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Only God knows what will happen in Anambra state on the 6th of Feb.

chidichris:
findings showed with facts and figures that ngige was rigged into power in this same anambra state by the same pdp far back 1999. andy uba was also rigged into power by this same pdp in this same anambra and that was 2007 with 2010 in sight, i prophesy, SOLUDO HAS BEEN RIGGED INTO POWER by this same pdp in the same anambra state.
what i cannot say at the moment is wether anambra ppl will buy into this rigging madness this time or will meet fire with fire.
will anambra ppl emulate the rock of abia state who have on several occassions say no to pdp or will they fall cheaply like my state imo state where peasants like ohakim was used to swiftly hand over my state back into the hands of our second slave masters.
we are watching.

That is why Anambra people must say:ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

they have started sewing fake police uniform for their thugs.I also gathered that some individuals were caught with election materials.I wonder why the police can not find out their sponsors and make it public so that INEC will disqualify the candidate.Until a candidate is disqualified and arrested,the election will not be free and fair.so many parties will rig the election, expect a very wonderful result.[color=][/color]

INEC might disappoint Nigerians again.[color=][/color]

thank u all for your support.i really appreciate.Our generation must survive.i feel so much pain because of the evil going on in the education sector,they want to make education only for the rich. All schools are increasing their school feels by 300%.see what happened in University of Nigeria.My people don't you think it's high time we said ENOUGH IS ENOUGH?

we will do it in a way that people will not notice, the generation unborn shall be proud of our efforts.Anambra state shall be liberated from the hands of these political beasts of our time.I pray that the election will be peaceful because i foresee danger, may the blood of the innocent never be shed in this struggle of survival.

Dis Guy:
Please take photo discretely or perhaps explain to people why you are taking pictures

If possible secretly take the photo-shots.the once we will place our cameras in strategic points,all we need do is switch it on, on that day and it will be snapping automatically,all the necessary settings have been made,the maximum zooming distance has been set.

You can stay in an upstairs and be taking pictures without the flash,you can even use your phone to snap or record.Or if you can work hand in hand with AIT better,please not NTA because we all know they will never show it.

onye_ngbu:
I am already taking my own pics.

That is the spirit of a man who wants to save his generation.Thank God for you.Continue the good work.

Who is decieving who? These our so called representatives think that Nigerians are fools.They know what they are up to, believe me these political demons have a game-plan.They don't even know the constitution.Suddenly they have realised that President Yar'Adua have violated some key sessions of the 1999 constitution.They are all failures, they are a disappointment to this generation,and while we may forgive them,my fear is that the next generation might never forgive them.Our senators are the worst, i call them political beasts.In summary Yar'Adua's government have failed, but He wanted to transform this lovely nation but some evil politicians won't let him do so.[color=][/color][color=][/color]

@Ezeagu. we have kept quiet for so long, hoping that one day things will change,but change itself was bought over by our politiical beasts.So alot of prominent and eminent Nigerians including Prof Wole Soyinka stood up to fight for the generation by saying ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.[color=][/color][color=][/color]

chigo4u:
If this will work, u have to desist from taking sides. Ist and last commandment for A.Y.O. Be transparent and dont collect bribe.
Let's do this.
GO ANDY!

We are not taking sides,we don't support any party.We are totally neutral,all we want is a free and fair election.Anambra youth observers[A.Y.O] will never accept any bride from any political party or from any politician.Let's do it.They must not rig this election but if they do,let's have enough evidence to show to the whole world.I believe i will get some pictures from you.Anambra must survive.

all i need is pictures.Anambra youth Observer[A.Y.O.] have just twenty digital cameras and it will not cover the whole of Anambra state.So please if you can take photo-shots of what is happening in Anambra on that election day,it will be appreciated.

Fellow Nigerians,

Time is running faster than speed, The election of Anambra  state is in a couple of days, and our political demons have started making plans to rig the election.This is the only time the good people of Anambra state have to produce a credible Governor that will give the people the DIVIDENDS OF DEMOCRACY.Let's all join hands in monitoring the Election on the 6th of February 2010.Millions of Anambrarians depend on our actions,many of them have been praying for CHANGE and God have decided to use us to make that change.Join Anambra youth Observers if you can,but if you can't and you know you can just take photo-shots on the election day please do so.
   As we speak i have written to the United nations,BBC and some other bodies.
                                                                   Yours in Struggle
                                                                   Com.Engr.Ezenwenyi Stanley.C

I pray that Yar'adua would come back maybe in two days time,stay in aso rock for two days and resign.

Thank you very much for the wake-up call.Sometimes i wonder why some microscopic few politicians will be oppressing millions of Nigerians.

You are all welcome to 2010. A wonderful year of devine and undeserved open doors.2010 shall be a wonderful year for NIGERIA.

another disappoint from the judiciary.

Hospital May Discharge Yar’Adua This Week
•Post-hospitalisation recuperation to determine return date
By Paul Ohia with agency report, 12.14.2009

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua may be discharged from hospital this week following his recovery from a heart condition, THISDAY has learnt.

But his return date to Nigeria is still uncertain as it is dependent on his post-hospitalisation recuperation, a source informed the newspaper last night, adding that various options are still being considered.

One option is for the President to stay back for a while in Saudi Arabia for his doctors to monitor his progress, in which case he would leave the hospital and stay at one of the King's guest houses where he normally lodges anytime he visits the country.

The other option, according to the source, is for the President to return to Nigeria for recuperation, in which case the doctors may be flown into the country to monitor his progress for a while.

Although Yar'Adua is said to have favoured returning home at the earliest possible time, THISDAY learnt that he is being advised to stay back for now for the doctors to monitor his progress.

The 58-year-old Nigerian leader was flown to King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, three weeks ago after complaining of chest pains and has been diagnosed with acute pericarditis, an inflammation of the membrane around the heart.

Yesterday, the Nigerian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Aminchi, again said the date of Yar’Adua’s return was yet unclear, but added that the President was feeling better by the day.

Reuters news agency quoted a statement issued by the envoy as saying that only the doctors could decide the day the president would return.

This is in line with what the Minister of Information, Prof. Dora Akunyili, said last week in Abuja. She had said that it was only the doctors treating the President who could say when Yar’Adua would return to the country.

“Since his arrival in the Kingdom, he has been feeling better by the day, the doctors will decide when he can leave. Now they said he should rest in the hospital and they have not given a date for when he can leave,” Aminchi said in the statement. He failed to comment on the current actual medical condition of the president.

Yar'Adua's stay in the clinic in the Red Sea port of Jeddah is the latest in a series of overseas medical trips which have raised concern about his health. He has in the past visited Saudi Arabia and Germany reportedly to treat a chronic kidney problem.

Ministers unanimously agreed earlier this month that there were no grounds on which to seek the president's resignation; rejecting calls for him to quit or let a panel of doctors determine whether he is fit to govern.

The cabinet came out strongly backing Yar'Adua after reports had it that about 50 public figures called on him to resign or allow a medical panel to assess his health.

“We have decided to stand by the president and pray for him to recover fully,” Akunyili had told the media.

In the aftermath of the resolution by the Federal Execu-tive Council (FEC), the Action Congress (AC) caucus of the House of Representatives had insisted that the president should resign.

The president’s long stay in the hospital has led to a plethora of calls for prayers by politicians and religious leaders.

The Senate President David Mark had some weeks ago called for a nine-day prayer for Yar’Adua’s speedy recovery.

“We are in difficult times in the life and history of our country. We should all continue to pray for the quick recovery of Mr. President for him to return and continue the governance of our nation.

“Since the President left for Saudi Arabia for medical check up, the organs of government have remained intact and functional. But in spite of this, some Nigerians have resorted to all kinds of rumours that can neither strengthen our development processes nor guarantee our much-sought reforms. I urge you to ignore these rumour mongers as they do not mean well for our country and her people,” Mark had said

cyriluzo:
Fellow Nigerians, rescuing Nigeria is not simply a choice but the only choice we must make as Nigerians and friends of Nigeria if this largest black nation on earth will not sink under the yoke of ignorance, waste, corruption, and poverty.

DID YOU KNOW…

1. that over N6.5 trillion was spent to pay salaries and allowances of Nigeria’s 18,000 [s]elected public officials between 1999 and 2009 while Nigerian workers receive peanuts as salaries?

2. that about half of Nigeria’s annual revenue is spent to maintain the lifestyle of Nigeria’s 18,000 [s]elected public officials while national minimum wage remains at N7, 500?

3. that in section 16 (2) (d) of Nigeria’s Constitution it is stated as follows: “The state shall direct its policy towards ensuring that suitable and adequate shelter, suitable and adequate food,reasonable national minimum living wage, old age care and pensions, and unemployment, sick benefits and welfare of the disabled are provided for all citizens”?

4. that because of the outrageous salaries and allowances paid Nigeria’s public officials and their corrupt lifestyle Nigerians have been deprived of the benefits accorded them by section 16 (2)(d) of the Constitution?

5. that the 150 million Nigerians, of whom you are an important member, are expected by the fortunate 18,000 officials to do nothing about this?

6. that our public schools will continue to deteriorate if you do nothing?

7. that the children of the 18,000 officials don’t attend the public schools you or your children attend?

8. that the children of the 18,000 officials shall come back to rule over your less and under educated children if you do nothing?

9. that graduates of public schools stand little chance of getting good jobs in Nigeria compared to those of better funded private schools both within and outside Nigeria which neither you nor your children can afford except family members of the 18,000 officials?

10. that Nigeria’s bad roads, poor electricity, collapsed health system, neglected agriculture and industrial sectors like her public education will not improve if you do nothing?

11. that “vision 2020” shall go the way of “vision 2000” and “vision 2010” if you do nothing?

12. that those [s]elected public officials who may have employed you as a thug send their children to expensive private schools both within and outside Nigeria, and your children shall become thugs to their children in the future should you do nothing?

13. that in section 17 (2) (d) it is stated that: “In furtherance of the state social order, exploitation of human or natural resources in any form whatsoever for reasons other than the good of the community shall be prevented”, yet the government of Nigeria has allowed oil companies to destroy our environment, destroy our water resources and thus the livelihood of many Nigerians?

14. that Nigeria’s Constitution requires in section 17 (3) (d) that: “The state shall direct its policy towards ensuring that there are adequate medical and health facilities for all persons”, yet even our public officials have to seek health care overseas at great national cost?

15. that the option of doing nothing is too costly and not a good option for you to even consider?

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

1. Make a copy or copies of this message according to your ability and give to other Nigerians and friends of Nigeria.

2. Get copies of this message and help distribute at mosques, churches, market places, and at other public places, and also through e-mails to Nigerians and friends of Nigeria.

3. Organize Nigerian students in schools, colleges, and Universities to form Nigeria Rally Movements which will be an ally of the Nigerian Revolutionary Movement.

4. Arrange and invite us to give talks to those groups you have helped form.

5. Study and discuss in groups the second chapter of the Nigerian Constitution entitled, FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIVES AND DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY.

6. Write, sign, and send letters of protest to the National Assembly, State Assemblies, the President, Governors, Local government Chairmen, Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission demanding urgent constitutional (including appropriate review of section 84 (3) and section 124 (3) of Nigeria’s Constitution) downward review of salaries of Nigeria’s public officials.

7. Demand for a constitutional requirement of at most 13 federal Ministers and at most 8 state Commissioners, respectively and pegging of Advisers at both national and state levels to the number of federal Ministers and Commissioners, accordingly in order to free resources for investment in the people and avoidance of unnecessary duplication of responsibilities.

8. Organize peaceful processions at public places such as Aso Rock, National and State Assemblies, Local government council offices, offices of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, and at offices of popular contractors in Nigeria who collaborate with government officials to loot our commonwealth through inflated contract sums, and yet do poor jobs or at worst abandon the project without any consequences.

9. Refuse to give up even if you don’t see immediate results.

10. Refuse to quit even if you encounter persecution, whether from government or neighbors.

The desired change we seek can only happen through organized revolutionary action.

But for too long, Nigeria’s rulers have urged us to “pray” while they prey on the hapless masses. Yes, we believe in divine intervention; but faith without works is dead. God has always worked with and through men and women who match their faith with necessary action.

God will pull down our walls of Jericho, but He MUST have us as concerned Nigerians walk round them 13 times.

Are we ready for the WALK-LONG WALK TO FREEDOM?

Join hands with us as we carry the fight for freedom to Aso Rock, Enough is Enough!!

Long Live The Federal Republic Of Nigeria !!!

Nigerian Youth Movement

Nigerian Revolutionary Movement

+34 672 867 797

http://www.saharareporters.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4444:what-you-must-know-as-a-nigerian-&catid=116:sr-readers-letters&Itemid=393

Thank you.You are indeed a comrade of the "Nigeria Must survive"

The best solution to your problem is to overload yourself.Both are very important.So work during the day and use 5 hours in the night to read.

Just imagine


President for live telecast Dec. 15
From LUCKY NWANKWERE, Abuja
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
President Yar'Adua
•Photo: Sun News Publishing

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President Umaru Yar’Adua has been slated to appear in a live telecast during the Nigerian Economic Summit opening in Abuja from December 15 to present the nation’s economic scorecard and also share the administration’s agenda for Nigeria ’s economic development.

The chairman of the governing board of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, dropped this hint in the Presidential Villa, Abuja yesterday when he led the members of the board on a courtesy visit to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan.

He told the State House correspondents at the end of the visit that the vice president promised his delegation that President Yar’Adua would indeed be available for the programme tagged: ‘Presidential Policy Dialogue’, which would be telecast live all over the country.

He said the programme would afford the Yar’Adua administration the opportunity to tell the people how far government had gone in the implementation of its economic policies and the 2009 budget.
“The critical thing is that our objective is to give government the opportunity to state how far they have gone and if they are having any challenges and we give the rest of us civil societies in Nigeria opportunity to make contributions and ask questions, because we have one economy.

“It is not they and us, it is our economy, it’s only two or three sides to it. We give them the opportunity to state their position. For example, why are we having 50 per cent budget implementation? We will ask and they will let us know what those hindrances are and we can suggest why don’t we do this? It may be an angle they have never really thought about,” he stated.

Ohuabunwa, however, pointed out that Vice President Jonathan promised that in the event that the president would not be available for the programme, he and members of the administration’s economic team would take the ‘heat’.

Rumours had been rife that the president, said to be recuperating at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, might be home any moment as his condition is said to have stabilized.
He has, in the last two weeks been on admission at the hospital for an inflammation of the coverings of his heart, medically referred to as acute pericarditis.

OAM4J:
Nice one. How i wish it would make a difference.

It can make a difference if and only if we all feel free to speak the truth Like Dele Momodu just did.

mrperfect:
Thank you for your time.

you are welcome

http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=161152

A Nation on Auto Pilot.
Penulum By Dele Momodu email:delemomodu@thisdayonline.com, 12.05.2009

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As I write this piece, Nigeria is still without a functioning President. The regularity of our President’s disappearing acts reminds me of Ola Rotimi’s play, Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again. In this case, it is our country that has actually gone a bit neurotic. Or how can one explain the fact that some Nigerians are afraid of discussing the state of our

President’s health, and by extension the state of our dear nation, as if it’s some sort of heresy. Since our President became invisible to radar detection, no one has been able to explain why a critically-ill President would continue to keep the keys of Aso Rock in far-away Saudi Arabia.

Our ever-loyal Vice President has been left in a state of stupor. I watched him on television the other day, as he struggled to act the part of a man in control of nothing. Some visitors were in his residence to pay homage to him during the Eid kabir festival. He was dressed in an all white outfit with a white cap to match. Gone was his traditional Niger Delta cap.

We did not know in what capacity he received the Moslems; as an Acting President, or what? I saw a man with a heavy burden on his shoulder. Here was someone who was supposed to be a co-pilot but unfortunately was saddled with the task of operating only on cruise control. He’s never been allowed to use his initiative or skills. It must be very frustrating.

Meanwhile, our nation continues to haemorrhage away. Everyone is calling for prayers, as if we’ve not been praying and fasting enough. The situation should never be this bad.

Everything has gone quiet in the seat of power. Nothing is moving. But everyone has been involved in one permutation or the other, from the sublime to the supine. In all of this, we don’t know what tomorrow holds for our beleaguered country.

I had cause to call my dear brother, Simon Kolawole, last Sunday. I had just read his article as usual, and was worried that his main message could have been missed by casual readers.

I was particularly concerned about the issue of rotation or zoning, or whatever it is called. Why should anyone debate what happens if the President does not recover soon from his illness? The answer should be as clear as pure water.

The Constitution of Nigeria states very clearly that the Vice President must take over power. It is not negotiable.

Rotation or zoning cannot apply here. Rotation or zoning are not recognised by our law. That was the first question I asked Simon Kolawole when he returned my call: Is rotation of the Presidency enshrined in our Constitution? We both agreed the answer is No.

There should be no debate about who should even be in charge right now. But ours is a nation of hypocrites where everyone pretends to love whoever is in power. No one is asking the Vice President to steer the wheel of State in full throttle.

Even if it has been said that no one pressurised him into resigning, we are still very worried that after all we went through during the June 12, 1993, presidential election debacle, some Nigerians can still dream of annulling the verdict of our Constitution.

The Yar ‘Adua family would sooner or later see the true colours and character of these politicians who are saying there is no vacancy in Aso Rock. We’ve seen it all before. It is all about cash and power. It is never about service to the people. It is never about loving the President. They would soon shift their allegiance to someone else, without any qualms.

I always wonder how they do it. Their present excuse is how the North would like to complete its term, whatever that means. No one is telling us under what section of our Constitution this has been written.

They have conveniently forgotten that when General Murtala Mohammed was murdered on the street of Lagos, the man who took over was the one and only Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo. Beyond that, for the purposes of history, it must be noted that Obasanjo handed over to President Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, a teacher from Sokoto. When Shagari was booted out of office, the man who took the baton of power was no other than Generals Mohammadu Buhari and Babatunde Idiagbon, who were both Northerners.

They were soon booted out by General Ibrahim Babangida, a Northerner. When Babangida stepped aside in 1993, he handed over power to a weak government that was led by Chief Ernest Degunle Shonekan, who was soon kicked out by General Sani Abacha, a Northerner. When Sani Abacha suddenly died, under mysterious circumstances, it was General Abdusalami Abubakar who took over, a Northerner.

No Igbo man, or Niger Delta man, was ever considered for the number one slot. What rotation are we talking about under this lopsided arrangement? I have no problem with a Northerner or Southerner ruling perpetually if Nigerians have something positive to gain from it. We should all be happy that one day an Igboman or Niger Delta man would govern this great country.

As for me and my house, it does not matter who governs Nigeria. What we need are responsible human beings who can move us forward. We must put an end to the primordial sentiments that keep us down. Only the profiteers continue to insist on rotation and zoning. Without it, they’ll be like fish out of water.

What have we benefitted from zoning and rotation? Nothing really if we examine it. The city of Kano has produced two Heads of State, Generals Murtala Mohammed and Sani Abacha. Has Kano transformed into a Dubai or Doha? Minna has produced two Presidents, Generals Ibrahim Babangida and Abubakar.

Has Minna become a Honolulu or Hong kong? Abeokuta has produced General Obasanjo and Chief Shonekan, and a President-in-waiting, Chief Moshood Abiola. Has it turned Abeokuta into a Sun City or Shanghai? Why do people really worry about where the President and other men of power come from? Even when our kinsmen get to power, they often forget those who voted or rigged them into power. Educated Nigerians most times turn into stark illiterates on account of ethnic sentiments. I always wonder why we are ready to sacrifice the progress of Nigeria for the sake of zoning and rotation.

All patriotic Nigerians must rise up and fight against this collective stupidity. We must insist on merit and merit only. We need energetic and forward-looking leaders, and they abound here. The problem is we have not been bold enough to stand together and challenge the status quo. Our leaders too have been too timid about changing anything because they were products of the useless system.

I’m sure there is a reason and purpose for the Constitutional challenges we are about to experience with Yar ‘Adua’s absence from Abuja. Nigeria is not likely to remain the same after we would have sorted ourselves out one way or the other. The health of one man has become the only issue on all lips. We have virtually forgotten our many woes. The Federal Government has abdicated its responsibilities to Nigerians. Last week, I drove from Port Harcourt to Yenagoa. I could not believe how bad the road was. The experience finally convinced me that PDP cannot redeem Nigeria, if after ten years no city has benefitted anything from its rule. It is such a shame.

All Federal roads have packed up. The airports are ugly and disgraceful. The ruling government has demonstrated a total lack of vision and ambition. This is evident in every aspect of our daily life. How can any government ignore the Benin-Ore, and Lagos-Ibadan roads? Ibadan-Ife road has become a death trap. Ile-Ife Akure road has failed. Akure-Abuja road is shameful. All roads in Nigeria are practically useless. What has zoning got to do with anything?

There are incompetent people everywhere, and they are the ones we tend to recycle. Why can’t we begin to zone power to great people? I won’t mind a Katsina man ruling for as long as it takes if he’s very good. I’ll support a man from Ibesikpo in Akwa-Ibom, if I’m convinced he can do the job of rescuing Nigerians from poverty, hunger, joblessness, unemployment, diseases, and general backwardness. That is how it is in the game of football. We care less where our strikers come from when we are playing the game of soccer. The most important thing is for our team to keep scoring. I always wonder why we haven’t learnt any useful lessons from the game of football.

And talking of football, the World Cup draws took place last night in South Africa. I have had to delay this piece to be able to reflect on the mood at the epochal event. There are lessons for Nigeria. Did you see Jacob and Joseph, I mean Zuma and Blatter, as they walked proudly onto the world stage? Did you notice the charisma of both world leaders? Did you realise there were no overzealous security aides and sycophants falling over themselves in front or behind the South African President? The man was at peace with the world and I was so touched by what I saw. The event ran smoothly. Everyone wore serious looks. We did not see big men and women disturbing the peace of other people. They did not fight for seats not allocated to them. There was no Federal character in the choice of music and musicians. The venue of the event was spectacular. There is not a venue to host such an event anywhere in Nigeria. The event was executed with clinical precision.

The level of preparation in South Africa is awesome. Most cities are wearing new and heavenly looks. The infrastructure has been upgraded. We have not read that contractors ran away with the monies meant for the development of a whole nation. There are Nigerians who can make things happen. They can even do better. But it won’t happen, until we begin to allow our best brains to function without all the nonsense about zoning and rotation.

may God help Nigeria