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@op, please move this topic to front page

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the
just-concluded National Economic Council, NEC, retreat as mere
jamboree and waste of over N250 million public funds, alleging
that it was funny for the same set of people who ruined the
economy of their states as governors to be resource persons at
the event.
He asked: “What solution can the likes of former Governor of Ekiti
State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, who as governor plunged the State into
unprecedented debt by borrowing money to build governor’s
lodge, pavilion and uncompleted civic centre proffer to the
economy of Nigeria?”
Fayose, in a statement issued on Friday, by his Special Assistant
on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, averred
that “the retreat has further exposed that the All Progressives
Congress (APC) government of President Muhammadu Buhari
lacked economic blueprint as the president is still talking the way
he talked while seeking for votes from
Nigerians.”
The statement further read: “it is strange that close to one year
after President Buhari was sworn in, he still cannot tell Nigerians
one major economic step his government has taken to salvage
the economy. He has not taken any key step and there is no
economic team. That is strange!
“I was at the retreat and I can tell Nigerians categorically that it was
just a jamboree. It was a waste of over N250 million public fund
because most of the resource persons were the same people who
ran their States aground.
“Instead of wasting over N250 million on such a jamboree, it
would have been better if the fund is given to those downtrodden
Nigerians, who are trading with as little as N5,000.
“For instance, at N10,000 each, N250 million will go round 25,000
pepper sellers whose capital is not more than N5,000 and that
would go a long way in boosting their trade.
“Even most governors, including those of the APC were not
happy with the economic retreat. Almost everything they
proposed was opposed by the Governors.
“Also, the president in presenting himself as APC president alone
and speaking as if he was still canvassing votes and chose the
retreat to tell the 22 states governed by the APC to build 250,000
housing units per annum. The question is which state in the
present Nigeria can build 10,000 housing units per year?
“To me, the Federal Government appears not ready to face reality.
The economic retreat sounds like another talk shop retreat and a
clear indication that APC and President Buhari did not have an
economic blueprint even when it took two months after winning
election for the president to assume office.”
source:
www.dailypost.ng/2016/03/25/buharis-economic-retreat-mere-jamboree-waste-of-n250m-public-fund-fayose/

The National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA),
Dr Victor Oye, on Saturday urged the Federal Government to take
urgent steps to reposition the country’s economy.
Oye, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) in Awka, described the state of the economy as
disturbing.
He, however, said that the development was not peculiar to
Nigeria, but a global phenomenon, which demanded urgent
policies to bring the economy back on track.
The APGA chief blamed the downturn in the economy on the fall
in revenue, due to the fall in oil prices in the international market.
“The Nigerian situation is awful and many citizens are
disenchanted with what is going on in the economy.
“But I want to quickly point out that the entire blame should not
go to the government because it is a global phenomenon due to
the fall in oil prices and low demand.
“Even the advanced economies are not spared of the challenges.
“But Nigeria presents a pitiful case because even in the midst of
plenty, most of our people still wallow in squalor and the level of
poverty today is frightening,” he said.
Oye said that an APGA government would have embarked on the
development of blueprint that could provide a short and medium-
term solution for economic revival.
He called on President Muhammadu Buhari to heed the clarion call
and constitute an economic team comprising the best brains
Nigeria could offer to salvage the economy.
“If APGA were to be in government, we would have come up
with a blueprint that will solve this economic quagmire, because
the problem has to do with the team that is managing the
economy.
“I expect Buhari to set up an economic team or re-invigorate the
team, so that we can get the best possible from them because
Nigeria has the best.
“Nigerians massively voted him and many are becoming
impatient, so the onus is on him to prove that the people were
right in their choice, and that he is capable,’’ he said.
The APGA chairman commended the anti-corruption fight of the
government, expressing confidence that he could turn around the
fortunes of Nigeria.
He, however, urged Nigerians to be patient with the new
administration.
“I believe that Buhari has the capacity to right the chequered
history of this country; as an individual, I have confidence in him.
“As a matter of fact, many people did not think that the president
can go this far.
“ I believe that nothing comes easy; Nigerians will suffer for some
time before things start to take shape, so, we must be patient,” he
said. (NAN)
Source: www.dailypost.ng/2016/03/12/economy-apga-would-have-done-better-than-apcs-buhari-oye/

This campaign poster is ironically funny.
When the dollar was N216 last year, the Buhari Osinbajo
campaign asked in this poster: "Is N216 to $1 okay? It's time to
speak out! Vote Change."
One year after this message, please how much is the dollar now?
Speeding to N400!
The funny story now is that the fall of the naira and the loss of
jobs are caused by "Jonathan's destruction of the economy. " And
some intelligent guys believe it completely and spread it like the
gospel truth.
Why not ask:
Mr President, what is your economic blueprint?
Why have you retained the 10 aircraft in the presidential fleet on
which you admitted spending N2.3 billion to maintain between
May and Nov last year at an austere time like this?
Why did you budget N3.9 billion for renovation of Aso Villa at a
time like this?
Why was the budget for Aso Clinic higher than the budget for all
the federal hospitals in Nigeria?
Why have you not led the campaign to buy made-in-Nigeria
products as a way of boosting the economy?
Just simple questions: questions that will make the President roll
up his sleeves for the task and sacrifice ahead, not justification and
defence that make the Presidency feel comfortable with excuses
when solutions are needed.
The nosediving of our economy needs to be arrested urgently
and then our economy sytematically stabilised and revived.
There is no APC yam or PDP rice in the market. There is no APC
hunger or PDP hunger. There is no APC economy or PDP
economy. What we have is the Nigerian economy for everybody
within the Nigerian territory. Action is needed urgently.

UNIZIK VICE CHANCELLOR REMOVED AS VICE CHANCELLOR ? education No comments The recent report reaching uniquespotmedia.com is that the the unizik vice Chancellor Prof Joseph Ahaneku has been removed as vice chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka.We are yet to ascertain The reason for his immediate removal. According to source the vice chancellor was ordered to vacate the office of the vice Chancellor with immediate effect and hand over everything pertaining the office of the vice chancellor. Uniquespotmedia.com gathered that the university Registrar and Bursar have been sacked. A source from the university campus spoke on the condition of anommity confirmed the information. She told USM that the vice Chancellor has handed over to the DVC Academics of the university Prof Joseph Ahaneku emerged as the vice Chancellor of the university on 26th of may 2014 Source: www.uniquespotmedia.com/2015/07/unizik-vice-chancellor-removed-as-vice.html?m=1

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INTERVIEW: I’m not available to serve in Buhari’s govt.
now — Soludo

It has been difficult tracking Professor Charles Chukwuma
Soludo (former Governor of the Central Bank) since his
bombshells before the general elections, but finally we
tracked him down in his private library at his residence in
Abuja on Friday, 5 th June, 2015. He seemed unwilling to say
much, at least for now. But it was still vintage Soludo, and
some of the issues he raised are explosive. He sees hope
and opportunities for the new Government, even though he
says his current engagements will not allow him to join the
government on a full time basis, contrary to wide
speculations. He says he can however freely offer advice to
the government if needed. Soludo says: Nigeria needs a Job
Manifesto, and that solid minerals and agriculture can’t be
relied upon for job creation; Argues that a sustainable
change will not occur without a new constitution; says the
clamour for zoning and sharing of public offices is an elite
power game which has little to do with the masses and
therefore misplaced; believes the argument for local
government autonomy is anti-federalism; is waiting for the
action plan from the new government before joining the
debate on the agenda; says his public spat with Okonjo-
Iweala was unfortunate; raises questions about the proposal
by CBN governor on selling government equity stakes in oil
for immediate revenue as well as the new NBS data on
unemployment; etc.
The full interview below is his interaction with us at the
Premium Times. Read on….
PT: Thank you sir for granting me this audience. You
promised not to keep quiet again and to ask more
questions about the running of the economy after
elections but you seem to have been very quiet since
the elections. Can you now raise the questions?
Soludo: Great to see you too! And I hope this will be a short
interview please. Two quick points: The elections have come
and gone but that was the easier part. The hard part now
begins. Like most Nigerians, I am happy that Nigeria made
history with the election. On your question, No; there was no
need to raise further questions for the outgone
administration. President Jonathan raised the bar and set a
new tone in his statesmanly acceptance of defeat. That was
noble. Last month, the government admitted that they were
borrowing since January to pay salaries. What more do you
want me to say? The two articles I wrote in January and
February (which Vanguard newspaper still posts on its
website as ‘The Soludo Debate’) remain living documents
and raised some of the salient questions, some of which
may be bold markers for the new government. Our focus
should be on the future and the new government.
PT: How is your relationship with Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-
Iweala now?
Soludo: Why do you ask? Of course, she is and will always
be my dear elder sister and Madam; someone I deeply
respect. We may not always agree, especially on public
policy. The public spat was unfortunate. She felt she had an
obligation to defend her government but she did so in a
manner that I also felt an obligation to respond in equal
measure. But all that is now history. There is nothing
personal. Now without the encumbrances of government
and its pressures, I look forward to our returning to the
good old days in our personal relationship.
PT: The economy is really bad; falling oil price, dwindling
revenue, debt, inflation, unemployment, collapsed
Naira, etc. Where does President Buhari start from?
Soludo: I don’t envy President Buhari and his team. His
government will preside over the transition to a post-oil
economy, and it won’t be a tea party. If Buhari works 8
hours a day, he last less than 7,500 hours left to bring about
change in his first term in office or less than 9,700 if he
works 12 hours a day, with three substantive annual budgets
to go before the next elections. The clock is ticking already.
But the Rescue, Stabilize, and Transform (RST) Plan requires
a 24 by 7 operation. There must be something in the
President’s natal chart that keeps bringing him to govern us
just when things are in shambles. But I see hope; I see
opportunities. The president and his team have a historic
opportunity to create a new Nigeria without oil; a Nigeria
powered by competition and compassion. Fortuitously
Nigeria’s centenary was last year, 2014. This year marks the
beginning of the next 100 years. President Buhari and the
new crop of elected officers at all levels must lay the
foundation for the next Nigeria; a re-engineered Nigeria with
the structures and incentives to move from cake-sharing or
consumption to cake-baking or production. Old thinking and
ways of doing things won’t work. But an attempt to drive
change from Abuja will fail. It will be akin to trying to clap
with one hand. A coordinated national (not federal)
response is required.
On your specific question as to where President Buhari
should begin, let me say that I don’t want to join the new
industry in town which is ‘agenda setting’. Everyone is
grabbing the microphone to ‘set agenda’. That’s ok. I am
aware that the transition committee is working hard on an
agenda, and I believe that the committee is made up of
eminent Nigerians. For me, let us wait for them to unveil
their action plan and we would have something to comment
upon or contribute to. I am aware that the African Heritage
Institution (Afriheritage) is planning a session focused on the
agenda after it is announced. So, I won’t join this fashion
parade of the day. Not yet.
PT: Let me be more specific. With the terrible condition
of the economy, and the high expectations of Nigerians
on the new government, what practical steps should
Buhari take to create jobs speedily?
Soludo: I told you I do not want to discuss specifics now. For
sure, job creation should be the focus of the new post-oil
economy. Nigeria certainly needs a Job Manifesto, with a
target of 8 – 12 million jobs over the next four years. This is
easier said than done. We are diversifying the economy by-
passing the manufacturing/industrial sector to the tertiary
sector (services). Creating value-adding jobs in such an
economy with one of the highest rates of urbanization in the
world will task our creativity to the limit. The agenda will
require a kind of coordination between the federal and state
governments in a manner never seen before. Luckily the
APC states are in majority and I hope their party will rein
them in. I have read some newspaper reports that solid
minerals sector and agriculture will be the new kids on the
block to mint the jobs. That won’t happen! At least not in the
manner it is being romanticised about. They would have
very limited impacts on job creation over the next four
years, and over the long-run agricultural transformation will
actually reduce jobs. The prospects of the solid mineral
sector will depend on the policy framework and even
legislation, the dynamics of commodity prices especially
given the apparent end of the commodity super cycle, and
the nature of forward and backward integration with the rest
of the industrial structure. Anyway, let us wait for
government’s agenda before we can comment, please.
PT: In your previous answer you alluded to changing the
structures of Nigeria. What should President Buhari do
with the report of the recent national conference?
Soludo: It is up to him to decide what to do with the report.
A fundamental point however is that you can’t create the
new Nigeria, a post-oil competitive economy without
fundamentally altering the existing constitution. The current
constitution and the political-governance structures created
by it are designed to share and consume the oil rent. A
system designed for consumption cannot become efficient
for production. Ours is a dysfunctional unitary-federalism,
with a queer fiscal federalism and it won’t go too far. The
federating units were created by the central government; it
also created the local governments. Every month, both the
governors and their local government chairmen are
supposed to beseech Abuja to collect their allocations, each
supposedly with powers to do whatever they like with the
allocations. As oil stumbles, the fiscal viability of these
creations is coming into question. Suddenly, states and LGAs
designed to collect and spend oil money will be required to
produce and create wealth to survive. We will see how the
old order will give rise to the new without some creative
destruction. The problem with the structure is that those
who benefit most from it are required to dismantle it— the
incentives are incompatible. We need to study the UAE
(United Arab Emirates) model of competitive federalism—
that created the incentives for Dubai and other prosperous
non-oil regions to emerge. I have written a lot on this
subject, and we can talk about this the whole day. The point
is that APC cannot deliver sustainable change to Nigeria if it
does not go to the roots, and effect systemic change.
Tinkering at the margins will amount to papering over a
cracked wall.
PT: That reminds me of the ongoing debate about local
government autonomy and joint account with the
states. Shouldn’t the local governments be
autonomous?
Soludo: Autonomy from who? I know that it makes for our
emotional satisfaction to “deal with the state governors” and
let the LGAs have ‘autonomy’— but only in the sense of
getting their “allocation” directly and unhindered by state
governments but with no incentive-sanctions regime that
ties such grants to certain productivity and fiscal viability
criteria. The mistaken belief is that such autonomy will
ensure that resources get to the ‘grassroots’. It is a funny
argument which proceeds from the old model of ‘sharing the
cake’. We must decide whether we want a federal or a
unitary system; not both at the same time. Are the states the
federating units or both states and local governments?
Funny enough the same constitution gives the state
assemblies the power to create local governments and
maintain oversight over them. At the same time, the
constitution lists the LGAs created by the military as the ones
to collect “allocations” from the Federation Account. I want
to see examples of federal systems in the world where the
local governments directly receive statutory allocations from
the federal government and with statutory powers to spend
as they wish without performance-based criteria attached to
such receipts. The mind-set is rooted in the past, but the
problems are unfolding in the future. When it comes to
incentives and sanctions regime for creating prosperity and
accountability, our current constitution is a funny document.
It is even worse for effective macroeconomic management.
PT: The contest is on for zoning and sharing of political
offices, and there are fears of marginalization by people
from the south east and south south because of their
poor support for President Buhari and APC during the
elections. How should Buhari assuage the fears of these
zones?
Soludo: You have raised many issues at the same time. First,
given the peculiar manner the election was done in the two
zones, it is difficult to know exactly how the people voted.
There is no question that a majority of people in the two
zones preferred Jonathan but we know what happened
during the Presidential-national assembly election. Prof.
Jega and INEC did a great job but we still have a very long
way to go. Second, the Constitution of Nigeria creates an
absurdity in the name of federal character whereby a
minister must come from every state. So, states in the south
east and south south must have ministers in the federal
cabinet. Third, and more substantively, I believe that the
clamour for offices is simply a power game by the elite,
which has only a symbolic or emotional significance to the
masses. Yes, for some reasons, people like to see someone
that shares their interests or attributes in government—it
has a feel good factor. But if occupation of such office has
any personal benefits, it is largely to the occupant of the
office and his friends and family.
Our recent history has shown that it hardly matters where
the occupant of a particular position comes from. I am not
sure how the welfare of Ota/Ogun people changed because
Obasanjo was president of Nigeria, or how the man in the
street of Katsina or Otuoke/Bayelsa prospered more than
others simply because their son became president. The
south east voted massively for ‘one of their own’ in 2011 as
president, and also had Secretary to Government, Deputy
Senate president, Deputy Speaker, Minister of Finance and
coordinating minister of economy and a coterie of other
appointments. Yet, the zone had the least capital
expenditure in the five year presidency, and there is hardly
any motorable federal highway in the south east. For me,
this bickering for sharing of positions is an elite game for
their personal rather than national considerations. What the
ordinary Nigerians want are institutionalized processes to
guarantee their security and prosperity. They want services
and don’t care who gives it to them. Our federal cabinet is
nothing but a miniature United Nations whereby each
minister represents his or her state but no one represents
Nigeria. At this critical crisis moment, perhaps what Nigeria
needs is something akin to selecting the best 11 for our
national football team: no one cares which state or zone
they come from; everyone wants Nigeria to come home with
the cup.
PT: Talking about positions in the government, there are
rumours in town, especially on social media and even in
some newspapers that you are being tipped to serve in
the cabinet of the current government. Are you likely to
serve in the government or am I speaking with the
prospective Finance Minister as speculated?
Soludo: Nigerians and their rumours! I am glad you said
they are rumours and such rumours are normal. For sure, I
wish the new government success and for the sake of
Nigeria, everyone must contribute to assist President Buhari
succeed. I will contribute in whatever way I can. However,
everyone can’t sit in government in order to serve: some will
be there on full time basis while others can contribute from
outside. For me personally and at this point in time, I am
not disposed or available for full time public service now;
perhaps in the future it could happen, but not now. For now,
my hands are full with several other experiments I am
involved with (especially abroad) in the private sector,
charity, think-tanks, and the international community. I am
part of a major initiative in Africa’s mining and solid
minerals sector, and this takes me through several African
countries, etc. I am having great fun exploring totally new
vistas of opportunity that are central to Africa’s great leap in
the 21st century. I read that President Buhari will give
priority to solid minerals. We can provide free advisory
services and perhaps assist to mobilize investment in the
sector or in any other areas if our advice is needed. In
effect, there are several ways we can assist the government
to succeed but not necessarily to take up full time
appointment. No, not now!
PT: So, who and who would you recommend to be part of
the best 11 in the cabinet?
Soludo: There are many eminent Nigerians who are not only
bold, critical thinkers but also with high execution capacity
that the president can choose from. I wish him and his team
good luck.
PT: Do you agree with the suggestion of the current CBN
governor, Godwin Emefiele, that Nigeria should sell off
its oil stakes and retain say, 25% only?
Soludo: I won’t comment on it in detail until I read the
study. From what is reported in the newspapers so far, I will
surely have many questions and I have hinted the Governor
on this.
PT: Some CBN staff are currently being tried for alleged
fraud regarding circulation of old notes, and the EFCC
says this has been on for years – apparently more
people may have been involved. Were you able to deal
with that kind of fraud when you were in charge?
Soludo: First and foremost, I can’t imagine how such a fraud
could be executed successfully given the architecture of
controls and security at the CBN. Such would require the
collusion of tens of persons from different departments and
agencies, including law enforcement agencies and
commercial banks. It is very unlikely to happen without
someone blowing the whistle or leakage of information. I
am particularly happy therefore that it was the CBN that
discovered the fraud and reported to the law enforcement
agencies. This is the important point.
PT: Years after leaving the CBN, give us your
assessment of the bank under your successors.
Soludo: I still reserve my comments for now. When I was in
office, I made it a policy never to comment on my
predecessors, and after I left office I also insisted on a self-
imposed five year gag order not to comment on my
successor. Several times I was under immense pressure to
break it but I thank God that I kept to it. The five year ban is
now over, but it is not yet time to comment.
PT: The National Bureau of Statistics recently came up
with a revised methodology for calculating
unemployment, with the claim that unemployment now
stands at about 6%. Are you as concerned as many
Nigerians who believe that claim is baseless?
Soludo: Integrity of our national statistics is a very serious
issue. I don’t comment on statistics without serious scrutiny.
Having not had a chance to thoroughly examine the
reviewed methodology, I will not comment on its veracity or
appropriateness. It is one thing to have a new methodology,
it is yet another to have a comprehensive, credible labour
market survey. I will need information on these two parts to
make informed judgment. Already, the NBS/past
government have created the baseline data for the
performance evaluation of the Buhari administration in the
areas of poverty and unemployment. According to them,
unemployment is about 6% while poverty is about 32%. If
true, then the Buhari government is challenged to beat these
numbers. The government must support NBS to be
independent and do its job without interference


Source:
www.premiumtimesng.com/features-and-interviews/184511-interview-i-am-not-available-for-public-service-now-soludo.html

Unizik students union government [sug] president Hon. Noble Eyisi have written a letter to their vc prof joseph ahaneku demanding to know how the some money have been spent and why the vice chancellor have failed to carry students along in their policies. He alleged that some amount of money was extorted from year one students amounting to 45 million naira.

Bode George
The South-West PDP Presidential Contact and Mobilisation
Committee, has once again hailed President Goodluck
Jonathan for conceding defeat despite the noticeable
irregularities in the just concluded presidential poll.
It said the development had allowed Nigeria to remain
united and prevent outbreak of post election violence.
The group called on defected members to return and
rebuild the party, since the All Progressives Congress had
boldly declared that there was no space for them in the
party.
The party committee also vowed to resist any attempt to
impeach the Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose.
The committee stated this after a closed-door meeting held
on Friday in Ado Ekiti.
A statement read by Olabode George averred that the PDP
will never allow anybody to oust the governor because of his
loyalty to the party.
It also lauded Fayose for resisting intimidation and
remaining dogged in the battle against impeachment by the
APC, encouraging him and the Ondo State Governor, Dr
Olusegun Mimiko, to continue to work together.
George said, “People like President Jonathan are very rear
to come by. He accepted a flawed election for Nigeria to
stand united. Can those who have not been sworn in and
have started threatening to impeach a PDP governor do this?
“PDP lost the elections because of unresolved issues and
due to the handiwork of enemies within, coupled with the
conspiracy by INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, who
wisely made Nigerians to have the impression that the
election was free and fair when it was not.
Speaking on his impeachment travail, Fayose said, “I am a
member of the PDP and nobody can harass me because of
my political belief.''
Source:

dailypost.ng/2015/05/03/pdps-enemies-made-us-lose-elections-bode-george/

In this interview, Mr. John Patrick Egesi, President/
Chairman, Nigerian Institute of Shipping and political analyst
explains why Igbo’s would always vote in gratitude to those
who have been fair to them. Egesi spoke against the
backdrop of the statement by Oba Rilwan Akiolu that the
Igbo in Lagos should vote the APC candidate ahead of the
April 11 gubernatorial poll in the state.
Controversy has continued to
trail the outcome of the March 28
election. What is your view on
threat by the Oba of Lagos that
Igbo should have voted for the
must vote for APC in the April 11
election or face the
consequences?
Ever since General Buhari won the election, all sorts of
people in all sorts of places have been busy telling the Igbo
that they should have voted for the winning team, that they
voted emotionally which is another way of saying that
ultimate wisdom lies in voting for the winner. The latest was
that of Oba of Lagos giving the Igbo a marching order to vote
for APC or else. Now this piece is not about who the Igbo
should vote for or not but to tell the world who the Igbo are.
The Igbo are almost all Christians and their valuation of any
situation emanates from their Christian values – which
include among other things sacrifices and faithfulness to
‘friends’. That is why the Igbo, in all their dealings with other
nationalities keep faith to fairness.
As far as the Igbo are concerned voting for Jonathan is being
fair to the man who has shown them genuine brotherliness
and support for the Ijaws and South – South people who are
producing an executive president for the first time and from
whose territory most of Nigerian sustaining wealth comes
from.
They reckon that four years is not forever after all. Even
when they know that they will suffer unexplainable
persecution from their compatriots because of their
inclination to fairness, they still went ahead and did what
they perceived to be just. Even though they are well known
to work hard for money but money usually takes a far
second when it clashes with the dictates of conscience. They
are probably the only group of Nigerians that you can
predict with great accuracy whom they will vote for in an
election.
Don’t you think their voting pattern has further exposed
them as an endangered specie?
Igbo do not vote out of fear of being marginalized by a
predominant race or tribe wherever they reside. They vote
in gratitude to those who have been fair to them. When the
Igbo complained that Jonathan did not do much for them, it
is not in comparison with former heads of state (who did
absolutely nothing and left them to starve) but in
comparison with what he did in the North and other
southern parts of Nigeria.
If Governor Fashola has been fair to Igbo in Lagos, without
discriminating against them, over-taxing them, milking them
of their hard-earned money, setting up all types of agencies
to ensure that they do not do their business in peace, the
APC have nothing to fear. Igbo have a way of saying thank
you to those who have been fair to them. In my book, Voting
with Conscience, what the Igbo do is far superior to
strategizing to join the winning team.
But the South-East voted massively for the PDP at the
general elections even when they were not very pleased with
the party’s performance?
When the Igbo voted massively for President Jonathan, it is
because he kept faith with them. Has Fashola been fair to
them in the past eight years?
My humble opinion is that he dealt ruthlessly with them.
Igbo should not be afraid of anyone but the Eternal who has
been faithful to them in their struggle against injustice.
Voting is about choosing a candidate who, given his past
record, is likely to be fair and sympathetic to your cause and
who has kept faith with you in the past four years. The Igbo
should join other well-meaning Nigerians – Yoruba, Hausa,
Efik, Fulani, Ibibio, Ijaw, Gwaris etc – in voting for those who
will make Lagos truly metropolitan and not a tribal enclave.
Igbo should not behave like other races because we are not
other races – we are the NDIGBO and we keep faith with
those who have demonstrated spirit of justice, equity and
fairness and not those who treat them like aliens in their
own country.
Nigerian is not only about presidency. Decamping to the APC
by some morally-weak politicians shows that they are in
politics for their stomach and not for what they believe in.
The only way the APC must be kept on their toes at the
federal level is to ensure that they are not totally in control
at the states’ level otherwise they will develop the sort of
impunity that total control brings. I will advise Nigerians to
vote for parties that will keep the APC in check all over the
Country

Source:
www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/why-igbo-never-vote-out-of-fear-2/

ANAMBRA MONARCH PETITIONS GOVERNOR, CP OVER ESTABLISHMENT OF BROTHEL AROUND HIS PALACE
The traditional ruler of Amaokpala in Orumba North Local
Government Area of Anambra State, His Royal Highness, Igwe
C. Okeke has petitioned the State Governor, Willi Obiano and
the Police Commissioner over the opening of a brothel close
to his palace.
According to the traditional monarch, the erection which
shares a perimeter fence with his palace, is not just an
affront on his person and position but also a desecration of
the community’s traditional institution.
Igwe Okeke stated that he was made to believe by the owner
of the property that the building was a students’ hostel only
for him to discover that the place was turned into a brothel
upon completion.
“How proper is it for the palace of a traditional ruler to be
surrounded at all times and invaded by sights and acts of
crime and immorality, acts that are incompatible with our
traditional ethos.
“My opposition and that of Amaokpala people hinge on the
fact that it disrespects and mocks the traditional institution
of Amaokpala,” Igwe Okeke said
Source:
dailypost.ng/2015/04/21/anambra-monarch-petitions-governor-cp-over-establishment-of-brothel-around-his-palace/

pls argue objectively and also i want OP to move it to front page pls

please my fellow nairalanders, i want u people to help me with this issue of a witch disturbing me every night but i do not know how to deal with it. I need a good, sound and reasonable idea on how to catch the witch. This have cost me a sleepless night. The witch don suck my blood finish

what abt political science. U cant get first class in dis department

i recieved mine dis afternoon. Just happy for being called to serve my country in dis capacity. I will uphold free and credible election if chosen

On friday 5th of december the student representative council [ src ] impeached comrade ibe chukwunonso cico for gross misconduct, neglect of duties, personalization of student's property,and gross misappropriation of fund.

atiku should go and die. #Gejtill2019

nairaland is ethnic base site

lawrenceunaa: if pdp reponse is power to the people then whats the response for apc

power to the boko haram

loamzy: Boko haram

hmmmmm na dem be the illuminati

JulianBond007: He is trying to cover up for his incompetence in the last 7 years. He's already a failure no matter how hard he tries to impress we the Anambra people. Ngige is the best governor we never had.

thank God u said we never had cus he will never again smell dat honourable seat again. Ofeke mmadu ka i bu