₦airaland Forum

Zedric:
14 million per annum? In this Nigeria? And u people expect us to believe this? About 1.67 million monthly? Taa

Ah taya oo, ow much NOI and Madueke con dey earn?? 5million?? I laff

Koroaso:
5K job in a country of 170million.........lol
i do not even know who are GEJ handlers......why do they allow him to say all this rubbish
i use to think the idiom that "he who the gods want to kill will first run mad" was figurative.....GEJ makes it literal........lol

I use to think his handlers were his problem but when he opens his mouth to talk, I realize that he is a problem to his handlers

14:
You just took words from my mouth. Privatising power was a mistake, those guys are broke, they cant invest any capitals to new power plants, hence you are stark at 4000MW.

Those guys dnt hv a dime to invest. Jona even went ahead to protect them by increasin d fixed charge from N250 to N750 to protect ppl that has not put a dime into improving the sector. We are left in the hands of "investless investors" doin notin to improve d sector because they are already sure of N750 every month weda dey giv light or not, that is why we now havin crazy bills for unavailable power supply. Jona is so clueless and it baffles me a lot.

14:
You just took words from my mouth. Privatising power was a mistake, those guys are broke, they cant invest any capitals to new power plants, hence you are stark at 4000MW.

Those guys dnt hv a dime to invest. Jona he went ahead to protect them by increasin d fixed charge from N250 to N750 to protect ppl that has not put a dime into improving the sector. We are left in the hands of "investless investors" doin notin to improve d sector because they are already sure of N750 every month weda dey giv light or not, that is why we now havin crazy bills for unavailable power supply. Jona is so clueless and it baffles me a lot.

fairheven:
Only in naija...last week it was reported that CBN had giving out loan to DISCOs so they can fund their power projects An I kept asking myself wat kind of policy somersault is this Kwainvestors are supposed to be the one giving money to the government,but in our own case,its the government that is donating money to investors,that's after privatization how did we end up with Jonathan as a leader?

Jonathan in broad day light opened his eyes and sold our power facilities to investors that don't hv d finance to run and improve the sector. same ppl dat donated to his campaign came runin bac to borrow as small as 10billion naira. Oh we are finished

$2billion dollars per megawatts?? Ah don't believe that

jaybee3:
Does that look like a PVC to you?


Why must Nairaland be used for propaganda?
The picture was taken during the 2011 election

SMH!

http://m.utsandiego.com/news/2011/apr/16/nigerian-vote-peaceful-though-kids-cast-ballots/

Look at the type of things dat mk it to FP. Its a pity

chukwudi44:
Ode this is not 1967 this time around you will be the rebels and the war will be fought on your domains

U are really a kid.

clevvermind:
buhari can never become the president of Nigeria. He is just wasting his time.

Knock! Knock! Is this Okupe the bastard??

If INEC wasn't ready Jega would have said so, he is a man that takes responsibility, he is not like the clueless one

smarthG:
Why blame my grammar, does ur presidential candidate have a common O'Level cert.....?
Or can he even adress the public? Not to talk of answering debate questions!
You are there canversing an uncertain CHAINge.

And u jst got over 12 likes for a stupid post

At a public lecture delivered at the Chartham
House in London last month, the National
Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki disclosed
that he had “advised” the Independent National
Electoral Commission to postpone the election.
The reason adduced then for the unsolicited
advice was that the INEC needed time to
distribute permanent voters’ cards to all
registered voters. As an adviser to the President
on national security the NSA has no powers
whatsoever to give directives or advice to the
INEC. Indeed, there is no statutory nexus
between the INEC and the NSA to warrant the
purported demand for the postponement of the
General Election. To that extent, the NSA acted
illegally. The INEC rightly rejected the
unwarranted interference from the NSA.
But as soon as the INEC announced that all
arrangements had been put in place for the
distribution of the remaining permanent voters
cards in readiness for the February 14 election
the NSA began to sing a different tune. At that
juncture, President Goodluck Jonathan convened
a meeting of the Council of State. The NSA and the
security chiefs were curiously invited to the
meeting with a view to convincing the Council
members to endorse the postponement of the
election. To their utter dismay, they failed to
achieve the illegal objective as the Council
declined to support the postponement of the
election. The Presidency had wanted the advisory
body to usurp the constitutional duty of INEC by
taking a “decision” on the postponement of the
election.
In a desperate bid to blackmail the INEC to
postpone the election the NSA wrote a letter to
the INEC to the effect that the armed forces could
not provide security for the election because of
the operations in the north east region. By writing
directly to the INEC on the security situation in
the north east region the NSA usurped the
functions of the National Security Council. That is
the only body that has the constitutional duty to
“advise the President on matters relating to public
security including matters relating to any
organization or agency established by law for
ensuring the security of the Federation.” The
Council which is established under section 153 of
the Constitution is comprised of the President,
Vice-President, the a Defence Minister, Chief of
defence staff, minister of interior, minister of
foreign affairs, inspector-General of police and
national security adviser.
It is pertinent to point out that the security chiefs
are not members of the National Security Council.
Neither are they members of the Nigeria Police
Council. Therefore, they lack the constitutional
power to make any authoritative pronouncement
on the security of the nation. Even though the
NSA is a member of the National Security Council
he cannot usurp the constitutional responsibilities
of the body with the connivance of the service
chiefs. Since the NSA and the service chiefs acted
illegally and mala fide the INEC ought to have
rejected their politically motivated request for the
postponement of the Election. The reliance on
section 25 of the Electoral Act by Professor
Attahiru Jega, the INEC chairman is totally
misleading. The provision does not support the
postponement of a general election in the entire
country but “in the area or areas” where there is
violence or actual threat of a breakdown of law
and order.
Since the reason for the postponement of any
election must be “cogent and verifiable” it is
crystal clear from the press conference addressed
by Professor Jega last night that the INEC did not
verify the bogus claim of the NSA and the security
chiefs as required by the law. By saying that they
would not provide security in aid of civil
authorities pursuant to section 217 of the
Constitution the security chiefs have committed
the offence of mutiny contrary to section 52 of
the armed Forces Act. Contrary to the mistaken
belief of the INEC leadership the armed forces
have no role to play in the electoral process.
Since it is the exclusive constitutional
responsibility of the Nigeria Police Force to
maintain law and order during elections the INEC
should have called off the bluff of the security
chiefs. More so, that the Inspector-General of
Police had confirmed the readiness of the Police
to provide security for the election. Just last week,
the federal high court sitting in Sokoto declared
illegal and unconstitutional the involvement of
soldiers in election duties. That judgment is
binding on all authorities and persons in Nigeria.
It is pertinent to point out that the postponement
of a General Election throughout the country is
provided for under section 135(3) of the
Constitution where it is stated that “If the
Federation is at war in which the territory of
Nigeria is physically involved and the President
considers that it is not practicable to hold
elections, the National Assembly may by
resolution extend the period of four years
mentioned in subsection (2) of this section from
time to time, but no such extension shall exceed a
period of six months at any one time.” Since the
President could not persuade the National
Assembly to pass a resolution for tenure
elongation on spurious grounds the service chiefs
allowed themselves to be manipulated to subvert
the democratic process. Thus, by causing the
election to be postponed, the NSA and the
security chiefs have staged a coup against the
Constitution. They are liable to be prosecuted for
the grave offence of treason at the appropriate
time.
If the satanic Boko Haram sect is not defeated by
the armed forces of the republics of Chad,
Cameroon and Niger in the next six weeks, the
security chiefs are likely to ask for another
postponement of the General Election on the
ground that the operations in the north east
region have not been successfully concluded. As
such extension cannot be accommodated under
the Electoral Act and the Constitution, the
democratic process may be terminated by the
security chiefs to pave way for the much touted
INTERIM NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. Since some of
the Colonels who played a dominant role in the
criminal annulment of the June 12, 1993
presidential election have taken over the security
of the country, the democratic forces in Nigeria
should be prepared for a long drawn out battle
for the restoration of civil rule. In the
circumstance, I am compelled to urge Nigerians to
beware of the “Ides of March”.

http://saharareporters.com/2015/02/08/election-postponement-nsa-dss-and-military-chiefs-commit-treason-coup-plotting--falana

Flets:
Security supercedes all electoral processes. No elections should proceed if the security of such process cannot be guaranteed.

The army are part and parcel of the ongoing fight against insurgency as well as part of previous elections. So I guess that to suit you lot,we have to disregard them irrespective of the security report they possess which you are not privy to just to sound politically correct?

Anyway, why am I explaining to you in the first place? The deal is done and you have no option than live with it.

Contrary to the mistaken
belief of the INEC leadership the armed forces
have no role to play in the electoral process.
Since it is the exclusive constitutional
responsibility of the Nigeria Police Force to
maintain law and order during elections the INEC
should have called off the bluff of the security
chiefs. More so, that the Inspector-General of
Police had confirmed the readiness of the Police
to provide security for the election. Just last week,
the federal high court sitting in Sokoto declared
illegal and unconstitutional the involvement of
soldiers in election duties. That judgment is
binding on all authorities and persons in Nigeria-Femi Falana
This has been my argument and I'm glad I'm not the only person thinking in this line.

Flets:
It is more than coincidence that all the elections that have been acclaimed free and fair by local and international observers had the military involved.

Now that is one gain we are not in a haste to loose just because rabblerousers feel otherwise.

Get used to it, the military will continue to help Nigerian civilians conduct credible elections until we we are sane enough to do the right and fair thing on our own.

Yes, the military should help, but they should not become so important and powerful to d extent of determining schedule and reschedule of elections.
If INEC says they want elections on any day, the military has no option dan to go with INEC decision but to now threaten INEC and insist on a postponement is overstepping dia boundary and treacherous

agabaI23:
That does not mean that my story was cooked. Your problem is that you people think hate GEJ so much that even if he turns Nigeria to Buckingham palace, you will still find fault with that.

And u love GEJ so much that even if he turns NIgeria to Somalia, it will look like Buckinham palace to u

agabaI23:
That does not mean that my story was cooked. Your problem is that you people think hate GEJ so much that even if he turns Nigeria to Buckingham palace, you will still find fault with that.

And u love GEJ so much that even when he turns NIgeria to Somalia, it will look like Buckinham palace to u

Flets:
1. INEC didn't want to take responsibility of her inadequacies especially when there is a security report to blame

2. You said It is the responsibility of the armed forces to protect people at all times. They've told you to give them few weeks to guarantee protection and you said NO. Why aren't you in the army? Which security report do you have that tells you you need protection only in the NE?

Don't you think you sound funny?

Internal security is not a responsibility of the military. The military didn't provide security in 2011 election, militarisation of elections satrted in edo elections and then ekiti and osun. Is elections now a threat to national security??

Flets:
There was no wrong deed by GEJ

The two real reasons for election postponement

1. The last batch of 15million PVCs only arrived on 4th February and it will be unfair to hold elections 10 days after. If INEC could not do justice to 48M PVCs in 6 months how can dey do justice to 15M PVCs in 9 days?

2. The joint armed forces of Chad, Nigeria and Niger are on an offensive programme in the north east. Coincidentally the AU's decision to support coincides with the elections. Its only fair to allow the military conclude its progam now that we've got the corporation of our neighbours. Elections at the NE at this time will be a huge distraction

1. Is GEJ the one to tell INEC they are not ready?? INEC says they are ready, and that should be final.

2. It is the responsibility of the armed forces to protect the people at all times! The election is jst 2 days, what kind of distraction will that cause? We only need military protrction in the NE, and not all of Nigeria.

Flets:
Lol..... I thought Amaechi and APC promised to march the streets with their kids and form a parallel government afterwards. .... I dey laugh

They called him clueless few days back... now he is a dictator.

There is no greater stupidity, foolishness and evil than APC and its chieftains

Support GEJ
Don't support his wrong deeds.

EMANY01:
And then we would see how the 54 trillion naira budget will be funded.
Some people will jump in to say that Lagos has managed fine,without FG oil money.This view point is based on the popular LIE but urban legend all the same that claims that Obassonjo witheld Lagos allocations for just about two and a half years (they claim three and half) and Lagos did not falter but increased its internal revenue.The TRUTH is that only the Local government funds were withheld.Also additional revenue came from business that service the nexus center of the oil industry.
Like it our die there is a thread running through those companies in. Lekki,Ikoyi,VI,Ikeja,ETC and the oil industry.
Deny that fact all you want it still doesn't change it.
Run a hypothetical scenario where oil exports drop to ten percent of current value and tell me what the long term prospects will be for business tied by oil money and consequently Lagos as a whole.

And Buhari will just fold his hand and watch while the militants hold the country to ransom abi. My dear not everyone is irresponsible like ur jona

sincerenigerian:
The non collected PVCs are for those who registered multiple times. The biometric data machine won't allow them to get extra PVCs. Those who want to participate in the election already got their PVCs and ready to vote.

Thank you my brother.

Very funny
Nigerians: na we go church pass, na we do bad pass

This country is finished!!! Now I'm beginning to see why some people believe there is no hope for us. Our army that used to be the only working institution is finally dead... This is sad

barcanista:
This has been their plan ever since? What a fraudulent government

Very fraudulent my bro! Did BH start last week?? Did GEJ not know that BH will pose a threat to 2015 election all this while?? Why has BH suddenly bcome a reason to postpone the elections?? Will BH be magically crushed within 8 weeks if the election is postponed?? Okupe always delusional as usual thinks its only APC that is kicking against the postponement

barcanista:
This has been their plan ever since? What a fraudulent government

Very fraudulent my bro! Did BH start last week?? Did GEJ not know that BH will pose a threat to 2015 election all this while?? Why has BH suddenly bcome a reason to postpone the elections?? Will BH be magically crushed within 8 weeks if the election is postponed??

J12:
Jega thinks this election is child's play. I doubt if this man is mentally sound, he doesn't understand that this year's elections are pivotal to our democratic and social progress.

His PVC distribution and collection plan is useless and stupid. I went to INEC office in Area 10 to collect my PVC this morning only to be told I can't collect it because I registered in Enugu. I can't imagine how many nigerians are like me, who registered in a different state in 2010/2011 and left their area of registration permanently thereafter but can't vote in the upcoming elections because Jega can't use his brains properly even though he is a professor.

Jega must go after 2015.

Why will u register in enugu and xpect ur PVC to be in abuja??

Obiagelli:
Honestly i don't know if its the poor educational system or this defeatist idea that nothing can work in Nigeria.

Thanks for the complement.

The conclusion I have come to is that we are suffering from "stockholm syndrome". Nigerians have been so raped by our govnt that we are now enjoying the rape and we don't believe things can change anymore. We have stuck to PDP for 16yrs nw and from all indications the have failed us but we are already judging and branding APC a failure without even giving them a try. Its just sad.

mbhs139:
In addition to my earlier post, despite being an APC and GMB fan, let's be adults here, I'm also skeptical about the 'one meal per day' programme for every child in school. Aside from the cost, as suggested by the business day, the clog in the wheel of the progress of such programme, if at all it ever takes off, is the human aspect- people will sabotage it through corruption. Take the NYSC programme for example. Do you know how much the Fed. Govt. spends on each corp member's feeding and kits during orientation. But look at the type of food we are being served, not minding that we are grown-ups and knows our right, not to talk of those kids in primary school. Don't be surprised to find all the meal for the day in a teacher's kitchen, or even in the LG chairman's house.

Are u now saying that APC should dump dat plan because of the fear of sabotage??

yinchar:
Please the PDP Cankerworms in the house, I need to see PDP Manifesto so as to know who to vote for?.....any link will be appreciated.

They don't have any. At least we are here talking about APC manifesto, its very ambitious, people driven and realistic but not within four years as this write up wants to put it.

Promhize:
I trust you are a Christian? Ecclesiastes 5:5 - It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it.

Buhari and osinbanjo said something and you are saying another. Are you the one running for presidency? Surely if buhari doesn't understand English well enough, Osinbanjo does and he could have clarified and explained to us that they will only create an enabling environment.

Mrs interpreter,
Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil. Matthew 5:37

APC never said they will employ 3 million ppl into the civil service, their plan is to create these jobs through massive public works jst as US did during the great depression

Eluwilussit:
What has Buhari achieved in the last 29 years? What did he achieve without quota system? How did Buhari even come into the equation? You don't become a leader by quota. That's exactly why we are where we are as a people.

If you know about our history, most of the leaders we had were not there because they were qualified. The great men like Awo never ruled nigeria because of nepotism. Was Shagari half as qualified as Awo or Zik? No. Is Buhari more qualified than Fash or Duke? No.
So why don't we get it right, right now? Why didn't APC come up with a genuine alternative?

The answer is simple. Politics. It's about wrestling power from the opposite party. It is about looting our national treasury. It is never about genuine change. What APC has given us is not change. It is unbelievable that we are even discussing Buhari in this day and age. I am ashamed as a nigerian. True.

U are very funny, which looting will buhari and apc do that will be worst than what we have experienced under pdp and jona. Even wole that once told Nigerians to reject buhari has even endorsed him because of the colossal failure that jona has become. Let's not argue too much, jst like what the economist said: a former dictator is better than a failed president

cheruv:
the reconstituted Biafran army is ready to defend the SE and Anioma if necessary. the army is expanding..and would soon reach the 600000 mark being aimed. if Nigeria needed 250000 men to vanquish Biafra's 50000 men with almost 700000 in casualties, that means Nigeria would need 3000000 in men to defeat Biafra's 600000.
when the war is over,Nigeria should've lost up to 8400000 in men
forget all those mathematics, all am saying is that yolobas should leave Igbos alone!

U want to fight a war because of jona, choi!!! I am disappointed