₦airaland Forum

youngmonie:
Okk, they are getting something worng in that aricle

wants Sharia law in the mostly Muslim, oil-rich country, where half of people live in poverty

I beg to differ, last time we heard it was only in the NORTHERN states they wanted sharia in and not the whole country, This is how they twist and turn information, anyone reading this would think they want to turn the country into a sharia state

i smell something fishy about all this.

1 check the statement in red; muslim oil rich country (Muslims as an excuse for invasion, and oil rich as the shrouded goal) this goes to all the stupid ethnic, jundiced bigots, do u think they see Nigeria as north and south, no. just a massive oil field inhabited by undeserving morons.

2 does any one feel that the bombings in nigeria are becoming to sophisticated to be just boko guys perpetuating it. not even those in maiduguri know who this guys really are, just thinking

wesley80:
Anyone that has been reading El Rufai's articles ought not to be surprised at this. El Rufai has been propagating hatred and inciting violence with every opportunity he's got all in the name of being a social critic and its about time someone did something about it. It's pretty obvious that people like him that have fed fat off the back of govt can not stomach being sidelined and wld go to any length to make themselves relevant.

what is hatred and inciting in this article, i wish we had more of him. they say the only thing necessary for evil to reign in the land is for good men to do nothing,
please read his last article on thisday yesterday by mallam el rufai,


This year, every Nigerian - all 162 million of us - man, woman and child will “pay” the sum of N27,685 each to help run the Federal Government.

What we cannot afford, government will borrow on our behalf to pay for its activities. That is why the Federal Government, on behalf of you and I will spend the sum of N4.485 trillion (over N4,000 billion) in 2011.

This is against the backdrop that our entire oil earnings for the year cannot pay the generous salaries and allowances of politicians on the one hand, and the meagre pay cheques of other public sector workers on the other, while infrastructure and unemployment are barely getting attention.

When you walk into a government office to request a basic service, the member of staff you meet may not even bother to reply to your greeting and barely has time to listen to you; the policeman that should protect you on the road block, stops you and demands for bribes and has no qualms shooting dead any motorist that refuses to give him N20; the customs officer at the border who is supposed to stop smuggling takes a bribe and actually connives with the smugglers to bring in banned products into the Nigerian market, while harassing the traveller entering Nigeria with two new pairs of shoes; the hospital staff member that, contrary to every professional oath, refuses to attend to dying patients because they are on strike; the soldiers who get so bored that they occasionally go on a rampage, using policemen for target practice.

With live ammunition, of course; the politician who rigs himself into office then proceeds to loot the treasury: these are all the people whose standard of living we are spending nearly 75 per cent of the 2011 budget to pay for - and borrowing some after spending all our collections from oil and taxes!


It will cost nearly N2.5 million this year on average to pay for the salary and upkeep of each of Nigeria’s nearly one million federal public sector workers – in the police, civil service, military and para-military services and teachers in government schools and institutions.

Whether this amount justifies the service that is rendered is left for Nigerians to decide. In all, the 49 line ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) specifically mentioned in the 2011 Appropriations Act will each cost an average of N49.49 billion to run.

We elect a total of 360 members to the House of Representatives and 109 senators to make laws and enhance good governance by checking and balancing the excesses of the executive arm of government.

For this privilege, the 469 members of the federal legislature and their support staff at the National Assembly will spend N150 billion this year.

It is worth noting that the National Assembly only passed eight bills as at the end of May 2011. So assuming that they manage to pass another seven bills before the end of this year, it would cost the Nigerian citizen an average of N10 billion to pass a single bill! This implies that to pass the 2011 budget (which allocates N150 billion to the National Assembly), Nigerians paid N10 billion.

An even more interesting statistic is the cost of maintaining every legislator every year. It works out to princely N320 million per legislator per annum. At this rate, every four-year stint at the National Assembly works out at N1.28 billion per legislator. No wonder machetes, guns and thugs are used at will to "win" primaries and the elections.

How many new businesses can achieve a turnover of N1.28 billion within four years with a net tax-free profit in excess of 50 per cent? Is this social justice?

For the National Assembly, even the amount of N150 billion above is just what we can see easily but is not broken down for further analysis or accountability.

There is a bit more hidden all over the Appropriation Act - another N1.595 billion was tucked away for "In-lieu of accommodation for the Seventh Session of National Assembly" and another N200 million for "Funding of House Resolution Mandates." What these two provisions mean is best explained by those that legislated them and the executive that will release the sums! What is clear is that none of these will ever be accounted for or audited!,

read on at http://www.thisdayonline.com/

Kenezi:
The author of that letter is worse than boko haram, because he is lying to others and himself. It is Islamic to murder "infidels". Muhammed did it, his successors did it, now boko haram are doing it.

i wonder who is worse you or boko haram, u r both extrimist on different divide just as boko haram would not listen to the puritanical islam presented in this article and would rather stick to their jundiced interpretation, so would u also stick to your delusional thought u have about islam. but u know what they say prejudice die hard.

this i quite interesting, lets see how it plays out am considering using them for my PhD thesis. out of curiosity where is the career section on their website

with the kind of jundiced rubbish being spewed out here- nobody is talking about how she can reposition the economy all most are after is how she can fight sanusi- abeg iwela run for your career nigeria is not yet ready for people like you when we are you will see the signs

i support that tribal statements b banned, thats why i hardly post on nrland any more,

u just think most of these pple r kids

it was eschylus, the ancient Greek tragic
dramatist who said ‘in war, truth is the first
casualty’. To paraphrase the words in line with
the tragic drama playing out in Nigeria today,
one would say ‘in a flawed democracy,
objectivity is the first casualty’.
It is so bad that all voices of objectivity and
moderation have abandoned the public space
and their views suppressed. We therefore only
hear from the extremes of the political,
regional, religious and ethnic divides. This death
of objectivity is unfortunate and may destroy
what little we have left unless all of us rise up to
reverse it.
What happens when people cannot express their
views on the polity, no matter how well
thought-out, or when every attempt to engage
the public in debate about issues of vital national
importance are reduced to shocking levels of
banality? What happens when every sense of
objectivity is blurred by the murky ink of hatchet
writers or clouded by shades of religious and
ethnic prisms? What happens when voices
without conscience, and loath to accept facts
dominate our media and discourse?
The last nine months in Nigeria have witnessed a
growing intolerance in the country. Ordinarily,
divergence would be a wonderful thing – the
multiplicity of voices being one of our strengths
– except that the lines of disagreement are not
based on logic, facts and public interest, but
alarmingly along religious and regional schisms.
If we disagree on issues of policies and
economics or on philosophical or ideological
grounds; that would only to be expected in a
country brimming with intellectuals as Nigeria
and would be a welcome development to
thought and reason.
However, there is when the death of objectivity
in national discourse is allowed to grow, dangers
may lurk in the unspoken words and views;
there is growing anger and frustration in many
quarters.
When people who know the truth or who have a
view are not allowed to speak their minds
simply because they are from a different part of
the country or adhere to another religion, there
is a risk that they may begin to speak only to
others like themselves who share their views.
Regionalism may begin to rise amidst a growing
belief in many quarters that Nigeria’s disparate
groups can break out of the federation and go it
alone.
These views fuel the notion that some states in
Nigeria are parasites on the rest, add no value,
and question the carrying costs of our distorted
federation! These views require some
consideration in these very interesting times.
The ideal for many Nigerians is to have a
country ‘united in diversity’; a true federation
and real democracy. That ideal while achievable,
has eluded us since independence. Today, the
levels of social cohesion are so low that that
many ask whether being together makes sense.
'Every one of Nigeria's 36 states and Abuja is
bigger than many African countries, and they
survive', is one extreme view.
We may have our political differences, but
objective discourse must never be sacrificed on
the altar of political convenience. The scars on
our collective psyche by the reckless politicking
employed by politicians have to heal.
Governments must listen to the voices of all, no
matter how unpalatable. Societies make
progress building on a foundation of social
cohesion and trust.
Nothing is possible without this. Collaboration is
enhanced when there are clear rules and a
regime of rewards and sanctions that are
applied generally to everyone and everything.
The situation in Nigeria today is worrying.
"May you live in interesting times" is an ancient
Chinese curse. The Chinese should know.
Today's Nigeria is interesting along several
dimensions. The polity is fragmented as a result
of four years of sub-optimal governance.
Umaru Yar'Adua was ushered in high
expectations, but ran an administration that
largely reduced Nigeria to a fiefdom of people
from Katsina and Kano.
Jonathan, his then sidelined deputy watched,
learnt and waited. When some objective voices
complained of the lopsidedness in top-level
appointments, they were tagged losers in the
power game (if 'Northerners') or regional
irredentists (if "Southerners". Jonathan has
adopted the same approach to governance as
his predecessor, except that the roles are
reversed.
When what Segun Adeniyi calls 'the Yar'Adua
cabal' held Nigeria to ransom, many objective
voices from both sides of the Niger united to
speak and march on the streets of Abuja and
Lagos. Apart from murmurs in some quarters,
the voices of reason and constitutionalism
prevailed.
That was barely a year ago. Since then,
objectivity in public discourse has ebbed
considerably. Views and positions that project
national interest above regional, religious and
ethnic considerations have disappeared.
Moderates on both sides of any divide have
gone under cover. Only extremists have a voice,
and the nation is the worse for it.
Media reports now wear regional and religious
lenses. Stories that should enlighten our people
are buried under headlines and sound-bites that
entrench resentment. On social media
Nigerians, the division is palpable. Every post
and position is defined along regional and
religious lines, no matter how reasonable the
issue.
The tragedy of this is that most of those active
on these social networks are youths whose
levels of idealism, patriotism and objectivity are
supposed to be above the average of the
ordinary person, or the older, more cynical
citizen!
While conceding that this phenomenon is not
new, the intensity of the deployment of division
as a political tool increased rapidly only
recently. In many churches and mosques,
clerics preached in ways that encouraged ethnic
and religious hatred, while the authorities looked
on.
Exploiting our mutual suspicions for political
ends is not new, but now that the political
objectives have been met, the challenge is to
unite Nigeria and re-establish some level of trust
to solve our 'collective action problems'.
Poverty, hunger and disease do not discriminate
between Muslims and Christians and between
Northerners and Southerners.
Nigerians should be speaking about the need for
improved security, (a bomb just exploded in
Force Headquarters, Abuja), fiscal federalism –
to give more power and responsibility with
accountability to the states and to have more
independent local governments, so people in
my village will stop looking up to Abuja for
boreholes or primary healthcare. Government
must realize that criticism and opposition assist
democratic governance; that those that engage
government in this way are patriots, not
enemies.
Ultimately, the truth is that those who seek to
kill objective discourse today are the sycophants
and AGIPs on the corridors of power who will
discard and mock Jonathan in a few years, while
shamelessly singing their ways into any future
government.
Only those with political authority can set the
pace for the reconciliation and bridge-building
necessary to get the people to work together.
Nigeria needs every one. There is strength in
numbers and diversity. We are better off
together than as different nations. That is the
consensus we must seek to build by engaging in
objective debates about Nigeria and her many
problems.
And for those who believe that suppressing
views they do not like is what exercising power
is about, I will end with this - in a democratic
society no matter how flawed, appearing
voiceless does not make one powerless. Every
person has enough capacity for destruction and
mischief that can affect the commonwealth.
That is why rebuilding social cohesion and trust
should be the first priority of the authorities.
Happily no budgetary provision is needed to
achieve that.

it fascinates me the kind of ignorant response u see here, and that this is coming from our young internet age youths who r suposed to b progressives, educated in global trends, who r suosed to google new concepts than spew jundiced jargons. my country is dommed if these r our future, but I wont loose hope.

I work for one of the foriegn banks in nija, and as I speak we already have a head of islaming banking,we just await cbn directive and then we pounce on that untaped segment of nija and try to replicate our successes in SA, NA, and eurasia.

and u guys r there spewing ethnic jargons, mehn u guys reform ur thots its so depressing

guy with ur background in eng, i think u stand a chance. my advice get registered now so u start reading. i also suggest u get schweser notes, they help to give ur study a focus rather than swimimg thru the bulky cfa curriculum. here is a tip; read schweser and cross reference concepts u dont fully understand to the cfa books.
as 4 time i started preparing 4 my dec :L1 august ending and i passed.(though i have an MA Finance and Investment) but i think with ur engine maths background u should be able to swim thru those formula

can some one pls send me shcweser quicksheet i need it urjent pleaeaeaeaese. my e mail is zawangi@gmail.com

hi tolu am interested. i think u have my email u once sent me a soft copy of schweser notes. but am still gonna drop a line in ur mail, so u can reply.

its sad shouldnt we be glad that we have one our languages up there, would u guys rather have the ghanian or zulu language upthere jus because its HAUSA.

I remember this display of ignorance when the 'ARABIC' latters were expunged from the naira that was too bad cos of the following

1. the english french spanish etc. languages might use a seemingly similar characters but each writing has its unique letters (u will agree)

2. The japanese chinese koreans also write seemingly similar, but trust me each of these writings are worlds apart in style and characters

3. Arabic Persian Hausa also share the same similitude but there are letters in the Hausa language not found in both arabic and persian

Bottom line we should be proud that even b4 the europeans our fellow African and consequently Hausa's have adapted and develpd a writing style comparable with any major languages then, yet maintaining writing styles and character unique only to the Hausa languge.

shouldnt this acheivement be celebrated rather than the usual colonial line of 'the africans had notting b4 the europeans'. How many of u know that there was a University in Africa b4 the europeans- in TIMBUKTU, MALI, and also the largest mud stucture ever biult.

common guys will we ever develop with this ethnic bigotry and hatred. THINK.

guys any one with tips of good cheap hotels. pls share. specifics, price location contact phone numbers.
btw. am I d only one who hasnt SATISFACTORILY read the whole book, I did not even touch cfa books only schwrser, dat was my game plan in level 1 I hope it works in L 2. goodluk to us all.
NB why is this place like a cemetary. wher u all at. has d exams started, lol

I must commend u guys for objectively analysing the el- rufai piece without the usual ethno-religious mindsets. I think for once the north is really thrown into the opposition, I say this because even during obj era some part of the north were instrumental in his victory. But now virtually all northern states r in opposition, let's see how they fare on that side, and perhaps this revive poli tics of merit in the north

Is the above clame by some true?

According to the general he will only address the nation after inec announces final result below r excerpts from his web site

CPC/HQ/GEN/02/2011/49

18th April, 2011

The Chairman

Independent National Electoral Commission

Zambezi Crescent, Maitama District

P. M. B. 0184, Garki

Abuja


Dear Sir


OBJECTION TO THE CONDUCT OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN THE SOUTH-SOUTH, SOUTH EAST ZONE AND SOME OTHER STATES OF THE COUNTRY

Our attention has been drawn by our State collation officers, polling agents, and election supervisors in the states of the South-South and South-East and some other states that the presidential elections held on the 16th day of April 2011 in Nigeria were conducted in substantial non-compliance with the principles of the Electoral Act with the effect that the results handed down were substantially affected by massive irregularities that include the following:

Members of the public in the areas mentioned were at most polling stations intimidated and driven away from the polling units with the effect that the ballot papers in ballot boxes were printed and stuffed in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Opposition voters were directly and indirectly kept away from polling units through threats of force, violence and death in consequence of which they were disenfranchised.
There was clear absence of accreditation of voters in most of the polling units and the regulated procedure for the conduct of the purported election was as a result violently breached to the advantage of PDP.
There is strong suspicion, supported by reasonable grounds, that the Excel computer application installed in the computers of the Independent National Electoral Commission across the nation was deliberately designed to short change the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). This can be attested to by the unfolding situation of Katsina and Kano where the manual calculation of the results reveal that our Party was short changed by hundreds of thousands of votes when the results were manually reviewed.
APPEAL

Our Party, the Congress for Progressive Change is in consequence of the above, humbly appealing to the Chairman to:

Order the respective Chief Electoral Commissioners and such other custodians of all presidential election documents including statement of results, ballot papers and voters registers which are returned to the Commission by the Returning Officers to produce them to be analyzed in line with our allegation on multiple and alien voting by voters not registered at the polling units.
Investigate the allegation of manipulation of Excel Application Program installed in the field computers of INEC deliberately designed to favour PDP and short change CPC.
Order for the cancellation of the results handed down from the South-South and South East in the event the investigation revealed the alleged breaches.
Order for concurrent manual recalculation of the result across the country alongside the Excel Application calculation.
CONCLUSION

Based on credible information received and intelligence reports in the areas mentioned, we formally write to reject the entire results presented from Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo; Abia, Anambra, Enugu and Ebonyi, states. Others include Ekiti, Ogun, Osun, Lagos, Sokoto, Kaduna, Jigawa, Gombe, Yobe, Zamfara, Adamawa, Nasarawa states and FCT.

We therefore appeal that you demand the ballot papers and result sheets as collated from these zones and states for scrutiny in the interest of peace, prosperity, free, fair and credible elections. We recall that on Sunday April 17, because of reports we received, we issued a press statement that we would accept only collated results from polling stations. What is being exhibited to the world is not collated from polling units but from the state headquarters where a lot of manipulations, we believe, had taken place.

Please remain assured of our respect for your office and person.

Yours sincerely

Prince Tony Momoh                                                                           Buba Galadima (Engr.)

National Chairman                                                                                       National Secretary

cc:       The Press

International Observers

http://buhari4change.com/?p=2080

Can u Imagine how we foolishly incite violence. Has any one taking time to read the link.

Just because some random street hawker called habib threatens Violence we r all out beaten up his drum. I pity u guys. How I wish u could see the streets of adbijan or missurata, then u would tell me if u want war or not.

I don't blame the habib guy he knew if he spewed jargons there are enough egg heads around to spew more in equal proportion.

Some analysts believe that Nigerians disillusioned with their leaders will simply not vote [Reuters]
It is only months since the US diplomatic cables released by whistleblowing website WikiLeaks made headlines around the world with their revelations about Nigeria.

Among them, allegations that Nigeria's government dropped legal action against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, which is accused of running a clinical trial that killed and disabled children, after the drugs company threatened to investigate the attorney-general.

Others revealed that oil firm Shell had infiltrated every level of government and alleged that it was politicians, rather than fighters in the oil-rich Niger Delta, who stole oil wealth and used it to fund arms deals.

Despite attempts by Nigerian leaders and state-run media to discredit WikiLeaks, the cables have been a powerful reminder for residents and the international community on the extent of corruption in the country and how deep its problems go.

But as voters head to the polls for presidential and regional elections, how many will be influenced by the material published over the last few months, and could such revelations bring about real change?

'WikiLeaks revolution'

In other nations, WikiLeaks has claimed credit for naming corrupt administrations, empowering voters by releasing secret government documents, and helping to topple governments.

Julian Assange, the website's founder, said last year that WikiLeaks had "changed the result of the Kenyan general election" in 2007 when it released a secret report into corruption perpetrated by the family of the country's former leader, that the-then government had done nothing to tackle.

A stronger claim was made for Tunisia, which some, to the annoyance of many protesters, called the first "WikiLeaks revolution". The release of a June 2009 cable that spelt out the corruption present in the country's ruling family appeared to act as one catalyst for change in a country struggling with rising inflation, unemployment and repression.

Surely then Nigeria, which has suffered corruption and sporadic violence for decades and now benefits from relatively high levels of internet and mobile access, is ripe for a reaction to these latest revelations.

Dele Olojede, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, set up his newspaper Next several years ago in an attempt to provide a lone independent and credible voice in Nigeria. Through a third party, his publication has obtained US cables from WikiLeaks, and used them to show the "truth" about the politicians Nigerians are set to elect. 

"We believe we are doing a public service [by releasing these documents]," he said. "They had a public interest , revealing things that were closer to the truth."

The releases include one cable in which a state governor reports to US diplomats that Goodluck Jonathan, the incumbent president, had voted four times in elections in 2007, although his government strongly denies the claim.

Despite being an advocate for releases such as these, Olojede is more sceptical about the change they will bring.

"We have published stories over the past two years that were absolutely explosive in the sense that a rational person reading them would think that heads must roll, but nothing happened!" he said, adding that at other times, a seemingly insignificant story would have repercussions.

"It's not clear at this stage what impact these releases will have. A voter takes many things into consideration. I think what the WikiLeaks documents show is what most people already knew about their leaders. However the cables do have the advantage of being specific and naming individuals."

Ethnic divisions

Olojede's view, that most Nigerians are aware of their leaders' faults, may be one of the reasons that while people around the world felt a sense of shock and outrage from the US diplomatic cables, they did little to provoke anger in Africa's most populous nation.

"I don't think WikiLeaks will have much influence. People already know that Nigeria is corrupt and that politicians don't work in their interests," Dr Patrick Wilmot, a London-based commentator on Nigerian affairs and former lecturer there, said.

"They know through the grapevine, the bush telegraph, that their leaders are completely corrupt, that they don't spend their money on schools or public hospitals , or anything of benefit to the public."

He believes that Nigerians will respond to claims of corruption by simply not taking part in elections, rather than casting a protest vote, and so such revelations will having no bearing on the poll.

The divisions within Nigeria are also a factor in the country's failure to galvanise popular support against a government, he says.

The United Nations estimates there are between 250 to 400 ethnic groups in Nigeria, and two major religions, Christianity and Islam. It is this diversity, Wilmot says, that prevents a situation similar to the one in Tunisia from arising.

Peter Cunliffe-Jones, head of AFP online in London and author of My Nigeria: Five Decades of Independence says Nigeria’s long history of corruption has meant people have learnt to have low expectations of their leaders.

"This is a country that has been ruled by the military for years. Many leaders stole billions during their presidencies. It's very difficult to shock a Nigerian of the baseness of their government."

Feeding the status quo

So why then, in a mineral rich nation with around 150m people, is there not a greater fight against endemic poverty, inequality and injustice?

Nearly one third of the population has access to the internet, the highest rate in the region. The majority of people are under the age of 35. These are two factors that have helped spark protest movements elsewhere.

"There are a very large number of reasons," Cunliffe-Jones says, as to why Nigerians are not out on the streets.

"Most people around the world concentrate on their daily struggle - finding food and shelter. It's a lot easier in the UK for example to stage a protest, but in Nigeria there's a reasonable chance police will shoot you."

"These elections have shown some signs of change. There's been a move against the ruling party and some support for Nuhu Ribadu," the country's former head of the anti-corruption agency.

"But in Nigeria it can't be the shock of revelations that makes the change. I think there is a fair bit of evidence that WikiLeaks had an impact in Tunisia, but in Nigeria people have been writing about high level corruption since the 1960s.

"The Tunisian press were very tightly controlled, with not a hint of criticism. The Nigeria press is vastly different. They have been howling outrage about their leaders but that's where the belief that it's not possible to change comes from.

"The WikiLeaks revelations only feed into the status quo. It needs to be a revelation coming from the other way – such as 'here's a good governor doing a good job'," Cunliffe-Jones says.

Olojede says that no one can predict the outcomes of news reports, and Nigeria does not tend to take cues from movements sweeping other nations.

"I would have been the happiest person if WikiLeaks revelations had caused people to rise up.

"But in Tunisia how does one know that one person's decision to self immolate would spark something that would consume the whole region?"

"It cannot be guaranteed ahead of time , it can't be WikiLeaks itself [influencing these events]."

Prospects for change

There have been some small indications, however, that change could be on its way.

An online social movement, called Enough is Enough, has held demonstrations over the past year calling for electoral reform and solutions to ongoing violence and power shortages.

Olojede says social media, such as text messaging, has created a more level playing field for information dissemination.

"Social movements probably do have a certain appeal to the young generation because they have a shared experience: they grew up in the internet age.

"They think in a certain type of way that over time will bring about change.

"It's a good start."

Here is a suggestion on how it can go viral.

1 someone should download it from YouTube
2 convert it to mobile format (3gp)
3 shorten it to say 2 mins long
4 start sending to freins via Bluetooth

U will be surprised how far it will go. U can't imagine how jonathans wife umbrera voice clip is flying here.

NB google softwares for video conversion and video cutting.

Are u being sarcastic, realistic or euphemistic , ?

The site admin should not dare change the caption to some insipid, ambiguous , pdp sympathetic headline.

Now I see why the general wept.

He wept not for the leaders rigging out the masses but for the masses allowing the rigging to stand.

God give us the courage to stop this nonsense
Somebody say Amin/amen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl5JSE1YrCs

Please leave a SINCERe comment before u leave,

Now I see why buhari wept,

How much were these officials paid? Is it enough to last them for four years of incompetence, poverty, insecurity, darkness.

Now I see why the audience wept with the general.

Now I also weep for my country,

Pls send to news agencies like aljazeera or BBC they ll know what to do with it.

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My general. One thing I believe is if he loose we are the ultimate losers
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6042917&id=676149471

guys some one just wrote a beautiful open letter to ribadu. read;
nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-641012.0.html

i respect ribadu but think he cant win the north not to speek of nigeria. hence i suggest he steps down for the party that can really take on the pdp head on.

do u guys think we can publish dis letter on any dailies, a billboard or as a radio msg to ribadu wat do u think.

Who is JEGA character wise?

Here is a brief experience I had of him

SUG elections at my school then used to be a do or die affair; this was because even the state governor tries to influence the results- this shows how coveted that position was. Election campaigns then were as flamboyant as any public office campaigns in d country now, with high res giga pixel posters, convoys of sweet cars, even thugs were brought in from outside for campaign purposes. U needed to think more than twice b4 even nurturing the idea of contesting. To sum it up it was like a PDP affair on campus levels.

Then came in JEGA as the new VC amidst all this campaign madness yr in yr out. In his first yr in office he introduced a new rule in the game of politics on campus.

What was the rule U have to have at least 3points of GPA to contest for SUG president. Suddenly suddenly suddenly every thing came to a stand still that yr- no posters of candidates any where, no external thugs, no jittery convoys, infect nobody wanted to contest. Because all along only the blockheads had been in d forefront of campus politics and now with the 3 point GPA saga they all fell disqualified like dominos. The brilliant ones were in class studying with no time for politics.

For the first time in my school then candidates were literarily begged to contest coz no one wanted to, now that's a smart move by JEGA then.


Now with the recent general election any one who thinks JEGA can be arm twisted into a corner is wrong for too reasons
1 the guy is smart

2 this guy has Been in the aluta business for a long time (he has been in and out of jail for defying military governments during his ASSU chairmanship)

Finally the only reason JEGa will fail is if he allows himself to fail or be used ( which is most improbable)

Good idea, I suggest with a BB picture on d flip side for the illiterate ones.

Who is JEGA character wise?

Here is a brief experience I had of him

SUG elections at my school then used to be a do or die affair; this was because even the state governor tries to influence the results- this shows how coveted that position was. Election campaigns then were as flamboyant as any public office campaigns in d country now, with high res giga pixel posters, convoys of sweet cars, even thugs were brought in from outside for campaign purposes. U needed to think more than twice b4 even nurturing the idea of contesting. To sum it up it was like a PDP affair on campus levels.

Then came in JEGA as the new VC amidst all this campaign madness yr in yr out. In his first yr in office he introduced a new rule in the game of politics on campus.

What was the rule U have to have at least 3points of GPA to contest for SUG president. Suddenly suddenly suddenly every thing came to a stand still that yr- no posters of candidates any where, no external thugs, no jittery convoys, infect nobody wanted to contest. Because all along only the blockheads had been in d forefront of campus politics and now with the 3 point GPA saga they all fell disqualified like dominos. The brilliant ones were in class studying with no time for politics.

For the first time in my school then candidates were literarily begged to contest coz no one wanted to, now that's a smart move by JEGA then.


Now with the recent general election any one who thinks JEGA can be arm twisted into a corner is wrong for too reasons
1 the guy is smart

2 this guy has Been in the aluta business for a long time (he has been in and out of jail for defying military governments during his ASSU chairmanship)

Finally the only reason JEGa will fail is if he allows himself to fail or be used ( which is most improbable)

Hi guys.

I work in a bank in the far north east but during d voters registration there was no public giving where I worked so I had to register there but now that election is here I am back in my home city but was told I can't vote here because I was not registered here.

Does this makes sense and any one in my shoes?