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berem:
Front page please!

Cc

Obinoscopy

Which kain front page ... A thread filled with half truths and conjectures. It belongs to the recycle bin

OliviaPope:
Thumbs up OP. They keep screaming Change, yet Buhari is all they have to offer.

I am telling you... Inbtwn your name reminds me of the Tv series scandal.

chigo93:
if it means not commissioning any health facility,and so you or your kids suffer and may quench in agony while he travels to germany for the best care,i say AMEN

If it means Assu being on strike cos of poor educatioational facilities and ur kids end up being olodoish , I say AMEN

If it means dancing skelewu after a bomb goes off,so shall ur enemies dance after harm has happened to u and ur family! I say AMEN

Seem like this dude did not read my last post ... leme quote it for you and bolded part of my last response. Emphasis on the word back to sender part .

Matthewbriggs:
[size=13pt]Any other meaning that is not in line with what God has in plan for me ... goes back to the sender. [/size]

Inbtween I would never wish my fellow man evil that is why.

I do not pray that you experience financial stagnation and poverty the way buhari experienced. You shall succeed and prosper. your 140 cows shall grow to 140,000 cows.

I do not pray you stay in the same level you are now 30 years later. Level must change for you this year.

I do not pray for God to shut down you life and imprison your blessings the way Buhari imprisoned and silenced journalists.

I do not pray for your condition to go from fry pan to fire the same way buhari took Nigerian's economy from 23% inflation to 40% inflation

I do not pray for you to lose the favour and support of those under you to the extent they rise against you and kick you out the same way Buhari lost the support of his solders to the extent they kicked him out.

I pray you experience breakthrough and may your life TRANSFORM for the better.

MizMyColi:
[size=14pt]I HEREBY DECLARE MY SUPPORT FOR Dr. Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR, BNER, GCON


Despite the glaring weaknesses in his government ---
He has finally won my heart!

Guys, what is the way forward?

cc:
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Welcome to the fold.

The way forward is.


1. Arm yourself with information about what this administration is doing. visit buildUpNigeria page on facebook. I get raw hard facts from that page.

2. Be ready to be insulted by even your friends ... but when they you do not insult back instead be very happy, be very grateful because that is the perfect opportunity to present them with fact and figures of what this administration is doing ... that is a perfect opportunity to prove them wrong.

3. Be always on the look out for their lies and be ready to call out their hypocrisy ... burst their propaganda bubble. When they say this color is blue... do not believe them until you have done your research and confirm it is true. They thrive on lies.

4. The final most important things is to ask your self deep down why do you think GEJ is worth supporting. Once you can answer that question and defend. When you can own your conviction .... Your job is half done.

#MathewBriggs

chigo93:
may God run your life the way Gej has been running this country!it is a fair prayer!Gej is a corrupt person,checkout or google "the malabo oil scandal involving the Nigerian president"and see for yourself!this one is an eye opener

If it means securing investment commitments for me the same way he secured investments worth 4.89 Trillion Naira for Nigeria I say a big AMEN
If it means removing any atom of lack and want in my life the same way according to the world bank he reduced poverty in Nigeria by 2%. I say a big AMEN
If it means reviving any dead talents or gifts in my life the way he revived our trains and rails to the extent Nigerians can ride trains for 250N I say a big AMEN

If it means empowering me with cash and financial breakthrough the way he empowered Over 1,200 Nigerian youths to be job creators through YOUWIN ... I say a big AMEN

Any other meaning that is not in line with what God has in plan for me ... goes back to the sender.

naijababe:
Now you shifting goal post How many times did you make the shoeless to millions comment? Let me help you.

I have at least even if tacitly admitted that we are caught between the devil and a hard place, you haven't!

I feel like I know you ... LOL. Debating with you sounds familiar .. not with this moniker dou.

I am not shifting goal post.

Yes my statement in that context is an achievement. Pay attention to the word context. The context in this case is me comparing him to Buhari who could not even better his own life after smelling the same post. Who says you have to be corrupt to succeed.

So you thinking I shifted my goal post was me trying to bring to your knowledge my own real understanding of the word achievement ... Achievements is not defined by how the president changes from grass to grace but how well he changes the state of his citizen. This fact is what my last response to seeks to achieve.

To give you credit ... Even tho you want buhari to win, you have been able to admit he has his fault unlike majority who see him as a god who can do no wrong, that is laudable. You are indeed different and not a fanatic.

naijababe:
Au contraire my friend, I never said Buhari didn't do any of those things, you on the other hand are the one trying to paint GEJ as some saint. Put a wheelbarrow pushing hustler in GEJ's job and see if he will not turn his life around. You need to stop peddling his becoming an 'overnight' millionaire as some kind of achievement! Isn't that the reason why Nigeria has lost $300B to corrupt public office holders?

No I did not try to paint GEJ as some saint. I basically countered the lies peddled by the OP. Just like you and me. GEJ is an imperfect man who is on a journey toward perfection.

Has GEJ been indicted of any corrupt act. Yes or No. There you have your answer.

Far from it ... I do not see his transformation from a man with no shoe to a man with many shoe as an achievement ...

Securing investment commitments worth 4.89 Trillion Naira for Nigeria is an achievement
Taking our non-oil exports from 2.3 billion in 2010 to 2.97 billion by the end of 2013, is an achievement.
Reducing the nation's food imports by over 40% as of 2013, moving the country closer to self sufficiency in agriculture is an achievement.

You talk about corrupt public office holders I hope those corrupt office holders include those who are parading themselves as Change and have put forward buhari to go and represent them.

nicflame:
..and the story belongs to the gods

The story does not belong to the gods. The real story is that you just hate the fact that this story does not fit into your narrative about how the money was spent. You just hate the fact that the government was able to counter and put in check the mis information peddeled by you and your lot.

naijababe:
Oh! I like how he went from being shoe-less to stupendous wealth, if only he'd tell us how? Why is that too hard to do? Is he afraid we will replicate his method and take the shine away from him for working so hard?! You are are right, stealing is not corruption, after all Alamesigha only stole from the good people of Bayelsa by virtue of his office, he was not corrupt at all. $9B to -$20B (-$11B) vs. $60+B to $34B and $9B to $3B (-$32B), even if in nominal terms you are right GEJ is less of a prodigal president after all we still have a positive balance

FOI bill, yes I don't like the fact that many Nigerian states have not adopted the bill but you have to quit lying that only APC states are culpable, unlike many of you here, I criticise those APC politicians as much as I do PDP.

Freedom of press my foot! He can always try to create twitter and facebook police now. Shebi dem get am for China and North Korea

Stealing is not corruption depending on the context that word is used. ... That does not means I support him spewing that statement.

You know why I laugh at your argument so far ... You focus so far has been on discrediting GEJ, instead of answering the statements I made about your man of Change. While I have been answering your questions and exposing the fallacy and the mirage your god buhari is.

You know they are the truth and you have not be able to come up with a better defense.

I repeat would rather vote for a man who says stealing is corruption ... a statement that depending on the context his is right. Than a man who can't sinff out corruption even if it hits him in the face ... case in point is him saying almighty Abacha is not corrupt even after billions of naira he stole has been discovered.

I repeat I would rather vote for a man who lets me know more about what is happening inside his government than a man who would go to any length to hide the truth from me even if it means banning the freedom of the press.

I would vote for a man who turned his life around from shoeless to a man with many shoes ... to a man who tells me he can change my life and that of 200millin nigerians while for the past 30 years he has not been able to change his own life.

picaso77:
You are just too blind to see the truth .................i pity you

I pity you even more... You have really been brainwashed that you can't even tell the truth even if it stares you in the face. I gave you had facts and figures and countered without sweat the silly propaganda spewed by a brainwashed OP. It is a pity your mind have been brainwashed by the efficient media propaganda arm of the same set of people who took Nigeria to where it is today. Who all of a sudden are re branding them self as Change.

naijababe:
@ MathewBriggs,

Buhari did say Abacha was not corrupt but goofluck said stealing is not corruption and followed that in action by pardoning an indicted criminal (Alamesigha and called our bluff while at it).

I would go for a man who thinks stealing is not corruption (which he is right by the way depending on the context you use) than a man who cannot sniff corruption even if it is staring him in the face. To the extent he thinks Abacha is not corrupt.

Buhari should really be ashamed to boast of a paltry million naira in his account but GEJ declared 750 million 2007, to this day we are yet to know the source of this huge wealth unless of course he's been earning millions legitimately every year since became deputy governor. But then again stealing is not corruption which is why we don't know his current worth because he told us he didn't give a damn when we asked.

I would go a man who was able to take himself from been a man with no shoes to a man whose life has changed for the better. I would go for a man who has been able to change his economic story and in doing so has never been indicted by any court of law for corruption.

I would go for GEJ instead of a man who after 30 years still has the same 140 cows, Is still poor and right now dines and mingles with thieves, crooks and people who are responsible for putting Nigeria where she is currently. And still has the effrontery to tell me he would fight corruption.

Yes, Buhari merely signed the papers for the refineries but you forgot to mention that he saw the plan to fruition, unlike your man who made countless plans but all we still have are the echoes of those words, just in case you forgot, 2nd Niger Brigde, an airport in every state, a new refinery, uninterrupted power supply etc....

You forgot to mention that GEJ met DEAD railways! He not only initiated he revived Lagos-Kano in 2011 and PH-Enugu Lagosians now ride air conditioned trains!

You forgot to mention that under GEJ Nigeria now produces power at the highest level at almost 4,500MW

You forgot to mention that under GEJ our power sector has been successfully been privatized.

You forgot to mention that Work on the 2nd niger bridge has started.

You for to mention that in his first 20 months built 9 universities and 50 Almajiri schools including the only Federal Universities in Jigawa, Katsina, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kogi, Ekiti, Taraba, Yobe, Kebbi and Zamfara!.

He may not have finished all his plans but the fact is that GEJ is working

Yes, GEJ did so much in 20 months but you forgot to mention that Excess crude account went from $9B to $3B while foreign reserves has gone down to $34B from over $60B! This is despite the

You want a detailed reason why this is so

READ >> http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/national-news/193107-why-foreign-reserves-excess-crude-account-depleted-by-okonjo-iweala

Also
You forgot to mention that your buhari Increase our national debt from about US$8.855 billion in 1980, to nearly US$19 billion in just one year with nothing to show”.

Yes Buhari jailed many of the second republic politicians and showed preferential treatment but under GEJ, Farouk Lawan, Bode George, Maina, Tompolo, Asari Dokubo, the subsidy thieves are free men despite stealing our collective wealth.
Even if you people do not fear God, we should think about what kind of future our children will have.

This president is the first Nigerian president to grant complete independence to the EFCC ... It is upto effcc to do their job. He is also the one responsible for signing into law the FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT ... that is why you can know more about what is happening in the government now than ever. That is why you can sit in your laptop and ask questions.

Have you asked your self why APC states have refused to accept this bill ... because if they do you would discover that the high level of nepotism, corruption and crime there is even much worse. Have you asked them why ... all you shout is GEJ is corrupt... SMH

I would rather vote for a man who I can see the unclothedness of his government and criticize his mistakes... than a man who wants to prevent me from knowing the truth and therefore goes on to silence the press so as to keep me in the dark and make me be under the illusion that his government is perfect.

I would vote a president who wants me to see his mistakes than a government who would do anything to hide their mistakes so as to make me think they are saints.

APC buharii abeg stop insulting my intelligence.

PUSH1:
Some of his Achievements:
1. -His administration initiated a public campaign against indiscipline known as "War Against Indiscipline (WAI)" when he realized the civilian government he took over from as head of states was HOPELESSLY CORRUPT.
The campaign is still lauded by many to have instilled the most orderly conduct of public and private affairs in Nigeria since its independence in 1960.

Buhari reeks of double standards ... He took over from a state that was hopelessly corrupt put the President under house arrest and sent his deputy to krikiri .... His fight against corruption was fraught by nepotisim turning a blind eye to those in the military and people from his region while using those from the other region as scape goats.

He silenced the press, brutally dealt with people who do not share his views.

2 In his time as head of state he reduced inflation from 23% to 4%, by fiscal discipline and a homegrown economic team (not achieved under any other era both civilian and military).

Get your facts right he reduced Inflation from 23% to 3.21% and within 20months and took it back up to 40.9% .

3 He supervised and birthed our only existing refineries (1976-1978)

Stop lying... he did not birth anything ... the plan for the refineries have already been in place since . He merely signed the papers.

Do you in your heart think that Warri refinery was initiated, planned and built within one year (1977 to 1978)?

It is on record that GMB initiated nothing, he only signed contract as NNPC chairman as the decision to build the 2 refineries was initiated in 1974 when Buhari was nowhere in the government. Here is extracts from NNPC website:

“REFINERY PROJECT DECISION
The decision to construct the third Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) refinery in Kaduna was taken in 1974 along with that of the second NNPC refinery located at Warri. However, it was decided that work would commence on the construction of the third refinery whenever the projection of the consumption of petroleum products justifies it.
By early 1975, in view of the fuel shortages experienced then, the Federal Government decided that work on the third refinery should be advanced. It was envisaged that the refinery was to be a simple hydro skimming type refinery in order to meet up with the fuel demand then”
http://www.nnpcgroup.com/nnpcbusiness/subsidiaries/krpc.aspx

Conclusion
Buhari neither cleared Nigeria’s debt nor initiated any refinery in Nigeria.

https://www.nairaland.com/1983506/many-lies-buhari-apc-supporters#27763694

4 What he did in road construction while in the PTF hasn't been matched by 12yrs of the PDP.

5 The hospitals and universities around the country never witnessed as much benefits they got from the PTF from any government after or before his time.

General Buhari, you were in power for 20 months, how many universities did you build ? GEJ built 9 in his first 20 months!

General Buhari, you were in power for 20 months, how many trains did you put on our railway?GEJ put several in his 1st 20 months

General Buhari, you were in power for 20 months, how many power stations did you complete? GEJ completed 2 in his first 20 months!

General Buhari, you were in power for 20 months, how many newspapers did you close down? GEJ has not closed down one in 5 years!

Gen Buhari, you were in power for 20 months, how many youths did you give scholarship? GEJ gave over a 100 in his first 20 months

General Buhari, you were in power for 20 months, which youth did you appoint in your govt? GEJ appointed a 33 year old minister

General Buhari, you were in power for 20 months, how many women made your cabinet? GEJ appointed 10 women in his first 20 months


In 20th months of GEJ ruler-ship he achieved way more that Buhari can even dream of.

6. The Buhari regime rebuffed all entreaties by IMF and World Bank to devalue the naira, remove subsidies on services and increase pump price on fuel..

7. The Nigerian Naira was exchanged between 0.724 -0.894 to 1 Us Dollar during Buhari's regime (1983-1985 ). Imagine our Naira was more than the dollars just 26 years ago http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_naira

When Buhari took over in 1983, the Naira was exchanging for N 0.724 to a dollar, by the time he left office, the Naira was exchanging at between N1.5 to 1.7 in the parallel market. We will make use of the N1.5 exchange rate.
From 1983 to 1985, the Naira moved from 0.724 to 1.5 representing a 107% depreciation of the Naira!

The question therefore, with 107% depreciation of naira from 1983 to 1985, how stable was the naira under Buhari?

The fall of the naira is as a result of the accumulative impact of bad governance and the fact that we depend heavily on oil. GEJ has started fixing that Now.

Do you know that Nigeria now make cars, Our agricultural sector is receiving heavy boost, our technology sector is growing. Their is more hope for the future. Soon Nigerians would simile. Our economy is on a journey towards diversification under GEJ

Despite holding these public offices, check these out:
a. While former leaders came to line their pockets with the national wealth, promote themselves to Generals of fortune and above all name some important streets and edifices and towns in Nigeria after themselves and their wives and children, it was not so with General Buhari, he was driven by patriotic zeal to serve Nigeria, even after being the Head of State for 20 months, he never promoted himself to a four-star general like others who came before or after him. Its also important to note that he did not create the office of First Lady, which others did as a means to steal the national and common wealth.
b. Buhari presently has TWO houses, one owned by his father and one he built with his pension
c. He has NO house or land in Abuja
d. No property or savings abroad
e. He has 2 cars (one belongs to his wife)
f. He has NO oil wells, no petrol station.
g. His asset is worth about 5million (compared to 750 million declared by GEJ)

How can a man who prides himself as been a pauper for the past 30 years change this nation's economic state ... He is even proud to let us know that the least he has in his account is a million naira.

A former president for that matter. What does that say about his economic sense
This same man in the past 30 years has never contributed in any way to the progress of this nation either in ideas or in enterprise. How can man who in the last 30 years has not been able to change his own condition and grow economically ... change Nigeria a nation of over 200million people from poverty to riches.


[/b] He has no track record of causing economic change in his life, in a company or the last time he ruled and you expect me to believe he would change Nigeria.

Buhari and Nelson Mandela Barack were the only private African individuals invited
to the white house during president Barrack Obama’s Inauguration why?
because they are men of integrity..
i. Above all, he is not associated with corruption of any form or sort.
NOW, TELL ME. Is it not the kind of leader Nigeria need at present? The corrupt will say "No"! While the upright will say "Yes"..

Buhari says he will fight corruption if he gets power. General, in your party, look to your left and your right. What do you see?

Buhari according to him Abacha is not corrupt. Do you know what this means.

A man that who can not differentiate or tell when someone is corrupt is the same person, who thinks he would be able to fight corruption.

Under buhari you would have the illusion of the fight against corruption, Buhari would give Nigerians the drama they want using political enemies as scape goats, while under your nose dangerous deals will be made and high level corruption will still take place undercover. Why do I say this the same set of people who took Nigeria to where it is today are the same people behind his election bid.

The fact that he is very clueless to even comprehend or detect corruption will make matters worse. APC with her powerful propagada mechinarey will make it a point of duty to hide corruption activity. Have you asked your self why APC states are yet to accept the Freedom of information bill.

Like I asked earlier ... who would you vote for?
A man who they say he is corrupt with no solid proof to a man who tells you he is a saint while his friends are crooks.

Buhari cannot fight corruption ... Why do I say so.

Buhari according to him Abacha is not corrupt. Do you know what this means.

A man that who can not differentiate or tell when someone is corrupt is the same person, who thinks he would be able to fight corruption.

He is even worse that GEJ who said stealing is not corruption.

Also Under buhari you would have the illusion of the fight against corruption, Buhari would give Nigerians the drama they want using political enemies as scape goats, while under your nose dangerous deals will be made and high level corruption will still take place undercover. Why do I say this the same set of people who took Nigeria to where it is today are the same people behind his election bid.

The fact that he is very clueless to even comprehend or detect corruption will make matters worse.

Like I asked earlier ... who would you vote for?
A man who they say he is corrupt with no solid proof to a man who tells you he is a saint while his friends are crooks.

sunnydayasaba:
U fail to understand DAT dis is not 2011, what has GEJ done for d same region to deserve their votes again ....Mind u Nigerian are wiser now, GEJ hasn't done anything even for his own state and community...He's just a failed president..,.So relax...Nothing like regional votes. He's on his own come Feb

In Edo GEJ constructed the Asaba-Ebu-Otor road linking Edo to Delta & Benin-Ofosu Dual carriage way.
In Cross River GEJ built Qua Falls Dam and Irrigation Project providing drinking water and irrigating farms
In the Southeast GEJ revived the PH-Enugu line that takes you from PH to Enugu with stops in cities along the way for N250
In Imo state, GEJ completed the Egbema Power Plant and established Oguta River Port.
The FG upgraded Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki and they now perform complex surgeries.

This is just to mention a few ...

MizMyColi:

Thanks.

I quite agree on the limitation part.
I'll just keep on though, thanks.

So what are your thoughts - thoughtful thoughts?

It has good content ... but the design and feel needs more work.

That been said ... the design should not bother you ... because here on the web [b]Content [/b]is always king.

MizMyColi:
Yeah, I tried.
I have 3 wordpress accounts, LoL

But for some reason, Blogger was where I felt more at home.
iono why. I tried many times to port to wordpress, but there was this unsettling feeling.

I prayed before kicking off, I'll do my best and just trust God.

I could use suggestions from you though.
Thanks.

I use to use , now I use wordpress and its quite amazing.

is limited ... But moreover what is important is you using a product you are perfectly comfortable with.

freshness2020:
...there is something behind this story that is still sketchy!
This wickedness is wicked!

@bolded



What an Epic line.

MizMyColi:
Mine.

www.mizmycolimusings..com

Thanks in anticipation.

Try using word press... instead of ... You've got good content

papiforreal:
corruption index has dropped?

You deserves to be shot for lying in public forum.

Nigeria moved 8 positions upward in the world global ranking.

You must be from otuoke to spewed this rubbish.

Liar... cure your ignorance

Nigeria Records Improvement, Ranked 39th on Corruption Index
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nigeria-records-improvement-ranked-39th-on-corruption-index/195767/

chamboy:
Seun Is PDP, op n others deal with it.. The only thing we can do is to preach change to him and if he refuses, seun n his pdp mods can't stop 2015 CHANGE ....
GMB/OSIBANJO 2015

LET SOMEBODY SHOUT CHANGE




My comment for the thread


Seuns' Support For The Campaign Of Calumny Against The People's General.

What is wrong with you guys... Are you saying pro PDP post shouldn't make front page.

The real reason I detest APC is the level of hypocrisy your party exhibit.

LogicPower:
You are absolutely right!

Okupe, Abati, Labran Maku and MANY of GEJ's advisers would be remembered as the WORST set of presidential spokespersons we have ever seen in Nigerian history.

We have never seen a set of presidential image-makers who have SO MUCH resources at their disposal yet they achieved SO LITTLE in terms of actually boosting the image of their principal.

Because of their crass ignorance of the basic principles and practice of PROFESSIONAL PR, they think PR is all about negativity and proving how fierce an attack dog you can be!.

That is why they spend MOST of their time, energy and the huge resources at their disposal on REPULSIVE, DIRTY, HATEFUL, DIVISIVE, CRUDE, CHILD-LIKE, PROVOCATIVE and mostly unwarranted PERSONAL attacks on decent and respected members of the society who happen to be in the opposition parties.

But to be fair to them, it would naturally be VERY DIFFICULT for anyone to successfully launder the image of a clueless, weak, incompetent, non-achieving and BLUNDER-PRONE president like GEJ; and it would be even more difficult when you try to convince the electorate to re-elect him for another term, in the face of his glaring failure.

So it is a case of double jeopardy, where a clueless and weak president is surrounded by a bunch of unprofessional PR team who, in the absence of tangible achievements by their principal, resort to the ONLY option available to them, and that is, looking for even the most trivial issue they can find from the opposition camp and use it to launch personal attacks on the opposition leaders.

Fortunately for us, the game is almost OVER for them and their clueless principal. And what a good riddance it would be!.

I am a GEJ supporter... I agree with this post. The only part I do not agree is the part bolded. GEJ is good market that is not been sold very well. His image makers are doing a very poor job.

jaybee3:
Matthew wan use english dabaru my head

Oya let me try and rephrase your question

Who would i vote for if i had to choose between:
GEJ - The perception is that he is very corrupt but no proof as you've claimed. His friends are corruption personified
Buhari - The perception is that he is a saint but his friends are also very corrupt

I will gladly take buhari but i'm not comfortable with the fact that he gave Abacha a clean bill of health.

Worst case scenario i give the voting exercise a pass

I just can't validate GEJ's presidency by sending him back to Aso rock

You would gladly take a man who according to him Abacha is not corrupt. Do you know what this means.

You are telling me that a man who can not differentiate or tell when someone is corrupt is the same person, who would be able to fight corruption.

He is even worse that GEJ who said stealing is not corruption.

When you dig deeper beyond all this propaganda BS. You would discover that Buhari's brand of change is just a fallacy.

jaybee3:
@Matthew
Prevention without prosecution is pretty useless IMO. They have to go alongside each other to be effective.
Nigerians are smart and it will only be a matter of time before they come up with new ways to circumvent whatever prevention techniques established by the president.


I do agree that all politicans are the same as far as Nigeria is concerned but it’s very dangerous for electorates to give a seal of approval by re-electing a president that hasn’t necesarilly proven himself worthy of fighting corruption.

People need to stop being short sighted and think long term.

Prevention without prosecution is not useless. It is just less effective. I never state he does not prosecute. I mainly stated the core theme of his corruption strategy is prevention that does not mean a couple of people have never been prosecuted.


Good thing you agree all politicians are the same.

Jaybee would you vote for a man who they say his corrupt to a man who tells you he is a saint while his friends are corrupt.

Jaybee like you said we need to think long term ... or more like we need to learn to see beyond the propaganda our leaders spew. Lagos state a state that I personally say has the best governor so far is ripe with corruption, nepotisim and stealing... all these are happening all under the nose of fashola. But you do not get to hear about it, because of the efficient propaganda machinery APC has put in place. Learn to see beyond what you read on line. These media outlet are owned by these same greedy corrupt politicians.

Under buhari you would have the illusion of the fight against corruption, Buhari would give Nigerians the drama they want using political enemies as scape goat, while under your nose dangerous deals will be made and high level corruption will still take place undercover. Why do I say this the same set of people who took Nigeria to where it is today are the same people behind his election bid.

Like I asked earlier ... who would you vote for?
A man who they say he is corrupt with no solid proof to a man who tells you he is a saint while his friends are crooks.

jaybee3:
Exactly the steps he needs to take which he obviously hasn't managed in the past 6 years

He needed to accept that corruption is our number one achilles heels but he didn't
He needed to provide evidence of him fighting corruption.
Heck he needs to rid himself of the corruption laden associates he surrounds himself with

Everyone seems to be a friend of GEJ so long as they are on board with his agenda and that frankly worries me

BTW Good intentions doesn't necessarily transforms into good governance

@ Jaybee GEJ has accepted that it's our number one Achilles heel. The challenge is that he is not communicating his acceptance, that is were effective communication comes to play.

As per the evidence we are still saying the same thing communication. He needs to communicate. I once worked on project that details how GEJ was able to cut down the corruption that trailed the government fertilization distribution system 'Where middle men crooks withhold the fertilizer the government have freely given to farmers and even ask the farmers to pay for it.

The min of agric under GEJ, broke down this nefarious act by designing a system where by the fertilizers reach the farmers directly without middle men interference saving the government billions of naira. There are many success stories of this nature which you do not hear all you hear is an un verifiable claim that 20B is missing etc.

The strategy of this government towards corruption has always been prevention not prosecution ... while the public like prosecution, they want to see one rich man hanged and humiliated . GEJ have not been able to give the public the blood they want to see. Hence everyone thinks he is not fighting corruption.

Irrespective of this they have even failed to communicate their prevention strategy in detail.

Secondly ... Jaybee do you know one of the most important reason why I do not support buhari. The reason is because he has surrounded him self with even more corrupt associates from Tinubu who under his watch Lagos was rift with crime to Atiku and now OBJ to the bad eggs that jumped from PDP. So surrounding your self with corrupt people is not even the subject of discussion. Both candidates have loads of corrupt people.

My challenge is that corruption would be much worse under Buhari, this is my reason due to his cult following he enjoys even when he does something wrong people would not see it, they see him as a god who can do no wrong ... no thanks to APCs propaganda mechanism ... Buhari would exactly what Putin is to Russia we would be suffering and smiling. Secondly he has been selected by a group of corrupt people who are the real reason Nigeria is where it is today, and now they want him to go and represent them.

Buhari may have all the body language that suggest he would fight corruption infact he may be enjoying his past anti corruption stance but the fact is Buhari of 1985 is not the buhari of today. He is no longer in the milatary where his word is final ... democracy is not his terrain coupled with the fact that he is now a puppet after forming alliances with people with shoddy pasts.

I am very wary of a man people tell me he is a saint while all his friends are thieves.

jaybee3:
Oga Matthew, i'm sure you know communication will only be effective if the audience actively listens, absorbs the point being out across and in turn understands them perfectly.

Communication is also by body language and not necessarily just the message you have to deliver

How do you suppose GEJ can convince me that he isn't corrupt if that's the single most important issue for me as far as this election is concerned?

Publicly accept the fact that corruption is a serious challenge facing his government and that he is committed to ridding Nigeria of this venom. Then he now goes on to Inform Nigerians about what he has been doing to checkmate it so far ... things like, Strengthen institutions and restructuring of certain systems etc. From there he can then Showcase how his strategy have worked so far, showcase figures that he has saved from been lost using his strategy.

He then proceeds to talk about the key corruption allegations that has trailed his government as he tries to set the record straight. He then let you know that he hopes to do better in the future. From there he can then proceeds to Inform you about his firm stance on corruption and his plans going forward. Like informing you that he has set some underground plans to tackle ghost workers, block leakages in the government from NNPC to Ministry of finance and prosecute anyone found wanting be it his brother or members of your cabinet Caught in the act.

His body language when communicating and his after actions should showcase his resolve and determination to deal with it.

GEJ has good intentions where he fails is in his ability to communicate these intentions.

@Jaybee.

A lot .. The average Nigerian consumes media... they listen to gossip from each other... they listen to the radio, watch TV, read newspapers, and some proportion have access to the internet where they consume online content. Media is not restricted to the world wide web.

Yes rigging strategy is core strategy most politicians use... it is a strategy i do not support. But that strategy can only take place where the majority of the people are on the same page with you for example Buhari can easily rig in kano, but can't do so in Bayelsa.

An effective communication strategy is the bedrock of any campaign every other things follows...

When building a communication strategy you need to factor in the platforms on mediums where you target audience can easily be reached and disperse your message accordingly via that medium.

Drop you comments here ... If you have any...

Eziachi:
We have to agree to disagree. I don't in honesty even believe in the this project Nigeria, let alone supporting any of it's political party. Why would I deny I support something if I do? I was hoping that by now they will be talking about issue related stuff but never. You don't have to be partisan to know that PDP is just the reincarnation of the old NPN. They don't believe in free electoral process, even when they had no serious challenger, its in their blood.
APC has lots of barggage that can be trashed out, like the issue of deporting Nigerian in their own country, but those doesn't interest PDP and their supporters because it doesn't involve Buhari. I want to hammer APC on real issues but PDP aren't giving people like me anything but useless propaganda and negative tactics based on lies on personalities.
Most of my family, in fact almost all my family are in PDP including an elected governor, so it not about party politics for me.

You have proved me wrong, and have won my respect with your statement ... Nice.

Eziachi my grouse with APC is not APC as a party heck no. I know PDP and APC are simply the same people. So my political mindset is based on rooting for people not party.

APC convinced me at first that they are the change, having been to lagos and witnessed the change APC Fashola carried out. Fashola may not be perfect, he has his flaws... but he is a man of vision ... to me he is the best governor in Nigeria... the best APC has to offer ... with the fire and vigour APC came out at first I hoped to see fahsola fly their flag.

But they proved to me that they are still like PDP. Blinded by ethnocentrism, religion and tribe instead of Merit they engineered everything and fielded buhari ... they could not even give fashola VP. This is a clear U-turn from what been progressive stands for ... To that effect I have made it a point of duty to campaign against APC and Buhari.

GEJ to me has some flaws but in my opinion he is better than Buhari ... I can debate that any where with confidence.

Moreover ride on with your non partisian methodology it is commendable. Like you said we have to agree to dis agree.

Eziachi:
That sound like consolation talk to me. You know that someone had fall short in law, you are blaming quota system?
If there is any meat on this issue, PDP members would had been in courts now running riot and trying to do something. Remember what they did during the APC registration by trying to register and hijack the name?

My happiness is that I can speak my mind as I am neither APC or PDP but many of you are in such political metal prison, hampering you from seeing straight. Only a partisan person don't believe that this certificate nonsense is partisan, even when you have freedom of information law to back you, if you really want to see Buhari's certificate.

Everybody who is sane knew that with the likes of Ahmadu Ali, Kayode, Abati, Omokri and Okupe surrounding Jonathan campaign that it not going to be anything but dirty and there is more to come, I can assure you.

They've tried his age, he is a dictator, a Jihadist, a fundamentalist, a Boko Haram Sponsor, Islamitizing Nigeria, Sharia to replace the constitution, He kept Ekwueme in prison and Shagari at Hilton hotel Suite, 58 suitcases, Idiagbo was the guy that did the good part, Buhari did the bad part, Lagos motorail, etc and non seem to stick and they changed gear he didn't have school certificate. We are not even talking about a university degree but a secondary school certificate.
I honestly still believe that Jonathan can beat Buhari in a very close contest but what I totally oppose is the tactic based on elementary lies, propaganda and character assassination based on concocted fiction, which can easily backfire. Because northerners are no fools. Talking about Buhari certificate is another way of calling all of them illiterate, if an army general doesn't have a school cert, what about ordinary person?

@ first bolded my brother you are still living in denial.
@ Second bolded PDP carries out character assassination and APC is the saint. Barcanista the master character assassination is a revered father abi.

Chai One of the first diagnosis of an APC supporter is hypocrisy ... I am afraid you are still living in denial prove me wrong.

berem:
you're good in writing long epistles but you always shoot yourself in the foot. Same reason you were always ridiculed in romance section for attacking Beenkumar because you felt you should have won Mr. Nairaland. Jealousy and being malicious that's what you are.

You have found solace in politics section where your likes are found. Welcome to politics section were your idiocy is kindly needed.

@ first bolded Thank you for your compliment. Berem thinks I am good at writing epistles. I am touched. God bless you

Why are you so pained berem. Is this the Issue based discussion MADAM BEREM and her APC promised us. Instead of focusing on the issue you are focusing on the messenger. That line MR nairaland bla bla bla do not work on me try another one.

@ second bolded I thank you for welcoming me to the politics sections ... You are right I have found solace in the fact that via my fingers I can contribute my own quota in preventing Nigeria from been ruled by an economic clueless dictator who ran down Nigerian to the ground the last time he came into poweer. I have found solace in the fact that I can expose APC for the fraud they are.

Once again thank you for welcoming me. God bless you.

barcanista:
Has any law been broken? If yes, go to court! If no, shut the f.u

I smell hypocrisy...

Has GEJ broken any law by not bringing back the Chibok girls now despite how hard he is trying.
Has GEJ been accused by any court of law to be responsible for sponsoring bokoharam.
Has GEJ been accused by any court of law to be corrupt.
Has GEJ been accused by any court of law to be responsible for the 20B you and you lot claim he stole from NNPC.

Leme borrow your own words ...
If no, shut the f.u