₦airaland Forum

semitunde:
In a nutshell: if Igbo like you feelntheres nothing to gain in the presidency of this country, then you should have done a "Jehovah's Witnesses" on the whole process!!!

Why label GEJ an Igbo and go ahead to align and continue to align with him. There are other ethnic groups in this country that have been quiet politically and have had gains from doing so.

You just want to eat you cake and still have it.

No body labelled GEJ and Igbo President except Yoruba guys like you.
We align with him because we like his style of governance and his transformational achievements across the country.
How is that a problem to you?

gists:
@ the bolded, I just decided to ignore the guy.

You couldn't answer my questions that is why.
You guys always churn out all kinds of theories but when serious questions are asked you run away.
I am sure that my question on the National conference which you brought up must have given you serious headache.
Go home and think about it.
Presidency.... How does it benefit Igbos, how has it benefitted Yorubas, Ijaws, Fulanis? No answer you jumped to state creation.
How has state creation benefitted the north? No reply.
Alliances, how did your alliance with the north help you in the national conference? How many of your specific interests did they support?
No reply.

semitunde:
But its igbos with more voice than yours that keep trumpeting about marginalisation.

Anyways, I'd noted it long ago that igbos are not coherent politically and are not informed enough to see the link between political power and economy. They are too emotional and therefore end up not being forthright when required.

They are bipolar about what Nigeria represents as against Biafra and this make the individuals react differently to political situations. In the end the only cohesive Igbo group is the family unit.

Questions still not answered.
Half Tunde.

Is Buhari wearing that attire or the attire is wearing him?

ahaika23:
Leaving umuahia station now

If you still can't upload pictures here, go to the site below and upload it then put the image links [img][/img] here.
www.postimg.org

Eziachi:
Go and read this. Hopefully it will answer your questions.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_sDeDWCnnRAC&pg=PA106&lpg=PA104&ots=zF7ZoNKTbp&focus=viewport&dq=shagari+deported+ghanaians&output=html_text

Ok thanks.

See the new lie they came up with here.
www.nairaland.com/2078646/buharis-year-book-photos-us

Obiagelli:
What will you tell them you have done in Lagos? Painted the 3rd mainland bridge?

He did a lot in Lagos.
You should be helping Buhari to compile what he did in Lagos as Head of state and PTF chairman.

Who deported Ghanaians in the famous Ghana must go episode of 1983?
Was it Buhari or Shagari?

Looks like there is a love bug in that train.
See people smooching themselves at 1:04

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYYJSt7KqGY

Ashwaj:
Nija I hail thee,but is this the first time this man is contesting as a presidential candidate in this country? So all this years back no certificate is needed to contest. Don't allow all this potfolio politician to turn us into a fool. U may decide not to vote for GMB but don't cast ur vote into a lake of corruption again. Vote wisely.

That is true change for you. In the past people could get away with scams, but that is no longer the case.
He must meet the requirements.

Aigipan:
It is crystal clear on the website of the war college that you will be screened. Go there and educate yourself.

This is 2015 not the 70s.
What were the requirements for admission as at the time Buhari supposedly studied there.

sharkhead:
Hmm..So you will rather sell your "birth right" all because there is "nothin messianic" about an igbo presidency? Easu comes to mind! Hope when d policies no longer favor the SE aand those indices start plumeting you wont cry marginalization. Who is even talkin about an Igbo presidency when your kind of mentality is the reason the Igbo are not cohesive enough to be considred a pressure group-where they can influence policy decisions in government. Look at the GEJ government and evry other government before it, d north has always bn at the forefront of favorable policy decisions-you might say they have the "born to rule" mentality but who ends up crying at the end of d day? What has GEJ done for d SE relative to the North....its ol about interest brother n not sentiments thats why its called politics!

With all the policies that have been favoring the north, how far have the gone?
Give us facts and figures not the usual incoherent garbage.

gists:
Kai. You missed the point! The point is not just igbo presidency. The point is Igbo are not a major force to recon with politically. Igbo presidency is just a case study. Igbo has the least number of state. When it was time to create more state for SE to balance the anomaly, Igbo was yet again marginalised and instead of other regions to back ndi igbo up, others used the opportunity to request for even more state. WHY, because igbo has no allies and are busy creating more enemies. I am tempted to say SW, NC and other regions will probably get more states before SE.

True. In a sane world, there shouldn't be anything special which tribe the president come from. But in Nigeria, SE have always claimed to be marginalised in Nigerian politics and whether you admit it or not, SE see gej as a pseudo SE candidate (that's partly why he emphasise Azikwe in his name).

This is absolute nonsense.
Every region, state and ethnic group pursue their own interests in Nigeria, there is nothing like ally. No amount of alliance with the North would have made them happily agree to the creation of more states in the east without demanding for something themselves. You are Yoruba, you claim to form alliances and keep friends while Igbos are creating enemies right? Now tell me one Yoruba agenda in that same conference that was pushed forward and supported by the north.
Besides the states we have today were created by military decree not through any democratic process so you can never tell.
How is an Igbo President going to solve the problems of an average Igbo man? How are the ones who have had the Presidency faring?
How will an extra state benefit an Igbo man?
How is the north faring with its 19 states?

HopeAtHand:
Naturally slumdwellers..you write as someone without focus and lacking in grasp of reality.

In the East where there are no slums...you are delusional and disconnected from reality because even the most prosperous of cities have slums.

You are Not familiar with Aba but u know Aba is ...you are a complete joke..if not NL someone as u with low IQ wouldn't have the opportunity to engage me .u do not know where you are coming from, hence cant be trusted with where you are heading..stick to selling spare parts.

Yoi have never seen an Ikwerre outside PH...maybe u want to see us in Onitsha and Aba..lolzz..there are no cities in East that offer same level of opportunities as PH..we are very comfortable in our city and have things ready-made for us here..if u want to see Ikwerres, using names to sort them is kinda tricky cos u will run in circles.

Now run along boy..

That guy is clowning you o, don't take him seriously.
Ikwerres are good.

gists:
It may already be too late for SE. That may be the reason some people would rather sink with GEJ. They'd rather look for any excuse no matter how silly or baseless not to vote GMB.
I was told by a very respectable role model of mine that in life, their is no permanent enemy nor permanent friend - only permanent interest. You build bridges to save your interest. For example, the US interest in middle east is Israel. To preserve/secure that interest, the US build bridges and made many arab (SAUDI being the chief) countries her allies. The same US many Nigerians see as a near-perfect country has Saudi (a country many Nigerians see as the home of evil) as her biggest ally in the middle east.

SE has the least number of voters, the least number of states (and by extension the least number of governors), the least number of senators, the least number of local gov. the least number of rep members. Yet not only do they refuses to build bridges to the north and west, they even foolishly create enemies (lagos deportation is a classic example). If there is a debate in senate today about whether igbo has used their presidency turn going by their support for gej, igbo will lose out because they are the least in numbers and made very little allies if any.
It will be interesting to see how only SE votes can produce an Igbo presidency.

Your long epistle culminated in one thing.. the actualization of an Igbo President.
However you forgot to tell us what special benefits an Igbo Presidency will bring to the average Igbo man citing examples of the Yorubas, Fulanis, Kanuris and Ijaws who have ruled before.

nationwide1:
The name - Blessing. I was expecting 'Aisha'. What's the father's name? Is she a new convert? Jalingo has not been in the news for a wrong reason for a long time now. Why 'Blessing'?

The name was used to hoodwink them.
Probably not her real name.

Obasanjo go and take several seats.
The Benin - Ore road you made to look like an impossible task was reconstructed not by magic but with money.
The east west road you kept using for campaign was reconstructed not through spiritual powers but with money.
The raliways and trains you kept paying lip service to for 8 good years were revived not with prayers but with money.
The power projects you left at 5% completion after 8 years were completed and new ones were built not by wishes but with money.
Civil servants were paid minimum wage and NYSC members allowance was more than doubled, they aren't paid in kind but are paid money.
New weapons are being bought everday for the military you and previous governments refused to equip, these weapons aren't bought through trade by barter but with money.
The airports you left dilapidated all over the country were remodelled not by words but with money.
State governments allocations were increased, the increment wasn't by mere numbers but MONEY.
Obasanjo what exactly did you do with money in your tenure?
Absolutely nothing!
You should have left 100 trillion dollars in the account because you did absolutely nothing with money.

Obasanjo go and take several seats.
The Benin - Ore road you made to look like an impossible task was reconstructed not by magic but with money.
The east west road you kept using for campaign was reconstructed not through spiritual powers but with money.
The raliways and trains you kept paying lip service to for 8 good years were revived not with prayers but with money.
The power projects you left at 5% completion after 8 years were completed and new ones were built not by wishes but with money.
Civil servants were paid minimum wage and NYSC members allowance was more than doubled, they aren't paid in kind but are paid money.
New weapons are being bought everday for the military you and previous governments refused to equip, these weapons aren't bought through trade by barter but with money.
The airports you left dilapidated all over the country were remodelled not by words but with money.
State governments allocations were increased, the increment wasn't by mere numbers but MONEY.
Obasanjo what exactly did you do with money in your tenure?
Absolutely nothing!
You should have left 100 trillion dollars in the account because you did absolutely nothing with money.

So when the soldier was making complaints in a publicly accessible Twitter account, he didn't know that it will go viral?
What exactly was his plan? I don't understand.

double0seven:
[s]Seriously, what really is in contention? Is the concern that General Buhari does not have the academic qualification to be the president of Nigeria?

Many idiots above even have the guts to be saying and repeating over again that GMB is an illiterate.

How very absurd. For anyone to claim such, he has to close his eyes, brain and heart to a very obvious truth since they are hired for a price to do what they are doing, otherwise, under what consideration does GMB qualify as an illiterate?





Buhari joined the Nigerian Army in
1962, when he attended the
Nigerian Military Training College
(in February 1964, it was renamed
the Nigerian Defence Academy,
(NDA)) in Kaduna. From
1962-1963, he underwent Officer
Cadets training at Mons Officer
Cadet School in Aldershot in
England, United Kingdom (Mons
OCS was officially closed down in
1972).

In January 1963, Buhari was commissioned as second lieutenant, and appointed Platoon Commander of the Second Infantry Battalion in Abeokuta, Nigeria. From November 1963- January 1964, Buhari attended the Platoon Commanders’ Course at the Nigerian Military College, Kaduna.
In 1964, he facilitated his military
training by attending the Mechanical Transport Officer’s Course at the Army Mechanical Transport School in Borden, United Kingdom.

From 1965-1967, Buhari served as
Commander of the Second Infantry
Battalion. He was appointed Brigade Major, Second Sector, First Infantry Division, April 1967 to July 1967.

Buhari was made Brigade Major of
the Third Infantry Brigade, July 1967 to October 1968 and Brigade Major/Commandant, Thirty-first Infantry Brigade, 1970-1971. Buhari served as the Assistant Adjutant-General, First Infantry Division Headquarters, 1971-1972. He also attended the Defense Services Staff College, Wellington, India, in 1973.

From 1974-1975 Buhari was appointed Acting Director, Transport and Supply, Nigerian Army Corps of Supply and Transport Headquarters.
He was also made Military Secretary, Army Headquarters,1978-1979, and was a member of the Supreme Military
Council, 1978-1979.

From 1979 -1980, at the rank of colonel, Buhari attended the US Army War College (established in 1901) in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States of America and gained a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies . Upon completion of the on-campus full time resident program lasting ten months and the two-year-long, distance learning program, the United States Army War College (USAWC) college awards its graduate officers a master's degree in Strategic Studies. [/s]

Not a single document to back up all these.
You present a 3 page CV but when it is time for verification, you have nothing to show.

One of the major challenges is fighting hungry birds which destroy rice plantations. However, the solution has been found:
“We divided the plantation into four sections and put at least 10 people in each section
armed with catapults and whistles. We also
used drums,”

Even birds are hungry in the South west.
That is APC's change for you.

GEJ's transformation agenda knows no boundaries.

The fact that they haven't been accounted for doesn't mean they were kidnapped.
They might be hiding some where within or outside the state.
Many will be wary of showing up for for fear of punishment.

LRNZH:
[b]Let me tell you guys what they're afraid of.
It is 98kobo per liter because oil price is around $56 per barrel.
However, if they remove subsidy and oil prices climb back up, fuel prices will similarly climb and we may end up paying up to N 150 per liter for PMS. This is because we import most of our fuel needs and imported fuels are subject to global oil price. That will cause chaos in this country.

The ideal solution was missed by the GEJ gov't. In January 2012, we had the #OcuppyNigeria protests and the govt promised two refineries.

Fast forward to today and not even TAM or meaningful privatisation of the refineries have occured. We are not refining anything close to meeting our national fuel requirements.

Local refining is the only shock prove solution to swinging oil prices as we refine our own crude, and not buy from the international market.
You can't be farming yam and be buying pounded yam at exhorbitant price. You pound yours.

Another point is maybe the FG is the cabal and won't want subsidy to go away. Afterall, it is a massive cash cow for alot of vested interests.[/b]

Dangote and Orient refineries are being built.
As for the prices, they can always bring back the subsidy if crude oil prices increases, which isn't very likely anyway.

Is it because they have been given free hand to raid farms and villages?
I heard that some farmers in the middle belt now take permission from Fulani herdsmen before enterting their own fans.
I can's support thay o.

I don't mind paying N 98 for one litre, they should remove the subsidy entirely.

90 kobo per litre still runs into billions in total, why not remove the thing entirely and put the billions to better uses?

naso2:
you guys that call yourselves progressives , is it not shameful that a mere call for Buhari to show his certificate has revealed how retrogressive you guys are? Respect the constitution and stop all these distractions.

Very important.

funkiebully:
1.Awka road under construction. Harmattan haze is much. poor quality

2. Zik avenue awka

3 St paul university side Awka

That ST Paul univeristy uses Innoson pick ups.
I always see them on the road even in PH.

Abagworo:
You people paid by Jonathan are losing it everyday. I just read where you people are attacking Catholic Church all because of a failed leader. Now you are attacking Ikwerre people just because of same wicked failed leader. I am sure if I supported Nyesom Wike Ikwerre will be praised but alas I work with my conscience.

My Igboness is not in doubt as I seem to know various Igbo dialects and history more than all if you. Stop the insult against Ikwerres who have little or no interest in this thread or any other Igbo thread. Jonathans method of divide and rule has failed and you people should join the change movement. Catholics, RCCG, Muslims are united to save Nigeria from the hell Mr Jonathan has put us.

Your Igboness is not in doubt, it is extremely clear that you aren't Igbo.
I have nothing against Ikwerre but it is good that they attacked your tribe this time around instead of my beloved Imo state.
Ndo!

ooshinibos:
solar power will do more ...most of the contries you mentioned have dumped coal ..do your research

Solar power can only be used in rural areas where there isn't much demand for electricity.
Those countries are building more coal powered plants, do your own research.
www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2013/02/preliminary-uk-energy-stats-show-big-jump-in-coal-fired-electricity
www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=427&t=3

kennygee:
Will these plants be environment friendly?

Are your millions of generators environment friendly?
You guys are so averse to progress. Countries a thousand times more advanced than us are still using coal and you are here asking about environment.
What kind of pollution can 2 or 3 coal powered plants emit that will be comparable to what millions of generators currently do?