Aminda, tell us us about Atiku's path to victory. How realistic are his chances against Bola and Peter. And why should any one vote for him in particular?
AMINDA: This all water under the bridge now. Obi voluntarily left the coalition. He was the one who kept saying he MUST be on the ballot as a presidential candidate. He started the OK movement the second Kwankwaso joined the coalition while still in the coalition. Let him contest and try his best. While a coalition would have been an easier route to defeat Tinubu, a three-horse race also has its advantages. It's a no-brainer that this will be Atiku’s last shot whether he wins or loses. Obi should have negotiated on behalf of his region instead of prioritising himself. Tinubu did the same in 2015 and got rewarded with 5.6m Northern votes as payback at a time when Obi defeated him in the South.
P.S: Out of 108 members in the APC campaign council, only 7 are from the Southeast. Yet, Obidients kept joining APC handles in parroting that its the turn of the South. Betta Edu is part of that 7 from the Southeast. Unlike Gbajabiamila that was fingered multiple times, she isn't good enough for public service but is good enough to campaign for Tinubu's re-election.
Dogalmighty17: Exactly what I've been saying for a while now. Our president snitched on his fellow drug dealers and if it gets out that his snitching put people in jail, those guys remain powerful enough to put out a hit on him. There is a reason why he doesn't leave Aso Rock. He will refuse to go out for campaigns and will depend on governors of each geo-political zone to do centralised campaigns for him.
His drug links and proceeds from the trade may have been how he provided funds to keep NADECO running while most of them were in exile. Nigeria's fight for democracy in the 90s may have been sponsored with drug money. Something the CIA may have helped them to do. There seems to be a reason why the CIA don't want his records released as well.
Its obvious even to the blind that he is a CIA asset.
99thEnemy: \ You should know that governments are generally responsible for creating the conditions for job creation not obligated to create the jobs apart from those that enable the government run.
If you complain about earnings, then the government is only responsible for that of those who are Civil Servants. Civil Servants are estimated to fall in the range of only about 3 to 5% of Nigeria's total workforce.
This is simplistic. The govt took out hasty policies that tanked purchasing power for everyone.
Napata77: Don't be ridiculous. That coastal highway will open up trillions of naira in business.
The real fraud was that 2nd Niger bridge if you ask me. Because till today, nobody has explained what exactly was wrong with the 1st Niger Bridge that they had to build a second one next to it.
Who is being ridiculous. When i say a project is fraudulent, the bold cannot be the rebuttal even if true.
It is fraudulent because -
1. It did not go through established procurement rules via the BPP 2. There was neither public nor competitive tender 3. It was awarded without NASS appropriation for the FG costs involved 4. It was awarded to an international criminal, Gilbert Chagoury, who has been convicted in the US and Switzerland 5. Gilbert Chagoury is a close personal cohort of the President 6. The president's son sits on Chagoury's boards
These cross many lines of breach of procedure, compromise of ethics and conflict of interest. Do you understand now?
Napata77: But cost of goods and services have not increased by 1,000% nau.....this is pure exggeration.
Its an analogy and the analogy succeeds so long as the increase in cost is greater than the increase in income. Remember in the case of fuel the increase is over 500% so what are we saying?
We don't pay for everything we do in dollars, so take that nonsense away.
Many of these projects are being paid for in Naira to indigenous contractors.
ALSO, in addition to the standard monthly allocation, the FG distributed a special ₦435 billion infrastructure and security intervention fund to state governments during the first half of 2026 alone to support state projects.
The vastly increased number and scale of infrastructural projects in all the states is clear evidence of VASTLY INCREASED allocation from Abuja, so go and sit down with this your fake calculation. The FG is PUMPING the states with money to build up their infrastructure.
Settle down.
You earn N10 monthly.
Cost of goods and services you need monthly is N10.
Okay?
Then something happens.
You start to earn N50 monthly.
But cost of goods and services you need is now N100.
Are you richer or poorer?
Mind you, you may be able to pay your domestics better and have even more domestics.
But overall, are you richer or poorer?
Think about this analogy not only for the states but for the common man.
AMINDA: Kindly explain why Tinubu has borrowed more money in 3 years than Buhari did in his entire 8-year tenure despite having removed subsidy. The argument then was that Nigeria was borrowing to subsidize fuel but subsidy is gone and Nigeria is still borrowing far more money than before. Where is the money? Where are the infrastructural projects?
AMINDA: Kindly explain why Tinubu has borrowed more money in 3 years than Buhari did in his entire 8-year tenure despite having removed subsidy. The argument then was that Nigeria was borrowing to subsidize fuel but subsidy is gone and Nigeria is still borrowing far more money than before. Where is the money? Where are the infrastructural projects?
Good question.
@ Cyberterror, let me also inform you that the Petroleum Industry Act made fuel subsidy gone for June ending 2023. Therefore there are was nothing like BAT being a genius for removing subsidy "without a constitutional conference" as you say. At all events subsidy is not a constitutional issue.
AMINDA: Unfortunately, it is true. The pompous braggart ruined the economy with his know-it-all mentality and refused to be advised. Watch the videos below.
AMINDA: Tinubu was already back paying higher subsidies on fuel in the first 9 months of his tenure but he refused to eat the humble pie and re-strategise as advised by Elrufai then. The truth came out years later in the NNPP report as "energy security." He sabotaged himself by surrounding himself with yes-men and sycophants instead of technocrats that would tell him the truth. Read the honest advise Elrufai gave him then, below.
Do find some time to watch or rewatch this video that IBB reminded us of in his birthday interview. What is new? It seems you're fighting the messenger here, not really the message. Almost all comments in this video say the same thing Tinubu said, nothing new. It's interesting what was said in the video about playing our matches with our fifth eleven instead of our first eleven. My mind went immediately to Obi, including the custom boss that started his answer with "Thank you for the question" format. Funny. That very corrupt customs had likes of Atiku heading them. SMH
Saying that hunger has always existed is a very unfortunate reply for a leader to give especially when he knows that his policies exacerbated that hunger.
Ayo25: And where is the lie to say there was hunger before he was born? The president acknowledges that there are problems too. He did not say Nigeria is a paradise presently but that with renewed hope and faith, we will get there. The same messages of hope and faith, the Archbishop preaches to his congregations all the time.
The president too is not scared of your Archbishop. He told him the truth bluntly. He will not bend for the opposition to defeat him easily, Only a stupid person does that. Your Archbishop had to run to the media for help
What truth? That the economy is doing well? Grow up.
Image123: i think this fellow is bringing disrepute to his office. See the low level of questioning also, "are you embarrased". Is he supposed to say yes? Telling his colleagues that they are free to go and prach politics in their different diocese. Na the work Jesus send you be that ba?
As for you, between Jesus and BAT we know you will slap Jesus for BAT.
Ayo25: A lot of atrocities happen within the Catholic Church itself that are being covered up by the church. When are we going to start hearing the truth about those atrocities?
Ndi Catholic Church have always spoken truth to power. You can tell that to mumus.
Catholics that have an agenda of state capture in Nigeria using Obi a Catholic. We want to hear the truth from some other set of serious minded people, not groups who are politically tainted already. You can’t be openly partisan and claim to be speaking truth to power.
The Archbishop dish it out hot and he got it back hot. He shouldn’t be afraid of anybody, nobody is afraid of him too. He isn’t a repository of truth and he shouldn’t think his words will not go unchallenged too because he is the Archbishop.
Was what he said to the president a lie and would you advise the president to respond saying that there has been hunger before he was born?
seunmsg: No one is also afraid of you. You went on air to spew very biased and irresponsible lies and you were called out for your partisan views. That you are a cardinal does not mean you are above reproach. Even the Pope was attacked by the US president when he went too far in dabbling into political matters. So, who are you that anyone should be afraid of? Pull of your cassock and support your church member, Peter Obi with your full chest and stop blabbing all over the place.
You do realize that speaking truth to power has long been the tradition of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. If you can remember Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie?
Let me ask you a sincere question.
A priest goes to the president and says, sir, there is hunger in the land. Has he lied? Thats the first question.
The second question is if it is right and proper for the president to respond saying that hunger has been there before he was born. Was that a good response? Was it not insensitive and irresponsible? If you were an adviser to the president, would you advise him to respond saying such a thing?
Yes, you believe somebody running to be 1 of 100 senators who give funds thus decide national security in this age where Trump is trying to attack other countries should not be aware of national security?
And as I said, it's the reason Red States are at the bottom of every metric. Experience and Expertise doesn't matter, they elect the most uneducated of people.
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i had been knocking obj and yardua on this platform. the gej became president and some members of teh crew did an about turn and started defending everything he did
people like anonimi do not really care. it is about is my guy is not in the seat therefore the country is bad. hopefully we will all be alive to see when a candidate of yours becomes president. hopefully i will still have enough aggression to hold your feet to the fire
Free govt cash is always there, it just depends on your proximity and access. Stop trying to paint the corrupt Tinubu as some prudent anti-corruption CZar who has stopped waste and corruption in Nigeria as he claimed in Brazil.
Politics › Aminda, Talk To Us About Atiku's Path To Victory. by DeepSight(op): 2:38pm On Aug 22
