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jason123:
As I said earlier in case you did not see it, STOP INCLUDING THE SS and the SE in the same sentence with APGA!!! I really do not care about party, if APGA picks the right person in Delta without tribalism involved, then, why not But you are talking as if the SS and the SE are ONE REGION, NO, THEY ARE NOT! There is the SS, SW and the SE in the South, simple!!!

If APGA will produce credible people in various states, I could careless. I would vote for them!!! If not, then, NO!!! Simple!

You act exactly like a woman. You are a nigga that acts like a bytch so I guess it safe to call you a Bytch-nigga.

Calculia:
The South South is a coalition of linguistic group, From wat i here Jonathan is not IJAW, but a mixture of something. The South South is multi linguistic region.

Ogbia is a Local Government Area of Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Ogbia in the south of the area at4°39′00″N 6°16′00″E.

It has an area of 695 km² and a population of 179,926.It is well known for its Historic value to the today Nigerian state economy mainsay ie its oil industry, being the local government area encompassing Oloibiri the first place oil was discovered on Sunday 15th January 1956.

The postal code of the area is 562.[1]

The inhabitants and immigrants of Ogbia land are mainly a mixture of the Ekpeye people (an Igbo sub-group) and of Ijaw people. Current Nigerian president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was born in Otueke, Ogbia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogbia

jason123:
Okay, first of all, are you admitting that GEJ is Igbo Or has Igbo blood in him??
Secondly, I agree that the SS is a multi-linguistic region, so why is it been mentioned here as if it is only Igbos that are there If we follow your logic, then ACN has a better chance than APGA because of Edo state (SS). So what is the point of forming this thread in the first place and include SS with APGA in the same sentence?

Stop bytchin and go out and get some ladies before it gets dark outside.

jason123:
Mister, and you think APGA is the political party that can liberate the South or SE and SS I keep wondering why you guys keep mentioning the SS in all this Bruhaha

We keep mentioning the SS because I, Chyz, is from the SS. Get it?

Tinubu has come home to eat again :-D

@Alj, the sw has as much chances of winning presidency in 2015 as the Pope has of becoming the Sultan of Saudi Arabia.

alj_harem:
which means u do not like an igbo man to be no 1 or 2 in the country then because fashola is the choice of the NC, NE, NW AND SW AND SS so u better get ready

lol, who told you that lie? Anyway before I get distracted by your obvious blunder let me get back to reality. If you see how northners like rochas for his philantropy you wouldn't believe it. The emirs even like him. He speaks Hausa as well. Once he picks that right northern running mate you go see wondas. Of course,this is depending on how he does in Imo if he even decides to run.

No Igbo person will run under fashola, that is a fact,with that being said,fashola being a muslim and yoruba just ruins his chances. He can't go for a muslim from the north either,lol.

Sw is not getting speaker. I don't even know why people are even involving them in the considerations. As for PDP, this jeopardizes david mark's chance of returning as Senate President. Supposing a northerners becomes speaker then david mark must go.SE politians must take advantage of this and strike. According to GJs choice of the proposed zoning arrangement of what zone the speaker should go to they should know the move to take.

koruji:
You have to go back and read all I wrote and digest it b/4 calling me names. My whole point is that SE is not going to get Senate Presidency while the SS (their cousin) is also holding the Presidency.

It is either Speaker or SGF for SE, and it will be okay to give SE the speakership since the SW kicked PDP in the groin.

Never called you a name. Go back and reread what I posted. Your comment of having our cake and eating it makes no sense. SS and SE are two different zones. That is what I was trying to get across to you.

koruji:
As Ngige would be expected to do - it is not as if his party can put up anybody for the position.

The problem the SE has is that they want to eat the cake and keep it too. Presidency in the SS is almost as good as SE and VP is in the NW.

There is no way the SE is going to get the Senate Presidency - may be Speaker of the House.

Now, who is going to get Senate Presidency if SE gets Speaker? It certainly can't be the SW since the they did not vote for PDP - that leaves the NC/NE - NC currently has it and is likely to keep it.

The SW may end up with the SGF position - which is not an elected position. It is less secure than the VP and has almost the same lack of constitutional powers, but the delegated powers of the VP & SGF positions can be very juicy. I don't think Jonathan wants a SGF from the SE anyway - just my opinion.

How is the SE in Anyway having their cake and eating it? Try to make sense. SGF is best suitable for those who did not perform well, the SW. It will keep them on their feet and make them work harder.

With due time.

[size=15pt]Sesame Street makes its debut on NTA[/size]

By Our Reporter 1 hour ago





A Nigerian adaptation of the popular series, Sesame Street, the longest street in the world, is set to debut on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).

Funded by the United States (US) government, through United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Sesame Square is co-produced by Ileke Media and Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organisation behind Sesame Street. Sesame Square premieres Saturday (May 21) at 9:30am and will be on aire every Saturday same time and Sunday at 5:00pm on NTA.

The programme’s story-lines were developed in collaboration with teams of educational advisers from the Ministries of Education and Health. Season one of Sesame Square consists of 26 half-hour television episodes designed to promote fundamental literacy, numeracy, health and good hygiene habits in settings that foster children’s self-esteem, cultural pride, and respect for differences and diversity. Sesame Square will also emphasise Malaria prevention and HIV/AIDS education.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/5753-sesame-street-makes-its-debut-on-nta.html

[size=15pt]Northern Govs endorse NASS zoning formula[/size]

By Rotimi Akinwumi (Abuja) and Okey Maduforo (Awka)





Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn (left), and Oando Group Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chair, 2011 World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa, Wale Tinubu, at the WEF in Cape Town, South-Africa.

Northern Governors have urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to retain the current zoning of posts in the National Assembly (NASS) which, among others, gives the Senate President to the North Central, Deputy Senate President (South East), House Speaker (South West), and Deputy House Speaker (North East).

Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) Chairman and Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu,  announced the position after a meeting of 15 of the 19 Governors  in Abuja on Tuesday.

The NGF condemned post-election violence that greeted the result of the Presidential vote in the North and expressed support for the committee President Goodluck Jonathan has set up to investigate the killings.

The Governors reiterated that the elections were free, fair, and credible, and urged Jonathan to reward Nigerians with good governance for the confidence reposed in him through their votes.
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But former Anambra State Governor and now Senator-elect, Chris Ngige, has joined his fellow South East lawmakers to reject the zoning of the posts of Deputy Senate President and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) to the region.   

The South East National Assembly (NASS) caucus wants the Senate Presidency or the House of Representatives Speakership.

Ngige told reporters in Awka on Tuesday that the holder of the office of SGF is more of a personal staff to the President who can be hired and fired at his discretion.

Said he: “When they do it, it shows that you people are inconsequential. In the last dispensation, we (the South East) had Deputy Senate President and we had the National Chairman of the PDP (Peoples Democratic Party). But you do not entrench zoning so that you can kill some people. Zoning is to make them feel that they belong.

“Today again, they are saying that the South East will get Deputy Senate President and Secretary to the Government of the Federation. As far as I am concerned, the SGF is the Secretary of the Government of the President. He can be hired and fired at will.

“That is not a position you can put in a basket for zoning. The SGF is like an employee of Mr. President. He picks and chooses him without recourse to anybody.”

Ngige recalled that the South East NASS caucus resolved at a meeting that anything short of the Senate Presidency or the House Speakership is not fair and righteous.

“If you divide the positions in the country, you must take into account the people and their wants, the population. So to that extent, I am an ACN  (Action Congress of Nigeria) Senator, Senator Chris Anyanwu is incumbent and is in APGA (All Progressives Grand Alliance). So two of us don’t mind, we were primarily Igbo before we became Nigerians.

“After that, it now comes to our party. Our party interest comes in, after our party interest, our own personal interest, can now come in. If anybody from the South East picking a lesser position will jeopardise our  people getting the aforementioned position, that person can forgo it. [/b]

Ngige enthused that the next Senate will not make laws that will not be implemented.

“We will then make laws that have general and universal application. Laws that will be for the enhancement of the citizens of the country, laws that will assist the executive to give programmes that will touch the lives of the common people of this country.

“I want to be part of the Senate that will lift our people one step from where they are. I don’t want to make money laws or budgets that will be hogwash, budgets that are not implemented.

“In the last four years, Nigerians have been given budgets that are not implemented, yet the executive will tell you it has done budget implementation of about 40 per cent. I will not be part of that.”

Also on Tuesday, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) leaders met with federal lawmakers elected on the platform of the party in Abuja to hone positions in the emerging national political scenario.

Those at the gathering included ACN National Chairman, Bisi Akande; former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu; Lagos Governor Babatunde Fashola; Ogun Governor-elect, Ibikunle Amosun; Osun Deputy Governor, Laoye Tomori; ACN National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed; and former ACN National Chairman, Audu Ogbeh.

The lawmakers included Ngige,; Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora; House of Representatives Diaspora Committee Chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa; and House Minority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila.

“We congratulate you on your victory at various levels,” Tinubu told the legislators.

“We thank God for you. We thank God for our party. We thank God for what He has given us so far.”

He said only fiscal federalism can accelerate national growth and the Federal Government needs no more than about 30 per cent of revenue allocation, instead of the current 52 per cent.

Fashola advised the lawmakers to always attend plenary and committee meetings.

“As a Governor, I have watched plenary many times and it has not looked too good when you see an empty Parliament. We expect to see fullest possible attendance. We have listened to eminent and experienced Parliamentarians but the truth is that you cannot give what you do not have.”

Akande pledged that the ACN will never take part in a Government of National Unity (GNU) with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because it will amount to foisting a one-party state on the country.

Mohammed noted that “We are running a Presidential system of government which makes no provision for a  GNU; we also run a Constitution without provision for a GNU (which) breaches a vibrant democracy.

“Our party has banned courtesy visit to any Governor who is not a member of our party. It is the right of any person to associate freely but such a person interested in GNU has to resign from our party.”

Mamora tasked the lawmakers  to master the rules of the NASS without which they cannot be good Parliamentarians.

Gbajabiamila said if the opposition comes under one umbrella and speaks with one voice, it will set the agenda.

Dabiri-Erewa called for party discipline.

Ogbeh urged the lawmakers to have a “second address” by planning for their future, warning that, “As legislators, you will make more enemies than friends when you take on Ministers and Heads of MDAs during budget session and oversight functions.”

He added: “Legislative life is tough; it is risky. The experience is not peculiar to Nigeria; it is the same in India and the UK.

"Don’t waste this opportunity; remember that one day you will no longer be legislators. Remember to keep a second address; you will need it when your tenure is over.

“Watch the new friends you keep because not all of them will be charitable to you after leaving office.

“Be careful of how you are spending. Out of 57 of us in the Benue State House of Assembly between 1979 and 1983, seven of us are alive and only two have cars now.”

http://www.independentngonline.com/DailyIndependent/Article.aspx?id=33596

Kobojunkie:
Where did you get average quality from? The education fairies who have been interpreting the education problem in Nigeria for you or something? 

No. I got it from willy wonka and the chocolate factory.

Kobojunkie:
um . . . poorest of the poor can attend school in many other states already . . problem is quality sucks big time. I don't mind free but what about Quality which should be priority at this point? I have met some Nigerian PHD graduates who make you cringe by their utterances on the subject they are presumed to be experts in.

You have to start somewhere. Average quality at the beginning is better than no education at all.

ekt_bear:
Looks like you are correct:http://allafrica.com/stories/201105090750.html

Not sure why I thought they had a much higher fraction of each body.

CPC also collected a fairly high share in seats as well. PDP would suffer.

ekt_bear:
Do they lose their overwhelming majority even if all of the SE leave for APGA? No, they do not.

Yes they do. Its quite clear that you've forgotten how many seats the opposition got. It's a lot. The SE leaving to join APGA would devastate PDP. Leave your sentiment alone, because you're not making sense with it.

ekt_bear:
How so? Still a majority in the house and senate even w/o the SE zone, no?

A big chunk of the "majority" are from the SE. duh. If the SE leaves the opposition grows and PDP 's influence becomes weak.