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All these groups are setting up the President GEJ on a pedestral.
They can change their mind to whoever comes with a bigger package for their 'stomach infrastructural development'.
Bunch of lazy people.

Both PDP and APC are filled with politicians with personal interests and not about the citizens.

Reading the story, one can see how the people mentioned keep moving from one party to another because of personal interests ( from PDP to CPC to APC, turned again from APC to PDP), useless bunch of people.

http://blogs.premiumtimesng.com/2014/07/22/nigerian-politicians-are-thieves-but-they-are-not-corrupt-by-femi-aribisala


We need to tell the world that we have “re-based” the corruption index in Nigeria and found it to be totally non-existent.

If you have been wondering why the government of Goodluck Jonathan has achieved precious little in the monumental fight against corruption in Nigeria, the answer is very simple. There is actually no corruption in Nigeria. Nigerian politicians are thieves, but they are not corrupt.
This is the erudite position of our dear president, who happens to be the first president in the history of Nigeria to have the distinction of a Ph.D. President Jonathan says: ”What many Nigerians refer to as corruption is actually stealing. Stealing is not the same thing as corruption.”
This is a profound statement that has since become the subject of many doctoral dissertations on Nigeria. It has also provided a very Nigerian contribution to the English language.

Nigerian “doublethink”
Our president is not alone in this assessment. The Chairman of the ICPC (Independent Corrupt Practices Commission), Ekpo Nta, agrees with Mr. President. He also insists it is wrong to confuse stealing with corruption. The distinguished chairman says: “Stealing is erroneously reported as corruption. We must go back to what we were taught at school to show that there are educated people in Nigeria.” He then likened the Nigerian penchant to regard theft as corruption to be as erroneous as calling a roadside mechanic an engineer.
This perspective has brought great relief to Nigerians. We always thought there was too much corruption in the country, so it is fantastic to learn that there is no corruption at all. We are just thieves. It is necessary to bring this new insight to the attention of Transparency International, which persists in listing Nigeria as one of the most corrupt countries. We need to tell the world that we have “re-based” the corruption index in Nigeria and found it to be totally non-existent.
The only problem here for Ekpo Nta is that we might have to scrap his organisation. If there is no corruption in Nigeria, there is no point having an Independent Corrupt Practices Commission.
Since Mr. President educated us that corruption is different from stealing, other eminent Nigerians have also found it necessary to make similar Orwellian clarifications towards the obfuscation of the truth. Here are some examples of this peculiarly Nigerian “doublethink.”

“PDP governors are thieves but APC governors are corrupt.”
Murtala Nyako was not impeached as governor of Adamawa State during the many years he was in the PDP. He was only impeached after he decamped to the APC. This shows a critical difference between the PDP and the APC. While PDP governors are thieves, they are not corrupt. However, APC governors are not thieves, but they are steeped in corruption. Stealing is accepted as our national pastime in Nigeria, but corruption will not be tolerated by the Jonathan Administration. PDP governors pocket government money, but they are not corrupt because they make sure it is shared with their colleagues in the legislature.
However, when PDP governors decamp to the APC, they become corrupt. They become selfish and do not allow stolen money to go round. This breeds corruption. This explains why the government does not have any problem with them while they are still in the PDP. In the PDP, it is understood that politicians steal for the good of the public. But in the APC, politicians steal for the good of their families and their party. This is unacceptable. Therefore, any PDP governor that decamps to the APC must be impeached.
Rabiu Kwankwaso was a very good and upright public-servant as PDP Governor of Kano. But after he switched to the APC, he became negatively transformed. Accordingly, President Jonathan was quick to inform Nigerians that the governor corruptly enriched himself with public funds. This is what happens when politicians move from the PDP to the APC. They become corrupt and are then handed over to the EFCC. But if they are smart and quickly return to the PDP, their EFCC file is promptly closed.

“Stealing public funds is a sign of progressive politics.”
APC is a progressive party. Therefore, when APC governors steal public funds; this must be seen in the context of progressive politics. APC governors steal money for the sake of building physical infrastructures; while PDP governors steal money for the sake of “stomach infrastructures.” It is well-understood in Nigeria that building physical infrastructures is definitely more progressive than PDP’s “amala politics.”
Many of the roads, schools and other dividends of democracy evident in APC states were done with stolen money. The progressive element in this process is that money stolen from one state is sometimes transferred to another state in the interest of the redistribution of resources. Moreover, a lot of the stolen money is used to build party structures and to fight elections. This is progressive because if it is not done, Nigeria might end up as a one-party state, and no right-thinking person who is concerned about the enthronement of democracy in Nigeria would like that to happen.
Bearing this in mind, it then becomes clear that, although Murtala Nyako was impeached as Governor of Adamawa State on the grounds that he corruptly enriched himself with government funds, this does not in any way diminish his APC credentials. Nyako belongs to the new breed of APC progressives who engage in the in the redistribution of the resources in their states. This offended the PDP who don’t have the interests of the people at heart.

“Democracy does not entail voting in elections.”
Nigerians should be made to understand that the fact that we have a democratic system does not mean the people should be allowed to vote. Because the generality of Nigerians are considered by our intelligent politicians to be stupid and foolish, they cannot be expected to vote for the right candidates. That means we need to rely on enlightened godfathers to “select democratically” our public officials for us. We also need to ensure that while people may be allowed to cast their votes in elections, their votes must not be allowed to count.
For there to be true and effective democracy, elections must be judiciously rigged. Otherwise, we might end up with the kind of thing that happened recently in Ekiti where, with soldiers and policemen protecting the right of the people to vote, they voted out the erudite governor, Kayode Fayemi, and voted in Ayo Fayose. This kind of aberration needs to be discouraged in true democracies.
A PDP Senator confessed that on Election Day, the electoral officials in his constituency were surprised to see his mother at the polls. “Mama, what are you doing here?” they berated her. “Don’t you know that you have already voted?”
Two local chiefs then complained to the Senator afterwards that they were not allowed to vote for him. When he made enquiries as to why this was so, the electoral official involved was irritated. “Honorable Senator,” he declared, “you won the election by a landslide in this constituency, so what are they complaining about?”
“That is not the issue,” protested the Senator, “they want to be able to vote for me themselves.” But the electoral officer refused to be persuaded. “Then Senator, they must be traitors,” he declared. “If they are still complaining, even though you won the election, it means they were not planning to vote for you. We cannot allow that to happen.”

“Belonging to the APC does not mean you are not a member of the PDP.”
There are many PDP men in APC clothing and many APC men in PDP agbada. One such example is His Royal Highness, the Turaki of Adamawa. The Turaki was in the PDP, and then he was not. Then he was in the PDP again and now he is not. The Turaki is something of an invisible man: now you see him in the APC, then you see him in the PDP.
Although he is currently masquerading as an APC member, there is no doubt that HRH reserves the right to resurrect any time in the future as a member of the PDP again. In the same way that some people have dual nationality, so also the Turaki has more than dual party memberships. His right to this is guaranteed under the Freedom of Association clause in the Nigerian Constitution.
This insurance policy is necessary given his nationalist presidential ambitions. If he is not chosen as APC presidential candidate later this year, and if APC loses the 2015 presidential election, the Turaki can be expected to throw away his APC membership card and become a staunch PDP man once again. Nigerian political parties don’t bear grudges. They accept prodigal sons back home, even those as compulsively prodigal as the Turaki.
Is Aminu Tambuwal, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, a PDP man or an APC man? Nobody seems to know. It is even possible that the Speaker himself might not be able to answer the question with any degree of certainty. Currently, Tambuwal sits on the PDP side of the aisle. He occupies a position reserved for the majority PDP party. However, to all intents and purposes, he is also an APC man.
“Having a doctorate does not mean you are educated.”
There are now so many doctors in Nigeria. Many of these are doctors of ignorance. Time was when having a doctorate signified you have attained the height of academic excellence. Not any more in Nigeria. Doctorates are now bought and sold in flea-markets. Just give a few million stolen naira to any of the “jekuredi” universities and they will readily award you a Doctor of Philosophy in a field of your choosing.
If you don’t have stolen money to throw around; don’t let that deter you. Just award the degree to yourself. How do you think the late Sikiru Ayinde Barrister obtained his doctorate?
Ekiti state is said to have the largest concentration of doctorates in the country. But you can tell that this does not mean they are educated because they voted for Fayose instead of Fayemi. That should tell you how uneducated they really are. (Kindly post other examples of Nigerian “doublespeak” on my blog).

Moslems hating anything that lives and moves.

Loving and submitting to each other is the key to lasting peace in the relationship.

What really matters is the genuine love for each other in the context of marriage - being a pastor is only a title.

DSS always in denial - they have never accepted any wrongdoings!

LASTMA are the bully area-boys of yester-years, they have only being made dignified by Fashola with their uniform.

Thanks to those citizens who voted for GEJ and not PDP, now the veil has been removed.

After almost 15 years of PDP in government, what solid development has taken place across the country - little or next to nothing.

The question I keeping asking is, what did GEJ achieved when he was the deputy and governor respectively of balyesa state (the smallest state in Nigeria) - little or next to nothing and how do we expect him to transform the whole of Nigeria.

It's rather unfortunate that GEJ will be voted for yet again in 2015, as there's no credible grassroot opposition in Nigeria.

Elose11: I was an eye witness to what transpired at the airport. The SSS delayed giving her the passport and she flayed up. An elder statesman, Jerry Gana who was on the flight came down to find out why she was shouting, and she snubbed him. We were all shocked at her behavior. She was really deranged. The way she snubbed Gana, like he is a nobody,was embarrassing. God help this country.

Fine.
Why did the SSS delayed in giving her passport back if there's no reason for such delay tactic?

Why are all these 'so-called important' people love to die in foreign lands?

Why the labelling of women as 'traditional' or 'modern?

Why can't our women-folk be respectful and submissive.

Being submissive however is not a derogrative word.

Why is this report still not on front page?
Suprised by the low level of commentators.

He's next on the impeachment conveyor belt for saying this and being anti-GEJ.

The points he raised are valid but in the current state of affairs, his comments will be politicised.

A very good player of this generation.
Retired at the most appropriate time, giving others the chance to follow his bootsteps.

A Malaysian airliner with 295 people on board has crashed in Ukraine near the border with Russia, on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, reports say.

Malaysia Airlines said it had lost contact with Flight MH17 from Amsterdam. The last known position was over Ukraine, it said in a tweet

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28354856


I really feel sad for the National Airline of Malaysia - when it rains, it pours.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28354856



A Malaysian airliner with 295 people on board has crashed in Ukraine near the border with Russia, on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, reports say.

Malaysia Airlines said it had lost contact with Flight MH17 from Amsterdam. The last known position was over Ukraine, it said in a tweet

No condition is permanent.

This is very serious indeed.

How low can this government get, despite all its efforts in covering up, it seems every effort is failing.

The PR firm is very incompetent at worst - leakages everywhere -bunch of amateurs!!!

I just checked the website, every information and personnel is correct.

A very commendable gesture from a quality player, as against bunch of mercenaries known as the 'super chickens'.

To some Nigerians, the negative effect of backward educational systems have deluded them the ability to reason in a normal.

Every political party in Nigeria should be tasked on what their political ideologies and manifestos are, unfortunately they don't have any.

Our citizens are more concerned about fighting each other instead of engaging in a proper analysis of our democracy which offers solid accountability across the country.

We don't have democracy in Nigeria at all, it's all about 3-square meals.

I only hope that the re-bound of this boomerang effect does not affect us all in the future.

A very bad precedent in democracy is being played out there in some states which is not encouraging.

OBJ did his worst for eight years, where is he today in the grand scheme of things in Nigeria?

Yes GEJ have every right under the sun to contest in 2015, but let there be a level playing field and not one skewed massively to the ruling party.

torkaka: You do know that fedora hat man is not going to be president forever? And you do know that those you hate so much (hausa/fulani) will one day be president again?

Even if fedora man survives 2015, 2019 is not far off and the precedence he is setting now will one day come to hunt us all!!!

Support illegality now and remember not to cry foul when the tables are turned!!

Exactly my thoughts!!!

brownlords: Nonsense is it a southerner that will made governor? Why are you not asking if nyako is really guilty of the accusation before pointing at Jonathan? GEJ cronies in deed

Why are impeachment proceedings happening in APC controlled states - what about PDP states of Jigawa, Kaduna, Plateau, Akwa Ibom, Benue and Kogi where security of lives is at all time low and where their governors are in breach of massive fund misappropriation. Is it because they are pally of GEJ that they are not troubled?

Nyako has stepped on some powerful toes in Adamawa state and he is being punished by GEJ and his cronies. Politics is also only a game where there will be winners and losers. Yes it's all about politics of 2015 and beyond. It's GEJ's turn to be winning, but ceteris paribus, that winning cannot continue forever...

Watch this space, the chickens are definetely coming home to roost.

With all the noises from the political parties - PDP and APC - what meaningful developments have we experienced since 2010 when GEJ has been in government?

Let us be truthful to overselves.

If Nyako and his deputy are impeached for mis-appropriation of funds, then they should be investigated and charged by EFCC.

It's begger's belief that some states with PDP governors who are known to be wasting public funds on useless projects are not been impeached.

This divide and rule mentality will not work in the long run.

GEJ will continue until 2019 and then what....

youngmonie: hmmm... Nigerians dnt see the future, remember whether now or 20 years time an hausa man will still be president of this country whether we like it or not. GEJ is laying a bad precedent, it can suit us now , we are ok with it and shouting they should impeach all of them, but when that time comes...............................

Exactly my thoughts, GEJ and his cronies are setting a very bad precedent which will surely come back with bigger repercussion.
I only feel sorry for those who will be affected then, the northerns are good student of politics and they will surely use it well when its their turn.
I hope nobody will complain then.

What about the powerful messages for married women?

simplynola: Fools, all those agberos that call themselves lawmakers, no principle, no discipline. All they know is how to share money, nothing tangible they can lay hands on that they've done for their constituencies. The governor is there trying to bring about development and investment to the state but because they are not getting to chop from the lean state funds with their grandmaster Osoba the thief that can never account for any good thing he did when he was governor throughout the military and civilian era. Thats why Nigeria is going backward everyday. Foolish people altogether.

True talk.
There is no democracy in this country.
What will happen if they are voted out in the next election under PDP?
Politicians with no principles or ideologies.

simplynola: .

It is obvious that our politicians speak with two sides of their mouth, they can never be trusted at all.
They don't have any iota of political ideology what-so-ever, sad.
No wonder our so-called democracy is just a mirage.

This is a serious matter.

But when the news first broke out, the information from the Army was that there was no mutiny from the soldiers, that everything is fine and only a minor issue of mis-understanding between the GOC and soldiers.

I still wonder why the wearing of black dress and robes in the brutal hot weather of the middle east?