presidential primary election. He promised to complete the “North’s term” by serving only one term and vacating the seat for an Igbo president in 2015. Under this proposal, an Igbo president could emerge in just four years. That, I would say, was very attractive. It would be, for Ndigbo, a dream come true. Jonathan had nothing solid to offer the South-east. His own VP slot was automatically for the North, while the Senate Presidency was not available. In other words, Jonathan could only offer Ndigbo the status quo: No. 5 position.


At the level of making a tantalising offer, therefore, Atiku had an advantage over Jonathan. But for whatever reason, the South-east did not take his offer; of the 446 delegate votes from the zone, only 23 voted for Atiku. The rest chose Jonathan (a friend jocularly told me: “Jonathan is Ebele. We voted for him because he is our son!”) Did the South-east throw away a golden opportunity by not supporting Atiku? The counter argument is that even if the entire South-east had voted for Atiku, Jonathan would still have won. And the zone could have been considered as “opposition” by the president for not supporting his bid. That would have political implications.


With the Atiku offer now gone, what next for Ndigbo? There are two options, obviously: to support Jonathan or pitch tent with the opposition. If the alliance talks between ACN and CPC had worked out, Ndigbo could have pushed for the VP slot, hoping that in 2015 or 2019, the chance for No. 1 would finally come. But the opposition parties have behaved typically by failing to reach an agreement. The implication for Ndigbo is that their selling point is now at risk. What’s the selling point? Getting the VP slot with the hope of delivering the South-east votes to the opposition alliance in April.


Many Igbo opinion leaders believe that the unenviable position of Ndigbo in national politics today is a product of conspiracy. They argue that Ndigbo are still paying the price for the civil war—that, indeed, there is a deliberate plan to keep them out of power. On the other hand, some argue that Igbo themselves are yet to move away from the war and are always playing the victim instead of tackling the enemies within and taking their rightful place in the scheme of things. I don’t want to be involved in this sort of argument because it is neither here nor there. It is about opinions—everyone has one. I would say, however, that even if there is conspiracy against Ndigbo, it is not beyond redemption. Deft group politicking is a critical antidote. It requires strategic planning.


Putting the conspiracy theory aside for now, I would suggest that two key developments have contributed to pushing Ndigbo down the pecking order of national politics: (1) the mainstreaming of the South-west and (2) the rise of the Niger Delta. The failure of Chief Obafemi Awolowo-led South-west to join forces with the centre in the First and Second Republics meant the South-east had an advantage over them. Dr. Azikiwe’s National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) went into coalition with the Northern Peoples Congress (NPC) and formed government in the Independence era. In the Second Republic, Azikiwe’s Nigeria Peoples Party (NPP) also had an understanding with the ruling National Party of Nigeria (NPN), while Dr. Alex Ekwueme (an Igbo) was Vice-President to Alhaji Shehu Shagari. It appeared as if it was a matter of time for an Igbo to become president (I still believe if the military had not struck in 1983, Ekwueme was in line to succeed Shagari in 1987—but we would never know).


Ironically, Yoruba’s route to “centre politics” was through an unusual source: Bashorun MKO Abiola. Derided for “selling out” because he did not support Awolowo in the Second Republic, Abiola began building bridges across the country. When he eventually had a shot at the presidency in 1993, he won hands down. The annulment of the election created a serious national crisis; the powers that be decided they had to appease the Yoruba by zoning the presidency to them in 1999. The beneficiary? Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, another Yoruba reviled at home for “selling out” because he did not support Awolowo and the Yoruba cause in 1979.


With a Southerner occupying the No. 1 position from 1999-2007, it was expected that power would return to the North going by our political mathematics and sociology. The Igbo could neither take the VP slot under Obasanjo nor realistically have a go at the presidency in 2007. It’s a zero-sum game: my gain is your loss. If a Southern zone gets something, other Southern zones are automatically “zoned out” until the next time around. To compound matters, the South-south had become a big political force as a result of militancy in the oil-producing region. The politicians had also established a claim that the zone had never produced the No. 1 citizen, even for one minute. It became a movement. Militants were firing on one side, politicians on the other.


Suddenly, Nigeria was no longer seen as a tripod of Hausa-Fulani, Igbo and Yoruba; the Niger Delta had assumed a life of its own, making a somewhat convincing claim to the presidency as the “hewers of stone and fetchers of water” for the country. With the Niger Delta now thrown into the equation, Ndigbo lost the most. They would logically have expected to produce the VP to Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, thereby positioning an Igbo to succeed the Fulani man from Katsina. But the powers that be decided to pacify the South-south by picking an Ijaw man. (Remember, the decision to appease the Yoruba in 1999 also effectively ended Ekwueme’s quest).


These two factors—mainstreaming of the South-west and the rise of the Niger Delta—did not favour Ndigbo in any way. However, they could still have got the No. 3 position—Senate Presidency—in 2007, but the nature of Nigeria meant the Middle Belt also needed to be accommodated. So the No. 3 position, held by the South-east from 1999-2007, went to another Northern bloc—the North-central. The least I expected was that the South-east would get the Speaker (No. 4); it went to the South-west instead. The South-east could only get Deputy Senate President, the No. 5 slot.

What next then? Ahead of the polls, the South-east leaders need to sit down, strategise and negotiate the zone’s interest with regards to projects and positions, irrespective of who they support. Truly, going forward, they are faced with difficult choices: one, to go with the ruling party and negotiate their interests in concrete terms; two, to pitch tent with the opposition and aim for the VP slot, hoping that power would change hands in April. It’s not an enviable situation, I conclude.


http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ndigbo-in-the-fourth-republic/85573

@poster,
Interesting