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That flyover was commissioned in a rush to score cheap political.points by GEJ without considering Tue safety implications. PDP/GEJ would go to any length to benefit from any thing even at the expense of Nigerian lives. I have Decided To Give Baba A Chance To Change Nigeria |
sCun:And build a world class bridge that is toll free before the end of 2018. Abi you no read this part? |
BossTtdiamonds:Great to hear from Nigerians with vision. You guys should ready your PVCs (Please Vote Change) and do the rightful and needful on Saturday. Their fresh air has been choking Nigerians since 2010. Say no to cluelessness. God Bless. Nigeria Sai Baba |
KwoiZabo:Please do not mix up things here. A state government bridge is not the same as a federal government bridge. Lekki-Ikoyi suspension link bridge is wholly state sponsored and the first of its kind in Nigeria. That's is Lagos State issue. Under GEJ, the 2nd Niger Bridge will be the only tolled FG bridge in Nigeria. What have the Ndi-Igbo done to deserve this injustice? Let GEJ/PDP build one toll bridge each geopolitical zone to be fair. cc: Lalasticlala, Ishilove, Maclatunji, Obinoscopy, OAM4J |
Beamborla:Honestly GEJ and his brother Minimah are a huge let down to Nigeria. These are funds that could.have benefited the weakened Nigeria Military and even the paramilitary forces being shelled to countries that still disrespect Nigeria. I cannot believe that some people will actually go and place their votes for such cowardice, callousness, cluelessness and massive failure on Saturday. |
This message is really what Nigerians need to heed. PDP should allow elections to happen peacefully without rigging. Militants should accept the results of the elections without prejudice. The AIG should not chase people away from.polling centres after they cast their votes. The Army should stay away from the polling area as passed by the Courts. APC should abide by the law and not take the law into their hands even if provoked by PDP. God bless Nigeria. Sai BUHARI. cc: Lalasticlala, Ishilove, Maclatunji, Obinoscopy, OAM4J |
OREMUSSANCTUS:Hold your horses and see how GMB will get at least 30% votes in the SE. Just hold your horses. Nigeria Sai Baba |
delishpot:It is a shame |
To all the unwitting comparisons to Obama's itinerary, you guys have missed the point of the OP. Obama's activities as president do not lead to police being withdrawn from regular masses and exposing them to dangers like it happened in Lagos when GEJ visited. Because Obama does it in the US does not justify it in Nigeria. Obama.os literally the president of the free world. Who is GEJ? Our sociopolitical and economic situations are not comparable. When making comparisons, use best judgement please. |
TheProfe:He is not worthy of your admonition. His senses have been thrown to the dogs a long time ago. Take note. |
PassingShot:Exactly what I was going to type. GMB only needs to stop GEJ from getting bloc votes in the SE and SS. He doesn't need to win. There is no rational reason to argue to another GEJ presidency and even Ndi Igbo are intelligent enough to discern. |
mickyeddi:A lot of Nigerian youths don't know their right from their left or their human rights. That is why some will.come and defend reckless leadership that puts peoples lives at risk like the unlucky fish seller in Lekki, Lagos. |
OluBendel:Explains the reason why the Lekki robbery was a success. The PDP mentality of only GEJ and party bigwigs are important has brought badluck to Nigerians from the NE to the SW. Fashola is a very intelligent man and had pointed if out succrinctly. GEJ's time of impunity is up. cc: Lalasticlala, Ishilove, Maclatunji, Obinoscopy, OAM4J |
myhoodlink:The open secret is that GEJ was complacent for 5 Years and woke up when electoral defeat stared at the fisherman in the face. Remember, if insurgency lasts for more than a day, the government has a hand in it. It is too late. The 20,000 dead cannot be written off just like that. |
GBTYO:If you have nothing sensible to type just save your hard earned MB. Its apparent you have never set foot in ABJ. ![]() |
Firefire:Are you suffering from dyslexia? Did you read the OP at all? Please wake up from monkey tail PDP business. March 28, Sai Baba |
myhoodlink:Speak for yourself. You are obviously more intelligent than this government, unfortunately. This same government left towns unoccupied after Chadian troops conquests only for Boko Haram to take over. It took the return of Chadian troops to displace Book Haram from those towns. It was so bad Chad had to proclaim than Nigerian troops are scared of occupying liberated towns. Anyway GMB will do the needful once he is sworn in by May 29. |
[img]http://media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2015/03/799x379xPicture-132.png.pagespeed.ic.TQKjeiF0ly.webp[/img] On Saturday, March 21, President Goodluck Jonathan and his campaign team flew out of Abuja in two aircrafts for another round of vote solicitation in Kano and neighbouring Katsina ahead of the March 28 national elections. Four hours before the President left his home at the Presidential villa that Saturday, over 200 police officers and about a hundred soldiers were withdrawn from their beats around the nation’s capital and made to line the about 40 kilometres route to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, some standing with their rifles on their shoulders, some sitting on pavements, stones and bare ground and others snoring away in patrol cars. The police wouldn’t say how many officers are deployed daily to patrol and secure Abuja, but residents believe the nation’s capital is under-policed, with some saying they have never seen a police officer patrol their areas. Yet, that Saturday, hundreds of officers, who could have patrolled streets to check crimes were mandated to line Mr. Jonathan’s route for hours, a practice security experts believe routinely compromises the capital’s security and exposes residents to robbery, abductions, rape, assaults and other criminal acts. A team of PREMIUM TIMES reporters, who monitored the president’s airport shuttle that Saturday, found that nearly all the patrol vehicles attached to the city’s police divisions and major intersections in the capital were withdrawn and used in transporting officers to locations along the major expressway from the State House to the presidential wing of the airport. The team counted at least 40 police patrol vehicles parked along the expressway from the Bolingo Hotel junction up to the Presidential wing entrance of the Airport. Each vehicle had at least five well armed police officers. That was aside the numerous other police officers stationed along the route, without vehicles by their side. The team’s conservative estimate suggested that at least 200 police officers were withdrawn from the city centre to guard the expressway that day. Presidency insiders say that practice is routine, and that there is no plan to review it. Apart from the policemen, the reporters also saw troops from the Guard Brigade in some strategic locations along the route, especially by the several suburb localities. “We saw at least one armoured personnel carrier with some soldiers near the intersection leading to Kuje Area Council before the Airport gate,” one reporter said. Analysts believe it costs Nigeria several millions of naira whenever the President shuttles to airports. The numerous vehicles lining the expressway and the ones on the president’s convoy would have to be fueled, while the police officers on guard duty along the route are paid allowances,” a security official familiar with the working of the presidential villa told PREMIUM TIMES. “Presidential movements are expensive and that is one thing Nigerians must learn to live with.” A resident of one pf the estates along the Abuja Airport expressway, Emmanuel Ogala, said the security official deployed to guard the president’s routes at times molest innocent civilians. “The roads are closed for like 30 minutes before the President passes, God help you if you have an emergency and the president is traveling,” he said. [img]http://media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2015/03/400x533xIMG_20150123_195219.jpg.pagespeed.ic.K1P3IjCOt8.webp[/img] When the President uses the airport road, thousands of travellers are forced to halt for up to 30 minutes [img]http://media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2015/03/749x420xIMG_20150123_1951061.jpg.pagespeed.ic.RbfUfNthc0.webp[/img] Between the President’s travels and compromised security Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos recently blamed the president when armed robbers attacked residents of Lekki Peninsula on March 12, killing six. Mr. Fashola said police officers who would have helped in repelling the bank robbery were deployed to protect Mr. Jonathan when he visited the state that day, an argument the presidency described as unintelligent and irresponsible. “Perhaps what would be would have been, but it’s sad to see all our security personnel, all our security vehicles deployed to protect one man,” said Mr. Fashola, who spoke at an event, An Evening with Buhari and Osinbajo, in Lagos. “All the vehicles we bought for the police were stationed to receive the President in Lagos. Those policemen have children and tonight their mothers will have to explain to them why daddy is not coming home.” The presidency however described Mr. Fashola’s statement as “grossly and utterly irresponsible.” “We expect that a man of his status, who is the Governor of a state should speak more responsibly,” the presidency said in the statement. “It doesn’t make any sense whatsoever that the entire police formation in a state would be deployed to protect the president of Nigeria. “The visit of the President (to) any part of the country does not necessitate the depletion of the police force active in that particular state or its environment.” http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/178901-how-president-jonathans-airport-shuttles-weaken-abuja-security-endanger-residents.html |
[img]http://media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2014/12/800x600xPIC.-3.-RECAPTURE-OF-MUBI-TOWN.jpg.pagespeed.ic.wOV-wH7-de.webp[/img] Security experts have warned that reclaiming territories earlier seized by Boko Haram does not signal the defeat of the insurgents who have caused the death of about 20,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands. The warning is contained in a recent report published by the Nigeria Security Network, a group of Nigerian and international experts working on the country’s security. In the report titled, “End of Boko Haram? – Nigeria’s rapid territorial gains and the role of foreign advisors,” the group warned against the involvement of foreign fighters in the ongoing war. It, however, noted that the Nigerian military backed by the West African multinational forces are having an upper hand in the battle to defeat the insurgents. Up until February 2015, Boko Haram had pushed Nigerian troops out of vast swathes of territory in Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states after a rapid advance beginning around July 2014. Borno was worst affected, with as much as 60 per cent of the state’s territory outside of government control and Maiduguri, the capital, almost surrounded. But in an aggressive offensive, government forces in the last three weeks have retaken most of the towns earlier captured by Boko Haram. Some of the recaptured towns include Baga, Bama, Gamboru Ngala, Goniri, Dikwa, Buni Yadi, Marte, and Madagali. Currently, the only major town that remains under Boko Haram control is Gwoza, which the insurgents designated as capital of their Islamic caliphate. The report also said the security situation in Nigeria’s North-East is now more conducive to hold safe elections than it was in February when the presidential election was postponed. Before the recent gains by the Nigerian security forces, the report detailed how troops failed in tackling the insurgents with soldiers blaming their poor performance on insufficient equipment and ammunition. “There were also numerous reports of heavy weapons and aircraft malfunctioning. Moreover, soldiers complained of not receiving pay for long periods,” the report stated. It, however, noted that the unusual gains made by the government in recent weeks, coupled with the military’s performance last year, might have come as a result of the involvement of foreign advisors. “There are alternative explanations for recent gains, including the involvement of a multinational force comprising troops from Nigeria, Chad, and Niger, as well as the involvement of Cameroon around the Nigeria-Cameroon border area. “Chad in particular, has been credited with re-taking some territory previously held by Boko Haram, including the Nigerian town of Gamboru Ngala. “Moreover, new equipment acquisitions and the deployment of more effective Nigerian military units, including special forces reportedly trained by the UK, have undoubtedly made an impact. [/b]Foreign advisors may also have made a difference in a non-combat role,” the report states. Despite the gains made so far, [b]the report stated that that Boko Haram has not been defeated, stressing that insurgents cannot be expelled through a series of pitched battles. The security experts said Boko Haram will go into hiding while intensifying a guerrilla campaign. The experts could not, however, authenticate the alleged direct involvement of foreign advisors in combat operations as reported by the New York Times and Voice of America. The U.S. media has been largely critical of the Nigerian government’s handling of the Boko Haram insurgency. The New York Times and Voice of America reported that mercenaries from South Africa, Georgia, and Ukraine play a leading role in the fight against Boko Haram in Nigeria. Citing unnamed sources, the two U.S. media also claim that mercenaries have been using armoured vehicles, heavy weapons, and attack helicopters for combat operations at nightfall to avoid detection. The security experts, however, warned against any attempt to engage foreign fighters in the war against Boko Haram. “If the advisors become involved in combat, it is likely they will unintentionally harm civilians in the course of the fighting. It is also possible that some may become involved in human rights abuses due to the lack of oversight and accountability for their actions,” the report reads. “Once this begins to happen, opinion could turn against them, especially amongst those who were once sympathetic to Boko Haram’s messages. The advisors may start to be perceived as a force of occupation. “This could embolden Boko Haram and even swell its ranks. Due to the insurgency’s brutal attacks on civilian communities, it has struggled in recent months to attract voluntary recruits in Nigeria. “However, if the group is able to grasp the opportunity, the presence of a foreign force in the north-east may serve as a useful recruiting tool and make it easier for Boko Haram to hide in sympathetic communities. If this happens, the insurgency will be harder to defeat in the long term.” The report encourages the government and its security forces to engage in a long-term and comprehensive counter-insurgency campaign. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/178925-reclaiming-territories-not-end-to-boko-haram-experts-warn.html |
https://punch.cdn.ng/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Red-meat.jpg Prices of consumer goods across sectors have recently increased by more than 50 per cent and the situation is giving traders a lot of concern. Some of the traders told our correspondent that the increase in prices of commodities was casting shadows on commercial activities. “People are not patronising us as much as they usually do. On a good day, I would sell more than half of my wares before 6pm but today, I can count the number of customers who have bought from me,” a petty trader in Ipodo Market told our correspondent on Tuesday. In Oyingbo Market on Wednesday, a meat seller, Segun Dauda, said the price of a cow had increased from N150,000 to N200,000. According to Dauda, for fear of having leftover meat due to declining sales, he chose to cut down on the quantity of meat he bought from the abattoir. Dauda said, “Sales are generally dull these days. A customer who wants to buy N700 worth of meat will first of all scream when I show him/her the quantity of meat that sells for that amount. What we sold for N400 before is what sells for N700 currently. More and more people have shunned the meat stalls and since I don’t want to have too much leftover, I have also decided to limit the quantity that I buy.” An assorted spice and seasonings seller in Ipodo Market, Juliana Meze, said a medium pack of seasoning that sold for N150 last month now sells for N200. She added that buyers were busy scouting the market in search of cheaper alternatives. “I don’t know how to convince my customers that the price increase is not our fault,” she lamented. Some of the traders, though semi-educated, say that devaluation and the foreign exchange situation are to blame for the rising costs, according to the Secretary, Obadiya Market Association, Bamidele Green. Green said sellers blamed the rise in prices of seasoning and other consumables on devaluation and foreign exchange and blamed the increase in price of meat on Boko Haram in the North and the reluctance of owners to transport cows down to the South due to security reasons. Experts had predicted earlier that the slump in global prices of crude oil and the subsequent devaluation of the naira by the CBN would impact negatively on cost of manufacturing and pricing. Additionally, the local manufacturing sector has continued to come under pressure from the continued depreciation in the value of the naira. The PUNCH recently reported that Deposit Money Banks had reduced drastically the volume of foreign currency-denominated facilities being advanced to their customers In an interview with our correspondent, the Deputy Director-General, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, Mrs. Janet Omisore, noted that the implication of the reduction in the volume of foreign currency-denominated facilities for manufacturers was that they (manufacturers) were compelled to look for more naira to be able to purchase foreign exchange for importation of raw materials. Omisore added that since the beginning of the year, numerous policies and measures put in place to cushion the effects of dwindling oil revenue, coupled with high production and energy costs, had exerted a lot of pressure on businesses, resulting in inevitable rise in prices of consumer goods. She said, “Some of our members have had reasons to downsize in order to cope with the situation. In Lagos, some companies have even shut down operations for sometime as a way of trying to cope with the situation. “While looking at the alternative means of generating income, the government should also look at ways of ameliorating the suffering in the private sector. The various regulations on foreign exchange and increase in electricity tariff are factors that affect the sector negatively and the entire thing boils down to increase in prices of goods. Continuing, the NACCIMA deputy DG called for checks and balances to ensure that citizens did not suffer in the country’s quest for diversification. She said, “The situation needs to be looked into, so that our growing economy, represented by the Small and Medium Enterprise sector, can survive. In the area of electricity, there should be a means to ensure that manufacturers pay for the amount of electricity they have consumed. http://www.punchng.com/business/industry/traders-worry-over-rising-prices-of-meat-others/ |
espn:Amen. The dollar is at ion of Nigeria's political sphere has been advanced to a whole new level by GEJ |
This is an amazing thread. You can obviously tell which party is spending Nigeria's hard earned money frivolously. Bags of rice, US Dollars bribes, promises of positions in govt. etc. APC is showing us an example of how to efficiently run a campaign and eventually how to run a country. Financial prudence that is so much needed in Nigeria's govt today is definitely not being implemented by PDP. That explains the huge $70Billion govt debt and the degraded Naira. Only a myopic or complicit Nigerian will accept PDP lack of leadership for another 4 years. |
Of course.... Send GEJ and his militants back to the creeks so that they will be schooled on the value of good leadership. Permanent Red Card to Corruption, Insecurity, Lack of Refineries, Unemployment, Lack of Power and Poverty. Nigeria Sai Baba |
ishiamu:You congratulate someone when a job is conclusively and satisfactorily done. That Boko Haram is still killing people and occupying territories when Chadian troops withdraw tells me they are not yet fully decimated. I am still.holding on to my congratulatory message. |
seunmsg:RIGGING Even a toddler knows this about PDP |
So GEJ collected £305Million pounds from the UK in aids last year alone and Nigeria is broke and in massive debt? Wow. cc: Lalasticlala, Ishilove, Maclatunji, Obinoscopy |
kodded:What is good about a Nigeria Military MIA? ![]() |
https://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03238/nigeria-elections-_3238319e.jpg By Colin Freeman, Chief Foreign Correspondent British media outlets' applications to cover the Nigeria elections languish in a pile at Nigeria's London embassy. Is the country's government keeping foreign media away? I was looking forward to being in Nigeria this weekend, writing a preview for the presidential elections at the end of the month. Not the way every Telegraph reader might want to spend their weekend, I grant you, but by foreign correspondents' standards, it's a Premier League fixture. The contest will decide who rules West Africa's most important country, and in the wake of last year's kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram, the wider world will be following it in a way they never used to. Sadly, if it's on-the-ground reportage you want, don't come to me. Or The Times or Channel 4 News. Or any of the 20-odd other British media outlets that have asked for press visas to cover the elections, and whose applications still languish in a pile at the Nigerian High Commission in London. (Fee £300, non-returnable.) Nobody has actually been refused outright. But given that the process normally takes only a week, and given that my application went in two months ago, I’m beginning to think the Nigerian government doesn't want me there. Or, indeed any of the other foreign hacks whose applications are still waiting other at Nigerian embassies around the world. Have I written something to offend them? Much as it would be nice to think that I have upset the rich and powerful as a result of previous reporting trips to Nigeria, I don't think it's anything personal. Rather, it seems that elements in the government - either in the presidency or the security services - have decided that it would be best if the international media were kept at bay. https://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02097/Nigeria_2097140b.jpg Instead, West Africa's biggest elections - in which a country three times the population of Britain will be casting its vote - will go ahead with only a limited foreign media presence, courtesy mainly of local representatives of the BBC, Reuters and Associated Press. The Nigerian government accepted £305m of British aid this year, not to mention British help in training its military and hunting for the missing schoolgirls. But when it comes to elections, it would rather we minded our own business. So why is this happening? Officially, it's just a matter of bureaucracy: a few have been granted, apparently, but a lot of others are still awaiting "clearance" from no fewer than three different government ministries. The problem with that excuse, though, is that the applications were originally filed in time for a previous election date, February 15. That was then postponed until March 28, to allow the government to make more efforts against Boko Haram, and ensure polling booths could open in the north. That's an extra six weeks, during which it would surely have been possible to sift through a few hundred press visa applications. After all, Nigerian High Commissions around the world process thousands of routine business visas every day. https://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02908/boko-haram-nigeria_2908319b.jpg True, journalists' applications aren't as straightforward. We have to undergo "security checks" apparently. Although if anyone is useless as a terrorist, it's a Western hack. Something to do with our habit of wandering around with notebooks and cameramen in tow, announcing our presence to all and sundry. So what's the real reason then? Nobody can say for certain, but most journalists, and a number of foreign diplomats, guess it is because of the deluge of bad press that President Goodluck Jonathan's government got when the schoolgirl kidnapping story became big in May. Not only was it harsh, it was probably the first time the world's press had decamped to Nigeria since the Biafran War. Most Westerners, until recently, would barely have known who Mr Jonathan was. Now, thanks to the BringBackOurGirls campaign on Twitter, there are teenage girls from Peckham to Pakistan who have been told he's useless. Fair enough, much of the criticism was unjustified. The government's initial response to the kidnapping was tardy, yes, but also reflected the fact that in north-east Nigeria, where communications are always patchy, it was far from clear at first what had happened. https://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03231/boko-is_3231159b.jpg But brushing off unfair criticism is part of what makes democratic governments what they are, and besides, Nigeria's own lively domestic media were every bit as critical. Who, it should be noted, have probably far more influence than foreign media when it comes to Nigerians making up their minds who to vote for. But having foreign press there is still part of the "free, fair and transparent" criteria to make sure an election result is recognised by both sides. This is especially true when the vote is close. Remember what happened, after all, in Kenya in 2008, where a dispute over who had won led to the deaths of more than 800 people in violence after the elections. https://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03238/nigeria-elections_3238322b.jpg Women wait to collect their Permanent Voter Cards from an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission at Shimaw Women wait to collect their Permanent Voter Cards at Shimaw, southwestern Nigeria (AFP) Nigeria is facing a similarly neck-and-neck race this time around, with Mr Jonathan equal in the polls with his rival for power, the ex-general Mohamadu Buhari. If he does retain power, he will already have handed Mr Buhari's supporters plenty of ammunition to support their case that the contest wasn't a transparent one. And given that violence almost always takes place after Nigerian elections anyway - 500 died in 2011 alone - the consequences could be very nasty. True, the election isn’t until the Saturday after next, and perhaps my visa will arrive at the last minute next week. But that's not great in terms of giving the elections proper coverage. The idea is to go out at least a week in advance to give the issues a decent airing ahead of the polls, not just turn up to record the vote. Countries that only let foreign press in for a few days around election times are observing the rules of the game but not the spirit. Which is why it’s a tactic favoured in less-than-democratic places like Iran and Belarus. A category to which I will now be adding Nigeria, unless it proves me wrong by granting those backlogged press visas pronto. I'll be happy to stand corrected. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/11482533/Why-wont-Nigeria-let-foreign-journalists-cover-its-elections.html |
Chadian troops on Saturday returned to the northeast Nigerian border town of Gamboru, locals said, after Boko Haram took advantage of a lack of military presence to kill 11 people. [img]http://cdn1.vanguardngr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/412x271xChadian-soldiers.gif.pagespeed.ic.sxnW2aMn-a.webp[/img] “Hundreds of Chadian troops moved into Gamboru this morning from Fotokol,” said Babagana Karimbe, who lives in the town in northern Cameroon which is separated from Gamboru by a bridge. Troops from Chad were credited last month with liberating Gamboru in Borno state from Boko Haram control but the Chadians’ withdrawal from Nigeria last week appeared to have left the town exposed. The Islamists returned on Wednesday, killing eight people, while three more were killed on Thursday. Karimbe told AFP that the deployment began at about 7:20 am (0620 GMT) and involved dozens of vehicles, including tanks. “They are now in Gamboru. It is clear Boko Haram gunmen had fled before the troops deployed because we have not heard a single shot since the Chadian soldiers moved in,” he added. “Our prayer is for the troops to remain in Gamboru because if they withdraw again Boko Haram will definitely return and continue killing people.” The lack of security presence exposed an apparent lack of coordination between the allies, whose sustained offensive has led to the recapture of dozens of towns in northeast Nigeria. Chadian troops had pushed into Nigerian territory after freeing Gamboru, going on to retake the Borno town of Dikwa, near Boko Haram’s Sambisa Forest stronghold. Fotokol resident Umar Ari said by telephone that Gamboru residents welcomed the soldiers with clapping and cheering, supporting Karimbe’s account that no shots were fired. “From Gardumba neighbourhood (on the outskirts of Fotokol) we can see the Chadian soldiers moving around Gamboru but we have not seen any Boko Haram gunmen,” he added. “We catch glimpses of Boko Haram gunmen whenever they are in Gamboru. On Wednesday we saw them riding around Gamboru on motorcycles brandishing guns”. The regional offensive involving Nigerian troops, Chad, Cameroon and Niger was cited as a reason for postponing the Nigerian general election, which was initially scheduled for February 14. It will now take place on March 28, with President Goodluck Jonathan hoping to capitalise on the reversal of the insurgents’ military fortunes in his quest for re-election. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/chad-troops-return-to-nigeria-town-after-boko-haram-kill-11/ |
SeverusSnape:I think you're educated enough to check the party's website as provided in the OP and confirm the press release. I support GMB so I don't play with my integrity. ![]() cc: Lalasticlala, Ishilove, Maclatunji, Obinoscopy, OAM4J |
https://newsrescue.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/abuja-snp.jpg Rising from a series of plenary sessions and after careful deliberation and review of all candidates, we the Sovereign National Party and the party of Nigeria’s youth hereby indubitably declare our full support for the candidacy of retired General Muhammadu Buhari and Pastor Yemi Osinbajo for the posts of President and Vice respectively in the upcoming presidential elections. Nigeria’s youth have chosen Integrity and Wisdom for 2015. While postponing our plans as a party to directly represent ourselves as youth at all levels of national politics, a decision we reluctantly took as a result of witch-hunting by the present government and the sudden 10-fold increment in party registration fees imposed to affront our appearance on the political scene, we recognize that the Buhari/Osinbajo ticket is the only feasible ticket that holds hope for Nigeria’s next generation and the promise of a free and fair electoral platform for the full participation of all Nigerians and the nation’s youth in 2019 and beyond. In the Buhari/Osinbajo ticket we see an opportunity for Nigeria to recover coveted state assets in the hands of the cabal. We see a chance for Nigerian youth to be gainfully employed. We see the repositioning of Nigeria in the world scene. In this ticket we are convinced that our youth will no longer be employed only as political thugs and terrorists but will reap the value of their humanity and have their numbers applied meaningfully to the growth of Nigeria as equal opportunity share holders. The Sovereign National Party supports the Buhari/Osinbajo ticket based on the record of performance of these two individuals. We carefully reviewed the record of the General and are decided that the General should return. We trust the capacity of Attorney and Pastor Osinbajo as a capable Vice and next in command to the General in times of his absence or other indisposition. We see in these two candidates immense compassion, intelligence, wisdom and a record of humanistic achievement. The Sovereign National Party calls on all Nigeria’s youth to lead today by making and defending the right choice for Nigeria; a choice of repair, recovery and progress; a choice to move Nigeria forward, out of the hands of looters of its treasury and dignity; to choose Buhari/Osinbajo. Our wise elder Muhammadu Buhari promises to create the opportunity for today and tomorrow’s youth. Let us not let him down and we are assured he will not let us down. We urge peaceful conduct during and after the elections. We urge the youth to utilize technology to monitor the electoral process, capturing pictures and video. We urge all candidates to adhere to the Abuja peace accord and condemn those who have already advocated violence and intimidated Nigerians by sponsoring demonstrations by armed thugs in our major cities. We urge the Nigerian youth to stand by to work with the Buhari/Osinbajo administration as partners in the New Nigerian Project. We assure Nigeria’s youth that your party, the SNP will always monitor our elected officials and will be the first to condemn politicians when they deviate from their promises. We thank you for standing by. Signed Lekan Abayomi Press Affairs www.SovereignNationalParty.com http://newsrescue.com/nigerias-youth-party-endorses-buhariosinbajo-for-2015/#ixzz3V2umuKsq |
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