₦airaland Forum

omusiliyu:
He will never dare to take the PIOUS FAYOSE along.

Team of looters.
Birds of a feather always flock together.

"Pious" Fayose? The same rude and uncouth Fayose that was booted out of office first time around for looting and embezzlement? There is nothing some of you will not turn the loquacious and attention-seeking Fayose into merely because you hate the APC and Buhari. Go and see how Fayose's sons are living to know he is only playing to the gallery and taking Ekiti for a ride.

ShowYourCertificate:
Is this an achievement? This APC guys are very funny.

Oga, you are the funny one if you cannot see the point being made. How is drastically cutting waste and saving massive amount of money which can be used productively to better Nigeria not an 'achievement'? You anti Buhari/APC folks just love to be negative for the sake of it. Why not give credit where due and move on? If unable to do then why not remain silent instead of saying things that make no sense. Everyone, from New York to Timbuktu, know that cutting waste and profligacy is urgently required for Nigeria so more can be available for capital spending and infrastructural development.

warrior01:
Abeg, you guys should stop this trash. Enough of this ass licking while Nigerians are losing their jobs in droves with no particular economic direction and you guys are here telling me how Buhari went to America with his political cheerleaders. Please let him go 10000 men if he can give us a direction.

What ass licking? Telling you factually that the new Government is saving Nigerian massive amounts of money is ass licking? Also, do you know it is the great damage GEJ has done that is responsible for virtually 99% of the hardship Nigeria faces today? The damage is so great that Buhari must take his time finding solutions and those who will help him devise and implement those solutions. "Act in haste, repent at leisure". Buhari should take his time to find permanent and effective solutions/reforms regardless of what those who never liked or voted for him say.

modelmike7:
...... You've said it all my brother! [b]Just imagine another 4 years with these sets of corrupt souls! [/b]Simply Unimaginable!!!

I am even having nightmares thinking of the possibility of such.

GudluckIBB:
A man who is prepared to be a president (Buhari) is different from the man who became a president accidentally (Jonathan).

True. Imagine 185 prestigious hotel rooms booked under GEJ in 2014. How much will that have cost Nigeria? We can only imagine.

In 2014, President Jonathan was forced to cut down the size of his delegation but his team was still large enough to take up 145 luxury rooms at the UN Millennium Hotel, and 40 suites at the Pierre.

http://saharareporters.com/2015/09/23/buhari-attending-un-general-assembly-22-man-delegation-nigeria%E2%80%99s-slimmest-decades

Buhari Attending UN General Assembly With 22-Man Delegation, Nigeria’s Slimmest In Decades

BY SAHARA REPORTERS, NEW YORKSEP 23, 2015

President Muhammad Buhari will be attending the 70th United Nations General Assembly in New York accompanied only by 21 delegates, according to a source at the Presidency in Abuja.


The lean delegation pales in comparison with what had become the junketing tradition of Nigeria’s delegations to the annual event.

A list obtained by SaharaReporters shows that President Buhari will be accompanied by the Governors of Kaduna, Niger and Cross River states. Also on his entourage are former governors Rotimi Amaechi and Kayode Fayemi. The Senator from Katsina, Hadi Sirika and a former member of the House of Representatives, Abike Dabiri, are also in the group.

Others on the plane to New York include Major General Monguno (Rtd), the National Security Adviser; Femi Adesina, the Presidential Special Adviser on Media; Sarkin Abba Kalu, Special Adviser Household Matters; Lawal Kazuare (State Chief of Protocol), Nura Rimi, Presidential Liaison Officer; Lt. Col M. L Abubakar (Aide de Camp); Bashir Abubakar, Chief Security Officer; Sabi’u Yusuf (Personal Assistant); ACP Abdukarim Dauda, Dr. Suhayb Sanusi Rafindadi, Chief Personal Physician; and Ya’u Abdulahi, Chief Detail.

It would be recalled that in 2013, over 600 persons accompanied President Goodluck Jonathan to New York. When SaharaReporters reported on the scandalous figure, Reuben Abati, who was then the spokesperson to President Jonathan, denied our story. However, in September 2014, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bashir Wali, confirmed the story in a widely televised press conference.

So reckless and unaccountable had Nigeria’s participation become that SaharaReporters also found out in 2013 that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, had taken luxury suites in two hotels: the Four Seasons, as well as the Pierre Hotel where President Jonathan lodged. She and her delegation also rented eight luxury limousines that were parked in front of the Four Seasons throughout her stay, but only four of them were used.

In 2014, President Jonathan was forced to cut down the size of his delegation but his team was still large enough to take up 145 luxury rooms at the UN Millennium Hotel, and 40 suites at the Pierre.

For his first visit to the General Assembly as elected leader, President Buhari reportedly received meeting requests from about 21 world leaders, but he will only be able to meet with the Presidents of Brazil, Russia and Poland; former US President Bill Clinton, Microsoft Founder Bill Gates and Poe Frances.

His aides told SaharaReporters that President Buhari will also be skipping the meeting scheduled with Nigerians in the Diaspora, all functions with non-governmental organizations, and the traditional dinner with the business community.

The president is expected to return to Nigeria on May 29 in time for Nigeria’s Independence Day celebrations on October 1.

Alphaoscar:
Any Tanoids lie without mentioning Tinubu is incomplete. They always find ways of linking him to all their troubles and loss.





Tinubu my leader !!!

In the minds of many, Tinubu is the President of Nigeria. I think many Nairalaranders, without realising it, exalt Tinubu with how they see him as being behind everything APC does. Man obsess about those he fears. He does not lose sleep over inconsequential folks. It is clear they fear, admire and respect jagaban.

chukwudi44:
Better concentrate on eating ewedu and stop blabbing online!! After all said and [b]Saraki will remain the senate president [/b]and all your local champion's ministerial nominees would be thrown out.

You think so? You have been discredited here so many times that one more disgrace, ridiculing how you reason, will make no difference. I will however remind you of your utterances when Saraki is gone. You said it was impossible for GEJ not to win. Where is GEJ today? You said you will deactivate your account if Buhari won in a certain Nigerian State. Buhari went on to win and you are still here posting showing that you have no honour. It is those who take you seriously I pity. Was Melaye, Saraki's biggest supporter up till shi*t got real, in court with the senate President? That should tell you something.

Candyrain:
Will Saraki be facing all these charges if he hadn't gone against the party into becoming the Senate President? Be honest about your response.

Dude, we should stop taking as if politics is all about gentility. Even in the most advanced democracy there is an aspect of politics where shi*t get real and people have to be dealt with. I told you all Saraki would be dealt with and that it was only a matter of time while the OP of this thread was basking in the sycophantic glory of hearing he "got it right". You cannot embarrass Buhari and the APC like this. This is a principled man who believes adults must pay for wrongdoings. While Buhari orders APC senators to meet him, Saraki was organising a coup to become senate President and gift the undeserving PDP the very prestigious position of DSP. Sometimes you guys need to be pragmatic in outlook. Politics is not all about flowers and chocolate. If Buhari does not deal with Saraki then every punk will be encouraged to take him on. No one appreciates this more than a former army general. Dino Melaye who was making noise is now silent. Buhari and the APC are doing the right thing.

If Buhari is to succeed and order is to return to Nigeria everywhere then those who wish to operate with impunity, after Buhari warned them to reform and behave, must be dealt with. As simple as that. If you want to call it abuse of power or whatever then you are one of those who does not realise that Nigeria needs a Jerry Rawlings who does not spill blood.

@op.

Have you heard the saying "all is fair in love and war"? Saraki effectively declared war on the APC and it's leader who also happens to be our President. You want the APC and Buhari to take it lying down when Buhari has said that no individual, including himself, must be allowed to disrespect Party. "No individual is bigger than the party" Buhari warned. Apparently Saraki and his gang of indsciplined fools, used to getting away with impunity, thought Mr.President was joking GEJ - style.

Stop the naivete and admit that there is an aspect of politics where you must deal with your opponent with any legitimate means. No one cares if the case against Sarah is from 1934. The point is that the decision has been made to deal with Saraki for his unacceptable treachery which embarrassed the APC and the President before the entire world.

Any wrongdoing of Saraki can and should be used to deal with such an unprincipled cad who totally embarrassed the leader of the biggest black nation on earth. The day I knew Saraki was gone was when he disrespected Buhari and organised a NASS coup to become senate president while Mr.President had ordered APC senators to meet with him. Saraki did not stop there. He also helped the PDP to gain the DSP position they had no right to sniff. !!!!


Also, mentioning others make no sense because Buhari had already stated that all wrongdoers who reform and toe the path of goodness will have no issues with him. Yet anyone who effs up after Buhari is sworn in will be dealt with. That is what is going on here and spare us your sanctimonious wailing. Buhari should Mumu for Saraki abi? Nonsense.

PentiumPro:
After reading Joe Igbokwe's article here on NL last night, it dawned on me that Saraki is/was all out not only to ridicule his party but to completely decimate the party in cohort with his friends in PDP. No sane and serious party will allow an individual to do that and get away with it.

That is what I have repeated here non-stop. The APC will quickly become like the PDP if the Party allows a culture of impunity. In Buhari, the APC has a strong Party leader who believes and has stated that nobody must be allowed to behave as if they are greater than the Party. Saraki effed-up big time and against the wrong President. His biggest mistake was to assume we are still under the PDP-style reign of impunity.

TheFreeOne:
Stop your sanctimonious rubbish cos you are the one that is not for real. I asked you again did Saraki and Ekweremadu broke any law in their bid for NASS leadership

Should the NASS for the sake of loyalty become rubber-stamp of the APC/Presidency

Since you seems to have access to some APC governors/senators e..t.c it will be ideal you advise them to stop their fixation on the NASS leadership elections and move the country forward.

Buhari/APC should stop trying be "too smart by half" in their bid to stylishly under the guise of fighting corruption eliminate "competition/opposition".

Who told you they are not trying to do this? In fact this is about good governance because Saraki has shown he is a treacherous snake who will not assist Buhari to initiate the broad reform that will transform Nigeria. Saraki has shown he is about private and vested interest and Buhari will not spare him after it has now become obvious the Senate President is a disruptive force that must be taken out sooner than later.

Also, Buhari has warned about this stage of things. Buhari said all sinners are forgiven and he will only look at the immediate past government. He stated that he will not witch hunt anyone but will rather draw a line in the sand once in power. "whatever you have done, reform and behave from the day I am sworn in and I will have no issues with you" was the loud and clear instruction. After this stage do not misbehave as there will be consequences if you do. Buhari also said no person is bigger than the Party. Saraki (1) thought he is bigger than the APC and (2) misbehaved after Buhari warned that impunity will not be tolerated under his Presidency. I don't know what you are ranting about. The man has warned all Nigerians about what we are seeing now. Many were just not listening.

I think Nigerians are forgetting one important statement Buhari made. I.e everyone must respect and obey the Party. Nobody is bigger than the political Party and platform that gave them their prestigious public office. Saraki from the lawless PDP thought Buhari was just talking for the fun of it as his PDP compatriots like GEJ used to do.

Now it will be clear to all that disorderly conduct and treachery against Party/nation/Nigerians will not be tolerated. That idiot Abba Moro who organised that scam employment fiasco under GEJ, where Nigerian youths died chasing non-existent jobs, would be in jail if that happened today.

DONLEKAN:
If the senators decamp before Saraki is impeached. PDP will become majority in the senate. This means, PDP will have to decide who becomes senate president after Saraki's removal. In that case, sledge hammer will be used on Saraki instead of ordinary hammer in the court.

The unfolding will make for a good movie.

Okay let us see how this will play out. This decamping tale makes no logical sense. Doing it amounts to doing what Saraki did which is to undermine and embarrass the President. It is now crystal clear Buhari is not GEJ and will not tolerate such. How many will now be willing to take Buhari on and risk their position after what Saraki is going through?

I would take this with a pinch of salt. Senators have no immunity and Nigerian politician are not especially loyal or principled so they will realise the consequence of disruptive behaviour under Buhari. Anyone openly siding with Saraki is indirectly taking on the President and must bear the consequence of such actions. I think Buhari has struck the fear of God into all who thought he has weakened and softened with age. Saraki is on his own in my opinion. Others have a four years mandate to protect. No one will sacrifice that fighting for Saraki.

This is what Nigeria needs. A President who will instil order everywhere and make our leaders act in a disciplined manner because of the notion that there will be certain and swift consequence for misbehaving as Saraki did. It is Ekweremadu I pity because he accepted a poisoned chalice and will have to live with his choice and over-ambitious bad timing. They organised a political coup against the leader of the APC, i.e Buhari, and thought they got away with it without understanding that Buhari pathologically hates coups against his leadership. The mistake Saraki and others made is to assume we are still in the GEJ/PDP days.

Buhari has shown he is not messing around. This is not the GEJ presidency or anything like it. Melaye knows shi*t just got real and he gets it that Buhari is not joking. The Buhari 'body language' at work.

tomakint:
Since Saraki preferred dramatical role in this movie, he shall soon dance na.ked at the market square, I have said it that Saraki can not survive this week. His total disregard for a constituted authority as the CCT is a slap on our democracy, moreso, he was given ample opportunity to come clear his name...... he brought all these drama upon himself through his inordinate ambition.
Cc: TonyeBarcanista

Indeed. The bottom line is that sanity should be restored asap. I must admit that it appears I misunderstood you. Anyway, Buhari needs opposition voices so I would encourage objective posters, entirely about the good governance of Nigeria as you appear to be these days, to keep highlighting his failings.

supersonic:
Why is this man afraid of facing this small tribunal? Sebi he said he is not guilty,why did he go for an injunction in an appeal court. Elese NSA nigbati ti enikankan o le(criminal dey run wen nobody dey pursue am)

He is afraid because he knows he is finished as Senate president, and may even land in jail, if found guilty. I don't think he will even be allowed to step down voluntarily at this stage and after all he has done to embarrass the APC.

BALLOSKI:
one of the greatest achievement of Nigeria as a nation is the departure from accidental presidency to a prepared one.

Indeed. You put it very intelligently. What I know is that we will get it right in the end if our Presidents are "prepared", as you put it, rather than incompetent and thieving buffoons placed far above their station by selfish interest groups. Jonathan for example should be a Village commissioner at best.

GEJ should never have gotten to the Presidency where he would have to lead a very complex and highly indsciplined people who can only be whipped into behaving by an uncompromising hardliner. This is why GEJ destroyed Nigeria horribly. He was placed too fat above his station by vested interests. This must never happen again. In future it is only gladiators who want to lead who should lead.

Indeed. I said it before that Jonathan will be the last accidental President Nigeria has courtesy of the PDP'S style of imposing 'business-friendly' stooges on Nigerians. The good people of Nigeria, after Buhari, will get into the habit of voting for those who actually agitated and fought to be President.

chukwudi44:
Lol!! First things first!! Get the nos to impeach him before talking about the APC's original choice!!lets even assumed Saraki is removed by the CCB(virtually impossible) The like minds sentaors are still in the majority and might just pick up Dino Melaye as SP

So you think impeachment will even be needed if the Senate President of Nigeria is convicted of false asset declaration? Don't you get that the plan is to prove that Saraki is guilty of a major misconduct that warrants his removal from office?

tomakint:
You keep tagging the 'Like-minds' like they matter in this case the question is this, how many Senators make up the numbers then and now...Saraki is losing big time

Don't mind him. Pa Chukwudi is just sentimental to the core. An influential Senator told me Saturday, and I quote, "Saraki is gone. He is a dead man walking". Yet the likes of Chukwudi never do reality. I would like to see Saraki survive this against a hardliner and former military General i.e Buhari. I know you are a GEJ fan but the fact is that Buhari is very different to Jonathan in approach and mentality. You are taught not to compromise with the enemy in the army. This notion will live with Buhari till he dies and Saraki embarrassed and undermined him seriously. I don't think Buhari will accept anything less than the removal of Saraki. Just my personal opinion though.

TheFreeOne:
Wrongdoings Politics is all about interests.

Does the constitution not stated that leaders of the NASS be elected amongst themselves Or is the Deputy senate president not a member of the senate

Are you for real? So you think it is okay for Saraki, because he felt he was not the choice of the APC, to help the PDP, who deserved nothing at all, to gain the position of deputy senate President? If the APC does not deal with Saraki for this fundamentally unforgivable treachery that embarrassed the Party then they will end up like the PDP where strong yet lawless individuals brought down the Party. The APC has many PDP defectors but they must learn to conduct themselves the APC way and not try to bring PDP style politics to the ruling Party. That is the lesson they will teach Saraki and others will learn from it.

TheFreeOne:
HYPOCRISY

I'll like to believe you ain't a kid and not suffering from dementia.

Did the name Tambuwal rings a bell So Sarakis' senate ambition and its outcome is POLITICS too.

the fact is that insult is all you have in your armoury and this is why you cannot appreciate the crux of the matter. The Saraki situation is not the same as that of Tambuwal. Both defected from the political Party that gave them power. This happens all the time worldwide and no pragmatically sensible person would lose sleep over this. Saraki, unlike Tambuwal, went beyond defection alone. He directly plotted to give the opposition Party a powerful position and platform (DSP) so he could be senate President. I think any reasonable person, even if they are big haters of the APC, will understand why the ruling Party will feel it must deal with Saraki. Impunity grows if misconduct is not punished. Not every leader is like GEJ who operated with a mentality of ignoring wrongdoings.

SovietBomber:
If Saraki is removed as Senate President today, who will the APC use to replace him?

Their original choice.

onismate:
to be sincere with you, Nigeria's political institution is too soft and fragile. One can easily predict what will happen to this Saraki's case. But this Saraki's case is a litmus test for the Buhari led Government, both judiciary and executive arm of Government. If this Government can handle it properly with interference as Bubu has said, and defeat saraki. That means they are serious.

100% correct. This is what is on the line. Failure is not an option for Buhari , in a litmus test as you put it, because of his need to show his government will be about zero tolerance for the sort of political mischief, judicial gangsterism and corruption the PDP used to mire Nigeria in underdevelopment for the past 16 years.

The entire world, to include the USA which has condemned it openly, know that justice is for sale in Nigeria. Institutional decay is synonymous with Nigeria. Worldwide the perception is that the rich and powerful never pay for their crimes. Instead, they pay off those in charge of the justice system. We all saw Jonathan directly intervene to help Teslim Folarin beat a murder trial. That was a big low for Nigeria.

Buhari knows what is at stake if he wants the help and benevolence of the international community that has always looked at Nigeria as a nation where anything goes. Nigeria is not an Island and we will get better if the international community assist us because they feel they can trust us to do the right thing in terms of governance. There has to be a clear signal that things are different now. The USA, UK, France et al were lukewarm towards Jonathan because they realised he is a con artist who stood for nothing. Buhari will be aware he can only get the broad assistance which will help him succeed if he shows that things are no longer business as usual. I would like to see how the judiciary would frustrate a determined President who feel he has a point to prove with this Saraki saga. I repeat that Buhari is not GEJ.

chukwudi44:
Saraki did not make Ekweremadu the deputy Senate President, he contested and won the seat. BTW APC still do not have the numbers to remove Saraki, this court cases would still take a long time to be decided

Saraki's machinations and 'back room' deceitful dealings made Ekweremadu DSP. Stop embarrassing yourself. In fact that is what this whole saga is about. Yet I can always trust you to never see the obvious. We all know how things played out and there is no need to make silly statements just to back a viewpoint. You look like a grade A fool doing that.

chukwudi44:
The senator you spoke with belongs to the minority, the trial will go on for a very long time with Saraki still holding forth as the Senate president

I know you are a highly sentimental chap driven by partisan bias but do you realise this is a fight between Saraki and a President determined to prove a point? Who do you think will win in the end? By the way, the senator I spoke with was a pal of Saraki. Yet he too is angry Saraki let the PDP in through the back door via facilitating the emergence of Ekweremadu as DSP. Continue to fool yourself about "minority" anger against Saraki. This is what you do here all the time and you end up discredited for it. Saraki does not enjoy much real support or loyalty on the ground. It is only sentimental and sectionally biased folk like you who are talking him up online. I personally think he will fall. Buhari is not GEJ. Let us keep watching to note whether my senator friend, an influential insider, is right or whether the highly sentimental and biased Chukwudi predicted correctly.

naijaking1:
Remember Tambuwal!
Nigeria is not getting better because professional position-shifters like you. What was good to GEJ is certainly good for Buhari, or is your brain wiped out?

Stop talking nonsense. Did Tambuwal help make the opposition Party the deputy speaker because of his own ambition? You guys should learn to shun sentiments. The worst Tambuwal did is defect to another political party. This is something that is common in politics and done worldwide. What is not common and never done worldwide is to make your own Party lose a position they do not have to because you are thinking of yourself alone. If you do this then you must be prepared for the backlash from party loyalist, like Buhari, who will insist your position is no longer tenable. I don't know how long it will take for people like you to understand this simple notion.

dialfa:
dictatorial witch hunting is not trial

It is called politics and not "dictatorial witch hunting" . Saraki , because of unbridled personal ambition, made himself someone the APC and Buhari cannot trust. It is clear the ruling Party feel they have a senate President who is only with them in name but a PDP devotee at heart. What do you want them to do if serious about delivering good governance? Allow Saraki, in a very important position, to be a cog in the wheel of progress and development or remove him so that the APC is in full control of how it wants to do things?

Remove sentiments from your outlook and you will see that Saraki's position is not tenable. I was talking to a Nigerian Senator last night and he told me "Saraki is gone" disdainfully. No one likes the guy and there is deep bitterness over what he did . The effort to remove him and cut him down to size has broad backing. You don't do what Saraki did only to turn round and start shouting "witch hunting" as you do here when those you treacherously betrayed decide to use legitimate means to deal with you.

omenka:
Jeeeeessssuuuussss!!!

Jonathan isn't the only thief we have out there, agreed, but what irks me the most about his case is that he stole in such barbaric and crude manner. How can a president be this dumb!!??

And Dasuki, the ever available accomplice, was on hand to ensure a smooth operation.

Where was the Harvard schooled minister of finance when all these withdrawals were going down?? Can she tell us she was oblivious of these obvious thefts??

This is just too much to bear.



Cc: Gbawe.

Bruv, let me add that GEJ opened the floodgate of corruption hell also. Directly and indirectly, Jonathan made it obvious Nigeria was a 'free for all' nation that must be plundered as mercilessly as possible. I know deals were struck to spare him prosecution and jail, just to get rid of him before he destroyed Nigeria, but I strongly wish GEJ should be made to account for his terrible conduct as President. We will see how things play out.