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| Business › The Naira-dollar Blues By Reuben Abati by Busolami2015(op): 7:49am On Feb 26, 2016 |
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“My brother, e ku exchange rate oh.”
“Excuse me?”
“I am greeting you. I am saying how are you and the exchange rate palaver. The dollar wahala”.
“So, that is why you are saying e ku exchange rate. Is something wrong with you Yoruba people? Must you turn everything into a form of greeting?”
“You are insulting me?”
“I am making a statement”
“Meaning?”
“Any serious matter at all, you and your people must turn it into something else. E ku exchange rate?What kind of greeting is that? Yoruba will say e ku election, e ku democracy, e ku change, e ku ana, e ku gbogbo e, gbogbo e, e ku democracy. I am tired of answering you people and your cynical greetings.”
“The people don’t mean any harm.”
“That was how somebody came to me the other day and said e ku Mecca, Medina, e ku Qatar. I felt like slapping the guy.”
“Ha.”
“I don’t like hypocrites.”
“Would you have felt better, if he had told you e ku living upside down, e ku idorikodo, e pele change?”
“I would just have been livid, because I know you and your people. Too much cynicism.”
“Can you stop?”
“You know me, I speak my mind.”
“No. You are beginning to sound like Donald Trump. Stop Trump-ing other people, just because you don’t know where they are coming from.”
“But of course I know where you are coming from when you say e ku exchange rate”.
“Where am I coming from? I just left my house”
“My friend. Sit down. “
“You too stop going upanddan”
“Okay, you want to talk about exchange rate. I am listening. The way it is, everybody is now an economist in Nigeria. Even my driver yesterday was telling me about the behaviour of the parallel market. And I overheard the nanny commenting on the 2016 budget and how it may, in the long run affect the housekeeping allowance.”
“That’s a criminal in the making. You should sack that housekeeper. She certainly wants to pad the housekeeping allowance.”
“You know these people also watch television. She must have listened to stories about padding on television and radio may be, and she may think it is perfectly normal in today’s Nigeria to pad figures.”
“These things run deep, I agree. But a crook is a crook. Better keep an eye on that housekeeper and let her know that this is the era of prudence, discipline and you-steal-you-get-caught-you-blame yourself-and-may-be-go-to-wa wi-tenu-e places.“
“Don’t worry, I am the EFCC of my house, nobody can pad anything. I am on top of it. I do more market research and monitoring than Madam.”
“I don’t get it. You now go to the market while Madam stays home?”
“You can say what you like, but I can tell you authoritatively that a bag of rice which used to be N8, 500 is now N12, 500. Pampers was N1, 450, it is now within three weeks, N1, 850.”
“Pampers?”
“Yes”
“What’s your business with pampers?”
“What is not my business with pampers? I am a very active man, upstairs and downstairs. You don’t think I should be interested in all things material and particular and eventual? “
“You have really changed. What happened to you?”
“Are you interested in my findings or you want to discuss something else?”
“Carry on. I am listening.”
“A congo of garri was N250 a few weeks ago, it is now N500”
“Common garri?”
“Garri has changed oh. It is no longer common”
“Really?”
“Stop saying really? Be a man and do your own research before Madam and the housekeeper drive you into bankruptcy by adding something of their own to the real figures and giving you false information. You must be proactive.”
“I am with you”
“See, I like to drink Andre. A carton used to be about N20,000. Can you believe it has jumped up to N24,500?”
“Andre? What is that?”
“It is a kind of wine. Middle class taste. I like it.”
“So cheap? Some other people drink Crystal, Cliquot, didn’t know you are just a bush man with all your big mouth. Andre. Please stop disgracing somebody.”
“A carton of Carlo Rossi, a week ago was N14,000, it is now N17, 500.
“Carlo Rossi? Who is that? A football coach?
“Even the cost of paraga and alomo, kasaprenko has gone up.”
“You drink all of that too?”
“A carton of Orijin was N2, 900 the other week, it is now N3, 300”
“You keep talking about drinks. No wonder you have also been monitoring the prices of pampers. You can’t know the prices of these concoctions and not cause some maternity ward problems.”
“I am giving you real figures. And that is why I greeted you, e ku exhange rate. The Naira has been dancing like a yo-yo, and the dollar is the queen of the foreign exchange market in Nigeria today.”
“The colour of change.”
“The Naira even exchanged for N390 to the dollar, and N500 to the pound.”
“Nobody is talking about the pound.”
“It is the American age. You’d think the Americans were the ones who colonized Nigeria with the way they have colonized the Nigerian exchange rate. Practically everyone is looking for the dollar, you would think the Naira never existed. We definitely have an economic identity crisis. ”
“My driver told me he has a solution to the problem”
“I have heard some petrol station attendants also saying they will solve the problem.”
“I am not joking. My own Pastor actually told us on Sunday that the problem with the Naira is spiritual and that with prayers, the Naira will regain its lost strength.”
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“Well, the petrol station attendant has a different logic, and his own logic is even different from my driver’s.”
“That is the problem. Everybody in Nigeria today is now an economist. Very soon, the roadside slowpoke will issue an opinion on how the Naira can be saved.”
“Are you sure that has not happened yet?”
“I went to a barbing salon last week, and the barber lamented that his prices would have to change”
“Ok?”
“Exchange rate and crude oil prices, he said”
“By the time landlords start blaming the exchange rate and the spot price of crude oil, and they fix prices differently, we would all be in big trouble.”
“But what happened to that campaign?”
“Which one?
“The Buy-Naija-To-Grow-the-Naira campaign, promoted by Senator Ben Bruce and others.”
“Ha. You have not heard? The Common Sense Senator published a book on Common Sense, but it was discovered that the man preaching buy Naija, published his own book in the US of A.”
“So?”
“What do you mean so? Should he do one thing and say another?”
“Let the people criticizing the Senator go and sit down, and keep quiet. The man is a thinker. They should know that. When they go to his Silverbird cinemas, do they watch Nigerian films there all the time, or do they eat guguru instead of pop corn?”
“I am listening”
“And have they seen Senator Bruce wearing local attires like a fisherman? This thing is about ideas. And that is why I always argue that what we need is not common sense, but uncommon sense. When you confront Nigerians with common sense, they will start looking for loopholes”.
“I just hope that your common sense Senator is married to a Nigerian woman, because that is the best way to grow the Naira.”
“What is that? Where is that coming from?”
“I don’t think anybody can preach buy Naija to grow the Naira, and then go and marry a foreign wife, that will be hypocrisy of the highest order!”
“What is the connection between where a man marries from and the Naira?”
“There is. Please, there is; it is the biggest money laundering offence.”
“You have started again. Who are you trying to shade?”
“Nobody. But if we want to really save the Naira, everybody should buy Naija.”
“That is too simplistic. Except you are trying to suggest that our Governor-friend with Cape Verde connections has also refused to buy Naija and therefore has a hand in the problem with the Naira.”
“He is our friend oh. Please, no comment.”
“Some people say to save the Naira, not even the bedroom should be outsourced, and that the biggest drain on this economy is the obsession of the Nigerian rich with all things beautiful and romantically seductive from foreign countries.”
“I can’t comment on that.”
“You are saying all of this because Ben Murray Bruce printed his common sense book in America?”
“I am saying we all need to rescue the Naira and the economy. The economy first!”
“You are beginning to sound like a vulcanizer. It is not your job, it is not my driver’s job, and the petrol station attendants should just keep quiet. Na only we dey OPEC?”
“They won’t. They can’t. This is a democracy and we all have a right to make policy. If we don’t speak up, some people will pad things again and things will get worse.”
“It is Godwin Emefiele’s job”
“Him na your brother?”
“He is the Governor of the Central Bank”
“Really?”
“What do you mean, really?”
“What are his views on monetary policy?”
“Go and ask him”
“And fiscal policy?”
“Go and ask the Minister of Finance?”
“We have a Minister of Finance?”
“Of course we do”
“And who is that?”
“Wait a moment. What’s that her name again?”
“Hello?”
“Wait. I am trying to remember. Em…em…yes, 16+6= 24!”
“You mean you can’t connect the monetary side with the fiscal side of the Nigerian economy, you are busy just saying… Okay, don’t bother, I get it.”
“Candidly speaking.”
“Don’t worry, the people who are benefitting from the Naira crisis know her and they know her name and they know the CBN Governor too. In case you don’t know, while you are busy trying to put people down, some other Nigerians have made a fortune from the Naira-Dollar palaver.”
“A fortune?”
“Yes. That is the difference between people who are clever and those who just complain. One of my wife’s friends is almost a billionaire now because the Naira crashed.”
“How did she do it?”
“The God of Olajumoke intervened. The God of Adekunle Gold picked up her call. And the God of Korede Bello said she had won. Her warehouse is profiting from the difference. So when you talk with that your sharp mouth, just know that in every economic situation, there are both happy and sad stories.”
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| Events › Re: 50 Best Fascinating New Year SMS & Poems To Sends To Your Loved Ones by Busolami2015(op): 2:58pm On Dec 31, 2015 |
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| Events › 50 Best Fascinating New Year SMS & Poems To Sends To Your Loved Ones by Busolami2015(op): 2:46pm On Dec 31, 2015 |
[b]New Year Wishes Messages 2016 could be long or elaborate – the ones that you use as fillers to greeting cards or as a note in your email. Long or short, New Years Messages Wishes are always power packed with warmth and compassion to wish a wonderful and prosperous New Year to the recipient.
The internet today is loaded with several New Year Text Messages options that address to specific recipients – family, relatives, peers, colleagues, neighbors or acquaintances. But a mere copy-paste is too cold a way to wish on New Year. Always remember to add the magic of personal touch to your New Year SMS Messages to make them stand out.
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01.Genuine success comes only to those who are ready for it. So never step back and always have courage to accept new challenges. Wishing you a very happy new year 2016.
02.Let's have party because it's New Year time. Celebrate Happy New Year 2016 with me all the night, so that we can end the year together and start the new year together.
03.May you get succeed in the year 2016 and achieve all your goals you have set.
04.New Year is the time to remember all the memories we share, all the fun things we did, all the secrets we poured out for distance is the last thing that can create a rift in our friendship.
05.May this New Year give you the courage to triumph over your vices and embrace the virtues.
06.This year lets make a promise to follow the resolutions you make more strictly and achieve what you truly desire in your life..
07.Wish You a Great, Prosperous, Blissful, Healthy, Bright, Delightful, Energetic and Extremely Happy, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016.
08.Lets gather around and celebrate the dawn of sparkling New Year. May it bring gifts of joys, good health and surprises. Best wishes.
09.May 2015 greet you with days as fragrant as roses, as colorful as rainbow, as bright as sunshine and as happy and cheerful as a lark.
10.May the year 2016 be like a blank book that is waiting your intervention to fill up its 365 pages with all the colours under the sun making it a vibrant addition to your life.
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11.May the year 2016 give you the opportunity to realise your dreams, rediscover your strengths, muster your willpower and rejoice the simple pleasures that life would bring your way.
12.This new year message has nothing much to say but to request your lips to stretch a little and brighten this world with a sweet smile.
13.May the New Year give you the strength to face the challenges of life and courage to adjust the sail so as to take every situation to your stride.
14.When the New Year arrives, it brings new ideas and hopes for us to make our lives good to better and better to best. Happy New Year !
15.The New Year gives you fresh 365 days to play with – fill them up with whatever your heart desires so that you have no regrets at the end of the annual cycle.
16.My goal for 2016 is to accomplish the goals of 2015 which I should have done in 2013 because I made a promise in 2012 and planned in 2011.
17.Never regret the follies of the past as you reminisce about the year gone by. As you welcome the brand New Year you should instead learn from those follies and treat them like another feather to your cap of experience
Lighten up your surroundings with your sweet smile,And make way for happiness with your good deeds this New Year,Happy New Year!"
18.I wish that not a single tear trickles down your cheek this New Year,May you be blessed with joy and happiness all the year round.
19.In this New Year, I wish you achieve all your goals in life,And get success at every step of life, enjoy a rocking year.
20.Memorable moment r celebrated together,U r my best friend for now & forever,Make me Miss U even more this New Year,Hope this year bring Happiness for you Dear
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21.What the future holds for us,depends on what we hold for the,
future. May all your days be,beautiful and bright.. Keep your,
face to the sunshine Let a series,beautiful and bright.. Keep your,of happy thoughts run through,
your mind. They will show on your face,HAPPY NEW YEAR."
22."HAPPY NEW YEAR,
H ours of happy times with friends and family,
A abundant time for relaxation,
P prosperity,
P plenty of love when you need it the most,
Y youthful excitement at life simple pleasures,
N nights of restful slumber (you know – don’t’ worry be happy),
E everything you need,
W wishing you love and light,
Y ears and years of good health,
E enjoyment and mirth,
A angels to watch over you,
R remembrances of a happy years!."
23."A mother had a slender, small,
body, but a large heart – a heart so,
large that everybody’s grief and,
everybody’s joy found welcome in
HAPPY NEW YEAR".
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25."When you proclaim your new year Resolution,
I will be wishing you a New Year that makes,
Your Resolutions true and bring happiness to,
You Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,
“Happy new year”
25.New Year is not about changing the Dates but Direction;,
It's not about changing the Calendar but Commitment;
It's not about changing the Actions but Attitude;
It's not about changing the Fruit but Faith, Force and Focus!
May you Commit and Create the best New Year ever!
26.May light always be around you, hope always surround you. May your wounds fade out; heart embrace kindness, love and wisdom. May smile never leave your lips and a healthy glow stay on your cheeks. May all your desires turn true; This is my New Year Wish for you.
27.For a happy New Year, just stick to some simple and basic rules. Have faith in yourself and your abilities. Count your blessings before you cry on your misfortunes. Learn to take each day one at a time. Create opportunities for yourself for quitting is never an option. Above all accomplish all you take under your wings – never abandon without completion.
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28.Life may not always give you the second chance so be grateful to God that you are alive to see another year of happiness, wealth, prosperity and joy.
29.Discover new joys, embark on new journeys and give more meaning to your life in 2015. Happy New Year 2015.
30.No matter if every sunset steels one day from our life, but every sunrise gives us one another day to hope!i wish new hopes will always be a part of your life. Happy new year.
31.When the New Year arrives, it brings new ideas and hopes for us to make our lives good to better and better to best. Happy New Year !
32.The New Year gives you fresh 365 days to play with – fill them up with whatever your heart desires so that you have no regrets at the end of the annual cycle.
33.Along with all the new hopes and promises that the New Year would bring Hope it also brings us a lot more opportunities to work together. Wish you a very Happy and Successful Year ahead.
34.Wish You a Great, Prosperous, Blissful, Healthy, Bright, Delightful, Energetic and Extremely Happy, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016.
35.Let us all close our eyes, say a warm goodbye to the year 2015. Thank God for everything that he has given us ask for forgiveness for all our mistakes and at last, wish for an even better year 2016.
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36.Love birds r singing, Bells r ringing, whole day n night im just Thinking How to wish u a happy new year 2016.
37.May god bless you with a loving soul this new year eve, May every eve kisses her Adam, and every Adam meets his eve.
38.Cut it loose and let 2015 go. Get Hold of 2016 and just play along. Happy New Year.
39.This new year take a new plunge into the ocean of hope and optimism and free yourself from all your grudges, sadness. Cheers to 2016.
40.Fresh HOPES, Fresh PLANS, Fresh EFFORTS, Fresh FEELINGS, Fresh COMMITMENT. Welcome 2016 with a fresh ATTITUDE. Happy New Year.
Amazing Collection Of New Year text Message
May this new year all your endeavors bear their fruits and fill your life with their sweetness.
It’s time to unfold new pages and start a new chapter in your life because its new year.
New Aim, New Dreams, New Achievements Evrything Waiting for You. Forget The Failures. Correct Your Mistakes. Surely Success is yours. Happy NEW YEAR 2016.
Luck is not in ur hands But decision is in ur hands Ur decision can make luck But luck cannot make ur decision so always trust urself. Happy Ney Year 2016.
Lets gather around and celebrate the dawn of sparkling New Year. May it bring gifts of joys, good health and surprises. Best wishes for a Happy New Year.
The year is new, the hopes are new, the aspirations are new, but my warm wishes for happiness and prosperity remains the same for you and your family. Happy New Year.
Wish you all a very happy and fun filled New Year, hope there is no end to the world, there is still lot to be seen.
May the year 2016 greet you with days as fragrant as roses, as colorful as rainbow, as bright as sunshine and as happy and cheerful as a lark.
Before the calendar turns a new leaf over, before the social networking sites get flooded with messages, before the mobile networks get congested, let me take a quiet moment out to wish you a wonderful, happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.
May the year 2016 be like a blank book that is waiting your intervention to fill up its 365 pages with all the colors under the sun making it a vibrant addition to your life.
May the New Year 2016 give you loads of reasons to celebrate and have wonderful days that are filled with laughter and gaiety.
As 2016 approaches, give a moment of thought to the achievements as well as the failures of 2015 so that you know what the right path for you would be.
A new year is the best time to make fresh new beginnings as you begin a new chapter of your life to fill up the pages with beautiful verses.
You are a dreamer,
and you are an achiever.
May you dream and achieve bigger feats,
with every passing year.
All the best for the new year.
New Year SMS[/b] cc lalasticlala Source : http://streetgist.com/new-year-sms-poems-to-sends-to-your-loved-ones/ |
| Phones › What Does The Iphone 6 Offer by Busolami2015(op): 8:52am On Nov 26, 2015 |
With the iPhone 6 you cannot really go wrong when you need to decide what to buy. However, with a new phone, you always have to make sure that you get the best for your money’s worth. And, with the newer version of the iPhone 6, you do not only get good quality, but you get even more. Be sure to research your model before you buy though, because you might not need such an amazing device right off the bat.
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Is The Battery Life Better?
One of the main concerns of every smartphone user is the battery life and whether or not it is going to last you as long as you would want to. However, with the iPhone 6 you will be more than pleased, because it has an astonishing life and it can support all your phone habits without any problems. Though, it still has a limit, and you will have to make sure that you charge it regularly. Even though the battery might be smaller capacity-wise, do not get discouraged, as the engineers made it so that your phone will perform better than its predecessors without having to sacrifice power.
Can It Be Easily Fixed?
Although this model can be fixed easily, you cannot really get too much information on it shared from official shops. However, when you take it in for a repair, you will have it back in no time and without any signs of ever being touched. Sydney based iPhone repairs professionals have shared that because the phone uses a single standard screw type, it is a lot easier to take the phone apart and to put it back together later on. Though, it does not mean that you should try to do it yourself, because chances are that you might ruin something and make things even worse.
Is the Screen All That Good?
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It seems that Apple has really outdone itself with this phone, because the view on the screen is not only incredible, but it is awe-inspiring as well. The Retina HD display the phone uses is not only a fancy term that engineers use, it is actually a system that allows to minimize pixels to such a degree that the naked eye cannot see it. And, in terms of what you see, you get a truly unique experience when viewing photos or when watching a video. Be sure to keep your screen clean though.
Opting for a phone that which has unbelievable specs is every phone owners dream, but now you can have a model that comes pretty close to it. Though, nothing in life is perfect, and there are going to be some details you might not like about the iPhone 6, but so far, considering its capabilities and what it can offer, it more than delivers what is promised. Keep in mind that you have to take good care of it, if you want to make sure that your phone will last a long time. Cc lalasticlala Saw this on : http://techcribng.com/what-does-the-iphone-6-offer/ |
| Politics › Re: Senate Asks Nigerians If They Should Invite Buhari Over The Fuel Scarcity (Pic) by Busolami2015(op): 4:38pm On Nov 24, 2015 |
kingsman66:
Please Let the senate invite mr PMB. Just saying my mind hmmm.. I agree with you |
| Politics › Re: Senate Asks Nigerians If They Should Invite Buhari Over The Fuel Scarcity (Pic) by Busolami2015(op): 4:08pm On Nov 24, 2015 |
captainflash:
And who told u that crap? upon all these issue of fuel scarcity? if he's summon, he should come and defence himself..
chi-kai-naa!!! this is seriouss...observing.. let buhari decide.. lalasticlala how far ?...  |
| Politics › Re: Senate Asks Nigerians If They Should Invite Buhari Over The Fuel Scarcity (Pic) by Busolami2015(op): 4:06pm On Nov 24, 2015 |
what do yo think?>>
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| Politics › Re: Senate Asks Nigerians If They Should Invite Buhari Over The Fuel Scarcity (Pic) by Busolami2015(op): 4:02pm On Nov 24, 2015 |
INTROVERT:
can they.... He won't even answer them.. it wil be of respect , if he answer them |
| Politics › Senate Asks Nigerians If They Should Invite Buhari Over The Fuel Scarcity (Pic) by Busolami2015(op): 3:58pm On Nov 24, 2015 |
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| Politics › Re: Legal Implications Of Abubakar Audu's Death – Festus Keyamo by Busolami2015(op): 7:55am On Nov 23, 2015 |
Festus keyamo jut said what he think may happen....pls don't think he his supporting apc |
| Politics › Kogi Election And Abubakar Audu’s Death: What Lawyers And The Law Say by Busolami2015(op): 7:54am On Nov 23, 2015 |
With the death of Abubakar Audu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State, a new legal battle may have ensued on the fate of the election.
Mr. Audu was leading his closest challenger and incumbent governor, Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party, by 41,353 votes.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, however, declared the election inconclusive as possible votes from the 91 cancelled polling units (49,953) is higher than the margin between the two leading candidates.
Mr. Audu would have eventually emerge winner after elections are held in the 91 polling units as the PDP candidate would have needed 100 per cent turnout and about all the votes for his party to emerge victor.
However, before he could celebrate his potential victory, the APC candidate died, throwing the country into a unique constitutional crisis.
Perhaps the closest constitutional section that relates to such a scenario is Section 181 which states that (1) If a person duly elected as Governor dies before taking and subscribing the Oath of Allegiance and oath of office, or is unable for any reason whatsoever to be sworn in, the person elected with him as Deputy governor shall be sworn in as Governor and he shall nominate a new Deputy-Governor who shall be appointed by the Governor with the approval of a simple majority of the House of Assembly of the State; and (2) Where the persons duly elected as Governor and Deputy Governor of a State die or are for any reason unable to assume office before the inauguration of the house of Assembly, the Independent National Electoral Commission shall immediately conduct an election for a Governor and Deputy Governor of the State.
However, as stated by Abdul Mahmud, a constitutional lawyer, the section only refers to when a person is ‘duly elected’.
With INEC declaring on Sunday that the Kogi election was inconclusive, it is not clear if Mr. Audu could be considered ‘duly elected’.
“We are in a strange legal territory! The 1999 Constitution and the Electoral Act do not envisage the unfortunate circumstance that Audu’s death foists. INEC had declared Saturday poll inconclusive, which makes S.181(1) CFRN 1999 irrelevant,” Mr. Mahmud said.
“In my opinion, a fresh poll is not necessary. Section 36(1) of the Electoral Act 2011 empowers INEC to countermand (cancel) the poll for the 91 polling units it had earlier announced and fix a new date for the poll within 14 days. The effect of this section is that the power of countermand can only be exercised on the death of a candidate and after nomination paper has been filed.
“The poll for the 91 polling units is not a fresh poll; it is the same November 21 poll, in my opinion. So, what happens to the APC? Section 33 of the Electoral Act 2011 allows the party to substitute the dead candidate. Under this section, substitution can only be allowed when a candidate dies or withdraws.”
Section 36 (1) of the Electoral Act, to which Mr. Mahmud referred, talks about the death of a candidate before an election.
“If after the time for the delivery of nomination paper and before the commencement of the poll, a nominated candidate dies, the Chief National Electoral Commissioner or the Resident Electoral Commissioner shall, being satisfied of the fact of the death, countermand the poll in which the deceased candidate was to participate and the Commission shall appoint some other convenient date for the election within 14 days.”
However, in the current Kogi case, the poll already commenced and was almost concluded.
Another constitutional lawyer, Jiti Ogunye, called on INEC to continue with the supplementary election in the state and declare a winner.
He insisted that it would be hasty for anybody to call for the cancellation of the election because of the demise of Mr. Audu.
He said, “The way forward is that the election will be concluded and a winner will be declared. One can hastily opine that the election will have to be cancelled because Audu, who was a leading candidate, is dead and that the election be conducted afresh.
“But Audu and Wada are not the only candidates in the election. The parties that were involved are more than the APC and the PDP and by law; no governorship candidate can emerge without a deputy governorship candidate. It is a joint ticket and the party is also involved and that is why in an election petition challenging an election, the candidate and the party can sue.
“For instance, in Ekiti state, Fayemi said he has accepted the result of the election but the APC said no and when to the tribunal. There is a shared destiny between the party, the deputy governorship candidate and the governorship candidate.”
He argued that Mr. Audu passed on when the election had been conducted and not on the eve of the election which could have warranted postponement as indicated in law.
“He didn’t die on the eve of the election to warrant a postponement because the Electoral Act and the constitution allow for the postponement of election if the candidate of a political party dies and provides for the substitution of a candidate,” he argued.
“But in this case, the election has been conducted, certain results have emerged, some results have been cancelled and INEC has declared a supplementary election.
“Because it is not given that if the supplementary election will be conducted, the APC and Audu win because the reason INEC gave for not declaring the result and planning to have a supplementary election is that the number of cancelled votes, put at over 49,000 exceeds the margin of votes between the two leading candidates such that it would affect the outcome of the election.
“So it would be reductionist to assume that if the supplementary election were to be conducted, Audu would win. If Wada were to win, what would happen? Would we still say the election should be cancelled?
“The point is that although the election has not been concluded, if you look at what happened in Adamawa state in 1999 when Atiku Abubakar was elected a governor and thereafter, Obasanjo picked him as a vice presidential candidate thereby making his position vacant which resulted in a legal battle.
“The Supreme Court in that case held that it the deputy governor-elect will step into Atiku’s position and that no new election was required. INEC in that instance was arguing that the governor-elect was not dead but was no longer available and the Supreme Court countered that argument.
“In the present case, since the winner has not been declared and the certificate of return has not been issued, Mr. Ogunye argued that there is no clear difference with what happened in Adamawa state.
“The election can’t be cancelled at this time because Audu is dead. He didn’t die on the eve of the election but when the election was almost concluded. What is called for is a sober acceptance of the law without drama and insistence that there is going to be a constitutional crisis,” he cautioned.
However, Sebastian Hon, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, said he would not comment on the matter since he is a party to a similar case at the Election Appeal Tribunal in Jos.
“I wouldn’t want to comment on the issue and the reason is that I am involved in the Plateau state governorship election petition,” said Mr. Hon.
“I am representing the governor and the PDP candidate (who is challenging the governor’s election also died). It is a similar issue and I wouldn’t want to commit myself anyhow.
“In spite of the death of Pajok, the PDP has appealed and so it is not fair for me to talk on the matter as it were.”
Other commentators have spoken of the possibility of relying on the Supreme Court ruling that made Rotimi Amaechi the Rivers State Governor in 2007 wherein Nigeria’s apex court ruled that it was the PDP that was presented on the ballot and that won the election; and that having declared Mr. Amaechi the true candidate of the PDP, he should be sworn in as governor.
Mr. Amaechi subsequently replaced Celestine Omehia who had occupied the seat having been the one the PDP initially recognised as its candidate in the election.
As at the time of publishing this report, INEC, the APC, and the PDP were yet to offer any opinion on what they believe should be the fate of the Kogi governorship election held on Saturday. Cc lalasticlala Compiled by : http://streetgist.com/kogi-election-and-abubakar-audus-death-what-lawyers-and-the-law-say/
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| Politics › Re: Legal Implications Of Abubakar Audu's Death – Festus Keyamo by Busolami2015(op): 7:36am On Nov 23, 2015 |
This is serious.
Lalasticlala do the needful |
| Politics › Re: Legal Implications Of Abubakar Audu's Death – Festus Keyamo by Busolami2015(op): 7:31am On Nov 23, 2015 |
This is getting interesting.. |
| Politics › Legal Implications Of Abubakar Audu's Death – Festus Keyamo by Busolami2015(op): 7:28am On Nov 23, 2015 |
Legal Luminary and Human rights activists, Festus Keyamo examined the legal implication of the death of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in the Kogi governorship poll, saying his running mate, James Faleke should automatically become the governorship candidate of the APC constitutionally.
Below is the full statement as released by Keyamo:
The reported death today, Sunday, November 22nd, 2015, of the APC candidate in the Kogi State Governorship elections, Prince Abubakar Audu, is extremely shocking and sad. I would like to express my condolences to the entire family of Audu and to the people of Kogi State.
However, the real question agitating the minds of everybody is the legal implication regarding the inconclusive Governorship elections at the time of his demise. To state it correctly he was said to have died AFTER the announcement of the results by INEC and after INEC had declared the elections inconclusive. Admittedly, this is a strange and novel constitutional scenario. It has never happened in our constitutional history to the extent that when an election has been partially conducted (and not before or after the elections) a candidate dies. What then happens?
This is a hybrid situation between what happened in the case of Atiku Abubakar/Boni Haruna in 1999 and the provision of section 33 of the Electoral Act, 2010.
In the case of Atiku Abubakar/Boni Haruna [which is now a clear constitutional provision of section 181(1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended)] the Supreme Court held, in effect, that “if a person duly elected as Governor dies before taking and subscribing the Oath of Allegiance and oath of office, or is unable for any reason whatsoever to be sworn in, the person elected with him as Deputy governor shall be sworn in as Governor and he shall nominate a new Deputy-Governor who shall be appointed by the Governor with the approval of a simple majority of the house of Assembly of the State”.
In the case of section 33 of the Electoral Act 2010 it provides, in effect, that if a person has been duly nominated as a candidate of his party and he dies before the election then the political party has the right to replace him with another candidate and not necessarily the Deputy Governorship candidate.
Now, does the Kogi situation fit into section 181(1) of the Constitution as quoted above or section 33 of the Electoral Act mentioned above?
My simple position is that the Kogi situation fits more into section 181(1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and as such James Abiodun Faleke automatically becomes the governorship candidate of the APC. This is because even though the election in inconclusive, votes have been counted and allocated to Parties and candidates. As a result the joint ticket of Audu/Faleke has acquired some votes already. James Abiodun Faleke is as much entitled to those votes already counted as much as the late Abubakar Audu. He has a right to cling to those votes going into the supplementary election.
There is only one problem, though. Who nominates Faleke’s Deputy? Unlike section 181(1) of the 1999 Constitution, he cannot approach the House of Assembly of the State to approve a nomination by him of a Deputy. This is because, in reality, he is not duly elected yet. Therefore it is only reasonable to conclude that it is APC (Faleke’s political party) that should submit the name of a fresh Deputy Governorship candidate to INEC for the supplementary election.
This is the only position in this situation that accords with reason and good sense. Cc lalasticlala Compiled by : http://streetgist.com/legal-implications-of-audu-abubakars-death-festus-keyamo/
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| Politics › Abubakar Audu's Death: What The Constitution Says by Busolami2015(op): 9:26pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
181.- Death , etc. of Governor elect before oath of office
(1) If a person duly elected as Governor dies before taking and subscribing the Oath of Allegiance and oath of office, or is unable for any reason whatsoever to be sworn in, the person elected with him as Deputy Governor shall be swornin as Governor and he shall nominate a new Deputy Governor who shall be appointed by the Governor with the approval of a simple majority of the House of Assembly of the State. Let's analyses. 
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| Politics › Abubakar Audu To Be Buried Monday As Wada Declares 7-day Mourning by Busolami2015(op): 9:05pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Kogi state who died on Sunday will be buried Monday morning according to Muslim rites.
His opponent at the polls, Idris Wada who is incumbent governor of the state has declared seven days mourning for the late Audu.
The APC governorship candidate, Prince Abubakar Audu, who was waiting to be declared the winner of the election, has instead been declared dead.
He was said to have had a massive stroke around 3:10 pm today in his village of Ogbonicha and died.
Some minutes after INEC returning officer Professor Emmanunel Kucha declared the result of the poll inconclusive.
Family sources told that Audu has had a history of heart-related problems.
He was said to have fallen ill after casting his vote Saturday afternoon.
Sources said at a stage, he was vomiting blood.
According to sources, Audu was said to have fallen ill after he cast his ballot in his village of Ogbonicha yesterday.
Sources said he was vomiting blood at some stage, but was stabilised by doctors around him.
However his condition worsened this morning, culminating in a massive stroke.
Just when an air ambulance was being organised to lift him for better medicare, he gave up the ghost.
Audu, from the results declared by the INEC, from the 21 local councils in the state, had won 16 and was clearly ahead of the PDP opponent and incumbent, Idris Wada.
But INEC declared the election inconclusive, despite projections by the media that he had won. A lesson to the media not to project election results again. Cc lalasticlala Compiled by : http://streetgist.com/abubakar-audu-to-be-buried-monday-as-wada-declares-7-day-mourning/
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| Travel › Re: Photo From The Accident In Ajah This Morning by Busolami2015(op): 3:31pm On Nov 21, 2015 |
Uhmmm  |
| Travel › Re: Photo From The Accident In Ajah This Morning by Busolami2015(op): 11:51am On Nov 21, 2015 |
osedvgirl:
after much night party maybe lol Abi naw.. Cc lalasticlala |
| Travel › Photo From The Accident In Ajah This Morning by Busolami2015(op): 11:45am On Nov 21, 2015 |
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| Travel › Re: 18 Die, 56 Injured In Lokoja-Abuja Road Early Morning Crash (Photos) by Busolami2015(op): 7:43pm On Nov 20, 2015 |
Sahmmuehl:
so touching
may their soul rest in perfect peace may God help us all.. Cc lalasticlala |
| Travel › Re: 18 Die, 56 Injured In Lokoja-Abuja Road Early Morning Crash (Photos) by Busolami2015(op): 7:42pm On Nov 20, 2015*. Modified: 7:59pm On Nov 20, 2015 |
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| Travel › Re: 18 Die, 56 Injured In Lokoja-Abuja Road Early Morning Crash (Photos) by Busolami2015(op): 7:41pm On Nov 20, 2015*. Modified: 7:58pm On Nov 20, 2015 |
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| Travel › 18 Die, 56 Injured In Lokoja-Abuja Road Early Morning Crash (Photos) by Busolami2015(op): 7:39pm On Nov 20, 2015 |
18 people lost their lives in an accident which occurred along Abuja-Lokoja road in the early hours of today November 20. The Kogi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Mr. Ogochukwu Ugboma, who confirmed the tragic news disclosed that sixteen men and two women died in the accident while others, including a female child, sustained injuries.
“The accident, which occurred at about 5.45 am, near Gegu village, involved a Lagos bound luxury bus with registration number Lagos XT 286 LSD belonging to a popular transport company, First Tarzan,” Mr. Ugboma said. “86 persons, comprising two children, 59 men and 25 women were involved in the accident. Though the cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained, some eyewitnesses said the bus ran into an ambush laid by armed robbers.” he added.
He further disclosed that the driver was making a U-turn in a bid to escape when the bus plunged into a ditch, leading to the death of some passengers. Corpses and the injured were taken to the Federal Medical Center in Lokoja while investigation into the accident had commenced.
Photos: 18 people killed in an accident along Abuja-Lokoja road
Photo Credit: Tunji Lardner Source : http://streetgist.com/photos-18-people-killed-in-an-accident-along-abuja-lokoja-road/
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| Politics › Re: Buhari Trekker Commits Suicide Over Unfulfilled Promises by Busolami2015(op): 5:56pm On Nov 20, 2015 |
Nzepresh:
Wind of change is blowing. RIP lol |
| Politics › Re: Buhari Trekker Commits Suicide Over Unfulfilled Promises by Busolami2015(op): 5:27pm On Nov 20, 2015 |
Lalasticlala com see o |
| Politics › Buhari Trekker Commits Suicide Over Unfulfilled Promises by Busolami2015(op): 5:19pm On Nov 20, 2015 |
Nigerians are no longer smiling, yet refused to complain but prefer to die having made the worst mistake of their lives in supporting the present Buhari government.
The situation is practically getting excruciatingly unbearable even worse than envisaged with untimely deaths happening here and there.
First it was in Abuja, then Port Harcourt, and now this…
Learnt from a reliable source that one of the trekkers for the purported electoral victory of Buhari has hung himself to death, in fulfilment of the promise he made before the trekking competition.
The man here, it was alleged, made some promises to friends and family members in Jalingo, to trek from Jalingo to Abuja if Buhari wins, but will not fail to hang himself in the event that Buhari fails to perform or things goes worse than before.
This man went on the trekking business with every hope that Buhari is the messiah to turn around Nigeria , especially when he (Buhari) preached about “stabilising the global oil market” and many other things like free foods.
Having waited for well over 5 months and no sign of improvement as the reverse becomes the case, the promising young man had to take his life by hanging to avoid political taunts and mockery from his friends and neighbors, coupled with an unbearable hunger and starvation flogging his entire household.
What a world!
Fellow Nigerians, my humbly advise is that as much as mistakes have been made of which the consequences are staring at every Tolu, Dike, and Haruna. Let’s make it a point of duty to stop taunting those who did the unimaginable in support of the failure we have in Nigeria today. Source : http://streetgist.com/buhari-trekker-commits-suicide-over-unfulfilled-promises/
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| Politics › Re: Alleged Missing 105 Nigerian Soldiers: Army Releases Statement by Busolami2015(op): 8:40am On Nov 20, 2015 |
Cc lalasticlala |
| Politics › Re: Alleged Missing 105 Nigerian Soldiers: Army Releases Statement by Busolami2015(op): 7:09am On Nov 20, 2015 |
temitemi1:
Let's wait for the boko haram statement on this in order to get d clear picture of what actually happened... boko haram statement kee |
| Politics › Alleged Missing 105 Nigerian Soldiers: Army Releases Statement by Busolami2015(op): 6:50am On Nov 20, 2015 |
The Nigerian Army has released a statement explaining what transpired in Gudumbali, Borno state on Wednesday November 18th where 105 soldiers were said to have gone missing after a gun battle with Boko haram members. The statement which is signed by Tukur Ismail Gusau, the Media Coordinator Operation Lafiya Dole, states that the claim is far from true. The statement after the cut...
The attention of the Theatre Command Headquarters Maiduguri has been drawn to various releases on social media on the operation at Gudumbali , northern Borno State. Most of the publications are not only fictions but imagination of the writers that have no iota of knowledge on military operation. Unfortunately, this is coming at a time when the military has created several avenues for them to get first hand information on our activities. In the quest to be on the same footing with each Nigerian, Media centre was established in the North East. Additional to this is the open door policy of the leadership style of our chief of Army Staff Lt Gen TY Buratai where he carries throughout his operational engagements media personalities. For the records Gulumba was captured by own troops on 10 November 2015 and our troops deployed to secure and weed off Boko Haram terrorists. The location was attacked yesterday morning which resulted in fiarce battle till afternoon. Troops went for pursuit after which they mop and reorganise. The unit suffered some injuries and casualties and equally killed several insurgents. The Nigerian Army has nothing to hide but we call all patriots to support these troops that are courageously fighting for peace and security of our nation. The Theatre Command wishes to state that the story is far from the truth and misrepresentation of facts. In fact, it smacks of the imagination of those symphatetic to Boko Haram terrorists. The Theatre Commander Operation LAFIYA DOLE has addressed the issue and gave journalists the opportunity to ask questions and clarify doubts about the Gudumbali incidence and yet, the medium is yet to reflect the true situation. It should be stated here that, although the unit suffered some casualties, what the medium was reporting was grossly exaggrated for reasons best known to them. The number of casualty and equipment lost as being circulated is not correct, the situation was unnecesserily blowned beyond proportion to give terrorists the type of propaganda they desired.The affected personnel sustained only minor injuries, not gun shot wounds. You are please requested to disseminate this information to the general public. Thanks for your continous support.
Colonel Tukur Ismail Gusau Media Coordinator Operation LAFIYA DOLE Source : http://streetgist.com/alleged-missing-105-nigerian-soldiers-army-releases-statement/ |
