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Hmmm...... ....how come he is more intelligent and has more clues than that Phd Guy?

omojeesu:
THANK YOU.
NO, IT IS NOT ABOUT COLONIALISM NOR MISAPPLICATION OF THE SCRIPTURE. IT IS ABOUT CIVILITY, RULE OF LAW AND GOD' MORAL JUSTICE AND HIS AGAPE LOVE. I AGREE THAT THEY CAN ESCAPE JUSTICE LEGALLY ESPECIALLY IN NIGERIA WITH OUR LEVEL OF CORRUPTION. THE LAW (HUMAN LEGAL & JUDICIAL SYSTEM) INDEED CAN BE AN ASS, UNFORTUNATELY SO.

BUT, EVEN, IF THEY ESCAPE JUSTICE ON EARTH THEY WONT IN HEAVEN AND THAT IS IF THEY DIE IN THEIR SINS. IF THEY REPENT AT THE LAST MINUTE LIKE THE THIEF ON THE CROSS THEY WILL GO TO HEAVEN, WHILE SOME THEY'VE KILLED ON EARTH COULD HAVE GONE TO HELL ALTHOUGH THEY WERE MORALLY BETTER THAN THEIR KILLERS BY THEIR LEVEL OF SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS BUT NEVER OBTAINED THE RIGHTHEONESS OF GOD THROUGH CHRIST BEFORE THEY LOST THEIR LIVES. THIS IS GOD'S MORAL JUSTICE WHICH APPEARS UNFAIR AND THE WORLD WOULD CONSIDER FOOLISH.

YES, THIS APPEAR THEORETICAL! IF I AM INVOLVED IT WONT BE EASY I AGREE BUT IF I AM TO BE TRUE TO GOD AND SELF I MUST AND WILL ULTIMATELY FORGIVE BY HIS GRACE EVEN WHEN DYING I WILL NOT WISH MY KILLER EVIL SO THAT WE CAN BOTH MEET IN HEAVEN SUBSEQUENTLY. THIS IS THE HEART AND WILL OF GOD AS TOUGH AS IT IS. BELIEVE ME.

IF A ROBBER WANTS TO GET ME AND MY LOVED ONES I WILL NO DOUBT MAKE ATTEMPT AT SELF DEFENCE IF I CAN. IF I CANT, SO BE IT. IF I DIE IN THE PROCESS, SO BE IT. IF MY LOVED ON IS THE VICTIM I WILL FEEL THE PAIN BUT ULTIMATELY SUBMIT TO THE WILL OF GOD.

I AM ABLE TO SAY THIS BECAUSE I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THEM IN THE PAST AND MADE UP MY MIND HOW I WOULD RESPOND IF IT EVER HAPPENS TO ME.

HOW WOULD I HANDLE BOKO HARAM. THE SAME WAY. GOD LOVES BOKO HARAM PEOPLE AS WICKED AS THEY ARE. HE WANTS THEM TO REPENT. JESUS DIED FOR THEM TOO.

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE WRATH OF MAN DOES NOT WORK THE RIGHTHEONESS OF GOD. MAN'S ANGER, AS JUSTIFIED AS IT MAY BE, WILL NOT PROMOTE GOD'S RIGHTHEONESS. GOD SAYS VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY.

JUNGLE JUDGES ARE AT RISK OF BEING CHARGED FOR MURDER IF CAUGHT IN NORMAL SOCIETIES. IT IS EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLING. THEY ARE ALSO GUILTY BEFORE GOD WHO SAYS THOU SHALL NOT KILL. WOULD THEY KILL IF THE ROBBERS WERE THEIR LOVED ONES?

GOD HELP US. HAPPY SUNDAY!

I respect your spirituality but I hold on to Exodus 21 "12-Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death. 13 - However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate. 14 - But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death"

Just yesterday a mob arrested a kidnapper in ajah lagos and beat the living daylights out of him!...I support that......I am not waiting to after life to settle scores. I will settle them here with whoever tries to take my life. The bible makes provision for justice on earth and justice after life.

Why does mob action take place? when the laws of the state are not working!....people tend to resort to self help. King David did not joke with his sword he used it very well even when someone came to gossip about saul's death.

Men of God are guarded with gun wielding guards......the congregation are busy praying for the thief enemies. Without derailing the thread. If people choose to live by armed robbery ...they should die the same violent means ..an eye for an eye o

mcquin:
In every rumour there is an element of truth.
It is wrong but they are adults and being a muslim, it can be handled.

I would however want to separate his personal life from his governance. He still remains the best administrator I have come to know. I respect than hold Babatunde Fashola (SAN) in high esteem.

I agree with you and it also shows my Governor and mentor is ok in the bedroom department!

This is Nigeria, Africa, this cannot pull him down it will only attract more women to him

kay29000:
So true. Some people's hearts are so evil. There is nothing someone would do to me that would make me set him on fire, and watch him burn. To me, this people are more evil than the armed robbers. At least we know those robbers did what they did cos of money. Men!! This is cruel.

Sir, The law taking its course in Nigeria gives a 90% chance of the criminals being released back to continue unleashing mayhem.

Please pray that you dont fall victim to these people rather than saying There is nothing someone will do to you to make u set him on fire!......if you hear stories of the pain , sorrow, tears and wrecked lives that follow them...you will say otherwise.

Get it right , the robbers did not steal becos of the lack of money , they steal because they chose not to hustle for a clean living!
I can bet you have not been robbed at home before hence your position.

networkrecharg:
u are getting the point ... expose the criminal
1. Cheapest is the best because u dont know the outcome.
a. Bcause u cant know a failed outcome and still go for a cheap stuff (value is zero at such point)
2. coming with clean hand...Nobody is totally free of faults or sin. But i am bad if my evil is more thank yours or i am evil if i am caught. U know that without A LAW, there will be NO CRIME.
3. u can give moral support by telling him a simple SORRY

We agree on exposing the criminal

but I am a business owner and the under cutting of businesses is what kills any investment, I will not do it. I once took my car to the garage where I bought it. One of their staff was willing to fix it at less than half the price and he asked me to go to his own personal workshop outside. I was mad at him because he is cheating the coy that employed him and pays his salary, trained him, provides the infrastructure for him to thrive etc. As a business owner that is a no no for me. I still hold the belief that cheapest is not best. Many stolen cars will be offered to people at less than half the actual market price. My advice when you are shopping for cheap , shop legally e.g between the service providers ( compare Airtel with Etisalat and GLO) not from hackers and disloyal staff. How would you feel if u invested millions and your staff uses your facilities to steal your business?

You can have clean hands if you consistently strive to do the right thing at all times but free to make mistakes. You dont know me but if you knew me , I am very principled and I get insulted a lot for not behaving like a typical nigerian. Your maxim of "everyone is in sin" is incorrect some of us still live above board.

I cant tell him sorry at all because there is the rule of action and reaction, action and consequence.

omojeesu:
REAL HORROR

Robbery is a crime and sin. Jungle justice is unlawful, barbaric and murder; therefore, also criminal and sinful. Two wrongs don't make a right. Jungle justice is unjustified. It is evil.
Robbery and jungle justice are reprehensible, anti social and unacceptable. The jungle judges deserve arrest and prosecution.
LESSONS FROM JESUS / BIBLE / OTHERS FOR ROBBERS, JUNGLE JUDGES, READER AND WRITER:
1) Let the one without sin cast the first stone
2) Love your neighbour as yourself
3) Love your ENEMIES, do GOOD to those that hate you, PRAY for those that abuse and persecute you
4) Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.
5) Lord, don't lay this sin against them (Stephen)
6) Don't follow the multitude to do evil (Old Testament)
7) If God marks sin, who can stand? (Old Testament)
THERE IS NO SINGLE PERSON THAT IS RIGHTEOUS, NO NOT ONE! (Old Testament)
9) All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Paul), etc
These are HARD ADMONITIONS / STATEMENTS to accept and practice. But are NOT IMPOSSIBLE. We CAN DO ALL THINGS through the strength supplied by Christ, the help of the Holy Spirit.
LET'S ALL REPENT OF OUR SINS INCLUDING lying, corruption, cheating, stealing, 419, yahoo yahoo, adultery, fornication, prostitution, homosexuality, pornography, kidnapping, cursing, election rigging, etc, etc, etc
FOR 1 ACCUSING FINGER, THERE ARE, AT LEAST, 3 POINTING BACKWARD AT THE ACCUSER!!!

Sir / Ma,

I do not agree with your position. This are the things that colonialism is trying to force into our brains. Dont get me wrong I am not attacking the bible of your beliefs but I believe the bible verses are being misapplied in this case.

If your spouse, dad was maimed or killed by the gang or raped and tortured , you will see the matter differently.

Our Legal and judicial system protects the guilty and deals with the innocent. If a man can be bold enough to steal, he should be bold enough to die.

A man with a gun who comes to my house to rob t 1am is my enemy. I should stand there and pray for him abi? not defend myself. Thank you ooo

In Mama Peace voice (Where is this Mohammed Accidental dicharge police when you need him)

But seriously kudos to the brave people that stopped this kidnap. .....thanks to the people that beat the living daylights out of the guy. The legal system should not be burdened with people like these. they should be killed immediately. Until we amend the laws to give instant justice inthis manner we would not see an end to all these violent crimes.

We need home grown democracy and justice system. I dont know how it will sound reading rights to a Boko haram member?

networkrecharg:
MY POINTBIS HE FOUND CHEAPER JUST LIKE U AND I DESIRE LESS EXPENSIVE THINGS, HENCE WE WILL ALWAYS BARGAIN TO GET THE CHEAPEST.

IT WAS JUST UNFORTUNATE DAT HE WAS SCAMED.

D VICTIM CAME HERE FOR BOTH MORAL SUPPOERT N ALSO TO CREATE AWARWNESS.

BE UR BROTHERS KEEPER.
D

I understand you sir but my Own points are

1. Cheapest is not best. Always go for authentic transactions.
2. I cant give him moral support but I will support him making noise to expose the thief and also make other people aware that cheapest is risky. I agree with your position of creating awareness however
3. Anyone who comes to equity must come with clean hands

networkrecharg:
GUY THERE NOTHING LIKE GREED THERE.
U ARE JUST UNPATRIOTIC. I WONDER WHAT U ARE DOING ON NL. THE GUYT NEEDS OUR HELP AND U ARE THERE BLAMING HIM AS THOUGH U DO NOT BARGAIN IN THE MARKET.

PLEASE LETS TRACK AND DISGRACE THE OWNER OF THIS NUMBER..... THE DATA SCAMMER 07066397330
THANKS.

Sir , please enlighten me if i am wrong. If MTN sells data for 10 naira a unit and someone is offering the same data for 6 naira ..it means it stolen or hacked data!!!!.....that is the point.

Please correct me where im wrong. Or do you support undercutting the service providers?..............

IamforGod:
Pls someone shud counter this thread! And. Bring. Up. A list ofnon governmental ones like mtn,dstv, etc

Why cant you do that sir....you sound like a government official!........others should do it!

Presidency Agency! ni o

Sheenor:
What point that silly post of hers? mtcheeeew abegi.

I picked this from your signature !

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Please don't hound anyone for even expressing a " SILLY" (in your view) comment. Just correct with superior argument or laugh and move on!

Bimffo:
Ode..

Why Ode? Does she not have a right to make her point?

Hmmm.... My heart goes out to the families of the victims.

This is the reason why people who can afford it should defend themselves and own a gun . Nigeria is a country where if one dies, he dies for nothing. Justice is very expensive and rare! I have witnessed a lot of these cases where a man is killed or molested and the aggressor is left to roam free. If you have money you can buy the police and some few judges. Last year I was following a case of a young man in Lagos who robbed and raped two girls in the same family. He left the mother because she was menstruating. Fortunately they identified him and he was arrested. The Lagos police command was treating the case as a robbery case and was about to charge to court when the AIG took it over and was negotiating settlement with the family. The family was crying for justice!

Wale Omole is still powerful and in the corridors of power...he should be made to explain his role in the loss of innocent vibrant lives.

Though the war on cultism is being won in our universities it has spilled over to the outside and growing like cancer. The culpable people should be brought to justice

If we miss the opportunity of of another new regime to clean up this time, Nigeria is doomed forever and ever!

Airforce1:
I thank God I didn't waste my vote on that clueless of a president in Aso rock

Sir / MA, Gbagada General hospital is a State Facility ...are you blaming the FGN for not providing power or the state for not providing alternative?

Government Workers are the bane of Nigeria..........Most of them are the architects of corruption teaching the politicians how to steal!

Are these not the same people that we see in the PHCn offices and in the field collecting bribes for everything. If there is a fault they will collect bribe to fix it yet collect salaries!... and demand for wage increment......they are the same thieves that are involved in over billing and withholding issuance of meters are spares. They render morbidly inefficient services... The unions should even work on inefficiency among thteir members. They should please shut up....Ole gbogbo!

They fought Barth Nnaji because he was on the side of the generality of Nigerians.......Barth proved to Nigerians that the workers are just thieves. Unfortunately the successes made by the privatisation were reversed by the clueless one when he fired Barth. The neew minister may be intelligent and all but ineffective as we can all see.

Nigerian workers unions are hopelessly inefficient and useless they are of no value to this country and my suggestion is that they be proscribed.

Nigeria will only be able to generate and distribute sufficient power if they continue with privatization. What the new government should work on is the monitoring of the DISCOs. The current regulatory agency is moribond

Not good to comment from news coming from a unsubstantiated source!

That is abuse of power and office and I think the officer was playing God.

I hope they find him and make him pay for his sins!

On the other hand the Tricycle riders are devils and they are worse than okada riders they seem to be hot from hell. They ride those things like lunatics and they dont care if they bash your car or not.

I think our Governments should look at a more sustainable means of transportation! Rail or some form of extra long busses with dedicated routes like our BRT

Mogidi:
Re-painting the house for another stooge to occupy, the Tinubu story continues in Lagos, what a shame.

By 2019 Lagosians would have permanently lease that house to the Tinubus.
2019 sees senator Remi Tinubu occupying same abode, the saga continues.

Tinubu would rank as the longest serving governor in Nigeria, ruling Lagos through stooges since 1999.

Question to you sir....are there results to show for this?

Except good things are forbidden in your clan, hamlet or family. Are you not seeing good things!

See link below and ask yourself?

http://www.stelladimokokorkus.com/2015/05/lagos-facelift-pics.html#more

soe:
But....commissioner at 27??

Mehn....this people r cheating our generation o

These are the people whom this country gave a chance and an opportunity to excel!

1 They had free education
2 The had university accommodation with free food and conveniences highly subsidized
3. Jobs were waiting for them post graduation
4. They had power
5. Government provided water
6. Government provided sanitation
7. Fuel was never a problem and was cheap

Basic cost of living was low.

Now they are in charge they want to commericalise everything and remove all subsidies. They want to keep minimum wage down just to have enough to loot and enjoy

Most Nigerians at 27 today are nowhere just struggling to get their lives on track and settle down.

Chiefpriest1:
I am not saying that obasanjo is not corrupt, but this one right here is pure nonsense.

I was waiting for the part that could effectively link obasanjo to the scam. A woman sits down somewhere and is trying to use obasanjo's name to cut an illegal deal and you blame obj for that?

Any moronn can engage in name-dropping if it would make the deal fly faster. So, if someone uses Dangote's name to defraud people, dangote should be held responsible.

From the way the woman was singing sef, you would notice that there's a problem of credibilty with this entire thing.

And just to say that this is not about obasanjo vs GEJ. I would defend GEj too if this kind of watery report was done against him. You need to read this trash with an open mind to know how weak it is.

I am happy there are people like yourself who are still into facts and sense rather than sensationalism.

Will OBJ be everywhere at everytime. is he God to know his staff is cutting deals. Obj may or MAY NOT be aware! there is no DIRECT involvement of OBJ in the video

Again, its easy to sit behind the computer and Judge ...what was the motive of the guys that took the recording? were they trying to blackmail her?

However the lady should be investigated and reprimanded or prosecuted.

WILSON:
1. Promotion and practice of true democracy by creating an enabling environment where people from diverse backgrounds and with divergent views and opinions can be accommodated. Under the watch of Goodluck Jonathan administration, the APC was registered by INEC as a mega opposition party big enough to challenge the PDP at both state and national levels. This would have been unthinkable some years back.
2. Conduct of free and fair elections in the country, including the 2011 poll which was adjudged to be the most credible election of its magnitude that has ever been conducted in the country, though it was not without its flaws. Unlike in other administrations, the Goodluck Jonathan administration has given a free hand to the country’s electoral umpire, INEC, to perform its statutory duties.
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3. Relative non-interference with electoral and judicial matters. This is evident in the number of governorship elections that have been won both at the polls and in the court by opposition parties in Anambra, Imo, Osun states, among others.
4. Liberalization of the press and guaranteeing the freedom of speech in a country where the stifling of the press and suppression of the citizens’ right to freedom of speech used to be the norm, a legacy of over 30 years of military rule. The existence of vocal anti-government media houses and critics would have culminated in some high-profile assassinations some years back, but today citizens are free to air their views whenever and wherever they like just like any other sane country.
5. Opening up of Nigeria to the global business community and becoming Africa’s number one destination of foreign investors. In the first six months of 2014, a total of US$9.70 billion or N1.51 trillion flowed into the national economy as foreign direct investments (FDI).
6. Under the Goodluck Jonathan administration, Nigeria rebased it’s GDP for the first time in over a decade to become the largest economy in Africa, overtaking South Africa and Egypt in the process.
7. Proceeds from Nigeria’s non-oil exports rose to 2.97 billion by the end of 2013, up from 2.3 billion in 2010.
8. Initiation of the YOUWIN program in 2011. The Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (YOUWIN) program aims to generate over 100,000 jobs for innovative unemployed youths across the country in the course of three years. It is currently in its third year.
9. Nigerians are now a step closer to being fully integrated into the international e-commerce community with the approval and reinclusion of Nigeria as one of the Paypal-compliant countries after being banned from using the service at the peak of the advanced fee fraud (419 scams). With Paypal, Nigerians can now pay for goods and services online from anywhere in the world.
10. Goodluck Jonathan administration is the one behind the revival of the dead automotive industry in Nigeria. Global auto giants like Peugeot, Nissan and Hyundai now either assemble or wholly manufacture small cars, Sport Utility Vehicles, trucks and buses at various locations in Nigeria. In addition to that, Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company (IVM), Nigeria’s flagship indigenous automaker, has begun the sale of their first made-in-Nigeria cars and SUVs in August 2014.
11. Under the Goodluck Jonathan administration, Nigeria became the first country in West Africa to host the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2014. It was also the most successful World Economic Forum for Africa (WEFA) in history, boasting of a global reach of 2.1 billion people according to estimates.
12. Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote’s net worth increased from US$2.1 billion at the start of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s administration to US$23 billion in 2014, making him Forbes’ richest black person in the world and the overall 26th richest in the world. He attributed this mammoth increase in his monetary worth to Goodluck Jonathan administration favourable economic policies.
13. Construction and beautification of many federal roads in the country, including the Lagos-Benin expressway, Abuja-Lokoja expressway, Enugu-Abakiliki expressway, Onitsha-Owerri highway and most parts of the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway. Also, construction of the second Niger Bridge between Onitsha and Asaba to relieve the pressure on the old Niger Bridge which was completed in December 1965.
14. Revival of the comatose railway system of transportation in the country is happening under the current Goodluck Jonathan administration.
15. Remodelling, beautification and standardization of airports across the country. In addition to that, aircraft from Nigeria are now allowed to fly directly to the United States of America instead of going through many stopovers in Amsterdam and some other European cities along/in the route. The Akanu Ibiam Airport in Enugu was upgradede into an international airport, directly connecting the South-East region of the country to the outside world for the first time since independence.
16. Establishment of nine federal universities across the country in states which previously had no federal degree awarding institution.
17. Computerizing education in the country with the introduction of the computer-based test (CBT) which will be mandatory for all UTME candidates from 2015.
18. Introduction of the Almajiri system of education in the academically disadvantaged Northern parts of the country.
19. Arresting the outbreak of the deadly and highly contagious Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in record time, though it unfortunately claimed some lives at the onset.
20. Transformation of the agricultural sector, so that, in the words of Agriculture minister Akinwumi Adesina, “Nigerians will stop thinking of agriculture just as a means of livelihood, but more as a business.”
21. Nigeria has reduced its food imports by over 40% as of 2013, moving the country closer to self sufficiency in agriculture.
22. Nigeria is the world’s largest producer of cassava with an output of over 45 million metric tonnes in 2014 according to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
23. Due to favourable economic policies, Internet penetration in Nigeria has now increased from about 45 million in 2011 to 63 million in 2014, overtaking countries such as the United Kingdom and France in the process. What this means is that more people now use the internet in Nigeria than in the UK and France.
24. As of the second quarter of 2014, the number of registered active telephone lines in Nigeria stood at 130 million out of a total of over 170 million telephone lines.
25. Introduction of the Nigerian electronic identity card (e-ID card), one of the most secure in the world d the largest in Africa. The e-ID card serves as both an international identification module and an electronic payment solution.
26. Introduction of the cashless system which aims to encourage the use of e-payment systems in the country and reduce the volume of physical cash in circulation.
27. Unbundling of the dysfunctional Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) into about 18 profit-driven successor companies.
28. Under the watch of President Goodluck Jonathan administration, Nigeria won the African Cup of Nations for the first time in 19 years in South Africa in February, 2013.
29. Nigeria ended up with 11 gold , 11 silver and 14 bronze medals at the recently concluded 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, finishing 8th in the overall ranking.
30. Women in politics have been given more prominent roles in the current President Goodluck Jonathan administration. A large number of the federal appointees of the Goodluck Jonathan administration are women. They include, but are not limited to, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Miriam Aloma Mukhtar, Nigeria’s first female Chief Justice; Diezani Alison-Madueke; ex-aviation minister Stella Oduah, Joy Ogwu, Nigeria’s representatives at the United Nations; Sarah Jibril; and Viola Onwuliri.
The list is not complete
READ MORE: http://www.naij.com/291232-goodluck-jonathan-administration.html

I Insist GEJ has Phantom and Intangible achievements. I will not join in saying he did not do anything as this is factually incorrect. I would say he did 5 months work in 5 years. Most of the so called achievements are not concrete or verifiable. His supporters can mostly abuse or insult to justify the wasted years....... Is anyone interested in challenging me on this?

I think he wasted 5 years of our national life and set us back by another 10 years....he might have been a good heart but he was too incompetent and ineffective to be the head of Nigeria!

Did I hear someone say Acting President is not President?

omonnakoda:
This is a LIE.She said she is "part of the political elite class" but not a politician

Thank you and God bless you , that small immature and unprofessional boy who interviewed her was just pushing words into her mouth. Our people dont appreciate knowledge and good things and are too lazy to search for the truth!

Naijiant:
They were speaking English. She didn't know what "political class" meant in English.

She was incoherent most of the time and tried to mask it with bluster.

I didn't pay much attention to the audience. My interest was in the questions and the answers. You seem to be more interested in whether the audience approved. "Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged." -Oliver Cromwell

How she disgraced herself is explained in the link already posted.
http://www.naijiant.com/videos/from-madam-due-process-to-madam-public-embarrassment/

She tripped herself up several times. One minute she claimed Nigeria lacked “capacity” in relation to fighting Boko Haram, the next she said we are not a “weak country”. Erm.. if you “lack capacity” you must be “weak”!

[b]Check around 4.32 of the video She said the problem was the GOVERNANCE of the security institution and went further to say the issue was the CAPACITATING the armed forces which has CAPACITY. (this means a gun is deadly but a weakling behind the trigger makes the gun weak and useless…an indirect reference to the weak FGN) She clearly had to separate the Strong armed forces from the weak FGN! No controversy, no tripping…only clear to the impartial and the open minded She was going further to refer to the changing capacity and was explaining when the rude interviewer butted in with the comment on the gov of borno state!...she also mentioned in the next answer that Nigeria is a strong country (obviously under a weak government!)
Check 5.21 the interviewer said she contradicted herself and she said with emphasis…..not lack of capacity but lack of capacitating capacity…the guy was obviously not listening and not understanding


Let me draw your attention to the unprofessional conduct of the interviewer when he asked the question on human right abuses (around 7.00) She clearly said the allegations of abuses needs to be further investigated by Nigerian govt and she obviously was not willing to condemn the entire Nigerian Military operations because of specific instances! The interviewer was asking her if the military was guilty or not guilty!......Not all things in life are yes or no. The fact that HRW, US, UK UN pick a few videos and generalise does not make our own army bad. This is Africa and in military operations you kill or be killed. You cannot generalise from a few incidents.

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She claimed she was not a politician and did not belong to the “political class” – despite holding at least two ministerial positions! The woman didn’t seem to know that those positions are political and once you held them, you belong to the political class!

Definition of politician - a person who is professionally involved in politics, especially as a holder of an elected office.
Definition of Political Elite - The political elite are the most informed, educated and politically active people who have a strong influence on public official
Indeed the interviewer and yourself do not know the above definitions which you can google and check !. She said I am a Political elite because I cannot be part of the lowly populace with my exposure and education!...however I am NOT a politician and I do not belong to a political party or have to dance at a village square! Check 8.5 to 9.00! Oby was right and she knew what she was saying! Very funny the unexposed interviewer was even being sarcastic about it!...The disgrace and shame was on him!

She was nailed to the cross with the questions quoting former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission boss Nuhu Ribadu’s Wikileaks comments in which he stated that Obasanjo was very corrupt, and his regime was more corrupt than Abacha’s. Ezekwesili squirmed, tried evasion, tried bluster and never coherently dealt with the issues. She was a useful tool for laundering the image of the very corrupt Obasanjo and part of the a very corrupt government.

[b]Nailed to which Cross?.....She is an exemplary lady…she refused to be dragged to the low level of name calling and sensationalism that rules in Nigeria. One of the issues with Nigerian elites is that they have found joy in gutter life and beer palour not bar life. Even Seun Kuti who is living off his father’s popularity and relevance …after smoking igbo is also taking Ill of Madam Oby ….unfortunately most of the literate and well-read people have joined the fray. Speaking to an International audience on a satellite network is different from discussing over a bottle of 33 export beer in a local joint. You can’t accuse or judge people without empirical evidence! The laws of the land abhor it
The low level street man sees everyone in government or anyone who can afford a new house and car as a thief! That is the Igbo (hemp), mentality. The fact that MANY police officers are corrupt does not mean ALL are corrupt. The fact that some American soldiers were abusive in Iraq does not mean ALL American soldiers are abusive!
Let us think like scholars and literate people….The Nigerian Legal system unfortunately is a replica of UK Judicial system as our colonial masters. Everyman is innocent until proven guilty (not by gutter , beer palour talk but by a competent judge!) When did Ribadu become a judge? Is it not the same Ribadu that said Tinubu’s corruption case was of International dimension, he said Tinubu will face the full wrath of the law only to turn around a few years after to extoll the virtues of the same man and contest as a presidential candidate under Tinubu’s party. Ribadu has shown over the last few years that he is not consistent and may not have much of integrity as he claims he does. Why would Oby declare OBJ corrupt on account of the testimony of an unstable fellow like Ribadu?
Bode George who went to jail has been pardoned and no man should call him a convict because the law has discharged and aquitted him. He may be judged further in a moral court. If you call a man corrupt on International TV without evidence to substantiate your facts you may go down with a suit of defamation of character or libel.
Oby did the right thing by not allowing that immature boy of an interviewer to hound her into condemning a man based on sensationalism. She asked for empirical evidence and the only thing the boy could refer to was TI ranking that did not rank OBASANJO as a person but his Government ,WikiLeaks an illegal source of information! From an unstable fellow! She asked him to invite Ribadu and she did not mention the fact that Ribadu was unstable.
As educated people we should sit on our backside and think with the head not the other way round!
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The session just went downhill from there.

You can see a half cup of water as half-filled or half empty depending on the way you want to see it. I feel the interview went up beat in favour of Oby from that point. With the boy throwing tantrums in his questioning.

A gentleman from Borno asked how poor provision of education was a factor in the spread of Boko Haram in the area. And Ezekwesili, who was once minister for education, tried to blame the man for not contributing to educating his people. It was embarrassing to watch.

Maybe I am being too Nigerian! But the Borno gentleman (Garba Sanni ) 34.18 asked Oby why the OBJ regime did not solve the educational problems of the Borno area where he was born and bred (A direct attack on the OBJ administration and Oby as Education minister) Her answer was direct and clear. Anyone who cares would know that the State and LGs are primary in charge of Basic education and her answer was clearly that POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND EDUCATIONAL ENHANCEMENT NEEDED MORE THAN THE INTERVENTION OF THE FGN ! she enumerated the fact that the State and LG take 50% of the allocations. Her challenge to the guy was …why sit and abuse FGN lazily when the state and LG are there to hold on to. Simple! And makes sense.

Her responses to the role of the World Bank, where she was a vice president, in Third World poverty were what James Brown would describe as “talking loud and saying nothing”. When the criticism of the bank from former vice president Joseph Stiglitz was put to her, she jumped in claiming he was her “friend”. As if name dropping made any difference to the point.

It was meant to prove that no personal in her strong response! It made a difference.

She rounded up her show of shame with some baloney about establishing an “office of the citizen”. How about asking that education ministers actually did their jobs in providing education for all, rather then expecting the citizens to do it by themselves?

You have refused to understand her point and her point was …carry people along in the process of governance! Don’t sit in a big government office and decide what is good for the people without involving the same people!

You really must wonder how far standards have dropped in Nigeria when people like Ezekwesili are held up as the way forward.

Indeed standards have dropped if people who are not open or allow their personal opinions to affect independent blogging. There are no standards in profiling or just sensationalising. Blogging is not gossiping or an outlet for dripping personal vendetta it is a mature business!
There was a disconnect between the boy who interviewed her who was so much in a hurry to show he can talk but was immature and unreasonable in his questioning and a serious minded executive who had intellectual things to say



Oby had a very good outing and I am proud of her as a Nigerian

Naijiant:
They were speaking English. She didn't know what "political class" meant in English.

I have said before that there is an International and local part to it....not a yes or no answer.....cultural difference! The Interviewer was hounding her and taking words out of her mouth and pushing his words into it. He did not allow her to explain what she meant....cutting her off rudely

She was incoherent most of the time and tried to mask it with bluster.

Again, at the initial stage the interviewer was hounding her! He did not allow her to complete sentences and tried to put words into her mouth! At a point i felt the interviewer was unnecessarily rude and antagonistic

I didn't pay much attention to the audience. My interest was in the questions and the answers. Hypocricy is the practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.
You seem to be more interested in whether the audience approved. "Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged." -Oliver Cromwell

"Vox populi, vox Dei" - The usage indicates that the phrase had long since become an aphorism of common political wisdom by Alcuin and Charlemagne's time. This is the essence and foundation of democracy. The audience you should note was not and could not have been a man on the street. I recognise one of the people who asked the question as a GM in a Multinational Oil company in Nigeria!

How she disgraced herself is explained in the link already posted.
http://www.naijiant.com/videos/from-madam-due-process-to-madam-public-embarrassment/

I will analyse your thoughts in your blog which I disagree with and tell you why I disagree in another post

Naijiant:
You must mistake me for Oby Ezekwesili who had problems understanding what "political class" meant.

There is a local angle and a standard angle to it. It is not a yes or no question and did you note that the Interviewer was hounding her and trying to place words in her mouth.......did you notice she was firm and coherent and turned the tables around in the end?

She was applauded severally by the audience and the Interviewer also acknowledged her achievements. How did she disgrace herself?

Naijiant:
To give Madam Due Process her due, she was terrible!

Oby Ezekwesili, one time minister for education and minister for solid minerals under the Obasanjo regime, aka “Madam Due Process”, and lately the frontwoman for the Bring Back Our Girls campaign, went “Head to Head” on Al Jazeera with Mehdi Hasan at the Oxford Union.

More details + video:
http://www.naijiant.com/videos/from-madam-due-process-to-madam-public-embarrassment/

Poster your topic shows you did not watch the full video!...or probably had issues with understanding the discourse!

mojeer678:
what's this one saying?

IT should read the piece very well!

mojeer678:
Insulting the messenger won't detract from the message.

Do you know the professional qualifications of Sen. Adeola? Must you come to expose your ign.orance & fo. coupled with ill-breeding here?

Ouch! I touched a naked nerve!......There is a big difference between Having Understanding , a clear mind and qualifications.!........ Take note!

Qualifications will not take the place of Uncommon sense and native intelligence. E.G Okonjo with her qualifications is unable to manage Nigeria's economy!

Obviously the Senator Adeola lack rudimentary understanding of how Oil and gas works, how government works and the engagement of auditors and accountancy practice. If he does not know must he comment!

The messenger matters....a man who is drug or high on whatever substance should not distract the intellectual thought process of Mr Buhari

Kayendy:
All dese boils down to d removal of subsidy... let's wait and. see what Buhari will do abt d subsidy issue...

I don't agree sir , this is what the government wants us to believe. If there is corruption in the military should government stop funding the military.

Why do we have Subsidy?

---Failure of Government to make refineries work or provide enabling environment for private sector to run the refineries!

What is government subsidising

-----Corruption from the importation process
-----Taxes collected from the point of landing to point of sale that goes to FGN
-----Cost of distributing the products to the hinterland due to the failure govt to maintain and operate pipelines of allow people who can to run them to do so efficiently.

Why are they not paying Marketers
--- They have spent all the money on the reelection bid of GEJ

The Minister is just trying to use cheap blackmail....is she saying the entire claims are unverified ....if they are unverified why? and if they are verified why have they not been paid.

Clueless Govt ......26 days to go...thank God!

Image123:
Oby is right in this context.Politics is different from governance, don't get it twisted.

yes , by all means Locally they are different !

Internationally they are one and the same and that is why the Interviewer could not understand the difference. He did not give Oby the chance to explain and kept hounding words into her mouth. If I were on the hot seat I would have told the interviewer to shut up!

Image123:
The unfortunate situation in Nigeria means 99% of those commenting cannot afford to and have not watched the video/interview. The woman even commended the current GEJ administration well in the interview. About government work, she said only divine persuasion can make her work for government in future, even the coming Buhari administration.

Thank you and God bless you!

I watched the interview from beginning to end. I note where she praised GEJ's social security reforms and the audience applauded

Many who are insulting this intelligent woman did not watch the full interview. Seun Kuti who commented is still bitter that his dad got a beating by OBJ and he wants the whole world to demonise OBJ!. Seun needs to clean his brains of IGBO and know that he is not in anyway a leader of thought. He may have talents but he is living in the shadows of his father. Many with better talents from peasant homes roam the streets uncelebrated.

Nigerians do not read and are very comfortable with bandwagon mob sensationalism effect. many who comment on the PwC report have not read it! why would the woman say OBJ is corrupt when NO court / No Tribunal / Nobody has indicted him with real evidence? Only a person of low intelligence will go on international TV to call a man corrupt without evidence!

In my opinion Oby did creditably well and shone in this interview and I am proud of her!