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Check this one out...!!!

Whatever they did within the Chambers, I hope that sends a strong singnal to the APC members and Speaker that their days are numbered....!!! The litmus test though....!!!

spiritfada:
When asked when the request would be sent bearing in mind that an arm of the National Assembly is currently on break, the minister said it would be done immediately.

Sha now Tambuwal would have to re-convene the House?

Female Corper slapped, she's decamped. What if it was the male corper that slapped? from camp to jail straight...!!!

What's the relationship between the declaration and the second to the last pic? in fact the two last pics?

sebali:
Assuming d two of u re right...dat is to say APC is boko haram and vice versa. Now if d C in C (jona) cant stop dem from perpetrating dese evils it also means dat if he is re elected we wud have anoda 4yrs of uninterrupted bloodshed and bombings, then who is to blame. As d C in C d onus lies on him to quash any form of insecurity regardless of weda it involves his candidacy and his detractors

Pls convey the message to your Northern brothers who threatened to make our dear country ungovernable for GEJ that;
1. In spite of the bomb blasts, the country is still being governed,
2. In spite of their plans to divide the country, we are still united,
3. In spite of their 2015 plans to unseat GEJ, he will be returned cos they were not instrumental to his election in the 1st place...!!!
4. In spite of their plans to polarize the country, North against South and South against their fellow South while the North remains non-polarized, we shall surely overcome...!!!

While we condemn the killing of innocent Nigerians, we have also come to see that those killings are politically motivated and are intended to provoke the President to declare full blown war on the terrorist and the Northern elites will claim its a war against the North and Muslims. These terrorist wouldn't be daring this much if they are not enjoying the backing of the Northern elites. Every country has their stages of development and Nigeria shouldn't be an exception. Only God knows if the current president of Nigeria at this time were to be a WAR-MINDED president, even you that still has time to be sitting behind your PC commenting on NL would have been cooling off in a refugee camp sharing whatever food aid would come from foreign countries

GMB declared, there was no bomb blast....!!! Kwankwaso did same, no bomb blast...!!! What's the name of the last one again? Nda Isiah something, still no blast now GEJ wants to declare and there's a bomb blast that claimed innocent lives of young Nigerians. When some people threatened to make the country ungovernable about 4 years ago, we have clearly seen that those threats are still being carried out. May the souls of the young Nigerian children RIP while those of the terrorist and their sponsor remain in pieces...!!!

•Divides commission along regional lines
•INEC working with PDP to rig election —Tinubu

A strong cabal within the hierarchy of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reportedly hijacked the commission, surreptitiously pushing its chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, in a direction that could mar the 2015 elections.


A credible source close to the electoral umpire told Sunday Tribune in confidence on Saturday that members of the cabal are from the North, adding that the development had divided national commissioners sharply along regional lines.

He added that consequent upon pressures from the Senate and the judiciary, the embattled chairman of the commission, Jega, had begun considering dropping the contentious idea of creating new polling units, but the cabal is the one bent on pushing forward with it.

“While INEC is struggling to meet deadlines set for delivering the important Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) required by voters to participate in the next general election, its principal officers are busy trying to implement lopsided ghost polling units created by a top member in its Operations Committee, the very architect of this polling units who curiously has cleverly avoided speaking on this matter, and some other principal officers who want to give Northern constituencies electoral advantages.

“The commission’s chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, has become reluctant to pursue the new polling units because of the pressures brought upon the process by a subsisting legal challenge by the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), a letter from the Senate Committee on INEC to put the matter in abeyance for wider consultations and security reports advising the commission to tread carefully on the matter, as well as numerous stakeholders advising against it for now.

“Professor Jega expressed his reluctance to pursue the matter further, given the divisive effect it has on the commission and other stakeholders who are critical to trust-building, prior to a general election. He made his feeling known to fellow national commissioners in a recent meeting held at the commission’s headquarters.

“But while he was about to press on with a better way forward, he was cornered by the cabal who forcefully insisted that INEC ought to go ahead with the new lopsided polling units,” the source stated, adding that the cabal was unabashed about representing their regional political interests, arguing forcefully that the states had almost implemented the contentious PUs, even when there was no evidence of that at the said meeting to push the matter before the state offices.

The development, accordingly, had created a serious division among its top officials from the South, who are now suspicious of their colleagues from the North. Some of the officials in states, it was said, were being subtly coerced to go ahead with the implementation of the polling unit creation.

National commissioners from the South, stated the source, were reluctant to push regional agenda that would be seen as representing their zones, but their Northern counterparts, led by three national commissioners, as usual, presented their sectional interests unabashedly and, again, had their way.

A situation which made the meeting to end without a definitive way forward on whether or not to implement the new polling units.

The Northern cabal, not deterred, was reported to have met to devise ways of pressing ahead with the implementation of the new polling units, despite the lack of any clear directive to do so.

Accordingly, they were said to have employed blackmail, deliberate misinformation, all through the week, and even made phone calls to resident commissioners, including in Southern states that are not under their supervision.

“In a divide and rule approach, they lied to the commissioners that other states had sent in their reports indicating how they had implemented the directive to create the new polling units. They said it must be launched on Tuesday, the very day the Federal High Court would be sitting on this matter,” the source stated.

The development, it was revealed, had created confusion in states INEC offices, especially over the implementation of the new PUs.

The source observed that the cabal resorted to the phone call tactic, perhaps, afraid that any memo raised on the issue could be leaked to the press,as had been done in the past.

The cabal was also said to be piling pressures on INEC heads of operations in all the states of the federation, who were invited to an ongoing workshop in Abuja.

One after the other, they were summoned and compelled to submit the implementation report from their states. Some were said to have submitted e-copy, which is not in the usual standard format for such an important report that ought to be signed by the RECs. Plans are also underway to carry out new posting of RECs in which case Northern RECs would be posted to the South to come and implement these polling units that must be created, given that officials from the South, the would-be victim, are unwilling to allow the exercise.

Meanwhile, national leader of the APC, Senator Bola Tinubu, accused the INEC of conniving with the PDP to rig 2015 election.

The APC leader urged the INEC to display the 2011 voters’ register in Lagos for verification by the party and registered voters in the state.

He made the call while addressing journalists at the party’s secretariat at ACME Road, Ikeja, on Saturday, saying that the INEC had explanation to make concerning its earlier pronouncement that 6.2 million voters registered in the state in 2011 and its counter-claim that the state had just 4.8 million permanent voters cards.


http://www.tribune.com.ng/news/top-stories/item/21042-northern-cabal-hijacks-inec

•As Tinubu summons gov aspirants to meeting
•Gov hopefuls vow to reject Ambode

FOLLOWING the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State over the alleged endorsement of a former Accountant-General of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode, as its governorship candidate, the national leader of the party, Senator Bola Tinubu, has summoned all the 16 governorship aspirants in the party.
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The meeting, Sunday Tribune checks revealed, will take place today at his Bourdillon residence.

An aspirant confirmed the summons to Sunday Tribune, but remained undecided over his attendance and participation.

The meeting is fixed for 8.00 p.m., according to findings.

Tension is already building ahead of the said meeting, considering that Ambode is generally seen as Tinubu’s anointed for the party’s ticket.

A party source disclosed that the main agenda would be the crisis over the governorship ticket, particularly the troubling report that chieftains of the party, who are aggrieved over the alleged endorsement of Ambode, have opened talks with opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Aspirants who are considering a boycott of the meeting claimed that Tinubu had lost the moral right to play the elder statesman’s role among the governorship hopefuls, due to his alleged partisanship and bias in Ambode’s favour.

As of last night, aspirants who have formed a coalition against Ambode’s alleged endorsement had not resolved on either of participation or boycott.

A frontline aspirant confirmed his planned participation, but stated that “anything can happen at the meeting. If the meeting was called to further Ambode’s project, maybe that is where the whole thing would scatter. If that is where the whole thing would blow into an open crisis, so be it; enough of imposition.”

Sunday Tribune, however, learnt that Tinubu may use the meeting to denounce his alleged support for Ambode and profess his support for all the aspirants.

“It is likely he will disown Ambode in the presence of everyone tomorrow (today). But that would give nobody any comfort,” a party source disclosed.

With the festering crisis over the governorship ticket, it was learnt that it is likely Tinubu would ask all the aspirants to sit and look at the possibility of picking one of them as consensus candidate.

An aspirant who is not against all aspirants making a common choice amongst them was confident Ambode would be a long-shot, if the process is tilted that way.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/news/top-stories/item/21041-tension-in-lagos-apc

You mean Gov. Amaechi said that without the Lawyers organizing an immediate protest in his presence to see those thugs? Gov. Amaechi should thank his stars that i wasn't at that forum, he would have seen a one man protest...!!!

9jii:
If you're not from sokoto don't argue that

I'm not from Sokoto State but have lived in Sokoto for a couple of years. In fact, I understand Northern Politics more than you do in case you are from there....!!!

9jii:
I BELIEVED SPEAKER DECAMPING WAS BASED ON PEOPLE'S INTEREST. GOD WILL BE WITH HIM SURELY.

I beg your pardon, which people pls? Politicians are selfish and would only do what favor's their selfish ambitions...!!!

Thou shall not use the name of thy God in vain....!!! When you play dirty politics you then bring the Name of God in to try to buy public sympathy. Hypocrites of the highest order...!!! The interpretation of the Constitution is what would say if you still deserve to be the Speaker after defecting or not. Moreover, the Court does not dictate to the NASS when to reconvene and what happens or does not happen in the house. There is separation of powers in the constitution so the judiciary should not be dragged into this dirty politics...!!! The leadership of the House has the sole right to reconvene at anytime depending on the urgency of the matter at hand as they did during the Yaradua health saga. As it stands constitutionally, the Nigerian House of Representative does not have a head so this calls for the immediate reconvening of the House and Mr. Tambuwal as a Lawyer knows this very well...!!!

Prince Tonye Princewill, a Petroleum Engineer and frontline politician in oil rich Rivers State, is one of the 17 governorship aspirants eyeing the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Rivers State.

Princewill may not be new to challenges in his sojourn in politics, but his bid for the PDP ticket for 2015 governorship election may just be one of his toughest ever on account of the equally experienced and formidable aspirants he is up against in the party.

This, Princewill, a 2007 governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress, sees differently, saying as a David, he will always defeat his Goliath. He spoke on different issues ranging from his relationship with Gov. Rotimi Ameachi, President Jonathan’s performance in office and Nyesome Wike’s entrance into the governorship race.

He spoke to DailyPost’s Ali Abah Adoyi and Timothy Enietan-Matthews in his Abuja home.

EXCERPTS:

Shortly after Gov. Rotimi Ameachi took over from Celestine Omeiha, some members of your then party, Action Congress, AC, accused you of hobnobbing with the governor when you were supposed to be leader of the opposition in the state. What actually happened?


There was so much misinformation going on at that time that was so off the mark. Off course, I have always been close to Ameachi and he was doing a lot of good work at that time which required our support as people with genuine love for the state.

The real reason I was being maligned then was because the party leadership wanted me to go and bring money from the governor, which I could not do. But I ended up arranging a meeting between AC leadership in the state and Amaechi. This helped to calm things down for a while, but then, the agitation resumed.

And so when the opportunity came for me to leave AC and move to PDP, I took it, because of course, I was shouldering a lot of responsibility as the leader of the party from which I was not benefitting. So it sounded like a relief to me leaving the AC.

I will also like you to understand that I don’t take decisions on my own; I always consult before doing anything. Just like I consulted when we decided to support Amaechi in 2011, we consulted people like Atiku and Ita Giwa. When we decided to leave the AC, we also got involved in consultation, the view of the majority of the party, all the wings of the party; the women’s wing, the youth wing, the LG chairmen, the elders and the state executives all decided that we move to the PDP.

In other words, as at the time APC merger took place, there was no AC or ACN structure in the state?

What I can say is that AC metamorphosed into ACN and when we moved, one of the statements I made was that “if you want to blackmail me because you want to give the party to Dr. Abiye Sekibo, you can go ahead and do so.” So people like Dr Sekibo and others moved into the party and took it over, and of course, they were there until it merged with other parties to become APC. They only left APC when Ameachi defected to APC.

You moved to PDP, and you had a good relationship with Governor Rotimi Ameachi, what stopped you from following the governor to APC since you were in one of the legacy parties before and you were good friends?

I want to believe you are not asking me why I did not join APC when it came up but why I did not follow Ameachi when he joined APC.

Well if you look at the metamorphosis of Amaechi’s move to APC, you will see that he first left from PDP to new PDP and then to APC. I didn’t follow him to the new PDP and reason being that the whole premise of new PDP did not sit well with me.

You have to understand that not only was I friend with Amaechi, but I was also friend with Atiku, but I still had no interest in the new PDP and what they were doing. I also found out that the premise upon which they were doing it was unfounded and shaky. I also took exception to people like Nyako. If you’re talking about new age politics and about progressive politics, what is Nyako doing there?

So in as much as people like Ameachi and Atiku were comfortable doing things with Nyako, I did not see any progressive politics about the new PDP, so I did not buy into it.

Also, I think that the president has been doing a fantastic job. I, unlike many people never expected much from the president; I thought he was not going to do a good job, so my expectation was lower than other people.

For me, the president’s performance surpassed my expectations so when everybody was complaining about him, I was looking to the left and to the right and saying, are these people seeing the same thing that I am seeing? Because I had watched Obasanjo and Yar’adua, so when I look at Jonathan, I asked myself, what is so bad about this guy that was not there before? So when people like Atiku and Amaechi moved to the new PDP, it did not make sense to me.

You have to also remember that for over two years, I was making peace between Atiku and Jonathan and between Amaechi and the President, so I was at the centre of the peace making effort. I had a fair understanding of what Amaechi’s issues were and what Atiku’s issues were.

As far as I am concerned, it takes two to tangle, so I felt the president was sincere in his moves for peace. I remember saying that if I were Amaechi, there will be no problem between myself and the President. In other words, the duty to maintain peace firmly and squarely rests with Amaechi.

So moving with him to the APC would have been foolhardy because he didn’t bring me to Politics. I was there before him, he met me there. I have followers and supporters, so I am not expected to just jump at the sight of another person’s decision; I have to take my own.


From all indications, you are with Jonathan, not only from what you have said but from mere observation, you are teaming up with him. At the moment that Amaechi is at the other side and attacking the President consistently, will it be safe to say he is now your enemy?


Well, the truth of the matter is that as far as politics is concerned, Amaechi is perfectly my enemy. He is in APC while I am in PDP and in the battle for elections; the guy on the other side is my adversary. He will remain so until he converts and come back to the PDP.

The PDP is saying it will take back Rivers State from the APC but Ameachi, as the incumbent wants to keep the state within the APC fold; how easy do you think it will be to defeat Amaechi?


We have to understand that Amaechi is leaving; there has been a lot of talk about him, but he is on his way out. He is about to complete his two terms in office so why are people so obsessed about him? While people are busy themselves with the Amaechi obsession, I am busy looking at the post Amaechi Rivers State and what we are going to be confronted with.

If Amaechi wants to bring one of his people to come and take over from him, that will be unfortunate because we will not let it happen. But we are not God; we will only let the people of Rivers state know the truth. And my job is to highlight the truth and bring it to the people’s attention.

When we talk about enmity, it’s about victory and not just victory for PDP but for the people of Rivers State. For me, Rivers State and PDP are synonymous.

Now you just said you don’t know why people are so obsessed with Amaechi, but you will agree with me that having been a Governor for almost 8 years now, he should be a factor in the state. And considering the issue of incumbency, with the way politics is played in Nigeria, the man on the seat most times wins…

Even if that is the case, there are examples of incumbents that have not won; we saw that happen in Ekiti. Even if it never happened before in Nigerian history, it will happen in Rivers State. And my position is that APC will not win Rivers and that PDP will. I have worked with and against PDP long enough and I know that at the end, they will all come round the table and reach an agreement on the way forward; many people will line up behind them.

I want to tell you that the case of Rivers State is going to be different because Amaechi has made several wrong decisions. He has had issues with respect for elders, issues with respect for ethics, issues with the way he conducted the affairs of the Governors Forum and his issues with the presidency.

Amaechi started up very well and we were actually proud we had a governor that was actually making progress, but once he decided to become the Chairman of the Governors Forum, he started having distractions.

Many of the people with him now are with him because they want to collect what they can get. I can tell you that once he is out, PDP will regain the state and probably some other positions like the Senate and House of Representatives and of course the state House of Assembly, many of them will desert him. I have no doubt about that; but like I said, I am not God, but we will work hard for our victory.


You have equally formidable politicians who are aspirants on the same PDP platform; how easy do you think it is going to be for you?

There have been talks about formidable candidates, which is another example of obsession. Just like Ameachi, people are obsessed about Wike. The fact that Wike has picked a form doesn’t necessarily mean he is going to run; he may not even be in the primaries. I guess we will cross that bridge when we get there.

A youth group, Rivers Young Entrepreneurs Forum recently endorsed you and recommended that Chief Nyesom Wike remain as the party leader in the state; what do you think about that?

I have said this long before now that Wike who I see as the leader of the party in the state should play that role. He should just play his role as a leader and leave the rest of us to fight it out. I think that Wike will make a good Director General of my campaign organization. I wouldn’t expect him to be thinking about contesting but of course, he is his own person and he has the right to make his own decisions. But if I am to advise him, I will advise him against it.

He has risen to the position of leader of the party, I would want him to maintain that because I wouldn’t want him to contest the primaries and loose and then he will not have the same kind of courtesy he has now. But I want to say that you have to really look into politics and the history of the candidate involved. In 2007, I contested the primaries against a gentle man, by name- Sergeant Awuse, who at the time was the Bulldozer of the entire Rivers State politics.


There was a report that Chief Nyesom Wike in connivance with the Rivers State PDP Chairman removed the PDP membership register and cards in the state to manipulate the ward congresses; what’s your reaction?

I will be lying if I say I have not heard that too but I cannot confirm that because I am yet to get concrete evidence to that effect. If it is true, then they are toying with crisis because naturally, the registers are expected to be kept at the ward offices. Let us wait and see what they intend to do with it , and if they actually removed them.


You come across like a very gentle person, somebody who does not have the ruggedness to be in the rough terrain of politics, especially the tricky adventure of seeking elective position. How do you hope to cope?


How do I hope to cope? I am not new in politics; this is not the first time I will be running for election. Remember I was the governorship candidate of the Action Congress in 2007 and I did not chicken out of the race because it was tricky and rough, according to you.

I have always told the leaders of my party in the state not to think because of my looks, I can be taken for granted. There are people who react spontaneously to issues but some of us take our time. I am not as weak as I look. Looks are deceptive; it is the strength of character that matters.

I have more than enough inner strength that totally renders my meek looks irrelevant.


If you get your party’s nod to contest in 2015 and eventually win the general election, what will be your priority as governor?


My priority will be Rivers State! Whatever I do, will be with Rivers in mind. Rivers and its people is the focus and number one priority. For me and my team, it is Rivers first. And to add to that, one of my first actions is to sell Ameachi’s jet. Rivers State does not need a private jet. What am I running from that I will not be able to enter commercial flights with fellow Riverians?


Note: This interview was conducted shortly before PDP ward congress



http://dailypost.ng/2014/11/08/interview-wike-will-make-good-campaign-manager-princewill/

Did you also notice the spelling of November without the last letter 'r' ?

@Op take a closer look at the man in Nigerian Military uniform always behind GEJ compared with that in BF uniform and tell me who looks more intimidating...!!!

MyPWisINCORRECT:
Let's assume these two bigwigs clinch their party tickets for the Rivers 2015 Gubernatorial Election, whom will you vote?
Please click the "Like" word under your preferred candidate.

'Abstained' voter here....!!! In the words of Prince Tonye PrinceWill, the difference between a big snake and a small snake is teeth, they are both snakes...!!!

CharlesPhc:
“In politics,women are more reliable than men. When a woman says she’s with you, you can really take that she is with you.
“But if a man tells you he is with you and you catch him in another meeting, he will tell you it is politics. It should not be so.
“When a politician’s words cannot be believed, then you are turning politics into another thing. A politician must be a man or woman of honour, that believes in morality.”

Speaker Aminu Tambuwal you mean?

A former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said women are more reliable in politics than their male counterparts.

He said this on Wednesday when some national executive officers and members of the Nigeria Association of Women journalists visited him at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta.

They presented him a Father of the Nation Award during the visit.

He, however, noted women were not often given the opportunity to exhibit their potential because of cultural and religious inhibitions.

Obasanjo said the task of building a nation could not be achieved only by men.

According to him, politics must be played with decency, dignity and honour that women are known for.

He said, “One of the best journalists that ever served me was a woman, and that was the late Mrs Oluremi Oyo.

“In politics,women are more reliable than men. When a woman says she’s with you, you can really take that she is with you.

“But if a man tells you he is with you and you catch him in another meeting, he will tell you it is politics. It should not be so.

“When a politician’s words cannot be believed, then you are turning politics into another thing. A politician must be a man or woman of honour, that believes in morality.”

The National President, NAWOJ, Mrs Ifeyinwa Omowole, said the visit was in recognition of Obasanjo’s belief in the unity of Nigeria.




http://www.punchng.com/news/women-more-reliable-than-men-in-politics-obasanjo/

Again

From Port Harcourt, Nigeria

PhockPhockMan:
“He brought the news that he went to Kano and people complained that I pulled a pistol during a council meeting. I said Ibro ? I called him Ibro because I was just senior to him by a few months ? I said whoever wants to sit on this chair let him come and sit here. And he decided to do it.”

Did anyone notice the bold line? You mean GMB did that during a Council meeting? That guy must have an anger management issue...!!! And he wants to be President? only God knows what he will do this time during a Federal Executive Council Meeting...!!!

@Op misleading headline...!!! The office of the first Lady can not be declared vacant when the occupant of that office is still alive and still married to the president except a divorce case has been filed by her husband. Its either the office is temporary scrapped or suspended (indefinitely) from carrying out any official function other than a mere ceremonial duty to the person of the President. Budgetary allocations would be diverted to other use, the name 'Office of the First Lady' replaced with 'The Wife of the President' This would also be applicable to the State Governor's as well.

Anything that would reduce the effect of the Sun on the solar system would also reduce the temperature that prevents the earth from freezing. Dust-like particles in space would only dim and not completely cover the Sun to a total darkness. During that December period, the Northern parts of Nigeria usually experiences days when the Sun would not be so visible. The atmospheric temperature during those period in the North are usually very low but does not lead to total darkness. My humble submission....!!!

PDP would have been living in a wild dream land to had believed Hon. Tambuwal was still their member just immediately before and after the registration of APC. Tambuwal and Gov. Ameachi were some of those instrumental to the formation of APC from inception.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the Presiding officer of the House of Representatives of Nigeria. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the current speaker, was elected on June 6, 2011 under the platform of the PDP. Now, the majority PDP dominated House should not allow an opposition party member preside on their platform. That in itself is alien in the history of the NASS; that a member of the opposition would preside over the ruling party dominated House. The 7th Assembly must not be an exception. It must be resisted by PDP.

My humble submission...!!!

aljazira:
Obj spent 11 years,Gej 6years,Ernest Shonekan 6months and of southern extraction,so 17 and half years cannot build these type of projects?My friend say something else.

I wish you can place the two side by side; the years spent by the Southerners and that of the Northerners to give an accurate comparison of which spent longer years in power. (54years - 17years = 37years). If by your calculation the South has spent 17years in power it means that the North has spent more than double (37years) that number of years ruling this country.

Meanwhile after your brothers promised an ungovernable country for GEJ what do you expect?

'Chibuzor' Rotimi Amaechi, what is the connection between the terrible Rumuolumeni road and PEJ asking you for money? Ok, did you give her the money? no..!!! have you now completed the road construction? no...!!! What are you talking about then? Are you the only gov in Nigeria? Gov. Amaechi face your work oh...!!! *remember that old radio jingle* Don't run the other man down, don't wish him bad, no no... there are better things to do, better patterns around, careless talk is not the right way...!!!

Does that analogy not tell Gov Ameachi that the Northerners have been in power (either military or not) more than any other region in this country? Haba...!!! were those refineries built in 365days?

One question for Gov. Amaechi...!!! Where did these former Head of States and presidents get the monies used in building or awarding contracts for the construction of these projects? from their private businesses abi? or no, from the agricultural revenues from the North since they loved the ND more than their own region? Gov Amaechi should go and sit down, he's too childish to be a governor

Talk is cheap, freedom of speech is allowed even on NL....!!! Match your words with action and watch what will follow...!!! It took just one youth in Tunisia to start the Arab Spring...!!!

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