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Nobody can push me out of PDP, says Amaechi.
On July 26, 2013 at 12:30 am in News By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor.
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State yesterday said he is remaining in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP affirming that purveyors of his desperation for higher office had no right to bring down the country because of their assumptions. Speaking on a BBC television interview, Hardtalk,
Amaechi asserted that problems between him and the president were essentially fanned by those in the presidency bent on profiting from a crisis. In the 25-minute interview anchored by Shaun Ley, Amaechi painted a triangle of insecurity, poverty and
unemployment as the major problems of the country which the political class must address. He said the qualification of leadership must not be ethnicised as he called for a visionary leader. While pleading for the speedy passage of the
Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB as a way of addressing decreasing investment by multinational oil corporations, Amaechi nevertheless called for the
abrogation of the office of minister of petroleum or reduction of the powers of the minister under the PIB.
Amaechi also restated his opposition to the
administration’s amnesty programme which he said
partially rewards criminality and has fanned the
embers of criminality in other parts of the country. Challenged that his focus has been on ascending to
higher office of vice-president, he said: “That has not
been my focus. My focus has been mainly on
developments. We have disagreements on policies,
this is the transition period, we have disagreements
on the issue of transition and there are a lot of assumptions here and there by different persons
about what they think or assume my ambitions are.” Watch video here “Let us assume that my ambition exists, nobody has
the right to bring down the state because my ambition
exists. First and foremost everybody should allow
2015 for 2015 is a bit too early.” Charging stakeholders to allow the president do his
job of presiding over the country, the governor said: “I want everybody to allow Mr. president to preside
over the country for which he has been elected and I
support that and I want everybody to allow Mr.
President to preside over the country for the interest
of the country.” Challenged that he had raised charges of impunity
against the president in the past, he sharply drew
back saying: “I didn’t say the president, I said the people around
him.” When asked whether he was told not to run against
Governor Jonah Jang who the interviewer described
as the oldest politician in the NGF, Amaechi replied: ”Nobody told me not to run. Nobody told me not to
run.” But on whether he informed the president he
was going to run for the NGF chair, he said: ”There is no law that requires me to tell him that I
am going to run. I didn’t need to. If the journalists in Britain have an
association and you belong to the association would
the prime minister tell you to run or not to run for the
public office?” he asked. “That is the freedom we are looking for in the
Nigeria Governors Forum, I didn’t need to go to the
president and say Mr. President I want to run for the
office of the chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum.
I didn’t need to do that. “And I didn’t do that and he in turn didn’t call me
to say don’t run, ‘I heard you are going to run.’
So, I ran and I didn’t see the president on the ballot.
The person I saw on the ballot was Jonah Jang.” Challenged on the outcome of the vote and on
whether he beat Jang, he quipped: ”I didn’t say
that I beat him, the result was clear.” On his continuing membership of the PDP and on
whether he would leave the PDP, Amaechi affirmed:
”I am going no where. We will all be in PDP.” Told that he was sticking to PDP because the party is
the country’s dominant party and the only platform
to the presidency or other high office, he is accused of
aspiring to, he said: ”Let’s assume that I remain in
PDP and that I am running for the office of vice-
president, will my leaving PDP not enhance that ambition? “Don’t forget that it is assumed that the president
wants to run in PDP and if PDP wants him to run and I
remain in PDP, it then means that I have no ambition. “Or those who are assuming that I have ambition
would be making a lot of mistakes. Because the place
to pursue that ambition would be on an alternative
party but the reason for remaining in PDP is because
nobody can chase me out of PDP. I am a member of
PDP and I love to be a member of PDP.” Amaechi blamed the tension in the country on 2015
politics. “The point is that we are getting close to transition
and politics is one of the greatest businesses in
Nigeria and a lot of those whose interests appear to
be threatened have come up now to pursue their very
private interests and as governor of Rivers State my
focus is not on that. “My focus is to pursue the goals for which I have
been elected.” On the PIB, he said: “America produces oil but they have no minister for
petroleum, if you look at the PIB what we are saying
is that either the power of the minister should either
be reduced or that there is no need for a minister.
Privatize the oil industry so that people can do their
business and pay the government for the resources they need to pay.” While expressing his rejection of the amnesty
programme which he said rewards and inspires
criminality, he said the progamme was also not
coordinated with some other welfare schemes
directed at the Niger Delta region. “I have never supported amnesty, the whole
country knows that. My position about the amnesty is
I have always believed that when criminals commit
crime they should be prosecuted and my position is
that if you don’t prosecute them, then you will have
others in other regions asking for amnesty, and right now you know there are others asking for
amnesty.” While he admitted that the amnesty programme
helped to curb criminality in the region, he added that
social policing and physical policing introduced by his
administration had curbed criminality before the
advent of the amnesty programme. “Instead of amnesty enforce law and order, once
you curb impunity, criminals will know that they
can’t commit crime anyhow. It is a social welfare
programme that is not sustainable. What is
sustainable is a programme that introduces income
earning, amnesty, yes it has introduced some pilots, but it is not enough.”
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SOURCE: www.dailytrust.info/index.php/
opinion/1679-letter-to-president-jonathan-by-
al-mustapha

LETTER TO PRESIDENT JONATHAN, BY AL-
MUSTAPHA Category: Opinion Published on Friday, 26 July 2013 06:00 Written by Adulrazaque Bello-Barkindo Hits:
2673 Your Excellency, I bring you good tidings. I want to
thank you for this generous gesture of yours which
has made it possible for me to breathe the air of
freedom again, and to reunite with my family,
especially my wife Hafsat, who had dwelt in her own
prison throughout my incarceration. I decided to write you this letter the very first day I
learnt that you had made up your mind to set me free.
That was weeks before my eventual release. I know
some of my words will sound unpalatable; but I am a
soldier in whose squadron flattery is hardly a virtue.
Obviously, this freedom makes me happy indeed but your motive, at least the perceived it, tore my heart to
shreds. I heard it is all about 2015, and not that I was
unfairly incarcerated or that a court of competent
jurisdiction had acquitted me. However, I maintain
even now that I am innocent of the crimes I was
accused of and condemned to death for. I am not the only one to rise from the dead. Your wife, Patience,
also died and returned, remember?
I am scandalized by the political undertone in the
broth of my freedom. I was once the most powerful
military officer in this country but now, from what I
gather, you have reduced me to a pawn on the chessboard of politics? In the past, generals paid me
compliments; but time changes everything.
Mr President Sir, please permit me to call you by your
pet-name Jona. I understand that everything you do
these days has 2015 imprimatur, but bringing me into
the realms of politics is not a wise idea. Let me refresh your memory a little, if you would let
me. I was incarcerated in connection with the murder
of Mrs Kudirat Abiola. Of course just as your popular
picture as politician who is respected among his
neighbours in Otuoke sticks on you like glue, my
reputation as a daredevil and fearless intelligence officer precedes me. My creation, the Strike Force, is
the deadliest Abuja, has ever known. Oh, I am so
proud of its accomplishments. Strike Force made a
snake in a garden shudder in fear during our time.
Some even said that we had a crocodile pond into
which we threw uncooperative people, usually NADECO members or stubborn journalists. But I can
assure you no one has pointed out the pond since we
left power.
You see, I do not know how many books you have
read Jona; but I have even memorised the Holy
Qur’an. As a Muslim, it fortified my belief that in spite of the desire of those who wanted me dead, I would
be free; may be not as quickly as I was discharged
and acquitted but obviously anytime soon.
Why did you release me Jona? Almost all of those who
learnt of my release that fateful Friday morning hung
my freedom on 2015. They say you are obsessed with it and that you would unchain the devil himself to
realize your goal. But I am what the Americans call a
goon, you know? I know nothing but soldiering. Forget
my grandstanding at the Oputa Panel. It was military
strategy. I knew in my military wisdom that a million
SANs would not free me if I did not take my destiny in my own hands, with facts and warts. Lawless people
don’t change overnight. Without any prejudice to the
lawyers in this country, Jona, I can say without fear of
contradiction that my tactics hit a chord, with and I
believe that is why I am here. But mark you Jona, I Al
Mustapha, have no political value in my region, the north, which you are trying to reach out to but which
you have also offended in no small measure.
Northerners will hardy forget how you ignored the
Boko Haram insurgency until it got out of hand.
Unofficial sources claim that close to 800,000 people,
most of them northerners, lost their lives and property worth billions destroyed by the insurgents. The
insurgency has resulted in northerners losing their
positions in the armed forces; mediocrity now reigns.
To me as a former Chief Security Officer, your initial
inaction depicted a total loss of control. You were a
lame duck, even in your first term. So what’s all this elaborate orchestration for 2015?
But don’t mind my position, Jona. Time on death row
has taken the winds off my brains. Never mind Yerima
Ngama, your minister of state for finance, who told
people that my sharp reasoning still amazes him.
Ngama is not a psychiatrist. He probably never paid any attention to my behaviour while I marked time in
Kirikiri. I had been confused. Sometimes, I greeted
people with a clenched fist; while some other times, I
smiled, like General Gowon does. At other times, I
saluted in military fashion. You would have noticed
too, Jona, that my choices since coming out are dangerously flawed. I greeted everyone in sight: TB
Joshua, Fashehun, Otokoto, Ganiyu Adams and Tokyo,
to mention a few of them. I make no distinction
between the living and the dead, just like I have not
adjusted to life outside prison. I even sought Abiola
out only to learn that he is deceased. In that miasma, I paid first homage to the Kano Sate Government
instead of my people in Yobe. It would have served
me just as well if I had driven straight to Gashua and
shook hands with Shekau!
Mr President, I am saying all these because personally
I know that where the north is concerned, I am a political paper tiger. Like Larry Hagman of the famous
soap Dallas, I am the man that people love to hate. I
lack the political value you ascribe to me, and if you
released me to score a political point in my region,
you have only taken a fool’s gambit. But I’m sorry;
I can’t help your 2015 dream. Yours faithfully, Al-Mustapha. Bello-Barkindo, author of this imaginary letter,
wrote from Abuja
SOURCE: dailytrust.info/index.php/opinion/1679-letter-to-president-jonathan-by-al-mustapha

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Answer this MASTERPIECEBOSS

i heard if someone didnt pass jamb bt did well in pre degree final exam, dat person wouldnt be offered admission. Hw true is dat info pls?

x-kid2000:
yaaaaiiiihhhhh! Although jamb 4kd up buh all is well...

Hope you dont mind telling me wat u scored in jamb cos i heard if someone doesnt score upto 200 in jamb bt pass d pre degree he wouldnt be offered admission

seunlayi: are you in sun state? I never imagine the way he was been booed yesterday when the demolition of some structures was going on, even akande and oyin never experienced such

He wouldnt be returning unless acn rigged d election. Am from osun state and one tin have discovered frm d acn people is that they are very good on propanganda. I just laughed at people on here,nairaland when they say he is one of the best performing governor in nigeria, though i dont know wat is happening in other states but i will say he is the worst governor from osun since its creation.
WATCH THIS SPACE: YOU WILL ALL BE IN SHOCK NEXT YEAR WHEN THE ELECTION IS CONDUCTED

diegs: Not just yahoo boys byt ritualists.

Birds of the same feather:::::::

django1: Lautech? Abeg go ask person wey go d schl how dem dey run things for there.

So, na gossip frm people u dey base ur opinion on abi?
As i don see u too lyk gossip can u please brief me on the latest on wetin cos d fight Papa Ejiro and Mama Wale last night?

django1: Lautech is a rotten school producing rotten yahoo boys students.

Hope its not that my school have denied you admission before?

I return from there office an hour ago, and am still waiting for the 1000minute bonus. Has anyone been given yet?

[quote author=Demdem][/quote]Developmental stride indeed but thats not the issue. @DAYOKANU: Yes, you can say d PDP South West Governors are corrupt but when next you ACN a** lickers are mentioning the names of corrupt governors in PDP dont mention Oyinlola's name unless you can prove it that he is corrupt, mind you, you can do so with evidence.

Demdem:
The mere fact that he conceived the idea of building 6 world class stadium in osun suggest the fact that he is daft. What a satanic idea. Thank God he was booted out before implementation.
Borrowing money isn't neccesarily a bad idea but not using it for the good of the people is the problem.

Isnt Aregbe planning the same thing with his airport project. And the loan that our Ogbeni took, do u care to explain where the money is today, please?

Mr man dont even mention Oyinlola's name as a corrupt governor. Yes he took d loan but before he could start d project is election was nullify. Aregbe came cancelled the loan claiming d intrest was too much, bt after a few month d same Aregbe went back to borrow more money with very high intrest rate, wat an HPYPOCRITE we av as governor.
Have you heard any allegation of embezzlement against oyinlola, if u av drop d link here.
The Osogbo people that hate because he didnt locate all d campus of Osun state University in there town even line up by d road syd to applaud him the day he came to osogbo to explain how all the money during is administration was spent to a panel set up by our noise making Governor Ogbeni Aregbe. The panel even applaud him cos of how he explained everything.
I know all dis because i av been living all my life in osun state. Dont sit in lagos and be feeding us wat is not happening.
You can mention all other PDP governor in the south west of beign corrupt but dont shoot urself in the foot by mentioning oyinlola's name as a corrupt governor.

dayokanu: The PDP govt of Osun state took loans to construct 6 world class stadiums which they never cleared the land

dabrake: Jeez!!!!!!! Is this English language?

nobody is above mistake

Dr.'Hesjay:
Sometimes,i just wonder what nairaland has turned to..some pple just talk anyhow sha
see,i'm in a university system n i'm very well used to all these...'lecturer said' tinz...d thing is....nt all lecturers hv these infos...some lecturers just give pple false info...most of dem r just Lecturer II n yet dey form 4 u like say n adem b d skl V.C.....lols..
Why nt ask a lecturer wu lectures in college of health sciences...?
Or check dis link from lautech's official facebook page..... https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=422084907850031&id=171354069589784&refid=17

u can also check mdcnigeria.org to see naija skls dat offer medicine n u wl see lautech there....

N b4 u start saying rubbish here,y nt go n enrol in one english klas so as to improve on ur written English..cos u cnt even successfully write...'fooled'

Tanks for providing the link.

Dr.'Hesjay:
it was restored very late part of last yr!

Any evidence or link to back it up dat its been restored pls? Or its a rumour you heard?

Dr.'Hesjay:
pls,if u knw u dnt knw abt what u r asked abt,it wl b better nt to talk abt it.!

If u choose mbbs in lautech,go n start preparing 4 Putme cos d accreditation has bn restored since last year

Mr, ar sure of these info, cos am very sure there wasnt any one offered medicine & sugery among those in 100L now.

Hope you are all preparing wel for saturday

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My advice to you all is to read well. NOTE: your PDS form number & password is important pls dont forget. Wish All d best.