basilo101:
The date on the charter reads 2007. and some ppl said Biafra is about jonthan's loss

May 30,2007.
Biafran agitation has been around longer than that even.

A cursory comparison of this and the Nigerian Constitution,1999 already have this charter beating that basic law hands down.
First,it's not cumbersome not filled with unnecessary fribbles as one would find in the Nigerian Law.
Second,it's such that citizens can easily go thru all it sections n memorize the important parts,unlike the Nigerian Law that has one continually consulting its pages to know what's said about what.
More important,in my opinion,is the absolute protection and justiceability it gives to God-given rights of the people,that cannot be taken away nor abridged.Unlike the document we currently operate with.

D. Declaration of Nine Basic Laws
1. Identity
The identity of each individual is traceable
through the mechanism and family of human
species, the larger family or circle of the
universe, to an ultimate Original Principle
which may be personified or personalized in a
manner that affords the most meaning to the
individual. Therefore, the individual is seen as
a direct expression of that Original Principle;
the Charter shall not allow, respect or support
any law or laws, which by their nature or
application or implementation, diminish or
militate against this attribute and identity of
the individual.
2. Rights
[A] The basic and original rights (Fundamental
Rights) of an individual are not earned and not
assigned but naturally accrue to the individual
by virtue of the fact of the individual's identity
as recognized above, whence such rights
derive. The Charter shall not allow or respect
any arrogation resulting in the deliberate or
calculated curbing or denial of such rights.
[B] The tangible and material aspects of these
rights include, but are not limited to:
I) Freedom and Liberty
II) Life and Existential Fulfillment
III) Knowledge, Education and Enlightenment
and their application
IV) Evolution and Creativity
V) Ownership and Entrepreneurship
3. Laws
[A] The goal of Laws is to set common
standards and common reasonable boundaries
governing relations between or among
individuals or parties for their mutual benefit.
[B] It is self-evident that all laws are
constructed by human beings and for human
beings, and are designed to deal with human
perceptions, conflicts, uncertainties, anxieties
and vulnerabilities.
[C] Since laws reflect changing human needs,
human understanding and perceptions, laws
are not to be static, but are to be reviewed
and revised accordingly, always with the goal
of protecting the basic and original rights of
the individual and respecting the individual's
inviolable identity as declared above.
[D] Laws shall be made by the collectivity of
the people to reflect, not necessarily the
majority or the minority, but the best
judgment of the people and the highest
understanding of their identity and
fundamental rights as declared above. In doing
so, the people shall devise and design and
revise as necessary the ways and means and
mechanisms of making laws in order to suit
them and their needs.
[E] No laws shall be imposed or foisted on the
people by any institution or persons or
principalities or by any other arrangement. The
people shall make their own laws by whatever
mechanisms they choose, and ratify such laws
by whatever mechanism they choose, and live
by those laws.
[F] It shall never be the goal or objective of
any law or laws to make or force on a perfect,
crimeless society because human behavior is
never collectively or even individually perfect,
no matter what the accepted norms are. The
design of laws and the prescription of
consequences of breaking laws shall be guided
by this understanding in order to avoid placing
undue burdens and obnoxious oppression on
the law-abiding society.
[G] The Charter of the government of Biafra
may be amended according to rules set by the
People; but shall not be suspended for any
reason; EXCEPT in times of imminent threat to
the security and existence of the nation, and
only by decision of Nations Chamber, and for
specified periods not to exceed 60 days,
renewable in 6o-day tranches at the discretion
of the Nations Chamber; at the request of the
Prime Minister. The situation devolves back to
the original Charter should renewals not be
granted, or in any other circumstance
otherwise.
4. Governance
The people shall choose how they will govern
themselves. Such governance will always
function in such a way that it is transparently
obvious that in deed and in fact, the people
are governing themselves, by themselves. The
fact that the people choose a mode or
mechanism to effect governance shall never be
construed to mean the ceding or handing over
of the function, instrument, authority and or
power of governance to that mode or its
agents and agencies. Such agents and agencies
serve only at the discretion and pleasure of the
people, and wield as much power as delegated
by, and on behalf of the people, ready to
relinquish such at the command of the people.
Under no circumstances shall the ownership of
the power and other trappings and attributes
of governance, and governance itself, leave the
people or be taken from the people.
5. Government
[A] The people may choose "Government" as a
modality and agency to carry out the powers
of governance. Such Government becomes a
service whose master is the people, whose
terms are determined by the people; a service
rendered for the people and to the people,
functioning at the pleasure of the people, for
as long as the people desire its services. No
Government shall be, or shall act as a master
over the people, or a master of the people.
Above all, no Government shall be independent
of the people, or "set itself apart" from the
people, or set itself as a parallel process or
entity with regards to the people. No persons
or agencies working in Government shall "rule"
over the people or rule the people, or arrogate
to him/her/itself any powers or authorities of
rulership of the people or over the people; but
such must at all times be servants of, and
subordinate to, the people, where full
accountability and responsivity are required at
all times.
[B] The people shall determine the form of
Government that suits the people, consistent
with the principles declared above, and their
options shall not be limited to prevailing styles
and forms around the contemporary world.
[C] The sole purpose of Government is to
facilitate, within the authority, power and
resources allocated to it by the people, in
every manner feasible, the growth,
development and fulfillment of the people in a
safe, secure, healthy and just environment.
6. Secularity
[A] The Nation of Biafra is founded on the
Original Identity Principle which declares the
self-evident: that the individual is an
expression of the ultimate Original Principle,
with Whom or with Which the individual
shares and enjoys a unique, unalterable
relationship. It is up to the individual to
personalize and or personify this relationship
according to the individual's understanding.
[B] As such, the Nation as a collective does not
endorse any particular religion, and freedom
of religion-choice, association and worship is
guaranteed. The supreme laws that regulate
and arbitrate interactional behavior and
transactions among citizens of Biafra shall at
all times derive from the Nation's constitution,
regardless of the parties' religious affiliation.
[C] The Nation of Biafra does not recognize as
Religions institutions that propagate hatred,
bigotry, racism, sexism and inequality of
human beings as their primary doctrine; nor
does it recognize as religion any institutions or
institutional practices which do not recognize
the fundamental rights of the individual as
declared above, or which as a matter of
doctrine violates those rights. The Nation of
Biafra does not recognize as Religions
institutions which preach or practice coercion,
including forced conversions or forced
membership. No exceptions shall be made just
because of the acceptance or classification of
such institutions as religions elsewhere.
7. Responsibility of Citizenship
The prime duty and responsibility of every
citizen is to know, respect, protect, and to
defend the fundamental rights, as declared
above, of other citizen(s) and of himself or
herself, all citizens being equal and treated
equally, without exception. A huge part of this
duty is to make all efforts to ensure that the
government and governance are under the
direct control of the people at all times, and
not the other way around. It is the supreme
duty of the citizenry to own and exercise the
Sovereignty of the Nation and not cede such to
the "State" or to the government.
8. Property Ownership
The sanctity of rightful ownership is to be
preserved at all times and in all circumstances,
reflected by the respect of ownership rights-
whether it be physical property, natural
property, intellectual property, or any other
form or type of property; property of an
individual, group(s), institution or
organization; or communal, community or
government property. The rights of ownership
of property include but are not limited to:
control, maintenance, management and
disposition. Under no circumstances would
Government violate such rights; rather,
Government will use its instruments to
determine, validate and or assign rightful
ownership in case of dispute or doubt; and to
enforce laws, which respect and protect these
rights.
9. International Relationships
The People, through their government, shall
determine the relationship of the Nation of
Biafra with other Nations and States of the
world. There should be no incongruity between
the attitude of the Peoples and their
government towards any other Nation. Biafra
recognizes and respects the rights of other
individuals from other Nations; and the
International rights of such Nations; and
expects the same in return. Biafra has a strong
preference for mutually peaceful inter-national
relationships.
E. Amendments
This Charter may be modified or amended
when necessary by 3/4 vote of the Peoples
Council and 3/4 vote of the Nations Chamber.
IV. Affirmation and Approval
This Charter is hereby authorized and affirmed
by the approving hand of Biafran Leaders from
the Diaspora and the Territory of Biafra
indicated by the stroke of their signatures on
the date of approval by each signer. The
Charter shall come into force immediately
upon approval.
http://www./BGIE/Biafra%20Charter.htm

C. The Charter Constituting The
Government of the Nation of
Biafra
1. Preamble
We the Peoples of Biafra in praise of our God
do hereby proclaim this government of Biafra
by the power and authority of our common
law founded in the expressed free will of our
peoples. We do solemnly declare the promise
of Biafra's posterity and our common
commitment to the freedom, liberty, respect
of human rights, prosperity, happiness and
fulfillment of ourselves and the generations of
Biafrans to come.
Declaration of Principles:
Principle 1: It is a fundamental truth that all
of Biafra's peoples shall possess the first right
of decision for the common good and each
shall be respected with equal dignity.
Principle 2: The Biafran peoples possess the
right of self-determination, and by virtue of
that right freely choose a social, economic,
political and cultural future according to their
needs and customs.
Principle 3: The peoples of Biafra reserve the
right to freely exercise their religious beliefs
without coercion or expressed intolerance; and
the government of Biafra shall not create or
promote one religion over another; and neither
shall the practice of bigotry, intolerance and
or cruelty be condoned as a religious right.
Principle 4: The lands and natural wealth of
Biafra shall belong to the respective peoples
and communities of Biafra; and shall be
secured to the peoples as individual private
property and communal property; lands and
natural wealth may be expressly conveyed (by
the people) to the government of Biafra for
development purposes and for the collective
benefit of all of Biafra's peoples in accord with
laws of the land.
Principle 5: Each person possesses the
fundamental right to information, knowledge
and ideas; and to write, speak and otherwise
express himself or herself freely; the
Government shall make no law in principle or
kind abridging these rights.
Principle 6: The government shall not enter
property or dwellings or take personal
property without authorization by locally
elected community leaders or by a competent
court of law.
Principle 7: No people among Biafran peoples
shall be denied their culture; each culture shall
be fully respected under the law; and all
cultures shall be held in the highest respect as
equally valued.
Principle 8: The first language of the
government of Biafra shall be English, but each
community may opt to conduct local
government matters and decisions, trade and
education in the local language, and such shall
be respected.
Principle 9: All powers not specifically vested
in the government of Biafra shall remain in the
Biafran communities.
2. ARTICLE I
The Structure and Powers of the
Government of Biafra
Section I: Legislative:
Section 1.1 The Peoples Council
There shall be a Peoples Council made up of
Biafran Peoples which shall have the powers as
enumerated:
[A] Establish and mint currency.
[B] Levy Taxes
[C] Originate a budget and Appropriate
Revenues for the benefit of the Peoples of
Biafra
[D] Originate laws for good order and the
conduct of civil society.
[E] Raise an army
[F] Authorize a Declaration of War
[G] Oversee the execution of laws
Section 1.2 Council Membership and Service:
[A] The Peoples Council shall have membership
from all levels of Biafra society where each
person who shall be at least the age of
majority (18 years) shall be elected by his or
her community to represent the community.
[B] Each member of the Peoples Council shall
serve a term of three years for no more than
three terms.
[C] The Peoples Council shall define its rules of
procedure.
During the period of transition, the
membership of the Peoples Council shall
encompass members from the Diaspora and
individuals from the Territory of Biafra with a
total of one hundred and fifty members who
shall serve as Counselors-At-Large representing
Biafran citizens.
No Counselor shall receive compensation
except as provided by the Provisional
Government (BPG), and no payment shall be
lawful from any other source either directly or
indirectly. When a Counselor shall seek the
support of the citizens to take and hold office,
no payment shall exchange hands between the
citizens and the Counselor in any manner for
the purpose of conducting a campaign to
promote or advertise one's candidacy. The
Provisional Government of Biafra shall be the
sole source of campaign finance whose funds
shall be distributed equally among qualifying
candidates.
Section 1.3 The Nations Chamber
There shall be a Nations Chamber comprised of
thoughtful and judicious persons elected from
their communities for their wisdom and their
character in society with the powers as
enumerated.
[A] Advice and Consent on the appointment of
members of the Judiciary and the Ministry.
[B] Oversight of Peoples Council, Judiciary and
Ministerial arms of government
[C] Staggered term of 6 years
[D] Ratification of Treaties with foreign powers
[E] Authorization for the establishment of
Embassies and Consulate information offices.
Section 1.4 Nations Chamber Membership and
Service:
[A] The Nations Chamber shall have
membership from all levels of Biafra society
where each person shall be a recognized and
respected elder with demonstrated wisdom and
good character and who shall be well informed
as to the necessary requirements for serving
the peoples of Biafra.
[B] Each member of the Nations Chamber shall
serve a term of six years except for two thirds
of those serving in the first Session.
[C] One third of the Nations Chamber shall be
elected in the first session for two-year term,
One third shall be elected for a four year term
and one third shall be elected for a six year
term. After the conclusion of the first two-year
term, elections shall be held for those seats
that shall have concluded; and the winning
candidates shall hold their seat for a six year
term thereafter. After the conclusion of the
first four-year term, elections shall be held for
those seats that shall have concluded: and the
winning candidates shall hold their seat for a
six year term thereafter. Finally, at the
conclusion of the first six-year term, elections
shall be held for those seats that shall have
concluded; and the winning candidates shall
hold their seat for a six-year term thereafter.
[D] Each member of Nations Chambers shall
serve no more than 2 consecutive terms of 6
years each.
During the period of transition the
membership of the Nations Chamber shall
include members from the Diaspora and
individuals serving citizens within Biafran
Territory with a total of eight members
representing the Diaspora; and 22 members
(two from each Province) serving the citizens
living inside Biafran Territory. During the
Transition, the Nations Chamber shall convene
its sessions at locations adjudged feasible and
secure.
3. Article II
Section I: Judiciary
A general purpose Court of Law shall be
established with a Superior Court which shall
have jurisdiction over all legal matters
concerning the Charter and its interpretation,
and three Appellate Courts having Jurisdiction
over matters of civil and criminal law, in the
northern, middle and southern Provinces of
the Nation of Biafra. Community decisions
made by relevant authorized community-
structures, or by a local Civil Court, may be
legally challenged by formal appeal to the
Appellate Court and to the Superior Court for
final judgment.
The Judiciary reviews and adjusts, when
necessary and appropriate, the laws originating
from the Peoples Council to be in consonance
with the Charter.
Section II: Membership
There shall be seven members serving the
Superior Court appointed as a result of
nomination by the Peoples Council; and subject
to approval and ratification by 3/5 ths of the
membership of the Nations Chamber, with the
same requirements for filling vacant Judiciary
seats. Where new Judiciary positions are
required, they shall be created by the
authority and decision of the Nations Chamber
and the Peoples Council. The Judiciary shall
define and determine its rules of procedures.
4. ARTICLE III
Section I: Ministerial
Prime Minister
There shall be a Council of Ministers with the
First Minister serving as "first among equals."
The office and official title of the First Minister
shall be "Prime Minister." The Prime Minister
shall be elected by a majority vote of the
peoples of Biafra. The Prime Minister shall
have primary executive powers subject to
oversight by the Nations Chamber. The Prime
Minister shall have the power to veto
legislative measures enacted by the Peoples
Council, but such a veto shall be overturned
by 3/5 ths vote of the Peoples Council.
Section II: Membership of Ministerial
Council
Members of the Ministerial Council shall be
nominated by the Prime Minister and shall
require 3/5 ths majority vote of the Nations
Chamber for appointment and ratification.
Section III: Ministerial Posts
During the Provisional Government there shall
be at a minimum, a Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Minister of Security, Minister of Domestic
Affairs, Minister of Justice and Minister of
Economic and Commerce Affairs. Such
additional Ministries shall be created as needed
by recommendation of the Prime Minister and
approval and ratification of the Nations
Chamber.
5. ARTICLE IV
Section I: “Community” Governments
Community governance shall strongly reflect
effective community participation directly and
or by representation or delegation; and shall
reflect community issues, needs, and
community values.
Community governance shall, for the most
part, mirror the National governance in
structure, scaled appropriately. Such structure
consists of a “debate-discussion-and-
legislative” body, an oversight body, an
executive body with a chief executive officer,
and a Judiciary.
Section II: Tiers of Community Government
a. Provincial Government (Apex
Government)
Chief Executive Officer : Provincial
Administrator
Other elected members: Representatives.
b. County Government (Local Government)
Chief Executive Office: County Manager
Other elected members: Councilors
c. Municipal Government (City / Urban)
Chief Executive Officer: Mayor
Other elected members: City Council
Member
d. Town / Village Government
Chief Executive Officer: Chairman
Section III: Community Government
functional Structure
a. Community Legislative Council: Peoples
Council of representatives
b. Community Judiciary Council: Judiciary
functions
c. Community Oversight Council: Elected
Elders based on wisdom and character
d. Community Executive Council: with a
chief executive officer elected by the
people.
Section IV: Powers of Community
Governments
Communities may not make laws contrary to
the Biafra Charter
6. ARTICLE V
All representative membership of the
governments in Biafra shall be by open ballot
election by the peoples.

1. BIAFRA PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
(BPG)
I. MANDATE of BPG:
1. to create, form, operate and manage a
Provisional Government for and by the Peoples
and Nation of Biafra; such government:
2. to function, in the meantime, as a bona fide
government of Biafra in the manner of legal,
customary and decent governments;
3. to secure the Freedom and Liberty of Biafra
and its peoples from occupation by Nigeria,
based on Self Determination paradigm and
principles, with all haste and by all means
necessary;
4. to represent the Sovereignty and Interests of
Biafra and its people in the Region and in the
World at large;
5. to project the Sovereignty, Independence
and Humanity of Biafra and its people at all
times;
6. to constitute a Transitional Governance of
Biafra (TGB) immediately after liberation of
Biafra from Nigeria for a specified and finite
duration not to exceed four years, pending the
formalization of Biafra State structures post-
occupation and post liberation.
II. STRUCTURE of BPG:
The BIAFRA PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT shall
consist of 2 arms:
1. A Biafra Government in Exile (BGIE), based
outside of Biafra
2. A Biafra Government within Biafra, to be
known as "Biafra Shadow Government" (BSG)
Both arms shall function in tight coordination,
and in harmony, with the BGIE in the apex
role.
III. FUNCTION of BPG:
The sole function of BGIE and BSG is to carry
out the Mandate of the BIAFRA PROVISIONAL
GOVERNMENT as stated in the Biafra Charter
Authorization.
1. BGIE shall respect existing laws of
International hosting countries in furtherance
of this Mandate.
2. BGIE shall respect international laws dealing
with Self Determination and Protection of
Human Rights and rely in particular on the
Geneva Conventions Protocol II.
3. BSG will work with our peoples at home—in
Biafra Territory; and in Nigeria (cognizant of
the State of Nigeria's occupational forces
foisted over our people), to keep alive and
project Biafra's Sovereignty and Independence
in accordance with the Mandate, and to
mobilize, organize and manage our people for
sociopolitical activism in order to carry out
our resolve for Self Determination.
4. At all times, BGIE and BSG functions are to
be well-coordinated, harmonious,
complementary and seamless.
5. Following the liberation of Biafra from
Nigeria, the Biafra Provisional Government
(BPG) (consisting of BGIE and BSG together)
shall form the nucleus of the TRANSITIONAL
GOVERNMENT of Biafra (TGB), under the
direction of the peoples of the Nation of
Biafra, in order to conduct the governmental
affairs of Biafra, guided by the Biafra Charter,
for a period not to exceed 4 years, during
which Biafra puts formal structures in place to
continue and to succeed as a Nation under a
permanent Constitution of the Nation of
Biafra.
IV. CONDUCT:
The conduct of the BIAFRA PROVISIONAL
GOVERNMENT shall, at all times, adhere to the
basic principles and laws of the Biafra Charter.
V. TERM:
The term of the BIAFRA PROVISIONAL
GOVERNMENT (BPG) shall last from now, May
30 2007 until Biafra is fully liberated from
Nigerian occupation. Immediately after the full
liberation of Biafra, the Biafra Provisional
Government shall transform into the
Transitional Government of Biafra (TGB) during
which Biafra sociopolitical and civic structures
shall be put in place, a period not to exceed
four years. At the conclusion of that period,
the Transitional Government of Biafra (TGB)
shall, unconditionally, cease to exist; and shall
be replaced by a duly constituted Government
of Biafra, following a Constitutional
Conference.
B. The National Structure of Biafra
1. The Structure of Biafra
Biafra shall be constituted of autonomous self-
governing, self-regulating entities called
“Provinces,” along with their respective
populations, who have mutually decided and
mutually chosen to create an umbrella
governance system called “The Government of
the Federation of Biafra,” otherwise known as
“Biafra,” to which these participating Provinces
give the power and authority, carried out
through the instrument of properly and
formally elected representation of the
Provinces, to constitute such “The Government
of the Federation of Biafra,” with all the
implications of “Government” thereof ;
including:
a. to represent, as a Nation, all the
participating Provinces in all areas where such
is required and is customary practice of
modern Sovereign and Independent Nations,
such as:
I. Defense and National Security
II. National Air Space and International Waters
definition and management
III. International Trade and Foreign Exchange
Management
IV. International Relationships and Diplomacy
V. International Borders, Boundary Definition
and Management
VI. Citizenship and related issues, including
Passport and Visas
VII. Currency
VIII. Census
b. to make harmonized laws binding on all the
Provinces and to apply and implement such
laws uniformly among and within the
Provinces;
c. to ensure uniform citizenship rights of each
and every Biafran citizen across and within the
Provinces,
d. to construct and maintain physical and
functional systems facilitating communication,
education, healthcare, energy supply, trade,
transportation and National culture among all
the Provinces.
2. The Participant Provinces
The concept, use and practice of “Provinces” is
designed to ensure autonomy and respect for
every group; to encourage the unhindered
thriving of every group; to protect, preserve
and respect the right of ownership and
management by each group of its own natural,
material and socio-cultural resources; and to
ensure adequate and equitable representation
both locally and at the National level, thereby
retaining real power in the hands of the
communities.
a) The geographic sub-units qualifying as
“Provinces” and the criteria to be used will be
determined by the peoples of Biafra, conscious
of functional capability, practicality and
stability factors.
b) There shall be 11 (eleven) Provinces unless
and or otherwise amended by the peoples of
Biafra.
c) Membership of a Province shall be
automatic for all native peoples and other
residents of the Provincial community at the
time of creation of the Province;
d) Residence within a Province for at least one
year confers on one membership of that
Province
e) All rights of Citizenship of Biafra will be
respected and enjoyed by all
f) The Laws of Biafra shall take precedence
over the laws of Provinces.
3. Counties
Each Province shall be made up of Counties
which are the equivalent of local government
areas and function as such.

Biafra Charter The Charter Constituting The Government of the Federation of Biafra Table of Contents I. DEFINITION of Charter: II. PURPOSE of Charter: III. ORGANIZATION of Charter: A. Biafra Charter Authorization 1. BIAFRA PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT (BPG) B. The National Structure of Biafra 1. The Structure of Biafra 2. The Participant Provinces 3. Counties C. The Charter Constituting The Government of the Nation of Biafra 1. Preamble 2. ARTICLE I 3. Article II 4. ARTICLE III 5. ARTICLE IV 6. ARTICLE V D. Declaration of Nine Basic Laws 1. Identity 2. Rights 3. Laws 4. Governance 5. Government 6. Secularity 7. Responsibility of Citizenship 8. Property Ownership 9. International Relationships E. Amendments IV. Affirmation and Approval Biafra Charter The Charter Constituting The Government of the Nation of Biafra I. DEFINITION of Charter: This document, the Biafra Charter ("the Charter", is the organic and foundational agreement for the establishment of a National Structure, Governance Structure, Governing Authority and a Basic Code of Conduct for the functionaries and peoples of Biafra. The Biafra Charter is a formal instrument which at once constitutes: 1) Authority 2) Mandate 3) Contract 4) Memorandum 5) Terms of Reference 6) Reference for the matters which are addressed or referenced by the Charter, and according as such matters are addressed or referenced therein, granted by the Nation of Biafra, through the collectivity of the representatives of the communities and peoples of Biafra, to the functionaries and for the functions stated in the Charter. II. PURPOSE of Charter: 1. The primary purpose of the Charter is to establish an enduring National Structure, Governance structure and Basic Code of Conduct for the people and the functionaries, as directed by the peoples of Biafra; which contribute to and inform a future National Constitution. 2. In addition, the Charter mandates the immediate formation of a Provisional Government of Biafra (BPG) to serve the Nation and People of Biafra during the period that Biafra is under the occupation of Nigeria. III. ORGANIZATION of Charter: This document is sectionalized into: A. Biafra Charter Authorization B. The Federal Structure of Biafra C. The Charter Constituting the Government of the Federation of Biafra D. The Declaration of Nine Basic Laws E. Amendments A. Biafra Charter Authorization Whereas the Peoples and Nation of Biafra and their land and property find themselves under physical, sociologic, political, economic and psychological subjugation by the State of Nigeria since 1967, a "state of occupation," by Nigeria, of Biafra, has existed and continues to exist. Unwilling to continue to live under such stifling servitude while suffering such indignities as are inappropriate for human beings, determined to exercise the natural and legal rights to Freedom and Liberty, NOW, therefore, We, the Peoples of the Federation of Biafra have RESOLVED to actualize, renew, re-affirm and continue with the Declaration of Biafra Independence of May 30 1967, with all the implications thereof. In re-affirming the Independence of Biafra, the Peoples and Nation of Biafra make neither war, nor peace, with the State or peoples of Nigeria; rather, we exercise a Natural right, a Popular right, a Political right, and a right supported by United Nations Organization Charter and International laws—the right of Self Determination; in the certain realization that only the effective exercise of Self- Determination by the Peoples and Nation of Biafra will end the state of occupation and subjugation by Nigeria of Biafra. In furtherance of this exercise, the Biafra Charter, a formal organ of the People and Nation of Biafra, lends authority to, and issues a mandate for, the creation and formation of a Biafra Provisional Government (BPG).

We all know nobody takes Okorocha serious,none would have attended had it held in Owerri as earlier scheduled with him hosting.

The expected meeting of the governors of the
South-East states, the leadership of Ohaneze
and other stakeholders initially slated for this
weekend in Owerri, at the instance of
Governor Rochas Okorocha to discuss the
continued pro-Biafra protests across the
South-East states and other neighbouring
states, has been shifted to Tuesday, November
17, 2015.
Also, the venue of the meeting has also been
moved from Owerri to Enugu known as the
traditional headquarters of the South-East
states.
The postponement was informed by the need
for all those expected at the meeting to be in
attendance.
The South-East governors, Ohaneze leadership
and others who will be at the meeting will
deliberate on the pro-Biafra protests that had
gained momentum in recent time and for the
governors and other leaders to do what they
are expected to do in the circumstance.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/ohaneze-south-east-govs-meeting-with-pro-biafra-protesters-postponed/

MadCow1:




Biafra is not a religion so belief and faith does not begin to apply here.

And no its not a synonym for freedom, its simply a way of some lazy Igbos to blame their misfortune on Nigeria. Many of those agitating for Biafra would still not amount to shiit in the new Nation.

Biafra is also not an Idealogy ("the imaginary relation to the real conditions of existence". Biafra is a defunt secessionist nation that existed for 2 years and a few months before being crushed by the Nigerian Government. It was a nation born out of necessity at the time. It served a purpose. It had meaning and didn't need to be marketed to be supported by all. It wasn't born out of greed (like todays movement is), it was born out of a genuine need to protect the Igbos from peril which it faced at the time. Peril you nor I can ever fully understand.

The south-south is not a cardinal point but a geopolitical zone. Same way the Igbo states are not located on in the 'Cardinal East of the Nigerian Map).. lol

Long Story short.. If you want your Biafra Nation, God Bless your hussle, but leave us the South-Southerners out of your problems.

Geopolitical zones don't exist,in the legal sense,in Nigeria.So,what's this South-south you harp on if,as already proven,it's not a cardinal point also?

Rose2014:


Thank you. It's always a difficult question for every pro one Nigeria to answer so I wasn't surprised. However, let's give him the benefit of the doubt

CC : Raiders

Your question should make for a great post,I believe.Let Nigerians come n defend their country,in a civil manner.Much like same way the Brits did with Better Together,that helped convinced a marginal majority of Scots to stay put.

Raiders:
Bruh, There is no country in this world that doesn't have any problem. Nigeria is not perfect and we have our own unique sets of problems. I am proud to be Nigeria because we are the greatest country in Africa; I know we have so many changelles but if we all work together as one Nigeria will be greater than it is right now. all we need is going leadership in Nigeria.

No offence meant,but you're yet to give reasons to be proudly Nigerian n wish to bequeath such to your offspring.Throwing about such nebulous words as great,giant,first is nothing short of inane blatherings methinks.

Raiders:
Nigeria is giant of Africa and one of the richest country in Africa. All countries have problems and Like I said earlier Leadership is the solution to our problem. If Biafra is form today what make you think that tommorow some states or regions in Biafra will not want to break out from Biafra and form their own country. We are all Nigerians and God made us as Nigeria for a reason

She asked you for reasons to be proudly Nigerian today and bequeath such to your kids,not what evils you think will befall Biafra if achieved.
Stay on topic.

This thread should be closed down,the report is a lie. https://www.nairaland.com/2722909/delta-state-police-deny-arrest

ocelot2006:


To you it doesnt. To us SS indigenes & the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the SS does. THAT MATTERS, NOT yours.

To the Federal Republic of Nigeria,SS does not exist.Only states and local governments do.
Carry on with your foolishness tho.

We haven't even seen a flash of light here since early Sunday morning,not to talk of an hour or two of light.
Parkview Estate,Ago Palace Way,Okota

dearpreye:


My stand is this. Deeply within my recess I do not approve the modus operandi by which Nnamdi Kanu champions the Biafra Cause. Aside from that, I do have no qualms with any group of people who want to determine their destinies.

I agree I'm not too smart in our ethnic history like you and Tonyebarcanista are- I'll have to do some digging here. LOL! And I believe there are some sorts of information you are privy to. Seriously, I'm yet to SEE any expansionist idea from the Igbos. I'm yet to see.

Fro the records it's being over 5 years I stopped pleasing people. I'm done with that sir.

Whenever you dey around, PM be and let's talk this issue one on one.

Happy new month, and may God guide us aright.

Barcanista or whatever you call him,is not smart in any history.
Remember the days of the Midwest Report on Biafran Invasion that he posted here as evidence of Igbo "atrocities" during the war?.He got schooled by me n others.
The guy is fond of pulling out madeup stories from his arse and passing them off as "facts" to the ignorant and the gullible.A blog is his evidence of Ijaw ancestry of Ndoki,you fuckin kidding me?.Even at that,he couldn't even comprehend the grammar used therein.How does migrating WITH,from the Benin empire,as postulated by his blog "evidence",equate being founded BY?.His education is sorely lacking,one can see.

Rotimi47:
Catalonia have their own language which is indigenous to them but Spanish is the lingual franca in Spain and as such they learn Spanish and use it to communicate just as how English is the lingual franca in Nigeria.

The Spanish language is an agglomeration of the dialects spoken in Spain.Leon has their own dialect,as do Castile,Basque,Catalonia,Andalusia n co.They're all mutually intelligible with regional variations.
Go pick up a book,read,comprehend n learn kid.

realnews:
Biafra agitators should learn from this

I am very sure you don't even know recent Spanish history,not to talk of knowing the fact that Catalonia is an integral part of the Crown of Aragon.The Crown of Aragon itself being the other half of the Crown of Spain.
Catalonia and Basque(Navarre) can't separate from Spain,they are as Spanish as is Leon,Castile and Galicia.
That's so unlike the case of Nigeria,where we're separate people and have never been one.

VickJames:


if anyone tries to dam any big river is in for a big problem and the water will submerge the neighbouring communities. that is what they dont understand.

the sea is coming to the south east, we wont look for the sea.

ask an average person in the south south riverine areas, ask them the depth they dug before they made their boreholes. ask them how the water taste when they first tasted it.

this is to show you that the sea is coming, and it is coming very fast.

We've continually told them that travelling,in addition to reading wide and comprehending,is an education but they'll rather sit their butt in some corner Of Osun or Oyo state n make some ridiculous postulations.
Go thru most threads on nairaland,you will never see a northerner from Niger,Kogi,Benue or even Kwara state make such ludicrous assertions as these ne'er-do-wells would,no matter what hate such may harbour for the Igbo.Mere seasonal rains always have their lands under water,not to talk of damming the Niger n Benue completely in a hare-brained scheme to starve Igboland of natural waterway.
I wonder the sort of youngsters being churned out by Nigeria's educational system,going by how they reason on this thread.

Aigbofa:


How then do you want to feed the canal if not by river Niger? What body of water is big enough feed the canal since you already know the rivers are flowing southward?
What you consider flood plains could become valuable rice farms, artificial lake, there are different possibilities.

Please pay attention,doofus.
This thread is talking about the Imo river,not the Niger river.The Imo has nothing to do with the Niger.There's another we haven't even touched on,the Cross river.I'm sure that one will give you serious heartache.
Btw,should anyone,thinking foolishly as you parasites on this threads have done,dam the Niger completely,in an attempt to starve Igboland of natural waterway,states such as Kogi,Nasarawa and Benue will be completely wiped out.Ordinary Kainji dam and an expanse of land as big as Lagos was submerged.Asked the people of Niger state why they clamoured for HYPADEC for years.

By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-
South
Classified information
FORMER Minister of State for Education,
Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, called Saturday
Vanguard period before the Akwa Ibom, Rivers
and Delta States Governorship Election Petition
Tribunals delivered their verdicts to relate
what he said what he would have loved not to
reveal. It was meant to be off record at the
time.
Gov. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa
He made the phone call when the Akwa Ibom
and Rivers Tribunals eventually nullified the
elections of Governors Udom Emmanuel (Akwa
Ibom) and Nyesom Wike (Rivers) almost in
sequence penultimate week and swore, “We
will not allow it in Delta because our candidate
(referring to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa)
unmistakably won the election.”
Five days to October 26 judgment of the Delta
State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal,
he invited Saturday Vanguard for an interview
at his country home at Oginibo in Ughelli
South Local Government Area to discuss his
unsettling concerns. Still, he kept meat of the
matter a top secret, chiefly saying in the chat,
published, last Saturday, that it would be
illegal for the tribunal to annul the election of
Okowa, as Deltans overwhelmingly voted for
him. It was no doubt an attempt to preempt
the tribunal from executing what he believed
was a hidden plan.
He claimed that anxiety had built up in the
state over alleged plan by the tribunal to
invalidate the election, and order a rerun,
adding that some people were already boasting
that it was a done deal. Gbagi urged the
tribunal to uphold justice.
The judgment came and went on Monday. The
three-man tribunal presided over by Justice
Nasiru Gunmi threw out the petitions by All
Progressives Congress, APC, governorship
candidate, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor and
Labour Party’s Chief Great Ogboru on grounds
that they woefully failed to prove that the
election of Okowa was not in substantial
compliance with the Electoral Act.
Unwary confirmation
Unwittingly, a chieftain of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, who was knowledgeable on the
affair confirmed to Saturday Vanguard 24
hours after the judgment that the clandestine
high-level plan was actually to sweep out PDP
in Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Delta states.
He said, “It was sealed and delivered until
Saturday, two days to the judgment when those
behind the scheme aborted it. It was easy in
Akwa Ibom and Rivers states because of certain
factors that worked in favour of the APC
candidates there, but in Delta state, we had a
different case because of our candidate.”
Emerhor
“The game plan was known only to selected
leaders in the state, two other South-South
states and Abuja because we did not want it to
leak. The problem that came up at the last
minute was if the tribunal cancelled the
election and ordered a rerun in Delta, who
would APC field for the election? It was not a
question of that Delta could not go; after all, it
was the same thing that happened in Akwa
Ibom and Rivers.
“When Wike tried to do something funny, the
tribunal was moved from Port Harcourt to
Abuja, this was done to tell him that he was
not in charge and cannot be in charge under
this dispensation. Our challenge really was our
candidate, O’tega Emerhor, whom many think
is not strong enough to dethrone Okowa.
“You see, there was no need to nullify the
election and also leave the room for PDP to
win again. We tinkered with the option of
getting a replacement from the Delta North
(Anioma), Okowa’s senatorial district, recall
that Emerhor is from Delta Central (Urhobo).
The APC leaders involved agreed to the
replacement option but there was a problem,”
he said.
Obstacle
According to him, “The INEC guidelines do not
allow substitution of governorship candidate in
a rerun. So if the tribunal ordered a rerun, it
would still amount to the same thing that we
were trying to avoid, that was how we had to
let it go.”
APC had no power to control judges –
Emerhor
Olorogun Emerhor, who was still waiting for
his lawyers to obtain a certified copy of the
tribunal judgment as of Wednesday. He
dismissed the theory when Saturday Vanguard
contacted him. He said, “People are just trying
to speculate, some people are throwing up the
theory, which they fabricated to gain
significance. I have not heard of such plan
before now, somebody is trying to be smart.”
“APC does not have the power to control
judges, if there are people who have the power
to influence judges, it is not APC, which is why
I told you that I am waiting for the copy of the
judgment to read it and know what the judges
even said,” Emerhor said.
The APC governorship candidate said from
what he heard, the tribunal said it did not
annul Okowa’s election because the petitioners
were unable to prove that the data uploaded
by INEC, which they relied on was the
complete one, adding, but they did not say
that the respondents proved otherwise.
“I think it was just a loophole they created to
pave way for Okowa, but it is not going to
stand at the Appeal, that I can assure you,” he
confidently asserted. For those saying he
should forget going on appeal, Emerhor asked
them to perish the thought, as he was not only
going to the Appeal Court but Supreme Court if
need be.
APC’s game plan is to takeover S-South
states
Gbagi, who spoke again on Wednesday to
Saturday Vanguard, said, “All these 14 days to
15 days before the judgment, the people had
completed what they wanted to do; they were
already nominating commissioners in Delta
state ahead of the October 26 judgment
because of where their power was coming
from. The target of APC is to take all the
South- South states.”
“What I can tell you is that we did what we
needed to do and at the end of it, we agreed
that we must unleash several projectiles to put
them in check. Everything put together, Okowa
should go and thank God and for being
sensible, to make the contacts that he made at
the right time. Otherwise, the plan to throw
him out had been concluded.” he said.
Gbagi asserted, “In Nigeria, it is not enough
that you won an election, you have to struggle
to sustain your victory. Like I told you before
this time, it is not everything that one can
discuss, some of the information will be too
shocking to talk about now, a lot of
mathematics went into play. Nobody in APC
gave Okowa any chance to continue, but we
proved them wrong. “
“When it is time to declassify the information,
we will do so but for now, let us watch their
next and subsequent moves,” Gbagi said.
Opposition cohesive against Okowa- Jaro
An APC stalwart, Olorogun Egbo Jaro, who
corroborated Emerhor’s claim, said it was
fallacious that the opposition in the state was
at each other’s throat over how to dethrone
Okowa. “I am a firm believer that the
opposition should work together in Delta state
and there is an understanding that we will all
work together to present a candidate. We are
already in advanced negotiation between
Emerhor and Ogboru to maximize our potential
to present a single candidate,” he said.
Jaro said PDP has been on 16-year hegemony
in the state and “we know that we cannot
break the hegemony if we fight from a
disunited front, we have not determined who
will run the ticket, but we are hopeful that the
Appeal Court will overturn the judgment of the
Delta tribunal and order a rerun.”
APC leaders, however, claim that the PDP
influenced the tribunal with N3 billion to turn
the verdict against it. They pointed to the
report in an online medium same day the
tribunal delivered judgment.
Okowa never influenced tribunal- Aniagwu
However, Mr Ehiedu Aniagwu, Chief Press
Secretary, CPS, to Governor Okowa, said
anybody that believes the story of the medium
in question could believe anything.
He told Saturday Vanguard that Governor
Okowa, who was looking for money to develop
the state had no such fund to throw around
and there was nothing like that. He maintained
that PDP was the only party on ground in the
state and those hoping that tribunal would
overturn the wish of the people would fail
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/intrigues-that-aborted-apcs-conquest-in-delta/

lygn19:

look at this one, are u done shouting go back to your land and u are now looking for another way? mumu

Shouting go back to your land?.
I see you're mentally disturbed.Have always suspected it,but you've firmly confirmed my suspicion.
Thanks for saving me the trouble of engaging you in future.
For now tho,as concerns this thread,kindly shut it.

lygn19:

this is why u should agitate for one Nigeria, we would achieve feats like this without any extra cost since we are one country, we can advance igbo land to be highly industrial then buy up most of the land in Kogi, benue, cross river's, rivers state, akwa ibom and turn them into farmlands which will supply us agricultural raw materials for our factories without having to pay for customs or anything we can even sell our products in far away bornu and it would be profitable because they cannot raise boundary against us or place an embargo, why for Ecowas and the rest u must not go to Lagos or Ogun or Cross river to obtain paper to travel through ecowas countries for ur goods u can do it in igbo land and all u do is once u are at the boundary show them ur papers and pass and the revenue remains in igbo land.

Will you just shut it if you can't contribute reasonably to the thread for now?.
Enough of all that your claptrap.This thread is about development of Igboland,in association or otherwise,of our friendly neighbours and kin.

PvtParts:


Nonsense.

How then do you think doctors can now give blood transfusions in emergency situations from a relative?

Read the thread topic before you jump in,it's not about how long you wait to get test result but how long an exposure window before a test can be reasonably sure.Don't be a typical nairalander.

PvtParts:


The last time you took the test was in the 90's.

You could get a swab test from mouth saliva in minutes these days and it is accurate.

Minutes after having sex?.
And you get an accurate result,really?.
In what alternate universe is that possible?

mamboroo:
so if I test now even if am infected I will have a negative result?

Most likely,yes

mayorski01:
Whats so annoying about homosexuals is the fact that they don't seem to agree with the fact that what they do is wrong

Care to explain how whatever it is they do is wrong and affects you or me?

3months after,in the first instance,and a follow-up test 6moths later is what's recommended.

Wishlist
By Pius Adesanmi
1. Buhari returns from India and starts the
process of selling off ten of his 11 presidential
jets. The planes to be sold do not need to
appear for Senate screening. I don't
understand this delay. You cannot condemn
the size of the fleet during campaign and,
upon taking possession of same, begin to
behave like the rich man Jesus asked to sell off
his material possessions and give the proceeds
to the poor. The rich man gave Jesus imoju,
said shior, and walked away.
2. Buhari returns from India, swears in his
cabinet, and each one of them gets kicking.
Within days, we should have clear policy
direction from each of them. May to
November in the life of a country is expensive.
No be beans.
3. Buhari returns from India and we get to
take stock of all these EFCC, ICPC invitations
and TV soap operas that have not led to any
serious trial or corruption conviction. We
sustain the tempo and encourage the
administration to continue, especially after we
have a Minister of Justice. Witch hunt wailing
should be treated as free national
entertainment.
4. Buhari returns from India and addresses us
comprehensively on Boko Haram . We need to
know and see what the immediate and long
term game plan is.
5. Buhari returns from India and stops his
customs boss from junketting around in a
private jet in these lean times. He is not a state
Governor. We agreed to let state Governors
owe workers and pensioners months of salary
arrears in order to be able to fund their
private jets. We have agreed to let our pastors
use our tithes to fund their harems of private
jets. Must we also agree to fund a private jet
for a customs boss we were told was Spartan?
We must draw the line somewhere.
6. Buhari returns from India and we begin to
hear more of the vigorous, solid, and
monumental work that Osinbajo is doing. Sadly
overshadowed by all the appalling politicking in
the land, especially the clowning in the
National Assembly.
This wishlist is not exhaustive...

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153376354076715&id=602736714&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.10153376354076715%3Atl_objid.10153376354076715%3Athid.602736714%3A306061129499414%3A2%3A0%3A1446361199%3A5462303428185366122

gost:
Let me guess, this thread will never make front page.

Frontpage?.
Ever seen a commonsense thread grace frontpage?.
This won't,it's not an APC v PDP nor SW V SE thread.

MOSES E. OCHONU

My friend, Professor Pius Adesanmi , set the
tone for what I'm about to say in a recent
Facebook update. If you have not read his
update in which he makes a forceful argument
for holding the Buhari administration
accountable for the president's pre-election
promises in the area of security and the effort
against Boko Haram, please go and read it
without delay. It is a prescient and timely
intervention. Adesanmi was writing to bemoan
the continued rampage of Boko Haram in spite
of Buhari's promise to take away their ability
to continue their murderous activities.
Adesanmi's overarching arguments are 1) we
should insist on Buhari fulfilling his promise of
securing the lives and property of citizens
from the menace of Boko Haram, a promise
that the recent wave of bombings vitiate; 2) we
should demand from this administration a
clear articulation of its strategy for ending
Boko Haram; and 3) what we criticized and
refused to accept when Jonathan was president,
we should not accept, rationalize, or fail to
criticize in Buhari's administration.
I want to extend Adesanmi's treatise beyond
the narrow domain of security. I want to
broaden his contention to the entire gamut of
issues and challenges confronting the country.
I am arguing simply that, regardless of the
issue involved, what we didn't tolerate from
Jonathan and roundly criticized in his
administration, we should also not tolerate
from Buhari and should have the courage to
criticize. Here is a list of things we rightly
criticized Jonathan for, but which, for reasons
I cannot fathom, we seem to have ignored or
accepted in Buhari's administration.
1. We pilloried Jonathan's administration for
maintaining a wasteful 12-aircraft presidential
fleet (enough to constitute a modest airline)
despite the deepening hardship and cash
crunch in the country. In response to initial
misinformation from overzealous Buhari
supporters about Buhari's decision to sell off
most of the aircraft, the administration came
out and firmly denied taking such a decision
and has continued to maintain the same
presidential fleet. This inexplicable resolve to
continue with what is universally regarded as a
symbol of executive profligacy is not attracting
any critical attention from otherwise skeptical
citizens. And I don't want to hear the excuse
that Buhari didn't buy the aircraft, that he
inherited them.
2. Staying with the aircraft theme, the new
Customs boss, Col. Hameed Ali, a key Buhari
appointee, travels around to conduct official
business in a cozy private jet, but he is being
praised as a man of action instead of being
criticized with the same vehemence with which
Mrs. Diezani Allison-Maduekwe, former
minister of petroleum, was criticized for doing
the same thing.
3. The economy is reeling from Buhari's
misguided, counterproductive, and
unsustainable policy of defending the naira at
all cost by placing primitive and economically
unsound restrictions on access to foreign
exchange. This currency control has
compounded a curious companion policy of
decreeing bans on certain imports (both raw
materials an finished goods) and wishing that
Nigeria would magically begin producing them
in spite of structural problems like poor
electricity, reliance on imported heavy
machinery, expensive borrowing rates, a
general poverty of infrastructure, and a volatile
policy environment. Our reaction to this
cluelessness has been either to stay silent or to
praise Buhari’s intentions, as though his lofty
intentions outweigh the real damage that this
policy is doing to various sectors of the
economy. The road to hell they say is paved
with good intentions, and we may very well be
headed to a figurative hell with the
pronouncement by the CBN that Nigeria’s
economy will enter recession next year. We
scrutinized all of Jonathan's economic policies,
taking them apart when they did not make
sense. But we seem to have conceded to
Buhari the right to make as many mistakes as
he wants even at the cost of inflicting serious
harm on the economy at a time of low oil
prices and a resulting economic contraction.
It's almost as if we think that the old man
knows best and have suspended our critical
faculties as a result.
4. Several bomb blasts rocked the northeastern
states of Adamawa and Borno in the course of
two days, killing cores of our citizens and
puncturing our already fragile security. It took
the presidency an entire day to acknowledge
the tragedy and offer words of comfort to a
beleaguered and traumatized nation and to the
victims' families. When Jonathan displayed
similar crass indifference to the nihilist
violence of Boko Haram and to the victims of
the carnage, we spared no outrage in
criticizing him and his team. Today, we seem
to have given Buhari's government an open-
ended benefit of the doubt on the same
attitude.
5. When Jonathan failed to articulate a
coherent road map for defeating Boko Haram,
we rightly called him out on the failure.
Buhari has not clued the nation into his grand
strategy for ending the insurgency, if one
exists. Yet we have not demanded that he
communicate clearly with the nation on this.
6. When Jonathan hired some South African
mercenaries to help drive out the insurgents
from Nigerian's towns and villages, many of us
saw that as a humiliating climb down for our
army and our country, a testament to the
failure to equip and motivate the army to fight
at their maximum ability. Then candidate
Buhari criticized Jonathan for surrendering and
violating Nigeria's sovereignty, pride, and
status as a regional power. He said the
Nigerian army was capable, by itself, of
routing the enemy if properly equipped and
motivated. Several days ago, however, we read
news, still undenied, that the administration
has done exactly the same thing that candidate
Buhari angrily condemned. They have quietly
hired South African mercenaries to help
combat Boko Haram and to meet the
December deadline issued by the president. We
are yet to hear any serious critique of this
decision to continue with a previously
criticized Jonathan strategy. For the record, I
don't care how we defeat Boko Haram and do
not mind if it takes South African mercenaries
or Martians to defeat them. I am just pointing
out the double standards of criticizing
Jonathan for engaging the mercenaries and
giving Buhari a pass for doing the same thing--
as well as the hypocrisy of Buhari criticizing
Jonathan for enlisting the help of the
mercenaries only to turn around and do so
himself.
7. When Jonathan travelled to Chad to try to
enlist the help of Idris Deby in combating the
insurgency, he was mocked for being weak and
for groveling before regional minnows. The
cantankerous Nasir el-Rufai even suggested in
a tweet that the former president had gone to
Chad to confer with Deby on how to plan more
attacks, an outrageous nod to the conspiracy
theories circulating in the north about
Jonathan's complicity in, if not sponsorship of,
Boko Haram. Today, Buhari's most discernible
public gesture in the fight against Boko Haram
is his travel around the world and in our
region begging for foreign help and
cooperation. And he seems to have invested all
his strategic permutations in the regional force
headquartered in Chad. He is, in other words,
doing what Jonathan did or tried to do. But the
reaction to his actions has been decidedly and
radically different. While Jonathan was widely
condemned, Buhari is being praised for
courting much needed alliances for defeating
Boko Haram.
8. When Jonathan appointed (and defended)
several people tainted by allegations and
revelations of corruption into his government,
we rightly expressed our disapproval in very
strident language. Today, Buhari has appointed
people plagued by weighty and credible
allegations of corruption into his cabinet and
into key roles in his administration. Instead of
dusting up our anti-Jonathan criticism and
applying it to Buhari, we have now crafted a
new argument for rationalizing this brazen act
of self-contradiction by an anti-corruption
president. We now argue that the appointees
may have been corrupt but that, serving under
Buhari, they will not dare touch government
money. That may be so, given the personal
example of incorruptibility from Buhari, but
that does not invalidate the truth that such
appointments constitute a reward for
corruption — and a bad signal to corrupt
officials. Those who should be answering to
allegations and revelations of corruption will
instead be enjoying the prestige and aura of
high office in an administration purportedly
anchored on an anti-corruption ethos.
This list is not exhaustive. You can add to it.
Obviously contexts change and one must
acknowledge that. Jonathan was criticized
within a wider matrix of issues. Moreover, in
some cases, the contexts in which he took
some of his widely criticized decisions, or
failed to take a decision, were different from
those that prevail today. We must therefore
temper our critique of Buhari’s young
government with that caveat.
We must also give Buhari a grace period for
getting a handle on the many challenges of the
country. Perhaps, our criticism of his
preservation of Jonathan’s many policies and
attitudes would be more justified after he has
spent a year in office and the texture and color
of his presidency have emerged with clarity.
Even so, it is never too early to emplace the
parameters of vigilance and accountability.
Moreover, if we don’t begin to ask tough
questions now and to challenge brazen
disregard for the anxieties and problems of
citizens, Buhari and his team will only take
that as acquiescence and go further down the
familiar and failed path.
The failure to criticize early, to lay down a
marker of citizen skepticism, as well as a
willingness to offer a prolonged period of
grace to a new government are detrimental to
both the said government and citizens. It is
one of the reasons that Jonathan strayed and
was never able to course-correct.
In the wake of the Yar’Adua debacle, Nigerians
were willing to give Jonathan an elastic latitude
of action and inaction. Now, in the wake of
Jonathan’s disastrous government, we seem to
be making the same mistake with Buhari and
setting him up for the tone-deaf indifference
and disconnection that became the defining
signature of the Jonathan administration.
Jonathan did not lose his way overnight. It was
a gradual process aided by a vast, uncritical
army of excuse makers and givers of endless
benefits of the doubt.
We need to stop the rationalization of Buhari’s
lethargic beginnings. The election is over.
Buhari is fully in charge. Forced excuses are
no longer convincing. Body language has an
expiration date and has clearly run its course
while serious problems persist. It is time to
demand concrete actions, plans, and outcomes
from this government.

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Whatever you're up to OP,Anambra is not a PDP state.Let that sink in your head.