₦airaland Forum

Lilaex:
Could APC be the Nigerian version of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Party? Check out this: 1. Party Leader - North: Gen Muhammadu Buhari (Muslim). 2. Party Leader - South: Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Muslim). 3. National Chairman: Abdulkareem Bisi Akande (Muslim). 4. Deputy National Chairman: Aminu Bello Masari (Muslim). 5. National Secretary: Tijjani Musa Tumsah (Muslim). 6. Deputy National Secretary: Nasir El-Rufai (Muslim). 7. National Publicity Secretary: Lai Muhammad (Muslim). 8. National Treasurer: Sadiya Umar Faruq (Muslim) 9. National Financial Secretary: Alhaji Shaibu Musa (Muslim). 10. National Youth Leader: Abubakar Lado (Muslim). 11. National Legal Adviser: Muiz Banie (Muslim). 12. National Deputy Auditor: Bala Jibrin (Muslim). 13. National Women Leader: Sharia Ikeazor (Muslim convert). 14. EX-officio Member: Muniru Muse (Muslim). 15. EX-officio Member: Alhaji Yemi Sanusi (Muslim). Yet, these people want us to believe they are PROGRESSIVES and that APC is a national party. I think APC has a hidden religious agenda..Be guided people!

Share to all Christian you know to vote wisely. I will not want my children to live in a Nigeria where they cannot worship their GOD!

Is this how you spread lies in the name of Christianity? I rebuke you in Jesus name!

Emmygreenp:
we can now see that buhari has link with terrorist. even the boko haram has endorse him. since boko haram has endorse him am sure they will allow election to hold in troubled areas.

Please show evidence that boko haram has endorsed Buhari, or we will have to accept that you are a liar.

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#GMB
#APC

Oildichotomy:
That was expected

Nothing new judging from all antecedents, He has the state machinery at his disposal

Jonathan nko? Lolz

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MusaIbrahim1:
Kano is the only town where the governor has paid snipers to take down anyone campaigning for GEJ... Imagine the other time some drivers refused to drive GEJs bus to Kano even at 70k offer... APC Kano branch should learn that election is not a do or die affair.. My Igbo brothers that I do business with in Kano are even planning to leave before the election... It is really sad how kwankwaso is going about this but he should remember that any blood spilt after the election should be on his head, I just pray that GEJ will drop more military personal before and after the election

Please provide evidence of your snipers claim, or stand accused of blatant and public falsehoods! As usual pdp spreads fear, while Buhari / APC has a message of hope and change.

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Flets:
The reason why Nigerians rejected Buhari for 12 years and running remains unchanged

A terrorist
An extremist
A religious fundamelist
A coup plotter
A deceptive and corrupt fraud

And most recently.... an illiterate

FFK should bring it on.

He recently became illiterate? Lol, like you?

Everytime a senior pdp official opens his mouth, the apc has fresh campaign material! Na wa.

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http://preview.saharareporters.com/2009/03/02/which-way-mend

The whole thing about MEND and resource control appears to be a creation of few former state governors such as James Ibori and DSP Alamiesegha who are known to have funded Asari Dokubo in his early days when he used to be called 'freedom fighter' until he later transformed into a politician.

PDP should go and ask their tribal warlords why they have deserted them politically. I'm sure The president knows most of these criminals personally. So well he denied they bombed abuja, even when they claimed the bombing.

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Scatterboss:
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Shigidi, Go and play with sand.

That guy is just so dim... damn!

PvtParts:
You just succeded in saying nothing.

Prejudice is what quota system promotes as it recognizes ethnicity over ability

That my friend in my book is what I call positive discrimination

If anything at all, the quota system enforces ethnic divide.

Even in your State I am sure there are complaining minorities, but the only ethnic divide you choose to see is North vs. South. Remove the log in your eye first. This is why minorities will keep Nigeria as one unit. All you major tribes refuse to deal with your own flaws. I'm sure your governor, Senator, rep etc were all selected on merit, not geographical rotation or ethnic rotation. Yeah right!
Right now the Urhobo in delta are complaining of marginalisation, the Anglicans in enugu were complaining about Catholic only governorship tickets, in Rivers the ogoni are asking for rotation of governorship, Abia state has the two major tribes in permanent competition, akwa ibom now has tribal issues because of the governor. Let's not pretend that ethnic issues are only North vs south. That is simplistic and false. But it reveals a lot about your inner workings.

blemon44:
op you no get work



the missin $20billion GEJ used it to rebuild our railway system

Lies, lies, pdp lies! Our foreign debt has been escalating under this government, so where do our earnings go?

http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE6BN01S20101224

Nigeria borrows $900 million from Chinese bank
Fri Dec 24, 2010 9:00am GMT


ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria has borrowed $900 million from Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank) to fund railway and security projects, the country's finance minister said on Thursday.

The move comes despite concerns raised by Nigeria's central bank governor over the rapid expansion of public borrowing and government spending, which is keeping inflation high in sub-Saharan Africa's second-largest economy.

Nigeria's budget deficit is expected to widen to 6.1 percent this year, it has spent billions of dollars of its windfall oil savings, and its foreign reserves have fallen 20 percent from a year ago.

Africa's most populous nation will head to the polls for presidential, parliamentary and state governorship elections next April and the government is setting in place plans to improve the poor state of the country's infrastructure.

"We have just obtained a loan of 900 million dollars from the Eximbank of China to finance two major projects, which are the Abuja to Kaduna railway project and the national public security communications project," Olusegun Aganga said.

"500 million dollars is for the rail project while 400 million is for the execution of the security communication project," he added.

Aganga said the loan was for 20 years with a 2.5 percent interest rate, although he hopes the security communications system will produce cash flow and the loan will be paid off within five to seven years.

President Goodluck Jonathan presented the 2011 budget proposal to parliament this month, proposing a cut in 2011 spending although recurrent expenditure -- the cost of running government -- remains high under the plans.

anonimi:
So you agree that Kano state is more populated than Lagos state as per the 2006 census that puts Lagos at less than 10 million

How much lower do we go in selling this daft old soldier to our fellow citizens?

Where do you see any indication that I believe that? Was Kano even mentioned?

3 eastern governors absent? Can't they feel the love? After all the transformation theory?

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Ecobidi:
Where will this change come from? Is it from the corrupt and aggrieved former PDP members that majorly formed APC or from a wolf in sheep clothing who swore to make this present government ungovernable and who promised a bloody revolt after losing the 2011 election which is currently devasting this country.Why is he now the so called chosen one?what has changed. Is it that we have forgetten his promise to render this country bloody and ungovernable.Do not be deceived by his going to churches or been supported by some men of God or his new style of wearing suits and using tablets. He is still the same old,certificateless,bloodthirsty islamist.
SAYNOTOBUHARI
GEJ TILL 2019

Keep repeating your lies, but truth will cure your delusions.
http://ends.ng/fact-it-was-pdp-that-promised-to-make-nigeria-ungovernable-in-2011-buhari-never-did/

1. Major General Muhammadu Buhari never said he will make Nigeria ungovernable in 2011 in any public format

2. It was a PDP politician, Alhaji Lawal Kaita who actually said Nigeria would be ungovernable if Jonathan became president in 2011.

3. It was Jonathan’s media spokesman, Reuben Abati who sat down and largely concocted the slanderous libel against Buhari’s name in April 2011.

4. General Muhammadu Buhari took Reuben Abati to court for damaging his name.

5.The Jonathan Presidency begged Major General Buhari to settle the case with Reuben Abati and the Guardian out of court.

6. General Buhari obliged and settled out of court. Reuben Abati with The Guardian published an unreserved apology to Buhari in the Guardian of 11th July, 2013.

7. Late General Azazi referred to the PDP “ungovernable” crises and anger that did actually lead to Boko Haram terror franchise hired by the PDP.

relchange:
nonsense!
it is an insult on Nigerians for known terrorist organizations to be "endorsing" candidates in a presidential poll.
we wait for Boko haram's endorsement too!

Hasn't your president been defending MEND in the past, even when they claimed a bombing in abuja? Has he ever threatened or arrested any of the delta militants? Indeed he is a friend of terrorists!

PvtParts:
At least you agreed that the north has an advantage over other regions with respect to the quota system!

The North has a numerical advantage because it has more States, and supposedly, a larger population. The quota system reflects that proportionality. Getting rid of the quota system will be difficult, until Nigerians learn to curb their prejudices, which obviously isn't going to happen anytime soon.

adconline:
You should be mocking at your illogical fail. Someone from Anambra scores 135 is not accepted at any unity school in Naiija while someone from Kebbi who scores 37 is accepted, then goes on to the university, and his godfather is politically powerful and promotes him without merit. We have Penalized the most intelligent and rewarded the most lazy and unserious...

When you understand the difference between a quota system and a merit-based system get back to me!

News in today
http://newtelegraphonline.com/power-generation-shrinks-dips-supply-below-3500mw/

Hydro plants show early cyclical low water problems

Indications emerged at the weekend that the three hydro power plants in Nigeria – Kainji, Shiroro and Jebba, have begun to show early cyclical low water problems, which has, in return, dipped the power generation below 3,500 Mega Watts (MW). New Telegraph learnt that this challenge, which usually comes up between March and May of every year, has also worsened the inability of the plants to produce at optimal capacity. Generation, which has since the third quarter of 2014 being fluctuating between 3,000 MW and 3,700 MW, had earlier dipped to 3,500 MW in November, 2014.

That time, gas shortage was, according to the Senior Special Adviser on Gas to the Minister of Power, Mr Frank Edozie, responsible for the fall. Edozie who confirmed the generation shortage said that the drop to 3,500 megawatts was due to sabotage of pipelines and inadequate gas supply. The senior special adviser said that available power generation capacity currently stood at 6,000 megawatts while system capacity stood at 5,000 megawatts. “The situation has, however, worsened in recent years by poor water management and lack of maintenance of the hydro stations,” a source at the Ministry of Power told this newspaper.

This, according to him, usually comes up in March, April and May of every year, “but the feelers we are having from the plants is that they are beginning to show early signs of cyclical water level problem due to lack of adequate maintenance. “All five units in the 760 megawatt capacity Kainji Electricity Power Station could generate about 330 megawatts, while the 578 megawattcapacity Jebba plant has the capacity to generate between 418 megawatts at peak periods and 339 megawatts at off-peak.

“The Shiroro Station generates between 409 megawatts and 380 megawatts,” the source said. According to him, the erratic power supply being experienced across the country was caused by recent vandalism of Transforcados pipeline that transported crude oil. “Inadequate gas supply and frequent sabotage of the pipelines had contributed immensely to lack of electricity supply in the country. “We are constrained due to the gas challenges and it has contributed to the drop of power generation to 3,500 megawatts,’’ he said. He maintained that power generation could drop by over 1,000 mega Watts in March, April and May, “when the yearly cyclical challenges usually rear their ugly heads.

“Power generation will certainly drop by over 1,000 megawatts in the event of the imminent drop in the water levels at the stations.” Meanwhile, it was also gathered that the adverse effects of the low water level at this period of the year was compounded by poor water management and inadequate maintenance of the stations, which has resulted in occasional leakage of water in the dams. This has also culminated in flooding of the power stations. Kainji, it was learnt, has yet to undergo complete overhaul since it was built in 1968 and “you don’t expect optimal performance from this plant,” the source added.

“Power generation, as at today, stood at 3,500 megawatts; we have not gone below that, but we are gradually beefing up the generation to hit 5,000 megawatts as promised,” Edozie told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) penultimate week. But the Ministry of Power indicated on its website that 64.01MW of electricity was stranded on account of the weak and insufficient distribution equipment. The national electricity generation has dropped to 2,954.51 megawatts in the latest setback for the authorities to meet the expectations of consumers. The ministry said that 3,206.09MW was generated as at December 2, only to drop to 2,954.51 by December 11, a reduction of 251.58MW in nine days.

Xetima:
Respect illiterate? We had Salisu Buhari and now Mohammadu Buhari.

Can you notice the similarities

Salisu Buhari, certificate forgery- PDP
His replacement, a former hairdresser, kicked out for fraud - PDP
Lawan-Otedola scammers - PDP
Stella Oduah, armoured car scam - PDP (running for senate)
Ifeanyi Ubah, subsidy scam, TAN - PDP
Femi Fani Kayode, aviation ministry scam - PDP
Alams, ex convict with presidential pardon - PDP (running for senate)
Ibori, convict, involuntary UK resident - PDP

Need I go on...?

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GMB is a man of unimpeachable character, and fortitude. This is a warm and encouraging morning message. Better days are coming!

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Lolz

ShakaZullu:
Cheap silly propaganda from APC to gain public sympathy

Buhari is a certified terrorist

Very dull response.

http://www.punchng.com/news/ijaw-youths-threaten-attack-on-buharis-supporters/

Ijaw youths threaten attack on Buhari’s supporters
December 22, 2014 by Simon Utebor

Ijaw youths have threatened to attack supporters of the presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in southern part of Nigeria.

Feeling the backlash from the public, eh? E never start. Ole.

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Bitterleafsoup:
Lagosians are tired of APC's elitist agenda, enough is enough!

Fashola has not even paid his doctors.

Please don't twist the truth. Lagos is refusing to pay doctors for the period they were on strike. As long as they work, they get paid. Is that such a terrible thing? In private practice would they expect salary for periods when they are on strike?

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=83661
Following the recently suspended strike by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), the Lagos state government has refused to pay working in its employment salaries for the period the strike was on.

The Lagos State government said its action was in compliance to its “no work, no pay policy.”

Meanwhile, the president has suspended the inauguration of his presidential campaign committee billed to hold at 2:00pm yesterday, following the death of his younger sister, Mrs. Nancy Jonathan-Obei.

Interesting. But after Nyanya bombing, he still went the next day to dance on stage with his campaign?

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/158836-nigerians-lambast-jonathan-for-singing-dancing-at-campaign-rally-while-nation-mourns-bomb-blast-victims.html

Nigerians have reacted with outrage over President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to Kano to welcome former governor of the state, Ibrahim Shekarau, to the Peoples Democratic Party, a day after a car bomb killed dozens of Nigeria and injured several others in a suburb of Abuja.

The government said 75 people died while 124 others were injured although body count by witnesses and a PREMIUM TIMES reporter suggest over 200 Nigerians were killed.

Insensitive, irresponsible, terrible, and wicked are some of the words that have been used to describe the president’s political visit to Kano.

“Let’s face it, is it even proper, as a father, for the president to be dancing at a rally and clinking glasses at a chief’s party just the day after?” said Betty Abah, journalist and activist. “What really would happen if he sends representatives while he pretends he’s meeting security chiefs? Even if he doesn’t care, is this even good for his image? What message is he sending out? He did same during the Centenary celebrations. How do you explain this crass insensitivity?”

“It is plain insensitive, really. It an evident that the leadership of this country does not take our lives seriously at all,” said activist lawyer, Bamidele Aturu.

“Over 200 people were killed by Boko Haram insurgents. Less than 24 hours later, the president was in Kano on political mission. That tells you they don’t take us seriously and our lives don’t count for much. That is the height of insensitivity I have seen in recent times,” he continued.

“He wouldn’t have lost anything if he had postponed the campaign for another one or two months and let the people who are bereaved come to terms with the gruesome reality,” he added.

Mr. Aturu said the President’s action showed the huge disconnect between Nigerians and their political leaders.

“Our people need to understand that there is a big disconnect between them and the people that leads them who only require them to vote to be in power.”

He said the president’s action, if done in other countries, could have cost him his job.

“This kind of things would not happen elsewhere. In other countries the president can even be impeached for what he has done. It is terrible. For him to embark on that trip show clearly that for him politics is more important than the lives of Nigerians.”

“It is very insensitive and irresponsible,” said another lawyer, Festus Keyamo.

“That is a sign that the government does not value the lives of Nigerians. As a matter of fact it is confirmation that the present system actually enjoys the pogrom that is going on in that part of the country. It is very condemnable that the president could not even declare a day of national mourning after we have lost about 200 lives,” said Chairman of CACOL, Debo Adeniran.

“The president is not thoughtful; the president seems to be sadistic, enjoying the show of bloodletting. Our president doesn’t care. You know he said the other time that he doesn’t give a damn. He doesn’t give a damn whatever Nigerians say, he doesn’t give a damn about our feelings of agony, he doesn’t give a damn about those who are suffering the pains and pangs of the carnage going on in some parts of the country.”

The Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, also chided the president for being insensitive to the lives lost in he blast.