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BB UPDATES:
The Buhari/Bakare campaign timetable is out, spread the word:
1st March - North West - Kaduna
2nd March - North Central - Minna
3rd March - South West - Ibadan
4th March - South South - Benin
5th March - South East - Owerri
7th March - North East - tbd

semid4lyfe:
Hmmmm,. . . and the thread makes the homepage?

Not surprised at all cos all GEJ bashing threads and Buhari praising threads make the homepage

Pity all these won't stop GEJ from winning in April

Moving on. . . . . .

Zombie effect

Jarus:
I wrote thsi article to express my anger at Buhari's campaign team: http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12676:candidate-buhari-and-citizen-taofeek&catid=7:opinion&Itemid=12

I have so far received a number of emails strategising on how to go about it. I ahve got mails from all parts of teh country, from US, all comparing notes with me on how to go about it.

Keep it up, we will surely get there.

@Beaf

Are you okay at all? what are you afraid of? you're not sure of what GEJ is likely going to say if a debate is organized?

BEAF, PLEASE HOW'S A DEBATE A HARD THING FOR A PHD HOLDING PRESIDENT WHO CLAIMS TO KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF NIGERIA?

BB UPDATES:
The Buhari/Bakare campaign timetable is out, spread the word:
1st March - North West - Kaduna
2nd March - North Central - Minna
3rd March - South West - Ibadan
4th March - South South - Benin
5th March - South East - Owerri
7th March - North East - tbd

^^^^

The fire needs to be maintained.

May the dreams of seeing Nigeria attain her rightful position in the world be achieved by those who truly seek it.

Amen!

^^^

Jealousy is the root of all evil.

I’m Still in the Race, Says Bakare
By Omololu Ogunmade
24 Feb 2011

Ahead of next flag off of the presidential campaign of the presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) in Kaduna, his running mate, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has denied insinuations that he has withdrawn from the presidential race.

Bakare who described the rumour as nothing but “a lie from the pit of hell,” emphasised that he was still very much in the race. In a telephone conversation, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, spokesman for Buhari, said Bakare and other party leaders were busy rolling out plans and strategies for the flag off of the presidential campaign of the CPC at the time of the telephone conversation last night.



He added though it might be the dream of some people for him to withdraw from the race, it remains an unrealisable dream for such people, insisting that Bakare has no plan whatsoever to quit the race.

He said: “It’s a lie from the pit of hell. As I am talking to you, we are busy strategising for our campaigns. It may be some people’s dream for him to withdraw, but there is nothing like that,” he said. Wednesday’s rumour marked the third time that Bakare’s entry into politics would be confronted with rumours.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/i-m-still-in-the-race-says-bakare/86748/

[quote author=Em-my link=topic=610206.msg7793722#msg7793722 date=1298567243]I don't have any choice for the presidency,


All I want is Great Chief Ovedje Ogboru to be the eXecutive Governor of Delta State ._.
But if I must vote in the Presidential Election, I will vote a merciful and kind GEJ and not a merciless Buhari.[/quote]I don't think Buhari even needs your vote from that part of the world to win if you think you don't care what he has to offer, but then after he wins, he's still going to take care of your community, he's the father of the poor Nigerian masses.

My younger ones are for Buhari, was able to convince them, alot of my church members are for Buhari too even though i have not even had time to really sit down to educate them.

My facebook friends call me Buhari campaign manager, i sent a particular thread from NL to all my FB friends and i have even contacted the official campaign team, signed up with them and they promised to call me anything they need my help in this part of Nigeria.

One question that i have been able to use in winning alot of people to Buhari still remains the secret and i am enjoying it.

When they can't answer the question, they are left with no choice but to listen to my sermon on Buhari's candidacy.

9ijaMan:
@honeric01
Keep up the excellent job.

Thank you.

^^^^

They should.

I won’t accept more than N1m donation – Buhari
By Olusola Fabiyi and Abimbola Adelakun
Thursday, 24 Feb 2011

The Presidential candidate of the Congress for Political Change, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said his campaign office will not accept more than N1m from any individual who wants to donate towards campaign.

He, however, said that anyone who wants to donate more than that could do so through the party.

Buhari will be launching his presidential campaign in Kaduna on Tuesday, March 1. A statement from his campaign organisation says “it promises a redefinition of the tenor of campaigns for 2011.”

Buhari spoke at the unveiling of his campaign website in Abuja on Wednesday.

He said, “My campaign will accept donations from individuals but it must not be more than N1m. Those who want to donate more are free to do so through the party.

“I will also want to use this opportunity of the unveiling of the campaign website to let people know that Nigerians are aware of happenings in the Arab World.

“We have also seen the role played by the new media in galvanising people for change in North African countries in recent times. It shows clearly that a new society has come which must be engaged virtually.

“In order to avoid it, we must avoid electoral malpractices and also police our votes. We will not spare anything to have a credible election.”

Buhari called on all volunteers that had opened websites for him and his campaign team to close them immediately.

The former head of state said he was aware that some people, who had opened a website in the name of the party, were using it to solicit for donations from unsuspecting members of the public.

“We do not know about such and urge our teeming supporters not to fall into the hands of such people,” he warned.

He said many Nigerians were yearning for a change in the country, adding that he and his team would bring about such positive change.

Buhari said as soon as the party’s manifesto and programmes were released, he would hit the campaign grounds.

Also speaking at the occasion, Buhari’s running mate, Pastor Tunde Bakare, described the launching of the website as a positive indication, saying the party was ready to win the hearts of Nigerian youths.

Asked why he was running with Buhari, who he had allegedly described as a spent force in 2007, Bakare said he never used such a word.

He said what he actually said then was that “Buhari would not win because the forces of darkness are at play and riggers are at work. That was then, now we are moving on.

“So, it will be wrong to say that I called him a spent force. Do not also forget that I had mounted the pulpit and said Buhari remains the most credible person of all the presidential aspirants.”

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201102241503060

I won’t accept more than N1m donation – Buhari
By Olusola Fabiyi and Abimbola Adelakun
Thursday, 24 Feb 2011

The Presidential candidate of the Congress for Political Change, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said his campaign office will not accept more than N1m from any individual who wants to donate towards campaign.

He, however, said that anyone who wants to donate more than that could do so through the party.

Buhari will be launching his presidential campaign in Kaduna on Tuesday, March 1. A statement from his campaign organisation says “it promises a redefinition of the tenor of campaigns for 2011.”

Buhari spoke at the unveiling of his campaign website in Abuja on Wednesday.

He said, “My campaign will accept donations from individuals but it must not be more than N1m. Those who want to donate more are free to do so through the party.

“I will also want to use this opportunity of the unveiling of the campaign website to let people know that Nigerians are aware of happenings in the Arab World.

“We have also seen the role played by the new media in galvanising people for change in North African countries in recent times. It shows clearly that a new society has come which must be engaged virtually.

“In order to avoid it, we must avoid electoral malpractices and also police our votes. We will not spare anything to have a credible election.”

Buhari called on all volunteers that had opened websites for him and his campaign team to close them immediately.

The former head of state said he was aware that some people, who had opened a website in the name of the party, were using it to solicit for donations from unsuspecting members of the public.

“We do not know about such and urge our teeming supporters not to fall into the hands of such people,” he warned.

He said many Nigerians were yearning for a change in the country, adding that he and his team would bring about such positive change.

Buhari said as soon as the party’s manifesto and programmes were released, he would hit the campaign grounds.

Also speaking at the occasion, Buhari’s running mate, Pastor Tunde Bakare, described the launching of the website as a positive indication, saying the party was ready to win the hearts of Nigerian youths.

Asked why he was running with Buhari, who he had allegedly described as a spent force in 2007, Bakare said he never used such a word.

He said what he actually said then was that “Buhari would not win because the forces of darkness are at play and riggers are at work. That was then, now we are moving on.

“So, it will be wrong to say that I called him a spent force. Do not also forget that I had mounted the pulpit and said Buhari remains the most credible person of all the presidential aspirants.”

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201102241503060

People’s Mandate Movement (PMM) after thorough screening, review and due consultations as communicated to her members, endorses Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) for President of Nigeria 2011 – 2015 and Pastor Tunde Bakare for Vice President of Nigeria 2011 – 2015. PMM’s initial endorsement was Buhari for President and was extended to the running mate after his nomination. PMM’s endorsement of the ticket is based on the fact that corruption and indiscipline, the foremost problems facing Nigeria would be best handled by Buhari. The addition of Bakare on the ticket is testimony of the plans of a Buhari presidency – government that is God-fearing and people-serving. Nigeria would grow to the admiration of other nations with this kind of government in place instead of “Business As Usual ( ‘Lootocracy’ )”.

Buhari presidency would implement the provisions of the highly rated manifesto of his party, Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) for the upliftment of quality of life of Nigerians and for both infrastructural and economic development. One of such provisions is the bringing together progressive elements in the country to evolve a people-oriented philosophy of selfless service, sacrifice,. transparency, accountability and zero-tolerance to corruption. Another is the building of human capital though reforms in education and health care and strengthening of social services. Under a Buhari presidency with corruption and indiscipline at their minimum, Nigeria would prosper, taking her rightful place in the comity of nations.

All these positive attributes of a Buhari presidency mean among others – roads would be built and maintained, phones would work, NEPA (PHCN) would generate maximum power, industries would emerge and flourish, jobs would be created and there would be security of lives and property. Vote Buhari for President of Nigeria 2011 – 2015. If we do nothing, evil will rule Nigeria. We must vote out corrupt leaders

http://buhari4change.com/?p=689

@nagoma

Go on, you need to educate some of our uneducated brothers and sisters.

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Politics and Governance
On Politics and Governance:
CPC believes that our politics is broken. Our nation urgently needs fundamental political reform and improvement in governance to make it
more transparent and accountable. If you elect us in April, we will:
1. Initiate action to amend our Constitution with a view to devolving powers, duties and responsibilities to states and local governments
in order to entrench Federalism and the Federal spirit;2. Strengthen INEC to reduce/eliminate electoral malpractices;
3. Attract the best and brightest into our politics and public service by aggressive recruitment of private sector people, academics and
professionals within Nigeria and in the Diaspora through internships, fellowships, executive appointments and special nomination to
contest elective offices;4. Prevent abuse of executive, legislative and public offices through greater accountability, transparency and strict enforcement of anticorruption
laws whilst strengthening the EFCC and ICPC;
5. Amend the Constitution to remove immunity from prosecution for elected officers in criminal cases;6. Restructure government for a leaner, more efficient and adequately compensated public service;Require full disclosure in all media outlets of all government contracts over N100m prior to award and during implementation at
regular intervals;
8. Reform and Strengthen the Justice System for efficient administration and dispensation of justice along with the creation of special
courts for accelerated hearing of corruption, drug trafficking, terrorism and similar cases of national importance;9. Enact the Freedom of Information Bill so that government held data sets can be requested and used by the public, and then published
on regular basis;10. Seek to amend the Constitution to require local governments to publish their meeting minutes, service performance data and items of
spending over N10M.

Security and Conflict Resolution
On National Security and Defence, we will:
1. Urgently address capacity building of law enforcement agents in terms of quantity and quality as this is critical in safeguarding the
sanctity of lives and property;
2. Establish a well trained, adequately equipped and goals driven Serious Crime Squad to combat kidnapping, armed robbery, militants,
ethno‐religious and communal clashes nationwide;Begin widespread consultations to amend the Constitution to enable States and Local Governments to employ State and Community
Police to address the peculiar needs of each community. This would mean setting boundaries for Federal, State and Community Police
through new Criminal Justice legislation to replace the Criminal Code, the Penal Code and the Police Act.4. Push for more support in the security and economic stability of the sub‐region [ECOWAS] and AU as a whole and maintain a strong,
close and frank relationship with West Africa, South Africa, UK, USA, Canada, and other African countries.

On Conflict Resolution, National Unity and Social Harmony, we will:
1. Establish a Conflict Resolution Commission to help prevent, mitigate and resolve civil conflicts within the polity;2. Bring permanent peace and solution to the Niger Delta and other conflict prone areas such as Plateau, Taraba, Bauchi, Borno and Abia
in order to engender national unity and social harmony;
3. Initiate policies to ensure that Nigerians are free to live and work in any part of the country by removing state of origin, tribe, ethnic
and religious affiliations and replace those with state of residenceThe Economy & Infrastructure Base
On the Economy, we will:
1. Maintain sound macro‐economic policy environment and run an efficient government and preserve the independence of the Central
Bank;
2. Restore financial confidence by putting in place a more robust monitoring, supervising and regulating of the financial institutions;
3. Make our economy one of the fastest growing emerging economies in the world with a real GDP growth averaging 10% annually;
4. Embark on vocational training, entrepreneurial and skills acquisition scheme for graduates along with the creation of Small Business
Loan Guarantee Scheme to create at least 2 million new jobs by 2015;5. Integrate the informal economy into the mainstream and prioritize the full implementation of the National Identification Scheme to
generate the relevant data;
6. Expand domestic demand and consider undertaking associated public works programmes;
7. Embark on export and production diversification including investment in infrastructure; promote manufacturing e.g through agro based
industries and expand sub‐regional trade through ECOWAS and AU;
Make Information Technology, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Entertainment key drivers of our economy;
9. Balance the economy across regions by the creation of 6 new Regional Economic Development Agencies (REDAs) to act as champions
of sub‐regional competitiveness;
10. Put in place a N300bn regional growth fund (average of N50bn in each geo‐political region) to be managed by the REDAs, encourage
private sector enterprise and support to help places currently reliant on the public sector;
11. Amend the Constitution and the Land Use Act to create freehold/leasehold interests in land along with matching grants for states to
create a nationwide electronic land title register on a state by state basis;
12. Create additional middle‐class of at least 2 million new home owners by 2015 by enacting a national mortgage system that will lend at
single digit interest rates for purchase of owner occupier houses.On Infrastructure; we will:
1. Undertake an urgent review of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) enabling environment with a view to addressing the legal,
regulatory and operational challenges including introducing enabling legislation where necessary. In addition, we shall create a National
Infrastructural Development Bank to provide loans at nominal interest rates exclusively for this sector;
2. Generate, transmit and distribute from current 5,000 – 6,000 MW to at least 15,000 MW of electricity by 2015 and increasing to 50,000
MW by 2019 with a view to achieving 24/7 uninterrupted power supply by 2019 whilst simultaneously ensuring development of
sustainable/renewable energy.
3. Embark on a National Infrastructural Development Programme as a Public Private Partnership that will ensure the (a) construction of
3,000km of Superhighway including service trunks and (b) building of up to 4,800km of modern railway lines – one third to be
completed by 2015;4. Enact new legal and regulatory frameworks to establish independent regulation and incentives to accelerate public and private sector
investment in seaports, railways and inland waterways;
5. Embark on PPP schemes with a view to ensuring that at least one functioning airport is available in each of the 36 states.

On Healthcare, we will:
1. Prioritize the reduction of the infant mortality rate by 2015 to 3%; reduce maternal mortality by more than 70%; reduce HIV/AIDs
infection rate by 50% and other infectious diseases by 75%; improve life expectancy by additional 10 years on average through our
national healthy living program;
2. Increase the number of physicians from 19 per 1000 population to 50 per 1000; increase national health expenditure per person per
annum to about N50,000 (from less than N10,000 currently);
3. Increase the quality of all federal government owned hospitals to world class standard by 2015;4. Invest in cutting edge technology such as tele‐medicine in all major health centers in the country through active investment and
partnership programmes with the private sector;
5. Provide ante‐natal care for pregnant women; free health care for babies and children up to school going age and for the aged and free
treatment for those afflicted with infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS;6. Boost the local manufacture of pharmaceuticals and make non adulterated drugs readily available.

for full reference - http://buhari4change.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CPC-OurCommitmentToNigeria.pdf

"The greatest courage I have seen is this two men putting aside religion and work together to save Nigeria. please let us work. we need action and not mere words. pastor Tunde please what is the strategy, pdp might be buying voters card, what are we selling? Nigerians are waiting for you to speak. thank you sir."

posted by an anonymous

^^^^

Is it hard for you to post a link to your article? post the link to the article is all 9ijaman is asking you.

sammyblair:
see as you just dey fall naija hand for your enugu rally wen you dey introduce ebonyi state governor,whom u called your husband's SENIOR brother and your younger brother at the same time,which one we go take? abi you no use your reminder come?

banom:
Are you kidding or u just wanna have fun ? what dayokanu wrote about Buhari is it new or old ? is it not what he supposedly did in the past that we do not know, Now i exposed the evils he did in the past and you dont want to hear about that any more.

Grow up boy, this is internet age , people are no longer foolish as in the past. Buhari and his campaign team paid you guys to come online to advertise about him with all kinds of colored attributes and you think all of us here will be so foolish to accept all your crabs of Nonsense.

Buhari a jihadist and religious bigot and extremist for president indeed

I repeat again, this is an old tactic, EVEN BEAF who appears to be the king of fear-monger on NL wouldn't use this line again, you must be new on the politics section so i excuse your ignorance.

Anyways, educate yourself, read some interesting threads on the politics section about and how alot of people from all walks of life has debunked these unfounded rumors.

Have a nice day mr semi-fear monger.

Some posters are just typing and making up numbers based on rumors, the Northerners don't joke with registering and voting, if you doubt me, try to get a hold of any of the clips from a media house during election and also during registration, they all go out en-mass to vote, they even go with their babies and sometimes with their ass, horses, goats and anything living, they don't stay at home during registration or voting.

So no matter how you look at it, the northerners are still going to be more than the southerner even if UN come to do the counting themselves.

I thank you lord for giving me a brain of our own to think rationally and not like a zombie

Beaf:
What about killing thousands of fellow country men, because some white fool had drawn a cartoon of Muhammad in far away Holland? There are a thousand other examples of wanton bloodshed by almajiri's. Unexplanable violence is nothing new in the North and it will not go away until the almajiri are educated.

The Southern almajiri targets are now pissed off. So, we be educating them, oppressors and child abusers can cry all they want. Tough!

Story story, GEJ's tenure brought bombing and kidnapping. EOD!

Even in his own LGA in Bayelsa

^^^

Bombing and kidnapping?

^^^^^

Check your pocket, you kept the joke there.

Sai Buhari

Sai Bakare

^^^^

I'm in my period, that's why the humor in me is being shared Jegajegajega hegegegege.


Back to normal.


@bashy_demy

Why save elsewhere when you have the bra? what's inside the bra is worth the money buroo hegegegege Jegajegajega

So Enyimba couldn't beat the whipping boys in the league? Chai maka why?

In you o lord God i trust.