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It's now a political protest by
those who lost out in the last elections.

@Poster
There are no protests in Port Harcourt.
Maybe Amechi was summoned in his capacity as
Chairman of Nigeria's governors forum.

Failed politicians have hijacked protests —Oyedokun

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Written by Jacob Segun Olatunji, Abuja Wednesday, 11 January 2012
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Former chairman of the Michael Imodu National Institute for Labour Studies, (MINILS), Alhaji Shuaib Oyedokun, on Tuesday, raised the alarm on the looming dangers in the country over the ongoing protests across the states of the federation and Abuja on the removal of the fuel subsidy, declaring that failed politicians had hijacked the supposed peaceful rallies.

Speaking during an interview in Abuja, Alhaji Oyedokun, who was a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), appealed to the organised labour and the civil society groups to change their tactics and embrace dialogue and further consulta-tions with the Federal Government as advised by the House of Repre-sentatives in the overall interest of the nation.

The House of Representatives had, on Sunday, during its emer-gency plenary session resolved that the Federal Government should suspend the fuel sub-sidy removal policy while the organised labour should also shelve the planned nationwide strike and mass pro-tests to allow for further dialogue and negations.

Alhaji Oyedokun while expressing dismay at the utterances of some characters that had been leading the rallies in some states of the federation said, “it is now clear that the labour rallies have been hijacked by failed and aggrieved politicians who will never see anything good in the admini-stration of President Goodluck Jonathan”.

According to him, “Are the like of Pastor Tunde Bakare, Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi, Dino Melaye, El-Rufai and a host of others whose faces we are seeing at these rallies, labour leaders or politicians pursing personal interests? The labour leaders should watch it. Aggrieved politicians should not hide under the labour to destabilise the country, if they are in the shoes of President Jonathan, they will even do worse.”

No protest in South East and
South South except Benin and Warri.

Removal of subsidy is one of the best things to happen to this country.

It's an old picture. Let's stop inciting Nigerians.

Removal of fuel subsidy is the best thing to ever happen to
this country in recent times. GEJ will be vindicated.

Removal of fuel subsidy is the best thing to ever happen to
this country in recent times. GEJ will be vindicated.

islamrules:
Unfortunately, if we tell Jonathan to resign, the aim of Boko-haram will be achieved.

The whole Boko-haram thing is bcuz of Jonathan.

@Islamrules
Fine, Boko Haram will disappear if Jonathan resigns but Niger Delta Militants will come back,
our crude oil sales (main source of revenue to government) will dwindle.
So, which do you prefer?

Mukina2, Seun please move this to homepage

publisher:
GEJ na mumu; he became Vice president.
GEJ is a cluess coward; he was made acting president.
GEJ no get liver; he was sworn in as substantive president after UMYA's death.
GEJ na odechukwu retardeen; he declared,contested and won the presidency in April. Pushing aside IBB,Atiku and Buhari.

For una front GEJ will declare for presidency in 2015 and still win.

Resign ko,will GEJ use his yansh to safeguard all the hundreds of thousands of churches and mosques in Nigeria?
Abi is it not Yaradua's government that captured and murdered the original leader of Boko Haram in cold blood? Thereby causing the group to go haywire?

If una no wan cooperate with this govt to join hands and fight terrorism,may una stay here dey post trash on nairaland o.

My brother, the only vocabularies "Dayokanu" learnt in the university (if he is a graduate) are "Retardeed" and "Clueless". Some people on this nairaland actually need to wake up from their slumber.

GEJ remains the President and C-in-C of this country.
Whoever does not like it could migrate to Togo.

Some of you will die of hypertention on nairaland because of GEJ.
Rubbish!

@Poster

You are jobless.

What is worth doing is worth doing well.
Besides, Fashola should tell us how much
each scrap train cars costs.

GEJ is turning around the Nigerian economy
but security issues keep distracting him. Haters are
capitalizing on this singular lapses as if it is easy to fight terrorism.

But for Boko Haram, GEJ would easily emerge the best Nigerian President by 2015.


Moderator: Put this on homepage

Didn't his fellow Americans, Sean Kingston, Yolanda Adams and Don Moen
perform in that same Calabar Carnival few days ago?

Did bombs swallow them?
Rick Ross should refund the money if he failed to show up.

Forget Daily Trust. That northern sharia Boko Haram propaganda paper.

How on earth should this junks make the homepage?

Propaganda by devilish muslims to label xtians as terrorists.

Forget those sweet words from Buhari.
All of them (including GEJ) claimed to love Nigeria
more than they love themselves. Even Tunubu, Atiku
will tell you they love Nigeria more than they love their wives.

Sweet tongue! Sweet tongue! Sweet tongue!
Playing to our emotions. Na today? We've heard that several times.

I expected him to reemphasise his earlier promise to quit the presidential race.

Hope he is not nursing ambitions again?

Buhari knew the judgement already and came with a well written script to address the press.
He has a very bad accent.

I Sorry for Igbos

favouredjb:
THAT PIc u guys are drooling about was not taken at d calaber carnival,but rather at d lagos carnival last year

Sharrappp your mouth! there is no Lagos Carnival pix mong them.
I was at the Calabar carnival yesterday and saw all these scenes and many other
eye popping onse that no one has posted.

I wish I was there with my camera.

emmatok:
HMM,

Nigerians are really shallow minded.

From the day OBJ rigged GEJ through the PDP primaries in knew GEJ will become Nigeria's President, that is why i never bothered voting at all.

But some educated people (blinded by religious and tribal sentiment) keep insulting Buhari.

Well Buhari did't start Boko-Haram, the Northern PDP runs Boko-Haram, from IBB-Atiku.

That battle-line was drawn immanently after the PDP primaries.

GEJ should do-away with religious and ethnic zealots and Be our President for once.

My friend take your sermon to Boko Haram Republic

I would have voted Idiagbon (R.I.P) if he where alive not this lilly livered Buhari,
the wickest and dullest Military Head of State in Nigeria's history.

OAM4J:
Am not surprised at all.

It looks as if Buhari knew the judgement already. He just brought a well written script and address the press.
But, he has a very ugggggggggggggggggggly accent.

Was Buhari dreaming of victory?
I witnessed this election and can affirm to it's credibility.

Buhari should stop dreaming of getting to Aso Rock through the backdoor.

Very incisive piece by a nairalander.
The guy's post suggest that Buhari's deputy, Idiagbon was much stronger than him and that Buhari without Idiagbon could be likened a car without engine. Read on . . .

Buhari was the weakest military head of state. I remember when we demonstrated in 1994 during the June 12 saga. Nobody thought of Buhari the way some of you talk now. I am so surprised that since the CPC campaign, all these funny stories of Buhari are being peddled everywhere. Back in the nineties, Buhari was only remembered as the failed and weak Nigerian president whose deputy ruled for him. I dont know where all these Buhari praises are coming from. Probably from a generation that didn't know what happened back then.

Idiagbon was not only more respected in the army, he was more respected in the whole country. Idiagbon was seen and knowm as the man who called the shots. As proof that Buhari didnt have any serious respect or following in the army, the coup that overthrew him was the easiest since independence. No resistance of any kind. that only happens when you dont have a strong army following. Orkah coup would have easily succeeded if it was Buhari in power. It took the IBB boys to stop Orkah coup. I dont like IBB or Abacha but you have to say they had good following in the army. OBJ still has the biggest base in the army, believe it or not. like him or not. Buhari was a nobody in the army. He was non existent. He was never an active person in the military. Go check the records from 1966 coup till he became president and after he left.

When you overthrow a civilian government, you have to make it look justified. That was what precipitated all he tried to do then. The country was not in any crisis when he took over. There were economic issues alright but the naira was still 1:1 with the dollar. Nobody was suffering. we had free books in school and ate free meals sometimes. Things really became bad during the IBB years. IBB is the guy that really took us to the cleaners.

Abacha did nothing and spoiled little. Buhari is not a tough guy. He is just an opportunist who has seen that he can play on the northern sentiments that they want their own to rule. That is why he has been playing the sharia card since the OBJ regime. He was the first to come out and support Yerima on the sharialization of Zamfara state. He later went on to tell Moslems not to vote for Christians. Just playing on their sentiments. Nothing more. If he is really a strong leader, he would have a strong following. Atiku might be bad, but you have to give it to him that he is a strong leader and it shows in his followership base. If not that men like OBJ backed GEJ, it would have been very difficult for GEJ to beat Atiku in PDP.

I watched the carnival but did not go with camera.

There are many many more beautiful and facinating
scenes than the onse posted here.

Anyone with such pictures should please post them.

1) Conducted most credible elections in Nigeria's history

2)Farewell to fuel queues

3)Credible economic team

4)Peace in Niger Delta

5)Stable economy

6) Improved power supply

etc etc etc etc etc



Yes, like it or take a swim in the atlantic, he deserves the award.

@Poster

You are ignorant.

Removal of fuel subsidy is not a "politician" issue but "economics"
The people advising GEJ to remove fuel subsidy are staunch economists
not politicians.

That Ekiti state speaker is a big lier.

The governors instead persuaded GEJ
(not the other way round) to remove subsidy so as to enable them impliment
the 18% minimum wage. Matters played into their hands with the comming on board of
Okonjo Iweala whose economic leanings does not support fuel subsidy too.

He's here spewing rubbish lies. . . . my governor told me. . .  my governor told me.

It's 1985

So my beloved Naija has descended this low.
Shoprite opens a Mall and we jump into celeberations.

There have opened one too at Enugu, oya Enugu indigenes jump up, pop champaign.
How many times have we seen South Africans celebrating the close to thirty super
Malls in J'burg alone?
@Eko Ile Sometimes I think you need exposure.