jidamsel43: Nigerian government will never approve this because it will put an end to Covid-19 in Nigeria which will put a stop to expenditure and allowances .
Nigerian government has a target figure which the case must reach until then no potent and efficacious local mixtures will be considered.
There have been many allegations that NCDC is planning to subtly connive with some federal government medical facilities to "plant" dubious Covid-19 patient in some states.
Cross Rivers government recently alleged NCDC of planning to use Naval medical facilities in the state to record Covid-19 case in the state.
Kogi government had criticized NCDC of a ploy to plant Covid-19 patient in the state before it eventually recorded 3 positive cases in the state.
Awon oloriburuku people..... They deliberately ruined this country, knowing full well that the country doesn't have the capacity to curb the virus, and they deliberately allowed it happen for selfish interests . God dey sha
made4naijamusic: A video making rounds on social media captured the moment a lady assaulted a police officer.
According to reports, the police officer, dressed in mufti, was trying to enforce the coronavirus-induced curfew in the Eruwa area of Oyo State.
However, things took an ugly turn as a verbal altercation between the police officer and a lady ensued and then, out of nowhere, the lady landed hot slaps on the police officer.
rottencorpse: Which celebrity's death made you lose appetite? Which celebrity's death made you cry? So far I'd say Michael Jackson and Kobe Bryant but if I were to choose one, I'd pick the King of Pop Michael Jackson.
emptytoothpaste: 1st question, Are the impregnated girls 18 years or older? If yes, wetin concern anybody?
Secondly, I find this report really disturbing, mostly because it is made to look as if painting is not a worthy-enough profession. If he had been a banker or a doctor, will this have been "news-worthy"?
Painters lives matter!
You are a nice mad person sir.... this one deep ooo
Anyway, something is pushing me to carry paint bucket and go to U.I
Freethought: I know a lot of you are going to blaim me buh please let your message to me come with an advise. We are in a state of real dilemma
Few months ago, i opened a thread on how we both found out we were both of AS genotype and how we couldn't stop having sex. Well as against some advices here, we didn't stop having sex until this past weekend wen we found out that she's pregnant.
I remember the month after we found out about the genotype, she told me she told her parents that she's gon get married to me no matter what, they practically begged her not to, telling her different stories of SS children they know
We haven't told anybody about the pregnancy yet . We are scared every single one of them will blame us and think we did it intentionally just to get married.
I love her and I'm sure she loves me too buh this pregnancy, the tot of it alone being SS is scaring the shit out of us.
We don't know what to do
Although, all faiths frown at premarital sex....
But scientifically, there is no barrier for two AS marrying for the sake of love: Although the probability of having SS for every pregnancy is usually 1/4 , in which you guys may be lucky. Also, due to technological improvement there is a recommended test called CHORIONIC VILLUS SAMPLING (CVS) usually at the first trimester (the first three months of pregnancy) to detect the genotype of the foetus.... This will guide you whether to leave it or otherwise.
Badmod: Political prostitutes. Message to zoneB's. I know you love everybody in APC. And hate every other Nigerians I guess you're first APC before you became Human. I was telling someone recently about the upcoming political migration and the crash of APC...make yarn you too. With the way APC is flexing their power,they win every election, they're never corrupt, You're cleansed by the blood of GOD himself immediately you join them,no respect for rule of law,and they have the most dumb followers driven by a blind pilot. Most politicians will join their ship,obviously non of them care about the masses...and that your witch hunting and autonomy will later bounce back from inter-party to intra-party. By then it will be like 666 the bible warned us about... no one will be able to sell or buy except they're member of APC. Currently in Lagos...you can't get a contract if you're not a party member,you can't even join the lawma business...you can see what happened to Davido,they cancel its show.. In Lagos it's so bad that you can't even have a house in a good neighborhood.. (yes,you will be having several problems from land use to omoonile and different rubbish until one APC chief come to your Aid...you will have to pay him too....I have firsthand experience of this...my brother when you think am twice..you will want to join them) not even for political gain,but just for your own wellbeing... By the time we all joined the evil team...we Will all fight ourselves from within and destroy that God forsaken party. Your loss:..Many of you have been supporting this evil party since God knows when,when people like us join..we will even have a better position than you..like when Akpabio joined the cult..I'm not Akpabio, but not of the same level with you either... APC loss:The party will stop existing. My point: APC have to tolerate opposition and stop oppressing the masses... Mrs Fayemi alone killed 2 students..and heaven didn't fall..
nickxtra: The attached, is a letter written by a senior staff of School Post Graduate studies (Diploma), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, that has been trending in the social media.
The letter, dated and signed by one Mohammed D. Nasir, the course coordinator, in favour of a youth Corp's member, infact has a lot to tell the world that something is really wrong with our education system.
A course coordinator in the "almighty" Ahmadu Bello University, appending his signature to a badly written letter, without reading or really read it, yet despatched same as having been rightly written?
Please, read this letter and let's hear your opinion on same.
FAKE!
The letter doesn't look real. This is computer age , anybody could produce paper bearing the logo of any organisation of interest. Or can anyone show me ABU STAMP on the letter.?
rotadota: I have been having this discomfort in my anus for almost five years now, it bites my anus and makes me uncomfortable. I've gone to doctors upon doctors, they end up packing drugs for me to take still yet nothing has changed.
The last doctor I went to, I suggested surgery to him cause I read about it online, he packed drugs for me and told me to come back if nothing changed. I know he will still pack drugs for me.
Please has anyone here suffered this pile of a thing, if yes pls suggest to me what you used in curing it please.
Pls disregard any unprofessional recommendations here.... The best treatment is surgery (haemorrhoidectomy) . It is a simple procedure done under 30minutes. It has nothing to do with sexuality as it's always wrongly proclaimed.
OEPHIUS: KWARA 2019: THE GOVERNOR-ELECT’S FIRST MORAL OBLIGATION.
The 2019 General elections have come and gone, congratulations to those who won and it is hoped those who lost learnt some lessons. The beauty of democracy is the role of the electorate in the emergence of government and in demanding accountability from the emerged government. The latter though as important, if not more Important than the former is often being neglected by the electorate.
Though, the election atmosphere differ from state to state, it is generally believed that the outcome of the polls in Kwara state reflected the will of the people of Kwara. Kwarans, having played their role in the emergence of a new administration in the state have a right to demand transparency and accountability from the new government. Failure to do so will be akin to repeating the mistakes of the past.
It is true the newly voted Kwara government has not been sworn in and not much accountability could be demanded from them. Certain issues and allegations raised during the election period are left unresolved and it is believed this response would serve as an early marker of what to expect in the next four years.
There are allegations that the newly elected governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazak submitted a fake WAEC certificate to INEC, issues were raised on abbreviations used in the name on the certificate submitted which is not a normal practice for WAEC certificates. One would have ordinarily expected Abdulrahman Abdulrazak to clear the air on this ambiguity, but he has played the silent game. This is setting a dangerous precedence at the eve of a new administration and the manner in which this issue is handled will be a microcosm of what is to be expected in the next four years.
The constitution of the country is clear and unambiguous in stating the minimum qualification of a gubernatorial candidate and consequently a state governor and also the consequences of presenting a forged document to INEC. Section 177 of the constitution provides for the qualification for election as Governor. The said section provides thus - “A person shall be qualified for election to the office of Governor of a State If - ………………………….. (d) he has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent.” (Underlining for emphasis).
On the other hand, Section 182 (1) of the constitution provides for disqualifications of candidates for election as Governor. The relevant section is Section 182(1)(j) which provides as follows - “No person shall be qualified for election to the office of the Governor of a State if - ……………………… (j)He has presented a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission.” (Underlining for emphasis).
The main issue with the Governor-elect of Kwara State is that he allegedly presented a forged WAEC result to INEC for consideration as his qualification to contest for the office of the Governor of Kwara State. When the news of the Governor-elect’s forged WAEC certificate broke pre-election, there were speculation from most quarters that the allegations were false and nothing more but the handiwork of the opposition parties. However, it is necessary for this issue to be addressed, especially when the elections have come and gone, and Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq who is the main player in this scandal emerged victorious. But he has decided to be silent on this issue, perhaps hoping it will die a silent death.
For a man that enjoyed the overwhelming support of the people during the past elections, a man who was seen everywhere consistently talking to the people and soliciting their votes during campaigns, Abdulrahman Abdulrazak’s loud silence on this allegation of submitting a fake WAEC certificate to INEC is very troubling. The people whose votes he sought, and whose votes he got, reserve the right to demand accountability. And considering the fact that he would not have been Governor-elect today without the people’s mandate, the least he could do was to proffer an explanation to the people on this issue without being moved or ordered to do so by the court. This issue has given rise to so many questions than answers. Did Abdulrahman Abdulrazak submit a forged WAEC certificate to INEC? If not, then why can’t he come out and disprove this allegation? There are several ways to do that. One of such ways is to simply apply for the CTC of his original certificate from WAEC, and let WAEC do the needful by issuing the CTC for comparison with the actual certificate submitted to INEC to spot the difference if any. It’s that simple. It is also very interesting to note that the Freedom of Information Act, 2011 gives the people the right to freely access public records. Section 1(1 - 3) of the FOI Act 2011 provides as follows -
1. “Nothwithstanding anything contained in any other Act, law or regulation, the right of any person to access or request information, whether or not contained in a written form, which is the custody or possession of any public official, agency or institution howsoever described, is established.” 2. “An applicant under this Act needs not demonstrate any specific interest in the information being applied for.” 3. “Any person entitled to the right to information under this Act, shall have the right to institute proceedings in the Court to compel any public institution to comply with the provisions of this Act.” Section 31 of the FOI Act defines a public institution to include legislative, executive, judicial, administrative or advisory body of the Government, including boards, bureau, committees or commissions, subsidiary bodies of state etc. Hence, WAEC is unarguably a public institution within the interpretation of the Act.
In the light of the foregoing provisions of the FOI Act, it is clear that any person can apply to WAEC to view its 1976 records of certificates issued for the purpose of comparison with the certificate submitted by the Governor-elect to INEC. WAEC on the other hand is bound to comply with the provisions of the FOI Act and make such records available to the Applicant otherwise the Applicant is entitled to sue WAEC for compliance with the Act. However the Governor-elect, who has enjoyed the support of the Kwarans, can save people and also WAEC the stress of dealing with several FOI Applications by simply addressing this issue and adducing facts to disprove this allegation.
As the saying goes, "a stitch in time saves nine", Kwara electorates having played their role in the emergence of the new government should also, from now begin to demand transparency and accountability. We have already seen cases of Kwarans going to court to demand accountability on this issue. One of such cases is Suit No: KWS/73/2019 - between Adekunle Oluwafemi Abraham v. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq where the claimant had prayed the court to disqualify the Governor elect based on the issue of this forged WAEC certificate. With all indications and with the way Kwarans are so interested in this matter, several other suits may be filed against Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, as he has a critical role to play in order to put this matter to rest. Despite all of the looming court cases in respect of this matter, The Governor elect Abdulrahman Abdulrazak, as a mark of responsibility, owes the good people of Kwara an explanation of the true state of the matter because of the overwhelming support he has and also to serve as a marker of transparency and accountability of his government when sworn in. This allegation if handled well is capable of converting even the most stout opposition and most neutral observer into a supporter and if handled poorly can be disappointing, but it should not be allowed to die silently.
Hussein Afolabi, Esq., is a legal practitioner and political analyst writing from Ilorin, Kwara State.
NgeneUkwenu: If you had relied on the number of Likes and Shares On Nairaland and Tweets and Retweets on Twitter, ipob pigs had for this man, you wouldn't believe that the so called Supper Ethnic Chief Justice, would succumb to the rule of law.
Moral Lesson 1: Most keyboard warriors are cowards.
Moral Lesson 2: Nigeria will be too hot for criminals in Buhari's Next Level, so if you are thief or planning to be, you better vote Atiku or source for Visa.
alizma: only the poor in brain a foolish enough to support a man who said he forgot 1b naira in an account. I forgot to declare it means I forgot I have such. let's assume he actually forgot, do you know how stinkingly rich you need to be to forget you have 1billion naira? do you know that about 2,000 youths would have been enriched with half a million naira(500,000) each if that money had been used to settle newly graduated students who desired to start up their own businesses? ask yourself if you are actually part of them, if they actually recognise and treat you as one of them before you jump half naked into the street shouting we no go gree.
I went emotional for this write-up and still feels like crying. Imagine the numbers of people #1billion could better their lives with 500k each. And it's still these gullible youths/graduates that would be carrying placards, shouting "we no go gree" under intense sun because of 5k while their future is being looted.
All these unethical practices were the trademark of Onnoghen, no wonder Atiku and his law friends wanted to die on the case.
Their plans was shattered
Maybe some people don't understand what we are saying and why we're loyal to this cause.
We are simply worried as a Nigerian to know:
1) How can a judge have over 10 dead Justice on his approved list of election tribunal? For what? Obviously to take signatures after election regarding the outcome.
2) How can Onnoghen be operating 5 DOM accounts. Is he a bureau de change?
3) How can you claim to forget declaring $3million in his DOM accounts. What was he thinking?
4) What kind of judgement was former CJN passing for PDP to have such amount of money in his foreign accounts?
5) How did he gathered over 50 properties and all of them were undeclared assets. Was he awarded an oil block?
6) How can you be indicted by the CCB and be confirmed guilty by the CCT at the same time and you're not ashamed to think of resigning?
In all honesty, I doubt the sanity of anyone supporting the nefarious act. This is corruption at its peak.
This decision is one of the best made by President Buhari and it's highly commendable.
lonelydora: My dislike for APC/Buhari should not be seen as my likeness for PDP/Atiku. But, the truth remains that WE will vote for Atiku because he is the only person capable of ousting Buhari out of Aso Rock.
Any vote given to any other candidate apart from Atiku is wasted, and it may increase Buhari's chance of coming back.
The '3rd Force' should start now and prepare for 2023. We will vote PDP out by 2023
As per your name 'lonelydora' you are on your own, vote Atiku at your risk . I'm on to the "NEXT LEVEL ".
rentAcock: No sir, the next Facebook creator is in Silicon Valley, USA, Bejing China, Berlin, Germany, Bangalore, India, Vancouver Canada , London UK and not Federal University of Technology Akure. We play too much in this country, some of our schools are still using Windows 94 computers to teach programming while Some don't even have computers but expect you to learn coding by craming. Until we invest massively into IT and skill development, we are not going anywhere and foreign tech companies will country to lure our best minds with blood money kinda salary and residency.
I'd once liked your comment but later withdrew it, listen to the clip again, you'd hear him talked about investing in "knowledge economy" . That could actually be for the intelligent and curious ones with active listening abilities , not for your category anyway.
rentAcock: Poor girl doesn't realize that by the time she's 30yrs old Nigeria's crude oil would've run out, average temperature will be 55 C, Lagos will be submerged 6 meters below sea level, politicians would've sold 50% of the county to the Chinese and embezzle 75% of the CBN's reserve and there will be decade long famines . I feel sorry for this girl and her peers, it will be rough in Nigeria.
Your prophecy shall not come to pass by God's grace. Nigeria and its constituent shall not experience any hardship than we've experienced. It shall be well with us. #bepositive
PoliticsNGR has just been furnished with a transcript from a Press Conference by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta earlier today accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of plotting to rig the 2019 General Elections.
Read the Full Statement Below;
I am concerned as a democrat who believes that with faithful and diligent practice of democracy, we can get over most of our political problems and move steadfastly and surefootedly on the course of stability, unity of purpose, socio-economic growth and progress for all.
Democracy becomes a sham if elections are carried out by people who should be impartial and neutral umpires, but who show no integrity, acting with blatant partiality, duplicity and imbecility. For all democrats and those carrying out the process of elections, there must be the redline that must not be crossed in tactics and practices of democracy.
I personally have serious doubt about the present INEC’s integrity, impartiality and competence to conduct a fair, free and credible election. And if the INEC is willing, will the ruling party and government allow it? From what we saw and knew about Osun State gubernatorial election, what was conclusive was declared inconclusive despite all advice to the contrary.
The unnecessary rerun, if viewed as a test-run for a larger general election, would lead people to expect incidences of deliberately contrived, broken or non-working voting machines or card readers, confusion of voters as to their voting stations, inadequate supply of voting materials to designated places, long line to discourage voters and turning blind eyes to favour the blue-eye political party of INEC because the Commission’s hands will be tied to enable hatchet men and women to perform their unwholesome assignment.
The transmission and collation of results are subject to interference, manipulation and meddling. If the INEC’s favourite political party wins with all the above infractions, the result will be conclusively declared and if not, there will be a ‘rerun’, the result of which is known before it is carried out. I know that I am not alone in being sceptical about the integrity of INEC and its ability to act creditably and above board. But we are open to be convinced otherwise.
The joke about INEC would seem real. The INEC was asked if the Commission was ready for the election and if it expects the election to be free, fair and credible. The INEC man is reported as saying in response, “we are ready with everything including the results!” God save Nigeria! It is up to Nigerians to ensure that the redline is not crossed in safeguarding our fledgling democracy. And if crossed, appropriate action must be taken not to allow our democracy to be derailed.
A friend of mine who is more credulous and who claims to be close to the Chair of INEC keeps telling me that INEC will retrieve its image and reputation by conducting the coming elections with utmost integrity and impartiality. I am not sure as I believe more in action than in words and in past record than in promise. The track record of the present INEC is fairly sordid and all men and women of goodwill and believers in democracy must be prepared for the worst from INEC and their encouragers and how to get Nigeria out of the electoral morass that the Commission is driving us into.
To be forewarned is to be forearmed. A battle long forewarned does not embroil the cripple nor catch him unawares. A word is sufficient for the wise. The labour of Nigerian democracy heroes must not be in vain. Some men of God would hold President Buhari to his word on free, fair, credible and peaceful elections. I am a realist and I reiterate that I go by track record. Therefore, I am not persuaded by a track record of hollow words, impunity, insensitivity and ‘I-couldn’t-care-less’ attitude, or by the sanctimonious claims of any candidate and his campaign staff. I will only believe what I see. This is a time for vigilance to fight to safeguard our votes and defend our democracy.
The price of liberty and sustenance of our democracy is eternal vigilance and appropriate reaction to ward off iniquities. We must all be ready to pay that price and not relying on hollow words of callousness. The derailment of Nigerian democracy will be a monumental disaster comparable to the disaster of the Nigerian first military coup.
While Nigerians must not allow such a disaster to happen nor take such an affront lying low, the international community who played an admirable role in warning INEC, of course, to no avail on the Osun State gubernatorial election and who have been warning all political parties must on this occasion give more serious warning, send more people to the field to observe and work out punitive measures against INEC and security officials especially the Police and politicians who stand to gain from INEC’s misconduct, which is obviously encouraged by the Executive Arm of Government and who must be held responsible for the violence that will follow.
Such measures can vary from denial and withdrawal of visas from the people concerned and from their families to other more stringent measures including their accounts being frozen and taking them to International Criminal Court, ICC, if violence emanates from their action or inaction. Nigeria must not be allowed to slip off the democratic path nor go into anarchy and ruin. No individual nor group has monopoly of violence or gangsterism. And we must not forget that in human interaction, reactions are normally greater than action, though opposite.
It is no use, at this juncture, to keep lamenting about the failure, incompetence, divisiveness, nepotism, encouragement and condonation of corruption by Buhari administration as there is neither redeeming feature nor personality to salvage the situation within that hierarchy. You cannot give what you don’t have. Bode George put it bluntly in his statement of December 3, 2018 when he said: “The other day, the Vice-President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo - a learned man, an enlightened person in all parameters – was seen at various markets in Lagos State and Abuja distributing N10,000 each to market women. What an absurdity! It was indeed an obscene display of executive recklessness and abuse of office. Pray, where did the money come from? Was it budgeted for in the appropriation law? In more civilised nations, Osinbajo would have been impeached and prosecuted for gutting our collective treasury.”
What an act by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria lawyer, number 2 man in the Executive hierarchy; and what is more, a pastor of one of the Christian movements led by a revered, respected and upright church leader, Pastor E. A. Adeboye. Osinbajo must have gone for, “if you can’t beat them, join them”. A great pity indeed and which makes people ask the questions, “Any hope?” Yes, for me, there is hope. Osinbajo has shown the human weakness and proved the saying that the corruption of the best is the worst form of corruption. His explanation that it was their government programme can only be construed to be very shallow and lopsided, if not an outrightly idiotic programme.
Traders in rural and sub-urban areas of Nigeria are many more than those in urban areas and they are much poorer than traders in Lagos, Abuja and other cities. They need more attention and greater help. Are they to be confined to the heap of perpetual poverty? What of those who are not traders? They are not entitled to hand-out and they can languish in penury? And what about millions who have lost their jobs in the last three and a half years? The timing is also suspect. Those who criticise the action are called evil but they are not evil as they know what they are doing and saying, and they love Nigeria and Nigerians not less than the likes of Osinbajo. They are not devils incarnate; they are patriots.
What is the connection between taking the number of PVC (Permanent Voters Card) of the recipient of the N10,000 doled out to ‘traders’ and the forthcoming election? There is something sinister about it, and Professor Osinbajo, of all people, should know that. With collusion of the INEC officials and card readers not made to work, anybody quoting the PVC number may be allowed to vote as the revised Electoral Bill was not signed. And if that happens all over the country, it will be massive rigging indeed. The Chairman of INEC must stand firm and carry out his duties with competence and unbending neutrality. Card readers must be used without fail and accreditation must be completed and number ascertained and made public before voting commences as was done in 2015.
Amina Zakari has become too controversial a figure to be able to give assurance of free, fair and credible election for INEC. President Buhari and her family have declared that there is no blood relationship but there is relationship through marriage and that is more than enough for the good lady to step aside. A judge does not sit in judgement over a case once he or she becomes a cause for controversy or one side in the case has strongly objected to the judge. Madam Amina Zakari should, in honour, stay out and not be seen as a source of contamination of the election. Otherwise, it will be difficulty to deny the rumour that she is being assigned to Collation Centre for one duty only – to write out figures that are not results of the voting in the field on fake results sheets without water mark or on genuine results sheets which she will have access to as a Commissioner. Amina Zakari is not the only Commissioner that can be in the Collation Centre. Let the INEC Chairman act boldly and impartially and prove his absolute neutrality and responsiveness to contribute to make the election peacefully free, fair and credible. His integrity needs to be transparently demonstrated.
We should remember that there had been reports of INEC sponsored rigging in the past, and also with INEC officials through collation and with officials being put in party coordinators’ dresses and working for the political party favoured by INEC and also putting the dresses of other parties on INEC-favoured parties and police uniforms on INEC-favoured parties to rig all the elections for the favoured party. Like all of us, INEC knows all these and it should devise means to make sure they do not happen. But will they? One way will be to only allow card readers to be means of authenticating voters and where there is no such authentication, it should mean no voting. The second is to use only identity cards with watermarks issued by INEC itself to party officials only for identification of political party coordinators, officials and agents and not political parties dresses or arm and wrist bands which anybody can wear for purposes of identification on election duty or function. Both the Presidency and the National Assembly must so far be commended for adequately providing funding as confirmed by INEC, and therefore funding cannot be an excuse for poor performance by INEC.
President Buhari and his hatchet men in the coming election think that the judiciary must be primed in their favour. Hence, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, has been harassed and prosecuted for non-declaration of his assets without following the Constitution and the law, just to make him conform or set him aside for a Buhari man to take over or act, as President Buhari and his people believe no stone should be left unturned to rig Buhari in. It seems to be a ploy to intimidate the judiciary as a whole in preparation for all election cases that will go before them.
Where and how will all these stop? Typically, with overwhelming outrage and condemnation, we are told that the Presidency denied knowledge of the action. But the Vice-President told us that the President knew of the action on Saturday night for everything that has been prepared for Monday morning. Haba VP, it doesn’t happen that way. Nobody should take such measure against any of the four in hierarchy below the President or any of his ministers without his knowledge and indeed his approval. But if that can happen to the Chief Justice of the Federation, the fifth man in the hierarchy of government, without the knowledge let alone the approval of the President, then it speaks for the type of government we have which means the President is not in charge let alone being in control and no Nigerian must take anything for granted. We are all unsafe and insecure under such an administration. And enough of it! Buhari’s apologists will not stop at anything to try to cover up his administration’s inadequate performance and character. A constitutional liberal democracy cannot thrive without an independent and insulated judiciary from the executive and the legislature. Nigerians must wake up and stop these acts of wanton desperation tantamount to mental incapacity to run the affairs of Nigeria wholesomely.
Life and living are anchored on trust. But if I trust you and you deceive, cheat or disappoint me the first time, it is shame on you. However, if I allow you to do so the same thing for me the second time, I do not only have myself to blame, I must be regarded as a compound fool.
Buhari has succeeded in deceiving us the first time and we will be fools to allow ourselves to be deceived the second time. Buba Galadima, who knows Buhari very well as a confidant and National Secretary of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, the Buhari’s party before it joined in forming All Progressives Congress, APC, has warned us this time around that no matter what he promises, he cannot change his character and attitude.
He describes him as inflexible, insincere, dubious, intolerant, never accepts responsibility when things go wrong and impervious to reason and advice for change. If you cannot change your mind, you cannot change anything is the assertion of George Bernard Shaw. Even when figures, facts and statistics are made clear to Buhari, he keeps repeating what is untrue, either because he cannot understand or for mischief purposes and that places him on the level of a pathological liar. He believes he can get away with impunity and deceit as he seems to have done on many occasions in the past. Buba Galadima’s position is well complemented by Dr. Auwalu Anwar on the APC, CPC, TBO and Buhari’s character and attitude in his yet to be launched book, “Politics As Dashed Hopes in Nigeria”. It is also a stunning revelation. Anwar clearly pointed out, “the brazen display of incompetence, insensitivity and irresponsiveness by delusional party, CPC, leadership at all levels”. Buhari was the leader of the party. Bola Tinubu’s statement about Muhammadu Buhari in 2003 is fairly prophetic, “Muhammadu Buhari is an agent of destabilisation, ethnic bigot and religious fanatic who, if given the chance, would ensure the disintegration of the country. His ethnocentrism would jeopardise Nigeria’s national unity.”
Junaid Mohammed was eloquent on the issue of nepotism. But if as we were told that Buhari is nepotic because he does not trust others, why should others trust him to continue to put their fate and life in his hand. Trust begets trust. They cannot be trusted for ‘sensitive’ appointment but they can be sent out to campaign for his re-election. Who is fooling who?
"Baa Turanchi , Mi o gbo Oyinbo, Amaghị m bekee" ..... So, I don't understand his epistle ... The only pidgin I hear is " waka to the next level" E be like say he and his cohorts are feeling heat. Imagine, this is coming from a man who conducted the most incredible election ever in the history of this country.
PoliticsNGR has just been furnished with a transcript from a Press Conference by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta earlier today accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of plotting to rig the 2019 General Elections.
Read the Full Statement Below;
I am concerned as a democrat who believes that with faithful and diligent practice of democracy, we can get over most of our political problems and move steadfastly and surefootedly on the course of stability, unity of purpose, socio-economic growth and progress for all.
Democracy becomes a sham if elections are carried out by people who should be impartial and neutral umpires, but who show no integrity, acting with blatant partiality, duplicity and imbecility. For all democrats and those carrying out the process of elections, there must be the redline that must not be crossed in tactics and practices of democracy.
I personally have serious doubt about the present INEC’s integrity, impartiality and competence to conduct a fair, free and credible election. And if the INEC is willing, will the ruling party and government allow it? From what we saw and knew about Osun State gubernatorial election, what was conclusive was declared inconclusive despite all advice to the contrary.
The unnecessary rerun, if viewed as a test-run for a larger general election, would lead people to expect incidences of deliberately contrived, broken or non-working voting machines or card readers, confusion of voters as to their voting stations, inadequate supply of voting materials to designated places, long line to discourage voters and turning blind eyes to favour the blue-eye political party of INEC because the Commission’s hands will be tied to enable hatchet men and women to perform their unwholesome assignment.
The transmission and collation of results are subject to interference, manipulation and meddling. If the INEC’s favourite political party wins with all the above infractions, the result will be conclusively declared and if not, there will be a ‘rerun’, the result of which is known before it is carried out. I know that I am not alone in being sceptical about the integrity of INEC and its ability to act creditably and above board. But we are open to be convinced otherwise.
The joke about INEC would seem real. The INEC was asked if the Commission was ready for the election and if it expects the election to be free, fair and credible. The INEC man is reported as saying in response, “we are ready with everything including the results!” God save Nigeria! It is up to Nigerians to ensure that the redline is not crossed in safeguarding our fledgling democracy. And if crossed, appropriate action must be taken not to allow our democracy to be derailed.
A friend of mine who is more credulous and who claims to be close to the Chair of INEC keeps telling me that INEC will retrieve its image and reputation by conducting the coming elections with utmost integrity and impartiality. I am not sure as I believe more in action than in words and in past record than in promise. The track record of the present INEC is fairly sordid and all men and women of goodwill and believers in democracy must be prepared for the worst from INEC and their encouragers and how to get Nigeria out of the electoral morass that the Commission is driving us into.
To be forewarned is to be forearmed. A battle long forewarned does not embroil the cripple nor catch him unawares. A word is sufficient for the wise. The labour of Nigerian democracy heroes must not be in vain. Some men of God would hold President Buhari to his word on free, fair, credible and peaceful elections. I am a realist and I reiterate that I go by track record. Therefore, I am not persuaded by a track record of hollow words, impunity, insensitivity and ‘I-couldn’t-care-less’ attitude, or by the sanctimonious claims of any candidate and his campaign staff. I will only believe what I see. This is a time for vigilance to fight to safeguard our votes and defend our democracy.
The price of liberty and sustenance of our democracy is eternal vigilance and appropriate reaction to ward off iniquities. We must all be ready to pay that price and not relying on hollow words of callousness. The derailment of Nigerian democracy will be a monumental disaster comparable to the disaster of the Nigerian first military coup.
While Nigerians must not allow such a disaster to happen nor take such an affront lying low, the international community who played an admirable role in warning INEC, of course, to no avail on the Osun State gubernatorial election and who have been warning all political parties must on this occasion give more serious warning, send more people to the field to observe and work out punitive measures against INEC and security officials especially the Police and politicians who stand to gain from INEC’s misconduct, which is obviously encouraged by the Executive Arm of Government and who must be held responsible for the violence that will follow.
Such measures can vary from denial and withdrawal of visas from the people concerned and from their families to other more stringent measures including their accounts being frozen and taking them to International Criminal Court, ICC, if violence emanates from their action or inaction. Nigeria must not be allowed to slip off the democratic path nor go into anarchy and ruin. No individual nor group has monopoly of violence or gangsterism. And we must not forget that in human interaction, reactions are normally greater than action, though opposite.
It is no use, at this juncture, to keep lamenting about the failure, incompetence, divisiveness, nepotism, encouragement and condonation of corruption by Buhari administration as there is neither redeeming feature nor personality to salvage the situation within that hierarchy. You cannot give what you don’t have. Bode George put it bluntly in his statement of December 3, 2018 when he said: “The other day, the Vice-President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo - a learned man, an enlightened person in all parameters – was seen at various markets in Lagos State and Abuja distributing N10,000 each to market women. What an absurdity! It was indeed an obscene display of executive recklessness and abuse of office. Pray, where did the money come from? Was it budgeted for in the appropriation law? In more civilised nations, Osinbajo would have been impeached and prosecuted for gutting our collective treasury.”
What an act by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria lawyer, number 2 man in the Executive hierarchy; and what is more, a pastor of one of the Christian movements led by a revered, respected and upright church leader, Pastor E. A. Adeboye. Osinbajo must have gone for, “if you can’t beat them, join them”. A great pity indeed and which makes people ask the questions, “Any hope?” Yes, for me, there is hope. Osinbajo has shown the human weakness and proved the saying that the corruption of the best is the worst form of corruption. His explanation that it was their government programme can only be construed to be very shallow and lopsided, if not an outrightly idiotic programme.
Traders in rural and sub-urban areas of Nigeria are many more than those in urban areas and they are much poorer than traders in Lagos, Abuja and other cities. They need more attention and greater help. Are they to be confined to the heap of perpetual poverty? What of those who are not traders? They are not entitled to hand-out and they can languish in penury? And what about millions who have lost their jobs in the last three and a half years? The timing is also suspect. Those who criticise the action are called evil but they are not evil as they know what they are doing and saying, and they love Nigeria and Nigerians not less than the likes of Osinbajo. They are not devils incarnate; they are patriots.
What is the connection between taking the number of PVC (Permanent Voters Card) of the recipient of the N10,000 doled out to ‘traders’ and the forthcoming election? There is something sinister about it, and Professor Osinbajo, of all people, should know that. With collusion of the INEC officials and card readers not made to work, anybody quoting the PVC number may be allowed to vote as the revised Electoral Bill was not signed. And if that happens all over the country, it will be massive rigging indeed. The Chairman of INEC must stand firm and carry out his duties with competence and unbending neutrality. Card readers must be used without fail and accreditation must be completed and number ascertained and made public before voting commences as was done in 2015.
Amina Zakari has become too controversial a figure to be able to give assurance of free, fair and credible election for INEC. President Buhari and her family have declared that there is no blood relationship but there is relationship through marriage and that is more than enough for the good lady to step aside. A judge does not sit in judgement over a case once he or she becomes a cause for controversy or one side in the case has strongly objected to the judge. Madam Amina Zakari should, in honour, stay out and not be seen as a source of contamination of the election. Otherwise, it will be difficulty to deny the rumour that she is being assigned to Collation Centre for one duty only – to write out figures that are not results of the voting in the field on fake results sheets without water mark or on genuine results sheets which she will have access to as a Commissioner. Amina Zakari is not the only Commissioner that can be in the Collation Centre. Let the INEC Chairman act boldly and impartially and prove his absolute neutrality and responsiveness to contribute to make the election peacefully free, fair and credible. His integrity needs to be transparently demonstrated.
We should remember that there had been reports of INEC sponsored rigging in the past, and also with INEC officials through collation and with officials being put in party coordinators’ dresses and working for the political party favoured by INEC and also putting the dresses of other parties on INEC-favoured parties and police uniforms on INEC-favoured parties to rig all the elections for the favoured party. Like all of us, INEC knows all these and it should devise means to make sure they do not happen. But will they? One way will be to only allow card readers to be means of authenticating voters and where there is no such authentication, it should mean no voting. The second is to use only identity cards with watermarks issued by INEC itself to party officials only for identification of political party coordinators, officials and agents and not political parties dresses or arm and wrist bands which anybody can wear for purposes of identification on election duty or function. Both the Presidency and the National Assembly must so far be commended for adequately providing funding as confirmed by INEC, and therefore funding cannot be an excuse for poor performance by INEC.
President Buhari and his hatchet men in the coming election think that the judiciary must be primed in their favour. Hence, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, has been harassed and prosecuted for non-declaration of his assets without following the Constitution and the law, just to make him conform or set him aside for a Buhari man to take over or act, as President Buhari and his people believe no stone should be left unturned to rig Buhari in. It seems to be a ploy to intimidate the judiciary as a whole in preparation for all election cases that will go before them.
Where and how will all these stop? Typically, with overwhelming outrage and condemnation, we are told that the Presidency denied knowledge of the action. But the Vice-President told us that the President knew of the action on Saturday night for everything that has been prepared for Monday morning. Haba VP, it doesn’t happen that way. Nobody should take such measure against any of the four in hierarchy below the President or any of his ministers without his knowledge and indeed his approval. But if that can happen to the Chief Justice of the Federation, the fifth man in the hierarchy of government, without the knowledge let alone the approval of the President, then it speaks for the type of government we have which means the President is not in charge let alone being in control and no Nigerian must take anything for granted. We are all unsafe and insecure under such an administration. And enough of it! Buhari’s apologists will not stop at anything to try to cover up his administration’s inadequate performance and character. A constitutional liberal democracy cannot thrive without an independent and insulated judiciary from the executive and the legislature. Nigerians must wake up and stop these acts of wanton desperation tantamount to mental incapacity to run the affairs of Nigeria wholesomely.
Life and living are anchored on trust. But if I trust you and you deceive, cheat or disappoint me the first time, it is shame on you. However, if I allow you to do so the same thing for me the second time, I do not only have myself to blame, I must be regarded as a compound fool.
Buhari has succeeded in deceiving us the first time and we will be fools to allow ourselves to be deceived the second time. Buba Galadima, who knows Buhari very well as a confidant and National Secretary of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, the Buhari’s party before it joined in forming All Progressives Congress, APC, has warned us this time around that no matter what he promises, he cannot change his character and attitude.
He describes him as inflexible, insincere, dubious, intolerant, never accepts responsibility when things go wrong and impervious to reason and advice for change. If you cannot change your mind, you cannot change anything is the assertion of George Bernard Shaw. Even when figures, facts and statistics are made clear to Buhari, he keeps repeating what is untrue, either because he cannot understand or for mischief purposes and that places him on the level of a pathological liar. He believes he can get away with impunity and deceit as he seems to have done on many occasions in the past. Buba Galadima’s position is well complemented by Dr. Auwalu Anwar on the APC, CPC, TBO and Buhari’s character and attitude in his yet to be launched book, “Politics As Dashed Hopes in Nigeria”. It is also a stunning revelation. Anwar clearly pointed out, “the brazen display of incompetence, insensitivity and irresponsiveness by delusional party, CPC, leadership at all levels”. Buhari was the leader of the party. Bola Tinubu’s statement about Muhammadu Buhari in 2003 is fairly prophetic, “Muhammadu Buhari is an agent of destabilisation, ethnic bigot and religious fanatic who, if given the chance, would ensure the disintegration of the country. His ethnocentrism would jeopardise Nigeria’s national unity.”
Junaid Mohammed was eloquent on the issue of nepotism. But if as we were told that Buhari is nepotic because he does not trust others, why should others trust him to continue to put their fate and life in his hand. Trust begets trust. They cannot be trusted for ‘sensitive’ appointment but they can be sent out to campaign for his re-election. Who is fooling who?
"Baa Turanchi , Mi o gbo Oyinbo, Amaghị m bekee" ..... So, I don't understand of his epistle ... The only pidgin I hear is " waka to the next level" E be like say he and his cohorts are feeling heat. Imagine, this is coming from a man who conducted the most incredible ever in the history of the country.
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