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Art or no art...all Na for chop jaree

****sipping my alomo***

My take...
I want to fault the analogy Chief made with Britain

1..Wales, Scotland and England are no ethnic groups, they stand as independent countries.. though all under a socioeconomic umbrella 'semanticized' as Great Britain or more politically correct United Kingdom
2..Britain has existed for several centuries as an entity, Nigeria can't compare that.
3..both countries practice different systems of government.
4..our constitution which we copied from the Americans, has been our albatross since it came into effect till 'tomorrow' unless we do some something fast today

so, Jonathan can contest it's his constitutional right but the sensitive nature of our polity must be put into consideration. I believe the ruling party can handle this issue without necessarily making anyone feel shortchanged or not whether you are a majority or minority(whatever that means).
My opinion is that the party should review the hitherto zoning arrangement and try to harmonize it with this 'Jonathan' arrangement, I am sure they will come up with something.. because shying away from this will be 'running away to fight another day'
A word is enough for the wise!

AHEAD of 2015 Presidential election, former Federal Commissioner for Information and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, reiterated that nobody in Nigeria can stop President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting.
The elder statesman who noted that Nigeria belongs to all and no tribe can boast of its superiority over others, stressed that it was not speculation that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will adopt President Jonathan as its sole candidate.
Speaking when he received a delegation of second Republic House of Representatives members who paid him a visit at his Asokoro residence in Abuja, Chief Clark maintained that Nigerian citizens were equal and can aspire to the highest office in this country, adding that the person should remain in office in line with the Constitution of the country.
According to him, in civilised democracies where the minority and majority ethnic groups exist, it has never been the prerogative of the majority ethnic group to lord it over the minorities.
He said: “For instance, in Great Britain from whom we got our independence, there are the English, the Welsh and the Scottish. The English are the majority, followed by the Scottish and then the Welsh. Each of these ethnic groups has produced the Prime Minister of Great Britain based on the quality of the candidate. In fact, in recent times the Scottish has come to produce more Prime Ministers than the English who are the majority.”
Chief Clark who noted that it was the constitutional right of President Jonathan to contest for re-election in 2015, said, “The Constitution provided for two terms. In 1979, Shehu Shagari from the North was president until 1983 when he got his second term but Buhari for reasons best known to them, they thought that at the end of his second ruling he will hand over to Ekwueme or to Akinloye. They then staged a coup and drove him (Shagari) away and imprisoned all the politicians. Who took over? Another Northerner.
“ The 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria provides for two tenures of four years each after two democratically conducted elections. Apart from the illegality of the purported agreement with the northern state governors, such a mindset violates the letter and spirit of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended. There is no speculation that the PDP is planning to impose President Jonathan as the sole candidate of the party in the upcoming convention.
“The practice in democratic presidential system of government is that an incumbent president remains the sole candidate of a political party at the party’s convention, if he or she is willing to contest for a second term in office. This is the practice in the United States of America from where Nigeria copied her own model of the presidential system of government.
“When the American type of presidential system was adopted in Nigeria in 1978/1979, former President Shehu Shagari was the sole candidate of the National Party of Nigeria, NPN, when he chose to run for a second tenure in the 1983 Presidential election. Or do you think there was dearth of qualified candidates in that era? Note that in the words of Dr. K. O. Mbadiwe, ‘the NPN had many men of timber and calibre who were ready to contest the presidential primaries if Alhaji Shehu Shagari had not indicated his intention to contest.’
“The list is endless. In 2003, it was only through the instigation of some governors led by Chief James Onanefe Ibori who were disappointed that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar stepped down for his boss, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo that Dr. Alex Ekwueme was persuaded to contest the presidential primaries against the party’s decision. However, he was defeated by President Obasanjo who had the party’s blessings.
“To lend credence to the fact that a sitting president is entitled to a second term, the ambitious and unpatriotic governors and some Northern conservative politicians confirmed this constitutional provision by saying that it was the second term of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua that the North wanted to complete in 2011. In other words, late President Yar’Adua was entitled to eight years in office but Dr. Jonathan is entitled to only a single term contrary to the 1999 Constitution. Is that not double standard? What a shame!
He, therefore, called on Nigerians to support President Jonathan and his transformation agenda which he said was for the interest of the country.
Leader of the delegation, Umar Lawan said they came to celebrate with Clark on his 86 birthday and express the willingness of his members to support Jonathan’s re-election in 2015 giving his outstanding achievements in office.

I smell another constitutional amendment in the offing
[left][/left]but wait y hasn't anyone invoked d 'doctrine of necessity' yet

I smell another constitutional amendment in the offing

Chanchit: They should give him his position back if he can run 100m.

u no well

[color=#770077][/color]I no go surprise if tomorrow now this girl comot say she self wan sing...

NN site down since morning

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.I Don dey sing ihene me for my mind

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back now and Nofin

**sipping my Sabrina**

*sipping my Sabrina**

omo...see bullies abeg..
carry go Omolomo, uneasy lies d head....

dear GEJ apologists...looks like try this height of joblessness now makes some people to reason with their Kidney..
if you could only wake up and realize ur potential as a country...and stop hunting for haters whenever GEJ thought it wise to throw the country some crumbs...if we now celebrate mediocrity then we are truly finished as a country...
place anyone knows where I can get a per time job in Sagamu, I tired of staying at home waiting for the part 5 of ASUU -FG saga..

I agree with you....but I disagree on the 'you and Nigeria women' part
u clearly were being economical with d truth.
No one wouldn't want to come back after a taste of that pudding...

wealthkata: if ur name is shortlisted u will see it. so be calm

I need to login to get my registration forms again(lg, parent forms etc)

tried logging on to the site but can't seem to remember my password...anyone gat an idea how to retrieve a password..I v tried using email as a username to get d password all to no avail

who cares
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emmanuel4fire: You can't get the form this year. You have to wait till around April or so next year. They just finished the sales of form and aptitude test about a month plus, ago. I would advise you look for something doing now and wait patiently till next year.

is the sales twice a year?

ladepete: We'll dance like this on POP day..IJN!

we re in serious trouble in this country...when MSc holder begin dig soldier job

just thinking..... is this woman the right person to speak for amaechi on NGF issues..
on a national matter as sensitive as this, Amaechi should either speak for himself or keep silent.

SMH

just got a+ now for 36k..
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seriously we should give techno some cred for giving Samsung a run for their money cos if not for them duos would have been nothing less than 60k..

a+ has my vote.

Adesiji77: Na wa o!

trust me..before a single scratch on it, we will be here comparing other models... that's d IT way for you!