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This man is an epitome of the kind of leader this country needs. He has the track record. How i wish PDP can pick him as vice president.

Smithkafors:
Nairaland has been reduce to BMC forum,one cannot even read reasonable comment.Most of the comments is from 1 moniker. SMH.

i thought i am the only that noticed it. They don't know that they are even irritating. No amount of trolling will make people vote for a candidate they don't want. Realities will dawn on them in 2019.

frowland:
Start with Aspirant debate first. Atiku, Kwankwaso, et al should first debate among themselves before talking of inter party debate.

intra party debate does not really concerns us the general electorate it concerns the party delegates more than us to pick the candidates, morever the intra party manifesto has taken care of that. But inter party debate is necessary because you and i must vote them into power. So, i'm only canvassing for what i'm directly involved in and i have the power to pick.

senatordave1:
If apc are winning more states,it means there winning the presidency.as far as northerners are buhari's opponents,pdp wont win ss/se with a high margin as they did in the past

I don't have time to engage in frivolous arguments. i hope you know there is a difference between governorship and presidential elections. supporting a governor does not necessarily translate into supporting the presidency. The realities will dawn on us all as the presidential elections draws closer.

Lols.This is a case of realizing that the grass is not always greener on the other side. Dino and other stalwats have now realize that jona is a true democrat compared to the current occupant of aso rock. The good thing is jona has a beautiful heart and always willing to forgive and make peace. Watch as PDP gather steam from now onward and blow APC out the scene for the presidency 2019. APC will not have it easy like the elections in 2015. This current crop vying for presidency are very aggressive bunch unlike the meek jona they were bullying every where. My prediction is that APC will win more governorship than PDP by a small margin. But PDP will clinch the presidency. PDP are putting all their eggs in one basket by gunning for the presidency.

May the best team win. however after primaries, we must have a presidential debate.

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Thank God you know. I laugh at his deluded supporters who are doing everything possible to sell the facade that he will win. Let PDP finish their primaries, which i feel the ticket will be go to either Tambuwal, kwakwanso or Atiku. And watch how the momentum will swing in PDP's favour. He has lost a lot of goodwill and supporters many of whom will not vote him or choose not to vote at all. I predict that in the governorship election APC may win a higher number of states 55% to PDP 45%, but PDP will clinch the presidential elections. So far, buhari is the worse of all presidential aspirants.

time to weed out unpopular candidates.

is this necessary when we already have NDA?

just patiently and quietly waiting for 2019 elections, where this buhari myth will be busted.

one word. Wow!

why not just convert the place into a normal shopping mall for now and just maintain the hotel side. Until when the conditions become favourable to expand into a world class tourist centre.

The executive is trying to blame the legislature for its ineptitude. The legislature should ensure they trim the bogusness out of the overbloated inec budget.

so many people on this thread ranting rubbish. Atleast is better than what aregbe has find impossible to fulfill. Bayelsa will also be counted among the states with airport, whether its a one bed room flat or a shopping, it doesn't matter, as long as is safe for aeroplane to land and take off, then it is an airport. It is better than going to another state to catch a flight. morever i find the size of the airport okay for a small state like bayelsa with a population of just about 1.5 million people. Were you expecting to see an airport the size of muritala mohammed airport for a small state with probably the lowest population in nigeria. Most people in this forum are just good at ranting without making use of their head

highly commendable

guys pls always click on the link. don't just accept what this bmc guys are posting online.

hisgrace090:
Wow!

Russia is highly endowed.

almost double the size of other countries in landmass.

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the falconets are playing rubbish. is as if they lack stamina. I no fit waste my time the watch this rubbish. tunning to another channel now

such claims is highly laugable and mere fables concocted for beer palour jist.

coming a little bit too late. He has lost the initial momentum he had from the beginning. Was too quiet and invisible. Lacks the resources to fund his campaign.

maestroferddi:
The other day while I was travelling to Calabar from Ikom, there was this man I was riding with.

He kept arguing blindly about the chances of APC in the state. However, when he was asked to point out the structures that would enable APC to make an impact, he was at sea/lost.

Cross River is run by the juggernauts in the South senatorial district. Prince Otu was said to have won the senatorial seat after defecting to Labour Party but the kingmakers ultimately had their way in Gershom Bassey.

The Otu chap had his promising political career extinguished: no-one hears about him ever since...

John Owan Enoh... totally a spent force.

thumbs up. you clearly are verse in cross river state politics, not someone who is not even based in the state trying to claim to know more than those residing here and ears on ground as to the political happenings in the state

alhassanyusuf29:
pls stop trying to make it look like its SE birth right to produce the presidency after the north,it's all about negotiation and re-alignment,know one will give it to them on a platter of gold,the rotation policy is between north and south ,not to a specific geographical area

the SW will always dictate and influence the presidential political aspect of the south bcuz of SE/SS refusal to support a northern candidate.

south west dont need the votes of SE/SS to win the presidential election after the north,bcuz a north+SW votes will be adequate..its a fact northerners will queue behind a SW anyday,anytime against a SE candidate

lol. so is it now the birthright of SW to produce the president? if the SW is not willing to trade their position for presidency then the south can forget ever producing the president in the future. Because when a SW candidate is pitched against the north in a presidential contest with the SW claiming political supremacy the SS/SE will simply vote the north. And your guess is as good as mine the north will definitely win. By the way when you insinuate SE is claiming birthright over something it is totally wrong because they have the right to agaitate for it because its been like forever since last had the presidency. Infact with your assertion so far it is even the SW that wants to claim the presidency for themselves as a birthright down south, because they have had 8 years of presidency and 4 yours of presidency compared SE having none at all. Atleast we in the SS have 5 years and we are contented. we are saying it is only fair the SE have their as well. It is not the birthright of SW.

usmanbaba:
To be realistic, can an ibo man become a president of Nigeria again?

Yes they can.

even if the north does 8 years, the plan is the presidency rotated to south, the SE should be the zone it is given to. I am from SS, it is only fair when the presidency comes down to the south again, the SE clinches it. Especially in the PDP.

Nels55:
Brother, forget story... Even if north west cancels SE and SS , what will cancel NC and NE.. i repeat if Atiku wins primaries , 90 percent of NE governors wil sabotage Buhari.. This is the closest NE have come to presidency

True. Most APC folks are seriously praying PDP do not give the ticket to atiku, because they know he is the only politician in the north the send PMB out of aso rock. Hence the heightened attack and media propaganda against atiku

bender79:
SS and SE votes is North west votes alone, if not kano alone and this is buhari's strong hold. If you like bring kwankwasiya or tambuwal(This one is even worse). So stop giving me that block vote crap. If you can't bring someone that can upset buhari in North west, just forgerrit

baba election is won based on how many states you win and not just based on number of votes cast. if you win 10 states with the highest votes cast, and someone wins 26 states with the votes cast less than the ten states, the person with 26 states wins. thats why winning or atleast getting 25 percent in other region is important. then your strong hold can be the decider for you. If not so most politician wouldn't even bother campaigning in states with low population, they would have just targeted states with huge population like lagos, kano, oyo, kaduna. and forget about the rest.

maestroferddi:
When your stock in trade which is propaganda and falsehood get busted, you default to victimhood/emotion.

Which Victor Ndoma-Egba? Are we talking of the Abuja politician who spent donkey years as a senator with virtually nothing to show for it? It was so bad that he was rejected in no uncertain terms from returning to the Senate.

He had to hurriedly arrange a devious subsidised transport scheme to save the little that was left of his reckoning...

You can keep dropping names but if you really know Cross River politics, you would agree that the South controls the state and the South is completely PDP playground.

As for the councils you mentioned, I don't think anybody in PDP leadership loses any sleep because APC cannot be a serious threat in the state.

We that are in cross river knows that APC has no base in this state. like you said Owan enoh committed political blunder when defected to APC. He should have learnt what happened to senator princewill otu when defected from PDP. Infact even in the APC in the state owan enoh is not even sure of winning the primaries. Because ndogma egba and Usani Usani from central are also eyeing the seat. PDP will still sweep all the senatorial seats.

alhassanyusuf29:
the West that the presidency will rotate back to them after buhari's tenure,why will they want to wait for another 8yrs by voting PDP?

lol. to say the truth, after the north, the SE should be considered for presidency or we can as well kiss the presidency coming to the south good bye. The SW have had 8 years presidency and vice presidency, it is pure greed for the SW to still eye presidency after the north. Because SS and SE will not support a SW presidency when clearly the SE are yet to produce one. It is only fair it zone to them after the north's turn.

BabaO2:
hehehe on which platform for SE? Have in mind,North will want to do 8 yrs, and by 2023 equations would have changed again.

i think it should be 2026. By then more leaders will emerge form the SE. Not the likes of okorocha or ngige