₦airaland Forum

barcanista:
All these rumour mills. I await the official position of the APC before commenting. For now, GMB/Fashola or GMB/Osinbajo 2015

The right approach man. I wait with bated breath!

Bennyberry:
..we igbo get problem sha.we claim to be united bt truely we aren't.rochas contested and for we to support him we persecuted him.and sort to endorsing GEJ...i doubt if the south south wud eva endorse a south east presidential aspirant

I share in your pains. Almost always in national politics, the SE pales into insignificance in the final analysis.

Moheat:
DId you just mentioned under him? So not under the then president. In as much as I dislike GEJ's administration, GMB is not the man Nigeria need now.

You are old enough to make an informed choice.

barcanista:
Slander and libel thrive because the NUJ and other bodies that are supposed to regulate the journalist profession are incompetent. Anything goes in Nigeria's Journalism sector. Anyway I hope Seun obinoscopy and ishilove will consider it wise to move to front page. The campaign of calumny against the General shall all be neutralised by the grace of God.
God bless you too

They are not incompetent. Rather, they are patiently compromised.

A sari is an enlightened man. I don't know if he went as far as the university but he is well informed opinionated. A true friend or ally doesn't hesitate to tell you the truth. Going public, however, implies Asari has lost his place in the kitchen cabinet of GEJ

Moheat:
well i wont say am disappointed at your comment may be i should make u understand that it is the sole responsibility of FG to build a refinery.
As at when the decision was taken, buhari was still a governor in your erosion ravaged states. l mean eastern states. he contributed to under developed your states

Read the post again:
Under his watch NNPC was formed, the Kaduna and Warri refineries were built, 3200km of pipelines were laid, and massive fuel deports were constructed.

berem:
that is why you should ignore them. Most of them were merely toddlers and kindergartens when PTF was created. At least I was in my late teen and I saw things for my self the achievements of PTF. For someone to now say you should go get pictures and articles to prove to you what you physically witnessed is outrightly stoopid!

I think it's time to hearken to your advice. You can't wear a pig a crown and expect a semblance of human trait.

Kenai:
The question remains simple, and not this rubbish you just barfed out.
Here it is again: WHAT DID BUHARI DO FOR THE SOUTH-EAST AS HEAD OF STATE AND PTF CHAIRMAN?

Listing out these achievements as well as the appropriate sources and pictures would simply seal the deal. Please, do us all a favour and relegate your intellectual laziness and eagerness to mention Jonathan, straight to the backseat.

Cite your sources and news articles while doing it, not your beer parlor fables.
We're waiting.

I should mention sources and articles to confirm what I said about a place where I schooled and later work for for a total of 16 years? I see.

berem:
stop responding to them biko! Even when you tell them the truth,they keep looking for other methods to twist your comments. Thanks for revealing the truth about buhari's achievements in UNTH.

I wish I can. The SE is part of me. The masquerade who mention my name knows that.

Collynzo9:
Alright Amos Adams.
Now go and preach the good news of Uhari to your people in Delta state. You have done a very poor job at convincing we Igbos that Buhari has our interest at heart and deserves our vote.
Sorry about that.

Like I said above if you have balls let me know you

Collynzo9:
Amos Adams, so donating gowns and boots were Buhari's achievements in the South east?
Only God will forgive you for this insult.

If this is the level your intelligence has brought you to then I cannot help you.

Meanwhile, thank you for knowing me. I hate masquerading. If you have balls let me know you.

Kenai:
Please, give us concrete evidence that Buhari and his PTF ever attempted to work in the East or shut your smelly mouth.
If this your own attempt at debating issues and winning a South-Eastern electorate, then you're even dumber than your BuhaRETARD.

I lived in the east for 16 years schooling and later working in Enugu, Owerri, Nnewi, and Onitsha. I will ignore your insult because of the universal belief that those with the propensity to insult are usually emotionally and mentally unstable. My sojourn in the SE was mostly in the hospitals and is where PTF impact was mostly felt. Here is a list of some of the things we got in UNTH from PTF: ambulances, theater gowns and boots, drugs laboratory equipment and hospital beds. These items were continually replenished when required during the life span of the agency. My advice to you is that instead of being intellectually lazy try and establish correspondence with UNN and UNTH with a view to ascertaining the extent of PTF intervention when it existed.
N.B: the only positive fallout from the Abacha administration was PTF. In the SE, the greatest impact of PTF was in health and education.

Kenai:
If you always knew their minds were made up, then why did you bother posting on the thread in the first place only to expose your own cluelessness?
Your family is already voting GMB as you said. Then, what the hell are you still doing on this thread? Or are you just jobless and looking to boost your post count?

Whatever she does is none of your business. The constitution guarantees her the freedom to associate and to air her opinion to a reasonable extent and I don't think she has exceeded the limit.

berem:
So true! There were PTF textbooks in all unity schools in Nigeria and some state government schools too. Buhari might not have done much on roads in the southeast but he did well in education and health.

PTF apparently did not build roads in the SE because it allowed itself to become a victim of the typical malaise plaguing the political landscape of the SE. Their politicians hijack all government contracts and embezzle the fund without qualms. It happens in other regions but the SE case is very pathetic because little or nothing will be done. The masses, themselves, do not care because of the believe that material success is divine no matter the manner it was achieved. I lived and worked in Enugu throughout the PTF era. Up until 2005 the effects of its intervention were still being felt especially in UNTH. On the issue of road construction the people should hold Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu responsible because he was the highest ranking Abaca apologist in that era and, as such, enjoyed a lot of patronage by way of ffederal contracts. He was allegedly awarded the contract for the Enugu-PH road but ended up doing a 'shovel and head pan job'.

MAJOR-GENERAL Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd), Grand Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (GCFR) was born on December 17, 1942, in the town of Daura in the former Katsina province of the then Northern Nigeria.

  He is happily married to Aisha Muhammadu Buhari and has eight children.

  He attended primary school in Daura and Mai’adua from 1948 to 1952, before proceeding to Katsina Middle School in 1953.

  He also attended the Katsina Provincial Secondary School (now Government College, Katsina) from 1956 to 1961 and then moved to the Nigerian Military Training School, Kaduna in 1963.

  In October of the same year, he was sent to the officers’ Cadet School in Aldershot in the United Kingdom and was thereafter commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1963 and posted to the 2nd Infantry Battalion, Abeokuta as Platoon Commander in 1963.

  From 1963 to 1964, he was sent for further training on the Platoon Commanders’ Course at the Nigerian Military College, Kaduna. 

  In 1965, he went for the Mechanical Transport Officers’ Course at the Army Mechanical Transport School in Borden, England and in 1973, he went to the Defence Services’ Staff College, Wellington, India before he proceeded to the United States Army War College from June 1979 to June 1980.

  Muhammadu Buhari was Military Governor, North Eastern State of Nigeria, from August 1975 to March 1976, Federal Commissioner for Petroleum Resources from March 1976 to June 1978 and the Chairman, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation from June 1978 to July 1979.

  He became a Member of the Supreme Military Council from March 1976 to June 1979 and the Military Secretary, Army Headquarters from July 1978 to June 1979, before he assumed the highest office of Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces from December 1983 to August 1985.

  He later became The Executive Chairman, Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund in 1994.

  It was during Buhar’s tenure that the Nigerian National Oil Corporation and the Ministry of Petroleum Resources were reorganised to form the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and he became its first Chairman, a job he performed without blemish. 

  He masterminded and spearheaded the construction of 20 oil depots throughout the country, a project involving over 3,200 kilometres of pipelines. 

  Under his leadership, both Warri and Kaduna Refineries were built. He also drew up the blueprint for the country’s petrochemical and liquefied natural gas programmes — all without a hint of scandal.

  Gen. Muhammadu Buhari launched the War Against Indiscipline (WAI) as a Head of State and the policy won him national and universal applause, as a result of its effectiveness.

  He became a renowned anti-corruption Czar, as a result of his zero tolerance to corruption, which reduced the menace to its barest minimum while he was Head of State.

  His practical economic policies reduced inflation from 23 per cent to 4 per cent within 20 months and kept the Naira stronger than the Dollar with an exchange rate of N1 to $1.4.

  In 2002, Buhari founded a democratic and political movement — The Buhari Organisation, otherwise known as Project Nigeria, which introduced a new concept into Nigerian politics: Service to the people.

  His thirst for true service to Nigeria dragged him into government, as he registered as a member of the defunct All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP)

  In 2003, he emerged the presidential candidate of the ANPP and picked former Senate President, the late Dr. Chuba Okadigbo as his running mate.

  It was at the party’s national convention in Abuja that Okadigbo, who was also an ANPP presidential aspirant, made the statement that “it takes political sagacity to understand political arithmetic.”

  Buhari contested the presidential election in 2003 and lost to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

  In 2007, the ANPP was factionalised following the battle of supremacy among the major party stakeholders. Even at that, Buhari emerged the presidential candidate of the party in 2007 and he picked the late Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke as his running mate.

  He lost the election to the late Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua of the PDP. 

  Following the crisis that decimated the ANPP ahead of the 2011 general elections, Buhari and his supporters hurriedly founded the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).

  He said that he had supported the foundation of the CPC “as a solution to the debilitating, ethical and ideological conflicts in my former party, the ANPP.”

  Attempts by the opposition parties, namely — the ANPP, CPC and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to merge before the 2011 general elections failed woefully.

  Thus, Buhari contested the 2011 presidential elections on the platform of the CPC and lost to President Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP, but not without a good fight, as he won election in 12 states and gathered over 12 million votes. 

   Following the move for the merger of the major opposition parties — ANPP, ACN, CPC and a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) — Buhari was among the major stakeholders that contributed to the establishment of the All Progressives Congress (APC) — the first-ever successful political party merger in the history of the country since Independence.

  Ahead of the APC Third National Convention and Presidential Primaries held in Lagos between December 11 and 12, it was obvious to political observers that Buhari was the man to beat in the race.  

  What counted for him is his perceived acceptability at the grassroots, and penchant for integrity and transparency — a virtue that is lacking in most Nigerian politicians today.

  Although he has no strong financial base, which is a major factor in politics, Buhari enjoys the support of the party governors and other major stakeholders, who saw him as the right choice for the party in the 2015 presidential elections.

  They worked tirelessly for his victory at the primaries and many believe that if the party leaders replicate the same feat in the presidential election, it may be difficult for the PDP to have an easy ride, if at all.   

  No doubt, Buhari has always constituted the most potent and virile opposition to the ruling PDP in all the elections he contested, and came second to the candidate of PDP. This experience will be an advantage to him in 2015.

  In recognition of his numerous and enviable contributions towards the development of the country, Buhari has been conferred with a number of national and international awards.

  He is the recipient of the following: Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR), Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR), Defence Service Medal (DSM), National Service Medal (NSM), General Service Medal (GSM), Loyal Service and Good Conduct Medal (LSGCM), Force Service Staff (FSS) and The Congo Medal (CD), among others.

  Buhari, a man with a high level of discipline, who shuns materialism, has zero tolerance for corruption.

  Hence, he beats his chest publicly that he has never stolen a kobo of public funds in all the positions he has occupied and challenged anyone, who has evidence to the contrary, to unveil so.

  Indeed, he is a man with a passion for selfless service, which he has promised to discharge to the good people of Nigeria if given the mandate in 2015.

By Samson Ezea.
The Guardian, 12/12/2014.

The first time I stumbled on naira land some years ago I was elated because of the quality and variety of of threads that appeared on front page. Nairaand became my main source of getting abreast of relevant issues. Now, I logged on to NL to find this thread on front page. Then the effect of the gradual rot that has crept into this once favourite platform hit home. This thread is a product of extreme immaturity, lilliputian intelligence, and stunted mentation. The MODS that allowed it at all on this site in the first place have broken their own rules and thus should be de-moded. And for Seun, he has succumbed to the bug that plagues many successful Nigerians - allowing fame and wealth to blight the noble objectives that guided you to success and/or succumbing to political pressure subtly or overtly for '12 shekel'.

kosovo:
It is irresponsible for us to keep screaming vote for Change.. We have to know what kind of change we are talking about..

There can be changes without improvement.. but all improvement comes with a change.. It's really foolish for someone who has a BS.c to think any positive change can from GMB.. An old man who thinks he can stabilize oil prices from Aso Rock..

You guys will rather insult on social network and believe the lies being spread by APC.. None of these so-called digital youth do read.. They have not read the history of GMB.. They just scream in their little cubicle with EDGE network asking for change..

When you don't read history... You repeat history!!!

In this case we cannot afford a bad history to repeat itself...

Until APC has someone who has a vision and agenda, they stand no chance of being behind the gates of Aso Rock!

It is obvious you are the one without knowledge of history. The generations of the 60s, 70s, and 80s acquired knowledge the hard way. Ironically, they appear more educated, enlightened, and better informed in Nigerian history than this present generation. Whenever the name Buhari is mentioned people go into a frenzy and say things that never existed. Meanwhile, you can get information on GMB from google even in your bedroom.
I will task you with a little assignment: list 10 verifiable ills you know GMB committed while serving the country.

Isn't it time the candidates concedes to GMB? I thought it is what modern democracy is known for.

3000 still counting.

barcanista:
If you know the way I de vex for Atiku ehn. You won't imagine what made me not to sleep all because of this primaries. I wouldn't be boiling if the mofo hadn't tried to buy votes. Buhari's speech keep echoing on my head, what if the delegates had played to the tune of Atiku? What if Stomach Infrastructure had its way like Ekiti?

It's painful alright. But then politics is an admixture of the good, the bad, and the ugly.

I have lost satellite signal. Warri tire me. Rain falling everyday in December.

GMB=1000 and still counting.

The bigots are the ones who look for mediaval issues to retard a nation advancement because they cannot cope in a progressive society. Religion has no place in politics.

CFCman:
7,214

Thank you.

CFCman:
Atiku's $ only got him 13% of the vote

What is the total number of delegates?

Buhari next.
The person doing the counting has a heck of a job to do. His saliva is sure going to dry up before he finishes counting GMB votes. Water is needed here.

Atiku looking gloom.

Atiku=954votes

Counting begins with Atiku

Sorting ended. Lasted 5hrs 20mins

Halleluya. Just started viewing live telecast since it started. If the trend I am seeing is same as when the counting started some contestants should throw in the towel at this point.