₦airaland Forum

onatisi:
at last ,people have woken up and they are beginning to ask the right questions.it is time nigerians tell these politicians that they aren't fools. If buhari can't proof to nigerians that he indeed finished secondary education ,then he has no business contesting to be nigeria president. If he has any equivalent certificate ,he should tender it to inec .

ellechrystal:
It's highly funny oo...they think we r kidding?
If it were johnathan now, they would ve barked n barked. Now it them , dey wanna play defensive. Smh.

WaliyinAllah:
Is only in Nigeria where you can see a citizens on the internet asking their former head of state and retired military general to show his school certificate. This shows us that we are still uncivilised in the sight of the world

WaliyinAllah:
Is only in Nigeria where you can see a citizens on the internet asking their former head of state and retired military general to show his school certificate. This shows us that we are still uncivilised in the sight of the world

tit:
CAn we ask the Nigerian Ambassador to the US to quickly help Buhari with his US civil War College certificate?
or
Can the US Ambassador to Nigeria use man know man to get this paper for us?

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, John Oyegun, has described as laughable, the raging controversy that the party’s presidential flag bearer, Muhammed Buhari, does not have a school certificate.

In an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES Monday, Mr. Oyegun said the matter should not even be discussed as it shows how petty the nation’s politics has become.

“I would like to quote (Olusegun Obasanjo) who said, ‘I dey laugh’, to answer your question because it is laughable that it should even be an issue of discussion,” Mr. Oyegun said in response to questions on Mr. Buhari’s certificate controversy.

“You know the military and you know how they progress from one rank to the other and the several training courses they have to go through in some of the best institutions in the world.
“Even if somebody said he didn’t have Standard Six Certificate, he rose through the ranks, through qualifying examinations to become what he was in this country.”

The APC chairman said that questioning Mr. Buhari’s educational qualification after he had served as Nigeria’s Head of State showed how unserious and petty politics has been reduced to in the country.

Reminded that the law has stipulated the minimum educational qualification for those seeking elective positions in the country, the APC chairman responded in the affirmative.

He, however, noted that the law not only stipulated the minimum qualification but also provide for the equivalent of such qualifications to be tendered.

Having attended courses in some of the best institutions in the world and obtained relevant certificates, Mr. Oyegun argued that Nigerians should not be raising dust over the educational qualification of the party’s presidential candidate.

“The law does not only stipulate the minimum qualification but also says its equivalent. So what is all the bother about? What is it all about? The man went to school. He went to secondary school and that is clear and there is no question at all about that,” Mr. Oyegun said.

“The fact is that it is so childish. Of all the important things they should be talking about is it the certificate they should be talking about now.

“You journalists should talk of ideology and what the political parties have for the country. Why talk about a bloody certificate for a General who has also been the Head of State? For Christ’s sake, let us be serious. It is so petty and makes me think we are not serious at all.”

Mr. Oyegun did not, however, categorically state the specific qualification of the retired general.
Reacting to the controversial video where fiery Catholic priest, Father Ejike Mbaka, lampooned President Goodluck Jonathan, during New Year vigil at the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, the APC chairman said the priest was right in attacking the president.

Mr. Oyegun wondered why the authorities did not complain when another clergyman from a popular Pentecostal church uploaded a sermon laced with gory pictures which linked the APC with the Boko Haram insurgents.

He, however, commended the leadership of the Pentecostal church for coming out to strongly condemn its pastor, who uploaded the offensive sermon and video.

He said, “This is the first time that somebody from a credible religious field has given argued reasons; not based on sentiment, emotion, religion and ethnic colouration. Father Mbaka argued with reasons on why people should not vote for the president that has failed to perform.

“Mbaka is a properly ordained minister of the gospel and he gave all the possible reasons. He even said things I never thought about before now – that here you are in a nation and you have this man as president and corruption has become a style of governance.

“The linkages I did not think about, is that the president has destructive influence. What happened to his former boss, President Yar’Adua, and the governor of his state are uncanny and I have not for a second thought that the president had anything to do with any of these. But it is just uncanny.”

Under Mr. Jonathan’s watch, the APC chairman said the nation’s economy has nose-dived, and allocations to state governments have gone down by almost 50 percent.

According to him, a third of Nigeria’s oil is being stolen while the PDP government continued to drag the country through misrule, poverty and impunity.

“I totally agree with Father Mbaka. If didn’t agree with him, I wouldn’t have joined others to work so hard to bring about the APC,” Mr. Oyegun said.

When reminded that the same priest had in November praised, prayed for and endorsed Mr. Jonathan, the APC chieftain referred to the biblical story of St. Paul who earlier persecuted Christians but later had an encounter with Jesus and became one of the greatest apostles.

He said, “Let me quote the Bible for you. One day, Saul was persecuting Christians, the next day, he had an encounter with Christ, and the day after, he was being prosecuted because was one of the greatest preachers of the Christian faith.

“This man, Mbaka said look, ‘I supported the president’. He didn’t hide it. He said he supported the president. He said he brought doves and wanted them to fly, they refused to fly. He said he tried to cajole them to fly but they still refused until the Spirit told him to stop.

“The Holy Ghost told him to forget what he was trying to do. It was like a messenger that has now been sent to tell him that all the things he had been doing were wrong – this is no longer his time, my people are suffering, my people are dying. Whatever it was that opened his (Mbaka) eyes, God is using him to as an instrument. For a man to be ready to swallow his pride, having done something that you describe a month earlier – for him to have agreed to swallow his pride and come out the way he did, for a man to be ready to offend a president in office, whose wife he anointed a month before, takes the ultimate courage.

“All he said is that we all supported this man (president. He said he personally supported him up till one month ago. But he has now seen that this president’s six years in office has brought nothing but pain, blood, misfortune and disaster to this nation.

“The Spirit has told him that this cannot go on and that there is need for change. That is the genesis of the whole thing.”

The APC leader however rejected a prediction by the founder of the Evangelical Church of Yaweh, Theophilus Olabayo, that APC will lose Lagos in the next governorship elections.

“But how can we lose Lagos or even think of Rivers State. It is not even thinkable. If you ask me what I think I will tell you that we are going to win in Lagos, we are going to win in Rivers,” he said. “In the South-south, we are going to so totally blunt the PDP. We are not only going to win Lagos, we are going to win Akwa Ibom which is the next most populous state within the riverine area where people vote vote 99.9 percent. Edo State is already with us and even Delta may fall for us. There is no way we will not win the election, Olabayo or no Olabayo.

ruffp:
I think the more pertinent question to ask is........did he speak the truth? If the answer is "yes"....then its no propaganda!

dhammyg:
ANYONE WITH COMMON SENSE WILL CHOOSE BUHARI OVER GEJ.BUT SINCE U ARE A PAID PDP I DON'T EXPECT BETTER FROM YOU

gab264:
Let the prayer of parrallel government be answerd by God and all his twenty four elders amen....and i pledge to biafra my country to be faithful.....

Firefire:
Insha Allah, Jimi Agbaje shall be sworn in as the next Governor of Lagos State comes May 29th 2015.

dhammyg:
UNTIL HE BRINGS BACK THE MISSING GIRLS GEJ HAS FAILED TO ME.ANY PRESIDENT THAT CAN'T ENSURE THE SECURITY OF HIS CITIZENS IS A BIG FAILURE!!!!!!!!

FUCCK HIM AND HIS 20 MEDIOCRE SCHOOLS!!!!!!!!!!

Change2015:
Meanwhile, the president has suspended the inauguration of his presidential campaign committee billed to hold at 2:00pm yesterday, following the death of his younger sister, Mrs. Nancy Jonathan-Obei.

Interesting. But after Nyanya bombing, he still went the next day to dance on stage with his campaign?

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/158836-nigerians-lambast-jonathan-for-singing-dancing-at-campaign-rally-while-nation-mourns-bomb-blast-victims.html

Nigerians have reacted with outrage over President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to Kano to welcome former governor of the state, Ibrahim Shekarau, to the Peoples Democratic Party, a day after a car bomb killed dozens of Nigeria and injured several others in a suburb of Abuja.

The government said 75 people died while 124 others were injured although body count by witnesses and a PREMIUM TIMES reporter suggest over 200 Nigerians were killed.

Insensitive, irresponsible, terrible, and wicked are some of the words that have been used to describe the president’s political visit to Kano.

“Let’s face it, is it even proper, as a father, for the president to be dancing at a rally and clinking glasses at a chief’s party just the day after?” said Betty Abah, journalist and activist. “What really would happen if he sends representatives while he pretends he’s meeting security chiefs? Even if he doesn’t care, is this even good for his image? What message is he sending out? He did same during the Centenary celebrations. How do you explain this crass insensitivity?”

“It is plain insensitive, really. It an evident that the leadership of this country does not take our lives seriously at all,” said activist lawyer, Bamidele Aturu.

“Over 200 people were killed by Boko Haram insurgents. Less than 24 hours later, the president was in Kano on political mission. That tells you they don’t take us seriously and our lives don’t count for much. That is the height of insensitivity I have seen in recent times,” he continued.

“He wouldn’t have lost anything if he had postponed the campaign for another one or two months and let the people who are bereaved come to terms with the gruesome reality,” he added.

Mr. Aturu said the President’s action showed the huge disconnect between Nigerians and their political leaders.

“Our people need to understand that there is a big disconnect between them and the people that leads them who only require them to vote to be in power.”

He said the president’s action, if done in other countries, could have cost him his job.

“This kind of things would not happen elsewhere. In other countries the president can even be impeached for what he has done. It is terrible. For him to embark on that trip show clearly that for him politics is more important than the lives of Nigerians.”

“It is very insensitive and irresponsible,” said another lawyer, Festus Keyamo.

“That is a sign that the government does not value the lives of Nigerians. As a matter of fact it is confirmation that the present system actually enjoys the pogrom that is going on in that part of the country. It is very condemnable that the president could not even declare a day of national mourning after we have lost about 200 lives,” said Chairman of CACOL, Debo Adeniran.

“The president is not thoughtful; the president seems to be sadistic, enjoying the show of bloodletting. Our president doesn’t care. You know he said the other time that he doesn’t give a damn. He doesn’t give a damn whatever Nigerians say, he doesn’t give a damn about our feelings of agony, he doesn’t give a damn about those who are suffering the pains and pangs of the carnage going on in some parts of the country.”

The Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, also chided the president for being insensitive to the lives lost in he blast.

Sealeddeal:
Apc Thrives on the media. On ground,PDD all the way.
By Feb 2015,APC would have learnt a lesson of lifetime. [b]They will be forced to understand that politics of Nigeria is not an online politics [/b]but on ground politics.
Sai GEJ!

dhammyg:
WHY LAGOS.WHY DIDN'T HE LAUNCH IT IN CHIBOK SO THAT THEY CAN SHOWER HIM WITH LOVE FOR NOTCRETURNING THEIR DAUGHTERS AFTER 8 MONTHS


GEJTILL 2015

brutef0rce101:
My father wasted time and money on me...

Obiagelli:
What will you tell them you have done in Lagos? Painted the 3rd mainland bridge?

temitemi1:
You highly welcome mr president! #lagosvoteGEJ

ruffp:
The First Lady visited! Shuuuu, its not rocket science for u to know his superiors were fully aware of her visit. I am dead sure they would hv been even more aware of the financial contribution or otherwise that the presence of the FL brought with her!

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midolian:
Ride on, the pple's General...your hands are clean n dahz why u can move freely.may God Almighty be ur guide

ruffp:
Well, thats normal. Patience visited, so of cuz it was in the media.....it wasn't news cuz we are used to hearing painted lies from various pulpits. It became news when he decided (probably outta a heavy heart and humbled spirit) to recant his words. The catholic hierachy was aware of the 1st sermon.....but becuz it was what they loved to hear,they turned a blind eye!

Qualification

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(a) Serve as the senior officer in one of his nation's service components.

(b) Serve in the highest command position in a national service component or the nation's armed forces (i.e., equivalent of CJCS, Army Chief of Staff or Service Chief of Staff when such position entails service component command, commanding general - gendarmerie).

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FastShipping:
I beg to differ. First tell me what "international fellow stands for" first before we move forward. I know some of you are ready to move the goal posts whenever you see the truth starring you in the eyes.

brutef0rce101:
My father has over 100 children, its not my fault I was raised in the slums.

PassingShot:
[s]Sorry to burst your bubble but the ONLY WAY Jonathan can "win" this particular one is through MASSIVE RIGGING. I mean the type of rigging never witnessed in the history of election in Nigeria. A rigging where they will declare between 90 and 99% voters turnout in Jonathan's stronghold with winning percentage of between 95 and 100% for him while they'd declare an average turnout of 50% with a win percentage of 60% in Buhari's stronghold.

And when that happens, don't come here and cry about post-election violence because you should expect that to happen when people are robbed of their fundamental right to choose their leader.

brutef0rce101:
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[s] Why calling him Oloriburuku? Must you insult the guy, you this dirty old man. You are far older than the GEJ you want to kill yourself for, spits on that your bald head.