₦airaland Forum

1. We should by recovering Nitel from Chief Ayeni and co........bought Nitel for paltry 5 billion(Imagine, 1004 was sold to UAC for 4billion), donated 2billion to Jonathans campaign
2. AMCON should rereconfisicate that TANoid chief's Oil company and bring him to book on the subsidy fraud he's yet to answer
3. Fill the list folks

jayfolarin:
Some loots needs to be recovered. Some shady privatisation of government institutions have to be reversed. All this cannot be done without chasing those 'past fools'.

Let him chase them abeg, anyone that deserves kirikiri should get it too. No time to pamper criminals.

kosovo:
Bakare for EFCC chairman. Even pastors will flee Nigeria

Mbu should start clearing his desk. It's needs no further telling......same goes to that military general in Ekiti

omonnakoda:
Message for Mr Mbu

Profor Ayo was my lecturer @@Lasu during my MSC. Program. He was Dr.Ayo then

You guys are just ventilating unnecessarily. I think we should develop the habit of critiquing articles regardless of the source and not just regurgitate them as facts

1. I know not of anywhere in law that specify that we must have 36+ ministers and they must come from each state.
2. APC had always complained of the ridiculousness of recurrent expenditure, so logic dictates that they cut it big time
3. On the issue of snuffing out Boko Haram, what we clamour for is a concerted effort to equip our military adequately, coordinate intelligence with other neighouring countries to choke BH sources of weapons and financial supply.......and free our Chibok girls. These are tangible measures to rate performance in that regard. The letheargy and inneptitude of GEJ in handling the nations Security(Imagine, an NSA official being a PDP poll agent!!!! you want to weep for this country) is enough for us to know what should be the minimum acceptable standard.

mbulela:
We don't care where his appointees come from.
All we care is that it must not be business as usual.
Having said that, it makes political sense for regions that contributed to his victory to be rewarded accordingly as long as merit does not suffer. Next time, igbo politicians will stop being ruled by their pockets and simplistic calculations.

My brother,

The only part I disagree with in your beautiful submission is the first line. Truth is we should all grow together. Unfortunately, I think many easterners are suffering from holding unto the past and this is beclouding their future. In a dynamic world, where you're always fighting against percieved enemies, when other have moved on then you find yourselves in situations like this. Hausas and Yorubas are not your enemies but you refused to divorce yourselves from the stereotype........

On the other part of your writeup, the truth is Nigeria is so blessed with skilled Human Resources that if you are looking for all the requisite capability, you can get it in one single state alone, not to talk of all regions, so merit is already a forgone conclusion.

The bolded part in your writeup is a big lesson

Chimezie250:
So it's now a crime because we chose GEJ, election is all about choice, we made ours and must be respected, I m proud of my people even though we didn't win but they stand till the end, apc should focus more on how to fulfil all their electoral promises than igbo this igbo that, Nigerians expect them to bettered whatever GEJ did

Bros, APC is not focusing on Igbo this or Igbo that, I thought it's you guys clamouring that GMB should be father to all by accepting the people that rejected him for positions...............

pussyphilia:
Ekweremmadu should please decamp to APC!
He's one of the few good men in the PDP and enjoys great popularity in his state.

He should decamp!!! Even if he eventually fails to get the position of senate presidency, he can actually rebuild APC in the SE and lead the party from that region. Nothing wrong with him decamping because politicians have been doing that since and his own is not going to be different. After all, politics is about interest.

Please stop it. On what basis should Ekweremadu decamp and on what basis should APC accept him? what is the principle in that? Do you think everybody is simply damn stupid?

South East should simply take it that they lost in this chess game and plan better next time....

CrazyMan:
The incoming administration should not use their victory to settle scores, rather they should use it to unite this nation.

Appointments should be made based on merit, integrity...etc, and not based on past grudges with a particular ethnic group.

Truth is Nigeria cannot move forward if we embrace a particular ethnic group and castigate another.

Buhari said it times without number that he's government is going into intensive restructuring of the nations power, academic, sport, agriculture...etc sector. And to achieve this, we have to be united and work together.

To those who said igbos betrayed the yorubas, you should know that this is democracy, every one has the right to vote whoever he wishes to vote. We joined forces with the south west in 2011 to install GEJ but he failed us. Unfortunately most south easterners preferred to give him a second chance rather than embrace change. It was their choice. The media should stop making it look as if we committed a great sin by voting GEJ.

To my fellow igbos. Well I've said this and I will say it again. Jonathan's administration was of no benefit to the south east. It only enriched a few of our leaders, but had no positive impact on the majority; its time we unite and embrace the new administration.

My brother,

Can you in all sincerity expect to share in the "spoils of war", when you fought in the opposing sides? Okorocha rightly articulated this points. Truth is, people put their energy and resources to achieve what is currently on ground and when the Igbos decided to go the other way round they must bear the consequences of their decisions.

Let's not fool ourselves, the Senate presidency is gone, the Speakership is gone. These two positions are not even GMB's perogative in the first place but the party's decision...................

My folks,

If the OP wants to go on an idiotic trip, should many of you follow him Osinbajo is from SW, the Senate President and House of Rep Chair, cannot be seeded to SW.......

Where do all the idiotias come from

You dey bleeeesh o! you dey bleeesh!!!!!!!!

Do you know I was thinking same? Fayose will wake up and say something like "for the good of Yorubaland, he's moving his supporters to APC platform".........that guy is a street-smart snake........

asdfjklhaha:
APC in Ekiti should calm down, Fayose would decamp 2 APC before may29th.

You mean senseless and incoherent post from a dumb OP

omolami:
i wonder whether buhari will be eligible to still contest te election despite not submiting his waec cert to inec office. If that happens the buhari is above nigeria's constitution. Why the our lwamakers and d judiciary say No One is above d Law and that d Onstitution is supreme. So its all lies d Constitution is not supreme inany way. Buhari has flauted it.

Apart from you pursuing a dead end, needlessly, you're also showing how shallow you are.
1. Buhari did not write "WAEC"
2. Why don't you institute a court case against him instead of whining?
3. Omo you are better concentrating on completing your spelling classes than Buhari's case. You're not competent in the first place and your spelling are awful

The OP is an illitrate. GMB is not the current president, so you can't vote him out.................

anonymousjuju:
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I might be considering voting for him, but I'll wait a little bit before making up my mind. But for now GEJ still has ny heart even though he failed woefully in some areas affecting the masses.

Madam,

this part got me thinking. How can you place your trust in someone who "though he failed woefully in some areas affecting the masses". I think you should move away from primordial sentiments and Vote GEJ OUT completely. He cannot give what he doesn't have

Coupled with stories I heard before I also became a student in SA, the summary are these
1. Drugs - without bias Ibo bros, you spoil ground for this area. SA once you say you're Nigerian, they will ask if you're Ibo.....these was pretty bad in the mid 2000s
2. Fraud, ATM bombing, Robbery etc
3. Others-
a. You take their women, you marry her, impregnate and have kids, then obtain SA citizenship and passport. Abandon wifey and kids and run away to another country where SA citizens do not require visa. You will be surprised that at the number of countries requires no visa for SA citizens
b. The name Nigeria is synonymous with corruption. I was in discussion with a classmate, a Zimbabwean, telling them about the need for Change in Nigeria, our plans to boot out Jonathan, rid the country of corruption........the guy just interrupted me and said we will loose our identity if we rid the country of corruption

that said, they respect us a lot because
1. We are finer
2. We are very intelligent and enterprising
3. They love our men - don't know, someone said may be because we're circumsized
4. They marvel at our penchant for academic prowess

Let me speak in "someone's" mentality "Ordinary case of mere attempted killing and killing, they are calling it murder and attempted murder.....................

OK this is a classic case of reasoning deficit, but we will educate . @ OP, it simple. APC floated a site whose link was proliferated on social media, where not only was the site meant for campaign, it also appealed to people that believed in the Buhari project to nominate 5 of their friends for further propagation. You were given a field to fill in their phone numbers, hence they are able to build a large numberso database

Yes the wallet I bought under the bridge you insect

rickkid:
That wallet you bought at Ikeja under bridge?

Being anonymous on Nairaland eh...

Buzz of retard or I swat you with my wallet

rickkid:
You are either a shameless liar, blind or you simply didn't watch the video.

Bros. this is delusion and not improvement. I traveled the same route in 1998 and I see not much different, same ol train(probably this ones newer), longer journey that you tell yourself, you wished you took other options.

Truth is why are we doing what is not sustainable. This guage is old and outdated, the coaches are old and not realy suitable for long distance trips, no AC, yet you think it's good to start from near zero in 2014/15

Govt should privatize the whole damn thing

chuckdee4:
Did other countries start off with high speed trains?
We should learn to appreciate any form of improvement in Nigeria, after all whatever was on board before was no were close to what GEJ has done

yommyphresh:
oloribu! ewo irugbon re bi koinkoin ti won fi n we awon oku!

GenBuhari:
If u not voting then you have disenfranchised yourself.
So what is the point of your contribution to this thread?

duni04:
I won't be voting in the coming elections. I believe we need a change from the status quo but i'm yet to see any change agent. Tinubu, Buhari and Atiku are no change agents! Its like we're planning to replace one set of miscreants with another set. The only reason most people are joining the "Change" bandwagon is because they just want something new, not necessarily because they believe any of these dubious personalities championing and chrousing change are capable of implementing any kind of change. Imagine Bukola saraki and Sani Yerima calling themselves change agents!
Buhari is old and can't even communicate anything to anyone. He knows absolutely nothing about the modern challenges of running a nation. His campaign slogan is locking people up and his economic agenda is strong naira against the dollar! He's still trapped in the 70's!

My sentiments exactly

kingslly:
Mhmm,if our refineries were producing enough petroleum products for the country during his time,did he tell us why he signed a deal with Petrobas of Brazil to be exporting crude oil to them for refining and importing refined petroleum products frm them?

Have you considered our total refining capacity back then to our production capacity

Speedracer001:
What was clear from GMB interaction with Business Leaders in Lagos this morning was his honesty. And that is his strongest accent of attraction.
He made a very detailed economic speech that he HONESTLY submitted was simply a regurgitation of what his handlers presented to him to read. My favourite line - Corruption has become a working capital in Nigeria lol.

The main takeaway from the session in my view is the fact, as postulated by him, that so much more was done in the early late 70's and early 80's with a fraction of the revenue that subsequent governments have enjoyed. That is caused by CORRUPTION!

You might not like Buhari, you might not vote for him but listening to him, i come away with the impression that this really isn't about him. It is about the country!

I don't expect him to have a magic wand to solve all of Nigeria's problems. But i do know, he will give it a damn good shot at it!

Things just have to change and the CHANGE must start from the TOP!

Thank you my brother for saving me the unnecessary stress. I didn't watch it and was move page-to-page looking for someone to at least give a picture of what he said. Folks are making useless complaints and needless banters.

God bless you jare. I wait till it's loaded on youtube.

yommys01:

gogochocolate: buhari is a dullard. Pure and simple. No analytical and detailed explanation to national issues

Can you provide a clip in which GEJ provided any analytical answer to a national issue? Or a quote attributed to him by a reputable media house.

@ Yommys01,

I think the first thing to do is to check if gogochocolate understands the meaning of "analytical and detailed explanation to national issues". Referring him to Jonathan is more like overrating his (gogochocolate) analytical capability

.......this a classic case of the reason why many of you young folks fails Comprehension. Even if we go by the snipets or anecdotes you lifted and posted here,( which are personal biases or opinion of the person and may not necessarily be the facts), I dare to ask,

1. what facts in your case suggests that Buhari was a product of such situation? because he came from the North?

I believe there's a lot of lessons too learn from your points here. For me these are

1. That he did not finish his Ph.d and uses the title, will suggest questionable values and self esteem.
2. I quite agree with you, attaining the position of president, especially when seemingly by happenstance, will not be a basis to measure success. GEJ's classic case is more than suggestive. This leads to the need for people to understand that the definition of success is not 100% universal, largely relative yet we can set a benchmark
3. But what intrigues me is the accidental nature of GEJ's presidency viz-a-viz his capacity. There is absolutely nothing wrong with his ascent to presidency, but is seeming lack of preparedness and near absolute next-to-nothing capability is the big problem. The worse thing is that his there seems to be no learnings/preparedness from his past to prepare him for this, hence such is confined to the ridicule of complacency, sentiments and ignorance. I mean, what can we now make of GEJ's "Ï had no shoes" theorem? from gaffes to goofs - "America Knows", "mere stealing, they called corruption", "..ask Nigerian, they have light", "...they want to kill me"....they are way too many. Well I concede that he may also be a victim of today's awareness and expectation levels.


But personally, I must say, as a Doctoral Student, I'm very upset about GEJ using the appellation, if he's not. Phd is a different ball game entirely. It is an eminent class of men and women, who have created new knowledge and stretched the sphere of knowledge. You don't claim such, if you have not cross that border, and you don't belong to the scholarly community. Ever wonder why some of us are much critical of Emeagwali? except GEJ's appellation is ceremonial or superficial like appellations of Late Prof. Peller or Dr. Sikiru Ayinde Barrister......

Caseless:
gej did not complete his Ph.d, Face it!!! Achievements in life musn't be about becoming a president. Gej is an accidental president- there is nothing special about him. He never grew to any rank prepared, eventuality takes him there. What achievement are u talking about when his presidency has left us more divided nationally and disgraced internationally?

This is a classic way to continue to impoverish people, stealing their dignity and self worth. Same thing Adedibu did in his life time......give people scraps and steal their commonwealth

Bros,

It's no lie, but simply common sense that GEJ had eroded in many people. Lots of country who don't have oil have stable electricity. If Lagos can demonstrate it in the area of critical facilities so why can't that be upscaled to the larger populace

Abduletudaye:
Osinbajo..I like you and GMB...but don't come here and lie that you will bring steady electricity.. ..haba..which kin lie be that!