₦airaland Forum

AceRoyal:
On paper the recession is over but in reality the recession is still on going!

If PMB and this APC led government can act like this when they have something at stake I.e second term, just imagine what will happen when they have absolutely nothing to lose?

No good quality sustainable economic policies, infrastructural development or even social development.

Nigeria is so indebted right now(and this government is still hell bent on borrowing), with no visible/tangible development to show for it.
Poor social amenities and unfavorable economic policies that kills off the middle class.

Until we vote in a leader and not a ruler, we'll keep on retrogressing as a nation.

Until we vote in someone who doesn't see himself as just the president of Nigeria but a Nigerian president(who can really identify with the needs and wants of his people), this country will never have good progress and sustainable development!

If PMB could not manage and improve his cow business before he became our president, I don't see how he's ever going to manage and improve our economy or develop our nation.

With the so much debt accrued, I weep for our generations yet unborn.
This present crop of power drunk/hungry leaders have nothing to offer except to fund their personal ambitions, lavish lifestyles and impoverish the masses so they'll always be demi gods to them.

Nigeria has too many educated youths without common sense and wisdom.

I love my country but I'm ashamed of our leaders!

you said it all and that is what I said 4 years ago. He had the same amount of cows for 4 terms when he was contesting...imagine. Is he the one running the country abegooo, with dementia

SamuelAnyawu:
The Only Languague the great Imolites understand is Senator Samuel Anyanwu for Governor Imo 2019.

God Bless PDP

God Bless Imo State


We just dey dial Douglas house one hand

What has he done for the people?
What bills has he sponsor dat help Imolites

buharitill2023:
ineffectual buffoon that received $383b could not even pay salary.
Tell me what other leaders can do? Even if they generate more than your ineffectual buffoon, it will not get to people.
The solution according to Op is increase in agriculture.
All hands must be on desk for us to be self sufficient.

who are you speaking of?

MENTORCH:
Which millions of dollar even big rappers here don’t make that much from Spotify, Nigerians like to call big money.

30 billion dash dey screamem!

stagger:
The quality of a school is not measured by the fees that are paid there. $2000 is more than enough.

how many belly you carry and born?

Ehiscotch:
Nigerians should rally round and stop depending on government for us to move forward.

It's no news that unless we increase our productivity as a nation in a larger proportion than our population we would keep experiencing countless recession regardless of the people in power.

It is just sad that we play politics with everything in Nigeria.

Nigerians have never, waited for government to do anything. Every good thing in Nigeria is because of what the people did. Do you know not 1 finny was given to Igbos to build the east after being bombed to smithereens?

If only we can vote in a leader and not all these sleezy so called rulers.

That is why Americans have child support system for such family arrangements.
We try an copy oyibo way but system no be in place for such lifestyles.
If he is not married to you and you decide to have his baby, your on your own, 9ja own style.

HungerBAD:
I don't get it.

What exactly is the police complaining about this time?IPOB is down the food chain in my bottom list, but these guys are not bothering anyone.

They go for a protest,and they get arrested. Now that they want to stay at home, how is this even a bother to the Police?I do not like people oppressing others,and all I see is the oppression of the Igbo people.

The good people of Nigeria should speak against this oppression. The Police cannot go to the North,West and even the South South,and want to convert it into a modern day slavery plantation and not allow them have any kind of voice.

I support the APC, but will not support Tyranny.

The Government should stop the experimentation of slavery plantation owners on the people of the East. These guys have rights too.

so you are a human person with sense?

kramer:
Is she not supposed to be working too? The 2k only covers his part, if she works herself and earns 2k as well that will be enough to cover all costs plus savings

yes that is the only way to live in US proper, gasoline for your car is like 100k a month, African food stuffs is quadruple, imagine 1 orange for like N500

BininKingdom:
MOST OF THEM ARE BUHARI'S SUPPORTERS, THEY GOT MAD AFTER BUHARI FAILED THEM, THEY STARTED SEEPING CODEINE AND INHALATION OF TOILET SHIT ODOR

revolt:
did he just day 2000 pounds is nothing in the us.. all these ppl wey never travel. Do u know how much bills that will offset. Do u know how long one has to work to eatn that tlkless of giving it out. Go and borrow 100 dollars from somebody male i See?

I said he is just paying for a 2 bedroom apartment in her city. Not private school, not food, not even a snack.

grandstar:
$2,000 a month is nothing in the United States.

very cheap child support wow that will only pay house rent.

J2381:
then, the question is who is ready to have that much blood on his/her hands

The problem will be that other tribes will be defending themselves against domestic terrorism, how long can herdsman or Boko Harem slaughter people and Nigerians don't fight back?

Blood either way theirs or ours.

Heard of J J Rawlings of Ghana?
The man took them all out in a emergency meeting he and other armed forces. Instead of keep abusing the citizens he over throw the government for two years until they elected a Civilian president with sense.

I love when he said career politicians are our problems in 9ja.

Zombies will vote the same trouble shooters into office over and over again. Even when shown 4 years proof of not being a leader of prosperity and progress, they will dash 4 more to finish us up... smdh.

2019 is not just an election. We will be setting our destiny. It is a choice between remaining a mere fractious assortment of ethnicities and religions on one hand, or building a real nation on the other. It is a choice between having freedom or remaining in slavery under our recycled and corrupt politicians, between poverty and prosperity for our masses of the poor and the unemployed, and between stability and continuing instability of the Nigerian state.

dheilaw1:
he will find of difficulty to win 4 local governments in his very own state

Its a lie, I am from his local government.

He talked about people like you

We must confront this thinking that nothing will change, that the results have already been decided. It is statements like “I like him, oh, but I don’t think he will win because of zoning”, or, “voting for him is like wasting my vote

holocron:
Vote Kingsley moghalu for president

I and my family will vote for him!

TherWasACountry:
Unfortunately for you, majority of your electorate don't understand the meaning of the phrase. Their IQ can't yet comprehend the term nationhood. But go and try sha. Maybe there'll be a miracle.

A real miracle! A leader is only as good as the people they lead. You know what that means right?

Xander85:
This man, as much as i like him, is just wasting his time! Unless he's doing all this to get exposure and recognition for the subsequent elections....that's if Nigeria still exists by then!

In Nigeria there are many things that come into consideration before one can be said to have a decent shot at the presidency...sadly being educated, intelligent, focused, visionary and erudite ain't among!

My Dear you have said it all. The sad fact is all the current rulers in government have to be imprisoned or excuted and we start from scratch.
Unfortunately, I feel like you, after 2019 elections 9ja will be on a story we can't imagine.

IT IS TIME TO BUILD A NATION: MOGHALU NOMINATION ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

Acceptance Speech by Professor Kingsley Moghalu, Young Progressive Party (YPP) Presidential Candidate for the 2019 Elections

At the Special Convention and Presidential Primary of the YPP

Abuja, September 8, 2019

The National Chairman of the Young Progressive Party

All national officers and party delegates,

Members of the YPP,

Ladies and gentlemen

It is my greatest honor and privilege to stand here before you, to accept the nomination of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) for the Office of the President. Since I declared my candidacy for president just over six months ago, and since then, it has been a journey of discovery. Crisscrossing the country as I hold town hall meetings and engaging Nigerians located at different points on the socio-economic strata, I have been listening to the fears, hopes and aspirations of my fellow citizens. It has been an insightful, journey, and I through all this, I hold out hope for this country. Because, everywhere I went, even though people have been disappointed by those who lead us, they still hold out hope for a leadership that will deliver good governance, security, and prosperity. I realized that few had ever engaged directly with those seeking their votes. My direct engagement has been a new experience for them.

It was a new experience for me, too. It was eye opening to interact with the electorate — not at large impersonal rallies, but up close and personal. It has given me a new appreciation for what we all must do if Nigeria is to truly be a country for all.

MY CHOICE OF THE YPP was a very deliberate one. I wanted a party that shared my ideas of politics, a party of the grassroots and not the elite, whose operation marked a departure from the status quo that has led to the continued suffering of the Nigerian people. I was advised by many people to seek the ticket on a bigger platform. To lower my expectations, to think small. It would have been easier to bow down and kiss the rings of the many establishment politicians who have captured our resources and left our people poor.

But, that is not the way I see politics.

There is something more to leadership, something more to building a nation than just waiting for my turn at the table, or at best, being another technocrat whose reform ideas are frustrated by the political leadership. That’s why I decided to seek the office of the presidency.

More than ever before, Nigeria needs to be driven by a vision informed by a worldview that determines everything else. Up until about 40 years ago, China was viewed as a basket case: overpopulated, unproductive and ruined economically by decades of poor policies. Today, they snap their fingers and nearly every single African Head of state shows up in China with their hands out, eager for Chinese largesse. That’s what a country driven by a worldview can achieve.

In accepting the presidential ticket of this vibrant, energetic party, I stand here before you to say that Nigeria is fully capable of achieving greatness at home and abroad in our lifetimes. But this cannot happen with our normal way of doing things.

The Nigerian way is to manage. To ‘manage it like that’. We are constantly under pressure to lower our standards in every area. We say: “At least she tried”, “at least he tried”, “you can see he’s doing his best”. If Nigeria is to attain prosperity, we must learn to stop managing. We must learn to stop making excuses for one bad leader after another because of where they come from or how much money they have or whether we like them personally.

I am here today to announce that in response to the parties of the past, in response to umbrellas that block out the light of hope, and brooms that sweep away truth and replace them with lies, in response to the parties of tired old tricks and tired old systems, I and millions across Nigeria will choose the YPP. I joined the YPP because I believe it can live up to its name of being progressive, that it can be an agent of raising standards across the board for politics and policy, that it can show Nigerians that it is possible to use politics to lift people from poverty, rather than merely corner our commonwealth for personal gain.

In our quest to rewrite the rules of political engagement in Nigeria, we must understand clearly who the enemy is. Right now, our current political class, having fed fat on our resources, are exercising by practicing “jumpology” — jumping back and forth between the visionless APC and PDP. This only tells us one thing: that neither party nor people matter to our politicians. In the end all they care about is what is best for their pockets, or their safety from prosecution for their misdeeds.

It is up to us to make the case that their way does not work anymore, that it has only left us in poverty and insecurity, that it has led to many fleeing this country because they feel there is nothing for them and their children here.

We must confront the mindset that things cannot be better, that we should manage till we get a messiah, a miracle worker who will set everything right.

But here is the thing: there are no political messiahs coming to save us. There are no magic wands. There is you, me and every Nigerian saying with determination that

IT

IS

TIME.

It is time for something new, something bold, something different.

It is time for us to bring the curtain down on an era of waste, corruption, and incompetence that holds Nigeria back from achieving its potential. It is time for us to come together and retire these professional politicians who laugh at us, believing that they will return to power whether we like or not.

2019 is not just an election. We will be setting our destiny. It is a choice between remaining a mere fractious assortment of ethnicities and religions on one hand, or building a real nation on the other. It is a choice between having freedom or remaining in slavery under our recycled and corrupt politicians, between poverty and prosperity for our masses of the poor and the unemployed, and between stability and continuing instability of the Nigerian state.

We must confront this thinking that nothing will change, that the results have already been decided. It is statements like “I like him, oh, but I don’t think he will win because of zoning”, or, “voting for him is like wasting my vote”.

The reality is that Nigerians have gained nothing from the current way of doing things. If Nigerians knew the power they have, it is politicians who will be afraid of them, not the other way around. This is the message we must take to every corner of our nation: It is time to turn the page. It is time for a new political class of patriots, who understand how to create wealth, secure our country, and give every Nigerian, no matter who or where they are now, the opportunity to reach their potential.

Make no mistake, ladies and gentlemen. The road from here to there is a long one. It will take a significant part of our time, and there will be many obstacles on our path. We will make mistakes along the way. In these six months, I have made some of my own. I do not shy away from them. They have been part of my learning experience in politics, and the lessons will help on this journey.

Ultimately, this campaign is not just about me. It is about showing that a new kind of politics, one that puts the voters and their concerns at the center, can win elections in this country. I view the YPP as a vehicle for the aspirations of many who are deliberately shut out by the establishment.

I will also want to ask everyone who is fed up with the current status quo to support this campaign with their money, no matter how small.

I am very grateful for the warm reception I got when I joined the YPP. What we need is to come together and build the party across the 36 states of Nigeria, to spread our message and present a real alternative to our current visionless political class.

In his speech at 1963’s March on Washington, Martin Luther King said:

“We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there “is” such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.”

God bless you, fellow citizens. God bless YPP, and God bless Nigeria.

Kingsley Moghalu

YPP Presidential Candidate

J2381:
wow. would have loved to hear about it though.

Okay it will have to be in the Romance section under $exuality.

Movic1:
When you're dealing with fraudsters and liars, listen more to what they don't say than what they do.

I think it's believe none of what they say 1/2 of what you see.

J2381:
like seriously, you believe him?

If I did not have personal experience I would say the same as you.....

PenisCaP:
Since dbanj used his son for money or fame ritual, he has been very happy and active on social media.
Dude planned everything down and travel to U.S
To wait for the news.. "If u kbow u know"
But Na only God go punish him.

For those that doubt me save this comment and watch how his career will come back to life again in few months time with more fame

Some people will doubt you....

slimfit1:
Ask Saraki if he is still earning from pension.

I wonder too?

Bustincole:
Dis pple dey do surgery... im sure about dat

the procedure is called money.....money cleans people up.

Emeka Jr is still harboring fantasies about his step mom. Anyway they are half right. But she is married to our people, she is our Wife going no where as long as she is Senator.

But why completely change, the real you go show one day.

kaen1317:
thinking the same thing. abi na sacrifice?

People are not woke...

TimeManager:
Awww! baby girl.. so sowri. But if they don't cut down trees and build hotels across Anambra, how will you feed yourselves and put on clothes?

kiss the truth!

For your information my family is into agri business big time not hotel. What about your own?

Nogodye:
Why always Imo state?

Okoroaches is with APC you know now.