₦airaland Forum

patrickmuf:
If membership of a political party is founded on sound ideology then, I'd accept the argument that a party that fails should be voted out but that is not the case. Amaechi, Saraki and other PDP stalwarts jumped ship and were placed in exalted positions in the APC yet they still lampooned the PDP for being a failure, a party they formed a core of its fulcrum...

What happened to the PDP in the lead-up to the 2015 elections where Amechi and his crew decamped should have happened to the APC but the PDP missed the opportunity by handing over its ticket to Atiku. It just did not make sense that Atiku who is a Fulani man would succeed Buhari, another Fulani man, that move was a recipe for disaster and that is what prevented a lot of disillusioned politicians in the APC from leaving the party.

Obi and the LP on the other hand were not an option for these political heaveweights with influence and deep pockets, no thanks to the hate for the Igbo man. Truth be told, most people who did not support Obi in the North did so because of that seed of distrust planted in their minds and secondly, the LP did not have the political machinery to penetrate some of those places which would not have been the case if Obi had flown the flag of the PDP.

So, for me, I think the victory of the APC was more or less made easier by the miscalculations of the opposition...

The bold is where our foolishness lies.

Where did the hate land us? If ur kinsmen has been president for 8 years and even in his home town kidnapping still happens does it make any sense to keep voting for him and whoever he endorses?

Obasanjo was president for 8 years and his people in Ogun state kept voting against him cos they didn't feel the impact of his governance in their state.

What a reasonable and logical person is expected to do is distance himself/herself from anything Buhari endorses in 2023 because of how disastrous APC's 8 years rule was under Buhari. But I guess Bonhoeffer's theory of stupidity is right afterall that : "This is much certain, stupidity is in essence not an intellectual defect but a moral one. There are human beings who are remarkably agile intellectually yet stupid and others who are intellectually dull yet anything but stupid"

Only God knows how much dem go dey sell Turkish office shirt now with all this exchange rate madbess. 🤦‍♂️

Nowadays if dry cleaner spoil ur shirt like this na to use DSS carry am cos na matter of National security.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Then leave the side walks for normal people, and walk on the expressway.

Na una dey cut people slippers for Lagos Island

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Lagos is not for the weak

Eko a gbagba kugba ; If u snooze u lose .

patrickmuf:
Thank you so much for the bolded.

Folks keep talking about the APC as if it is a person. 80% of politicians in the APC were once in the PDP so, it has more to do with the class of people we elect to lead us than the party and our knack for not holding elected officials accountable.

Even if LP had won, the national assembly would have frustrated Obi and who's to say most of these crop of failures wouldn't have decamped? It is the sad reality of the society we find ourselves, see Doyin Okupe who was indicted by the anti-graft agency rose to the level of campaign DG all because he has the resources. If Atiku or Obi had won, they'd easily welcome into their fold someone from the APC who was a former governor/senator/minister than elevate a modest party faithful. The system rewards people with no values.

Looking ahead, will the average Nigerian demand good governance instead of asking for crumbs from politicians?

Will the average Nigerian grow above ethnoreligious bias when the law catches up with someone from his/her ethnic group?

When I served in Osun State, I got to meet one of Aregbe's SAs from Ipetumodu in Ife-North LGA. Every other weekend he comes home, and the whole community flocks to his compound, they have to cook from Friday to Sunday when he departs and not just that, he dispenses cash freely. So, where exactly do the people think he gets all that money from? Also, how will they be able to ask questions about the government he works for after eating their cake?

Nigerians first need to set our priorities right. To demand accountability is to reject the crumbs but seemingly, it is a big ask for Nigerians...

Normally I don't like to chook mouth in this kind talk, but on this one I would like to share my opinion. Firstly I agree with izzou on the fact that we need to cultivate the habit of voting out a party if they failed or didn't meet up to our expectation even if it's just to send a message to those people who populate the party at that point in time.

To buttress my point, I will use the Fulani Herdsmen crisis as a case study. Yes I'm aware Fulani Herdsmen-Farmers crisis has been a re-occurring issue in this country, but it never became as serious as it was under Buhari's 8 years. Yes there are rumors that the Fulanis who are terrorizing people across the country were actually foreign mercenaries brought in by APC to force Jonathan's hand if he had plans not to concede defeat in 2015. I won't dwell much on the rumor since there's no way to confirm its genuineness, but the body language of Buhari and APC as a party over the past 8 years has shown they don't have what it takes to stem the tide in the escalation of these Fulani herdsmen attacks.

Yes I'm a Yoruba boy but I served in the North West at a time the entire north viewed Jonathan as a Southerner who didn't care about the boko Haram insecurity issue in the North East that time. The South and the entire North (North west, North Central and North East) agreed it was the right thing to send PDP being led by Jonathan parking because he has not shown enough grit to nip the Boko Haram issue in the bud and they voted the party out. In fact some of those in PDP with Jonathan who agreed with that viewpoint left PDP and moved elsewhere.

Now fast Forward to 2023; Boko Haram did not only refuse to die in the hands of APC, but so many other insecurity issues grew exponentially under them including the Militarization of the Herders-Farmers crisis where herders now carry automatic weapons resorting to killing people and burning down villages/farmlands, different non-state actors in the Southeast and Southwest engaging in kidnapping for ransom/killings and even Banditry in the North West.

It makes absolutely no sense to me that people will know all of these aforementioned facts and then still look at APC as the party that will solve these myriads of problems that grew under their watch for 8 years when majority of those who formed the party are still there . E no just make sense to me.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]E reach to ask

Some people sabi waka 35km/h on foot.
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I am one of those people ; I can walk really fast . I detest people who walk at normal or slow pace .

Itsrm:
Even this one complaining about free water forgot the Sumo bringing out the water is not powered by free water. The nylon they use, cost transportation of goods and routine maintenance has gone up astronomically.

I don't blame them, na frustration.

Meanwhile, I have a strong feeling that once they effect minimum wage increase, they will fully remove petrol subsidy and fuel will cross 1k per litre.

Things will only get worse if they do this ; crime rate will increase and the economy will shrink further .

Mass sack of workers will happen across different industries; people who were formerly gainfully employed will beg their friends to teach them yahoo just to stay afloat .

Only God knows if a loaf of bread will not sell for N2,000 anytime soon

izzou:

She go just humble

Those drivers dey get bad mouth honestly .

iamoyindamola:
Jesus and martinelli should switch position more often

Yeah .

Jesus is who Martinelli thinks he is on the wings

Roland17:
He is not a good dribbler, especially in tight spaces or low block teams and I do t think he would develop that. He is great in space and you are right about getting more physical and stronger.

Zinchenko cannot defend to save his own life 🤦‍♂️

Roland17:
Thoughts about retrying Martinelli for that CF position?

If he can get more physical and manabge to impose himself in the box he will make a good striker . Then he should learn to shoot and not want to dribble out of every situation .

2-0; nice counter

Normally na Jesus supposed dey play that Martinelli wing make we get a natural number 9 🙅‍♂️

They had it coming !

Nice one Jesus us chopping the near post .

1-0

How Jesus take lose that ball na ?

iamoyindamola:
Both are actually doing well here
Na the match they vex me instead

I’ve switched to mobile and it’s better .

iamoyindamola:
This match is making me dizzy
We are just passing around the park

MTN and score 8 0. 8 just dey frustrate me for here

We need to break them and score one goal at least in this half

izzou:
[color=royalblue]So much killings with no justice whatsoever.

Whether na the government themselves dey kill us, i no understand.

How many of these herdsmen have been prosecuted since i even started hearing about the menace they are causing?

These guys go kill. Everybody go pretend as if nothing happen. We go begin dey defend and explain failure for free

Olorun e sha nu wa![/color]

As per the bolded sometimes I do feel that if they don’t kill someone close to all these people doing gaslighting up and down , they won’t really know how unreasonable they sound explaining these failures away .

I get person close to me whose mum was killed by herdsmen under Buhari around that period Tinubu was asking “Where are the cows ?” . I know how 4cked the whole thing left him.

Government of the day will fail in its duty to ensure safety of lives and properties , una go dey ask for historical data of deaths to ascertain whether the government should called out to action or not. Smh

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Nigeria's greatest mistake was not kicking this party out, and we must regret am.

We don't even know the extent of rot they have caused and are covering

Just last year, BBC dropped a documentary on Banditry in Zamfara, and the governor was fingered to have done almost nothing to help his people. Infact, he was open to paying ransoms sef.

That same governor is Nigeria's Minister of Defence.

Awa lo kan was just for Bola, Seyi and Remi.

May God console the family of the Monarch.[/color]

It’s only in Nigeria u will see a party serve the people bad governance and the people will still vote continuity for the same party at the first chance they have.

Even as matter cast reach , u will be surprised that some people will still vote for the same party if they have opportunity to vote and correct their mistake tomorrow morning .

Roland17:
But they openly sponsor terrorist organizations and you have bragged about it on record.

Explain how they are not a terrorist country, especially considering your position and the facts on the above.

Okpa will soon call them freedom fighters

obainojazz:
For those that can hear Yoruba

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2u6ojFNFcG/?igsh=MWM2djh2cngwZno2Ng==

The monarch directed his subjects to vote for APC at the presidential election .

The same APC that was unable to combat the Fulani herdsmen crisis all through Buhari’s 8 years .

The Fulani herdsmen crisis has now worsened to the extent that they killed the monarch who directed his subjects to vote APC continuity .

That’s Tough !

Smith-Rowe starts, Martinelli back in the line-up, and Trossard on bench

mostob:
From Arteta's press conference yesterday..
1. No chance of signing a player this window.

2. Partey won't make the MD squad despite completing two training sessions.

We should just sell Partey to dem Saudis or any other buyer that has big pocket make we rest . It’s just a shame that a good player like him spends most of the season in and out of the hospital like a doctor and not a professional footballer

izzou:
[color=royalblue]And Angola sabi score clinical goals.

Abba Father, Have mercy[/color]

Apart from say Uzoho resemble ojuju, he dey also serve Juju.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
wetin dey happen for ekiti?

school children kidnapped by bandits.
two monarch killed by bandits..

What happened is terrible . They killed 2 out of the 3 monarchs they attacked while one escaped .

At this point I think they need to ask these bandits/fulani herdsmen( That’s what Ekiti people called them) what exactly do they want ?

CrystalTiger:
https://www.nairaland.com/7985512/30300000-igp-sts-extortion-abuja

Blueraydick, see these police officers and how much they made in a day.. Probably ten times their annual salary...

The only reason they aren't rejoicing is because they've been caught but how many of these incidents get reported..

I will keep repeating myself :

Restructure the payment of the police , pay them well like other countries pay their law enforcement agents , take care of their welfare and then go after those that want to remain bad eggs among them . That’s the only way u can ever have a chance at having slightly decent police force .

Amigoss:
Not obidients but Na Buharist and Batist faceoff go sweet pass wella going forward and towards 2027,accusations and counter accusations of incompetence,Bashir and seyi law started it the other day,more to come....

Have u not seen Seyi Law dragging Bashir Ahmad because he( Bashir Ahmad) is complaining about banditry & kidnapping under Tinubu’s administration ?

He Dey vex say Ahmad no raise am when he dey work with Buhari

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Imagine this kind person as governor
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He fit order any LG chairman or Commissioner to be flogged publicly if dem do anyhow

Itsrm:
If you watch that video in the link BlueRayDick posted, the signs were there all along. How did we not see it on time?

If dollar like make e enter 5000, Tinubu no send anybody papa

Meanwhile, where is Oasisx. Been a while. Hope all is well?

To think that people even tried to explain it away. When I say people, I mean individuals who are highly educated o.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]This video never gets old

"We dey beat" [/color]

https://www.facebook.com/reel/176398485550058?s=yWDuG2&fs=e&mibextid=UyTHkb

Ijaw people no get filter for mouth.

Unlimited22:
Only God knows what he'd been smoking when he made that statement.

swiz123:
Our president even at his age still smokes freshly imported Canadian loud, what do you expect?

He was definitely on something not available Over The Counter in pharmacies . See the video below:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/FwsTx9gwUYFqVWPk/?mibextid=WC7FNe