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Analysts say Mr. Anenih, who is widely known as “Mr. Fix-It” on account of his ruthlessness, would be the perfect BOT leader for Mr. Jonathan because he knows how to manipulate elections and would be needed by Mr. Jonathan because he cannot win a free and fair election on account of his dismal record.

“The 2015 election will be a referendum on the 16 years of the PDP in control in Nigeria, half of it with Mr. Jonathan as Number One or Number Two, and during which Nigeria has walked backwards,” one analyst said. “To that extent, and whichever way you look at it, there is no way they can reasonably present an election campaign most Nigerians will buy. So Anenih, who knows where the bodies are buried, or where to bury them, will be the perfect choice to deliver a dark election for Mr. Jonathan and damn the consequences.”

Last year, Mr. Jonathan appointed Mr. Anenih to the lucrative post of chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, ostensibly to corner valuable funds for his forthcoming re-election effort.

sheriffman: When APC was formed and it was rumoured that some PDP guvs were lobbying to join the party,it didnt come as a surprise cos we knew that some were not happy with GEJ and considering his underground 2015 moves it will block their way.Now having said this GEJ installs Anenih ad BOT chairman,GEJ installs Akpabio as d PDP guvs forum chairman one can say that he is palying his hands too early as this as this may wrk against him

The meeting which started at about 8.45pm on Monday ended at about 1:00 a.m this morning. Before a final decision was taken, party chiefs observed about 30 minutes break during which further negotiations took place.

The meeting was attended by President Goodluck Jonathan; Vice President Namadi Sambo; President of the Senate, David Mark; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwwal and the party’s National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur. Others at the meeting were Chief Don Etiebet; Prof. Jerry Gana, Chief Barnabas Gemade, Dr. Kema Chikwe, Dr. Hassan Adamu, Dr. Dalhatu Tafida, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, Sen. Jim Nwobodo, Dr. Sam Sam-Jaja, Chief Adolphus Wabara, Gov. Jonah Jang; Governor Ibrahim Shettima and Alhaji Bunu Sherif. Others were Chief Olabode George, Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, Dr. Bello Haliru, Dr. Ahmadu Ali, Maj-Gen, David Jemibewon (retd.), Chief Shuaibu Oyedokun, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, Alhaji Ibrahim Mantu, Sen. Ken Nnamani, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, Sen. Danjuma Goje, Prof. Jubril Aminu, Mrs. Josephine Anenih and Sen. Bode Olajumoke among others.

olabukola: Dudu why are you against the group? When known pdp thieves joined APC you claimed they have repented/they felt that pdp was not standing on the idealogy it was formed. Now Kalu and your saint/former presedential candidate, Bode and other pdp thieves are teaming up to form a political party and you are singing a different song. Must it be your way to be right?. Don't burst nerve in your defence of these thieves if you are not one of them already. PDP,APC and the yet to be formed parties are the same. The earlier you get that into your skull the more happy you enjoy your life. Unless you have some kick back to gain from the group you choose to support.

Eko Atlantic City: From adversity to prosperity
Written by Sulaimon Olanrewaju Tuesday, 26 February 2013 00:00 font size Print Email



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Sulaimon Olanrewaju writes that the story of Eko Atlantic City is a classical example of seeing prospects in a problem.
All eyes were on Lagos last week as dignitaries gathered to witness the laying of the dedication stone for the five million square-metre Eko Atlantic City, a modern city which South Energyx Nig Ltd., in partnership with the Lagos State government, is building inside the Atlantic Ocean-end of the state.
Those present at the ceremony were overawed by the pinnacle of civil and marine engineering which the project represents.

Speaking at the event, President Goodluck Jonathan observed that “When completed, the Atlantic City will not only benefit the promoters of this project, but it will be an important addition to our nation’s strive to promote tourism and good living. The project is a great example of partnership, for it brings private individuals and companies who have the knowledge and requisite expertise to transform land lost to erosion into a delightful Ocean City.”

In his address, former president of the United States of America, Bill Clinton, said, “No one is strong or wealthy enough to solve all the world’s problems; but it is the collective efforts of people that make a difference. And I urge you to continue. I am convinced a lot of people will want to come and see this place.”
Lagos State governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, in his remark, said, “This project is not finished, but it is already a success story”, adding that “The walls built to arrest any over-flowing of the sea, tagged ‘The Great Wall of Lagos’ will not only protect the new city from the Atlantic Ocean, but also the adjoining Victoria Island.

“The wall now stands at three and a half kilometres in length and has brought back the coastline of Victoria Island to where it was a century ago before coastal erosion began to wash it away. The Eko Atlantic land reclamation started in February 2008 with a seven-year dredging operation planned to create 8,000 square metres of new land every day.”

When completed, the new city would be home to 250,000 people and a workplace of 150,000 others as it is planned as a blend of commercial and residential developments. The city is to have different districts with different offerings. It has been touted that when fully developed, Eko Atlantic City will be better than Manhattan in New York City and Dubai in United Arab Emirate.

According to the Head of Communications for the city, Mr. Brent Sadler, “Eko Atlantic is a ground breaking vision for the future of Lagos, offering world-class infrastructure to facilitate the development of a new African city. It will help meet the needs of Lagos’ growing population and business community. Eko Atlantic will be a clean, energy efficient city for the 21st Century.”

However, the story of the budding city is that of turning adversity into prosperity. In 2003, erosion ravaged a good part of Victoria Island, with a very serious threat to Ahmadu Bello Way, whose border had partially collapsed into the sea.
Worried about this development, the state governor at the time, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, sought the help of experts with a view to stemming the tide of erosion which was threatening to swallow up the whole of Victoria Island.

According to the Managing Director of South Energyx, Mr. David Frame, whose company was approached by the former governor to proffer a permanent solution to the problem, it was in the course of the study of the problem by the company that it discovered that it was pertinent to save Ahmadu Bello Way from the effect of erosion, being the highest elevation on the island. He added that if the area was allowed to be washed away by erosion it would portend serious danger to the continued existence of the entire Victoria Island.

The study also revealed that the original coastline of Bar Beach was actually two-and-a-half kilometres further out to the sea, meaning that two and a half kilometres had been lost to the waters. Frame stated that it was the informed opinion of experts that if a wall was constructed on the original coastline, it would effectively check the course of the erosion.

“It was at that point that the whole concept of building a new city fell into place; we decided to put the sea wall on the original coastline as much as we could determine. We then decided to fill up all the area that was lost to erosion. That is the beginning of the Eko Atlantic City project,” Frame said.
Corroborating Frame’s submission, Mr Adesegun Oniru, Lagos State Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, while addressing a press conference, said, “The Eko Atlantic City project is essentially a reclamation and environmental protection project. The overall objective is to restore land lost to coastal erosion since the late 1950s and to provide a permanent solution to the erosion problem by providing a robust sea wall or revetment along the newly reconstructed coastline.”

To protect the reclaimed land from ocean waves the Great Wall of Lagos is being built offshore. According to South Eneryx, “Before the first of the giant concrete armoured blocks for the Great Wall of Lagos was lowered into position, its ability to withstand the worst of the Atlantic tidal surges was put to test. Urban engineers at DHI, the world-renowned Danish hydraulic research centre, carried out extensive scale model trials. Data analysis by computer models showed that the Great Wall would keep Lagos safe from the worst tidal surges that can be expected over 1000 years.”

However, sequel to untoward past experiences of ocean surges that had been experienced over the years, one of the major concerns of residents of Lagos and Nigerians in general is the likely adverse effects of the project on the environment.

In his address at the laying of the dedication stone ceremony, President Jonathan, referring to this, said, “I have received briefing to the effect that the construction of Atlantic City is benefiting from cutting-edge technology with special attention paid on climatic conditions including the perennial threats of ocean surges that has posed serious challenge to human and property on the coast of Victoria Island.”

Speaking on the outcome of social and environmental impact assessment carried out on the project, Mr. Dirk Heuboer of the Royal Haskoning, the company that handled the assessment, reported that, “In view of the scale of Eko Atlantic, it is concluded that the project will have major positive effects in restoring and protecting the shoreline and minimal side effects.
“A scoping exercise was carried out to identify the main issues that needed addressing as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment. Following this, a report was prepared and the terms of reference for the EIA were agreed with the Federal Ministry of Environment, the body with national regulatory authority over the project.

“Extensive consultations have been carried out throughout the EIA process. They started during the scoping phase with meetings with Federal ministry of Environment, the Lagos State Ministry of Environment and the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA.
“Following these sessions, further consultations were expanded to cover a wider range of stakeholders and local community leaders. Consultation and liaison with relevant parties will continue.

“The Eko Atlantic Project has completed a full and comprehensive Environmental and Social Impact Assessment on the entire land reclamation works and its sea wall protection as required under the Nigerian Environmental Impact Assessment Act No. 86 of 1992. The EIA has been carried out in accordance with these regulations.
“The EIA was submitted to the Federal Ministry of Environment and underwent public consultation in November 2011. In January, 2012, the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Environment gave EIA approval for Eko Atlantic reclamation works and sea-wall protection in combination with established procedures for ongoing compliance,” he added.

With plans in place to rein in the rage of the ocean, the Eko Atlantic City project, which targets reclamation and transformation of an area earlier lost to nature is a testimony to the fact that with the right leadership and deployment of appropriate technology man will always be a step ahead of nature.

PapaBrowne: Hypocrisy at its finest!! Hypocrisy doesnt get finer than this.
When APC has Audu Ogbeh and Tom Ikimi as key drivers and ideologugues, you claimed they've repented and would be aligned into a new thinking of the "progressives". I would have agreed with you if the new thinking had been formed before they came in, but no, they have now been given the task of forming the ideology of the APC.

Now, a new group is emerging with a broader cross section of Nigerians and a more national outlook than the APC and your hypocrisy suddenly emerges to judge them with a different set of standards than you used on the APC. So much for rationalism.

Bias and Hypocrisy are two diseases that prevent people from seeing clearly and thinking rationally such that could have helped them in planning better strategies against their opponents. If you and the other APC fellas continue on this part of blinded reasoning, you would keep failing like you guys did in 2011. Tinubu shocked you guys then with his sudden support for Jonathan. Ribadu has probably shocked you here with his presence in this new group. I said it last time that Oshiomole has no place in APC, this new party is where he belongs and they will make APC look like a a gathering of secondary school students who failed JAMB and yet want to proceed to university.

G37 not a political party – Kalu
Our Reporter February 26, 2013 1 Comment »

The Chairman of G37, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has dispelled insinuations that the group was nursing an ambition of forming and launching a new political party as claimed in some newspapers and online news media.

Speaking from Liberia, through his Special Adviser, Oyekunle Oyewumi, Kalu, a former governor of Abia State, said G37 is just a gathering of like minds who have come together to share experiences and knowledge on the state of the Nigerian nation with the aim of contributing their own quota to the promotion of good governance for the betterment of Nigeria and Nigerians.

Kalu, who said he remains a committed member of the Peoples Democratic Party, noted that the G37’s membership cuts across different political parties and affiliations, religion and geographical zones, making it apolitical and neutral.

He further stated that the group was not an agent of any political party or individual, adding: “It is a selfless effort for the collective interest of our fatherland, Nigeria and nothing else. “We are working for the unity and progress of our country to make it a better place to live.

take dat: He is soon to get a dose of his own medicine!

thelastPope: Do you have to create another moniker just to post this? With all your plenty monikers already? Haba Gbawe! You are becoming too desperate!

Sincere 9gerian: So @Gbawe..,is still loitering on this thread? Incredible!
Is the word-honour- not in your vocabulary?

@Gbawe..,whether put to ballot vote, voice vote, Buhari vote, leg vote, eye vote, Tinubu vote, or whatever, the FACT is that Chief Tony Aneni was "unanimously elected" (the exact phrase used in the report) BOT chairman contrary to your previous ARROGANT and baseless conclusions.

Sincerely speaking, if I were you, I would apologise and quietly sneak out of this thread. That is what men of honour do!

thelastPope: Why are you going all hysterical and philosophical now? Haba! Calm down before your BP come jump fence! Na wa o!

taharqa: Hehehehehehehe..... LOL, I swear to God. Frustration galore. Reading this thread hv bn thoroughly Hilarious. Am rili feeling sorri for these Bunch of HYPOCRITES already. Watching d 'breakdown' of @Gbawe for instance, is already mking my day..

NGF election postponed to thwart Amaechi’s landslide

FEBRUARY 26, 2013 BY NIYI ODEBODE, JOHN ALECHENU AND OLUSOLA FABIYI 34 COMMENTS

Governor Rotimi Amaechi and President Goodluck Jonathan
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THE Nigerian Governors’ Forum, against all expectations, suddenly postponed its election on Monday, saying the incumbent chairman of the Forum, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, should be allowed to finish his tenure in May before a successor is elected.

But beyond the official reason, however, The PUNCH learnt that the postponement was the outcome of intense Presidency manoeuvring vis-a-vis President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 ambition.

Sources said supporters of Jonathan pushed for the postponement when they received signals that the President’s candidate for the NGF chairmanship, Katsina State Governor Ibrahim Shema, was heading for a defeat against Amaechi.

“When it was clear that Amaechi would have easily won re-election, they (Jonathan’s loyalists in the NGF) quickly called for the postponement of the election, saying that the current leadership should be allowed to finish its tenure in the spirit of democracy,” a governor-participant at the NGF meeting in Abuja on Monday told one of our correspondents.

The denial by the Presidency on Sunday, notwithstanding, the NGF under Amaechi was said to have constituted a burden to Jonathan who is said to be doubtful of the Rivers State governor’s loyalty.

“President Goodluck Jonathan does not have anything to do with who is or who becomes the chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum. The group is not a constitutional organ, though members have constitutional rights of freedom of association,” Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, had said in an exclusive interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja on Sunday.

On the eve of the stalemated governors’ poll, the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum was born during a meeting presided over by Jonathan in Aso Rock.

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, a known loyalist of Mr. President, is the chairman of the new forum that has continued to excite the PDP leadership and Jonathan’s men.

Feelers from the governors’ meeting which held at the Sokoto State Lodge, Abuja, on Monday, indicated that the Presidency persuaded one other governor from the north who was interested in leading the NGF to step down for Shema.

Besides Shema, the Benue State Governor, Mr. Gabriel Suswan, was said to have indicated interest in the NGF chairmanship.

A northern governor, who pleaded anonymity, said Shema was picked after the intervention of the Presidency.

He said, “The chairmanship of the NGF and the PDP governors’ forum will play a big role in who emerges as the president in 2015. The Presidency sees Shema as a moderate.

“Suswan, who is also close to the President, was persuaded to step down. He may be compensated with the Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum.”

Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu is the incumbent chairman of the the Northern Governors’ Forum. Apart from nursing a presidential ambition, it was Aliyu that recently challenged Jonathan to respect an agreement he purportedly reached with governors in 2011 to serve only one term as president.

It was gathered that the Presidency pushed for the emergence of the Akwa Ibom State, Governor, Mr. Goodswill Akapbio, as part of the move to stop Amaechi.

Amaechi, after the NGF poll was postponed on Monday said, “Members reviewed the affairs of the forum in the past 21 months detailing the activities, achievements and challenges experienced during the period.

“After the exhaustive deliberation of the issues of filling vacant positions, the forum resolved that elections in this regard be postponed till May when the chairman initial two tenures will expire.”

His deputy, Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, also said that the incumbent chairman of the NGF was entitled to another term.

A governor told one of our correspondents that it would be an impossible task for Amaechi to retain the post as the election of Akpabio of Akwa Ibom, also in the South-South, is seen as a move to stop him.

But Obi, in an interview with one of our correspondents faulted the argument that the emergence of the PDP governors’ forum would affect the election of the chairman of the NGF.

He said, “The affairs of the PDP do not concern the NGF. The PDP has the right to have its chairman. Even the ACN (Action Congress of Nigeria) has its own forum. Even APGA has its own forum of Governors.

“We are not bothered about the PDP forum. Of course, the Chairman of the forum (NGF) has the right to re-contest in May.”

Besides Shema and Suswan, two Southern governors, Amaechi and the Abia Governor, Theodore Orji, were also said to be interested in the NGF chairmanship.

With the tipping of Shema by the 19 northern governors, the PDP might have succeeded in breaking the ranks of the opposition.

Prior to Monday’s meeting, 10 opposition governors, including the ones from the North, were reported to be rooting for Amaechi.

The governors, who were said to be backing Amaechi before Monday included Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto); Usman Dakingari (Kebbi);Sule Lamido (Jigawa); Musa Kwankwaso (Kano); Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara); Kashim Shetimma (Borno); Ibrahim Geidam (Yobe); Murtala Nyako (Adamawa); Ibrahim Dankwambo (Gombe); Babangida Aliyu (Niger); Andulfatah Ahmed (Kwara); Tanko Al-Almakura (Nasarawa); Idris Wada (Kogi); Babantunde Fashola (Lagos); Abimbola Ajimobi (Oyo); Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun); Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti); Rauf Aregbesola (Osun); Adams Oshiomhole (Edo); and Rochas Okorocha(Imo).

The northern governors among Amaechi supporters were said to have made a U-turn when the northern leaders intervened and argued that the South could not produce chairmen of the PDP Governors’ Forum and the NGF

Amaechi has had a running battle with Jonathan over the former’s rumoured Vice- Presidential ambition.

The frosty relationship between the two, it was gathered, deteriorated with the public spat between Amaechi and one of Jonathan’s closest associates, the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe.

Amaechi took on the administration when he accused the minister of failing the people of the Niger Delta with the failure to complete the East-West road.

Orubebe in return accused Amaechi of, among other things, failing to deliver on the mandate given to him by the Rivers people.

Meanwhile, Akpabio has said that the PDP Governors’ Forum was formed to stand as a check on the new alliance party, the All Progressives Party. The APC’s founders have said that the party would wrestle power from the PDP in 2015.

“We are of the opinion that we should take steps to set up structures to meet the emerging challenge of APC,” Akpabio told journalists after the maiden meeting of the forum in Abuja on Monday.

Sincere 9gerian: @Gbawe..,is clearly acting like a drowning man on this thread. Who can anyone reconcile the irreconcilable post below:

"People need to ask why GEJ's candidate , for PDP BOT chairman, was cast aside easily by a last minute entrant who is effectively the choice of the Governors and the Northerners in the Party who feel GEJ is a cheat and user who fails to keep to an agreement.
Has it not been enough time to resolve the "deadlock" and reconvene a BOT vote or is it that the President is afraid he will be disgraced again by a Party vehemently resistive to hishighly unpopular and scantily supported ambition? Put to the vote, it is obvious GEJ's candidate will lose if the BOT election is repeated 50 times"....By Gbawe (Feb 9)

"It shows your lack of character you are will to support all this dictatorial actions that is the only way the failed power-drunk dictator in Aso Rock could achieve his vehemently resisted agenda. From now on, I expect GEJ will not put a single thing to the democratic vote".....By Gbawe making reference to the fact that Aneni was elected by consensus as PDP BOT chairman today.

Who can anyone reconcile the above shameless contradictions? Only Gbawe can reconcile them.

This thread opened by stating: "exclusively reported by LEADERSHIP on Sunday, Chief Tony Anenih in the early hours of today was unanimously elected Board of Trustees (BoT) chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a meeting of the party held at the Banquet hall of the presidential villa, Abuja"

The fact in the report was that the PDP BOT chairman was "unanimously elected"(the same thing as consensus), meaning everyone qualified to vote consented to his election. May be Gbawe was expecting INEC or Tinubu to conduct an election to determine who will chair the PDP BOT? What is dictatorial about a unanimous election in PDP?

@Gbawe..,my sincere advice, if you any iota of shame, admit you mis-fired and apologise.

@Gbawe..,recall I told you I'll bookmark the post above and reproduce it an appropriate time? I kept my promise.

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Has it not been enough time to resolve the "deadlock" and reconvene a BOT vote or is it that the President is afraid he will be disgraced again by a Party vehemently resistive to his highly unpopular and scantily supported ambition? Put to the vote, it is obvious GEJ's candidate will lose if the BOT election is repeated 50 times. That is the level of resistance GEJand his camp are now trying to smother with their ruse to buy time

KokoBeware: Do you actually expect him as a serving president not to ensure his own man gets in as the BOT chairman in his very own party??... forget the fact that it is Anenih.... IF Anenih has lost you would have said GEJis very clueless and blah blah.. o noo wait you already said it when it looked as if he was going to loose.. as a leader you actually have to show strength sometimes...lets just be logical if his candidate cannot win within his party what does it say about him

HNosegbe: Well, two things are clear:

1. Jonathan clearly has ambitions for 2015. That explains his insistence on putting his own man in such a sensitive position.

2. When it comes to playing politics, this guy is clearly not a "retardeen".

take dat: If this is going to make your day, the new scoreline is:
GEJ 1
Nigeria 0.
Are we to gloat over the troubling knowledge that the president handpicked an unrepentant bandit and a super dead brain who once spilled undemocratic nonsense in support of OBJ's tenure elongation as the Board of Thieves chairman? Even with the magnitude of exploitation and oppression, some still see this news as a good thing! The folly of 200million mumu's!

At the end of a late night meeting at the presidential villa, which stretched into the early hours of Tuesday, party leaders presented Mr. Anenih, a former Minister of Works, to journalists as having emerged BOT chair by consensus.

blacksta: Every evil , you will surely find in Nigeria

miiraaj: Brave and courageous attempt by the Lagos state government. I call on every Lagosian to support the state government in chasing this evil of Boko haram, eventhough the ultimate solution to this menace of boko haram is to chase PDP out of power in 2015.

And who will deliver South east to APC...Tambuwal, Buhari or even Fashola?

Listen very carefully, I don't have any problem with APC fielding any of these guys. I just want to make it clear that your choice of them is simply born out sectionalism, tribalism and religious bigotism.

Let's just accept this and move on.

mastro: What's wrong with Ngige, nothing apart from everything, Only in Nigeria can a person of no personal integrity such as NGIGE stand for elective post and actually win, this is the person you think will move this country forward, was 2003 that long ago , lets assume you were a child then can't you google what happened

Josh090: Why not you shut your face? Why must you be so clannish all the daMN time? Always thinking about what's in it for us, bloody tribalist.

I never supported Ngige in this election; I supported Akunyili of APGA. Though he is saying the truth here.

Ngige should decamp to APGA (though I know he would never do so because APGA really demands feedback from electorates!), falling which he will not get re-elected in 2015. Ngige should thread cautiously here because he could become like the proverbial bat. We have Igbo PDP members. Why are they all keeping quiet? GREED.

ACN never made sense to a lot of us. Now, he is already feeling lonely there. He may lose his ACN friends and be swept out of Igboland alongside his PDP secret lovers.

This is very dissapointing from Ngige. As a prominent ACN member , he has no business telling the PDP how they should conduct their internal Party affairs . It is never done anywhere in the World by opposition politicians. He cannot really view himself as ideologically opposed to the PDP when he is highly concerned , to the point he speaks out openly, with who the ruling party appoint to certain positions.

Van snickers: The whole Rawlings saga was energized by the young soldiers and the Civilians, if it was up to Rawlings, no one would have been killed. The Ghanaians wanted change, regardless of tribal differences

PapaBrowne: Hypocrisy at its finest!! Hypocrisy doesnt get finer than this.
When APC has Audu Ogbeh and Tom Ikimi as key drivers and ideologugues, you claimed they've repented and would be aligned into a new thinking of the "progressives". I would have agreed with you if the new thinking had been formed before they came in, but no, they have now been given the task of forming the ideology of the APC.

Now, a new group is emerging with a broader cross section of Nigerians and a more national outlook than the APC and your hypocrisy suddenly emerges to judge them with a different set of standards than you used on the APC. So much for rationalism.

Bias and Hypocrisy are two diseases that prevent people from seeing clearly and thinking rationally such that could have helped them in planning better strategies against their opponents. If you and the other APC fellas continue on this part of blinded reasoning, you would keep failing like you guys did in 2011. Tinubu shocked you guys then with his sudden support for Jonathan. Ribadu has probably shocked you here with his presence in this new group. I said it last time that Oshiomole has no place in APC, this new party is where he belongs and they will make APC look like a a gathering of secondary school students who failed JAMB and yet want to proceed to university.

olabukola: Seriously like you think i will go through all your epistle here looking for what you said earlier. Look dudu, you have to face reality Nigeria is doomed and unless we re-structure the country their nothing anybody on this earth will do to make it work. Mark it somewhere by 2019 you will be here repeating all these you have written. Forming Apc, chloroquine or aspirin can't do nada. We are just chassing shadow. PDP is not the root cause of the rout in this country but the system and i do not see how APC can change the system when the system feeds whoever that is incharge. If you are in doubt check all the states being controlled by non pdp govt and honestly tell me that the level of development there is in term with the money they recieve/igr of the said state. Please mention one of the state for others to analyse. There is a saying that if you are not faithful with small thing you can never be faithful with big one. I dont see them being saint by mere joining with other parties.
ribadu is being mentioned as president or vice of APC now he has alligned with orji to form another party, did you not smell something? when once interest is not guaranteed he chicken out, others will follow suit in no distance time.

Open your eyes, you might be truely passionate about APC or what ever but let REALITY be your watch word.

olabukola: Dudu why are you against the group? When known pdp thieves joined APC you claimed they have repented/they felt that pdp was not standing on the idealogy it was formed. Now Kalu and your saint/former presedential candidate, Bode and other pdp thieves are teaming up to form a political party and you are singing a different song. Must it be your way to be right?. Don't burst nerve in your defence of these thieves if you are not one of them already. PDP,APC and the yet to be formed parties are the same. The earlier you get that into your skull the more happy you enjoy your life. Unless you have some kick back to gain from the group you choose to support.

Maxymilliano: Very funny I must say, just like the government was ready for the bomb explosion at Miracle Sand Beach under Festac link bridge last week...

Act of terrorism is not what anybody wished for and if fortification of security checks at the state governor and his deputy entrance gates and chasing vagrants from under bridges is part of the 'proactive' measures taken, I can indeed see the level of readiness...

Ibirogba said, “I will say categorically thatLagos is safe, Lagosians should not entertain any fear. We have done all we are supposed to do to ensure that we live safely. Lagosians should go about their normal duties without entertaining any fear.

“The idea of Boko Haram coming to attackLagos is nothing to scare anybody. This is a proactive government and Lagosians have confidence in their government.