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abt: Your case is dead on arrival.

The truth is always bitter. Which way Fellow Nigerians.

The president is used to criticisms so all his critics here shud put more efforts and go ahead. GEJ remains one of the best president in the world who relies on his salary alone. The only President in Nigeria witout a foreign Acount neither does he ve investment in any country of d world unlike his predecesors.
We need to appreciate and encourage GEJ administration cos they ve realy performed beyond d expectation of Nigerians. Those criticising GEJ here are all Lazy Nigerians who are only waiting 4 d national cake to b brought to there door step.
Nigerians owes GEJ a great appologies 4 all insults mated on him. I repeat, should GEJ leave Aso Rock, Nigerians will weep and sorrow daily.
So support GEJ 4 a better Nigeria

To be Frank d president was scheduled to visit Borno state in October 2011 but it was shelved cos of an international engagement. He scheduled anoda visit in 2012 bt cos of d subsidy crisis he shelved it and sent his VP. I recall his planed visit to Borno state on March 7th was planed early in January and a letter was sent to d Borno state Governor. An Aide to d Gov revealed to a source in d presidency how d Gov had planed wit d opposition Governors to hold d meeting in Borno state just to embarass d president and deceive Nigerians.
After d presidents visit to Borno state, he will visit Yobe, Gombe, Kaduna, Adamawa, Bauchi and Jos.
Nigerians shud know dat GEJ is d best president we ever had, very humble and industrious. He has performed better than all other presidents. The only president to ve fought corruption to d last later. The only president who ve never stolen one penny. The only president working with God fearing cabinets.
The only president who has changed the life of many Nigerians. I think the president needs our support to bring Nigeria bk to the promise land.
Sir, I on behalf of Nigerians and my fellow Nairalanders wish u journey mercy and Gods protection as u embark on your visit to Borno state

I blames GEJ 4 dis becos of the hardships in Nigeria

lekeodumuyiwa: I think our people should be careful about their comments on the merger.What is the essence of a political party that has been in power for 14 years and cannot provide basic amenities for humanity unlike what we see in the western world.A merger of the opposition political parties is not a bad idea.But am surprised that most of the commentators on this platform whom i think should know better that nothing good can come out the present arrangement led by PDP speaks like a person suffering from fungi infested mind.There must be alternatives to everything in life.Therefore those that did not understand whats development,qualitative good life and provisions of other infrastrures will always condemn the merger and bring saints from heaven to come and remake the political process and constitutional democracy.
I support Buhari and Tinubu in providing leadership at this critical time of our nation building.

God bless u my dear

Akpan107: It has failed already... APC is not to the interest of Nigerians, but a sectional and a tribal interest. PDP remain the only National Party in Nigeria! If you want to form a party that would be accepted by all Nigerians, form National one and not a regional party. APC will never see the light of the day.

I think its ur family dat is d intrest of Nigerians. Why not ask ur father to run for president. Ewu Gambia dats wat u are

dazey: Thief - Tinubu and Terror Leader buhari. keep on deceiving you fellow illiterates that you want to save Nigeria . we will see at poll in 2015

U just use dis forum to let out rubbish from ur mouth, what r ur evidences dat Timubu is a thief or Buhari a terror. I think u better comment maturedly and not rubbish.

If GEJ wants to won 2015 he shud lives in pis wit his governs, cos d governs ve strongs tap ruth in dere states. If he fight his governs, he wil neva won in 2015

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Sincere 9gerian: These PHCN workers union should not make me angry to the extent of cursing them.

If they continue to make impossible demands, the govt should use Fashola style to deal with them- sack all the 50,000 PHCN workers with immediate effect so that when negotiations begin again, the labour unions will be on the defensive.

My friend abeg wake up from ur sleep. The PHCN workers are fighting for there right. FG have the money, so let dem pay the workers and the fire is over. You don't expect the workers to labour in vain.

Though there demands may be bitter but its there right

I think Abia state is the best cos of d good roads, Electricity, Toilets wit world class buildings. All dis were provided by Gov T. A. Orji d best South East and South South Governor.

In Abia state especially in Aba we ve 24hrs light daily. This follows Gov T. A Orji's promise to give his people light. The Governor who does not receive a monthly Allocation from d FG as Abia state Allocation is used to service d Debt the past administration incured. Gov Orji is d only Gov in Nigeria who has developed his state wit IGR, d only Gov who has neva stolen one penny, d only Gov who has no investment or foreign Account. The First Gov in Abia state to rehabilitate all major roads in Aba, the first Gov to introduce free Education and Healthcare and as well d reduction of Tuition Fees in Abia state University and Abia poly. It is 4 his numerous achievements dat our Party (PDP) remains d stronghold in Abia state.
Your Excellency sir, on behalf of Abians and Nairalanders, I say tank u and God bless u 4 all ur good deeds in Abia the Gods own state

princenayo: Tcheeeeeeeew, How much were u paid to disparage Mr president and his family?

I hold no grudge against the president and his family neither are my a paid agent but as a well meaning Nigeria and a true son of Niger Delta, I think all dis Billions allocation are null, void and worthless. We need a world class Hospital in Nigeria becos its not every Nigerian dat can afford overseas treatment

I warmly welcome Nigeria’s newest political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).

As constituted on February 6, 2013, the APC comprises the former All Progressive Grand Alliance, the Action Congress of Nigeria, the All

Nigeria Peoples Party, and the Congress for Progressive Change.

As I understand it, the merger is to advance the best interests of Nigeria through correcting the lapses in our polity identified since 1999.  

It is widely-known that those lapses are symbolized by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which has wielded power at the centre since that time.

Now, the sins of the PDP are many.  So are its sinners.  

But Nigeria’s sinners are not only in the PDP.  The PDP has become the symbol of Nigeria’s decay only because of its carnage in the center, but none of the parties that have held power in the States in the past 14 years are innocent.  

In other words, the real issue is not the PDP; it is the Nigerian politician.  The question is whether the Nigerian politician of the APC is different, or will be.

It is known that the immediate objective of the APC is to unseat the PDP and President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.  

Mr. Jonathan has not confirmed he will run.  If he does, that would indicate an unrepentant PDP.  

It will also be good news for the APC because Jonathan ought to be pretty easy to defeat.   In my view, Jonathan’s biggest opponent in 2015 will be Jonathan, not a party or a presidential candidate.  

In 2011, he never debated anyone but himself; in 2015, he will.  Since 2011, he has put in the most atrocious shift a Nigerian ruler ever has, and failed to honour his promises and pledges.  In Jonathan’s care, Nigeria is worse than an open sewage.

Jonathan is Jonathan’s biggest weakness because his presidency has been but a broadcast of his limitations.  The Jonathan that has emerged since 2010 is, even by PDP standards, not a marketable one.  Unless Nigerians are such fools that that they will again mistake “clueless” for “shoeless,” it is unlikely he will make it past his own party’s primaries.  

In other words, in the 2015 elections, the APC will have more than a fair chance to wipe the slate clean.

But the task is not just removing the PDP; it is putting in, and putting first, Nigeria.   To do that, the APC must demonstrate the capacity, not just the rhetoric, for democracy.  It is an age-old challenge: many proclaim it, but few are strong enough to understand its implications.    

The question is whether, in practice, the replacement party is cut from the same cloth as the PDP.  Since you cannot get yam from cocoyam, will the men and women offered by the APC be achiever and people of character?

The new party has outlined its priorities to include agricultural development, jobs, free education, affordable healthcare, infrastructural development, adequate power supply, eradication of poverty and corruption, and rapid technological advancement and industrialisation.

That is all very good, but it is also just an overloaded shopping basket.  Any political party, especially a new one, can tender such a shopping cart at the checkout counter.   Does the APC have the political and patriotic capital to pay for it?

I certainly hope so, but the new party may be looking at the microscope from the wrong end.  Regrettably, that is the same exhaust pipe from which the PDP has always looked at the country, and it is the end from which Nigeria has been sold the most rotten goods.   
The correct and sensible place to start is for the ACP to assume the character of a party that seeks power not for the sake of power, but for service.

I warmly welcome Nigeria’s newest political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).

As constituted on February 6, 2013, the APC comprises the former All Progressive Grand Alliance, the Action Congress of Nigeria, the All

Nigeria Peoples Party, and the Congress for Progressive Change.

As I understand it, the merger is to advance the best interests of Nigeria through correcting the lapses in our polity identified since 1999.  

It is widely-known that those lapses are symbolized by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which has wielded power at the centre since that time.

Now, the sins of the PDP are many.  So are its sinners.  

But Nigeria’s sinners are not only in the PDP.  The PDP has become the symbol of Nigeria’s decay only because of its carnage in the center, but none of the parties that have held power in the States in the past 14 years are innocent.  

In other words, the real issue is not the PDP; it is the Nigerian politician.  The question is whether the Nigerian politician of the APC is different, or will be.

It is known that the immediate objective of the APC is to unseat the PDP and President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.  

Mr. Jonathan has not confirmed he will run.  If he does, that would indicate an unrepentant PDP.  

It will also be good news for the APC because Jonathan ought to be pretty easy to defeat.   In my view, Jonathan’s biggest opponent in 2015 will be Jonathan, not a party or a presidential candidate.  

In 2011, he never debated anyone but himself; in 2015, he will.  Since 2011, he has put in the most atrocious shift a Nigerian ruler ever has, and failed to honour his promises and pledges.  In Jonathan’s care, Nigeria is worse than an open sewage.

Jonathan is Jonathan’s biggest weakness because his presidency has been but a broadcast of his limitations.  The Jonathan that has emerged since 2010 is, even by PDP standards, not a marketable one.  Unless Nigerians are such fools that that they will again mistake “clueless” for “shoeless,” it is unlikely he will make it past his own party’s primaries.  

In other words, in the 2015 elections, the APC will have more than a fair chance to wipe the slate clean.

But the task is not just removing the PDP; it is putting in, and putting first, Nigeria.   To do that, the APC must demonstrate the capacity, not just the rhetoric, for democracy.  It is an age-old challenge: many proclaim it, but few are strong enough to understand its implications.    

The question is whether, in practice, the replacement party is cut from the same cloth as the PDP.  Since you cannot get yam from cocoyam, will the men and women offered by the APC be achiever and people of character?

The new party has outlined its priorities to include agricultural development, jobs, free education, affordable healthcare, infrastructural development, adequate power supply, eradication of poverty and corruption, and rapid technological advancement and industrialisation.

That is all very good, but it is also just an overloaded shopping basket.  Any political party, especially a new one, can tender such a shopping cart at the checkout counter.   Does the APC have the political and patriotic capital to pay for it?

I certainly hope so, but the new party may be looking at the microscope from the wrong end.  Regrettably, that is the same exhaust pipe from which the PDP has always looked at the country, and it is the end from which Nigeria has been sold the most rotten goods.   
The correct and sensible place to start is for the ACP to assume the character of a party that seeks power not for the sake of power, but for service.

Tell me in a country where the Blessings of God have been turned to a course, how can we see peace and how can there be deep seated Happiness, I think the First lady shud whisper on her husbands ears for the construction of a world class hospital

Last year, Nigeria’s First Lady Patience Jonathan spent six weeks in a Germany hospital receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment. Nigerians footed the bill for her treatment, but neither her office nor that of her husband considered us deserving of the slightest bit of truth-telling. It took the effort of enterprising online reporters to inform Nigerians that their president’s wife was sick, and that she was undergoing treatment in far-away Germany.

 

Even so, her spokesman countered – in a facile response – that Mrs. Jonathan was a picture of buoyant health. She’d traveled back, he said, to rest after the fatigue of hosting a meeting of African First Ladies in Abuja. Of course, the irony of the claim didn’t strike the fibbing spokesman. If the spouse of Nigeria’s president does not find Aso Rock – the most palatial address in Nigeria – conducive to resting, then the country her husband runs must be pure hell for other (by far less fortunate) Nigerians.  

 

During Mrs. Jonathan’s absence, I came to find out how patient and forgiving Nigerians can be. On Facebook, twitter and other online forums, many wrote that they were praying for their ailing First Lady. Amazed by such gush of generosity, I wrote column calling on Mrs. Jonathan, once she recovered and returned to Nigeria, to repay the love nudging her husband to become a responsive, public-spirited leader. I suggested, for one, that she must impress on Mr. Jonathan that he has a duty to give Nigerians a healthcare system that’s worthy of humans. 

 

It’s a scandal that Nigerian officials (as well as the broader class of the well-to-do) now troop to the UK, France, Germany, South Africa, India and the US for medical treatment. Part of the scandal lies in the fact that Nigerians are some of the top doctors in any field of medicine. Given a visionary leader committed to transformation – as opposed to a poseur who likes to fancy himself a transformational figure – many of these doctors will need little prodding to come home and set up practices. But no: most of our so-called leaders are deaf to the shame of running a country that has no coherent health policy. 

 

Consider this: Nelson Mandela is one of the world’s most revered persons. Yet, whenever he takes ill, he’s treated in South African hospitals by South African doctors. He’s not flown abroad with the kind of fanfare that Nigerian officials organize, a fanfare that advertises Nigeria as a failed, forlorn state. Consider this, too: when former Ghanaian President John Atta-Mills battled a serious ailment, he stayed and was treated in Ghana. Yes, he died in the end – as all must die – but he made the point that he had confidence in his country’s medical institution. By contrast, no Nigerian official wants to be caught dead or alive in a Nigerian hospital! They know how dismal Nigerian healthcare is; they know because, in the final reckoning, they had a hand in gutting the system. 

 

I’m the first to admit that I had no reason to expect that Mrs. Jonathan would rise to my lofty challenge, but I issued it all the same. As Nigerians, we had paid to enable her to receive the best possible treatment from fine German doctors in a hospital with sophisticated diagnostic equipment. At minimum, she owed it to us to become an advocate for a significantly improved healthcare in Nigeria.

 

It’s since become clear that Mrs. Jonathan is preoccupied with other plans and priorities. Nigerians were stunned to learn that the Federal Capital Territory has asked for N4 billion to construct a huge building for Mrs. Jonathan in Abuja. There’s no way to euphemize it: the idea is wacky. 

 

It’s astonishing that the president, his wife and a bevy of officials around them would allow this project to go beyond conception and make its way into the FCT’s budget proposals. Does it mean that nobody within that circle has the sense to recognize an outrage? In a country where many workers are yet to receive the minimum monthly wage of N18,000; where roads are a shambles; where hospitals are a mockery; where universities and polytechnics are bereft of equipment and research funds; where generators snarl and rattle because electric power is erratic; where cities have no trash disposal systems; where police training schools are in squalid shape; where many adults are so crushed by hardship they declare their own children witches and wizards – in such a country, how did the ensemble at Aso Rock permit the impunity of a N4 billion building for Mrs. Jonathan to see the light of day? Pray, how? 

 

Such a project makes sense only to that insouciant coterie that inhabits the rooms and corridors of power.  It’s not enough insult to our sensibility that Mr. Jonathan is spending N2 billion to build a larger banquet hall for his feasts. It’s not enough outrage that billions more has been allocated to build an even grander residence for the Vice President – who already lives in one of the grandest homes in Abuja. Now, the First Lady – just recently rescued from sickness by the collective wealth of Nigerians – must add to the list of outrages a project that amplifies a vulgar, self-aggrandizing taste. 

 

Last year, Mr. Jonathan and his ministers ramped up the message that Nigeria was virtually broke and that the government could no longer afford subsidizing the cost of fuel. Did the president not dial the same message of economic scarcity to his wife? For that matter, did he not internalize the message himself? Why do poor, misgoverned Nigerians get one message of dire economic times but the nation’s spoilt, mediocre officials act in a way that suggests the country has a slush of cash – the only problem being how to spend the damn thing? 

 

How does the First Lady’s N4 billion fantasy “mission house” advance the healthcare of Nigerians? How does it add to the quality of life of a people trapped in conditions that should not exist in the 21st century? The people of the Niger Delta –President Jonathan’s home zone – decry the slow progress in rehabilitating the all-too important East-West Road. Instead of focusing on such people-oriented projects, why does the present administration set its sights on decidedly wasteful, useless projects that merely inflate the egos of a few?  

 

It’s time those closest to Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan told them a few home truths. The country’s first citizens ought to be told that power is transient. Nobody is assessed a great leader on the basis of acts that served his – and/or his wife’s – fantasies of grandeur. If Mrs. Jonathan is incapable of realizing how offensive her immoderate N4 billion project is, somebody around her should rise to the occasion and do her the favor of spelling it out. 

 

We don’t owe her a N4 billion house; she owes us to be a voice whispering an insistent message into her husband’s ears: Let’s serve, rather than be the served.

I have been to Anambra and with d level of poor development of d state by a Governor who has been in office for 7yrs, I pity Anambra people and I tink they are all fools for still having d mouth to talk here. I think Okorocha's discription of Peter Obi is right. Anambra People like money too much dats why they r not bothered wit d state of infrastructure in there state

HQ: What is this?

I thought during his "Speech of Lamentations" he said he was done.

I'm sure u are blind cos if u had read the speech on the thread u won't write ur silly comment.

Pls can someone told me wen does dis happens, cos I can't saw it on News 4 TV

Any party dat fields d best candidate will won in Anambra, illitrates here are fund of supporting d evil party PDP, bt PDP can never Ocupies Govt house Awka. If u came to Anambra u wil saw dat Peter Obi is do nothing in d state at all

All d Prophetsy speaken by T. B Joshua cames to past so I believes dis ones wil also came to past. PDP has kills Nigeria so let dem leave Aso Rock 4 APC to occupies

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I think d eagles were suppose to land in Kano cos we the North are majority in Nigeria and should receieve dem and bless dem for making Nigeria proud, thereafter they can proceed to Abuja. this is an open injustice and indeed we are robbed. May Allah ve mercy and judge d culprits.

TRILLIONIAR: THEY ARE TALKING OF PARTY POSITION, SOME MUMU THEY TALK OF NATIONAL POSITION. UNA NO THEY READ AT ALL?

Don't mind d fools who will never read a thread and assimilate, they will keep ranting rubbish. Tufiakwa

Victor M: ACP has no ideaology just like PDP and any other party we have seen in this country presently.
The only language they know is SHARE.

You that have idealogy or ur father, what ve u people contributed to move d country forward. Four parties merged and offcourse shud share the National leadership position to be at equalibrumto avoid any of d party been cheated. They are also expected to come up wit there manifisto and constitution /agreement which wil make d merger a success. You just rant rubbish as if u and ur father can make a difference if given d opportunity. Mtcheeeeeeew

But Dbanj didn't participate in AFCON closing ceremony cos I watched d ceremony Live on AIT. How come we are rating him. Mtcheeeeeew

All the Major roads in Aba, Abia state dat were rehabilitated in collaboration wit our God sent Gov T. A. Orji are in good state. I applaud GEJ and Gov T. A. Orji and I wish dem many more fruitful days in office.

T . B Joshua is d only sincere and Honest Man of God in Nigeria. He remains my father in d Lord cos he trained me in d university and got me a good job through our member. Visit the Synagogue for a breakthrough in ur life

ritux: If Fashola is a Muslim, then Buhari/Fashola ticket will never see the light of the day.

That aside, i dont see this merger working because of the over bloated egos of the heavy weights from the different parties.

Please there is an MOU between the Merger Parties and it will be signed, sealed and endorsed in d Court. I see no reason why the merger won't work with the MOU.
So stop dreaming please

We have to be patient with GEJ. He is performing well and will do more to move Nigeria forward just as my Gov T. A Orji has done much to change d lives of Abians especially on steady power in Abia state and Rehabilitation of major roads in Aba the commercial hub of d state. I strongly believe on GEJ and T.A Ogji

I think the FG showed disregard d mallam Ribadus report on the ground dat it was politically motivated by those who does not want this country to move 4ward. There is no how such reports cud b implemented as its recomendations are null, void and worthless. GEJ is working very hard and I urge Nigerians to support his good work and remain patient wit him. He has revotated our airports to world class, he gave us steady power, he reconstructed d Benin / Ore road, Lagos / Ibadan road, East /West Road is now been reconstructed. In my state, Abia state, he colaborated wit our God sent Gov T. A. Orji to rehabilitate all major roads in Aba d commercial hub of Abia state and gave Abians steady power. I wil keep supporting GEJ and our messiah T. A. Orji 4 there good deeds. May God duard and protect dem 4 us all.