₦airaland Forum

December 31st is yet to come...... deadline

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has spoken of the tensed moments he faced on March 28, 2015 ahead of his decision to concede victory to President Muhammadu Buhari after that year’s presidential election. “I was actually in that valley on March 28, 2015”, he said. Jonathan also narrated why he relinquished power to Buhari, saying he did not want Nigeria to slide into a theatre of war, with his fellow county men and woman dying, and many more pouring into other nations in Africa and beyond, as refugees. “I never knew that the human brain had the capacity for such enhanced rapid thinking. One hundred and one things were going through my mind every second. My country was at the verge of collapse. The tension in the land was abysmally high and palpable, in the months leading to the election. The country became more polarised more than ever before, such that the gap between the North and the South and between Christians and Muslims became quite pronounced”, the former President said. “In fact, it became so disturbing that some interest groups in the United States began to predict indeed, many Nigerians did buy into this doomsday prophesy as they began to brace themselves for the worst. “As the President, I reminded myself that the Government I led had invested so much effort into building our country. I worked hard with my top officials to encourage Nigerians and non-Nigerians to invest in our country to be able to provide jobs and improve the lives of our people. “We worked hard to grow our economy and to improve and bring Nigeria up as the biggest economy in Africa, with a GDP of about half a trillion dollars”. Jonathan told his story, last week, during a dinner in his honour by Cercle Diplomatique, Geneva, Switzerland. The former President also spoke about his foray into politics, the allure of power and future plans. He began: “ As you can see, I have not come here with a prepared speech, since what I consider appropriate for this occasion is to just thank you all, members and everyone else in attendance, in a few words, for the dinner and the award, in order not to make the evening look boring. But having said that, I am still tempted to note that if I were to present a written speech, the title, would probably have been “Power Tussle in Africa: A Stumbling Block to Economic Growth.” When Mr. Robert Blum, your President, made his very interesting opening remarks, he introduced me as the former President of Nigeria. He was absolutely correct. My foray into politics “However, I believe that not many of you here know that the story of my foray into politics has a peculiar ring to it. I entered politics in 1998 and, barely one year after, I got elected as the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa, my state. I later became Governor, Vice President and eventually got elected as the President of my country. I remain the only leader in my country to have travelled that route. As the President, I served out my first term but, as Mr. Blum had pointed out earlier, I lost the bid to be re- elected. I am encouraged by the fact that many of you here appreciated my decision not to reject or contest my loss at the polls, not even in the courts as many people had expected. The allure of power “Again, I have to agree with Blum that it was not an easy decision to take. This is because the allure of power and the worries about what would become of you after leaving office constitute an irresistible force. It has an attraction so controlling and powerful that it takes a man who has the fear of God and who loves his people and nation to relinquish power so easily in Africa. Alone in the valley “I was actually in that valley on March 28, 2015. I never knew that the human brain had the capacity for such enhanced rapid thinking. One hundred and one things were coursing through my mind every second. My country was at the verge of collapse. The tension in the land was abysmally high and palpable, in the months and days leading to the election. The country became more polarized more than ever before, such that the gap between the North and the South and between Christians and Muslims became quite pronounced. In fact, it became so disturbing that some interest groups in the United States began to predict that Nigeria would disintegrate in 2015. And, indeed, many Nigerians did buy into this doomsday prophesy as they began to brace themselves for the worst. As the President, I reminded myself that the Government I led had invested so much effort into building our country. I worked hard with my top officials to encourage Nigerians and non-Nigerians to invest in our country to be able to provide jobs and improve the lives of our people. We worked hard to grow our economy and to improve and bring Nigeria up as the biggest economy in Africa, with a GDP of about half a trillion dollars. Posers I had to contend with “Should I then, for the love of power, watch Nigeria slide into a theatre of war, with my fellow country men and women dying, and many more pouring into other nations in Africa and beyond, as refugees? Should I hang on to power and tussle with my challengers, while the investments of hard working citizens of the world go down the drain? I then said to myself, NO! Resisting the lure of power “I promised my God that I will not let that fate befall Nigeria under my watch, hence the historic telephone call I put through to congratulate my challenger even when the results were still being tallied. I believe that for a country to be great, both the leaders and the led must be prepared to make sacrifices. This is why, everywhere I go, I always advise that the new generation of African leaders must think differently. We can no longer afford to wilfully sacrifice the blood of our citizens on the altar of dangerous partisan politics. It is not worth it. This reminds me of one of my campaign statements to the effect that my ambition was not worth the shedding of the blood of any Nigerian. Some people took it then as mere political slogan but I knew that I meant it when I said it. We must all fight for the enthronement of political stability in Africa, for in it lies the panacea for sustainable growth and development. For Africa to record the kind of advancement that will be competitive and beneficial to our citizens, we must have stable states supported by strong institutions. That appears to be the irreducible minimum that is common to all developed societies. Africa’s political odyssey can distinctly be categorised into three eras, and probably another that would later signpost its classification as a developed continent”. Challenges “Some may doubt this, but it is no fluke that Africa is growing and rising. However I will admit before you here that we still have challenges. That is why people like us did all we could to ensure that Nigeria, the biggest black nation on earth, would not drift into anarchy because such a situation would have spelt doom for the rest of the continent. It would have affected not just Nigeria alone, but the GDP and economy of the entire West Africa. And if the economy of West Africa crashes, it would definitely affect the performance of the economy of the whole of Africa. As you know, the GDP of Africa is less than three trillion dollars, with only six African countries able to boast of nominal GDP above $100 billion. Even for those in this ‘elite’ category, you can’t really say that they are rich countries. Apart from maybe South Africa that has an industrially competitive economy, the rest are still mainly commodity exporting countries. Even the case of that of South Africa is not very encouraging, because we have a situation which we could refer to as a first world economic performance, yet the ordinary people live the life of the people in the so called third world. In the case of Nigeria which is even the biggest economy on the continent, the reality is that we have an unenviable per capita GDP of $3,203, which is the World Bank average for a period covering 2011-2015. Africa’s future is bright “Even then, I still believe that Africa has a bright future; a promising prognosis that is supported by the fact that the continent remains a very fertile and attractive territory that yields irresistible returns on investments. I believe that in the next few years many more big investors will be jostling to come to Africa, if only we will do the right thing. The process of getting it right has already started with a democratic and increasingly democratising Africa. But we have to deepen and strengthen our democratic credentials through regular, free and fair elections. This will in turn bring about the stability necessary to improve the infrastructure that promotes rapid economic growth. These are the guarantees that would lead us into the next period which I would like to call the era of a developed Africa. I have no doubt in my mind that we will get there some day. My future plans “I will be applying myself diligently to two key areas. First, is to work for good governance by promoting credible and transparent elections. This will bring about the strengthening of our institutions and the enthronement of stability. I also believe that there is the urgent need to create jobs for our teeming young population. This is another area that will be receiving my attention. I recall that the Vice President of your association made reference in his speech to my achievements in that regard through what we called Youth Enterprises with Innovation (YouWin) and the Nagropreneur programme which encouraged young people to go into agriculture. I believe more programmes like that should be established to promote youth entrepreneurship. That way, we reduce their reliance on paid employment. We will not only teach them to become entrepreneurs, they will also acquire the capacity to employ other people. We will be paying special attention to this segment of our society, especially young people and women. We will develop programmes that will inculcate in them business skills to be able to set up micro, small and medium enterprises. We shall assist them to access take-off grants when they acquire the relevant skills and capacities. There are many areas that they can go into; food processing, light manufacturing and the services sector are just some of them. I can tell you from experience that this works. As we speak, Our Nagropreneur programme, to promote youth involvement in agriculture value chain, is being scaled up by the African Development Bank presently. It is already being replicated in 19 African countries because of the success of the programme in Nigeria. I invite all of you here today, cabinet ministers, diplomats and private sector people to remain committed to the cause of improving lives, especially those lives in Africa, and making our world a better place. For those of you that will be sharing in this vision for Africa, I assure you that you will not be disappointed. I am very optimistic that if we encourage young men and women in this continent to develop businesses of their own, the story of Africa will change within 10 years”. www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/real-reasons-i-conceded-to-buhari-jonathan/

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ladyF:
This man is capable of ritual killing. That goat on top will be feeling like a superstar.

It's [size=15pt]LadyF[/size] again

were did u resurface from

chibuike65:
please I need one for my girl her own too small

y do u prefer d big ones?

Tyviv:
@ op, where can I get one?

wat do u need it for?

prettythicksme:
Guys see una life,we yaf sell u finish!! Guys b like my babe got big pusssy lips not knwing na fake pussy

babe anything special about big pusssy lips?

I bet dis won't hit d front page cuz its against dem..... Moreover rice eaters will come here n tell u to defend dis

Dapyem:
Yes u are right but wat am saying here is dat its becoming better.

bros no federal worker has been paid till dis nyt.... pls stop all dis lies n falsehood...... before dis government wen was salaries being paid?

henchamb:
You won't see them thanking the government.
When govt pay late they will flood here crying.
Well nobody knows when civil servantd are paid as they always lie about non payment

Y should dey b thanking d president wen it's their ryt? do u say thanks sir wen its ur sweat?

uselessgoat:
This is a counter thread to the biased and self praising thread opened by an Igbo guy earlier (www.nairaland.com/2880906/why-igbos-greatest-people-nigeria). As we can see below, the yoruba's achievement in Nigeria and Africa dwarfs the igbos own times 10 . Here are a few list of Yoruba's contribution to Nigeria and Africa at large;



Yoruba: Them Most Successful Ethnic Group In Nigeria by princdebola201(m): 7:51pm On Nov 22, 2015
Abimbola Awoliyi is Nigeria’s first female doctor -


Kolapo Hamzat is the youngest professor of physiotherapy in Nigeria and Africa -

Adegoke olubunmo is the first professor of Mathematics in Africa -

Momodu Mosobalaje Olaloye is the first African professor of Geology -
Dele Olojede is the first and only African to win a Pulitzer prize -

Abimbola jayeola is Nigeria’s First Female Helicopter Pilot -

William Akinola Dawodu was the first Nigerian car importer, he started importing cars into Nigeria in 1905 -


Prof. Jade Akande was the first female professor of lKofo Ademola is the first black woman to receive an undergraduate degree from Oxford University -


Dr. Olaoluwa Hallowed Oluwadara is the youngest African PHD Holder in Mathematics -


Deborah Enilo Ajakaiye is the first female physics professor in Africa and also the first black African to be named a fellow of the Geological society of London -

Wole Soyinka is the first black and only African to win a Nobel prize for literature -

Thomas Adesanya ige grillo is the first Nigerian professor of anatomy -

Taslim Eliasis the first African to be president of the International Court of Justice (World Court) -


Folake Folarin-Coker the first African-based fashion designer to stage a show twice at the New York Fashion Week -

Latunde Odeku is the first US-trained black neurosurgeon and the 1st professor of neuro- surgery in Nigeria. -

Bode Thomas created the First indigenous Nigerian law firm -


I.K dairo is the first Nigerian to be conferred title of Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) -


Amzat Beyioku Adebowale is The first Nigerian to bring Sharp range of electronic products in Nigeria -


Prof. Taiyewo Kolawole is the first Nigerian neuro- radiologist -

Prof. Arinola Olasumbo Sanya is the first female Professor of Physiotherapy in Africa. -

Dr Olu Jaiyebo is The first Agronomist in Nigeria.


Professor Micheal Adepoju Adeyemo is The first Nigerian Chartered Accountant


Latola Films was the 1st film production company in Nigeria -


Prof. IlesanmiAdesida, is the first black Vice- Chancellor in an american unversity -


Mrs. Sade Thomas-Fahm is the First woman to own a boutique in Nigeria -


Nojim Maiyegun is the first Nigerian to win an Olympic medal -

Adenike Osofisan is the first African Female Professor of Computer Science. -


Prof T.O Ogunlesi is the first professor of Medicine in Nigeria -


Chief Akintola Williams is the First African to qualify as a chartered accountant -


Ezekiel Adekunle Ifaturoti is the first mining engineer in Nigeria


-Rotimi Adebari is the First black mayor of Ireland -


Folake Solanke is the First Female Senior Advocate of Nigeria -


Elizabeth Abimbola is the First Nigerian Female Doctor-1937 -Helen


Folasade Adu is the First Nigerian-born artist to win a Grammy-1986 -


Prof. Bolanle Awe: Nigeria's first female Professor of History -


Professor Thomas Adeoye Lambo is Africa’s first professor of psychiatry. - Engineer Dr.


(Mrs.) Olatokubo A Somolu: is Nigeria’s first Female to hold a PHD in Engineering -


Mrs Adetowun Ogunsheye is The first female professor in Nigeria -


Mrs bisoye esther tejuosho is Nigeria’s first female industrialist -


Michael Onafowokan is Nigeria’s first Architect 1952 -


Aderonke Kale is the first Female Nigerian Armed Forces (2 Star) Major General: -


Chief (Dr.) Bola Kuforiji Olubi is The first Female Chartered Accountant in Nigeria -


George Olatokunbo Okikiolu, has written more mathematics papers than any other Black mathematician in history -


Katherline okikiolu is the first black person to win the most prestigious award for young mathematics researchers in the United States and the first black woman to publish an article in the Annals of Mathematics -


Samuel Layinka Ayodeji invented the excision knife to treat tropical ulcers. he won the Robert Wilson Memorial Prize in Chemistry and the Welcome Prize in Medicine.


Rashidi yekinni the first player to score for nigeria in Fifa world cup


Rashidi yekinni is the Alltime highest goal scorer for nigeria


Teslim Balogun is nigeria's first proffesional footballer In nigeria

omiloju Tunde Oladipo is the youngest nigeria microsoft certified pro at


Obateru Akiruntan olugbo of ugbo Land is the Richest monarch in Nigeria

Folorunsho Alakija is the richest woman in nigeria


Samuel ajayi crowther is the first anglican bishop in nigeria

Sapara williams is the First indigeneous nigerian Lawyer

Federick rotimi williams is the first solicitor to supreme court in nigeria

Herbet Macaulay is the first Nigerian to own a car

Yoruba bible is the First indigeneous bible in nigeria


Chief Obafemi Awolowo was the first man to introduce Universal Primary Education in Nigeria in the then Western Region in the year 1956.


The Nigerian Flag was designed by a Nigerian student in London as at then in the year 1960 by Mr. Taiwo Akinkunmi


The first female to drive a motor car was Mrs. Olufunmilayo Ransome Kuti

Mrs. Latifat Okunnu was the first female deputy Governor in Nigeria


Mrs Efunroye Tinubu was the first female to buy a car in Nigeria.


Kafayat shau from Nigeria broke the world record in longest dance with a time of 52 hours and 3 minutes. It happened in 2006.

Olusoji fasuba is the fastest nigerian on 100m track event with 9.85 seconds(2006)


Ajayi agbebaku holds All time best record in nigeria's tripple jump event (1983)

Adewale olukoju is all time best discus throw for nigeria (1991)


Honourable adeyemi ikuforiji is the longest serving speaker in Nigeria

Bishop oyedepo is the richest pastor in the world

Herbet ogunde and ola balogun re the first flim makers in nigeria

Iwe irohin the first newspaper in nigeria established in (1859)

Yoruba is The largest ethnic group in africa Yoruba is the 3rd famous tribe in africa after zulu(south africa) Massai. (Kenya)

SAHARA ENERGY

THE PALMS SHOPPING MALL(PERSINANAS GROUP)

GTB

ELIZADE GROUP

CAVERTON OFFSHORE GROUP

CHICKEN REPUBLIC

NICON GROUP /Air Nigeria Nicon Insurance Nigeria Re-Insurance Corporation Nicon Luxury Hotel The Nicon Group - Lagos, Nigeria - Holdings include investment companies, schools, real estate holdings, transport companies and others Global Fleet Oil and Gas, Nicon Hotels, Global Fleet Industries Energy Bank DOYIN GROUP OF COMPANIES /Global Soap & Detergent Industries Limited, Consolidated Foods and Beverages Limited Doyin Pharmaceutical (Nigeria) Limited,Doyin Farms

BELLVIEW AIRLINES

PETRO INNET

MURITALA MUHAMMAD AIRPORT TERMINAL2 .

BI-COURTNEY

FAIRGATE GROUP

MAIN ONE

TASTY-FRIED CHICKEN-

ELEGANZA-

SKYE BANK

FCMB

TANTALIZERS-

SWEET SENSATION

ATLANTIC ENERGY

COSTAIN WEST AFRICA


-Oyo state is the largest producer of /Tobacco in Nigeria - SAHARA OIL
Ondo state is the largest producer of oil after the south-south -Of the 28.6 million metric tonnes of cement produced locally in Nigeria, 14 million metric tonnes of this comes from Ogun State

-Ogun state has the largest concentration of industries in Nigeria. Ota,sagamu and agbara -Sagamu is the


largest kola nut collecting center in the nigeria

-Osun-osogbo international festival

-Yoruba pastors control 95% of religious tourism

Musicians

D'banj


Tiwa salvage


Davido

Wizkid

Olamide

Korede bello

Reekado banks

Sheyi shey

Eedris Abdulkareem

Salawa Abeni - Waka singer

Sunny Ade - jùjú singer

Sade Adu

Tope Alabi

Yemi Alade - R&B and pop singe

Aṣa - R&B, country and pop singer- songwriter

Alhaji Alamu Atatalo

Yinka Ayefele - gospel singer

Adewale Ayuba

Ayinde Bakare

Banky W - pop and R&B singer-songwriter


Adé Bantu

TY Bello - gospel sing singer and rapper


Femi Kuti - afrobeat, jazz singer- songwriter and instrumentalist

Seun Kuti - afrobeat, Jazz singer-

songwriter and instrumentalist

Lagbaja

Niyola

Alhaji Abass Akande Obesere

Ebenezer Obey

Skales - rapper and singer

Sound Sultan

Fela Sowande

Sean tizzle



with the achievements listed above, i would like to convince you and not confuse you that Yorubas are the greatest people in Nigeria and Africa

Y u dey lie na? Idris na Northerner not Yoruba

naughtynaughty:
we shld b askin u ooooo shey yhr a guy too nah










Op u need Jesus!

my dear I haven't done dat before dats y am asking..... snuffing dirty pant.hmmmmm

ShakurM:
They compare you and their Ex...Let's take an instance, On her bday you must wish her at exactly 12:01am, just do mistake wish her at 12:02, they start crying saying Charles ( whatever her ex name is) used to wish me late too ...

Honestly, this shiit makes my balls itch
Pls n pls, to you guys downstairs, don’t derail this thread na

Id1ot why using Charles as ur example

why do guys snuff girls panties? wat pleasure do dey derive from it?

udemzy101:
This government is very wicked, I. Mean they arrest a person and they can't take him to court or allow journalist to interview him so we can his own part of the story...


They are taking advantage of this guy by bringing up useless article everyday concerning him...


Let's hear from him naa, take him to court.. Haba

bros God go bless u n ur family....... Dats exactly d same tin I ve been saying. charge dem to court so we can hear their own side not jux wat d govt is telling us...... until I hear Dasuki pleads guilty I fail to bliv all dis LAWMA trash

Today we here Dasuki said, tomorrow Metuh said.... my simple question why not arraign these guys in courts n let's here from their mouth cuz u re holding them tite n not letting d media get to dem...... u ve turn to their mouth piece......

Rolings:
Another lieing wailer. if workers were receiving their salary as at when due under the previous administration how come 27 states were owing workers as at May 29 2015. I agree with you the nation was crumbling under your hero and Pmb is giving us a ray of hope after all the sleaze of your hero and his cronies . If this is not how to fight corruption the way your hero didn't do anything while so much stealing was going on under him is not the way either. Nigerians prefer this fight against corruption ,only the guilty are afraid.

Federal workers were paid before month ending by d previous administration...... go n check ur records

in another news our economy is dying n all media houses re silent about it. Naira is 310 n no one us reporting it. dey keep deceiving us with fighting corruption. If u ve enough evidence pls go to court n prosecute dem not all dis ranting on paper

oluwazino:
a true president at least hes making it know to us to know where its paining him unlike the one that will make you feel 9ja isalrit and you just wake up one morning and hear 9ja has been sold after all the looting

is it by begging or create a friendly environment for dem to flourish. Wen ur policies re hard how do u expect dem to pay workers? With their blood?

[quote author=naughtynaughty post=42024716]ask ifa! [/quote I guess u re guilty of it too

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Nigeria is a joke........ FTC

MIKOLOWISKA:
all the elections under gej were 'sacrificed ' as small fish due to federal might
not worth fighting for internship and all were lost by apc
now that pdp is losing dem no wan gree. why are you all bad losers even after rigging

who was on seat wen Oshiomole came to power? Don't say wat u don't no bros..... even wen PDP lost GEJ always congratulate dem but ur god can't do anything......

An outrage continued to trail the reportedly missing 2016 Budget presented to the joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday, December 22, 2015, by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidency, on Tuesday night, distanced itself from the missing budget. Disturbed by the raging enquiries posed by Nigerian social media users, following the news of the missing budget, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, defended the Presidency, noting that President Buhari has not withdrawn the budget as speculated in the media. Shehu in a series of tweets via his Twitter handle @GarShehu said: “Enquiries about the budget: Nobody except the President can withdraw the budget. As far as we know, he hasn’t done that. “The copies in their hundreds have been delivered to both chambers of the National Assembly. “By tradition, once the budget is submitted, it ceases to be our property. “Enquiries as to where it is should be directed to the appropriate quarters,” he said.

MIKOLOWISKA:
all the elections under gej were 'sacrificed ' as small fish due to federal might
not worth fighting for internship and all were lost by apc
now that pdp is losing dem no wan gree. why are you all bad losers even after rigging

how state did APC lost? or ve u forgotten how GEJ use to congratulate winners whether from PDP or APC....... bros remember wen u paint anyone bad dey also ve their gud side

Kyase:
prove it with a link. or forever remain silent

first tell d op to prove his with a link

MadCow1:
You are talking out of your ass. No offence.

ur moniker already describe u so no insult

MadCow1:
Lagos

u guys should solve those traffic so dat ur citizens will stop sleeping in traffic...... Lagos is true definition of suffering n smiling...... Until u people pray for deliverance u will continue to b in bondage

macb2k:
suffering and smiling

bros show me APC state dat is better dan dan bayelsa state

MIKOLOWISKA:
they gave it free abi.
where is nitel
you lucky that thuraya didn't come first you for still de queue to make call de carry mumu nitel card around de put inside freezer

under GEJ elections were so peaceful n results declared accordingly...... is dat not an achievement? under ur god elections has turn to bloodbath n inconclusive. If he can not conduct an election in d smallest state in Nigeria I wonder how 2019 will look like