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@bubx:

Excellent point.

Let's fix the problem and then move on.
Infact, we had a great opportunity to make things right during this past election, but as usual, what our leaders will eat wouldn't permit them to see the light.
They allowed personal agenda to hinder the success of this election process.
It is uncivilized and a shame.

And people, please stop comparing United States and UK to Nigeria whenever we are talking about our corrupt leaders and their inaccuracy election; there is absolutely no comparison.
You've got to be totally uninformed to want to compare these countries to a crumbling nation like Nigeria, where there is no law.

@Backslider:
You got it wrong, my friend.

In this case, I am the parent while Yar'Adua is the son.

It's not by force, you don't have to read or respond to my post.

Mckren:

Out of all the listed presidential candidates (apart from IBB), I've always admire the honesty and sincerity of President Yar'Adua. I never had any problem with this man. I think he's a fine Nigerian and a great man, who is ready to surprise everybody, including OBJ.
Infact, without the election mago mago, I thought he would have won the election without any problem.

My Problem here is unlawful and inaccurate election, which was also confirmed by our great one (OBJ) on the national T.V; totally unbelievable.
When we embrace this type of unlawful nonsense and uncivilized ways of life, how can we move forward?

Believe me, I'm ready to move forward, I've asked many times that how do we move forward from here and what is next, but
I haven't seen any answer.

Please, present an effective strategy to work with and I will welcome it.

Keep in mind that moving on is not that easy:

This reminds me of a son who brought home a stolen car for his parents as a gift: What should the parents do? Should they move on with the stolen gift? or reject the gift and advise their son to return what doesn't belong to him?

Think about it, because everything has opportunity cost; but we must be prudent and make the right decision for the sake of the future

FYI: MAMAJAMA

Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari Nigerian politician, president of Nigeria from 1979 to 1983.

Posted by MAMAJAMA

Even Buhari came to power in 1979 when the court system failed to resolved the issues and disputes between NPN and UPN

Buhari came to power in 1979?

I'm not sure if this information is correct, my man.
I've told you many times to always take your time and research some of these info.
It is totally senseless to just run your mouth with pure baseless information.

Dude:

Do you know how many days and hours I've spent on this forum, trying to persuade people to work together, educate voters, empower voting process, instead of trying to stop Atiku?
Now we've allowed this administration to use us and many of us will pay for many many years.

Do you know how much money this government spent on stopping Atiku's project?
Do you know how many days they spent on stopping Atiku's project?
And at the end of the day did Atiku contest or not?
Do you know how many people lost their lives over this nonsense?

Absolutely waste of time, resources and lives.

And all for what?

My man, you need to understand the different between complaining and standing for what is right for the sake of the progressiveness and the future of our great nation.
This is not just a neighborhood, this is a country we are talking about; a great nation for that matter.
We must fight for our rights, we must stand together for what is fair and right for the great citizens of Nigeria.

Enough is enough, it is too wrong for too long; we must find a better way to restore our nation back to normal.

May God bless Nigeria and show us the right path.

Thanks for the decision to finally stop trying to enlighten me, because you're truly making me dizzy.

Don't hurt yourself while you push weight and I hope you build your brain muscle; because you need it.

One love!

Cool, no need to prolong this issue.
If this is what you call accomplishment, may God bless you and good luck with everything.

Just stay out there in Chicago and don't bother to come back home. I'm sure you will not be missed.

I think we can do better and Nigerians in general deserve much more better than what Mr Ehindero can ever offer.
A country with no security is like a bird with no wings.
We are so full of ourselves and what we are going to eat is blind folding 95% of the leaders in Nigeria; hence as far as I'm concern, leaders in this country are disabilities and obstacles, which are heavily hindering the process to move our great nation forward.

Most of these clowns don't even understand their job descriptions.

MAMAJAMA, no disrespect, I'm not impress with your list; Mr Sunday Ehindero remains disability to our great nation and a total failure.

It is sad, but it is the truth.

Hey DAYOKANU,

Be careful with these folks, very soon they will start calling you IBB's son or Atiku's nephew

@MAMAJAMA:

Apart from new police uniform and constant yes sir, yes sir to the president, could you please identify 5 other accomplishments of Mr Sunday Ehindero during OBJ's government tenure?

Ok, yes it is clear that this government has done somethings correctly during it's time, but this topic is only asking for the people behind the failure of OBJ's government e.g Aborishade, Ehindero and so on.

Or is there any other hidden topic in this tread that I can't see?

Please, let's focus on the topic and leave the rest for another topic.

@MAMAJAMA:
My man, you seem not to be focused; Please get yourself together and come back to make yourself clearer.

@SEUN
Thank you for a solid point.

It all went down the toilet as soon as Mr. President started implementing baseless strategy for himself to stay forever and trying to play around with our constitution.

I wonder why Mr. President didn't learn from leaders like Mandela, who came on, did his best and left with pride and dignity?

I hope our new president finds a way to get us back on track effectively and efficiently, because at this point it doesn't matter anymore; I just want my people to be treated with dignity and my country to be restored back as the giant of African once again.

But with confidence I still feel that at this particular point the name of the solution is IBB; and to understand this fact you have to be politically bright, think out of the box and profoundly understand what is currently going on in Nigeria.
And I may also be wrong.

Let's hope for the best.

It is sad that people can never stop talking about IBB.

IBB has been out of the page for over 10 years and still no one is competent enough to restore this country back to normal.

This reminds me of African Americans blaming white man for everything.
You need to look in the mirror and take a good look at yourself; you just never know the problem might be standing right in-front of you.

Enough is enough, leaders need to understand their roles and perform.

I've checked and double checked, there is absolutely nothing different about Nigerian police for the past 30 years. They are still the same cheap crooks; and Ehindero should be held responsible.

He's absolutely part of the failure and he should be ashame of himself.

The police image in Nigeria is the most despicable image I've ever seen. The police stop points all over the country today are more or less cash checking points for the police. And these are the same people we expect to protect us and arrest the criminals. I just don't get it.
And I blame nobody, but Ehindero for not finding an effective strategy to stop police misconduct.

Apart from distributing new police uniform and saying yes sir, yes sir to the president, what else has he done during his time? Absolutely nothing.
Just because he's not a carbon copy of Tafa Balogun doesn't mean he deserves credit. Credit for what?

Please guys, we need to understand our roles as leaders and start producing the way we suppose to.

85% of our problems in Nigeria will be resolved as soon as we start embracing perfection and stand upright/ firm for what we believe.

When are we going to stop doing the right thing and start doing what is right?
Do you truly understand the different between the two?

Materialistic, dirty culture, greediness, lack of self dignity and lack of respect for the constitution are the things that are killing our people today in Nigeria; and it all starts from our homes and different backgrounds.

It is a shame that one can not even walk around freely and sincerely as Nigerian anymore; Our people and incompetent leaders have totally destroyed our image all over the world.

And please, don't misunderstand my point; I'm not trying to disrespect the Nigerian police, but for any reasonable society to operate effectively, the citizens' security must be the number one priority.
But unfortunately, I do not see this in any society in Nigeria; hence Ehindero gets no kudos from me. He's part of the failure in Nigeria today.

May God bless Nigeria and show us the right path.

When is Ehindero finally going to handle the remote control?

One of the major problems in Nigeria is lack of solid leadership and lack of real men.

I'm sick and tired of these boys scout; no one has balls to stand upright for what he or she believes. People continue to run up and down displaying stupidity and foolishness.

Short cuts, figure heading and sycophant; these are the things that I see when I look at our people, our leaders.

Where is the dignity?
How can you call yourself a true leader when you can not be wrong or corrected?
The failure in Nigeria starts from the root and it is sad and a shame that the new generations are beginning to joint and follow the foot-path of the old schools' uncivilized ways of thinking.

Failure is written all over the faces of our leaders.

Failure is the way of life in Nigeria;  I thought this was the perfect time for us to turn things around for better and forever, but I was wrong. As we all know Failure for the next administration has already been implemented.

Where do we go from here or what is next for the great citizens of Nigeria?
Does anyone care about this country?
How long is it going to take to restore things back to normal?
How many dead bodies and how many more to go? And for what?

Where is sweet Nigeria?

Ehindero (another boy scout) is responsible for part of the failure and I recommend to probe him after May 2007.
Something tells me that this cat is dirty just like the rest.

I think the game just began and if we are not careful, things will start falling apart pretty soon.

It is despicable for individual like Akala to win the election as Oyo state governor.
It is crystal clear that our new president was practically pushed into the Aso Rock.

My question is how do we move forward?  Where do we go from here? Because it seems to me that the failure of this new administration has already been implemented.
And it is sad to know that nothing will change for better for another 4 years.

Where is Nigeria, my sweet country?
Can someone help me find my country?

Don't deceive yourself, we are not going anywhere; OBJ has already designed a total failure strategy for us.
Oga Yar'Adua will just be running around like a chicken with no head for the next 4 years with nothing accomplished. (and please do not get me wrong, Yar'Adua is a fine Nigerian and a great man, but the failure has already been designed).

It is sad and a shame!

May God bless Nigeria

Britain slams 'outright rigged' election in Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria (Reuters) -- Former colonial power Britain denounced "outright rigging" in Nigeria's elections, but urged the opposition to stick to the constitution in seeking redress.

The electoral commission gave the ruling party candidate, Umaru Yar'Adua, a landslide victory in Saturday's presidential poll, but the opposition called for it to be cancelled and held again after international observers said the result was not credible.

"It was not just a question of disorganization, but there was outright rigging and the results were frankly not credible," High Commissioner Richard Gozney said at a reception in Lagos on Thursday night.

"It is up to Nigerians to decide what should happen next. But we do make a plea for people to stick strictly to constitutional means," he added.

President Olusegun Obasanjo is due to hand over to Yar'Adua on May 29, in what would be the first transfer of power from one civilian president to another since Nigeria gained independence from Britain in 1960.

Obasanjo has urged the opposition to seek redress through election tribunals.

Some opposition groups have called for the National Assembly to install an interim government headed by Senate President Ken Nnamani to run fresh elections, but Nnamani has rejected the idea as unconstitutional.

The opposition is also planning a series of mass protests starting on Tuesday, when trade unions stage their annual May Day parade.

"If constitutionality prevails in Nigeria over the next few weeks that in itself will be a very big step forward," Gozney said, adding that Britain would not accept or endorse any unconstitutional outcome.

Copyright 2007 Reuters. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.



http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/04/27/Nigeria.Britain.reut/index.html

First, my man, Segoye2 how you dey?
I hope all is well with you.
I've been very busy, plus this election left me speechless. I feel bad for Nigeria and Nigerians. It is sad and a shame.

All we can do at this point is to hope for the best and continue to pray for the right direction.

It is clear and obvious that none of these leaders cares about our great nation; it is simple, they just don't care.

For many months before the election, I've stated that the only person who can lead this nation toward the right path is the one that has a-lot to lose if things are done incorrectly.
Someone who is under microscope and can not afford to fail. Someone who can stand on his own and lead with new strategy/ bright ideas.
Someone who will not take nonsense from past and present top government officials.

But as usual, the figure heads didn't listen and now we will be singing the same old song for another 4 years; very very sad.
Don't deceive yourself, we are not going anywhere; OBJ has already designed a total failure strategy for us.
Oga Yar'Adua will just be running around like a chicken with no head for the next 4 years with nothing accomplished. (and please do not get me wrong, Yar'Adua is a fine Nigerian and a great man, but the failure has already been designed).

At this moment, the right leader for our nation must have enormous stamina, charisma, strong mentally, must be craving to make things right and must have a lot to lose if he or she fails.

It is sad that we've allowed the opportunity to change things in Nigeria for better and forever to slip away.

We have a very long way to go, my friends.

I wish Yar'Adua well and I hope sooner or later he will get us back on track.

OBJ Nominates 9 ministers and chief of staff for Yar'Adua's cabinet
Thursday, April 26, 2007

President-elect, and Katsina State governor, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, appears to be receiving his baptism of fire already, as pressure is mounting on him concerning those who should be in his first cabinet.

Daily Sun gathered that the biggest pressure Yar’Adua is getting is coming from none other than his godfather, President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Despite widespread local and international condemnation of last week’s flawed presidential election as well as the efforts by key Presidency functionaries to win some credibility for both the controversial poll and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president-elect, it was gathered that serious tussle for federal appointments have already begun, with Obasanjo in the vanguard.

Information available to us indicates that President Obasanjo is currently helping to constitute the cabinet of the incoming government and has already nominated nine persons of his own for appointment as ministers by the Yar’Adua government.

Apart from the ministerial nominees, Obasanjo is said to have also taken up the responsibility of appointing a ‘suitable’ Chief of Staff for the new president. He is said to have verbally shortlisted three candidates, among whom he intends to pick from. Top on the list is Governor Adamu Mu’azu, the outgoing governor of Bauchi State, who not only lost in his bid to install his Secretary to the State Government as his successor, but also failed to clinch a senatorial seat in last weekend’s National Assembly elections.

The appointment would be seen as an apt compensation for Mu’azu, who is believed to have done well in Bauchi but was so busy campaigning and touring the country to deliver the Yar’Adua/Jonathan that he had no time to sit down and plant his own man at home in Bauchi.

Also in the race for the post of Chief of Staff are Governors Ahmed Makarfi of Kaduna and Adamu Abdullahi of Nasarawa State. Both are believed to be die-hard Obasanjo loyalists who allegedly dropped their respective presidential ambition as soon as the president asked them to do so. In the build up to the failed bid to kick Vice President Atiku Abubakar out, both governors were reportedly promised the VP slot.
However, the president-elect is believed to have also put in a word for his own present chief of staff in Katsina State.

A highly reliable Presidency source however, told Daily Sun that whoever is appointed Yar’Adua’s Chief of Staff may still have to work in the shadow of Gen. Abdullahi Mohammed, the current Chief of Staff to President Obasanjo. Obasanjo is said to have directed that Abdullahi works with the new president and his team for the next two years, to help groom the new chief of staff.

Asked to explain what this "grooming" entails or whether it has always been the practice in the Presidency, the source said he was "not aware if anybody groomed the current chief of staff" and had yet to hear of chief of staff being groomed by anybody. "But that is what Baba wants as another way of ensuring continuity," the source said.
He denied that it was any attempt on the part of Obasanjo to perpetuate himself and his influence in Aso Rock.

Meanwhile, Obasanjo is also said to have impressed it on Yar’Adua to do everything possible to ensure that his daughter, Iyabo, emerges as the next Senate President. However, the president-elect is said to have told him that whoever would emerge to lead the Senate would have to be decided in the Senate by the senators themselves.

Meanwhile, as Obasanjo busies himself with the self-imposed task of constituting a cabinet for Yar’Adua, his government continues to battle with the issue of credibility raised by the widely acclaimed monumental fraud that characterized both the April 14 and April 21 elections, even as several opposition figures head for the courts and tribunals to seek to void the results of the polls that produced Yar’Adua, among others.


http://odili.net/news/source/2007/apr/26/806.html

There is no need to be telling or sharing sad, despicable and degrading stories.
The damage is done; the entire world sees Nigerians as whole bunch of lowlife lazy swindlers.

It is sad and very painful to walk around with shame and scared to be identified as Nigerian. It hurts me to my bone and I truly can not take it.
Hence, there is absolutely nothing to write about; I'm sorry, if you have any story regarding 419, please keep it to yourself.

Our main focus at this moment is to find or develop a perfect strategy to clean up our image.

Nigeria like any other country has the bad, the good and the ugly; now it is our duty to find a way to expose the good, the great and the incredible to the rest of the world.

Nigerians are wonderful people, very smart, very hard working, wouldn't settle for less, very educated, very classy and so on.
We must find a way to get these beautiful qualities out there and reject the image that is being populated by the international media.

There is no way we, Nigerians should allow our images to be tarnished by the few villainous rotten ones among us.

Something must be done.

@Topic
I'm sorry for casting a curved ball at your topic, but this is not the time.
Together we must make things right for our future and the progressiveness of our great nation.

Sincerely,

Big b1.

@9ja4eva:

Good point.

@MAMAJAMA:
You guys are just in-love with IBB; you can not do without mentioning his name, even when the topic is sport.


Leave the man alone.

@McKren:

My premise is out there very clear.

Instead of you beating around the bush, you need to speak up or speak out like a man and let us know what is truly on your mind.

What is your point?

Speak out like a man.

OK this is the problem, people are so quick to make their baseless judgment just because one refuses to see things their way.

Dude, there is no one criticizing Ribadu. I've stated it many times that Ribadu is a blessing and a fine Nigerian.

But we need a new start!

Is it a crime to want things to be done accordingly?
Is it a crime to want perfection to be embraced in everything we do in Nigeria?
Is it a crime to want a fresh start?
Is it a crime to want the dirtiness that went on for more than 3 years btw the president and VP to disappear for ever?

I beg, go somewhere my friend.

You are getting things twisted for absolutely no reason.

Insulting?
Absolutely not.

MAMAJAMA: I hate to inform you that Mr. Ribadu himself will prefer and appreciate the presence of folks like myself around, rather than being surrounded by bunch of sycophant a*s*s kissers who will dance to any music.

I guess, I'm the bad guy here; I'm the skeleton in the closet and the bad fruit who refuses to see things the way people usually see things in Nigeria.

I guess, I'm far ahead of this generation's thinking and operating level.
Well, time will tell and the effectiveness will be judged sooner or later.

I may be wrong and I still very much admire the man regardless of the outcome.

Let's do the right thing at the right time by embracing perfection in everything that we do in Nigeria.
One love and one Nigeria.

No need to show you nothing, it is what it is; Nigeria as a country will never move forward unless we start sending the right message at the right time.

Easy guys, catch you later.