₦airaland Forum

Whynotthetruth:
1)Aside APC mischievous hullabaloo which saw them elevate political gain above national gain, criticizing composition of confab was myopic and self-centered. It had every facet and group in Nigeria duly represented.

2)Legislatures are elected to work for the people under specific terms. Let them continue and get it right in that level...before seeking more assignments. Have they succeeded with mere constitutional amendment which has spanned for years without success...

3)Allowing for legislatures to represent in national conference is same as saying let the status quo remain...Because the military led by northern oligarchs has skewed the system that whatever decision to be taken must favour them because they have garnered the numbers through skewed state cum LGA creation...Eg: Ever wondered by PIB has not being passed for 8years now in NASS

4)If not for selfish ambition of Tinubu & co...Jonathan confab was best opportunity to restructure Nigeria...but they preferred personal political gain to national or regional gain...

5)Which part of North was not represented in confab?...So why reject collective decision reached there?...

Most of you allow tinubu & co to do the thinking for you and swallow whatever lie they give wholly...

Perhaps you do not realize that the legislature is the sole lawmaker, going by our current constitution. The constitution is the foundation. Whatever is agreed at any confab must be made into a law. In effect, you cannot bypass the legislature.

The prudent thing, to my mind is for constituents to mandate their reps to do the needful. The dilemma here is that We shall still go back to lawmakers, who,you want to avoid for obvious reasons. In additon, the the e'er political infrastructure you detest is,what the law recognised. I do not want to go into the subject of how they came about. All I can say is that the electoral infrastructure is based on specified voting units, for example the polling units.

Honestly, this confab should not be a partisan issue every community has its expectations. It is fruitless playing the blame game when the confab report has not even been submitted to the legislature. In effect , people had a conclave and went back to sleep.

I am amused at your suggestion that Tinubu is thinking for me when We are having an interface with you on the same subject and my views do not necessarily agree with his. Unfortunately, robust debate is not convenient in cyberspace due to time and space constraints.

Whynotthetruth:
1)Confab report did some quasi-restructuring of Nigeria...which is anti-north intent...

2)Confab report tried to reduce lazy leadership and feudalistic tendencies of the north...

3)Buhari came to kill the report and consolidate northern/fulani hegemony and political leadership...

4)NOTHING is wrong with Confab report but SOMETHING is wrong with north and buhari

I am all for creating an enabling environment for Nigeria to move forward and the confab was supposed to produce covenants that will chart the way forward.

Something is wrong with all of us , not the north alone if one section reneges on agreed positions. More blame should be placed on the others for allowing such.

However, I have always questioned the composition of that confab as it may nit have effectively captured the depth and spread of our country by way of geography, interests tribe and tongue.

Honestly, I thought the two national and state assemblies could have been a better platform, not all those compromised and geriatric bunch We had there. Let's face it, the legislature, not the confab, has the power to make laws. The confab h as been reduced to its bare bones... talkshop and Jonathan ploy to harvest the support of federalists and specifically the SW.Maybe APC saw the trick and refused to join.

Finally, I still are the legislators, being more representative of the people should be brave enough to do the job with inputs from pressure groups and constituents. They should earn their pay..


Not one should spend our money in another jamboree.

EternalTruths:
Go back and read again UN charter on self determination and referendum

The charter is not followed to the letter. Get real. We are talking realpolitik here. The charter cannot be function or be enforced without the consent of the affected member state. Why was it not invoked in 1966?

EternalTruths:
Go back and read again UN charter on self determination and referendum

The charter is not manna from heaven and not cast in iron. In international politics there must be an attraction or strategic interest among others. Show me the attraction.
Do not get me wrong, I have no problem with your demands. Let there be peace .

EternalTruths:
Stop deceiving yourself

Nigeria is gone


Igbos will get a UN referendum since Nigerians have vowed to be unfair to the old Eastern Region

One of the cardinal principles of the UN is non interference in the internal affairs of members. Though not followed to the letter, I do not see the attraction to-do so. That region is no Libya,Syria or Israel or even Afghanistan . Some "juicy " portions are not even buying the idea, which is a minus.

carnegiefan:
I fear a silent enemy more than a noisy one.
So, we maintain stoic silence until our enemies finish making their moves.

What a joke.... who making noise now and the moves? It is better to disengage amicably. There should be no rancour and hurling abusive words. Surely this is not what the Scots and Catalans are doing. The cross cultural and commercial ties between us cannot close shop overnight so these bridges must not be burnt. You cannot cut your nose to spite your face. Ur will be a dreadful experience.

^^^^^^^
Too harsh.

HIGHESTPOPORI:
So d Army also rigged d Presidential,Senate,House of Rep and House of assembly elections that PDP won in Ekiti?

Yes.... in addition, Ekiti people have got what they did not bargain for, a loose canon. They could insist that they have made their choice but it is very clear that the elections were rigged and the tapes have illustrated the diabolical trend of events leading to the poll and the outcome. Deep down they know that.

HIGHESTPOPORI:
Fayose is always right,the tribunal nullified d election of Taraba cos the PDP primary was held in Abuja meanwhile in Benue state which d Apc won,there was no primary election,which is against d electoral act but d tribunal affirmed d Apc victory.Apc has turned d Judiciary to a Joke.No wonder Biafrans are protesting,Nigeria has turned to a Zoo!

Chai, some people have very short memories. Is,this not the same Fayose , Obanikoro and Co that turned the Nigerian army into a joke in the Ekiti elections
Remember those audio tapes that went viral?

Fayose know the snake wey dey pursue am. Even if na rope sef e see, e go begin na p'ariwo..

chukwudi44:
Though the judgement would be appealed,they better be careful trying to foist a muslim as a Governor in a state like Taraba!!

Lekwa this eunuch!!!! See where your depraved mind is going to!

omenka:
Very true. I was shocked when news came in she lost. Result that trickled in from polling units showed she was coasting home to victory.

Congrats to her on the restoration of her mandate.

Oya, Beremx, Modath, are you guys happy now?? This one na major affirmative action oo.

Beremx... you next . ... .

Obiebuka:
I beg to disagree, first was from Anambra.

We ARE talking of "elected " not "follow come ".

Does this change who they are or what they want? I think the answer is,No.

lygn19:
https://www.nairaland.com/2405197/results-annual-nairaland-state-census#35146483

I hope you realise that as of now there are 1,464,584 members including those with multiple monik monikers .

o42austino:
yes and we voted, the results was announced and that's how we got to know, it's an open ballot where States will be mentioned and u go click like on ur state.

Kindly support your claim with a link .

o42austino:
at ur age u hull insult, at my age I think about justice and justice involve not suppressing people voice even if can't give them one don't suppress theirs, I did not said that we control 80% of nairaland, south West has the highest number in nairaland when it comes to region but when it comes to individual state south East state of Anambra and Imo are in the first three most populous state here from the 2015 Naira census figure and we have right to be given a voice.

So a census was conducted on an anonymous forum

Offside:
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to “urgently investigate the conduct of lawyers to the Senate President Bukola Saraki, for walking out on the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Thursday after the tribunal refused their application for stay of proceedings in the asset falsification trial against the Senate President.”

The organisation said that “It is the role of Sakari’s lawyers to serve their client’s best interests but in doing so they should not act in a manner that would put the administration of justice and the society’s confidence in the judicial system and the fight against corruption at risk.”

In a statement today signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni the organisation said that, “Walking out on the Code of Conduct Tribunal for simply and correctly applying section 305(e) of the newly enacted Administration of Criminal Justice Act is disrespectful. It offends the basic rule that lawyers should act with integrity and professionalism, maintaining his or her overarching responsibility to ensure civil conduct.”

“SERAP believes that a lawyer's duty to the court is a fundamental obligation that defines a lawyer's role within the adversarial system. Lawyers should at all times act to promote the rule of law and the public's confidence in the administration of justice and not to be seen to undermine it or facilitate an infringement of the law.”

“As we have seen many times, without the rule of law, the rule of the jungle takes hold and the economically and socially vulnerable fall victim to the strong and nobody is safe. The rule of law also creates a disincentive for would-be corrupt officials.”

“Senior lawyers especially have a responsibility to act as the guardians of the rule of law by contributing to a strong judicial and legal system which is crucial to a well-functioning democracy and which in turn is necessary to satisfactorily prevent and combat years of official corruption in the country.”

“If at all Saraki’s lawyers are dissatisfied with the ruling of the Tribunal there are laid down processes that they should have followed to demonstrate their role as officers in the temple of justice rather than granting media interviews and literally abusing the Tribunal. We urge the NBA to urgently investigate what exactly happened and to punish any professional misconduct that may have occurred.”

I am not a lawyer but I think these SAN appear be taking this thing as a personal issue which is not supposed to be the case.

Why do I have this feeling that Daudu and some senior SAN have a grouse against the judiciary? Could they be frustrated because it is no more business as usual and..... no juice is flowing from election trubunals or what?

Karlovich:
Pastor Barcanista, preach on

Reminds me of a recent report where the pastor sucks women's boobs in exchange for salvation.

GO barca... in summary, where does the Buck stop Which party Ehose manifesto Who controlled the legislature

Pastor barcar is now drilling the behinds of Wailers.

TonyeBarcanista:
You guys really wish that PDP should extinct so as to institute a one-party state? My dear brother, we(PDP) are experiencing a phase and shall bounce back.

PPMS... permanent pre menstrual stress.... dem no dey recover from this one. Menstruation no go come so no prospects for pregnancy .

mazeltov:
This is the main statemant
May be those that are having problems in the National Assembly I doubt if I
have met them in my life.

The president is not the one suffering from dementia but it's the vanguard people and some readers that are suffering from absolute alexia .
He said he doubt if he had ever met those who are having problems in the house of assembly and who are those people? They are the Pdp, they are the ones having problem and not Amaechi. Please when we are reading news, let's always focus on the choice of words. Those] can't be used for Single person/amaechi. Media would just couple news so that they can sell fast. Anybody that believes this piece of crap is suffreing from acute alexia

Exactly .

Beremx:
you did not read the topic to understand the highlighted. Go back and read carefully but slowly.

Na dementia..,. more advanced than Buhari own..

Prec1ous:
Please is this guy for real.
God, when will I start blaming naija government for been too good.

Very soon when Pdp wins the 2019 elections!!!!! Just keep the faith.

Yomboy4ever:
Mandela A role model to d world GEJ A role model to tanzania

GEj cannot get anywhere near Nyerere.....

TonyeBarcanista:
A sad one for democracy! But we shall mobilise and meet APC at the poll.

The tribunal judgement was predetermined

Barca, how is your birthday cake tasting in your mouth, kpelle. ndoh

ochejoseph:
Happy Birthday and Best wishes Tonye


Temitemi1 you did well

Tonye/barca.... happy birthday and many happy returns.
Oche.... yaya Dai .....yaya iyali??

chuna1985:
Now the Yoruba people claim to know the igbos more Dan d igbos themselves. Im impressed on how u people now study us inside out.

I can't explain any further shiit to u, I already told u all that u need to know.

So.... now we know, all those going about with red caps like Agama lizards are kings and you say you have no kings.

chuna1985:
Igbos don't have kings. We run a system of ezes and on a normal, Eze is a leadership position by age. It does not have any form of royalty attached to it.

Initial onitsha were just settlers from old Benin empire , that's why they have obi of onitsha which was actually copied from "Oba of benin"

Igbo's have no king but please explain all these red caps and other regal gear. Every Igbo is a potential Chief !!! The moment he has a chequebook, he wants to be a chief/Doctor Xxx1 of wherever. Some get annoyed if Chief is not added to their name. Where did the eze in Akure get his crown from? His village? And he wants to wear it in Akure!!


I could be wrong but some of them have this imperial trait and if they cannot lead, heavens must fall. For how long can you continue to deny the imperial trait in your DNA

chuna1985:
Igbos don't have kings. We run a system of ezes and on a normal, Eze is a leadership position by age. It does not have any form of royalty attached to it.

Initial onitsha were just settlers from old Benin empire , that's why they have obi of onitsha which was actually copied from "Oba of benin"

Igbo's have no king but please explain all these red caps and other regal gear. Every Igbo is a potential Chief !!! The moment he has a chequebook, he wants to be a chief/Doctor Xxx1 of wherever. Some get annoyed if Chief is not added to their name. Where did the eze in Akure get his crown from? His village? And he wants to wear it in Akure!!


I could be wrong but some of them have this imperial trait and if they cannot lead, heavens must fall.

Beremx:
how do you know she-males when you see them?

Severusnake is a transgendered.... e get third leg for forehead.... trust me.