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Abeg spyder continue with the photo journey! Make una leave dis una food yarns for anoda thread.

Good write up!

Would there be a better time for the Nigeria opposition to take power than in 2015? I don’t think so. I have my reasons.  I’ll start with the issue of “change for change sake”. It just so happens that in many political climates across the world, voters always want something new at a particular point in time, especially when they believe they are not getting the best from the ruling party. The election becomes a case of “anyone but the ruling party”. It happens so frequently in the US and the UK—even in nearby Ghana and Benin. I think this could be a factor in 2015, except President Goodluck Jonathan pulls a spectacular miracle of solving the key issues around power supply, refineries, subsidies, roads and hospitals. Now, that’s a tall order! Even if Jonathan turns water to wine, he would find it difficult persuading Nigerians to drink it.

My second reason is that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is perpetually in crisis and a well-organised opposition should be able to take them to the cleaners. The zoning/rotation crisis is still there. If Jonathan decides not to run because of the pressure from the pro-rotation group in the party, he will have the power of incumbency to work against his own party at the election. But if he decides to run, he should expect a terrible backlash from the pro-rotation group who may wish to make the country “ungovernable” for him. The key PDP stalwarts could break away to work for the opposition—or may even choose to stay back in the party and work against Jonathan’s aspiration. No matter the decision Jonathan takes, there is bound to be some ripple effects that should favour the opposition.
But is the opposition serious? That, to me, is the real question. The most confounding breed of politicians since the advent of this era in 1999 is the opposition. One thing I have noticed about them, consistently, is that they love to shout and scream, but when it comes to the nitty-gritty of strategising to take power, they crumble like biscuits trapped in the mouth. They are their own worst enemies. I have concluded many times that some opposition politicians are only interested in relevance. The best way to be noticed and appeased, it seems, is to be in the opposition. I also know that the PDP has infiltrated their ranks, such that some so-called opposition figures are actually working for the party in power. Also, some politicians are in politics for bread and butter and it is very easy to lure them into the party where there is a steady gush of milk and honey.
In 1999, the PDP won 21 states; the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) won nine; and the Alliance for Democracy (AD, technically now Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN), won six. That gave the opposition 15 states. That was something to build on, ahead of the 2003 elections. But what happened? The ANPP chairman, Alhaji Mahmud Waziri (now of blessed memory), was appointed special adviser by President Olusegun Obasanjo and he gladly accepted! How can you, being the chairman of a party controlling nine states, agree to be a presidential aide? What was that about? The case of AD chairman, Alhaji Ahmed Abdulkadir, was even more pathetic: he became Obasanjo’s special assistant without cabinet status. By the 2003 elections, the opposition was in disarray. The AD, playing a purely ethnic game, chose to support Obasanjo in the presidential election. It backfired; the old fox, Obasanjo, captured five of the six AD states for the PDP in governorship election. AD became a one-state party, while the ANPP was reduced to seven states.
By now, the opposition would have been stronger. They would have been in a very good stead to flush out the PDP in 2015 if they had played the game with cohesion and strategic thinking. The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) won 12 states in the presidential election last year. But for the violence and infighting that gave an easy ride to manipulation in the governorship election that followed, CPC would probably boast of 12 governors, instead of one, today. ACN has six states. All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has two. The Labour Party (LP) has one. ANPP has three. That would have given the opposition parties 24 states to PDP’s 12. But the CPC bottled it with the post-election violence and infighting. Party supporters, obsessed with the idea that it was Gen. Muhammadu Buhari for president or nothing else, tore up their voter cards or simply refused to vote again. CPC could not take advantage of the Buhari build-up. It simply fizzled out. So PDP gained control of 23 states while the opposition controls a mere 13. I’m aware, of course, that LP and APGA are pro-PDP, but a stronger CPC, combined with ACN, would pose a credible challenge to the PDP any day.
The laziest excuse of the opposition is that the PDP always rigs the elections. Of course, PDP rigs. But other parties rig too. Let’s be honest with ourselves. Finance and logistics play a key role in winning elections in Nigeria. PDP had a head start over other parties in 1999 because the military establishment backed them with the needed “logistics”. However, if the opposition had been thinking strategically, they too would have built their own “logistics” by now, 13 years after! The more states you control, the deeper your pocket and the wider your logistical coverage. All it takes is consistency and commitment to the cause. I would love to sing the populist song that PDP is a party of riggers, but I cannot do that in good conscience. It takes more than rigging to win elections in Nigeria. In fact, you must be in a good position to rig. (For goodness sake, I’m not endorsing rigging; just making a point.)
If the opposition continues to scream “rigging, rigging, rigging” rather than develop a strategy to win power, I’m afraid the lamentation will continue till eternity.


http://www.africaeagle.com/2012/07/nigeria-is-opposition-really-serious-by.html?m=1

Pls Moderator this fantastic thread should be moved to the front page! I nominate this thread for the thread of the year!

spyder880: Bros cool down na, we don claim Innoson, the guy is an Enugu indigene now

Ok don't worry we go share am! Anambra and enugu go share am! He is contributing to d GDP of d two states!! But bro, dis thread of enugu town u have created is a classic! You are doing a nice job! If there is nairaland award for best thread I will nominate you!

spyder880: Yes they are, 100% made in Enugu

That's a lie ooo! Innoson buses and cars are manufactured at nnewi factory, na only plastic products and tires that innoson manufactures at his emene factory!

spyder880: Coal city shuttle, another mass transit program of the state government.

@spyder880 This mass transit buses are they innoson products?

WorldStage Newsonline-- The Federal Government of Nigeria on Monday signed a $4.5 billion (about
N698 billion) Memorandum of Understanding with a consortium of local and foreign companies for the
construction of six modular refineries in the country.
When operational, the refineries will have a combined capacity to refine 180, 000 barrels of crude oil in-
country and produce up to 30 million litres per day of refined products within 30 months. Two of the
refineries will be completed within the next one year with prospects of adding about 10 million litres to
local refining capacity for Petrol, Diesel, Kerosine and Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO) products.
At the formal signing of the MOU in Abuja, the Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga,
described the deal as one of the direct results of the investment attraction component of the ongoing
government’s transformation agenda, adding that the Ministry in collaboration with the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation would provide all the necessary policy framework and technical supports to the
Consortium to ensure the actualisation of the projects
The Minister said, “This is a historic moment and a big step for us as a country. Apart from power, one of
the critical areas which President Goodluck Jonathan has made a priority is to have functional refineries.
My understanding is that by the time the whole project is completed, the cost is estimated at about
$4.5bn.
“This is the beginning of changing our old paradigm from exporting just raw materials and exporting jobs
to the Western countries. This is something that we have done as a country for so long time. There is no
nation that has moved from being a poor nation to a rich one by exporting raw materials without having
a vibrant industrial base. That is what we have to change for us to be a rich nation, and that is what of
National Industrial Revolution Plan is based on”, he added.
In his remarks at the ceremony, the Chairman of Petroleum Refining and Strategic Reserve Limited, Chief
Edozie Njoku, said that the company would work with its foreign technical partner and the regulatory
authorities to ensure the successful completion of the project within the timeframe.
The Vice-President/Director, Vulcan Petroleum Resources Limited, Jim Mansfield, said the investment was
a testimony that “Nigeria is a good place to do business”, adding that “the funding for the project will
be a non-Nigeria source and is from investors who firmly believe that Nigeria is a good place to do
business .We also believe that Nigeria is open for business,” he said.
According to the terms of the MOU, it will take approximately six months to construct each refinery in the
USA , one month to test and dismantle the refinery for shipping ; one month to commence shipment of
the refinery complex to Nigeria; followed by four-five months to re-assemble the refinery in Nigeria and
commence full production


worldstagegroup.com/worldstagenew/index.php?active=news&newscid=5231&catid=26

And the transformation agenda continues!!

Pupita: A failed attempt at being noticed,you came late,your friends have been long at this,it is now stale news! Try a new topic.

abeg help me tell am! Mod abeg close this thread it has so many duplicates! and @op get a life!

cardoso111: In developped nations,GM foods and seeds are labelled for buyers to make a choice.What gain is it if a country lost her genetic bank? In the name of grant.Slavery in the guise of grant is coming! Poverty sometimes blinds the eye but the truth must be told. Our leaders know the truth and may we always stand by the truth!GM technology enslaves and destroys. I am speaking from a background of over twelve years in international agriculture

So what are u saying they should do? Continue with the 0.4 per hecter seed?

You guys that are talking about world bank grant, can't teach ngozi okoni-iweala about world bank grants, which one is good and not! She is d one that has been given it to countries...so u can't know better than her!

They keep on bringing this topic that all GEJ supporters are new to nairaland! i beg to disagree! i have been on nairaland since sept 2008....and i defend GEJ good projects and wont take people insults and curses on GEJ instead of constructive criticism! so OP wake up! there are lots of genuine GEJ supporters here....pls and dont come here and cook up stories

Nwa_Nimo: . . . GM seeds are not what we need.

Anything the world bank offers should be automatically rejected.

Genetically Modified foods will 'Genetically Modify' our DNA.

And 'patented seeds' will end up putting the farmer into servitude - because they'll be foced to pay even when they replant seeds from the crops they produce.

Mr I too know will shut d Bleep up and gerrout!

You are seeing a transformation going on in d agric sector and you are there talking wat u know nothing about!

Dutsinma (Katsina State) – The Federal
Government has released N2 billion to each of
the new Federal Universities in the country to
hasten completion of necessary projects.
The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu
Rufa’i, said this on Friday when she paid an
inspection visit to the temporary site of the
Federal University, Dutsinma in Katsina State.
She said that President Goodluck Jonathan
was delighted on the level of work done in all
the new universities, adding that the money
was to ensure that necessary infrastructure
was put in place to commence academic
activities.
Rufa’i, who went round the university, said
though the project had reached advanced
stage, some minor works needed to be done
before the commencement of academic
activities.
She said the establishment of more
universities in the country was part of the
Federal Government’s commitment to
providing access to qualitative education to
Nigerians.
The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof
James Ayatse, told the minister that the
university had 131 academic staff and 61
non-academic staff.
Ayatse said the university had so far admitted
432 pioneer students to read different
courses.
Some of the facilities inspected by the
minister were the Information and Computer
Technology centre, library, laboratories,
lecture rooms, and students’ hostels, among
others.
The District Head of Dutsinma, Alhaji Sada
Muhammad, commended the federal
government for establishing the university in
the area.
He said the institution would enhance socio-
economic activities in Dutsinma and the state
in general. (NAN)

vanguardngr.com/2012/06/fed-govt-releases-n2bn-each-to-new-varsities/

Spirit of Okija: More Enugu Onitsha

Spirit of Okija, onitsha to enugu road from ur pics it seems like it has been complete! Has d road been done from onitsha all d way to enugu

eGuerrilla: GEJ,

When you need spinmeisters to do damage control after another episodic faux pas, make sure you employ corporate-monkeys that can read!
I say this because, in a clear attempt to shift the focus away from your give-a-seed agricultural revolution, it is clear the eejits on this thread have decided to dress the emperor (you) in ill-fitting robes

They have 1million tons and they no wan export?? when there is excess demand for casava chips at china!
But how can they have 1million tons and want export only 0.6% of it?

Beaf: ^
Some people and their foolishness.
I'm sure Kwara state is on the Moon, and no longer in Nigeria. To the toddlers, 6000 tonnes is the same as 1 million tonnes (for the addled, 1 million tonnes is 1,000,000 tonnes - do the math).

Don't mind d buffon! If its a negative thing now they will say GEJ should take d blame!! 6000 don turn to 1 million for his eye!

D baga wey start d thread don run! Wey are all GEJ critics!...It seems they have all sucked and dodged away! #teamGEJ

Tony Spike: Can we safely say that the government noticed a large number of Nairaland users are recalcirant critics? Otherwise, how can we explain the rate of infiltration of Nairaland by these desperate apologists?

Na una wey infiltrate nairaland! D Haramites and haters! Una just wake up everyday looking for who to hate!

PointB: I have no quarrel with Nigeria exporting Cassava of any quantity to China. But the question is: why are we not adding value to the cassava, and rather export the finished good.

The solution to this problem is a big opportunity!

Who told you d finished product is not being or planned to be exported! Dangote to flourmills flour are supposed to be made of 10-50% made of cassava! And am sure you know they are exported to neighboring countries

Agic. Minister Adesina has revealed that plans are under way to export one-million-tonne cassava chips, valued at $136m, to China in July...



Source is a tweet by @nigerianewsdesk



And somebody will tell me GEJ will not shame his critics at d end of his tenure!

Amadioha, ogun, sango and all our fore father Gods will shave all d head of GEJ nairaland critics from kobojunkie to the rest, if they one day dey swallow their shame and praise GEJ.

We have 5000MT of palm oil at lagos storage at N225,000 per ton
Email: Obainoclinton@yahoo.com

We have 5000MT of palm oil at lagos storage at N225,000 per ton
Email: Obainoclinton@yahoo.com

Write to YOUWIN!

;DDavido face after chopping d slap!!

Can you give more details of what you are looking for! Am a laptop dealer!
My email: obainoclinton@yahoo.com

tayoccu: I wish him the very best.
@ least if he no make am as footballer over there e go help them dey catch chicken.

Buahahahahaha! Guy u funny die with these ur photoshops! Lmao

Rubbish thread!!

Demdem: U sound as if its that easy. ordinary retardeen's thesis and works from UNIPORT has been taged "official secret". I was there today. Nonsense.

Its not easy doesn't mean it can't be done! Falana is about getting d name of a VIP dat shut down d airspace and made his plane to hover around d air for close to an hour to sue him or her tru d FOI bill! So dnt say u can't get to see GEJ asset!

His thesis might have been made office secret because d owner is now d president and it might be for security reason! Even though nobody has confirm dis statement u made.

Xavier1976: It is indeed very sad that we have people left in this country that can still stand here and defend the errors they made at the election poll, like someone said earlier - Look around; is this the Nigeria of your dreams? have things gotten better after one year of GEJ? are we blind to what is happening? the high cost of living? the great unemployment, the demise of indigenous companies? the pervasive public looting? the crime? the terrorism? moral decadence? collapse of the educational sector? total collapse of the power sector? political banditry, the insecurity of lives and properties, dilapidation of social infrastructures, failing health sector....I could go on forever. Lets go to the multitude that recently lost their jobs in banks or families of Boko Haram victims or families of the Dana crashed flight victims to ask them how they feel about the country and then come here and type your shallow opinion, If you guys do not repent, one day you would be sitting at the receiving end.

PDP, GEJ and their cohorts have failed Nigerians, it is clear to the majority that our leader suffers from gross incompetency and intense mediocrity. Yaradua (God bless his soul); we complained was a slowpoke but he was able to alleviate some of the burdens of the masses through reduction in pump price, the "man without shoes" promised his fans heaven on earth; yes he gave us the heavenly debt of subsidy removal to bear, so where are the benefits of subsidy removal? what has N97 brought us than the current inflation? Nigerians deserve what we are getting now as long as some people would still sell their consciences for blood money, posterity would judge.

You are looking for free food or cheap one with no system to support it! Sorry for u..... In dis millennium you thinking is still like dis...U are even more clueless than d GEJ u are criticizing! you should be talking how corruption should be eliminated from nigeria and not dat rubbish u typed!

maasoap: And to think of it that this GEJ will have already spent 6 years as a president by 2015. And to think of it that some people may still help this man to come back for another 4 years is really killing me. I don't deserve this type of man that believes so much in his ministers' ability and policies more than his own. Give me back my sick Yar'dua, given me back my OBJ, at least, they had an idea of what to be done as a president. This GEJ is just hidding behind his ministers' policies. No policies of his own.

You are a big slowpoke for typing dis!

Kobojunkie: He does not have to declare his assets PUBLICLY, He just needs to declare it. And according to Mr President on June 24th 2012, He has not declared his assets. Do you know what? I can show you Obama's assets. He did not also Declare it PUBLICLY, He simply declared it as required. But by law we are all able to access it and here goes

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/05/16/us/politics/16disclosure-doc.html

Ms kobojunkie or wateva ur name is! Mr president has declared his asset! If you want it, use d FOI bill and go to code of coduct bureau and get it....

All of you talking about him not publicly declaring his asset! He go soon publicly declare his asset and you will ignore dat one and move on to anoda topic to criticize him on..... Like GEJ said criticizing GEJ has now become a big business! But d annoying thing is u guys are not even paid for doing so! Wasting ur saliva and energy in typing!

Anybody wey dey follow wetin every nigerian talk to pls them go just end up in gutter like a drunk man! No wonder d man said he doesn't give a damn again! He will just be doing what he knows is d right thing to do.

If at d end of his tenure and u feel he failed then use ur vote to vote him out! But it is still a matter of numbers