₦airaland Forum

Gekko:
how can you even compare these guys, one has plastic balls the other has balls made of steel.

1025:
i can swear for jonathan, this is not his making. but the truth of the matter is, jonathan is by no standard apart from his age and education worthy to be a local govt chairman talkless of president of nigeria.
how can jonathan descend so low as to be used like a toy?
why is jonathan always jumping to the defence of criminals?
he did same when ribadu ran out of nigeria. it is a very big shame for such man to even tell nigerians that he wants to be our president.
this is the type of ppl obasanjo wants arround for easy and quick manipulations.
shame to jonathan, shame to pdp, and shame to obasanjo and co.
i will prefer an osama bin laden to jonathan or anyone supported by obasanjo.

debosky:
Because he has wives from everywhere?

dayokanu:
That would depend on how many games he has started or does someone score without playing?

Definitely scored more than Van persie.

And this season Gomez has more goals per game started than your hopeless striker slowpoke Chamakh has in an Arsenal jersey

HNIC:
Szczesny!!!!

slimshay:
And why are ya'll talking about technical ability and simplifying it to dribbling. Pius Ikedia was a hell of a dribbler nah.

Zizou the greatest footballer of our generation (for whom we have to have extra enter keys installed on our keyboards, apologies eldee) was not the greatest dribbler of the lot.

The dribbling is just one ball rentention ability, if you don't know how to receive and return you are just that, a dribbler.

debosky:
Slim even our CBs must have sound technical abilities so that is a given. Diaby's skills are  nowhere as good as Dudu thinks they are, and even within the Arsenal squad, I won't even put him in the[b] top 5 of dribblers[/b].

debosky:
He is young?  At 24 Is he older or younger than Cesc, Wilshere, Bale or Ozil?

What nonsense. Best performer in a shambolic French team. . . .what an achievement! And pray tell what injury is he returning from now? Why is he perpetually returning from injury? 

Dribbling into blind alleys, holding up the ball till the opponent comes and collects it and so on right?

Don't get me started. . . .if he wasn't tall Diaby would've been out of Arsenal by now. Wenger is just worried of having a team of dwarfs. 

duduspace:
Tenju beri mush Gekko, it seems the guy is blocking Debo from some babes he is after in Birmingham. 

Gbawe:
Netotse, I read the interview and I think your conclusion , along with those of some on NVS, is wrong . The Interview may not be brilliant , because it is impromptu, but it will actually endear Ribadu to Nigerians because the former EFCC boss spoke honestly , passionately and intelligently on many issues . I have always found NVS to be a sanctimonious forum full of pompous charlatans , with an overblown and deluded appraisal of their own intellect  . Many on NVS are actually dense because their thinking is clouded by a clamour for unrealistic idealism. Nairaland is actually a better and more honest mix of Nigerians. This is why I post here and nowhere else. Ribadu may not be an economic guru like Utomi but an economic guru is not what Nigeria needs right now. Nigeria needs a leader who has the good qualities of  OBJ plus the sincerity and the integrity to eschew cynical self-enrichment that our former President did not have.

Ribadu is the only sane choice and those who are undecided should hear me out impartially.

Ribadu is an OBJ with sincerity. We all know that OBJ is brave, singleminded, detribalised, determined , energetic(rumoured to work almost 24 hours) and capable of inspiring others. OBJ is no economist but he showed good leadership when he meritocratically assembled technocrats and supported them to deliver results for Nigeria. Where OBJ falls short is his corrupt nature and desire for personal aggrandizement.  The NIPP, TRANSCORP, sale of refineries are a few example of good initiative hijacked by the greed and lack of enduring integrity of OBJ. Iyabo Obasanjo got NIPP contracts when she knows Nada about power generation!!!!

Now, let us imagine what Ribadu brings to the table that is pertinent to Nigeria of today. Ribadu will be everything OBJ is but without the greed , corruption and primitive lust for self-enrichment. This is a man who took $15 million bribe to the CBN as evidence of graft   We all know that , like OBJ, Ribadu is tough, resolute, energetic and highly driven. Ribadu will encourage the best technocratic hands to transform Nigeria and , unlike OBJ, he will not hijack their initiative to enrich himself and his cronies as OBJ did many, many times. I know , for example, that the NIPP scheme would have been a success under Ribadu. Someone (and I might actually join up to do it) should tell those shortsighted observers on NVS that Nigeria , right now, simply needs a President who is brave, has integrity, will fight corruption vigorously and enable many  highly talented technocrats to deliver for Nigeria.

Let the noisemakers at NVF also make sure to tell us when other presidential candidates refuse to grant them an interview . The stonewalling and lack of interviews I am predicting NVS will experience with other candidates , with a realistic chance of becoming President , will only highlight how Ribadu , even if he makes mistakes, is always available to dialogue with Nigerians as a mark of an individual who wants to serve genuinely. Can this be said of IBB, GEJ, Atiku et al? Ribadu will make mistakes but will emerge from them stronger. Dreamers can back the likes of Utomi , who can design impressive economic growth spreadsheets, but those who are really aware of what Nigeria need will understand that we want an OBJ who is sincere . We want an OBJ who , through sheer strenght of character, can support other good leaders and their good initiatives without then turning around to use said initiative as a 'get rich quick' scheme. Ribadu is far out there as the best choice candidate who has OBJ's good qualities without our former President's flaws.

desgiezd:
Just wandering what a slap from OBJ would feel like - it could break one's neck!