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I just contacted SLS (via SMS) on this:

ME: Good morning sir. I don't know what comment you have to make on Aturu's FOI request? Suraj

SLS: I am on leave. But someone had taken CBN to court under FOI for emoluments of governor and (positions withheld by me) as well as what we did with proceeds of Ibru recovery. The court threw out the first request and then asked us to account for Ibru money even though we were not party to the case! Ibru was HAGF vs Ibru and assets were forfeited to FGN and ceded to AMCON. Not a kobo came to CBN!

SLS(message 2) All this is happening because CBN itself is just too old-fashioned. 2 years ago I asked that we publish our salaries in annual accounts the way quoted companies do but the (positions withheld)were not willing to support. They said it will just open a new wave of stupid controversy. Anyway, let's see how things go.

tilevbare: Less than 24 hours after the re-election campaign posters of President Goodluck Jonathan hit Abuja, unknown persons have vandalised the publicity materials placed in strategic locations in the Federal Capital Territory as uproar greeted the mysterious appearance of the posters.

Most of the posters in Asokoro, where influential Nigerian politicians and economic players reside, had been either defaced or removed. As at 4pm yesterday, the President’s posters around ECOWAS, AYA, Gowon Crescent and adjoining streets had been taken off and replaced with some other religious or social publicity materials.

However, a few of the President’s campaign materials displayed around the premises of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Secretariat in Wuse 5 and surrounding areas, were still intact as at press time. It was not clear who defaced or removed the posters just as no one has claimed responsibility for placing them in the first place.

Call peddlers to order, Ohanaeze, ACF urge Jonathan

This is coming as the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) urged the President to call those placing the posters to order and the Jigawa State House of Assembly asked the state Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, to run for the presidency.



They are expressing their views – Presidency

However, the Presidency, yesterday, disowned the posters.

Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Dr. Reuben Abati, in an interview, said the posters did not emanate from the presidency and that the President has not authorised anybody to print any campaign poster for him as reagrds 2015 elections.

According to Abati, those pasting the posters were trying to express their own view. The President, he said, had stated that he would talk about the Presidency from 2014, adding that those doing this do not have the consent of the president.

“What is most important now is for the president to deliver on his electioneering promises to Nigerians and not embark on the pasting of posters.

“It has not come from the president. Nigerians should take the president for his word and ignore any other information to the contrary.

Asked whether the president would take measures to disuade those doing that, Abati said since the posters do not have the names of those promoting them, there was little the president could do.


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Hey Tim, just seeing that you've also joined Nairaland. Good to have you here and happy more and more quality posters are joining this platform.

Only today I was reading your article in Guardian.

Slyr0x: You don't have to PAY Mods to make the frontpage.

How To Make Frontpage

1. Create a Sensible thread
2. Pray! Pray!! Pray!!!
3. Repeat Step 2

I get your points in this last one.


Yes, i fraternize with a couple of people that fight ethnic causes here. Dk was a university and hostel senior and one of the earliest people i related with on NL, far back 2007 sef. To the best if my knowledge, Dayo started fighting tribal causes here last year. I don't know how you want me to down him or dissociate myself from him because i was now a mid.


As for Desola, she pulls my legs by calling me names likes yorusa, yoruba sellout, afonja incarnate etc. That's in itself a minus , because this is someone fighting the Yoruba cause you guys said i was promoting and calling me anti yoruba.

All the same, i think this is the closest point i have ever read i.e fratenizing with yoruba ethnic defenders. But it was easy for me not to ever imagine it could be misinterpreted because i had a clear conscience that i will never tilt the forum in their cause and i am proud i never did.

babyosisi: My own doctor no dey make too much money
Na management

Those bigoted Yoruba pension collecting grandfathers and drunkards there ran me out
How the place dey?

I just drop my articles there these days and run away. Not so active with forum comments too.

You didnt even ask of old NL friend and inlaw, Alhaji Olabowale, again.

Anyway , na soja go, soja come sha.

I can only take lessons from an action or inaction that was the case in the first place.

Ethnicity is the least of my concern when dealing with anybody.I don't care about your tribe when relating with you. I do what i'm supposed to do. Alj harem just mentioned up there that i once banned him for attacking igbo people, which i can't even remember. Now, that's an action that is,prima facie, in favour of igbo. I didnt do it because he was kanuri, but because he did something contrary to forum rule and i happened to be around or got report of it and i acted.

I was and can never accept i have bias against any tribe, irrespective of what someone perceives or thinks. I don't dwell in tribalist things, i hate it with passion.

babyosisi: More than half a million a month
Jarus dey o
And i am in America drinking garri

You be Dr nah. Saving lives, pocketing the dough.

Btw, you no dey show for NVS again?

wesley80: Hehehe, I guess its time to examine the examiners LOL


Dear Jarus, first I'd love to specially thank you for not doing an "Aishatu" and saying goodbye to this forum, that no doubt would've robbed us of one of our best brains and "better persons" and no doubt denied us the depth of knowledge you bring to the table not just here in the Politics section but in other sections as well where I've personally benefitted immensely from your contributions, I hope you keep your word - thanks in advance.
Seeing however that the die is cast and the deed is done and all that's left is for us all to reflect on what was and what might have been, I wonder if your reaction to @PointB's criticisms in your farewell thread is a pointer to your disposition to having a huge ego trip where folks line up to "dobale" and tell you how wonderful your "tenure" was (inevitably I should add) rather than a time to do all that and as well entertain some useful and constructive criticisms in your interest and ours ( Nairalands and her users)? I believe you'd go for the latter, No? Well here are mine anyway drawing from your initial 5 point agenda on your farewell thread.
I'd always felt you were biased against both the PDP govt. and Igbos and your conduct somewhat fueled my impression. I placed you somewhere between a shackled rabid bigot (shackled of course by your Modship) and a closet bigot content to let others do the open hating while you gloated from behind the curtains, what with the tacit endorsement you seemingly gave unrepentant bigots and no more than slaps on the wrist - when u bothered - you gave some notorious flouters of forum rules? Your stewardship appeared terribly skewed in favour of a section of forumites from a section of the country.
As time went by and I read more and more about your thoughts, most of my views about you relaxed and I learnt to excuse some of your perceived failures as mere "human" rather than personal but somehow, I couldn't totally shake off the idea that there had to be a semblance of bigotry locked in somewhere within you, you basked so much in the noxious glory of bigots not to have some yourself and Nairaland as a forum paid for it during your stewardship. Maybe there was a time the battle against ethnic bashing was a success - a distant memory now - but like the proverbial masquerade that did the near perfect dance but landed on his left foot, he had to be jeered! Moral of the story - Finish Well. No sir, your battle with ethnic hatred and bigotry was a failure - sorry.

As concerning your Hall of Fame / Hall of Shame initiative that turned into a fiasco, I thought it was a noble idea but very very poorly managed. Its mode of operation allowed it inevitably to become a tool in the hands of a section of people on this forum - a weakness that should've been foreseen from the outset but ignored even in the light of its derailment simply because it played into the hands of a "section of people" and you had to gloat! A system that throws up Achebe as a candidate for Hall of Shame REGARDLESS of any controversy he might have generated had to be fundamentally flawed, how you of all people couldn't see that fuels my "semblance of bigotry" theory. An impartial Mod would've picked a panel of respected forumites (which we aren't lacking BTW) to come up with a shortlist of candidates from nominated people to be voted for or some other remedy since the original system had proven to be corrupt - You didn't. Hall of Shame / Hall of Fame, Thumbs down Jarus.

Next to the Grand Debates, wow! they've been awesome! Really really awesome, I guess - I've never followed any (my loss I know) I've always felt it could be more, I mean much more. Here's an extract from a review of the just ended Chinese year from the BBC:


m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20765530

I wasn't expecting Chinese-sized scandals but I expected an effort from you - and us. I thought the FOI bill was a goldmine and I thought with you at the helm we could harvest it but slowly and surely, the euphoria tapered off and docility and vapid cyber chants have once again taken root. Where are the NL organized information demands and thousands - signed petitions? Of course I know you don't run NL on your own but I can't help but think we've lost a huge opportunity with you stepping down. With due respect to OAMJ4 (Bros abeg find name wey u go answer) and Afam, I do not see either with your "clout". OAMJ seems too detached from the Nigerian reality and Afam, I'm yet to be convinced he can transform being seemingly overzealous to being a great Mod, I don't know how he manages being an active poster in over 10 NL sections without losing some essence, Not even Kobojunkie at her height could manage it! You see Jarus, as a Mod you weren't a "Ghost" like others you were a real person we could relate with and you could get others to listen because of your great personality. All that seems lost now.
While Afams ascension to the throne of "power" seems great in various ways - at least now the other set of bigots can feel the paranoia the other set have felt all these while, I hope he learns from you and does a tad better but meanwhile, I can't help but feel Jarus has left without truly realizing his and helping NL realize her potential, and that's just erm well, sad!

Thanks for the kind words and the knocks. I have just one to react to and it's simply thus:

If I ever use my position to the disadvantage of any tribe, may God's curse be upon me!

I actually don't reply this ethnic bigotry thing because it is very petty to me, and by my upbringing, if I have a clear conscience about something, no weight of accusation can move me. That was my moving spirit. Imagine when the poster of the year election was about to be rounded up and my attention was called to the fact that one of the top 3 nominees, who happened to be Igbo only by co-incidence, had been banned in the year, I laboured assidiously underground with other NL authorities to get a waiver for him. I can post the emails I sent here, asking that we waived the rule for him, but I was convinced that we should uphold the rule for posterity sake. Imagine the same people I worked assidiously to get waiver for underground, coming to say I was behind the person's plight because he was igbo. How petty! How ignorant! Ikm mentioning this for the first time in the open forum. I just decided to ignore because I have avery thick skin against false allegations - on Nairaland and beyond!

I'm privy to other info, including how some people sent mail to Seun begging for moderator quota etc. I just feel the environment is becoming too dirty for me to work, although I had thrown in the towel at least twice in the past for other reasons.

But ultimately, I believe we should let this go. It is a matter of soldier go, soldier come, barrack go remain. It is not possible for anyone to be here forever. Just not possible. In fact, I gave to Nairaland for free perhaps what is more than what I gave to my employers that pay me more than half a million per month, putting my job on the line to coordinate things here.

And being a NL mod is actually the least of the voluntary things I do.I have other voluntary engagements that even earn me more name in real life. Is it the little name one has made for oneself as a respected young voice in newspaper commentary space in Nigeria today? Or is being on first name terms with top political and corporate dogs in the country today? Or what? I just laugh off those that think of NL moderator position as a big deal to me.

Call that anything you want to call it(bragging or whatever), but definitely when I'm convinced about something, I don't look back.

wesley80: Hehehe, I guess its time to examine the examiners LOL


Dear Jarus, first I'd love to specially thank you for not doing an "Aishatu" and saying goodbye to this forum, that no doubt would've robbed us of one of our best brains and "better persons" and no doubt denied us the depth of knowledge you bring to the table not just here in the Politics section but in other sections as well where I've personally benefitted immensely from your contributions, I hope you keep your word - thanks in advance.
Seeing however that the die is cast and the deed is done and all that's left is for us all to reflect on what was and what might have been, I wonder if your reaction to @PointB's criticisms in your farewell thread is a pointer to your disposition to having a huge ego trip where folks line up to "dobale" and tell you how wonderful your "tenure" was (inevitably I should add) rather than a time to do all that and as well entertain some useful and constructive criticisms in your interest and ours ( Nairalands and her users)? I believe you'd go for the latter, No? Well here are mine anyway drawing from your initial 5 point agenda on your farewell thread.
I'd always felt you were biased against both the PDP govt. and Igbos and your conduct somewhat fueled my impression. I placed you somewhere between a shackled rabid bigot (shackled of course by your Modship) and a closet bigot content to let others do the open hating while you gloated from behind the curtains, what with the tacit endorsement you seemingly gave unrepentant bigots and no more than slaps on the wrist - when u bothered - you gave some notorious flouters of forum rules? Your stewardship appeared terribly skewed in favour of a section of forumites from a section of the country.
As time went by and I read more and more about your thoughts, most of my views about you relaxed and I learnt to excuse some of your perceived failures as mere "human" rather than personal but somehow, I couldn't totally shake off the idea that there had to be a semblance of bigotry locked in somewhere within you, you basked so much in the noxious glory of bigots not to have some yourself and Nairaland as a forum paid for it during your stewardship. Maybe there was a time the battle against ethnic bashing was a success - a distant memory now - but like the proverbial masquerade that did the near perfect dance but landed on his left foot, he had to be jeered! Moral of the story - Finish Well. No sir, your battle with ethnic hatred and bigotry was a failure - sorry.

As concerning your Hall of Fame / Hall of Shame initiative that turned into a fiasco, I thought it was a noble idea but very very poorly managed. Its mode of operation allowed it inevitably to become a tool in the hands of a section of people on this forum - a weakness that should've been foreseen from the outset but ignored even in the light of its derailment simply because it played into the hands of a "section of people" and you had to gloat! A system that throws up Achebe as a candidate for Hall of Shame REGARDLESS of any controversy he might have generated had to be fundamentally flawed, how you of all people couldn't see that fuels my "semblance of bigotry" theory. An impartial Mod would've picked a panel of respected forumites (which we aren't lacking BTW) to come up with a shortlist of candidates from nominated people to be voted for or some other remedy since the original system had proven to be corrupt - You didn't. Hall of Shame / Hall of Fame, Thumbs down Jarus.

Next to the Grand Debates, wow! they've been awesome! Really really awesome, I guess - I've never followed any (my loss I know) I've always felt it could be more, I mean much more. Here's an extract from a review of the just ended Chinese year from the BBC:


m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20765530

I wasn't expecting Chinese-sized scandals but I expected an effort from you - and us. I thought the FOI bill was a goldmine and I thought with you at the helm we could harvest it but slowly and surely, the euphoria tapered off and docility and vapid cyber chants have once again taken root. Where are the NL organized information demands and thousands - signed petitions? Of course I know you don't run NL on your own but I can't help but think we've lost a huge opportunity with you stepping down. With due respect to OAMJ4 (Bros abeg find name wey u go answer) and Afam, I do not see either with your "clout". OAMJ seems too detached from the Nigerian reality and Afam, I'm yet to be convinced he can transform being seemingly overzealous to being a great Mod, I don't know how he manages being an active poster in over 10 NL sections without losing some essence, Not even Kobojunkie at her height could manage it! You see Jarus, as a Mod you weren't a "Ghost" like others you were a real person we could relate with and you could get others to listen because of your great personality. All that seems lost now.
While Afams ascension to the throne of "power" seems great in various ways - at least now the other set of bigots can feel the paranoia the other set have felt all these while, I hope he learns from you and does a tad better but meanwhile, I can't help but feel Jarus has left without truly realizing his and helping NL realize her potential, and that's just erm well, sad!

Thanks for the kind words and the knocks. I have just one to react to and it's simply thus:

If I ever used my position to the disadvantage of any tribe, may God's curse be upon me!

I actually don't reply this ethnic bigotry thing because it is very petty to me, and by my upbringing, if I have a clear conscience about something, no weight of accusation can move me. That was my moving spirit. Imagine when the poster of the year election was about to be rounded up and my attention was called to the fact that one of the top 3 nominees, who happened to be Igbo only by co-incidence, had been banned in the year, I laboured assidiously underground with other NL authorities to get a waiver for him. I can post the emails I sent here, asking that we waive the rule for him, but I was convinced that we should uphold the rule for posterity sake. Imagine the same people I worked assidiously to get waiver for underground, coming to say I was behind the person's plight because he was igbo. How petty! How ignorant! Ikm mentioning this for the first time in the open forum. I just decided to ignore because I have avery thick skin against false allegations - on Nairaland and beyond!

I'm privy to other info, including how some people sent mail to Seun begging for moderator quota etc. I just feel the environment is becoming too dirty for me to work, although I had thrown in the towel at least twice in the past for other reasons.

But ultimately, I believe we should let this go. It is a matter of soldier go, soldier come, barrack go remain. It is not possible for anyone to be here forever. Just not possible. In fact, I gave to Nairaland for free perhaps what is more than what I gave to my employers that pay me more than half a million per month. Call that anything you want to call it, but definitely when I'm convinced about something, I don't look back.

These home based guys are crap. Keshi should off-load all of them after this match pls.

oyb: Gbogbo bigz boiz 2013

Boss, I know say na thhat one u go see

Fredrick909: Jarus what did you do that made you lose your position as a mod.

I did not lose it. I voluntarily quit.

Gbawe: Jarus, for all it is worth, I thought you did well at an impossible job that put you in a position where, whatever you did, you will always be vilified. Jarus, you dey Lagos? I will be around in a few weeks. Let us meet up and we can brainstorm on a current idea of mine you might be of immense help with.

As per current state of affairs, don't let the over-personal attacks of some get to you. You have done what you have to do and some fools can jubilate as if they have just won the lottery. That just shows how sad these sort of people are. Those fools have no life beyond Nairaland and are likely losers in reality hence their desire to always make a mountain of the smallest mole hill here and join issues with everything/everyone. The political section you moderated ,in the grand scheme of things, is essentially a blog meant to provide a platform for Nigerians to discuss the politics of their nation. Politics is pivotally important for all Nations - especially more so for Nigeria that is very badly led.

Nigerians on this forum essentially remain ignorant of that concept and instead many come here to turn issues into a personal war with mods, ethnic groups, other forumers and to make their use of Nairaland totally about carrying around enduring hatred for others from one thread to another. You can hardly win in such an arena as a forumer talk less of when you are given the job of moderation these 'troubled' people with issues. You did your best and you now have the invaluable freedom of being able to express your opinion as a member. Not a bad deal in my opinion for anyone who has a life beyond this forum.

Wishing you a happy and fulfilled 2013.

I will be out of the country within the next couple of days, but if you're still around when I'm back, no qualms meeting you.

DANILSA: HE DIED ON NL
BUT TO BE CANDID JARUS WAS MY BEST MOD ON NL UNTIL HE LABELLED OUR PRESIDENT AND ACHEBE IN THE HALL OF SHAME, POSITIONS HE CANT ATTAIN IN LIFE, WELL WE ALL WILL MISS YOU,I HOPE GOD BLESS YOU IN ALL UR LIFE ENDEAVOR AND DONT FORGET TO LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKE.

Thanks bro. But I'm sorry, I did not make any mistake, no regrets over anything I did as a mod.

I thought I had read every letter that came out of Sanusi's public pen between the period 1998-2005 when he used to write articles, until I came across this.


NASIR EL-RUFAI AND ISLAM IN FCT
By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
August 8, 2004

The title of this essay must appear strange to most readers. The FCT minister, Nasir el-Rufai, has never, to my knowledge, declared that he was going to “launch” the shari’ah in his territory. Non-Muslims in the FCT have never had cause to feel threatened by his administration. If anything, he recently ordered the demolition of places of worship, including (sacrilege of sacrileges!) mosques, for the minor and inconsequential oversight of the builders in not obtaining appropriate authority for their structures. A man who can actually demolish a “house of God” cannot be in any one’s books a believer.
 
El-Rufai , Nigeria ’s brilliant FCT minister, has a reputation for controversy. At BPE, if it was not the fight with those who misled the investors in AP, then it was his public and acrimonious altercation with the raving beauty of the cabinet, Mrs Kema Chikwe. The first month he became minister he was embroiled in controversy with the leadership of the Senate, over his assertion that he had been asked for a bribe to “smoothen” his confirmation by the upper house. He next proceeded to demolish the houses and other properties of well-connected, eminent(!) citizens that were at variance with the approved master plan of the FCT. In this crusade not even churches, and not even mosques, were spared. Of recent, he has introduced measures aimed at making sure that all scams involving land allocation at FCT are exposed by revoking certificates of occupancy and demanding all land-owners to go through a screening process leading to re-certification.
 
But to dismiss Nasir as being “controversial”, as many are wont to do, is a disastrous mistake. First of all, in spite of the fact that he has ruffled a quite few feathers (including many ostrich feathers), his actions have been met with the quiet approval of the majority of Nigerian society. What is termed controversial is in fact a stubborn desire to be different, not just for its sake, but for the sake of making a difference, a small positive contribution to a system in need of change. Without growing a long beard and wearing a turban, without shouting Allahu Akbar at every mundane and hypocritical political rally, e-Rufai has set the pace of letting actions speak louder than words, and being guided by conscience in the conduct of public trust.
 
He did not have to do that. He could, like many before (and around him), have continued with business as usual. He could have negotiated a settlement with rich house owners, spared their houses in return for a payoff. He could have ridden on the wave of corruption in land matters at the FCT and allocated plots to himself or his proxies, or even sold prime land for a large personal fortune. Hew could have done all this, while blowing his siren everyday to announce that he is going to mosque, and making inflammatory statements as proof of his loyalty and commitment to the Muslim ummah. He could have demolished churches, and found an excuse for not demolishing mosques. He could have stolen money and paid for the ulama in his town to go to Mecca on hajj and umrah, or, in the case of the younger, smarter, more materialistic Wahhabi types, given them some nice corner plots to sell for a few million naira. He could spend his time mouthing nonsensicalities about the dress code of women or other matters of personal morality, while conducting public trust himself in the most immoral manner.
 
He could, like many Nigerians, have shivered at the thought of engaging powerful men and women-including uniformed officers and those in retirement- in conflict. He could have thought of the need to be careful, to protect his life and that of his family, from those who would stop at nothing to protect what they have amassed at the expense of the public. He chose not to. He opted for the difficult path of confronting, head-on, a national malady, of risking everything in the name of his conscience and his country. No one can say if el-Rufai will last long in government if he continues like this. No one can tell which powerful toe he will step on that will kick him out of office. But if that happens, and when it happens, at least we will know he stepped on a toe, something that we, as Nigerians, have been too timid to even try.
 
I do not agree with everything Nasir has done or said. I certainly do not share his complete confidence in market forces, or at least the bit of it I saw on display when he was at the BPE. My own development as an economist was mixed with an orientation and affinity to Marxian political economy. I therefore have a healthy skepticism for market forces and find myself ideologically opposed to the monetarism of Milton Friedman and the Chicago school. This means I probably will find much to question in economic thinking of Nasir and his close friends in the Ministry of Finance and the Central bank. But while I disagree with him on some points,  I respect him and also find many areas of common vision.
 
Nasir’s courage, and principle, are refreshing for many reasons. One reason is that for those who have lost hope in Nigeria the message is that not all hope is lost. Along with the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Information, Nasir is one of a handful of cabinet appointments made by Obasanjo since he came to power in 1999 that Nigerians can be truly proud of. Practically every other cabinet appointment, starting from his choice of running mate, was an unmitigated disaster. One or two potentially good hands did not last at all because they would not play ball. The point here is that we now know there is still hope.
 
But there is also freshness in the absence of hypocritical moralization and pretence of religious fervour. We live in a country reputed to be the most religious in the world. We have Muslim fundamentalists of all shades and sects, and evangelical, born-again Christians and prosperity churches. Our churches and mosques are full of worshippers. Our roads are blocked on Fridays and Sundays by those who have parked their cars and blocked the road for those who do not worship God in their own church or mosque, or who worship Him at a different time in a different manner, or even those who choose, as is their right to, not to worship Him at all. The worshippers at the redeemed camp, on the Lagos–Ibadan expressway, make the road impassable when they go for camping and night vigil.
 
Yet Nigeria is the most corrupt nation in the world. We are known for the plunder of public funds, for economic and financial crime, for drug trafficking and counterfeiting and forgery. There is no security of life and property. As more Nigerians sink into poverty, religious leaders are coming out of it and prospering. Obviously if the God we say we worship is as we say He is, it is not He that we worship if this is our character. Our president spoke to God and he contested elections based on this personal conversation. There was no witness but we will take his word that, at least someone who he believes to be God spoke to him. One of his special assistants, a pastor with a history of drug addiction, insists that the president is anointed of God and threatens fire and brimstone and God’s wrath on all who dare criticize the messiah. Muslim politicians, particularly at state level, have become religious demagogues. At every forum now Allah’s name is invoked, the shari’ah is referred to, and there is this big competition to prove commitment to the faith.
 
In all this, we have done a great disservice to God and religion. By dragging both into the murky waters of our politics, by mentioning God at every trivial opportunity, by reducing religious symbols to political jargon and propaganda instruments, we have desacralised that which was holy, tarnished that which was pure, and lowered that which was exalted. Religious scholars have become contractors and political opportunists. This is not new of course. It is an old insight, going back at least to Gramsci’s Prison Notes, that the religious(and traditional) establishment is often co-opted by political society as an active element in the persuasive machinery of the hegemonic state. This is why, for many of us, the emergence of overtly political religious movements of the Christian right and Muslim fringe, was always viewed with suspicion as a threat to our corporate existence as a polity.
 
In all the years of shouting religion, most of these politicians have continued to steal, to lie, to cheat, and to give and receive bribes with impunity. This is why it is those like Nasir, who make no claims but act in a manner that is consistent with honour and good conscience-it is to leaders like him that Muslims should turn for direction. While those who claim to be the guardians of religion are busy selling it and desecrating it, those they condemn as irreligious are restoring its dignity while distancing it from squalor.  This is what it means to be a Muslim, or Christian, leader in a multi-religious, multi-ethnic country. It is to serve all its citizens to the best of your ability without fear or favour or discrimination. It is to act in a manner that is in keeping with the best traditions of your faith, so that you earn for your religion not ridicule, but respect.
 
Ultimately, people like Nasir are standing against a very strong evil current. The power of that current should not be underestimated and they could well be drowned by it or swept aside. But for now they are still standing. What they need is simple. They need more and more Nigerians to stand up with them. For more politicians, religious leaders, armed forces personnel, civil servants, bankers, intellectuals, labour leaders, emirs and chiefs etc to say “no” to the system we have been running so far and which has led us into this abyss out of which we are just trying to crawl.
 
If you cannot raise your voice, much less your head, to be counted among those who stand for change, then please do this one small thing for me. Say, along with me, whisper if you like, a silent prayer: “May Allah protect them, may Allah help them, may Allah guide them in changing this country for the better.”

dayokanu: Se o le to ile la? You wey take over from Victor-Mojo in 2004.


Abi no be you dey carry babes go motion ground?, Ajose, Health Sciences, Social science basement

You wey dey do kwanangida for hostel

Eru e nbami

God will forgive you. Me wey be mallam. You wan demalamize me? I reject it.

semid4lyfe: Jarus don resign?

Chai, I pity the defenders and goalkeepers of the opposing teams at that Ajah Emirates Stadium. Dem never see

@ Jarus, feel free to pop into the sports section anytime.

Wishing you the best as you embark on another phase of your Nairaland journey.

Sure, i continue to bang in goals.

Nations cup is around the corner, so I will be moving permanently to sports section soon.

dayokanu: Jarus just gentle for face you better dont leave eran didndin with Ologbo

While in Ife he was the one in charge of showing Mojo every friday night. He was named Suraj-mojo "No pocketing" A do omo bi eni lagi

Dont try him oo.

Senior Dayo, Emma paaro mo mi fa.

I be core Awoite, but never a mojo patron. In fact, i fought against the mojo guys in the March 2006 battle of the stones.

Desola: Muhahaha...

ko bawe je men...

We shall call it, intellectual coitu.s.

Omo ita ni e

ID, i only see you in our section only when there is controversy or scandal

dayokanu: Eeewoooo kamari "keke ki ya ile epo", "Aso ibora ki ni apo"

Alfa Jarus wan dey collabo and consolijapo through Nairaland.

If Jarusat should catch you my hand no dey ooo

you will never change

Desola: All in good humour though.

I actually really admired the manner in which you handled issues and the way you never allowed infantile remarks get to you. You kept it professional at all times and if I ever gave you any reason to think I disliked you, I tender my unreserved apology here.

I noticed that trait of objectivity in you on our very first encounter.

I have no doubt that you will do exploits in your private life if you imbibe the same attitude.

Sure i knew you were just pulling my legs mist times. That's why i didnt take them seriously and laughed off your jibes at me.

Shoot me an email at jarusnairaland@yahoo.com

Desola: You made the right decision, Jarus.

You are one of a kind; a rare gem and certainly a cut above the rest.

It was a privilege knowing you as a mod and you will always be held in my highest estimation.

Moving on...

Except that you invented the term 'Yorusa' for me

Btw, you are one of the few Nairalnders I will pay to meet in real life. Your iyalode posture reminds me of efunsetan aniwura drama many years ago. I always picture you in that personage.

Seun: Thanks for your selfless service to the forum. We will miss you a lot, because you contributes a lot.

You are welcome. It's nice working with you. I will still keep in touch through our regular channel.

Obj na comedian. Too funny

PointB: Jarus did a fairly good job for most part of his tenure. However, for the last three months or so, Jarus somehow (deliberately or naturally) lost the plot.

He put in half hearted efforts in some of his own initiatives, arrogate to himself the power of judge, jury and executioner; and wielded the big stick (ban) frequently in a seemingly sadistic manner, against perceived enemies.

Later ethic bigotry overwhelmed him, giving him a false sense of superiority and invincibility!

Then finally he failed to head to Achebe's proverbial advice that: "A man does not challenge his Chi to a wrestling match," by taking on Seun the site owner, subtly and then full-frontal.

This is the true story of Jarus' reign. The story of a humble technocrat who became Abacha! A story other 'good' MODs will do well to learn.

But why this warped fate befalls 'good' MODs is a story for another thread!

What is this one saying? Perhaps someone should remind him that I resigned voluntarily based on personal principle, and still remains jn good term with NL powers that be, including Seun, that if I decide to return, it won't take 2 hours to get the position back. What some of you are begging for, some of us drop it voluntarily. Far back 2011, I had turned in my resignation , only being persuaded to reconsider. So I don't know what you are sermonizing over

[quote author=Nuzo']Wow! I just noticed that afa4eva has taken over from you.
I joined Nairaland just in 2006; just about the same time you joined. It was more fun, educative and entertaining then. I watched you grow from a boy to an intelligent young man. We all learnt from each other without hauling tribal insults at every opportunity. I still yearn for those days. Though, I know that there's time everything.

Aside from you, I also looked forward to reading opinions from Bluetooth, Eziachi, Asha80, Negro Nts, Richyblack, Almondjoy, Kobojunkie, Flgator, Gamine, Sam milla, Jakumo, josboy4life, Muza, Mc Usman, toshinad, eldee, Osunamson aka alloyemeka aka Funmi aka deepzone, becomrich, Seun, Mukina, B.O.S.S
blacksta, superboi, Davidylan aka 4him, Ibime, huxley, stillwater, hajifatty, i-laugh, ikeyman00, lucabrasi, xavier, omaj and of course tpia. Though most of their imputs these days is riddled with sentiments cos of their regional affliations.

I thaought your tenureship and most importantly your membership was a good run. However, it clear that you were biased in some of your inputs regarding some of our so called leader. A typical example was samusi of the CBN. Some could argue athouritatively that this man was paying you.

Aside from the sanusi issue, most of your inputs were balanced, objective, corrective and well written.
Hopefully, you will get back at being very vocal as the burden of being a moderator is no more on you.

Thank you![/quote]Thanks Nuzo. How time flies. You remind me of Nairaland Politics section of yesteryears - 2007/2008. How we passionately defended our opinions then. How you returned from China to give a shot at House of Rep seat in your state etc. We missed you here.

peckhamboi: Exactly, Seun is a very big fool to let Jarus go, he has displayed tremendous maturity during his term and he was an asset to Nairaland.

The new mod is not only intellectually inferior to Jarus, but he has already started threatening to ban people a few minutes after he was made moderator.

Maybe you should stick to programming, management is not your forte.


Jarus cheers for a job very well done. Buena suerte.

Thanks. But let's spare Seun. In fairness to him, he has tried. He convinced me to stay at least on 3 resignation occasions in the past far back 2011. He did his best. It takes humility for a forum owner to publicly apologize to his staff as he did last month. Let's give it to him. I just had to go, we can't be here forever, it's not possible. Na soldier go, soldier come, barrack remain.

lalaosky: i aint spoiling nada.i just felt bad that he resigned cos of afam.i'm igbo by the way but jarus being a yoruba or hausa doesn't change the fact that he is cool headed and tries his best in this section.he aint perfect but i know he is trying.

Coming to afam's area, i aint a "politics sectionier" so i can really say how much of a bigot he is but the countless times i've seen his posts on frontpage and at other section, i can vouch that he aint that hostile.he might be a bigot but he aint the viscious type.and i don't see him defending his tribe as bigotry.

I still stand by my statement that jarus should let go of his anger and return back.he aint perfect but he is doing a good job in this section

Thanks, Lala man.

Rescinding the decision is actually not an option.

I have never used my position to any personal or ideological or ethnic advantage, but I don't like dwelling on this. It's a no-issue to me. I have developed thick skin against such unfounded allegations and don't take them seriously. I just laugh them off.

My resignation was actually a culmination of series of events. I have actually resigned at least 3 times in the last 1 year. First, I have, to a large extent, achieved what I set out to achieve and I felt the baton should be passed on.

Second, I have got too many increasing schedules offline.

But the ultimate straw is the work environment is no longer where I can operate.

Still, I don't have any ill-feelings against Seun. He is a good guy and he gave me free hands to a reasonable extent, except on couple of occasions he overruled my initiative/decisions.

I still remain an integral member of this section.

Seun: Jarus has been looking for an opportunity to resign for a while, so I was not surprised when he resigned (again) this evening. My guess is that he has a hectic schedule at work.

I have actually resigned 3 times in the past, far back early 2011. I just felt I needed to quit when the ovation was loudest.


But ultimately, the motivation flew with the recent turn of things. I don't work in quota environment.

Altogether, Seun is still a good guy. He only needs to be a little firmer and dispassionate and avoid emotion-driven actions. At his level, he should bother less on 'what will people say of me?'.

hercules07: Hope you can now have more time to defend Sanusi and Buhari, it can be tiring doing it alone.

Lol