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felifeli: Self deception is a terrible mental disease. Anyway august 9 will decide. See you then. Bye.

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felifeli: Dear guy, your level of ignorance makes me want to cry. I have been using computers professionally for more than 20 years so waht do you want to teach me about operating system and data transfer ? Your explanation shows however that you have only superficial knowledge of what you are typing. But in any case let's leave the technical matters alone since this is not the subject of this post. Answer me these please :
1. Is the user of Opon Imo able to load new books by themselves ? Is Opon Imo the same thing as given in the other institutions you mentioned (unilorin, abti, foreign schls etc) Absolutely no. It is an educational toy and really at best a tool for indoctrination. It has no means to access internet , no bluetooth , no usb .
2. Is the government able to change the books inside Opon Imo ? Absolutely no. The toy must be returned to the supplier for this. Possibly call for a fresh supply contract to Kabiru son of Aregbesola
3. Are the books in the Opon imo free ? Absolutely no. A handful of publishers were given the contract to load them. Were all publishers contacted about the opportunity. You already know the answer.
4. Can other publishers also supply books fro putting in Opon ifa ? Absolutely no. The recommended book list is ignored. Only handpicked books.
5. Can this system be called fair commerce ? Is there a level playing ground for all educational suppliers ? Was due diligence observed in the implementation of this educational SCAM ? Is there hope for other book suppliers to be included ? Absolutely NO.

Thank you

You are the ignorant one here.
1.Is the user of Opon Imo able to load new books by themselves ? Yes and No. The Purpose is the question which is the reason for the tablet to be made not to access internet,No bluetooth and NO USB. Ekiti provided Compact Notebook (Mini laptop) they found out that most of the kids use the computer for extra curriculum activities which is goes contrary to its purpose. There are Secondary school students and the necessary books they need from past question of various exam to books are installed in the tablet. The books and the question paper are interface in the question and answer application.
2. Is the government able to change the books inside Opon Imo ? Absolutely yes. I repeat and will inform you if you like to know. The tablets can be used to write exams and test. How do you tend to input the exams or test if you cannot input data. Learn about OPon Imo before you comment on something you know nothing about.
3.Are the books in the Opon imo free ? Yes and No. Yes, in the sense that the students don't bother buying plenty books or any book again. NO, the government have paid the Nigerian accredited re-known publishers of Secondary schools books for the soft copies of their various text books that is installed in the tablet.
4. Can other publishers also supply books for putting in Opon ifa ? To inform you, there is nothing like Opon Ifa, we only have Ifa which is a book that discuss the history of Yoruba's. Not all books are incorporated in a device at the initial stage, there is always room for improvement and upgrade. I don't understand books that were recommended but was ignored. if they were, by who? and what is the story line of the book? Cos i don't want books like Mary Slessor stopped the killing of twins in Nigeria where we all know that twins exist in the western Nigeria since the existence of the Yoruba and the world in general except some remote places.
5. Can this system be called fair commerce ? Is there a level playing ground for all educational suppliers ? Was due diligence observed in the implementation of this educational SCAM ? Is there hope for other book suppliers to be included ?
All these question asked makes me know that you have no idea about what you are talking about. What is unfair commerce in this, giving the federal Government recommended Secondary Schools Publishers contract to produce books in a soft copy. With the current civilisation where every mainframe computers are reduced to tiny microcomputers that you still want to carry big books around. Am sure you are the type that go around with e-bible on IPAD arrogantly.

You brag that you have been using computer for 20 years that does not make you to have the technical know how. I can use anything to bet it you are a novice on computers or electronics. Think beyond your nose gee. We are in a technological age where people think the impossible. Can you imagine some one saying he does not know the relationship between Android and a Tablet. Chaiiiiiii deris GOD oooooooo

Ikengawo: prostitution is also legal in the state of Nevada and it's income comes from mafia owned casinos. Stop talking about what you don't know

Cos prostitution is legal and so? or cos you can visit Indecency sites through e-tools. If because of that then forget using the internet.

felifeli: Okay I apologise , for calling you an id.iot but it was in response that you first thought to intimidate me by calling me gongoshu. You drew first blood but I don't scare easily, do you understand ?
Now tell me what does Opon Imo have to do with android phone . Explain to us ?
Also explain to us what Opon Imo has to do with blackboard and chalk ,which is still used in advanced countries anyway and even in Osun classrooms . Every system has its good points.
What does Opon Imo has to do with latrine ? Does it direct user to good toilets too ?
Please explain and then I will call you a more dignifying name. If you cannot, then kindly stay out of this discussion and go sell your rice in the market. Thank you.

Opon Imo is a learning tablet. To load an application on the Tablet, you need an operating system. The operation system is called Android.
With Opon Imo, no need for blackboard and chalk. You are able to communicate with your student directly from the tablet. Every needed tools and books are installed on the tablet.

It is just a way of telling you why did you decide to embrace civilization of water closet over pit latrine. Is it not only about improvement in personal hygiene alone and but the advancement in technological development?

It is very disappointing that in this modern era people reject our own creation all because of politics but if it was from a white man or Chinese we will embrace with and call it a complete and great innovation. Some people will say why not a computer. Is a tablet not a computer.

Opon Imo can receive information from designated source. the reason why it is not allowed to receive information from any source both internet, USB and other computers sources is to restrict the usage of the Tablet to the purpose it is made for. If it requires input of data, the data centres created in all the 30 LG which employs over 5000 youths are available. Pls, ignorance is not an excuses. if you have a limited knowledge on something, if you can't you use Google try and ask. it is never a sin and will never be an offence not to know.

texaco1: your statement seems to be a complete fallacy and very far from the truth. Information getting to me indicates that omisore actually did a lot for ppl in his constituency.but if u equate performance with providing propaganda tablets for school kids with heavy punishment stipulated if it gets spoilt,or not conducting lg elections for almost 4years or even owing civil servants salaries for months and not paying corpers for over 3 months ,then I think omisore is far better. What is the use of giving 1 naira and collecting 500 naira from the people.itt seems most of u apc supporters are just arrogantly ignorant to realise that people will never be fools forever . Well let's just wait and see what happens . Pdp no dey pariwo or palantia the polling booths will send our message

Can you enlighten us on his performance as a senator, Cos he represents my constituency. Even his contribution in the chamber we know (remember he hardly contribute to debate). His agenda, we are yet to read or see.

mrjangaweed: Yes we want opposition but not APC type full of lies destruction and propaganda. Every country needs opposition but i say no to APC type we dont want power drunkards as opposition we want constructive criticism from opposition not enemy of progress and pull him down syndrome guys

Get that into your stinking bias and usless skull fool

I don't understand your rant on this forum. I discuss issue and listen to good argument that is filled with facts and figure, free from sentiments and emotion. You are a fool, the people in power presently are not power drunk too. Only the opposition that are power drunk, if there aint power drunk why not honour the said agreement between them. If the ruling class/party is not power drunk why paint some people black when the power within their disposal can arrest and persecute the opposition. if he is a fraud and a criminal as your stupid and bias mind preaches.
Are you saying only the opposition that is power drunk but those in power who wants to retain power at all means are not power drunk.
You are the biggest fool have ever met in my life.
You want constructive opposition, how do you mean by constructive opposition. Are you saying the opposition should provide answers to the incumbent inefficiency. Create a platform to argue policies and lets see who will affect the masses. We are all witness to 2011 Presidential campaign where a Presidential candidate opt out of debate for an interview from a musician. How do you want your constructive opposition to operate. Sight examples from developed countries and cases. If you don't have shot your fucking mouth up forever. Then the opposition don't have anything to do coming to power but they can stay and be advisers.
Tell me how they have involved themselves in pull me down syndrome and even if they have, is the ruling class not involved in such.
Look, with all due respect everybody and leader has his or her weakness but that does not change the character and doggedness of them (We know them) when you meet them. You can't take it away from him, cos all your points are full of hatred and emotions which has blocked your sense of reason and set you on a part of unnecessary high blood pressure on the mention of ASIWAJU AHMED BOLA TINUBU.
Sit down and ruminate over this countries politics and tell me how you tend to succeed as a opposition politician in Nigeria, with the kind of opposition you believe we should have. Sorry for the insult, you caused it by insulting me.

talk2cj08: Can you hear yourself  YouR education as my friend said earlier and i quote is a waste for promoting fraudster and criminal who takes pleasure in milking the poor and the under-privilege all in the name of creating companies in his name. Let me ask you one question is this the kind of opposition Nigerians need?

What type of opposition do you want. The opposition that is chararcterised by saints (that someone from one corner can allege him of fraud regardless of no court in Nigeria). How possible can that be. Even a serene and well organised society does not have a perfect politician you want from the opposition in a country Nigeria where lots of abnormality have become normal.
I am not promoting him but i admire his courage and his charisma to survive in the murky waters of Nigeria politics with no power of incumbency and abuse of power. (Police, Army, Navy, Civil Defence, EFCC, ICPC, DSS, NTA, etc)
You call him a criminal and a fraudster, yes he might be which is very debatable. But who and how many among the so called Leaders or Politician of this present era have impacted positive to the life of Nigerian's like him.
No where in the world would you expect a saint in politics.

mrjangaweed: Another supporter of APC on the loose

I don't blame you reasoning is far from you. Read the post properly and challenge the facts. For someone to challenge your authority does not make him a devil. We want opposition, but what type of opposition do we want? Sit down and analysis. If a man who have never been President of Nigeria and have never for now aspire to be President can be so powerful to the extent that the FG of a nation will find every negative means without verified facts to bring him down with all arsenal in their disposal. He is really a great man and politician of immense knowledge. I have no time to argue with you or insult you, but i know OBJ did worst to him yet who is more popular after they both left power.
Take it or leave it, when GEJ leaves power he will not and cannot be as relevant as Tinubu.

I wonder, why is it only Tinubu the FG always attack. That's the new trend. Nobody have called him a saint cos he his human but among his peers of politician of 1999 who have more influence and impact on his people directly or indirectly (even the nation).

WHO IS THE MASTER PLANNER?

First, my prejudice: I am committed to the promotion, elevation and celebration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Just like lovers of Chief Awolowo, I wear caps with his chain logo.
I understand him and I have written tomes of articles to try to make people see him in as best a light as possible.
I should remind you. I was his Deputy Chief Press Secretary from 2003 to 2005 and his Chief Press Secretary from 2005 to 2007. When he left office in May 2007, I continued as his media adviser until I was elected into office as Executive Chairman of Ejigbo lCDA.
As a media and political strategist, I understand perfectly that the Presidency knows that Tinubu is one of the key strategists of the APC. He thinks outside the box and has rare expertise in plotting the logistics of electoral campaigns.So strategic that if his services to the party could be neutralized, the Presidency's plot to overrun the APC will be easier to achieve.
Second, Tinubu is one of the key grassroots mobilizers of the APC, particularly in the Southwest where he has demonstrated capacity to roll back the territorial gains of his party's opponents.
Politics is competition for power. The nearer to the election, the more desperate is the urge to put down your opponent. Because voters determine the outcome of election, the battle for their minds is critical to the battle for their votes.
The social media and online journals have been awash with syndicated negative bombardment of Asiwaju in recent weeks. The aim is to alienate him from his teeming followers, demonise him as someone undeserving of their affection and devalue his political stature and by extension the attraction the APC generates.
Much of the content in the media are the rehash of stale rumors, efforts to convict by association. They have been on the media shelves since 1999. But their purveyors sell them because Tinubu continues to be relevant in the country's public life.
When such incredible falsehoods no longer jelled, the alchemists of hatred have come up with noxious fallacies. It is to these fallacies that I now turn.
The Tinubu Dynasty: Yes, it is true that Oluremi Tinubu, his wife, is in the Senate. It is true that Hon.Oye, his son in law is in the House of Representatives and it is true that his daughter, Mrs Shade Oye is the Iyaloja -General of Lagos.
What ratio of the senators who have represented Lagos State since 1999 belong to Tinubu's family? Do the Maths: 16 senate seats have been occupied since 1999. Answer: 1 -15. If you take the members of House of Representatives from Ekiti State since 1999 and rate one seat occupied by his son in law to the number, the ratio is much higher: 1 to over 60. And each of these two family members have not even completed a term! Certainly it is a mischievous exaggeration to describe this as a family dynasty.
The antagonists are silent on hundreds of politicians such as kehinde Bamigbetan from ILE-Ife, Osun State who were spotted and supported for public office yet have no blood relationship whatsoever with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. When the Iyaloja issue came up, I asked as many of them as I could to know the situation. I was told that the departed matriarch had expressed her wish to be succeeded by her and that had been the understanding at least a year before she passed on.
2. Asiwaju is undemocratic
As Chief Press Secretary, I got used to a ritual.Asiwaju would invite me into his office and the first question would be: what are people saying?He always made sure he stood on the popular side. As the party grew and became a popular platform, managing electoral contest became more difficult. The campaign of AD in 2003 witnessed clashes among followers of aspirants because everyone knew that once you got the ticket, you would win. Primaries were held amidst heavy security. Even party members began to fear the risk of attending primaries.
To reduce the conflict of inter-party primaries, elders and leaders were encouraged to manage competitors within their constituencies. Groups were encouraged to hold shadow elections. Still, there were complaints of abuses and peddling of influences. These disagreements were ultimately resolved at the apex leadership. It was never a one man show. The idea of a "a capricious Tinubu fixing candidates in his bedroom"is a romantic misrepresentation, a perversion based on ignorance and mischief.
Happily, by 2011, internal audit of the party's electoral process led to reforms. The party, now ACN, held primaries. I know as a matter of fact that delegates queued to vote at the party's secretariat in Lagos to vote their choices. The event took the whole day. The fact is that all the members of the House of Assembly, House of Representatives and Senate representing Lagos State today were elected at the primaries.
Furthermore, the party has responded more by ensuring that the recent ward and local government congresses were duly held. In fact, only 153 of the 377 ward chairmen were returned.
3. The untouchable: Tinubu's legacies
Those who seek to demonise Asiwaju Tinubu attack the person to destroy his value because they know there is a place the dare not go: his legendary achievements. Who built the finances of Lagos State that it became the only state independent of federal receipts? Tinubu. Who initiated a mass employment Programme that mopped unemployed graduates from the streets of Lagos through kAI, LSTMA etc. Tinubu. Who began the infrastructural renewal -Kudirat Abiola/ Oregun, Agege Road-Lawanson-Itire, Egbe-Igando- LASU-IBA and brought private tectorial into road intervention and refuse clearing? Tinubu.
There are many reasons why the Federal Government would have axe to grind with Tinubu. He asserted the right of states to control vehicles registration and produce plate numbers within their domain among so many others. The antagonists know very well that if they succeed in neutralizing Tinubu, a defender of the people, there would be fewer men of courage with the financial capacity to fight the lords of Aso Villa.
This conspiracy must not be allowed to stand because of the danger it posed not only to Tinubu as a person but to the poor and helpless Nigerian.
Tinubu is not perfect. But he has shown that he believes in Nigeria. His investments are here and they provide employment for thousands. The local governments and LCDAs created by his administration has increased the human and material development of Lagos State. This is the Tinubu that I celebrate every day and night. This is the Tinubu that deserves our solidarity at a time those who have no vision seek to blur our vision of a great statesman and man of the people.

BY Kehinde bamigbetan.

Arysexy: Hey Yoruba ape! the concept of one Nigeria is defeated when igbo live in igboland, yoruba live in yoruba land nd hausa in hausa land. y r u telling igbos to go back to their village? is ur rusted zinc corrugated village better than igbo villages? an average igbo man would demolish such animal houses still existing in ur yoruba land nd build a decent house for his father, yet u have gut to attack them. Ain't u ppl ashamed? We cant leave lagos for u, lagos was developed with our collective wealth and we have made the sacrifice for 1 nigeria. if u cowards are tired, u can hang!

You're so full of crap, you could pass for a toilet.” I laugh at your fool grown stupidity. Ibadan as i said what it host is more than any state not town not city in the whole of south east. Pls can you post an aerial view of any SE city lets see its the type of roof used. Mumu, Ibadan and ancient city of repute. That have put Nigeria in the map of Africa and the world because of monumental things it host. A LG in Ibadan is challenging with a state capital in the east. Imagine how it looks like 13 LG linked together. you move from LG 1 to LG 13 as if you are moving from street to street. Show us your cities aerial view and see if corrosion doesn't exist in your land. Once again, you show all the sensitivity of a blunt axe

XOCONOCHCO: Are you a corporate begger? Come on mechu onu gi there.

Very good in dodging issues. I wont insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said

Arysexy: He couldn't control the tribalistic urge Yorubas are known for, Thank God these are happening now, so that my ppl would know who their real enemies are. I cant wait for them to come to Anambra for APC campaign, have mobilised some unizik students that will repeat the OBJ stoning episode of yr 2000 at Awka. Ndi ara! Otolo gbagbukwa Fashole, Nkita lachkwa ya anya.

I think you are a big fool and u keep running your mouth. Suffering from mouth diarrhea. You hate them but you will use the whole of your life to discuss them. You hate them you live in their territory. Can't you get yourself a better job and leave the people you claim are of low life. See Kettle calling Pot black. Zinc roof at Ibadan is much because of the ancient city it tends to be, large and bigger than lots of state in SE. Which of the state do you want to mention in the east that host what Ibadan has. You just have to go for one hate them and keep shout or like them and merry with them. Jealousy is a disease.

olire: bros we have heard you, OYA LETS CLAP: you have won da argument on the falseness of the road figure. BROS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHY THERE IS No INTERNAL DEMOCRACY IN ACN: PLEASE WE NEUTRALS ARE CONFUSED, WHY DOES ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU SINGLE HANDEDLY HANDPICK CANDIDATES? WHY AREN'T THERE PRIMARIES. PLEASE EXPLAIN FOR US AND NO DIGRESSION.

Hmmmm, Nigerians will never learn. It is nobody business how a party pick his or her candidate. If the people ain't satisfy should vote the opposing party. Do you understand the meaning of Intra-party and Inter-party politics. The interested of the people is Inter-party not Intra-party. The Party decides the way it wants to run it party within its fold but when it comes to party to party it must go to election. This hv been discussed several time. take you time and learn a lot on Google. Read about Labour Party of UK.The internet is meant for gathering information.

Austine.E:
...confused northern governors,they were the first to oppose state police on the ground that it will bring about dis-intergration of the nation,now for their personal selfish interest,they wish they had one!..as for Amaechi,'he who the gods wants to kill,they first make him mad'!!when the time comes,these governors will desert you in the lurch.Every good student of history knows that Amaechi is on wrong track and lucky him if he had nt already taking a political suicide,dont forget that ordinary Niger-Deltans sees him as fighting their own son while been fanned by outside interest!

How do you mean by being on a wrong path. By disagreeing with the President. Which of the history are you talking about. Obasanjo who was one of the cruel politician in Nigeria had to bow to the Governor"s forum in his bid for second term, he did not out muscle them. Ameachi might be at the receiving end now but ask yourself who will face election btw GEJ and Ameachi. Who needs more friends than enemies? The Battle btw OBJ and Gbenga of Ogun state resulted to the party losing the state to the opposition. If you talk of Dariye, Alams, Ladoja it is OBJ second term, after he used them to achieve is election including Atiku. What history are you quoting. GEJ already declare full fledged war against the governors not supporting his election bid within his party. Who goes to war with a divided house. Problem with OBJ in the SW, the key strong holds of power in the NW, NE. Lets see as the storm settles.

EasternLeopard: Nigeria political parties are power hungry. APC lack ideology. In short their happiness shows that they lack national political financial structure and so are happy to welcome defecting PDP governors.

Sharrap, what do you understand by Idealogy. How many type of Idealogy are you aware of. We sit in our living room make no research but open our dirty mouth and say no party in Nigeria have Idealogy. PDP - Economic liberalism, Social conservatism, ACN - Classical Liberalism, Progressivism, CPC - Social Change, Federalism. You need to read about political parties not just join the band wagon. They all look similar but there policy, purpose differs.

Lots of people comment without reading the content of the speech of Tinubu, just because Okupe came out to disagree with Tinubu. They all condemn him also. Pls what do you expect from Okupe to embrace Tinubu or disagree with him. I posted the speech so that people can read and understand and judge not from just one perspective but from both sides. Except I know lots have poor reading culture they live by what people say.

16. The lack of a functional Biometric Voters Registration (BVR) System accounts for much of the abuse of the current process. The debate over BVR goes to the fundamental quality of our elections. With BVR we have a chance at honest elections. Without it, we are doomed to repeat past failures.
This system was applied in Ghana. It worked. Other African countries – Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Kenya and Tanzania – used biometric registers and validation system for their general elections. It worked. If Nigeria truly is the leader and giant of Africa, let us act like it.
If smaller nations can take this step to assume the continental lead in the quality and integrity of their electoral processes, let us regain the leadership role by taking the necessary step to embrace this system as well.
17. The objective of the data capture and finger printing is to eliminate multiple voting. However, INEC’s present system negates this. Why take fingerprints, capture biometric data and then discard the information on the all-important voting day by resorting to manual accreditation? Unless INEC embraces biometric verification and revalidation during the exercise, our elections will remain more an exercise in deception and subterfuge than in democracy and probity.
WHY THE STRUGGLE?
18. I am a Nigerian patriot and a Nigerian progressive. These are not facile labels to be easily used and discarded. I consider both as badges of honor. Proudly, I wear each of them. As progressives, we fight for free and fair elections to accomplish a purpose much loftier than the elections themselves.
We do not seek fair elections so that our members may enter office and behave the same way as the ruling party. We seek not to remove the ruling party from power so that we might imitate them. We seek their removal because we intend to provide a strongly more progressive, forward looking, visionary leadership.
They are the prison guards of an unjust status quo holding the people captive. We have nothing less in mind than to change the face of our political economy for the benefit of our people and our country, Nigeria.
19. It had been said that Nigerian politicians all believe in the same thing: themselves.
This has never been true. Today its falsity is even more glaring. When the current administration sought to abolish the fuel subsidy under cover of darkness last year, we opposed it by offering an approach that would increase government spending in favour of the people. We insisted that if it must be done, such funds must be dedicated to programmes of vital social services in proportion to the amount of the subsidy removed.
We seek fiscal federalism where state and local governments are more empowered to spur development at the grassroots level. Those in power use unconstitutional means, such as the illegal Excess Crude Account and the Sovereign Wealth Fund, to retain central government control over funds belonging to the States. They also weaken the states by imposing a variety of unfunded federal mandates that stress and strain already tight state budgets. By these measures, they make States more subservient to central government. Also, the people are punished through the denial of needed resources to improve the quality of life.
The official youth unemployment rate approaches a frightening 60 percent, while the rate of graduate unemployment hovers around 30 and 35 per cent. No scenario can be more frightening. However, the present government is promoting statistical growth without evidence of its corresponding impact on the people. If this is growth, we want no part of it.
20.On provision of energy, billions have been spent on power, but the Power Holding Company of Nigeria remains powerless. Meanwhile, the people grope in darkness. Industries are collapsing and manufacturing base goes into extinction. Again, this government praises its artificial solutions to real actual problems. For them, this is enough. For the people, it is a bleak house. My Goodness, if this is growth, we want no part of it!
NATIONAL SECURITY
21.This government promised peace and security but under its unwatchful eye, insecurity has grown. Boko Haram has turned large tracts of northern Nigeria into no man’s land with live and property under severe threat and economic activities have come to a standstill. Yet, this government has not seen the correlation between poverty, injustice and the rule of law. Nigerians have become increasingly divided as a people because government continues to take faulty steps. They have ignored the cause and gone after the symptoms. Yet, the government has the responsibility to end foreign or homegrown terrorism. On this, we are ready to partner with government to end this scourge.
The current administration should apply a consistent policy of targeted law enforcement operations in conjunction with an active program of economic development, negotiations and potential amnesty for penitent Boko Haram members. Instead, the nation has been treated to series of government inaction, indiscriminate use of force, and now a state of emergency. The Jonathan government set up a special Committee on Boko Haram and Security matters but sadly before they could perform, he declared State of Emergency in three Northern states: Yobe, Borno and Adamawa. This is symptomatic of a confused leadership. If there is security in this jumbled policy, neither I nor the majority of Nigerians can find it!
On the State emergency declared, we told our National Assembly members to support it so long as it operates without affecting the democratic structure and without the federal government dipping its hands into the treasury of the States concerned.
Before the end of the State of Emergency, we hope government will enumerate the number of victims including orphans, and the number of churches, mosques and properties of economic value destroyed. Government must them move to compensate the victims.
22.There is a great philosophical gulf separating the current government from us progressives. This current Nigerian government is a retrogressive one. Much of what they claim as growth is but the harsh redistribution of wealth from the bottom to the top. The bottom gets squeezed while the top expands. They are serving us the salad of corruption. They consume our today and squander the nation’s tomorrow. For 14 years, the PDP led government cannot turn anything around. A new leadership is required to put a stop to this.
In more visual terms, the economy is being reconstructed as an oasis for a small few and a stark desert for the many. This government pretends to endorse the same budget-cutting austerity policies that now rend much of Europe. We are not Europe, we are a 3rd World economy. That these policies have failed in European nations with higher standards of living than Nigeria gives our leaders no concern. They rather follow the herd over the cliff than save the nation by standing alone and exercising independent thinking and charting a new economic path.
It seems our leaders have an abiding faith in the capacity of our people to endure every form of indignity and poverty. They assume that Nigerians are sadistic and enjoy being punished. This is not true. The leaders purport to be democratic but they operate as if in a discriminatory system where there are few escape valves.
Our people live in dire straits. But this government would rather waste the money than spend it on the public benefit. They do not believe the people are worth it. The money is more important. They claim to be hoarding it for that mythical rainy day, when most Nigerians are drowning in poverty. If that is not troubled waters, I don’t know what new calamity will make this government ever recognize the need to build the new bridges needed for the people to cross over into prosperity.
I have said this before and I shall say it again. These leaders would rather save the money and spend the people. We progressives would rather spend the money to save the people.
23. In essence, that is what this political struggle is about. Do the people want a government that values its accounting ledgers more than the people’s welfare or a government that prudently uses its resources to stimulate economic growth, that will touch every life in every village, city and hamlet of our nation?
In our approach to the political economy, we do not rely on textbook answers because we do not live in textbooks. We live in the real world and thus seek answers from real world experiences.
Here is a real world fact: No large nation has ever attained sustained growth without government running budget deficits to build the required infrastructure and without other government policies promoting development of the key industries that would become the spine of national development.
24.Here is another such fact: No populous nation ever attains prosperity solely by extracting its raw material to exchange them for the finished goods of other large nations. We must industrialize and diversify our economy so that it provides more employment and that employment creates a virtuous cycle by spurring greater demand that spurs even greater production and employment. This is not theory. It is the pragmatic way to recover from the present depression.
Unless we do this, the retrogressive elite will continue to sing about how well Nigeria is doing while the rest of the nation becomes engulfed in the tidewaters of consuming poverty.
It is for this reason — to save the nation from the stranglehold of permanent poverty and poor governance — that the members of the progressive opposition political parties have decided to put aside personal ambition (including my own ambition) to form a new party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. We do this because Nigeria has entered a critical state of economic depression.
CONCLUSION
Because of the unfair nature of our electoral processes and of the gross imbalance of our political economy, the people have been props in a drama for which they should have been the main characters. We must change this.
We must move Nigeria from the place where the whims and narrow wishes of a self-centered reactionary elite dictate the fate of over 150 million people. Let Nigeria enter the place where the people take center stage and their elected leaders cease misbehaving like a modern-day aristocracy and get on with the task of national development in earnest.
First, we need to sanitize the electoral system. Material reform is needed. Unless reform comes, the next election will be abysmal and the people’s will shall not prevail. And that would be dangerous. Let the next election be a fair and open contest between the PDP power and our progressive vision for change.
On our side, we will take our chances with a free and fair election. For we shall offer the people an innovative program consisting of a national industrial policy that includes radical infrastructural development and employment targets. It includes revival of agriculture through commodity exchange boards, education reform and of the modernization of essential social services including primary health care, especially for women and children to reduce maternal and infant mortality.
These and other people-oriented measures we pledge. We look forward to a public comparison of our plans to those of the past 14 years under the current government. This is what democracy is about. Let the people inspect each party’s wares then vote for the package that suits them. In an honest and transparent manner.
A truly free and fair election is what the Progressives ask for. One man. One vote. If we get this, we shall win because we seek to provide a new leadership that will lead Nigeria to a better place and future. A country where no responsible mother is forced to send her children to bed without food, where no son watches his mother pass away because he can’t afford basic medical care and where every child can taste of a quality education that allows them to dream of being doctors, scientists, farmers, business people, nation builders, and even dream of being the president of our land. A Nigeria where everyday brain drain is converted to brain gain. This is the Nigeria we seek. This is the Nigeria that shall come to pass.
I thank you for listening.
June 2013. Bola Ahmed Tinubu

The full text of Tinubu's speech at London

I am honoured to be with you in the House of Commons for this is a house of democracy. It can be said that modern representative democracy was born inside these walls. Three and one-quarter centuries ago, England underwent the Glorious Revolution.
The Glorious Revolution was a complex happening, with religious considerations playing as large a role as political factors. The Glorious Revolution permanently shifted the balance of power from the monarch to the elected representatives of the people. In this land, the primacy of the monarchy was altered.
2.Over the years, the power of parliament would progressively grow while that of the monarchy would recede. As long as the breath of freedom does not expire from this earth, this house shall be revered as a symbol of progress and of the battle of the rule of law and individual liberty against the menace of unchecked and arbitrary power.
Today, democracy is the standard. Democracy is the best form of governance because it counters that most dangerous human frailty: the temptation of leaders to accumulate power for the sake of accumulating more power. However, everyone claims to be democratic but not everyone is faithful to his or her word. Herein lies the rub. Illiberal governments have become adept in exploiting the visible procedural and institutional trappings of democracy without adopting the democratic spirit that gives these procedures and institutions their noble meaning.
3.We have governments that are democracies on paper but not in function. They are democracies in form but not in substance. We have governments that only know democracy primarily through breaching it. In short, many nations suffer authoritarian governments in democratic clothing.
Nigeria is a dysfunctional democracy. Our system stands in a dark, uncertain corridor, idling halfway between democracy and its opposite. The way things are going many people believe our best chance for genuine democracy has already escaped from us like dust blown from the hollow of our hand.
I believe democracy shall prevail in Nigeria in the long run. This belief is not derived from the present facts on the ground. If I limit myself to facts alone, my address to you would be a gloomy one. However, I believe democracy shall win because I hold an undying faith in both justice and the collective wisdom of the people.
(PAUSE)
4.Today, I will examine our topic, Leadership, National Development and the People through the prism of democratic culture and the rights of citizens to elect and vote out leaders at periodic intervals. What kind of legitimacy do the leaders command? What changes are required to bring about free and fair elections and the rule of law? What is the quality of the leadership now in power? What developmental philosophy is best suited to spur national development?
Under democracy, the concern about the quality of leadership takes on an added dimension. Democracy can only be sustained and improved when the electoral process is such that the people are able to choose leaders who will further nurture the democratic system.
In the absence of this reinforcing positive dynamics, democracy will weaken and sooner or later implode, if left too long unattended. If democracy is to be sustained it must also elevate the performance level of government and the corresponding rights and privileges enjoyed by the citizens. The success or performance of any leadership is often measured by the extent of national cohesion achieved and the level of national development experienced.
5. In the case of Nigeria, the fundamental question to ask as one of our most prominent journalists said in a recent piece is: To what extent has public policy improved the human condition?
Indeed, according to the late British economist Dudley Seers, the questions to be asked about a country’s development are the following:
What has become of poverty? What has happened to unemployment? What is the state of socio-economic inequality? “If all three have declined from high levels, then development has occurred. But if one or two of these central problems have grown worse, especially if all three have, it would be wrong to call the result “development” even if GDP has improved.
Sadly, these problems have grown worse in our land. The concept of national development has been perverted. In Nigeria and most parts of Africa, the three key drivers of development are retrogressing because of the missing link- visionary, disciplined and courageous leadership. The gap between poor and rich widens. There is grinding poverty and people have to work twice as hard each day to make ends meet. There is massive unemployment. Of what use is any leadership that does little to solve these problems?
6. Leadership and National development are twin engines. You need good leadership to conceive dynamic policies that will drive development at all levels. It is not rocket science, yet we pretend that our path to national development will be different from that of other countries who paid the price for good leadership, dynamic and result-oriented policies.
Here I advocate a new thinking and a new direction. Nigeria needs its equivalent of the Glorious Revolution. I use this term knowing critics will complain I advocate overthrow.
I do no such thing. I do not support the Jonathan government but I oppose anyone seeking its premature, illegal end. Let this government end at the appointed time. But let it end through the ballot box. Then I shall say good riddance.
7.The Glorious Nigerian Revolution of which I speak has nothing to do with force of arms. The Revolution of which I speak has two major parts. First, is the peaceful conversion of our quasi-democracy into a full-fledged one. Second, is the implementation of policies turning the political economy away from its retrogressive, elitist bearings. We seek policies pointing in a progressive direction affording the average person a chance at a dignified life. This will be through the provision of gainful employment, quality education and essential social services for those who need the helping hand of government to survive. I see no shame in believing progressive government can improve the political economy and the lives of the people.
It is quite apparent to me that political leadership serves no useful function if it is unable to address the vital needs of the people. There is no question that the current Federal government has thoroughly failed in that enterprise and this explains the focus of the new opposition the APC.
8. As our new coalition, ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS, APC, takes form, we are convinced and determined about the direction we want to take our nation and our people. As leaders of the new party and government in waiting, we intend to pursue dynamic, time-tested and bold policies that will liberate our people by making sure our wealth works for us. Let me put forth a few.
The Central focus of our efforts in the coming years must be the implementation of the most extensive and aggressive plan to lift as many Nigerians out of poverty as possible. Our desire is to be able to move at least 20% of our people out of poverty (defined as earning less than a dollar a day) in the first 4 years of our administration.
To do so we begin from the premise that the Washington Consensus and the IMF/Post-Bretton Woods prescriptions for development have served their time and to a large extent have not delivered on their promises. There is a need for what has been described as a THIRD PATH. A Pathway between the pure market-driven, neo-liberal socio-economic policies and the various variants of the command economic models. That Third Path is particularly important for countries such as ours with an incredibly large and growing poor, poor infrastructure and weak financial and social institutions.
The results of which are the frightening social tensions, terrorist violence and kidnappings. For us that pathway is clear . It means developing our own Marshall Plan resulting in direct intervention of the State, thereby halting the pauperization of our people but simultaneously ensuring that intervention itself spins off jobs and growth. It also means working aggressively to improve infrastructure.
9.The immediate priorities will be sorting out the power requirements for all. One of the most important discoveries of humanity today is electricity. Unfortunately, Nigeria’s efforts to provide adequate energy have been an abysmal failure. Yet no nation can develop economically and meet the needs of its people without uninterrupted energy supply. How can any nation think of setting up refineries without constant power supply. Taking crude oil and exporting same cannot result in exponential growth for any country.
To improve energy supply, we would encourage Independent Power Plants, IPP, in designated industrial zones to reduce the horrendous power component of the cost of local manufacturing.
Secondly, the construction of Trans- State highways, such as the speed train that will connect the North, South, East and West and move people, fuel, farm produce and goods, cost-efficiently across the country.
We will emphasize and promote the growth in all sectors in the first 4 years by making small business the engine of growth. Foreign investments will ride on the back of thriving local investments, initiatives and a stable polity.
Investment in agriculture and agro-allied industry is a must for us. We firmly believe that Agriculture will provide food for subsistence and export. Most importantly, it has the potential to create millions of jobs for both the illiterate and literate population. It is from agriculture that we can fight hunger and process raw materials for the industrial sector. It appears that every government in Nigeria has realized the centrality of agriculture, the problem has always been the absence of a forthright and creative plan, focus and commitment to implementation.
10. Again State intervention is the key. When domestic and foreign demand is stimulated, farmers must be assured of minimum prices for their produce. A variant of the commodity boards is the model we are currently working on. The agency will be required to prioritize cash and food crops for which government will guarantee a minimum price. This way the farmer is confident that his investment is protected.
But it is perhaps the various dimensions of our National Social Security Programme that has occupied the thoughts of our economic team most forcefully. Just to outline the broad themes of the policy : First, we intend to establish a partly contributory National Social Security Scheme. Some categories of the poor and vulnerable will benefit with or without contribution. We believe that every Nigerian over the age of 60 who is not under a pension scheme and also qualifies as poor by a “Means Test” must be given a monthly stipend. Widows and the disabled proved by a “Means Test” to be poor must also be provided a monthly stipend whenever they are unemployed. They become disentitled when they are employed.
11.To capture unemployed graduates the Youth Corp scheme will be reviewed for pragmatic implementation for skills development and social services. The scheme may be extended for an optional 18 months within which Youth Corp member is paid and trained. One year of Youth service and six months of training in Entrepreneurial or other useful skills while looking for a job or starting a business. For instance, the CO-CREATION technology and Innovation Centre in Lagos where technology savvy young people are given the space and facilities to develop software and applications of different kinds is an indication of how in a few years with adequate government support we could create thousands of IT related jobs and opportunities throughout the country.
There must be matching funds between the State and Federal government towards creating business incubators for skilled graduates.
12. An important component of state intervention to redress poverty is the one meal a day programme for primary and secondary school pupils.
The Federal government through supplemental funding will support States in providing Primary and Secondary school pupils with at least one meal a day. The immediate twin derivatives of this programme is the design to confront the extremely high incidence of malnutrition and other hunger -induced medical conditions amongst poor children as well as eliminating the recruiting grounds for illegal activities. Also, the program will stimulate demand thereby boosting local businesses in poultry, bakery and juice and packing industries. This will employ millions of graduates and no-graduates. Then, we can start to talk truly about the dividends of not just democracy but of impactful leadership.
BECOMING A FULL DEMOCRACY
13. Now, we know that by themselves, elections do not constitute democracy. Yet, a nation cannot be a democracy without genuine elections.
If Nigeria is to mature as a democracy, we must improve our electoral system. Today, those who control the system manipulate elections with such impunity that they now see misconduct without sanction as a normal way of life.
Look at the recent controversy surrounding election of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) chairman. Thirty-five state governors assembled to vote for the chairmanship. They did this among themselves by secret ballot. One contestant earned 19 votes. The other attracted 16. In a place where honesty matters, the result would be clear and undisputed.
But not in today’s Nigeria under the current leadership. The chap who earned fewer votes was declared the winner by those who backed him. In Nigeria, the tenets of basic arithmetic have little application concerning elections. Votes do not count, they are concocted.
Elections are not necessarily won by the candidate with the highest votes. Elections are won by the candidate of the powerful and mighty. Consequently, a group comprising all the nations’ governors could not even conduct a simple 35-person election without a disputed outcome.
14.This little episode would be laughable if it were an isolated incident. However, it is emblematic of a larger, more troubling pattern that portends calamity if not arrested. With this recent experience, I fear the length those in power would go and the means they would employ to manipulate results when the battleground is the entire nation and the stakes are the general elections in 2015.The NGF debacle symbolizes a disdain for democracy and the popular will. If we are to save Nigeria, we must rescue the electoral process from its abusers.
In the main, elections during the current Fourth Republic have been substandard. They remind us that though democratic governance is inherently civilian, civilian government is not necessarily democratic.
15. Our system is constructed to preserve the unjust gains of electoral misconduct and presents steep evidentiary and other legal challenges to those whose mandates have been pilfered by rigging and the strange arithmetic of vote counting in Nigeria. We have had too many false winners who were true losers.
Another very grievous example of this perversion is the 180-day limit in judicial intervention in disputed election outcome. This fails to meet the grund norms of the rule of law. In this case, the right of the citizen is abridged through the backdoor. I Insist, this is an unconstitutional amendment. It is illegal for only 2/3rd of the National Parliament to pass such an amendment, affecting the rigths of an individual. The constitution to which we subscribe and equally that of developed democracies we emulate requires four-fifth of the Nation’s Parliament to pass such amendment. What we have should be thrown out or challenged in court.
The Electoral Reform Committee chaired by former Chief Justice Uwais was established to end our unique electoral anomaly. The panel recommended a blue print for sanitizing our electoral system. Some of the key points include the need for INEC budgetary and administrative independence. INEC must emerge from under the clutch of the presidency. Under the current situation, the President can intimidate and steamroll INEC.
Again, one of the most important recommendations of the Uwais Committee was that of employing modern technology for registration and voting. This is to improve the integrity of our elections. We must embrace that technology now. We need a fully bio-metric voter registration and balloting system.
Let me repeat – we need a fully biometric voter registration and balloting system.

omonnakoda: Firstly there is no significant difference between the CO2 emission of LPG and Kerosene under optimal conditions ie burning in the Laboratory .In other words if I say that the maximum speed of car A is 530Mph and Car B is 533Mph on a TEST RANGE I want to know is there any significant difference in real life. Are there many motorways on which you can drive at that speed and the answer is NO. The reality is this if you light your LPG stove and turn it off for 5 seconds you burn a lot more carbon and generate a lot of heat that never reaches your yam or beans.
Under the conditions of Cooking as opposed to in an Engine kerosine is more efficient because it has a much lower IGNITION temperature and a much lower combustion temperature and so if the same amount of energy is produced by either fuel more is likely to be wasted from LPG if cooking is the objective .Therefore ultimately you will release more CO2 to achieve the same cooking effect
By the way,According to your so called Greenhouse gas theory CO2 is NOt the only greenhouse gas.There are others eg Methane,H20 and most gas cookers as they age tend to burn inefficiently and release more methane into the atmosphere etc but like I have said before this theory is UNPROVEN and SPECULATIVE

There is a big difference btw LPG and Kerosene.

LPG burns faster than kerosene, it produces more heat than kerosene, heat loss is less because it produce large amount of it( it depends on the usage), pollution is less due to the soot that kerosene produce. Kerosene can also be used in gaseous form, but to do so requires equipment that is more expensive that that used to burn it in liquid form. To gasify kerosene, the liquid is pressurized and then released to the atmosphere. Starting a high-pressure kerosene stove is
more time-consuming than starting an LPG stove, but cooking with gasified kerosene otherwise is similar to cooking with LPG. It does not deposit soot. Kerosene burned in a wick stove as a liquid, in contrast, emits soot. The prices of
high-pressure kerosene stoves are higher than those of wick stoves.

LPG emits less CO2,CO and oxides of nitogen than kerosene, wood fuel and Charcoal.
LPG burns extremely effective in burning.
LPG is used worldwide for cooking and heating. It is a clean fuel. Two disadvantages of LPG: for low-income
households are its relatively high start-up cost and the large (lumpy) cash outlays. but One option for reducing the “lumpiness” of LPG purchase is to provide smaller cylinders which the state govt have really put into consideration.. With smaller cylinders, each refill costs less, potentially enabling low-income
households to refill more regularly, and the initial cylinder deposit fee can be lowered. Smaller
cylinders potentially yield double benefits: more regular LPG consumption by users, especially in
rural areas, and a higher uptake rate of LPG.
Landfill gas (LFG) is generated through the degradation of municipal solid waste (MSW) by microorganisms. The quality (higher percent methane gases signify higher qualities) of the gas is highly dependent on the composition of the waste, presence of oxygen, temperature, physical geometry and time elapsed since waste disposal.[2] Aerobic conditions, presence of oxygen, leads to predominately CO2 emissions. In anaerobic conditions, as is typical of landfills, methane and CO2 are produced in equal amounts. Methane (CH 4) is the important component of landfill gas as it has a calorific value of 33.95 MJ/Nm3 which gives rise to energy generation benefits.

samkoro: Why must the party's belief and idea include to support and sponsor Bokoharam and criticise all efforts being made by the Government to fight terrorism.

That not enough,they recently franchised and imported Bokoharam into Nigeria through their partner CPC.

Am very sorry, i think your boat just arrived Nigeria. ACN never promotes Boko Haram, they have never been linked to BH by security agents except politicians. the former NSA told us who sponsors Boko haram, The former VP told us our they get arms.Pls can some one remind me which party members and party have been mention linked to Boko haram. I am not sure but PDP have been in the front line of the experts (security) but ACN are mention from the same cause of the problem PDP politicians. PDP have caused lots of havoc in this country. One of their strategy is insecurity and religious propanganda.

Clitorial.Dept.:
shatap! other than fashola who is the only saving face of this party, what achievements are being celebrated in other acn states? Even when tinibu was governor what did he achieve?

just shatap abeg

I dont blame you, accessing the net is cheap. Google and learn more. The fund fashola spend today was engineered by who. Without the Tax regime Tinubu initiated how do you think Fashola would have achieved what he is doning now. Guy, you need to be more polite in your words to people. How about Edo State, Osun State, Ogun state etc. Pls before you talk reason and think deep. Fashola got it right because of the continuty is goverance from ACN to ACN. but other ACN state it was from PDP to ACN. Most state govern by PDP then ask the people they will tell you the significant change they have noticed.

Clitorial.Dept.:
I like Fashola but I hate the party he is in but what I hate most is this idiot poster who no go let us rest

You need to grow up and learn. Fashola's performance has to do with his party's believe and idea. check out with other states controlled by their party. I wonder how so many NL comment without deep thoughts. fashola alone can't do it he needs people to acheive is aim. who will they be likes mind. from where will the like minds come from? i guess same party. I feel you need to open your mind and check the party you claim you hate from another angle.

The OP is Just one of those that criticize for the sake of talking. He did not perform but at my town Ipetumodu he built a 33/11kv injection substation with control panel within 4 months, the major road that links my uncles/dad's farm is tarred. We drive there with a Benz E320. Am not based at Osun but the OP feels spending money on commissioning like their PDP counterpart does means performance.

smartchoice: VISIT THE HEALTH FACILITIES IN EKITI STATE....NEONATAL WARD 16 BEDS FOR THE WHOLE STATE! PHOTO THERAPY LIGHTS (TO TREAT INFANT JAUNDICE) JUST FIVE FOR THE WHOLE STATE..., BORING TALK ABEG...MEDIA HYPE IS TIRING...NOT PDP/ACN/CPC MEMBER BUT I BELIEVE THAT D REVOLUTION WE WANT N NEED ESP IN THE SOUTH WEST IS HAPPENING IN ONDO - STATE...JUST WAIT FOR ELECTIONS IN OSUN N EKITI STATES!

IROKO---GBA PATAPATA

You are a dreamer. Ondo wetin. Pls if na play stop am

dammytosh: Fashoa and ACN have always been.

Recall how Tinubu betrayed electorates a night before election by endorsing Jonathan.

If a night before election Tinubu betrayed electorates it tells alot about you IQ. Dont insult nigerians. We decided to vote for goodluck not Tinubu. he saw the Handwriting and played to it so that it wont wither his strenght. I guess u are a kid/young man who just sink any thing thrown to you without thinking about it. Bro's grow up

[quote author=bankyblue][/quote]it is obvious some people will always want to oppose FASHOLA. What do you expect PDP to say? that Fashola is right. Haba, meetings can be held and resolution are made on behalf of the simple majority. During the subsidy period, it was all over the news that all the 36 states gov endorsed it, until Osun state gov came out openly to condemn it. Challenging them that he was against it at the FEC meeting. But if majority of the Gov accepts it then it becomes a majority opinion. SINCE IT IS NOT BINDING NOR HAVE A LEGAL BACKING TO COMPEL GOV THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO RESENT. THEN WHO FINANCE IT? ARE YOU SAYING THE GOV SHOULD FINANCE THEM ALSO.

Hmmmmm, if you read some of the comments on NL you will be sorry for Nigeria. Are this the future leaders.

tomakint: You know I am a staunch supporter of the man, Jonathan (because of his good heart)! That would be revealing a big secret money cannot buy However, to let out a little, they need someone in the mold of El-Rufai, (because politically, the North still commands respect when it comes to population) and as a vice president someone in the mold of Ngige! But everything still bores down to Jonathan's performance come 2014!

Ok, learnt something. THanks

tomakint: In as much as I have my respect for the person of Chief Chris Ngige, I am cocck sure if fielded for the Presidential Aspirant of APC he will definitely pull crowd in the South east few crowd in the South west, limited supporters in the South-South, few supporters in the North-east, many supporters in the North-west and limited supporters in the North-central. The moral of the political calculation here is that Jonathan will still carry the day! Still tantamount to waste of efforts, I am watching

I like ur analysis and i would like to ask you one question, to defeat GEJ will require a lot of political calculation. from the highest eligible voters region to the least. if GEJ runs 2015 which region do you think can the opposition pick a candidate that can push or fight GEJ. if not win but give him a fight of his life. if you dont have the voters register figure i can help you out. Pls put your self as the National Chairman of the leading opposition party. Which region would you pinch your tent with to win the election in Nigeria following Nigeria'S SENTIMENTAL way of voting

tomakint: Good point raised, being governor of a state in Nigeria is quite different from being a President of Nigeria! My point is how do you cater for all those political elected officers' salaries and allowances with trillions of Naira annually not to mention the 'level of sleazes in high places' and a Nation will not go bankrupt!You will agree with me that money is liquid and needs to flow at all cost and so far so good, Jonathan is 'spending the money' in the appropriate quarters to ameliorate the suffering of the masses. I am yet to see any administration that has 'open the lid' on many sectors where 'corruption' is going on unnoticed as Jonathan's! You can go on castigating for all the laurels you want, it makes no sense and will never remove the fact that he is doing his very best to bring home the dividends of democracy to us all!

Leaders starts from somewhere, be it gov or chairman, your stand on little issues decide ur stands on bigger issues. The president can reduce the expenditure if he so desire, starting from his home. I will always use Osun state as a point of reference where i have little privilege information about its govt. During Bisi Akande regime, he decided that the feeding allowance for state house should be cut reason that he has his wife whose responsiblity is to provide food for him and his family. This single policy lead to less amount on feeding of unnecessary visitors to state house. It cut slaughter of cow every day to maybe once or twice in a month. Why this analysis is to tell you, it is about the principle and belief of the leader not about the majorly the type of system.
Jonathan have not open the lid to corruption, but have cut the supply of some people who are busy crying foul and open the gate for another people. I dont doubt your words dat GEJ is doing his best but his best his not good enough for now based on the indices on ground.

tomakint: You are still living in fool's paradise and you need to awake to voices of reasons begging for attention here, unfortunately, a Mr I-too-know like you will never come down from his high horse, you must have taken yourself to be one 'king kong bundy' so in your warped and egocentric views, an APC or any party system can take Nigeria out of this present mess past administrations have subjected us into. A presidential system of democracy is damn too expensive and filled with many loopholes and escape routes for corruption that's why not even past administrations could 'fix' the rot in the many sectors, the way you are acting like a mouth piece for APC or any party besides PDP to take over the reins of power makes me 'wanna cry for you and your folks' as if that will fix Nigeria!

I dont think it boils down to presidential system of government alone, the party ideaology plays a major role, OBJ when leaving Govt tried to reduce the ministers, boards, etc but when Yar'dua and GEJ came they increase it back. Presidential system might be expensive but the leader decides. Our presidency is overbloated, for example Osun state, it took the 8 months to have commissioners reasons, the governor claims the number of ministry is too much and the amount paid to them is high, he tried to prune it down and throw that he saved the state some funds, he his yet to appoint board members, reason - what really is their duty, it is just a means of increasing the govt expenditure and creating lots of bureacracy in the system. No doubt that presidential system is expensive but be can run it and reduce our expenditure. It is more of your belief toward issue and how u intend to solve them.