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blacksta:
Beaf

This issue with Nigeria is not laws but most important is the implementation of any law. - which is very lacking - If we can enforce the 30% of laws Nigeria would be a much better place.

The non-implementation of laws is a symptom of the fundamental malaise that makes Nigeria a chaotic place, which is the lack of structures and frameworks. Laws cannot be enforced without such things, because they form the real meat on the bone, giving direction to laws (which can sound meaningless on their own), providing legal guidelines and necessary checks and balances.

The proposal is squarely targetted at the high tech sector and should provide meat for inventors and other creative Nigerians in the tech area to chew on.

naijababe:
OP's got a lot to learn about naija politics. Reflect more about the past relationship of the bolded persons.

Buhari trusting or listening to the likes of Babangida (the man who took over from him via a coup) or Obj ( his numero uno enemy for the last 8 yrs or so) would have been his greatest folly. Finally, i hope you have not forgotten that Okonjo resigned from Obj administration for reasons we are yet to know, unless u believe the spin given to us then.

Murtalla, Buhari, IBB, Obj and Abacha were the best of friends. All men served in Obj's and Murtalla's govts; IBB served in Buhari's govt, IBB raised Abacha in his palce and Buhari served in Abacha's govt; Buhari also served in Obj's govt.
That is the ugly group of men that led Nigeria into her present tragedy.

blinx4real:
So you all don't see anything wrong in OBJ and IBB attempting to scheme their way into a position of influence in Buhari's govt? these same people who keep pushing GEJ to make silly mistakes, yet you hammer Buhari for standing by his word?
Do you know what integrity means at all?
DO you know that it implies you standing by your decisions even in the face of an easier but definitely compromising way out.

This is the reason why Nigeria continues to fail, because we are more in love with politics than service, we love the rhetorics but can't stand by what we say

IBB and Atiku are already in Buhari's camp, it is all over the news.
Its the same old rotten smell.

DrummaBoy:
1. BB are men of integrity.
2. It would take only such men to eradicate corruption from this land.
3. Public officers are entrusted with public money; I can only entrust this nation's money in the hands of BB.
4. Buhari proved his administrative skills with the PTF. He was given about N200 billion and he produced results. Anenih was given N300 billion and roads in his states were not fixed talkless of those in other part of the nation.
5. The BB ticket would produce religious harmony. For the first time in this country, despite religious affiliation people are coming together under the BB umbrella to vote for change.
6. Buhari's antecedants in his short lived administration in 1984 showed him off as a reformer.
7. Buhari's govt. of 1984 showed sound economic understanding that led to inflation being reduced from 25% to 5%. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi called it Buharism. It was this same economic understanding that IBB betrayed that plunged Nigeria into the abyss we are yet to recover out of.
8. Buhari is passionate and resolute. He has his agenda for this nation and unfortunately, until the CPC, he has not found the platform to realise it.
9. He is not an apostle of Do or Die Politics; he has promised not to contest the results of the election in Nigerian courts (that cannnot be trusted in the first place).
10.I am sick and tired of these theiving PDP cohorts and it is time for them to go.
11. His running mate Tunde Bakare is a man of grace and excellence. A visit to his church at Ogba and you would realise that whatever wisdom runs that place, if translated to the national front will leave this nation to better for it.
11. Tunde Bakare may be the only surviving Awowist among the political class today. A vote for BB is restoring us to the wisdom of the great sage Awolowo.
12. Bakare is a man of God. Psalm 1:1-3, he is blessed and whatever is committed to his hands (including rullling this nation) would prosper.
13. The BB team is a formidable team. A glimpse into their finances would reveal a team using the least to bring out the most. That is productivity - a much needed virtue in Nigeria today.
14. An end to waste.
15. An end to the influence of OBJ and the rest.
16. An end to the wasteful office of the first lady; sparing our senses with the barage of crucified English(es).
17. An end to political voilence, thuggery, kidnapping, religious voilence,etc.
18. New wisdom to tackle Nigeria's perrenial problem of Power Supply, Bad Roads, Graduate Joblessness, Poor Educational System, Dwindling national currency, insecurity, and the likes.
19. Having a leader we can be proud of; not one that is bereft of ideas. Not a leader whose PHD is much in doubt.
20. Opening up the Nigerian situation to what where we really are; what is the state of our finances; what is our oil output situation; How much is really stolen in the nation and how much can we recover back; etc.

My brother I just need a CHANGE and continuing with GEJ is continuing the old order. How do we expect to see something different in the country if we continue with the old way of doing things?

This is fanaticism, not debate. It is the mouthing of meaningless rubbish that you memorised, have no proof off and cannot defend.
Dude, the GEJ camp is built on solid intellectual foundations, not this sort of crap.

DrummaBoy:
I think the most hated GEJ suppporter is Beaf. And I am convinced he is sponsored from Aso Rock. But one must give it to him that he has posted some great discources on the NL and has elicited great response from NLanders. Nevertheless he is a Die Hard GEJ supporter and I am an unrepentant Buhari/Bakare supporter.
So I challenge you Beaf to a debate. What do you have against Buhari and Bakare, and why would you and others in the GEJ train not vote for these two men who are leading virtually every pole on the internet? Do you want to continue in a nation like this or do you want change? Another thing, do convince us that you are not paid from Aso Rock.

Hated by who? Threads like this one pop up all the time from Atiku, IBB and Buhari supporters (those men seem to attract the same sort of person).
I have an extremely low opinion of those of you who go around hating others with a different political view to yours, but it seems to be based on the fanatism the Buhari camp is built on.
The fact that you have registered a brand new id to start this thread, only points this out as another negative enterprise.

That same fanatism finds expression in the mouthing of meaningless cliché’s like "change." What doesa the camp mean by "change?" It surely doesn't include enabling modern developmental pathways. So far, all I've heard is an aimless desire to crush corruption without the intellectual understanding of what its foundation is and how that is rooted in Nigeria's criminally faulty federal structure. There is an unwillingness (called political naivety) in that camp to realise that to bring down a mighty beast, you need to understand it and approach it with cunning, or it will crush you.

The failure of that camp is evident in its weak philosophy to erase corruption. There are few plans to do things in a different way by changing the federal structure. Buhari hopes that he will do the same old thing the same old way and by sheer luck, things will come good. Even his plans to tackle corruption are vague and empty. Going with the allusion of a mighty beast in the earlier paragraph, Buhari has told us that he is going to kill it by simply enforcing laws. But there are reasons why those laws were easy to circumvent. No?
Buhari has not told us how he would change the habitat of the beast to prevent it coming back after he has left the scene, or putting up a tremendous fight back that will see him destroyed (the man has no tanks this time and lacks diplomacy to tackle the NASS).  
That said, even if he was to have some degree of success, the effects of mindless coercion don’t last very long.  The moment he exits, corruption will pop up again, then what? . . .Another wasted 4 year term achieving nothing?!

Buhari lacks the intellectual sophistication to think in modern ways in this new digital World, he also lacks the intellectual sophistication and tooling to conceptualise and strategise in the 21st century. Nigeria is crying out for a different direction, and Jonathan is way beyond all other candidates.

Jonathan is the only one man that can take Nigeria into the modern age. He is doing it in so many ways, from sponsoring the freedom of information (FOI) bill, signing the human rights bill, signing the minimum wage bill, freeing up the political space, sponsoring the petroleum industry bill (PIB) etc etc. There is a lot of vision in the man!

The impact of a digital economy bill would be nothing short of tectonic. We would have structures to facilitate an indegenous gaming industry, an indegenous software industry, attract the possibility of manufacturing electronic hardware locally, the creation of indegenous idea's on par with facebook and bluetooth etc etc

This is an Earth shaking move by GEJ that will propel the country toward development in ways we cannot yet fathom. Way to go!

Bill on digital economy coming, says Jonathan
NNEKA NWANERI30/03/2011 00:00:00

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday called for the enactment of what he called the ‘Youth Digital Economy Bill’ to speed up Nigeria’s digital economy.

He said the bill, when passed into law, will provide a means to harmonise, enhance and integrate digital creativity among youths.

It will also enhance potential for earnings for digital inventors, marketers and other stakeholders in the new digital economy.

Jonathan spoke in Lagos at the official launch of the Youth Empowerment and ICT Foundation (YEIF), sponsored by the Jim Ovia Foundation.

He was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth Development, Alhaji Baba Umar Farouk.

Jonathan said: “To digitally empower the youth for leadership, all stakeholders must be able to operate under a legal framework whose goal will be to assign responsibilities and expectations.

“In line with this trend all over the world, enacting a Youth Digital Economy Bill will facilitate our integration into the thriving world of digital economy and propel our youths as leading players in the African digital economy.

“As Nigerian youths are known for their ingenuity and creativity, what they need from us is the enabling environment which the bill, if enacted, has the enormous potential of fulfilling.”

http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/news/32252.html

Jonathans astute politics have "zoned" Ciroma's wife into his camp!

[size=14pt]A final rally for Jonathan[/size]
Mar 29, 2011
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor

. . .

One of the most ironic twists of the grand finale rally was the appearance of the National women leader of the party, Hajiya Maryam Ciroma, wife of the leader of the Northern Political Leaders Forum, NPLF Mallam Adamu Ciroma.

Introducing her to the podium to make her speech, the announcer made sure he announced her full names as Maryam Adamu Ciroma to drum to the hearing of all that even though the pro-zoning leader of the NPLF may be against Jonathan but that his other half was full in attendance at the Jonathan rally.

Mrs. Ciroma added a humorous tone to the affair by equally introducing the candidate as Dr. Goodluck Mainasara Jonathan, adding the hausa name as a way of indicating to her hearers that Jonathan was an acceptable candidate in the North.

She went on to praise the candidate praising his sensitivity to the needs and demands of Nigerian women.

. . .

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/03/a-final-rally-for-jonathan/

deluxecad:
@Dayokanu: If you can read and understand with fairness, you'd see that I never said that Buhari signed Nigeria on to OIC while he ruled as a dictator, remove the veil you have that's preventing you from grasping my simple tenses. Though I never said Buhari did, he has all the tendencies to do so and I'm averse to that. I'm of the conviction that he doesn't hold the program to make Nigeria work. His desperation gives him away as more of power hungry than one who sincerely wants to serve. No ticket is as balanced as Goodluck/Sambo! Beat it, if y'all can. Go GEJ!

Buhari made the application that took Nigeria into the OIC, IBB only completed it. I created a thread that quotes academics and universities here as proof: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-624604.0.html

We have had no end of reckless statements from CPC, they have only toned down since they were warned that nobody is to big to pay for inciting violence. Before that warning, we had everything from Bakare's implied "set yourself on fire" (as in Tunisia), to his "wild-wild North" and Buhari's clanger to alamajiri's, "lynch election riggers."

Tell me who an "election rigger" is to an almajiri? Its basically holding the Northern non-almajiri populace in terror, "if you don't vote Buhari, you will be killed." The only part of the country safe from that threat, is the South, because Buhari has near zero support and there are no almajiri's to threaten people at polling stations.

timbuk two:
that's not what happened. he wanted the endorsement, he was literally begging, but couldnt get it as he refused to commit to their demands on paper because he already "promised" the igbos the presidency in 2015 and he doesnt want to lose their support.

as for you other comment on "suffocating" buhari's support   haba!! can someone please post some of the rally pictures up for this beaf to see? the guy is the biggest crowd puller this country has ever seen. let the emirs take your money. you really think they'll dare tell their people to vote for a GEJ?? jeez man, you really don't know anything about your country.

Your first paragraph is a wild dream indeed. Dude, GEJ has not promised anybody anything and will not sell Nigeria to the devil, unlike Ribadu and Buhari in their new attempt to sell us to the cabal.

I keep hearing stuff about, "let the emirs take your money." Lol! Emirs control the Imams, who control the mosques, which control the almajiri system, which controls the almajiri. Emirs also deslike Buhari.
Dude, almajiri votes can be switched overnight. They don't even know why they are voting anyway.

If violence is your trick, think again.

[size=14pt]Nigeria set for deployment of troops 48 hours to election[/size]

Abuja (WorldStage Newsonline)-- As part of the efforts to ensure violence free elections, the National Council of State (NCS) on Tuesday endorsed the deployments of troops to the streets 48 hours before the elections.
The council said the move was to checkmate any form of violence during and after voting. The council further warned against ethnic and religious violence during the polls as government was determined to arrest and prosecute offenders.

The general elections will commence on Saturday with the National Assembly election.

Those who have nothing to do with elections were also advised to remain in doors during the voting period.

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was also at the meeting to brief members of the council on the preparation of the commission.

The council is made up of president, vice president, the 36 governors, former heads of states, former Chief Justice of the Federation.

Former President Shehu Shagari, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Gen. Mohamoud Buhari, Ernest Shonekan were present with only former Military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida been the only absentee.

Briefing State House correspondents, after the NCS meeting, presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Hafiz Ringim, Inspector General of Police (IGP) alongside INEC Chairman, Attahiru Jega also said electorate who wishes to stay behind after casting would be allowed to stay; he however warned that anyone caught disturbing the peace and flow of the elections would not only be arrested but would be properly prosecuted.

“Forty eight hours or more before the elections there would be increased deployment of mobile policemen, conventional policemen, and other law enforcement agencies as well as the military. This is with a view to ensuring that no chances or opportunities are allowed for thugs, rogues and vagabonds in other to make proper efforts to disrupt the exercise.

“Apart from this deployment, at the polling unit, there shall be police and other law enforcement agencies whose duty it is to proper conduct of electorate and voters as well as security of voters materials as well as INEC officials.

“There shall be patrol in and around all voting areas by armed policemen as well as armed military offices. The fact remains that this country as well as the law enforcement agents representing this country are determined and will not allow any act of thuggery, any act of violence and any act that would disrupt the conduct of free, fair, rancour free, peaceful as well as acceptable general elections.

“For the avoidance of doubt I want to make it clear that anybody within the vicinity of this election process that is found to be doing any act or conducting themselves in any manner inimical to the peaceful conduct of this election shall be arrested and shall be prosecuted.

“The much talked about distances or that people would be allowed to stay or not, they would be allowed to stay there as long as they conduct themselves peacefully and not otherwise. Anybody that is found to be in a position to threatened the conduct of the election shall be arrested and prosecuted".

The IGP however lose his cool when journalists wanted to know what the police leadership is doing to ensure impartiality of the police personnel deployed for the elections, saying journalist are use to asking “unreasonable and irresponsible” question.”

Speaking also Atahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said the electoral body had finalized arrangements to ensure a free, fair, credible and violent free elections.

“I made a presentation on behalf of INEC to the council on the state of preparedness and in summary, INEC is now well prepared, well position to conduct elections which will go a long way to satisfy the aspirations of Nigerian for free and fair elections. We have prepared adequately in terms of logistics, in

terms of the training of our staff and in term of effective liaison with security agencies in order to provide security before, during and after the elections.

“There is a lot that have been put into this exercise and we plead for the support of all Nigerians to make the elections free and credible and to also make them non-violence. We preach peace and we want to work towards peace and to ensure there is no conduct on election day.

“I am very please that one of the key issues at the council of state today was the commitment of all stake holders to promote peace, to promote non-violence and to ensure that voters are adequately educated.”

INEC Chairman also noted that actual voting will commenced 12.30 after the close of accredidation which he said would end by 12 noon.

He also warned that anybody that comes after the set time will not be accredited; adding however that anyone on queue would be allowed to vote irrespective of the time.

“Anybody who isn't on cue for voting after 12.30 pm won't be allowed to vote. We are fully prepared for the election that is coming next Saturday," he said.

While urging to Nigerians to ensure violence free elections, Jega said NCS “assurance of full commitment to ensuring that the election is free, fair and credible."

He also urged every voter who is accredited to vote to do so without any fear or favour stressing that if they chose to wait to allow their vote to be counted, they must be law abiding.

Kwara State governor, Bukola Saraki who is also the Chairman of the Governors’ Forum said the governors had made commitment to peaceful election and they stand by it.

Danjuma Goje, governor of Gombe State contributed, saying people who stay back to foment trouble at the voting centers will be prosecuted.

He maintained that security operatives will be on ground to handle any breach of peace during the voting time.

Goje said President Jonathan assured the council of his commitment to conducting, a free, fair and credible election and call on all political actors to cooperate with election officials to ensure that the elections were violence free.

In his own contribution, Peter Obi, governor of Anambra State said the council urged all stakeholders to put the nation first in whatever they do especially in their utterances during the election period.

Story by Victor Iluyemi (info@worldstagegroup.com)

http://www.worldstagegroup.com/worldstage/index.php?&id=2479&active=news

timbuk two:
dude, i've never cried for blood over this nplf issue. i'm a pragmatist and this is politics. we both know how hard gej tried to get the support of these guys because he has an election to win - and if he had then it would have been a fantastic fillip for his chances; in fact, i probably would have thrown in the towel. but he didn't and now they are going to pick their consensus candidate and jonathan can wave goodbye to the north plus half of the south west. fair play to them. this is politics.

i'll chose to ignore your reference to the primaries because that was a completely different ball game. you can stage manage a party primary but you can't do that with an election - well you could, but the country would burn afterwards.

Lol! GEJ wasn't ever looking for a deal! He's goal was to scatter them, look at what has happened to NPLF, half of them have gone with GEJ. Dude is very politically astute, people keep calling him names, and he just keeps right on defeating them. What battle has GEJ lost? He always wins quietly and people only realise the fact long after.

GEJ's next target is to cut Buhari support backbone in two. He has foraged far and wide in the North, gathering all the leaders into his camp. I can imagine that there will be a push this week to completly suffocate Buhari's support base. Buhari totally lacks skills and will be used as the greatest weapon against himself. Sit back and watch.

monkeyleg:
@Beaf,

Stop being childish, did Goodluck not have meeting with these same people?

There is a huge difference between seeking peace and security, and hankering after a corrupt and bigotted ladder to office.
It is on record that the cabals condition to deliver their own side of the bargain was that GEJ sign a document which was inimical to Nigeria's wellbeing, but beneficial to their pockets. I don't need to tell you why the talks failed immediately the odious demand was made, its all over the news.

GEJ never sign Nigeria to the devil, what about Ribadu and Buhari? It seems they already have.

timbuk two:
you do realise that if/when that happens it's game over.

You guys stun me! In the same breadth as you cry for blood over corruption, you also cry for preferred candidates to flock with the cabal and other demons.
Do you really have the interest of Nigeria at heart? Something is terribly wrong, its called hypocrisy.

As for "game over," ask Atiku.

IMHO, immediately after the elections, these fellows should be locked away.

dayokanu:
So GEJ's acclaimed political Godfather is now a criminal?

Why does this Odechukwu always sorround himself with men of questionable xtars

Hmmmm! Last I heard, Ribadu and his VP were having dinner with IBB, who enjoyed their company so much that he endorsed them. Things didn't end there though, Ribadu and Buhari were last sghted holding meetings with Ciroma's NPLF, IBB and Atiku to decide the next Northern consensus candidate.

Hmmmmmmm!

When my candidate wins, the army will come out in its full force and glory, and those preaching violence if they lose will be unmistakably quietened.

When will Buhari come to the South?

heilige:
Say no to cheating. Let no one cheat you. PDP have always been rigging. It's time to say no.
One man one vote. We nigerians like to ride the next man, if he shows sign of weakness. It is now time to fight
for our rights. Say no to rigging, if it means through violence as the poster felt, then lez it be so.

Vote BB for 2011

What about ACN and CPC riggers? An ACN man was caught with Anambra states "election results" just a couple of days ago.
Or is PDP being pointed at out of sour grapes, because it is the most popular party and unsporting fellows from other parties are jealous that they hold federal power?

Free and fair elections are a collective responsibility. Go with your camera and phone to the polling booth, use twitter, facebook etc. But if you are violent, chances are you'll get shot, cos there will be no smiling in election security this time around.

swiftycool:
i can imagimne the pdp puppet GEJ jacking books heavily since last night despite the expo he must have been given ahead of time by BON, yet he would still 4UK up & be as dumb & boring as an old overused toothbrush. imagine the statement refrained; that they sat down and assessed the organisers to see if they r deemd fit. . . who assessed? the puppet masters abi, just shows we'll still be voting for same greedy selfish cartel using a humble mumu as their smoke screen. Note GEJ has no power or mind of his own

He might be "jacking books" while the others are eating tuwo instead of addressing Nigerians. Thats why GEJ will make a killing today, the others just don't give a damn about the country.

By the way, NN24 has a miserable 2.500 subscribers. The BON debate by contrast, will be open to tens of millions by radio and TV.

One is running for governorship and the other for the highest post in the land, yet the chasm between their utterances is deep and wide.
Comparing Buhari's statement with Oshiomole's is like comparing kindergarten and university. Oshiomole's words are what we expect from a leader, encouraging, telling us how to help ourselves and the country, and what the benefits to society are. Great guy!

Buhari's words on the other hand, always tend to be inciteful and unbecoming, he always completely disconnects himself from any responsibility to the country, and lays the blame at the feet of others. Leaders don't do that.

Darthmaul:
@ beaf Vettel still remains d man. Hamilton is a has bin until he wins a race. Great driver though. I think Alonso is a better driver dan Hamilton n Vettel. I love Vettel but still has dis youthful exuberances
This season mite be better dan last year.
Start your engined guys. Vrommmmm,

That is dead and buried. Lewis is regarded as nothing short of a miracle by ALL team bosses.
Lewis and Alonso were in the same team with the same equipment in Lewis rookie year. . . And look what happened!
That is despite being told to be Alonso's helper. I recall diplomatic angry Lewis was in Monaco that same year when he was told to slow down and allow Alonso win (handing leadership of the championship from Lewis to Alonso, as well ), not only that, his pit stops were obviously compromised.
The FIA indeed investigated McLaren after the race, but the good thing about Lewis is his head is never going to get bowed, and after that, he set out to beat Alonso fair and square.

Lewis is way way above the other drivers, both in car craft and maturity, here's what he said after the Monaco race (even if between clenched teeth):

"I tried to attack him and wanted to win if I could, but I have to accept that I am in my rookie season and he has number one on his car and I have number two. I am the second driver and so I must accept that and respect that for the team."

-Lewis Hamilton (Monaco 2007)

http://svenschindler.typepad.com/trinity/2007/05/index.html

. . .Telling words.
A bit more about Monaco:

"But after the race, Ron said to Fernando: 'Be nice to Lewis because we had to (pit) stop him early.' And Fernando said: 'What do you mean? I was just cruising.'

"He got very annoyed about that because it was like Ron saying we handed you the victory. Even after that, the relationship was unrecoverable."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2010/05/alonso_overreaching_in_reargua.html

Now, some quotes by those in the know about both drivers:

"Lewis is clearly a very special driver. We have never seen anything like this in F1 before. It's almost inexplicable. I think the word phenomenon just about fits. It makes you think maybe there is a god after all. He is a great story not just for Ron [Dennis] and McLaren, but for everybody involved in motorsport."

-Frank Williams (team boss)

"The thing he really hates is being beaten by his team-mate, and when it happened with us he could be come irrational - I suspect that will be the same again," he said.

"He's also quite nationalistic so being beaten in Barcelona will hurt that little bit more."

-Pat Symonds (Alonso's ex=boss at Renault)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6655491.stm

"He said that Alonso used to throw his toys out of the pram when things didn’t go his way, but because he won in the end it was okay, but in Hamilton “he has run into a brick wall”.

-Giancarlo Fisichella (Alonso’s team mate at Renault)