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Na wah oh!!!

If one gives Soludo the VP, then the following individuals have a chance of been the VP too, Eratus Akingbola and Madame Ibru, birds of the same feather flock together. As a Yoruba man I would go for Eratus Akingbola and our brothers and sisters from the SS would support madame Ibru's candidacy.  :-\

My dear Junkie, never in the history of this country has there been electricity in Nigeria 24hrs a day, 7days a week.

You have to accept that long long before Babangida became president some NLers were already here and they saw things for themselves

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I disagree with u, during the Udoji award between September 1974 and July 1975 Nigeria was pratically the Richest Country on Earth. The Problem we have today is,  there is a whole swarth of Nigerians who have never seen the good life, in fact it has become impossible to think or fathom that this country was once the nearest thing to Eldorado. Even in the USA or UK never in the history of these nations were people's salary doubled over night. We are not talking Zimbabwe dollars here, we are talking of a Naira which was stronger than the dollar and at par with the pounds.

Those where days when Gowon paid the salaries of striking Jamican teachers. Electricity was on 24 / 7 then,  of course u have your down time like any other nation when there was a natural disaster like torrential rainfall and falling electrical poles which also happens in the West. There is no country in the world that has 24 / 7 electricity except probably Heaven.

How did OBJ fare in his home state in 1999?


Soludo is a double failure, not a single failure, so u expect any reasonable politicians to give him the 3rd chance when 149 million, 999,999 Nigerians have not be giving a second chance, in fact 99.95% of these people have not have had a first chance. Sanusi dosen't even help matters heaping blame on his predesessor's  stewardship.

Losing an election does not mean the end of a man. Prestige still remains. There are lots of greater elections to be won as demonstrated by Lincoln.

Soludo is still massive and would deliver votes.



In Nigerian democracy if you have a failed an election once, it is easy for INEC in any other election to apportion failure towards you even if u did well next time. That is why people go all the way to the supreme court to fight election result. Soludo did not only loose to Ojukwu he lost to AC,  a party that never had a foot hold in the East, how about that.  

@ Knowall, he lost because of Ojukwu factor. Simple as that.


When he knows he cannot win against Ojukwu, why contest, his reputation is in the doldrums not with his sham stint at the CBN. The man has noting to offer Nigerians anymore. If he had stayed out of Anambra Politics who knows he might have gotten the Finance Minister's job. But now any politician worth his salt would not want to associate with this double failure of a man.

Messers Babangida, You are not a theif, but you are a Mutineer and a coupist, and that sticks. A leopard they say cannot shake off its spot how would u wriggle out from such a dishonorable labelling, knowing men who have being labelled with such disdainful name in the past have long gone and re-establish contact with their maker.

With your treacherous past, dont you think u are daring 149 million 999,999 thousand Nigerians by even thinking that the most prestigious and coveted seat in the land should be giving to you. If you were a Yoruba man I would have said maybe u are using "Aje sara" - "Charms" when u uttered that unguided statement, but knowing u had a recent stint in Gbenga Daniel's oath swearing shrine, one might be tempted to believe that an astute muslim like yourself should have resisted any overtures from Gbenga's demonic rendevous, I just hope u had your clothes on when you visited Mr Daniels. For Mr Daniels is well known to have voyeristic tendencies by having hidden cameras in the most innocuous places.

Nigerians would also like to read your memoires of how you planned the downfall of Gen Buhari. At whose house was the initial plan hacthed and who was the lead man, was it you or Abacha obviously it would be a lot easier to point your blood stained finger at a dead man who is not alive to tell us his side of the story.

What was your principle reason for overthrowing your Boss, was it greed or poor governance by the Buhari /Idiagbon Goverment. If I can recollect clearly, your goverment turned out even worse than that of General Buhari another coupist who did not cover his back well enough,  Buhari was probably thinking then he had honourable army officers covering his flanks only to be knocked out by you and your co-collaborators.

I am sure b4 2011 you would throw more light on all these pressing questions that requires an immediate answer.[color=#000099][/color]

[size=14pt]The average Nigerian wants and love to circumvent any system we see it happen even in the most advanced of societies where our country men and women constantly try to move one step b4 the authorities. Someone mentioned is " Light" not dear to our people, of course it is dear, but it is something that has to be admired at far,  not to be played with or desired excessively especially when we know we cannot pay for it,   because it comes with a price tag, no be dash. Rolls Royce is a car I love, and I can say it is dear to me,  can I afford it, that answer is for another day  .

As long as our people can physically see a pole in front of their houses, if disconnection happens, connection will commence almost immediately by a quick clarion call to the local resident electrician who for a small fee, would perform his usual magic whilst the whole neigbourhood gathers around and the little unclothed boys and girls gives him yet another round of applause for such a daring act. If this kind of Batmen continue to exist in our slums,  the Electrical authorities in Nigeria would be faced with an uphill task to outwit and overwhelm  these heroes and champions of the down and trodden.[/size]

Be rest assured was wrong 2,000,000 years ago, is wrong today and would be wrong in 5000 years' time in America, UK, Japan, Nigeria and in heaven! Every language has rules. This one cannot be an exception!


I would not be drawn into an inconclusive argument that would eventually pale into insignificance, sooth yourself Mr man and believe what u like.

"be rest assured".  Tautology


English is an evolving language, there are no rigid stipulated rules like what transpired in the past. What was spoken in the 1600's as English would not be understood by mordern day speakers of the language. The language is more flexible due to the Americanization of the language.

" Be rest assured"  is not tautology but re-affairming,  it is a morden way of re-emphasising with a higher degree of certainity that what happened in that interview would be better next time. Tautology was something wholesomely touted rigidly in the 1950's and 1960's with little or no significance to mordern day writing. Mordern writing is all about imaginative writing, it is like an art.

[size=14pt]From the respondents to this critical question whether Nigerians can pay their electricity bill, I can see and I sense that there is a new ethusiasm to enjoy the beauty and wonders of " Light " as it is known in Nigeria. Some of the respondents where highly agitated and critical by my puzzled and geniuely quizzical question    why others where down right rude, ungentlemanly and probably has an unwarranted nationalistic wellbeing bothering on unnecessary ego and self pride. Just because 25% of your country men and women buy diesel to Light up does not mean that,  this rather routine civic right of one paying one's bills which is done without so much fanfare in the west, should not be looked under the microscope in Nigeria.

The citizens should know this is not a largesse or a dash using a Nigerian parlance, Jonathan is no father xmas, these utilities run on machines and as we all know machines do break down, they need to be maintained, a transformer can only supply so much in a neigbourhood, illegal and double, even triple illegal electrical connection which is the bane of our inner city slums must be stopped and discouraged. Some of the slightly wiser ones amongst the respondents came up with MTN Re-charge card as a cue to how things would pan out when " Light " comes to town. What they have forgotten is the mobile phone re-charge is an instrument dear to 99% of the population. It is an SOS mechanism, a tool needed by women of easy virtues that now abounds the polity either overtly or covertly due to lack of jobs to ply their trade effectively. In fact even our banks the first tool giving to young unsuspecting graduates is a mobile phone it is more dear to Nigerians than their darlings.

It is a tool that open doors, a tool that allows those dreaded men in mask execute well timed and pricised operation, relegating our so called Police Force and Armed Forces as Innocent by-standers. A tool that made 13% derivatives possible to the Niger Delta States, by the sheer number of successful operation initiated by MEND. A tool that makes cheating easy in Nigeria today, therby producing half baked graduates that are unemployable, how dear u compare a  tool that affects every heart beat in the polity with " Light" somebody is definately having a laugh here

I repeat, and I repeat clearly, soup wey sweet na money kill am. The earlier Nigerians know this thing has to be paid for the better, but one thing I am definately sure of " Light" is at the bottom of the pile of 89% of Nigerians everyday thought,  there are more important things in the minds of those women and men hawking their wares in our market places . Those selling their goods with the virtuoso of a philharmonic opera, the determination, the zeal and the wholesome expression of fulfilment once these goods has being disposed off is a wonder to see, the thaught that the whole goods in those rusty pans are worth less than a $1 is an amazement.

Such dregs of our society would gladly go home to a darkened and blackout home after making a sale of a $1 and a profit of 0.20 cents  than to unburden himself or herself with added stress off paying for Light. With this dollar, he or she has to top-up their recharge card so as to place a call to the supplier and stock up again for another run in the mill operation tommorow.   

I am not anti-development, not at all,  what I am after is how do we put a stop to what I call circula development,  we should derive ways of making progressive development not regressive development,  unfortunately the country has gone too far backwards to the beginning of time,  that it is now difficult to fathom any develoment in Nigeria, it is like a mirage. However,  I would be the happiest person on planet Earth if our second romance with Electricity after a 25 year acrimonious divorce last to the end of time, I just hope this is not another shot-gun marriage of convienence.  [/size]

Dont be silly. Most of us use the pre paid meter already!


Who are the most of us that u are talking about, as at the last count only about 3% of Nigerians have access to the internet, if u happen to be amongst that 3% u don’t need to show off here, most people in this forum are already aware of this, don’t remind us of your privilege background.

I don’t suppose those guys scavenging in the rubbish dump, shown in one of the threads on this forum know what u are on about Neither does millions of graduates who have never worked after leaving the four walls of the University.

I know of 45 year old graduates who have never worked b4 in their lives in Nigeria how do they pay for their electricity bill when they don’t know where the next meal would come from.

[size=14pt]WE TALK OF POWER,  POWER THIS, POWER THAT, ARE WE READY TO PAY FOR POWER. AFTER ALL SOUP WEY SWEET NA MONEY KILL AM !!!![/size]