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Penguin2:
I’m not going to bore you with long epistle. I will be concise and straight to the point.

So one of the presidential hopefuls for the 2023 general election is the Honorable Minister of Transport, Rt Hon. Chibuike Romtimi Amaechi (though he has not declared).

Some have speculated he might be Buhari’s secret candidate especially with his recent turbaning by the Daura Emirate.

Now, away from secret candidate and turbaning, let me enumerate for you, why the man Amaechi might be APC’s most suitable candidate for 2023.

1. HE IS A FOUNDATION MEMBER
One of the arguments that some supporters of some certain interest in APC has always used against some presidential aspirants like David Umahi and Orji Uzor Kalu, is that these men are not foundation members of the party but just defected when they saw the party had won power. To them, those men do not qualify to sick APC ticket while some other people that laboured to build the party and financed it will be deprived of it. Well, that argument won’t work on Amaechi because Amaechi was the leader of the 5 PDP governors that joined APC then as New-PDP. Not only did he join the APC, it is believed that he also made a lot of financial commitments and has twice been the Director General of the party’s presidential campaigns. So, whatever stake that any interest in APC claims to have, Amaechi equal has it and that is non-contestible.

2. HE ANSWERS FOR SOUTHSOUTH CLAMOUR TO COMPLETE THEIR TENURE
One of the distant voices that has been heard in the discourse of 2023, has been the fact that the Southsouth part of the country still has 4 years of its presidential tenure to complete since President Jonathan could not win re-election after 4 years of his original tenure. Although , like I said, this clamour may not have been as pronounced as many other clamours, but it has been made regardless and that is what an Amaechi presidency will answer to; since he is from the Southsouth .

3.THE CLAMOUR FOR IGBO PRESIDENCY
As 2023 elections draw closer, one of the loudest and most valid agitation is that of Igbo presidency in general and Nigerian President of southeast extraction in particular. All Nigerians of conscience know that this agitation is valid, and for the continued peaceful coexistence of the Nigerian project, it is imperative that it is addressed. Now, that’s why Amaechi comes in. While somebody like Nyesom Wike has told the world he is not Igbo, Amaechi has consistently insisted that “nobody can deny me of my Igboness”. He has always adorned his traditional Isiagu dress when occasion allows it, in identification with his Igbo culture. Now, while Nigerians are skeptical about handing power over to an Igbo man from the southeast, such fears might not exist for Amaechi. Why?

Because an Igbo man of Southsouth has never gone through the denial, punishment, deprivations and subjugation that has been meted to the Igbo man of southeast. The implication is that the anger level in their hearts are different.

While the Igbo man of southeast might harbour resentment for the Nigerian state with desire for revenge, the Igbo man in southeast is likely not going to harbour resentment in his heart.

So, if the agitation for Igbo presidency is something that must be addressed, but the rest of Nigeria is skeptical about handing power over to a man from Southeast, the closest solution to the impasse is Amaechi.

With Amaechi, all that would have to be done is to conscientize with Ndigbo to settle for “Igbo Presidency” rather than insist on “Nigerian President of Southeast Extraction” and trust me it would sell.

4. AMAECHI IS DETRIBALIZED AND A BRIDGE BUILDER
One of the most reoccurring arguments against most Igbo presidential aspirants is the fact that they are tribal and are not bridge builders. Well, not Amaechi; because I do not think there’s any part of Nigeria that has anything against Amaechi especially when it comes to tolerance for Nigerians of other ethnic groups. What am I even saying, there’s a ‘Rotimi’ in his name, Remember? Dude is even a Yoruba. Lol.

5. AGE
One of the issues in the front burner of the 2023 political discourse is the fact that we need young, agile and capable people to occupy political positions. Yes. Aso Rock should not be converted to retirement home for old men to go and be resting their bones. At 57 years of age, Amaechi fits perfectly into that yardstick.

6. PROVEN RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENTS
An unbiased assessment of the Buhari regime would throw up Rotimi Amaechi as one of, if not, the brightest and most performing ministers in the Buhari government. The transformation happening in the rail sector is visible to all Nigerians. But that’s not all, before he became minister, he was governor of Rivers State for 8 years and if you ask those who witnessed his administration in Rivers, they’d tell you he has been one of the best things to happen to Rivers state. So, aside that fact that an Amaechi presidency will answer to several other agitations and inerests, we are also going to be having a man with proven records of achievements in public service.

7. NO TAINT OF CORRUPTION
“I don’t like money”. That is one of the most popular statements that has been made by Amaechi. While that may have been metaphorical and does not really translate to him being a saint, he seems to not have any case of financial malfeasance to his name so far despite how long he has been in public service. So if APC’s aim is to give Nigerians somebody who is not corrupt, then Amaechi is the man.

I promised it was not gonna be long but it did.

But there you have it. What are you going to add and what are you going to remove?



Penguin is a bird of reason!

Your grammar is absolute rubbish.

And fix your title,its "ticks" all the boxes not "thicks"

God help whatever school you attended.

Over 40

2 PAC
Michael Jackson
Muhammad Ali
Fela
Lady Diana

Over 30
Chadwick Boseman
Paul Walker


Over 20
Mac Miller

Aidejay:
This conversation has been flogged and over flogged.

okay, women have nothing to offer aside sex.

we don hear!!!!!

isn't there any other relevant issue that can move Nigeria forward that we can trash as thoroughly as we have continued to do to the matter of what women can offer and what they cannot.

I HAVE LITERALLY never seen any nigerian celeb talking about Crypto or fintech or innovation in fashion or real estate.

Nobody is stopping you from doing that.

rickleye:
I'll be frank and not coy. You must be the dumbest woman on this forum.
However, my senses are also telling me that the nonsense you dropped is just to seek out attention.

You have no idea what feminist means - equal opportunity for male and female. To them there are no male only roles and female only roles in society. What a man can do , I can do better - My response - You CAN"T.

" we are not created to provide but to process " No feminist says this. This is where you lose your diatribe.
Then you quote the bible and mention Eve. Like she is the best example out there. Her husband gave her detailed instructions of what to do and not to do. Yet she couldn't keep and relay simple instructions.

You not subscribing women to bring anything is what makes women, illiterates - not being sent to school. if all they do is sit down at home waiting to be impregnated , or given money to make food , turn a house to a home.

I do not and will not be involved with a lady who doesn't think she can do more with her life than what you mentioned. She is to be a "helpmate" an assistant. Both contributing with their skills to the success of the union.

I can buy groceries and cook so why do I need you to process.
I can adopt a child or get one through surrogacy, so why do I need you to process.
I can stage a house and buy homely stuff, so why do I need you to process .
When I get frustrated, I will go see a therapist, so lady why do i need you to process?

I do more than " bring the money" and when I decide to settle down - She better do more than "process"

Anyways, If you want to escalate your backward thinking to a voice call , I may be available.

Nothing but facts

matm:
Nice move.A Benz owner has no business being in school and answering ordinary student guided by school rules and regulations.
He shld rather be at Banana Island chopping life or rubbing shoulders with Obi Cubana elsewhere.
School afterall they say is a scam.

If not for school,your above comment would be gibberish.

ogub:
The campus is a place of learning and development to be a better person not a place of show.

In the US

Secondary school students drive their cars to school since the 1970s

Nigerian mentality is very inferior.

slawormiir:
Damnnn niggar
Bunch of crab untalented dog shit songs


Baby girl...those songs are dog shit
If you live in Benin city...then let's hang out so I can show you what good songs is all about
I will show you my play list....while blazing my weed
post malone( the music wizard)
J cole
The weekend
The title says best Nigerian songs not a selection of global artists.
And bruh your list is sus anyways.
Imagine dragons
Jesse jags
Sia
Burna boy
2face
Katty pery
Passenger
Bruno Mars
Justin bieber
WizKid( Balogun the big boy)
Avicii( rest in peace)
Twenty one pilot
The Chainsmokers
Dig the kid
Cold play
Khalid
Maroon 5
Calum scot
John legend
Selena Gomez
Ellie Goulding
Christiana aquilera
A great big world
Rita ora
Clean bandit
Dua lipa
Martin garixx
Major Lazer
The night
Edsheeran
Taylor swift
One direction
Lewis capaldi
Sam smith
Ariana Grande
Kehlani
Billie eilish
Camilo Cabello..
Normani
James Arthur

The title says top Nigerian songs not a random list of world wide artists.
Bruh and the list is lame anyways

1Sharon:
Go down on your knees and pray. There is something you are not doing.

Jesus is the God of heaven.

Your husband is God on earth.

This is backward primitive thinking at its finest.

thesicilian:
The guy or his parents must be loaded.

This guy never meet oyibo.

If oyibo crazy for you,dem no send anything or anybody.

eakenbor:
Obi Cubana promised someone scholarship for life and he showed us evidence he is really doing it. When will Davido show us evidence that he really gave out 250M naira to orphanage homes? Or was the money audio money? He promised to issue a press release on the beneficiaries and disbursement on December 19th, and now it is almost February. Out of the over 300 registered orphanage homes he said applied, how come not a single one of them have come out to say thank you? If the whole thing was a hoax, Davido deserves to be shamed as much as the accolades he received, so as to avoid our youths from being misled by all these fake life artists.

Davido accomplished more than you Mr bad belle

God1000:
We all know that US president is one of the most protected world leaders on earth, he travels to wherever he wants with armed security guards from US marines, FBI agents among other special forces.

US air force uses C-17 transport plane to carry the presidential limousine called the beast with several other vehicles to where he's going ahead of his arrival.

The Beast has 8-inch armor plating and five-inch thick bulletproof windows, and Kevlar reinforcement for the giant Goodyear tires that are also run-flat. The cabin is sealed for the outside world for protection against a chemical attack and special foam surrounds the fuel tank in case of an impact.

Do you know any other world leader that travels with such large number of security men?

Can our own president travel to US with armed Nigerian soldiers? Will they be allowed?

Your medulla oblongata is very small hence your lack of common sense.

Only Secret service protect the US president.

No military allowed.

All those bodyguards and plainclothes and armed guards are not military.

Ode.

jay89:
I think nairaland is promoting consumption of wild life. I don't see the reason this should be in the front page oooo. From snakes to this

Nairaland is the only big African blog that posts weird animal stories that make no sense.

Everyone obsessed with eating every animal.

Count how many wild animals in Nigerian reserves and zoos....then compare with the amount in East African countries like Kenya and Zimbabwe where they make millions from tourists.

executive12:
$5000 per month is $60,000 a year.
After all the deductions (health insurance, social security, State/City taxes, etc) you might be taking home less than $48,000.
Then you take out your rent/mortgage, cars payment, then food, etc. At the end, not much left. And the rat race continues until retirement. It's not as easy as most Nigerians think.
But I must admit that most Nigerians would be better off there. Because in Nigeria, they may not have any opportunities at all.

Say you have $48,000.

Rent-$1200
Food-$800
Car-$500
Miscellaneous-$500

That's $3000 a month.

So your saving $1000 a month after all expenses and taxes.

That's almost half a million naira.

executive12:
Running water and electricity are not rights over there because you have to pay for them. And they don't come cheap.

Cheap is all relative.

You pay for electricity in Nigeria and still pay for generator even if the light goes out.

Not having running water in 2022 is primitive by any world standard.

1Sharon:
Works as what?

If she's not a citizen or has permanent residence, how did she get a job? Or has she been there that long?

It's not just about the cold. It's also about the princess treatment

Princess treatment that ends when you get sick.
Which Nigerian politicians are getting treated in Nigeria?

timesup234:
stupidity is not a bad thing so I won't blame you. Stupidity is a disease that needs cure. You see that woman selling crayfish in the market? She is richer than 95% of Nigerians in Canada. But I won't blame you for your stupidity and brainwashing, I am the cure you need

Diaspora remittance to Nigeria annually blows that lie out of the water.

SmartPolician:
If you come home empty-handed, people will consider you a failure who wasted an opportunity others wish they had.

Do you live your life based on what other people say?

You have 24/7 light,water,clean gutter,no strikes in university or school,better healthcare.

You already good.

GoodHardDick:
Who will see cold before and prefer heat?

You never experienced real cold.

It gets so cold in the Northeast of the US and Canada that people actually buy houses in Florida to spend the winter months.

timesup234:
cold and and snow is just a cover-up. 99% of Nigerians living in Canada and broke. As in dead broke

They're still richer than you,buddy.

SirMichael1:
Hahaha... Never ever aspire to become a doctor, else the number of death on your hand will be way more than the number of lives you'll save.

Hahahahahahhahahaha

adeoba2008:
It's not as beautiful as the remodelled Lekan Salami Stadium. Argue with your data.

Bush boy.I have unlimited data..what do you have?

BigShishi:
In terms of their tenacity, determination, skill the current eagles team remind me of the eagles of amokachi, amunike, siasia etc. They are playing beautiful football and playing with their heart..

Indommie generation.

Super Eagles 94 was legendary.

Till today people in Korea,Brazil,Italy can name the whole squad.

GeneralOjukwu:
Tinubu haunts your dreams.

Topic - football.... Countries involved - Ghana & Comoros....Media house - BBC

yet you managed to drag him into the conversation.

Obsession with a billionaire wouldn't lessen his bank balance neither will it reduce your poverty. Take note!

Goes for you to.

Defending him will not bring you out of poverty also.

Dey carry billionaire matter for your oblong skull.

Look at all these small boys wey never handle woman before.

Getting on top and furiously pounding yam IS CLEARLY NOT WORKInG.

Studies say less than 30% of women get to the mountain top through regular snacking.

Women are emotional and more sensory than men.

Seduce your woman and talk to her,ask her what she likes and both of you experiment together.

Teamwork makes the dream work not 1 man soldier.

Bluntemperor:
Bro,why are you always embittered about Lagos,for God's sake?
Just an enquiry o!

Lagos is overrated.

It's expensive for no reason,crowded and dirty

Shina Peter's is not on the list.

Felix lebarty

Oliver de Coque

This list is a fraud...so many songs left out,must be made by Indommie generation.

Bellerophon:
Your ignorance is crass and repudiating! Throughout human civilization NO ANIMAL has proven more usefulness to humanity than our beloved canine friends! They have functioned as herders for our cattle, guides risking their lives sniffing out explosives and mines saving countless lives of our military and service men, emotional support for autistic children and patients with PTSD, a breathing alarm clock for diabetic patient to alert to any fall in their insulin levels, guides and support for the blind, protection and security of personal property and chattel, they even drag your lazy mass on sledges through snow acting as a facilitator of transportation, Do you forget their role in chasing and hunting prey with their trusted ally, the human hunter? Or their effort in assisting law enforcements on sniffing out cadaver and fugitive criminals? Not to forget their roles in circuses and famous Hollywood motion pictures? Is that a specie that deserves our cannibalism ?

The human is the closest and most important constituent of a dogs eco system! Domestication which is no way consensual has robbed them of their wild instincts and the ability to fend for themselves in isolation! Now after 33 thousand years of teaching them to look to us for survival and care in return for the many uses they in return repay us with and enumerated above, you think it is fair that they suddenly become an ingredient in culinary recipes? Turkeys and the many other animals we eat today have little or indecipherable emotional intelligence! They exist in an eco system where an over abundance of them burdens the balance of the system! There is no little or no interaction in the food chain between man and these animals we hunt for food! Same reason people just don’t kill and eat their cats!

I'm proud to call you a Nigerian brother with common sense.

Your intelligence is above the normal riff raff of common people who reside in this medium

Goldbw122:
Beautiful scene, so you know what thee guys will dress responsibility then the girls will dress like a Yu know what am going to say, why is it always like that, I don't understand why do girls like going naked why, don't they know that it have an effect on men around them.. and that will make men not have the strong mind to value girls... Or women..

Village boy.

What do u think people wear to a pool party?

Agbada?

Sufferhead don punish you finish

You swim with all ya clothes like Aboki

Cousin9999:
The fish and chips look lovely. But where are the London baddies?

tbh I'm not even interested in the historic, scenic stuff. I just want to smash enjoy the company of London women.

Tell us you are a virgin without telling us you are a virgin.

mu2sa2:
I prefer seeing human beings in bustling streets to these cold, deserted, lifeless streets. Abj city any day, any time. God bless our dear native land of Nigeria.

Bustling dirty erosion filled streets with giant potholes,trash everywhere.

I really miss that.

We dont want the final phase,please.

Just exit quietly and dont let the door hit your buba on the way out.

Its said that the People get the government that they deserve.

The enchanted crowd that supported you is to blame,you were just a poster for their reckless judgment and arrogance.

Coronavirus123:
All these people wey dey comment for here, u a no dey sleep

Look at you also "wey no dey sleep"