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Cardoso too was meant to be finance minister.

The bold is very right unless it's when his interests are concerned. Look how he used extra-judicial means to remove the former CJN that year in 2019 when his reelection was threatened but will be forming due process when disloyal members in your party are sabotaging your governments performance e.g Malami, Lai Mohamed and co.

GloriousGbola:
In 2015 Buhari flew all around Nigeria on his campaign in oando's jet. After the election the understanding was that oando deputy dgceo, who filled all the requirements would be petroleum minister. E shock everyone as Buhari flipped the script and brought in kachikwu.

Buhari meant it when he said I belong to everyone and I belong to no one.

Anyone who followed the elections in 2019 would have also seen how Buhari was tacitly supporting amosun, who was rebelling against the party.

Most of these ultimately are also pointers to why ibb was able to topple Buhari once idiagbon was out of the country.

Add to this Buharis key focus has always been poor Northerners. Unfortunately Buhari and his inner circle think you can solve poverty with n5k stipends. And they look at everyone else as wealthy

The ACN i.e Tinubu and co were meant to be brains of the operation when it came to the APC arrangement but Buhari assuming power and not following their leading threw a spanner into the works. Yes we should rightly link Tinubu to the failures of Buhari's government however we shouldn't ignore the obvious internal friction between the two.

Many forces within the APC who have the ear of PMB wanted to cut BAT down to size but someone Tinubu survived them.

larride:
Is this a joke?

Mention the elected CPC contingent during the merger and let's compare it with ACN own.

lol remember when I used to travel to Abuja by road in the early 2000s remember seeing 'This road belongs to FG' signs anytime we passed a horrible portion of the road in Oyo, Osun and Ondo.

OBJ for all his economic acumen was terrible when it came to building lasting infrastructure except maybe the national stadium in Abuja.

GloriousGbola:
Through objs tenure lagos could do nothing about federal roads. It was so bad that Tinubu put up a sign at mazamaza - this road is the property of the federal gov't, please bear with us.

Fortunately yardua did not carry on with Objs beef and the vision for that road has slowly and surely materialized since then.

Oh you this neutral why are you disguising? Do you want affliction to continue in the land?

Cheers to the New Year everyone. We will all eat good in 2023 by God's grace

nihilistjnr:
That road is a federal.road though.

Which is why it remained dead like thar for years.

Those days If you followed the road north from the old toll gate to Sango, you would only be drive about 5 minutes before realising you'd run out of road as the Market was literally on the express, where the overhead bridge is now.

If you headed south on that road, Kola was always a problem with huge potholes, abule-egba choke die around katangwa, the market was on the express at ile-epo, iyana-ipaja, and Egbeda..by the time you got to Cement you would dodging HUGE craters in the road...Ikeja along Traffic was insane, due to traffic backing up from PWD, and then the road practically ended at Bolade because that was where Oshodi market started from.

On my way to School each morning, I used to listen to morning show on Raypower back then after Larry Izamoje's slot and at least one caller would call in to abuse OBJ because of that road...I really shouldnt have been able to listen because it ran during school hours, but I was ALWAYS late for school due to that stüpid road.

That was an OBJ legacy though. That's the same road that took him to his farm from MMA

What do you think could be responsible for why SA don't produce as many quality footballers as they did in the 1990s?

Also what's up with the Proteas? Watched them get a serious shellacking from the Aussies down under.

jl115:
definitely!!! Rugby and Cricket seem to be over taking soccer in Xhosa communities.

RIP to one of the true GOAT of the beautiful game.

Could be better but little drops of water sha.

The bit about games being aired on NTA interests me.

Danielnino00:
The new abridged format of the NPFL...

Season kicks off January 8th..
Top three teams in each group will qualify for the super 6 which would determine the overall winner.
Winner of the league get a prize money of #100m
Each team gets #10m before the league commences
Games to be televised on NTA...


Thoughts?

CC: Bascovanveli Odunayaw Philosopher1979

Yeah LP will pull 30-35% of votes but I think PDP will be badly brutalized as most of the votes they got in the past will now be channeled to Obi. Do you think some Labour will be able to piggyback off Obi's votes and snatch some seats in some areas?

Now that I think about it it might be an uphill task for Banky W to clinch his seat with the potential of the Labour candidate to eat out of his cookie jar. At least Obanikoro is sure most of his base is intact and will be hoping BAT can help him over the finish line.

seunmsg:
Yes. I’m projecting Labour Party to get 30% in Lagos to come second behind Tinubu.

Ok fair enough.

I also think you are one of the few supporters of any of the political parties that tries to argue things out logically without resorting to insults or abuse. I find that refreshing because our political sphere has become so fractured over the years that belonging to any camp makes either side view you as enemy or foe depending on their bias.

garfield1:
I like your reactions,very mature and civil.I commend you...
Crs is my state.obi seems very popular in calabar,ogoja ikom but deep inside forested areas,apc and pdp are dominant.politicians from the locality still control their voting pattern.it is south turn factor will affect votes in favour of tinubu and obi.most people here dont care about that Muslim Muslim stuff...

obi presence in bayelsa is very weak. You hardly see people from bayelsa talking about obi.thee state is prone to rigging

Analysis looks realistic going by the current state of things however I want to query your figures for APC & PDP in both Bayelsa and C/River don't you think religion and the it's 'the turn of the south' factor would reduce their votes in favour of LP?

garfield1:
South east
Abia
Apc 20%
Pdp 25%
Lp 55%
Nnpp 0%

Enugu
Apc 15%
Pdp 20%
Lp 65%

IMO
Apc 25%
Pdp 20%
Lp 55%
Nnpp 0

Ebonyi
Apc 30%
Pdp 20%
Lp 50%

Anambra
Apc 5%
Pdp 5%
Lp 90%

South south
Crs
Apc 33%
Pdp 33
Lp 33

Akwa ibom
Apc 25%
Pdp 45%
Lp 30%


Rivers
Apc 25%
Pdp 20%
Lp 55%
Nnpp 0%

Bayelsa
Apc 40%
Pdp 45%
Lp 15%

Delta
Apc 25%
Pdp 45%
Lp 30%

Edo
Apc 30%
Pdp 20%
Lp 50%

South west
Lagos
Apc 50%
Pdp 15%
Lp 35%

Ogun
Apc 70%
Pdp 20%
Lp 10%

Osun
Apc 60%
Pdp 35%
Lp 5%

Ondo
Apc 60%
Pdp 25%
Lp 15%

Ekiti
Apc 80%
Pdp 15%
Lp 5%

Oyo
Apc 55%
Pdp 30%
Lp 15%

North central
Benue
Apc 30%
Pdp 25%
Lp 45%

Plateau
Apc 30%
Pdp30%
Lp 40%

Nasarawa
Apc 33%
Pdp 33%
Lp 33%

Kogi
Apc 50%
Pdp 30%
Lp 18%
Nnpp 2&

Niger
Apc 45%
Apc 30%
Nnpp 20%
Lp 5%

Kwara
Apc 70%
Pdp 20%
Lp 10%

North west
Sokoto
Apc 40%
Pdp 45%
Nnpp 15%
Lp 0%

Zamfara
Apc 65%
Pdp 25%
Nnpp 10%
Lp 0%

Kebbi
Apc 45%
Pdp 35%
Nnpp 15%
Lp 5%

Katsina
Apc 40%
Pdp 40%
Nnpp 20%

Kaduna
Apc 35%
Pdp 20%
Lp 25%
Nnpp 10%

Jigawa
Apc 40%
Pdp 35%
Nnpp 25%
Lp 0%

Kano
Apc 30%
Pdp 20%
Nnpp 45%
Lp% 5

North east
Borno
Apc 80%
Pdp 10%
Nnpp 10
Lp 0

Yobe
Apc 70%
Pdp 20%
Nnpp 10%
Lp 0%

Gombe
Apc 40%
Pdp 35%
Lp 15%
Nnpp 10%

Bauchi
Apc 32%
Pdp 35%
Nnpp 30%
Lp 3%

Taraba
Apc 30%
Pdp 45%
Lp 20%
Nnpp 5%

Adamawa
Apc 20%
Pdp 60%
Lp 15%
Nnpp 5%




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Fergie001
Joenl22
Immaculatejoe

Good move for him if it materializes. Italian Serie A is a great place to learn the art of proper defending

charlesemeka85:
Italian top tier side Sassuolo in talks with Orlando Pirates defender Olisa Ndah

Merry Christmas my Super Eagles thread fam! hope you enjoyed yesterday's celebration. Wishing all of us including the national teams of Nigerian national team both men and women a successful and joyful 2023.

hmmm not too sure about the bold chief Kogi State that is the base for kidnappers to keep their victims? You couldn't pay me N1bn to make me come to Kogi right now.

Amoto94:
Head-to-Head despite the obvious failure of "The White Lion" he's better than Peter Obi when it comes governance.
He has legacy projects to show despite the lean resources and the dangerous situation he met the state on assumption of office.
3 Reference Hospitals across the 3Senatorial districts, several kilometres of roads reconstructed across the state, he tamed ASUU in Kogi State University, initiated Confluence University of Science And Technology, Osara, Omi Rice Mill, presently there's a PPP arrangement to build a Cement plant by Dahiru Mangal company (the name escaped my memory).
He was able to keep bandits and kidnappers at bay by investing in security architecture and recruiting locals as vigilantes alongside hunters to comb the bushes and forest across the entire stretch of the state; this is a state bordering about 10 or so states including the FCT and the 13th largest in terms of landmass, this is a state that almost as big as the entire SE region. He won the best Governor on security, you can verify this claim.
However, his legacy will forever be tainted by the issue of nonpayment/underpayment of salaries which he's partly responsible for. Since 1999 Kogi civil servants have had to deal with poor working conditions with the only exception being the administration of Gov Ibrahim Idris between 2003-2011, during the time of late Prince Audu workers in the state are paid using what they refer to as satanic chart and pensioners were called dead woods.

No but I read a lot about it.

Work at a place that is a big partner of the tech sector.

Yes PYO really pushed hard for facebook and microsoft to invest in Nigeria. I remember his trips to carlifornia that year.

Have you thought of volunteering to help Obi formulate a roadmap for the tech sector because I think whichever candidate wins we need to make sure that angle is covered.

I know Iyin contributed his thoughts to helping BAT formulate his.

DissTroy:
Many Nigerians do not know PYO is the reason the presidency assented to the Startup Bill quickly. He held a thousand meetings with techies without much media coverage for a few years and kept pushing for it.
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You're in the tech space too?

Yeah the tech bros really liked PYO. I also just zoned out once he lost the primaries. Anytime I see him in international engagements like his last outing with Kamala Harris I just SMH at the missed opportunity his presidency would have provided.

DissTroy:
They did nothing for Flutterwave. Those guys and PayStack scrapped the floor for everything. Only private connected individuals came through for them. But the Lagos Angels Investment Network (LAN) is still the closest to anything serious we have. They are individuals still.
LASG did nothing for them.



My God! I was already salivating looking forward to an Osinbajo presidency. May Otem cage APC for denying us that man.

Yes you're right this has forced government to take notice. The recently signed start up bill and investment in improved internet connectivity by google and starlinks will only make the sector grow even further.

I disagree a bit about lack of government support for flutterwave I remember their former CEO Aboyeji mentioning somewhere how Lagos state partnered with them on something like that but can't speak for FG sha.

DissTroy:
States should be able to generate and transmit electricity. A PPP is the way to go.

Some states are already equipped to be self-reliant in terms of electricity.


I do have to add that the record in the ICT sector is just down to the sheer never-die spirit of the average Nigerian. The policies don't help us ala crypto and remittances.
Power is still a major challenge as techies depend on alternative sources of power as backup, and completely in some places.

The government did nothing to help Flutterwave, PayStack, and the likes. Government did nothing to help techies connect with Silicon Valley too.
Banks don't have packages to fund ICT but have special packages for oil and gas.

How techies in Nigeria did it is a miracle. But we have that record and I'd flaunt it to everyone proudly.

This right here as annoying as it sounds is the truth.

A001:
Complaining daily here changes nothing unless you vote. Complaining here daily when you won't be voting looks silly to me.

The way forward is to keep changing leaders till we get it right, not ranting daily online which is just noise-making unless you take a real action to effect change offline by voting.

America, the UK, France and other First World countries countries didn't just develop by their citizens making a noise online without voting.

They voted to deepen their democracy and change bad leaders till they got it right.

Power can be solved with the right policy direction. Before 2000 how many Nigerians had telephone lines but through the introduction of mobile telephones millions all over the country both of low and high status can now communicate without having to beg or bribe NITEL.

Disstroy today explained how the ICT sector is booming even with inadequate power that should tell you the possibilities that exist if we just continue to stubbornly demand and work for a better working society.

Will it be easy? no but evidence of progress in some areas still gives me hope no matter how small.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]We were talking about power, before you brought in airports and railway lines.
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Yes there are problems but acknowledge when progress no matter how little is being made.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Why not list out Nigeria's problems in comparison with 3 airports and few railway lines.

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Chief Buhari was worse than this when he campaigned I don't remember him saying whether or not he would build railways or airports but for better for worse he has despite his obvious glaring deficiencies sha delivered 3 new airport terminals, a few railway lines and a completed second niger bridge. Who knows the next guy may be able to fix the economy and security. Hope springs eternal.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I am waiting for a man with a clear cut plan to fix this country bit by bit.

Mere listening to them shows that they are just telling you what you want to hear.

Tell us the plan...

Nigeria's power generation is at XXXXXMW.

How do you intend to increase it?
If it require funds, how do you get those funds?

Have you seen any presidential candidate answer something like this?[/color]

Rivers should be locked down for the Obidients I'm surprised too by the low turn out at the rally.

Deep down do you think Wike would honestly pitch tents with BAT?

Itsrm:
I honestly don't even understand what happend. I even thought Oasisx was up to an agenda and had to visit twitter to see if there are other images capturing the crowd. I no see anything. Could it be that the end of the year events here and there prevented people from attending? Maybe people have travelled out of town already.

I expected more really and I want to believe that the low turnout at the stadium does not represent his actual strength in PH.

Democracy is not a tea party. Sometimes it takes heavy grinding and constant chipping away.

Besides countries are not built by saints so if you're waiting for one squeaky clean man to drop from heaven you'll wait forever.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Protest votes, Protest votes, and that was how we ended up with Buhari

Maybe we should start looking at what they really have to offer.

I have, and all of them are just deceitful. No man of integrity amongst them.

My opinion[/color]

Honestly I pray you change your mind and decide to vote if not for anything but to deepen the democratic process. Even if it's to protest against the failures of the current government your vote is the best way for your voice to be heard loud and clear.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I do not care what anybody thinks or what any records show. I will not vote in 2023, because I am not convinced any of them can make this country better.

What are the signs and action that points him working for APC?[/color]

Dude this your sleeper hold is tight choke level

nihilistjnr:
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No long talk bruh.

Look how short you kept it in the beginning

Haba now we all watched the video. If the question wasn't meant for him why did he then call prof Utomi while saying this one pass me?

I repeat Obi did absolutely nothing wrong delegating someone else to answer the question but because you and other of his supporters have dragged Tinubu in the past for doing the same thing you're now finding it hard to justify your previous stand.

You know you can say you feel what Obi did was wrong and still support the man heaven will not collapse.

A lot of current Obi supporters were his biggest critics before so you won't lose face by criticizing him infact signs of good followership is being able to call out your leaders when they f-up.

Spy360:
The question put to Peter Obi was not meant for him. I know you will still not get it.

Like I said I argued about the bridge itself.

you're free to bring out any post where I contradicted myself by saying the project was finished. Emphasis on project not the bridge itself.

BlueRayDick:
You know all this , yet u argued with izzou over all day and night .

Sorry meant not only second niger bridge will be tolled

Itsrm:
I watched Fasholas interview on channels. The second Niger bridge will be tolled.

As for the second paragraph, I thought we have Ferma that draws money from the budget for road maintenance

like I said bias will always cloud our judgment when 2 people do exactly the same thing.

Spy360:
What something is similar?

Tinubu delegated questions to him on security and economy. Core areas of governance.

Peter Obi redirected questions to the right quarters. A meaningless question.

What's similar?

Tinubu urchins just want to use the wisdom of Peter Obi to cover their principal's mumuness.

Guy you're the one giving yourself unnecessary headache.

The bridge that is the vital part of the project has been completed that is a fact no matter the rigmarole you're engaging in.

If access roads are ready and there's no bridge then would cars be able to get across?

If you had simply said the second niger bridge project isn't complete then we won't be having this back and forth but because you were trying to claim buhari like GEJ didn't finish the bridge you used access roads as excuse.

Anyway let's end it here the bridge itself is not complete I agree the cars passing now are paddling through water. abi?

Shalom

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Your comments make me laugh, to be honest.

How do you say a bridge is complete, when the access road is not there?

So 3rd Mainland bridge is complete even when Iyana-Oworo is not there?

Eko bridge is complete, but the part at Apongbon is not there?

You really love to argue bro. I think you do.

Even the Minister has said it will be closed back again for completion, but you want to prove that it is complete.

Na wa [/color]

Na today? Marwa then as outgoing military administrator of Lagos State quickly rushed to commission Teslim Balogun Stadium even though there were barely any covered sits or mainbowl pitch

Or OBJ that went to some place in Ogun State to do press conference about start of a railway projects

Or GEJ that went to commission 2nd niger bridge billboard?

Even Sanwo-Olu that completed the blue line light rail don't be surprised if it doesn't begin conveying passengers until towards the end of next year.

All na for political optics.

BlueRayDick:


I don't know why this seems like something from Ambode's playbook ; rushing to commission uncompleted Airport road and Oshodi Interchange in 2019. Oh! Now I understand, Buhari was invited to commission the project that year, he must taken that key point from Ambode sha.

Chief all this shalaye ko necessary

Obi did nothing wrong in delegating answers infact it's a sign of good leadership when you assign tasks to competent individuals to handle however the argument a few BAT supporters and posters are putting forward is why were you so hard on their principal when your candidate did something similar?

Anyway it's not a new phenomenon a lot of the stuff we criticized GEJ for Buhari got a free pass. At the end of the day we're all biased and hypocritical only levels differ.

Everyone support and back your preferred candidate but easy on the virtue signaling.

Spy360:
Thank you.

There are questions meant to be answered by a presidential aspirant.

It's like somebody asking Peter Obi the definition of osmosis. A reasonable candidate should redirect the question to the appropriate quarters.

Asking a presidential candidate about 'school na scam' is a silly question for the moment and Peter Obi earns more respect in redirecting the question to those who should be responsible.

It is lack of sense to use that as a fallback to the irresponsibility of Tinubu.

The most annoying part is that those who claim to be neutrals fell for that stupidity. That they fell for it simply exposed them.

You cannot support Tinubu and not be stupid.
~Oyedepo

From some recent govt policies on road infrastructure that I read it's not the second niger bridge that will be tolled.

Whether we like it or not govt has to find a sustainable way of funding of maintenance of road infrastructure. Based on global best practice what other ways can govt finance road maintenance that haven't been explored?

Itsrm:
I thought of it as well but I think people paying or not will depend on the amount being tolled. If its 500 or less, people will pay. Apart from the hold up on the headbridge, there used to be serious hold up around that Electronics market. You don't want to be caught in it. I don't know if that has changed sha.

There's also those who have contraband they are carrying and want to avoid the military guys at the old bridge.

Transport companies can also transfer the cost to their passengers so its none of their business.