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Ezewuzie01:
Despite sponsoring crisis within the LP that has led to the emergence of 3 different factions, the bitter and defeated Peter Obi yesterday led a roadshow in Akure to canvas for votes for his fragmented party without the presence of its INEC-recognized national chairman Julius Abure.

https://thenationonlineng.net/ondo-polls-obi-mobilises-voters-for-lp-candidate/

AfonjaConehead:
Where are the "we dodged a bullet" bunch nah 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Fearurcreeator:
You too mumu , who you help?

PulaPower:
Gbaja should be the next governor of Lagos state..

Frigga13:
2027 is already here. .. Tinubu knows he won’t win Kano.. so he don’t need .


Tinubu is already pushing for 2027..

By the grace of God he will fail.

Next!

The sacked Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Abdullahi Gwarzo, has kicked against his removal from President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet.

Gwarzo claimed that he was not guilty of poor performance.

In a cabinet reshuffle on October 23, 2024, Tinubu dismissed Gwarzo alongside four other ministers.

The other dismissed ministers are Minister of Women Affairs, Uju-Ken Ohanenye, Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John, Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, and the Minister of Youth Development, Dr Jamila Bio Ibrahim.

Commenting on the development, Gwarzo said the president informed him about the decision to relive him of his duties before the decision was made public.

Speaking with BBC Hausa, the sacked minister said: “I was surprised because I wasn’t found guilty of any wrongdoing or poor performance.


“And I was minister of state, with the senior minister overseeing a large portion of the Ministry’s activities.

“Before the announcement, the President had informed me of his decision.

“He said Kano North was overloaded with political officers, hence the need to strike a balance. We gave our advice, but it was ignored.


“From there, I began to suspect that certain individuals were behind this because, to me, that wasn’t a valid reason.

“If the ministerial slot is indeed meant for Kano Central, we have our 2023 governorship candidate who is also our leader in Kano Central. Why not consider giving him the position?

“Gawuna should be offered the role first, unless he declines, in which case it could be given to someone else.


“All other candidates from Plateau and Zamfara states who contested for the governorships were appointed to positions.”

post=132831050:
And this is coming from a so call Presidential Candidate?
What a shame!!

This is what others can say, but not someone aspiring to become a president of the same country!

Okay Peter Obi, dem don hear.

We Rise ✔️





No mind am.
Him go just open mouth whaamm!


Don't mind the Pandora o...
He won't stop amusing us 🤣.

yarimo:
Obi lie small na 🤣 that same P.A of yours that was caught with drugs in UK and you are here hyping him

CoronaVirusPro:
The generation that will pay those debts are not yet born.

Judolisco:
uno hear say state allocation Don increase?

Lithiumite:
According to the minister of finance,the naira for crude deal for local refining and non importation of petrol will bring about 700b monthly in savings for FG.....that's really huge if I must say but the problem is our debt servicing obligations.....it's just too high!! Past govts have really put us in a debt mess and it's affecting everything.

A week ago, news emerged that First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu and National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu will lead national prayers in response to Nigeria’s challenges. The event, organised in collaboration with Christian and Muslim leaders, aims to seek divine intervention in Nigeria’s economic crises, according to Segun Afolorunikan, the Director-General of the National Prayer Forum.

Details of the exercise indicate that Muslims will gather at the National Mosque in Abuja for seven days, during which 313 individuals will recite Koran verses. Christians will meet at the National Ecumenical Centre for a week of intense prayers, with prayer warriors from various denominations focusing their efforts on the country’s adversities.

All this makes a mockery of democracy, Nigeria’s political system. Even in theocracies, empiricism is elevated above prayers.

After a week, the First Lady distanced herself from the summit. Religion is a private affair; she should allow it to remain so.

Nigeria’s woes are indeed daunting. Citizens are confronted with soaring energy prices, runaway inflation, a collapsed national currency, pervasive hunger and insecurity, woeful education, and health infrastructure. A rapacious political elite compounds the national malaise.

However, countries that have succeeded took concrete and deliberate actions, did the right things, and put the right people in the right positions. The basic principle of government is that good policies produce good results. Prayer is not a strategy for economic development and collective prosperity.

Christianity and Islam emphasise the importance of working, not just praying. If prayers were the answer, Nigeria would be a paradise given the teeming number of overtly religious citizens and the thousands of mosques and churches that dot communities in the country.


Ribadu’s acceptance of a leading role in this exercise is ridiculous. The NSA should be busy finding better ways to coordinate the Armed Forces and intelligence services to defeat insecurity. Are the prayer warriors going to be paid by the NSA’s office? Ribadu should not make Nigeria a laughingstock in global intelligence and security circles.


Nigerian leaders and citizens know prayers do not solve hunger or provide power, roads, or railways. Prayers cannot create an efficient public service, police force or other essential services. A good society comes from implementing scientific methods and punishment for bad behaviour.

Nigerians spend humongous resources yearly on pilgrimages to Israel and Saudi Arabia. Instructively, the huge technology, agriculture, health, and weapons industries in Israel are a function of investment in education and scientific research, not prayers.

The Saudis and other Gulf states built glittering cities with world-class infrastructure and services in the desert (which Nigeria’s elite love to inhabit) through visionary policies and proper management of their oil wealth. Iran is a strict Islamic state, but it sells weapons to Russia because it invested in education and science.

For Nigeria to progress, the government and citizens must take responsibility for decisions and actions. Prayers are to support human endeavours apart from the spiritual and psychological benefits.

It behoves the country’s leaders to take the right steps to confront the current challenges and the consequences of failed policies.

The government has neglected the power grid resulting in disruptive blackouts. It has implemented policies that have seen petrol prices and electricity tariffs spiral and failed to respond coherently to the security challenge. Prayers cannot solve that. This is another distraction meant to shift responsibility for poor decisions being made.


Religious leaders can do better in attempting to help retrieve Nigerians from the moral abyss into which they have descended by speaking out.

Ultimately, there should be a clear separation from the state and religion. This is the best route to success.

The Presidency has accused former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of being envious of President Bola Tinubu, especially as he failed repeatedly to clinch the position after several attempts.


Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, made the allegation on Sunday, a development that has heightened the political rift between both parties.

Onanuga also alleged that Atiku, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the 2023 general election, was proposing untested, hypothetical economic theories which lacked popular appeal.


Onanuga said since Atiku’s defeat in the last election, the former Vice President has shown more interest in undermining Tinubu than in addressing his party’s implosion.

The statement reads: “We suspect he is envious of Tinubu’s position—an office he has unsuccessfully sought six times,” the presidential media aide stated.

“It is perplexing that he would elevate his untested, hypothetical proposal, which Nigerians soundly rejected during the 2023 Presidential Election, and seek to present it as a superior alternative to the multi-faceted reform programmes implemented by the Tinubu administration.

“If his plan lacked popular appeal, he must acknowledge that merely repackaging it will not resolve the social and economic challenges his People’s Democratic Party (PDP) bequeathed after 16 years in power.

“Atiku’s economic analysis demonstrates a significant misunderstanding of Nigeria’s realities. His narrative, “What We Would Have Done Differently,” indicates an inability to engage with the pressing economic realities being revitalised multidimensionally under President Tinubu’s leadership.

“What reforms would Atiku propose at the onset of his hypothetical and fabled presidency? While he suggests a consultation period upon assuming office, the reality is that the Nigerian economy requires immediate and decisive action. A leader must be prepared to tackle challenges from Day One, as President Tinubu has done.


“Atiku, going further to accuse President Tinubu of “stealing his presidency,” exposed his sense of entitlement and his disconnect from the electorate. The truth is that Tinubu rightfully won the presidency, a position Atiku was simply unqualified for due to his arrogance, insensitivity to Nigeria’s diversity, and the decision to disregard his party’s power rotation arrangement between the North and the South after eight years of President Muhammadu Buhari.

“Atiku’s idea of a consultation period upon entering office shows a troubling lack of awareness regarding the state of the economy, which was in dire need of urgent action. The Tinubu administration came prepared with a firm action plan to address the shortcomings that persisted during President Olusegun Obasanjo’s time when Atiku was vice president.

“We can only speculate what detrimental impact Atiku’s proposed lengthy town hall and Village Square meetings would have had on Nigeria’s economy if he had been elected president and taken such an approach. The country needed a proactive leader such as Tinubu, who immediately set to work on addressing economic challenges rather than one who would have squandered precious time on consultations and a questionable privatisation agenda.


“Atiku’s critiques of Tinubu’s presidency are mere harebrained propositions devoid of realistic alternatives. He must reckon with the decades of mismanaged economy inherited by the current administration, including exorbitant subsidy expenditures far exceeding government earnings from crude oil. As of mid-2023, the landing cost of fuel was between N500 and N600, while it was sold nationwide at an average of N200. The 2023 budget allocated N3.36 trillion for fuel subsidies until June 2023 against a projected N2.23 trillion in oil revenue for the year. The Nigerian state was on life support.

“Instead of conjuring imaginary scenarios, we expect the former vice president to engage with these urgent realities.

“The estimated N5.4 trillion savings from subsidy removal in 2024 are being actively directed toward infrastructure development and social intervention programmes, initiatives that will benefit all tiers of government and enhance Nigerians’ quality of life.

“We expect Atiku to commend what the Tinubu administration has done concerning revenue generation for the Federation. Without factoring in oil sales, revenue proceeds generated by the Federal Inland Revenue Service almost doubled in the first half of 2024, compared with the level Tinubu met in 2023. The states and councils are more prosperous because of it, as many states have increased the minimum wage for their workers to between N70,000 and N85,000.

“Atiku’s proposal to privatise the four government-owned refineries, which collectively can only meet a fraction of the nation’s daily fuel consumption when activated, lacks originality.

“In 2007, investors were only willing to offer $160 million for 51% equity in the Port Harcourt Refinery, while the Kaduna Refinery had an offer of $102 million. According to industry experts and the late President Umar Musa Yar’Adua, Nigeria’s Head of State at the time, who cancelled the sale of the refineries by the Obasanjo-Atiku government, the offered bids were considered scrap value.

“As vice president, Atiku oversaw the sale of the nation’s assets to private individuals and cronies at low prices. Today, most public enterprises Atiku sold have been stripped and become dead assets.

“The model of farming the completely rehabilitated refineries to private sector managers at an agreed-upon rate of return to the government, as adopted by Tinubu’s government, is more practical and value-laden than selling our national patrimony to some private interests that are not technically capable of operating the refineries. The Tinubu administration focuses on revitalising these refineries while supporting modular refineries and the Dangote Refinery, which has greater capacity.

“This approach will guarantee domestic production and stabilise retail prices by reducing foreign exchange challenges. It includes selling crude oil to the refineries in Naira, enabling potential cost reductions that could reflect in retail prices.

“Regarding Atiku’s allegations of corruption within the NNPC, the fuel subsidy has historically been the leading corruption enabler in the state-owned oil company. President Tinubu’s removal of this subsidy eliminated the most significant incentive for corruption within the NNPC. During his eight-year tenure as Vice President, Atiku and his boss had an opportunity to address this issue but failed to make any significant reforms in the oil sector.

“In any case, is it not ironic that an Atiku, who was entangled in corruption allegations, including one in which his wife was indicted and his business associate, former US Congressman William Jefferson, was jailed for 13 years, is now talking about corruption matters?

“The suggestion of phased-out subsidy removal is an outdated approach that has historically led to fiscal challenges for countries like Indonesia, which Atiku references. Nigeria has gradually phased out subsidies since 1978, with numerous adjustments made. Fuel prices were adjusted 22 times between 1978 and 2020. Rather than pushing for unrealistic timelines, Atiku should recognise the necessity of President Tinubu’s bold reforms.

“Notably, while Atiku peddles his economic fantasies, he has yet to denounce President Tinubu’s removal of the fuel subsidy because he knows that the reform was necessary and correct. We can only urge him to purge himself of the petty, derisive politics of a sore loser.

“To alleviate the effect of the fuel subsidy removal on the very poor and vulnerable, the Tinubu administration has embarked on an active social intervention campaign involving cash transfers and the distribution of palliatives. So far, 20 million Nigerians are being targeted for direct cash transfers, an established social protection mechanism described as economically transformative by the World Bank and many development partners. The Tinubu administration has designed well-targeted social inclusion programmes, including student loans, consumer credits, and the Presidential CNG Initiative, all initiated within the first 12 months.

“In his foreign exchange management proposal, Atiku declared that a fixed exchange rate system was out of the question. Yet his managed float proposal, another gradualist approach, is still the same as the old fixed exchange rate system, which stagnated the national economy by subsidising forex up to $1.5 billion monthly to a privileged few.

“Atiku should remember that a managed float is also known as a dirty float because of its inherent flaws. The system combines elements of fixed and floating exchange rates. The CBN will still have to set the exchange rate and make it available to people and businesses. Access is not guaranteed to all, as it is now.

“In conclusion, Atiku’s economic proposals fail to present a viable alternative to Tinubu’s decisive reforms. We encourage him to reassess his approach and repair his reputation as a statesman. The rejection of his proposals in the 2023 election indicates that Nigerians will be reluctant to entertain his future political ambitions.

“President Tinubu remains focused on leading Nigeria toward a prosperous future and addressing our nation’s real challenges. Atiku Abubakar should abandon his politics of distraction and fantasies and focus on constructive discourse.”

TheChameleon:


"Ruffler of feathers of Obidients "

Actually it's The HeartBreaker of Obidients while Tinubu holds the title of The Effortless Conqueror.

Reno rode on the low IQ of Obidients to gain some notoriety when he was always insulting Tinubu & Buhari.

Both men ignored him for almost a decade as an irrelevant non-entity.

Obidients have found it hard to cope. Been crying cos of Reno.

yarimo:
ATIKU must contest for president
Kwankwaso must contest for president
Obi must contest for president they all like it or not

Pickmycall:
The same wanted yeye Bello that paid a courtesy visit to EFCC headquarter and he left untouched.
It will be an injustice if EFCC arrest obaseki while yeye Bello is still enjoying immunity.

Hmmmmm2024:
The illiterate did not invite the governor to his inauguration...so why is he looking for him ?

God1000:
I believe he has skeleton in his cupboard, the reason he's on the run