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 Politics › Re: Jonathan camp disagrees with Buhari, Ribadu, Shekarau over debate by honeric01(op): 5:39am On Mar 02, 2011 |
Beaf:How did you arrive at the bolded?  |
| Politics › Re: Jonathan camp disagrees with Buhari, Ribadu, Shekarau over debate by honeric01(op): 5:31am On Mar 02, 2011 |
oyb:That means he's going to be a bench-warmer if he's to go to world leader's forum? |
| Politics › Re: Sss Quizzes Tinubu • Tribunal Begins Trial Next Week by honeric01(m): 5:30am On Mar 02, 2011 |
^^^^ Now you're sounding like a bot again, can't you type something else? |
| Politics › Re: I’ll Remove Immunity Clause – Buhari ! by honeric01(m): 5:16am On Mar 02, 2011 |
faithin9ja:You don't know me, so keep your "insults" to yourself, you don't have to go into insulting me just because you feel there's a rebuttal to all you've been typing. Even without that article, i have researched Buhari myself and i don't need you to preach lies to me. If you think what mr Hassan wrote are lies, his email address is on the article, email him or TAKE UP HIS REQUEST, hope you saw that he dared anyone to a debate? |
| Business › Re: Forex Trade Alerts by honeric01(m): 5:10am On Mar 02, 2011 |
Blog icon:What is your bias towards UCHEF? |
| Politics › Re: Jonathan camp disagrees with Buhari, Ribadu, Shekarau over debate by honeric01(op): 5:09am On Mar 02, 2011 |
Beaf:Contact NN24 and stop sounding like a baby panda  or is NN24 a sponsored cable station too? |
| Politics › Re: Jonathan camp disagrees with Buhari, Ribadu, Shekarau over debate by honeric01(op): 5:08am On Mar 02, 2011 |
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| Politics › Re: Jonathan camp disagrees with Buhari, Ribadu, Shekarau over debate by honeric01(op): 4:58am On Mar 02, 2011 |
Beaf:You can contact the media houses to confirm if the claims in the article are false or not, because it's not in favor of GEJ, it's automatically a fabricated tosh? lol, say something else bro. The title is my own interpretation of what the article says. why does GEJ wants the questions beforehand? |
| Politics › Re: Jonathan camp disagrees with Buhari, Ribadu, Shekarau over debate by honeric01(op): 4:47am On Mar 02, 2011 |
^^^^^ Sponsored article my foot, didn't you see the names of the media houses that are trying to organize the debate? if you think the debate is a fallacy, why not contact NN24 for proof or is NN24 a CPC TV station? |
| Politics › Re: Jonathan camp disagrees with Buhari, Ribadu, Shekarau over debate by honeric01(op): 4:39am On Mar 02, 2011 |
So Jonathan is looking for microchips of the questions abi? he wants to "cheat" even with debate? Why should a PHd holding president be asking for a copy of the debate questions? he wants IBB, OBJ, CIROMA, ATIKU to provide answers to the debate questions beforehand abi? chai SMH Fresh air indeed. |
| Politics › Re: One Vote For Two Honest Men by honeric01(op): 4:36am On Mar 02, 2011 |
Jonathan camp disagrees with Buhari, Ribadu, Shekarau over debate Barely six days to the presidential debate, there is disagreement between President Goodluck Jonathan and three other presidential candidates over the mode of the debate. The others are Mallam Nuhu Ribadu (Action Congress of Nigeria); Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Congress for Progressive Change); and Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau (All Nigeria Peoples Party). Television station NN24 in conjunction with about 30 international stations, is organising the live debate for the four top runners. There are 17 other candidates running for President in the April 9 poll. The order of the debate as arranged is as follows: First Presidential debate (March  ; Vice-Presidential debate (March 11); and Second Presidential debate (March 18).In preparation for the debate, the management of the TV station and the collaborators met with representatives of the four candidates last Tuesday. Those who attended the meeting were Dr. Doyin Okupe (PDP); Mr Yinka Odumakin (CPC); Mr Ibrahim Modibbo (ACN); and Mallam Sule Yau Sule (ANPP) But the pre-debate session was stalemated following Jonathan camp’s two-point demands. The PDP demanded that the advance copy of questions be made available to candidates. It also requested an outright stoppage of the studio audience from posing questions to the candidates. It was learnt that representatives of Buhari, Ribadu and Shekarau, however, insisted on an open debate without inhibitions. It was gathered that when the stalemate could not be resolved, the meeting was shifted till yesterday to find solutions to grey areas. But when the session reconvened, the representative of the PDP candidate was absent. A top source said: “All the four candidates are sticking to their positions and this irreconcilable challenge is a threat to the debate. “I think there is that suspicion that the opposition is trying to use the debate to embarrass the President on key economic issues like the 60-40% ratio of recurrent and capital allocations; excess crude account; and foreign reserves. “The way some of the candidates have been passionate about the state of the economy is a worry to the Jonathan camp. “They are also suspecting that the audience might be skewed in favour of the opposition candidates.” Another source at the session said: “We won’t allow any candidate to have prepared questions and later come to the session with a teleprompter. “What we are demanding is that Nigerians and the world should assess the presidential candidates based on their natural endowments. “We will rather cancel the debate than bend the rules for one of the candidates.” But a source in the Jonathan camp said: “The manner in which some representatives of the other candidates were behaving at the pre-debate meeting showed clearly that they are up to mischief. “Mr. President has nothing to hide and he is not afraid of debate but he won’t be a party to mischief. An official of the Shekarau campaign organisation said last night that the ANPP candidate’s team will speak on the debate tomorrow. http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/news/29563.html |
| Politics › Jonathan camp disagrees with Buhari, Ribadu, Shekarau over debate by honeric01(op): 4:33am On Mar 02, 2011 |
Jonathan camp disagrees with Buhari, Ribadu, Shekarau over debate Barely six days to the presidential debate, there is disagreement between President Goodluck Jonathan and three other presidential candidates over the mode of the debate. The others are Mallam Nuhu Ribadu (Action Congress of Nigeria); Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Congress for Progressive Change); and Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau (All Nigeria Peoples Party). Television station NN24 in conjunction with about 30 international stations, is organising the live debate for the four top runners. There are 17 other candidates running for President in the April 9 poll. The order of the debate as arranged is as follows: First Presidential debate (March ; Vice-Presidential debate (March 11); and Second Presidential debate (March 18).In preparation for the debate, the management of the TV station and the collaborators met with representatives of the four candidates last Tuesday. Those who attended the meeting were Dr. Doyin Okupe (PDP); Mr Yinka Odumakin (CPC); Mr Ibrahim Modibbo (ACN); and Mallam Sule Yau Sule (ANPP) But the pre-debate session was stalemated following Jonathan camp’s two-point demands. The PDP demanded that the advance copy of questions be made available to candidates. It also requested an outright stoppage of the studio audience from posing questions to the candidates. It was learnt that representatives of Buhari, Ribadu and Shekarau, however, insisted on an open debate without inhibitions. It was gathered that when the stalemate could not be resolved, the meeting was shifted till yesterday to find solutions to grey areas. But when the session reconvened, the representative of the PDP candidate was absent. A top source said: “All the four candidates are sticking to their positions and this irreconcilable challenge is a threat to the debate. “I think there is that suspicion that the opposition is trying to use the debate to embarrass the President on key economic issues like the 60-40% ratio of recurrent and capital allocations; excess crude account; and foreign reserves. “The way some of the candidates have been passionate about the state of the economy is a worry to the Jonathan camp. “They are also suspecting that the audience might be skewed in favour of the opposition candidates.” Another source at the session said: “We won’t allow any candidate to have prepared questions and later come to the session with a teleprompter. “What we are demanding is that Nigerians and the world should assess the presidential candidates based on their natural endowments. “We will rather cancel the debate than bend the rules for one of the candidates.” But a source in the Jonathan camp said: “The manner in which some representatives of the other candidates were behaving at the pre-debate meeting showed clearly that they are up to mischief. “Mr. President has nothing to hide and he is not afraid of debate but he won’t be a party to mischief. An official of the Shekarau campaign organisation said last night that the ANPP candidate’s team will speak on the debate tomorrow. http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/news/29563.html
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| Politics › April Polls: Acn, Cpc, Anpp Plan To Stop Pdp by honeric01(op): 4:31am On Mar 02, 2011 |
Three key opposition parties have returned to the negotiation table for a formula that will end the 12-year reign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The parties are the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP). Leaders of the three parties met in Abuja on Sunday night to discuss a three-point battle plan for the April general elections. On the cards are: •how to work together to ensure that votes count in all polling stations; •the shape of alliance the parties may adopt in case of a presidential run-off against the incumbent President; and •how the three parties can work hard to win majority seats in the National Assembly and form a parliamentary alliance. It was learnt that the three parties weighed the options, following the emerging trend of a likely presidential run-off between President Goodluck Jonathan and other candidates, such as Mallam Nuhu Ribadu (ACN); Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (CPC); and Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau (ANPP). The presidential candidates of the three parties are from Adamawa in the Northeast (ACN); Katsina in the Northwest (CPC) and Kano in the Northwest (ANPP). Ribadu may earn substantial votes from the Southwest and Northeast; Buhari may control much of the votes from the Northwest. Shekarau has a firm grip on Kano, his political enclave. INEC has released a provisional figure of 67.7million eligible voters for the April polls. Of the total figure, the Southwest; the Northeast and the Northwest account for 43,301,974million (representing 56.49%). The breakdown is as follows: Southwest (14,318,356); Northwest (18,900, 508); and Northeast (10,083,110). Following the resentment in the Northwest and some parts of the Northeast and Northcentral against the President, the opposition is banking on a run-off. Section 134(2)and (3) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) says: “A candidate for an election into the office of President shall be deemed to have been duly elected to such office where, there being more than two candidates for the election - (a) he has the highest number of votes cast at the election; and (b) he has not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two-thirds of all the states in the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. “In default of a candidate duly elected in accordance with sub-section (2) of this section, there shall be a second election in accordance with subsection (4) of this section at which the only candidate shall be-(a) the candidate who scored the highest number of votes at any election held in accordance with the said subsection(2) of this section and (b) one among the remaining candidates who has a majority of votes in the highest number of states, so however that where there are more than one candidate with a majority of votes in the highest number of states, the candidate among them with the highest total of votes cast at the election shall be the second candidate for the election. A source, who spoke in confidence, said the three parties are still talking. He added: “Do not foreclose a working alliance because the race is still open. Nigerians will know soon after the first presidential ballot. “The opposition is really anticipating a run-off poll going by the political mood nationwide. “That is why we have opened fresh discussion. We are bound to agree and disagree on this alliance but the interest of the masses is paramount. Nigerians are tired of the PDP and we will do our best to forge an alliance to dislodge them.” A top official of the CPC and two-term member of the Senate, Senator Abu Ibrahim, confirmed the fresh alliance talks by the three parties. He said: “It is true that there was a meeting yesterday (Sunday) of the ACN, CPC and even ANPP. The three parties have started planning ahead in case we come into a stalemate and the next President could not emerge through the first ballot. “We foresee the likelihood of the presidential election moving into the second round. Therefore, if we are talking now, it makes it much easier because the moment we become friendly, it will become easier. “We are also thinking of parliamentary alliance. The presidency is important, but there are other areas of interest that we cannot foreclose. We have been meeting on how to work hard to ensure that the three parties secure majority in the National Assembly and check the tyranny of the PDP.” http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/news/29473.html
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| Politics › Re: One Vote For Two Honest Men by honeric01(op): 4:31am On Mar 02, 2011 |
Unjust criticism of Tunde Bakare Kola Odepeju 28/02/2011 00:00:00 Ever since Pastor Tunde Bakare, founder and leader of Latter Rain Assembly, one of the largest Pentecostal churches in the county today started showing overt interest in the political developments of our country, he has been a subject of attacks from different angles. Those attacks, coming from either amongst his immediate constituency – the Church or members of the public are what I personally see as undue and unjust criticisms. I recall here that Bakare’s involvement in political activities became noticeable when he, together with some prominent pro-democracy activists in the country like Professor Wole Soyinka led mass protests last year against the dilatory approach of the National Assembly to allow the provisions of our constitution to prevail during the sickness of late President Umaru Yar’Adua, who, before he finally answered Allah’s call, had obviously been unable to perform his official duties. Undoubtedly, the efforts of the likes of Pastor Bakare and Wole Soyinka led to making President Goodluck Jonathan Acting-President before he eventually became President after the death of his boss. From the church, Bakare’s immediate constituency, the criticism against him and other Pastors who are being politically involved, is that men of God should not get involved in politics, that they should confine themselves to the four walls of the church and limit their activities to evangelism. Some members of the public are also promoting this position by asking the question; what is the business of pastors in politics? This piece is not meant to defend Pastor Bakare alone but all the other pastors who have been getting involved in the political developments of our country. The excuse that men of God shouldn’t get involved in politics cannot hold water because it fails completely to take into account certain historical facts in human history. The holy Prophet of Islam, Prophet Muhammed (SAW) for instance, was not only a spiritual leader. As the head of Islamic community then, he was both a religious and political leader and his remains the best example in leadership history. The constitution he left behind as guiding rules for governing human community was thoroughly practised by his immediate successors known in Islamic history as the ‘caliphate’ and the resultant effects were justice, fairness, abolition of poverty, abundant wealth for all and peace throughout the caliphate era. The story of Jesus Christ can hardly be said to be dissimilar to that of Prophet Muhammed as all his teachings centred round how to resolve all knotty issues under the sky such that peace, harmony, abundant wealth and unity will be guaranteed among humanity. He proffered love as the solution. We all know that politics is about government and government itself is about governing, running the affairs of men, that is. Thus, when men of God, I mean real men of God who understand and practise the concept of love as preached by Jesus, now decide to stay aloof from politics, how do we guarantee among humanity those issues taught by Jesus? Those who are saying that politics should be a no-go-area for pastors are oblivious of the fact that everything in life revolves around politics. Either at individual or collective level, we hardly can do without politics. In governing your house, you are engaged in politics, in dispute settlement, you are engaged in politics, in keeping congregations intact through ensuring that love and peace reign in churches and mosques, religious leaders are engaged in politics. I do not see any reason for real men of God to sit on the fence when it comes to practical politics involving the larger society as they, their families and their congregations are part and parcel of the society and if the society is good, they stand to benefit and vice-versa. To ensure a better society, men of God must not sit down and just watch. The absence of men of God at leadership level, I mean, well-meaning individuals who truly have the fear of God and the love of the people at heart is one major thing that has consistently robbed us of good leadership in this country. If Pastors, Imams plus others have better ideas and vision than our professional politicians on how we can get out of the woods, let them come out and be massively supported. There is nothing bad in Pastors coming out to criticise bad government policies, getting involved in the political process and even coming out to contest for political offices if they mean well. I do not think God necessarily needs to speak to anybody to participate in those processes that will bring about positive changes in the society he belongs. It is only in this part of the world that clerics maintain a ‘siddon look’ approach to issues of politics and worst still, where their involvement or seeming involvement is regarded as meddlesomeness. The history of the world is replete with pastors who made gigantic contributions to the political developments of their fatherlands and who were actively involved in the processes of radical transformations that took place in their climes. Martin Luther King Jnr., the late American civil rights activist readily comes to mind here as the best example. The great Mahatma Ghandi of India provides another good example as he was a foremost leader in Hinduism. What of Desmond Tutu of South Africa? He is Archbishop of the Anglican Church. These aforementioned great men never limited themselves to the church. They were in the streets in the sun and in the rain leading protests that culminated in positive political developments in their countries that are of great benefit to present generations and from which their generations yet unborn shall also live to benefit. To stay in the church and continue to pray for prosperity and good government without being involved practically in the process that will bring about the changes we yearn for, is like expecting manna to fall from heaven. Manna doesn’t fall from heaven any more. It did aeons ago and only for the Israelites. The time has come for our Pastors to follow in the footsteps of Bakare and stop limiting themselves to collecting tithes and preaching prosperity because prosperity and changes will never come without action. God will not come down to perform our duties and obligations for us. Only by action, radical approach, can we get there as a nation. Docility cannot take us anywhere. We have leant from the history of great countries of the world that prayer alone cannot take any country to its promised land. Only prayer that is backed by action can do. Period! http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/editorial/opinion/29439.html |
| Politics › Re: One Vote For Two Honest Men by honeric01(op): 4:28am On Mar 02, 2011 |
Jonathan will be easy to beat, says Bakare By Festus Owete The vice presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Tunde Bakare, said his party can defeat President Goodluck Jonathan at the April presidential election. He told party supporters at a National Executive Committee meeting, over the weekend, that the wind of change blowing across the world will surely be experienced in Nigeria during the elections. The party flags off its presidential campaign in Kaduna today. Mr Bakare said defeating Mr Jonathan will be easy because he has not spent up to one year in office. “There is a wind blowing across the planet. It is blowing everywhere right now. That wind simply says, the will of the people wrestles the power of incumbency. We have seen it demonstrated in Tunisia, we have seen it demonstrated in Egypt, it is blowing across the World, it is shaking even Libya to its foundation. And these are entrenched places of power of incumbency. Our present president has not been there for one year so his own will be easy to dismantle,” the vice presidential candidate, said. Mr Bakare asked leaders of the party to unite ahead of the elections, stressing that “by the grace of God, by the will of the people, by our collective hard work and co-operation, by refusing to let anything divide us, by the power of our concentration, by the time 2011 elections are over, the rest is victory.” The clergyman pledged absolute loyalty to his party’s presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, and noted that they cannot afford to lose this opportunity to rescue Nigeria. He noted that, “The purpose of this afternoon’s meeting and subsequent meetings, is the great opportunity we have to rescue our nation, to salvage our nation and to ensure that the Nigeria that works, comes into manifestation in our life time.” Mr Bakare solicited the support of party leaders, as CPC begins its nationwide campaigns today, insisting that the party wants outright victory at the polls. “It is doable, it is possible, it requires a lot of hard work and sacrifice on our part, that together, if we remain focused and undivided, we will accomplish it and those who think it is impossible, will find out how we did it,” Mr Bakare said. Celebrating crime Meanwhile, the party has condemned the elaborate reception given to the former chairman of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Bode George who was released from prison last Saturday. Mr George and five other members of the board of directors, had been arraigned on August 8th, 2008 at an Ikeja High Court on a 163-count charge of abuse of office and contract splitting to the tune of over N100 billion (One hundred billion naira). He was later convicted in 2009 by Justice Olubunmi Oyewole and sentenced to two years imprisonment, which ran concurrently. In a statement signed by its spokesman, Rotimi Fashakin in Abuja, the Congress for Progressive Change said the carnival-like reception was meant to accentuate the Peoples Democratic Party’s dictum that crime should be celebrated. “The fact of criminal violence perpetrated against the Nigerian state by Bode George was lost on the chieftains of the ruling PDP, including a former President of the nation and representative of the incumbent President, who arranged a carnival-like reception that commenced with a thanksgiving service; to the chagrin of the hapless Nigerian people whose commonwealth had been impetuously pillaged,” the party said. It asked, “ Was this open show of shame meant to accentuate the PDP’s dictum that crime should be celebrated? Was this meant to obliterate from our memory the fact of Bode George’s conviction? Does this help to cultivate an enviable value system for the generation next that the nation’s future belongs to? Does this not show the level of subjugation within the polity that the people, who should show their angst at the felon who purloined their resources, were turned as horse-drivers for the royal carriage?” The CPC also said that the reception also showed the PDP-led federal government’s farcical pretensions on any sustained and sustainable fight against corruption, adding that “this unfortunate parade shows the calibre of individuals masquerading as leaders on Nigeria’s political plane. For once, this nation space deserves a clean break from the odiousness that these rapacious leaders’ tenacious hold on the nation’s ‘jugular’ represents.” http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5680654-146/jonathan_will_be_easy_to_beat.csp
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| Politics › Re: Report Your Efforts On Buhari-bakare Team Here by honeric01(m): 11:12pm On Mar 01, 2011 |
Kobojunkie:Maybe you should take a look at this: Something you don't know about Buhari Muhammed Kabir A Rejoinder to “Buhari, Atiku, Go and Rest” written by Naiwu Osahun: a response from MK Hassan Dear Naiwu Osahun, I read your article with the above caption and was compelled to write a rejoinder because of the inaccuracies it conveyed. The article only succeeded in exposing your ignorance of what has been happening in Nigeria, not surprising to me because you have stayed too long in the West and have no clue or is it due to some deliberate intellectual mischief? It may be better if you start writing on Memphis Tennessee, the civil right movements and how Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis since you know that place very well to have been given the city’s key before you get enlightened on local politics back home in Nigeria and start writing. I am really disappointed with that article and other ones you have previously wrote. It is obvious that your article wanted to attack the personality of Buhari but it ended up with bunch of contradictions and lack of scholarship. I cannot defend both Atiku and Jonathan because they all have case files before EFCC. While Atiku has one with respect to PTDF, Mr. Jonathan’s wife has a case file involving 12 million dollars when he was Governor of Bayelsa and she was arrested by EFCC then. Jonathan became Vice President and now Acting President and the case has since died silently. However, on Buhari I need to put the records straight point by point, I hope my rejoinder will be given the same publicity as your initial write up. 1. Mitary Training: Buhari does not fit in to the profile you wrote. In case you don't know Buhari graduated as a military officer (lieutenant) in Aldeshot UK. He went to the US National War College Carlisle in Pennsylvania from 1980 -1981. That is where the most respected officers of the US army such as Collin Powell attended to become generals. He was at the Defense College of India as well. By all military standards, his training is superb and the best any general can get in the world. Buhari was not some idle sitting General on baboon tree as you stated in your write up when he was in the army. In 1982-1983 when Chad took over our land with more than 19 villages like what the Cameroonians did with the support of France in the case of Bakassi, he then Brigadier Buhari led a successful operation as the GOC to push back Chad and reclaim our territory. If it was Buhari, there is no way as President, he will hand over Bakassi to Cameroon, that is true patriotism. I am not Buhari's relative and I have never met him in my life. But I have taken the pain to know a lot about him by reading facts because I believe among all the possible candidates vying for the Presidency now that may end up ruling Nigeria, he is the best qualified. Someone challenged me on the comments section of Sahara Reporters that I must compare General David Petreaus (The General Commanding Central Command in the Middle East of the US Forces) and Buhari; that is a tall order. They did not serve in the same army but still you have to give it to Buhari. Buhari as Lieutenant after graduating from the UK royal army fought in the Congo in 1964-65 as part of the first mission forces to stabilize the country during it first civil war and won the Congo Medal. He is comparable to Petreaus of US in terms of war command and strategy training. Petreaus Attended the US War College, Pennsylvania to become a General, Buhari went to the same college from 1980-1981 to be General even though Petreaus did, Buhari is his senior even by the US army rankings. Buhari fought a dangerous battle in Congo as a Lieutenant and won the Congo medal, Petreaus did not. Buhari fought in the Biafra civil war as a captain; Petreaus has not fought in a civil war. Buhari commanded an army division to defend his country against Chad, Petreaus commanded an army division to destroy a country Iraq. Now anyone who wants to can compare them. 2. Buhari's family background: Buhari came from a poor family in Daura. He is not the typical northern prince that you may think of. He lost his father Mallam Dauda, when he was young and his uncle took care of him and sent him to school and after secondary school, he joined the army and went to train in the UK royal army. You should have found out about all that before you write your article. It is because of his kind of background and the suffering he went through that he has no sympathy for corruption and the northern traditional ruling families fear him. Quite unlike Atiku, IBB, Yar'adua, Abdussalam etc, he has no traditional title, he refused to accept one from any emir even though they want to give him one even today. The masses in the north have decided to give him one. They call him Baba Buhari Shugaban talakawan Nigeria (Meaning our father, Buhari the leader of the masses). 3. Buhari, the so called Jihadist: Buhari was the first person to fight religious extremism in Nigeria. Anyone can go and find out about a group called Maitatsine in the north that took up arms in 1984 in the name of Jihad in States like Kano, Maiduguri, Bauchi and Adamawa and what he did to them. You also need to read about his refusal to allow every tom manliness and harry to become a pastor or imam in Nigeria like what is happening today. That is why we have so many religious crisis in the country because illiterates are parading themselves as Mallams and Pastors and fomenting trouble in the land. In respect of Nuhu Ribadu, Nasiru El Rufai, two of the most recent distinguished northerners anyone likes to mention, I would like to let you know that they have learnt a lot from Buhari as well. Nuhu got the opportunity to fight his first battle of corruption when he was doing his NYSC in 1984 when Buhari was investigating the 1984 thieves, Nuhu served in the Ministry of Trade where the import license scams took place and it is there, he told us on one occasion while delivering a lecture, that he got the inspiration to fight corruption and decided to join the police after his NYSC. In the case of El-Rufai, he also worked as consultant for PTF when Buhari was its chairman. Not surprising that they are hard working and distinguished. However, just before the 2003 elections, mischief makers like Atiku went to the south to misinformed people that he is a jihadist and support Sharia. If that is the case distinguished southerners both Christians and Muslims alike will not have supported him and I am talking of people like late Gani Fawehimi, who invited him to his house and raised Buhari’s hand before the media for all of us to see. People like Olu Falae, Tam David West and the like who still say a lot of good things about him and are supporting him. The truth must be told this time. 4. IBB's Coup against Buhari: Buhari refused to accept IMF loans and refused to devalue the naira then and I am glad you acknowledge that in your article and because of that he had to go because the west didn't like him so they used IBB to bring SAP that scuttle our econo y and put us in 18 billion dollars debt even though we sell oil. Meanwhile, he has retired General Ali Gusau in 1984 because of disagreements regarding work and defense contracts as reported along with Babangida, the duo planned the coup and when they succeeded, Babangida recalled Ali Gusau back to the army and made him his chief of Defense Intelligence. By the way, I would like you to know that Buhari sent Gusau on training to UK and US in intelligence and security while he was head of state. He made IBB his chief of army state but IBB is nothing short of a traitor to Buhari just the same way Dimka and Bisalla were traitors to Murtala in the 1976 coup. 5. Buhari planned a coup because of missing oil billions: He planned a coup against people like Umaru Dikko the then transport minister who were giving themselves import licenses for rice and skimming Nigerians and the like of Dr Tahir, the communication minister, who were importing horses and their food from Argentina. I met late Dr. Tahir who became Buhari's supporter in 2003, when I visited him in 2002 he told us that what Buhari did then was right, because they have lost their direction as a government. Dr. Tahir was a man of high intellectual capacity with a Phd in sociology from Cambridge, he spoke the truth. What Buhari did as a petroleum minister was the successful supervision and construction of three of the nation refineries, over 4000km of pipelines and 28 depots that we have failed to maintain today and so we import oil. How much has been stolen in just the turnaround maintenance of the refineries between Obasanjo and Abdussalam and still the refineries are not working? Over 4 billion dollars from 1999 to date. Infact before Obasanjo left, he auctioned one of refineries to Dangote at about 250 million dollars, something worth more than 3 billion dollars, Yar’adua reversed that sale. 6.Buhari and PTF: It is obvious you have not been home for long and so you are writing on what you don't know. On PTF, Buhari rehabilitated universities in Nigeria, provided textbooks for libraries and I am a witnessed, I used them for my final year project with PTF written on them. He supplied buses to the universities that time universities have no means of transportation. He built lecture theaters that I have studied in. We were happy to drive in the PTF buses and go for excursions to Kainji and Ajaokuta. What happened in PTF was after Obj won election even before he was sworn in and seeing the PTF records, he said he is going to ban PTF because it has no constitutional backing in a democracy. Because constitutionally all revenues must go to federation account and allocated by RMFAC. So when he was sworn in, he appointed a sole administrator, Dr. Haruna Adamu to investigate PTF hoping he will find something against Buhari. But it ended with Haruna going to jail for stealing $100 million dollars and it is in the records and newspapers in case you don’t know. 7.Missing PTF Money: . Let me tell you if that money you are talking about was missing in PTF, in both 2003 and 2007 elections, PDP and OBJ will have used that against Buhari just like he did to Atiku and PTDF and how he intimidated IBB on Glo by arresting his son, but OBJ cannot because he knows the man is so clean and that is who we need today in Nigeria. You can accuse Buhari for high handedness when he initially came in to power in 1983 by sending the politicians to Kiri Kiri with long life sentences but not corruption. Looking back to the 1980's , I can say Buhari was even compassionate. During that time, in Ghana and Congo and several African countries where they were coups, people like Rawlings in Ghana executed the government officials by firing squad or hanging but Buhari just jailed them. Some Nigerians are now even clamoring for a revolution or the Rawlings style. 8.Buhari and Democracy: Since the time he joined partisan politics, Buhari has conducted himself in the most admirable manner to anyone who knows what African politics is. Whenever, he lost, he went to court to follow due process. He has been in court for more than 20 months in one occasion making his case. He refused to mobilize his follows to rise against the Government or become unruly. If you don’t know he has such a large following but even if you think he doesn’t look at what is happening in other African countries. Raila Odinga and Kenya, they almost went to civil war because of elections. Morgan Tseveingire and Zimbwebwe, the country is now in shambles. 9. Let me be categorically clear, I am not saying Buhari is Saint Buhari and has no faults. I have my own different opinions on him as well but given our circumstances and the practical reality we are facing the main options we have in 2011 are BUHARI, ATIKU, BABANGIDA, GOODLUCK, the rest of the candidates are not yet out and I have not seen someone with their political heavy weight, we may be left with only the option of electing Buhari if we want to move this country forward. In a real political fight, Jonathan may not survive the intrigues. I don’t have anything against him but I am waiting for him to prove himself on electricity. I am even helping him because I have given his government a plan on how to fix it in the next one year, I hope he can deliver on the electricity promise to prove to us that he can lead and solve our problems. Finally, if you think my points are not correct or I am being dishonest, I think we have no other option than I challenge you to a debate on your write up perhaps with Sahara reporters and informed journalists and historians as panelists. You are in Tennessee, I am in Pennsylvania, so we can meet in the neutral middle state of Ohio in a city like Cincinnati for the debate. I can pay for your travel fare from Memphis if you want me to. After the debate on Buhari with facts and defending the trash you wrote, then we can put it in on Youtube and Sahara reporters that way Nigerian’s will be more enlightened. I am not intimidated by the bunch of acronyms and titles after your name. It is dangerous to be writing silly stories and misleading people, it is not helping the situation in Nigeria. MK Hassan can be reached at mk.hassan@hotmail.com |
| Politics › Re: I’ll Remove Immunity Clause – Buhari ! by honeric01(m): 11:06pm On Mar 01, 2011 |
faithin9ja:^^^^^ You need to read this for your own good. Something you don't know about Buhari Muhammed Kabir A Rejoinder to “Buhari, Atiku, Go and Rest” written by Naiwu Osahun: a response from MK Hassan Dear Naiwu Osahun, I read your article with the above caption and was compelled to write a rejoinder because of the inaccuracies it conveyed. The article only succeeded in exposing your ignorance of what has been happening in Nigeria, not surprising to me because you have stayed too long in the West and have no clue or is it due to some deliberate intellectual mischief? It may be better if you start writing on Memphis Tennessee, the civil right movements and how Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis since you know that place very well to have been given the city’s key before you get enlightened on local politics back home in Nigeria and start writing. I am really disappointed with that article and other ones you have previously wrote. It is obvious that your article wanted to attack the personality of Buhari but it ended up with bunch of contradictions and lack of scholarship. I cannot defend both Atiku and Jonathan because they all have case files before EFCC. While Atiku has one with respect to PTDF, Mr. Jonathan’s wife has a case file involving 12 million dollars when he was Governor of Bayelsa and she was arrested by EFCC then. Jonathan became Vice President and now Acting President and the case has since died silently. However, on Buhari I need to put the records straight point by point, I hope my rejoinder will be given the same publicity as your initial write up. 1. Mitary Training: Buhari does not fit in to the profile you wrote. In case you don't know Buhari graduated as a military officer (lieutenant) in Aldeshot UK. He went to the US National War College Carlisle in Pennsylvania from 1980 -1981. That is where the most respected officers of the US army such as Collin Powell attended to become generals. He was at the Defense College of India as well. By all military standards, his training is superb and the best any general can get in the world. Buhari was not some idle sitting General on baboon tree as you stated in your write up when he was in the army. In 1982-1983 when Chad took over our land with more than 19 villages like what the Cameroonians did with the support of France in the case of Bakassi, he then Brigadier Buhari led a successful operation as the GOC to push back Chad and reclaim our territory. If it was Buhari, there is no way as President, he will hand over Bakassi to Cameroon, that is true patriotism. I am not Buhari's relative and I have never met him in my life. But I have taken the pain to know a lot about him by reading facts because I believe among all the possible candidates vying for the Presidency now that may end up ruling Nigeria, he is the best qualified. Someone challenged me on the comments section of Sahara Reporters that I must compare General David Petreaus (The General Commanding Central Command in the Middle East of the US Forces) and Buhari; that is a tall order. They did not serve in the same army but still you have to give it to Buhari. Buhari as Lieutenant after graduating from the UK royal army fought in the Congo in 1964-65 as part of the first mission forces to stabilize the country during it first civil war and won the Congo Medal. He is comparable to Petreaus of US in terms of war command and strategy training. Petreaus Attended the US War College, Pennsylvania to become a General, Buhari went to the same college from 1980-1981 to be General even though Petreaus did, Buhari is his senior even by the US army rankings. Buhari fought a dangerous battle in Congo as a Lieutenant and won the Congo medal, Petreaus did not. Buhari fought in the Biafra civil war as a captain; Petreaus has not fought in a civil war. Buhari commanded an army division to defend his country against Chad, Petreaus commanded an army division to destroy a country Iraq. Now anyone who wants to can compare them. 2. Buhari's family background: Buhari came from a poor family in Daura. He is not the typical northern prince that you may think of. He lost his father Mallam Dauda, when he was young and his uncle took care of him and sent him to school and after secondary school, he joined the army and went to train in the UK royal army. You should have found out about all that before you write your article. It is because of his kind of background and the suffering he went through that he has no sympathy for corruption and the northern traditional ruling families fear him. Quite unlike Atiku, IBB, Yar'adua, Abdussalam etc, he has no traditional title, he refused to accept one from any emir even though they want to give him one even today. The masses in the north have decided to give him one. They call him Baba Buhari Shugaban talakawan Nigeria (Meaning our father, Buhari the leader of the masses). 3. Buhari, the so called Jihadist: Buhari was the first person to fight religious extremism in Nigeria. Anyone can go and find out about a group called Maitatsine in the north that took up arms in 1984 in the name of Jihad in States like Kano, Maiduguri, Bauchi and Adamawa and what he did to them. You also need to read about his refusal to allow every tom manliness and harry to become a pastor or imam in Nigeria like what is happening today. That is why we have so many religious crisis in the country because illiterates are parading themselves as Mallams and Pastors and fomenting trouble in the land. In respect of Nuhu Ribadu, Nasiru El Rufai, two of the most recent distinguished northerners anyone likes to mention, I would like to let you know that they have learnt a lot from Buhari as well. Nuhu got the opportunity to fight his first battle of corruption when he was doing his NYSC in 1984 when Buhari was investigating the 1984 thieves, Nuhu served in the Ministry of Trade where the import license scams took place and it is there, he told us on one occasion while delivering a lecture, that he got the inspiration to fight corruption and decided to join the police after his NYSC. In the case of El-Rufai, he also worked as consultant for PTF when Buhari was its chairman. Not surprising that they are hard working and distinguished. However, just before the 2003 elections, mischief makers like Atiku went to the south to misinformed people that he is a jihadist and support Sharia. If that is the case distinguished southerners both Christians and Muslims alike will not have supported him and I am talking of people like late Gani Fawehimi, who invited him to his house and raised Buhari’s hand before the media for all of us to see. People like Olu Falae, Tam David West and the like who still say a lot of good things about him and are supporting him. The truth must be told this time. 4. IBB's Coup against Buhari: Buhari refused to accept IMF loans and refused to devalue the naira then and I am glad you acknowledge that in your article and because of that he had to go because the west didn't like him so they used IBB to bring SAP that scuttle our econo y and put us in 18 billion dollars debt even though we sell oil. Meanwhile, he has retired General Ali Gusau in 1984 because of disagreements regarding work and defense contracts as reported along with Babangida, the duo planned the coup and when they succeeded, Babangida recalled Ali Gusau back to the army and made him his chief of Defense Intelligence. By the way, I would like you to know that Buhari sent Gusau on training to UK and US in intelligence and security while he was head of state. He made IBB his chief of army state but IBB is nothing short of a traitor to Buhari just the same way Dimka and Bisalla were traitors to Murtala in the 1976 coup. 5. Buhari planned a coup because of missing oil billions: He planned a coup against people like Umaru Dikko the then transport minister who were giving themselves import licenses for rice and skimming Nigerians and the like of Dr Tahir, the communication minister, who were importing horses and their food from Argentina. I met late Dr. Tahir who became Buhari's supporter in 2003, when I visited him in 2002 he told us that what Buhari did then was right, because they have lost their direction as a government. Dr. Tahir was a man of high intellectual capacity with a Phd in sociology from Cambridge, he spoke the truth. What Buhari did as a petroleum minister was the successful supervision and construction of three of the nation refineries, over 4000km of pipelines and 28 depots that we have failed to maintain today and so we import oil. How much has been stolen in just the turnaround maintenance of the refineries between Obasanjo and Abdussalam and still the refineries are not working? Over 4 billion dollars from 1999 to date. Infact before Obasanjo left, he auctioned one of refineries to Dangote at about 250 million dollars, something worth more than 3 billion dollars, Yar’adua reversed that sale. 6.Buhari and PTF: It is obvious you have not been home for long and so you are writing on what you don't know. On PTF, Buhari rehabilitated universities in Nigeria, provided textbooks for libraries and I am a witnessed, I used them for my final year project with PTF written on them. He supplied buses to the universities that time universities have no means of transportation. He built lecture theaters that I have studied in. We were happy to drive in the PTF buses and go for excursions to Kainji and Ajaokuta. What happened in PTF was after Obj won election even before he was sworn in and seeing the PTF records, he said he is going to ban PTF because it has no constitutional backing in a democracy. Because constitutionally all revenues must go to federation account and allocated by RMFAC. So when he was sworn in, he appointed a sole administrator, Dr. Haruna Adamu to investigate PTF hoping he will find something against Buhari. But it ended with Haruna going to jail for stealing $100 million dollars and it is in the records and newspapers in case you don’t know. 7.Missing PTF Money: . Let me tell you if that money you are talking about was missing in PTF, in both 2003 and 2007 elections, PDP and OBJ will have used that against Buhari just like he did to Atiku and PTDF and how he intimidated IBB on Glo by arresting his son, but OBJ cannot because he knows the man is so clean and that is who we need today in Nigeria. You can accuse Buhari for high handedness when he initially came in to power in 1983 by sending the politicians to Kiri Kiri with long life sentences but not corruption. Looking back to the 1980's , I can say Buhari was even compassionate. During that time, in Ghana and Congo and several African countries where they were coups, people like Rawlings in Ghana executed the government officials by firing squad or hanging but Buhari just jailed them. Some Nigerians are now even clamoring for a revolution or the Rawlings style. 8.Buhari and Democracy: Since the time he joined partisan politics, Buhari has conducted himself in the most admirable manner to anyone who knows what African politics is. Whenever, he lost, he went to court to follow due process. He has been in court for more than 20 months in one occasion making his case. He refused to mobilize his follows to rise against the Government or become unruly. If you don’t know he has such a large following but even if you think he doesn’t look at what is happening in other African countries. Raila Odinga and Kenya, they almost went to civil war because of elections. Morgan Tseveingire and Zimbwebwe, the country is now in shambles. 9. Let me be categorically clear, I am not saying Buhari is Saint Buhari and has no faults. I have my own different opinions on him as well but given our circumstances and the practical reality we are facing the main options we have in 2011 are BUHARI, ATIKU, BABANGIDA, GOODLUCK, the rest of the candidates are not yet out and I have not seen someone with their political heavy weight, we may be left with only the option of electing Buhari if we want to move this country forward. In a real political fight, Jonathan may not survive the intrigues. I don’t have anything against him but I am waiting for him to prove himself on electricity. I am even helping him because I have given his government a plan on how to fix it in the next one year, I hope he can deliver on the electricity promise to prove to us that he can lead and solve our problems. Finally, if you think my points are not correct or I am being dishonest, I think we have no other option than I challenge you to a debate on your write up perhaps with Sahara reporters and informed journalists and historians as panelists. You are in Tennessee, I am in Pennsylvania, so we can meet in the neutral middle state of Ohio in a city like Cincinnati for the debate. I can pay for your travel fare from Memphis if you want me to. After the debate on Buhari with facts and defending the trash you wrote, then we can put it in on Youtube and Sahara reporters that way Nigerian’s will be more enlightened. I am not intimidated by the bunch of acronyms and titles after your name. It is dangerous to be writing silly stories and misleading people, it is not helping the situation in Nigeria. MK Hassan can be reached at mk.hassan@hotmail.com |
| Politics › Re: Report Your Efforts On Buhari-bakare Team Here by honeric01(m): 10:47pm On Mar 01, 2011 |
Kobojunkie:I think the one 9ija provided can be forwarded to them, i am looking up another one that's going to shed more light into what you need. |
| Politics › Re: I’ll Remove Immunity Clause – Buhari ! by honeric01(m): 7:54pm On Mar 01, 2011 |
faithin9ja:You still aren't passing any message across, do your research, then come back here with your proof that it was actually Buhari that led the coup. |
| Politics › Re: I’ll Remove Immunity Clause – Buhari ! by honeric01(m): 7:28pm On Mar 01, 2011 |
faithin9ja:Stop peddling lies, Buhari didn't lead any coup, nor did he overthrown any government, rather it was IBB that did and this same IBB is your GEJ's mentor. EOD. |
| Politics › Re: President Goodluck Jonathan's Approval Rating by honeric01(m): 7:16pm On Mar 01, 2011 |
Muza:It seems he does not understand how Lagos work, Lagosians aren't fools, you can't even buy us with N1k, you need at least N10k to buy one person for 30 mins only, the ECA is too empty and he can't afford N10k each to fill up a 20,000-30,000 TBS. |
| Politics › Re: I’ll Remove Immunity Clause – Buhari ! by honeric01(m): 7:09pm On Mar 01, 2011 |
faithin9ja:Old tales, how does Military leaders lead? it seems you don't understand anything about governance, why compare the time of decree with the time of majority? |
| Politics › Re: I’ll Remove Immunity Clause – Buhari ! by honeric01(m): 6:17pm On Mar 01, 2011 |
faithin9ja:This question does not warrant any answer, before i even try to answer you, let me ask you this, between GEJ and Buhari, who's likely to be overthrown easily? While you're at that, answer this too what makes PDP the party people should vote for, and I dont want any sentimental answers? |
| Business › Re: Forex Trade Alerts by honeric01(m): 1:48pm On Mar 01, 2011 |
GU looking to go down. hmmm 61xx calling |
| Politics › Re: Ex-convict Bode George Is With Gej In Pdp Presidential Rally,lagos. by honeric01(m): 1:07pm On Mar 01, 2011 |
I don't watch PDP campaign, it makes me sick. |
| Politics › Re: President Goodluck Jonathan's Approval Rating by honeric01(m): 9:24am On Mar 01, 2011 |
Tunsbobo:Can you hear yourself? |
| Business › Re: Forex Trade Alerts by honeric01(m): 8:47am On Mar 01, 2011 |
Looks like something is about to go down again to 37xx or even 36xx |
| Politics › 2100 Presidential Debate: Jonathan, Ribadu, Buhari, Chris Okotie, Etal by honeric01(op): 3:40am On Mar 01, 2011 |
Before the presidential debate for would-be presidents in 2011 was postponed on that fateful day, the moderator listed some of the followings as the next heated debate: (1) Whether it'd not make perfect sense for citizens who dwell in the region where petrol or other natural resources are mined, to be the ones who'd give the go-ahead for prospecting companies to mine oil in their backyards (2) Why have past governments not ploughed back money gotten from petrol tax into repairing roads? (3) How each aspiring presidential candidates would change the can't-do attitude in governance in Abuja since 1999 and replace it with a can-do one where institution is put above the worship of individual ruler (4) How money would influence the 2011 elections and whether being born rich would not hamper the electability of highborn contenders etc. Chris Okotie has just opened the first of a series of debates to come. By saying that his first presidential task in 2011 if elected, would be to cancel the National Honour Award, disqualify all winners since - re-negotiate and re-award it only to those who actually deserve them. The outspoken presidential aspirant cum pastor bashes Jonathan Goodluck for awarding honours to robber politicians, businessmen, weird jet-set Nigerians and notorious highborn in our society. After which, he calls Jonathan a hypocrite for professing to be a devout Christian and despite enmeshed in taking bribe or anticipating to, while bastardinsing our National Heritages for his 2011 election self-gain. Ending with the note that Nigerians must not vote for Jonathan Goodluck for another four years to massage the egos of the rich and famous, mighty and almighty in Nigeria. Ribadu immediately, fires from the podium attacking Jonathan Goodluck for adding and abetting the Halliburton, Siemens, Daimler suspects instead of prosecuting them. Telling Nigerians that they should vote for him and not Jonathan Goodluck. He'd compounds his argument by stating that Jonathan has a lustful bent to look after the special interests of the haves in our society at the brunt of the have-nots. Ribadu would opine that Jonathan, while still vice-president, had said that's not the corruption from top-down that hampers Nigeria's progress but the ones done by ordinary citizens. Punching the air with youthful seriousness, Ribadu would maintain that Jonathan and wife were criminal indictees and his suspects when he championed EFCC. Now with soberly mood, away from the air-punching posture, Ribadu warns Nigeria to prepare for the direst of consequences should they venture vote another four-year for Mr. Goodluck. Jonathan Goodluck not wanting a greenhorn 'foreign-sponsored' president-to-be, like Ribadu to spoil his chances of making Aso Rock back, would sincerely repent and confess that what Ribadu has just accused him of was the same thing he did when he exempted Obasanjo from the monumental corruption he did during his era. He'd dress Ribadu down, that the Halliburton and other scams happened under his watch without doing nothing. He'd badmouth Ribadu for being a system man and part of the problem and not the solution. He accuses Ribadu for being an outcast who allies with other countries, leaking Nigeria's secret for personal self-aggrandizement. With a very weak appeal, Jonathan would beg Nigerians to give him another chance, promising to hand himself to law-enforcement people for probe after his tenure ends in 2011. In addition, almost on bended knees while still holding the podium furniture, he promises to bring Obasanjo, Bankole, IBB and co. to justice and jail if given another chance. And all of a sudden, an eruption of boo greeted Jonathan's conclusion. Meaning that the crowd of attendees did not believe that Jonathan would do any better if given another four-year opportunity. Buhari has just taken the podium thanking his opponent Jonathan, for sincerely repenting that he and Ribadu were bedfellows enmeshed in corruption and giving them leeway to thrive unopposed. With a stretched hand, Buhari adjusts his agbada and delve into memory lane how he containerised Umaru Dikko from abroad en route to face corruption charges in Nigeria because sleaze irritated him majorly. With one hand in the air to stop the crowds from endless cheers, he positioned himself as the only one who has the temerity and moral fineness to tame criminals across the board for their criminalities. Pontificating further, Buhari told the crowd that he has rock solid family, booming with all the moral decency there are. Crying out loud that a good president is the person who could control his home and has a responsible family, not dysfunctional ones where father in-law bed-son's wife. He also took a swipe at the dire conduct of Turai Yaradua for grave sins against the Nigerian state and pointed accusing finger at Patience Goodluck for siphoning Bayelsa State money. Arguing that future First ladies must live by modest discipline. Buhari almost by sheer mistake nearly praised his wife before the public as not being irresponsible like the two women he had just mentioned, but resisted the temptation, before he is labeled a 'woman wrapper!' If elected president, he promised to appoint Ribadu as his EFCC champion while banning Jonathan from Aso Rock, not because Ribadu is from the north and Jonathan not; but because Ribadu is a better human than Jonathan. Okotie and other would-be presidents just laughed aloud after Buhari ended his debate, you could notice with the way they nodded their heads that, they enthused how to curtail their personal interests when voted president. Just then, there was pandemonium as NEPA aka PHCN took light and everyone sweated like ewu (goat). Then there was half-current light. In heat of the moment, a saharareporter.com blogger who was present at the presidential debate gate-crashed by asking the aspiring presidents how they'd check the kind of disconnect that went on during Obsanjo and late Yar'Adua's era when there were no love lost between president and vice-president? Yar’Adua had hardly trusted Jonathan Goodluck to give him any assignment. The hatred that churned between Obasanjo and Atiku at the tail end of their regime is a blockbuster in the history of officedom. As our by-now president Jonathan neared the podium to clear the air on how he wished to mastermind amity between him and his vice, before other contenders would say their own version, the moderator announced an extension of the debate which will last for a whole month. This writer will inform you about all the debates that our presidents in-waiting would engage serially. Thank you! President Obama opines "And I think that if you think of the presidency just as a bureaucratic job, then you will not be effective. If you think of it only as a rhetorical, political job, you will not be effective. And I think that our goal has been to say, how we function as good managers and good stewards of government and reform it and clean it up and make it work and make it right." Talk about rhetoric! It is in the newspapers of today that the same Jonathan Goodluck who gave National Honour to criminals lately, had while addressing a section of diaspora Nigerians in Niger State, said that corruption will cripple Nigeria if the rich would not check their ways. Jonathan has been high on rhetoric, assuming that the presidency is just another office job not meant to add value to people's lives. Since the Obasanjo political class of 1999 hit town, we have come to see their loose underbelly. And no one is left in doubt that their lack of readiness has been the reason while Nigeria has raced to the bottom of Ice Age backwardness. In 2011 or before, we want to see fierce hustle of political campaign and debate amid mostly presidential candidates and sundry political officeholders in-waiting. It should not be the traditional pushover of presidents being begged and forcefully goaded to come and govern Nigeria. Would-be presidents in 2011 have to hanker and sweat it out on their way to Aso Rock - that's when they realize that the government of men and resources is not a cakewalk done by children at birthdays. Past presidents and the extant one, have pooh-poohed the esteemed office because they get there with no hassle of proving either their intellectual or interpersonal sociocentrism or street-smartness. They rig their way through, that trend has to stop henceforward. We want to see them debate, campaign, challenge one another, throw mud at themselves, do due diligence on others, spy upon and wash their co-contenders dirty linen in the public. That's how it is done in the USA and other First World countries that we copied their democracies and way of civilization. It's noteworthy in today's world, that the ability to set up a political campaign from the ground and win any election devoid of malpractices is a signal that one has the clout to succeed in that post or office. Political campaign these days is a serious business that involves all aspect of institutionalism that prepares you proper. You have to manage man and material while campaigning. And it takes a real man to excel these stumbling blocks. In the end, you are ready to take up the challenges of office, inclusive of good management and stewardship. Away from mere rhetoric and mediocre that comes in when you are godfathered into the presidency with the ease of not throwing a punch or slinging mud at your opponents or receiving any. To be continued, Sunday Njokede writes from the European Union. Email: www.rig2011electionyoudie@rockemail.com http://www.modernghana.com/news/287110/1/2100-presidential-debate-jonathan-ribadu-buhari-ch.html |
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