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He also added that the Buhari-led administration lacks the principle of royal dialogue and has brought the Emirate Council to a point where, if not for Saraki, he would have been in shame over the way investigation into the Jebba contract awarded was handled as it attack his person and the institution he represents.

Im not from Kwara but in my deep interest for its history and politics I stay close with happenings in the state, particularly regarding rifts on culture and tradition. The Emir is wrong and untruthful in the above quoted statement. Jebba is older than his ancestors and the throne of monarchy in Jebba was originally under the Oyo Empire. Jebba was an ancient river port and trade confluence for Ilorin and Bida merchants and connected travelers over water with other West African states. This was even long before dan Fodio.

Emir of Ilorin is not comfortable with the position of Oba of Jebba as an older institution and a true royal dynasty. He has made numerous attempts dating back to time of military when they acted as surrogates for his throne and empowered Ilorin above higher and more traditional monarchies in the sorrounding areas to usurp power and force non-Fulani domains under his throne. The Emir, with help of Saraki family and particularly when Bukola was governor sidelined the Oba of Jebba and had him under economic restrictions to force his surrender to the Ilorin Emirate, but they failed.

About two years ago the Jebba bridge which is a popular crossing across the river and the preferred route for travelers and haulers between West and North was brought down. It was reported as a structural fault and failure but we know that is not true...it was act of sabotage to push Jebba out of economic relevance and force it to bend at the knees before the Emirate. The Oba cried out that they were trying to punish him and his people using economic strangulation. There used to be a paper mill at Jebba. After its closure many years ago the town had suffered setback economically, and now by forcing travellers to reroute away from Jebba it would kill them completely.

Considering the importance of Jebba to trade and commerce between West and North, the Minister of Works, Raji Fashola got involved and commenced a fast track recovery and got the bridge rebuilt. The road is a Federal road afterall. The Emirate got bitter because it was excluded in the decision and contract. That's the background behind the nonsense the Emir is uttering publicly. Buhari knows how to talk to royals, this Emir has no respect for his throne or for those thrones that were already at advanced civilization before his ancestors entered this zone.

I hope he keeps his word and abdicate the throne after Buhari's win. Saraki has already lost Kwara. When an Emir get up at Jummah service and speaks, the Jamaa obeys. The Jamaa of Ilorin has rejected this Emir and will defeat him and his candidates in the Saraki fold.

I love Ilorin people, they might be held down but they are not quiet and will recover from the years of damages and injustice done to them by military leaders like IBB and Abacha.

How many times have statements of leaders been twisted out of context? This wont be new.
The source says pointblanknews. Who is that, a blog site or a reputable news agency? Tinubu movements are covered by professional journalists wherever he goes. Until we hear from a professional, this is nonsense!

This is Shaquile Oneal of cow world.

grandstar:
Yoruba's are swing voters and their votes are based more on those they perceive that will serve their interests rather than simply name.

In 2011 they voted for Jonathan despite Tinubu's rooting for Ribadu. Jonathan amiableness and character won them over. He lost only in Osun state.

In 2015, they voted for Buharigreatly dissappointed at Jonathan's gross incmpetence. The endemic corruption, the lack of discipline and the might of the ragtag Boko Haram did him no good

They were attracted t9 Buharis integrity and incorruptible personality and felt it was antidote to to the Jonathan's years.

Unfortunately they were soon to realize that his impeccable character does not equate to competence.

The economic policies that Buhari introduced which were only fitting for semi educated bricklayer devastated the economy. Lamido Sanusi, a staunch Buharist turned against him pummelling his economic policies and advising his ministers and advisors to speak truth to power. He wouldn't bulge plunging the economy into a devastating recession that led to massive loss of jobs.

Utomi, Rewane and Soludo have also condemned his economic policies as well as the organized private sector.

Yoruba states like Lagos have been badly hitwith a triple whammy of heavy job losses, slow business and sky high prices.

It won't be smooth sailing in the Southwest

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As we speak, Yoruba agenda is working under Buhari. That's the bottomline.

Jonathan did not include us in his programme. Atiku has excluded us as well, and we can already see if Atiku were to be President what to expect from PDP....we will be sidelined. When have you known Yoruba to be stupid in political projections? Never! We are not going to be stupid for Atiku or PDP. We are comfortable in APC and with Buhari.

Has anyone heard of this group, I think these are impostors. Why is their Sec. General a Yorubaman? Beside, they are campaigning for SE candidates, and not for Igbo residents, to win elective posts in Lagos.... Weird!

In order to ensure that Igbo living in Lagos State make impact in the 2019 general elections, Ndigbo United Association, the recognized political organ of Ndigbo in Lagos State, is to screen and streamline south-east candidates that would compete in different elective positions in Lagos State.
Speaking at a meeting with some of the candidates, the president of association, Dr Jonathan Nnaji said that for
Ndigbo to make impact in the 2019 elections, they must present a common front.

He said that all the Igbo who had picked the tickets of their parties would be screened by the association so that only the best would go to the field and win the election for Ndigbo in particular and Nigeria in general.
On his part, the Secretary General of Ndigbo group, Dr Femi Ferguson disclosed that a committee had been set up to screen the candidates.
He, however, lamented that some of the candidates sponsored and won elections in 2015 betrayed the mandate
of Ndigbo, adding that only those who have integrity would get the blessing of the association.


http://sunnewsonline.com/2019-igbo-in-lagos-to-streamline-candidates-for-common-front/

I am always the one standing up to the challenge on this proposal. Tonyebarcanista had promised a response after Atiku policy document is released. After the release I nudged him, no response. This is good thread and I hope you get good responses without the roforofo fights.

grandstar:
Keep your fingers crossed! If Atiku had zero chance of winning in the state, the Lamido wouldn't have dared give him such an extremely lofty title lest he draws the ire of the presidency.

When Sanusi was appointed Emir of Kano in 2014, it was an inclination that Jonathan was finished.

All Northern states where the governors abandoned APC for PDP are no longer easy picking for Buhari. These politicians jumped ship from PDP to APC when Buhari's goodwill was so strong that anything associated with him was a winner.

Now they've jumped ship back to PDP. It should be a warning that PMB's popularity has waned amongst the people.

I know of one Fulani boy who was a Buhari Sai Baba fan. Now, he says Buhari has forgotten the poor now that he is in power alluding to the high cost of things in the market

A Hausa man told me out of the blues as I was discussing a totally different subject with him that Buhari isn't coming back. Many are very resentful. We just feel that because he is Hausa Fulani, his kin men people will support him.

He'll loose Gombe and Sokoto. Gombe I'm 90% sure as the present Gombe governor is extremely popular there and he's a PDP man that never decamped

Tambuwal of Sokoto has now gone back to the PDP. It is not a good omen. These guys will campaign for Atiku.

Even if he wins in the core North, it will be by a much smaller margin particularly if Atiku rubs into the faces of the people the hardship PMB brought about by his incompetent policies

He will loose in the South west, South East, and South South.

He will also loose in the Middle belt.

North East and Northwest are dicey but with Atiku in the lead in 4 zones, I don't see how Buhari can win the election,

What do you take Yorubas for? I don't know about anywhere else, but I do know in Yorubaland you need two ingredients to win elections 1) endorsement from traditional rulers; 2) social values and the Yoruba agenda.


In 2015 PDP turned off the traditional rulers and lost the region. The PDP candidate in Lagos campaigned on power sharing with Ibos. It turned off Oba of Lagos and when the news got hinterland what PDP was trying to do in Lagos, all the Obas, all way to Offa, rejected PDP.

Yoruba has its own agenda within the Federation. We practice socialism in Yorubaland traditionally and it is always a priority bullet in any of our political manifestoes, we align with the party that can deliver on socialism. Other factors can arise from outside which would influence our choice in this regard and cause a temporary shift in a different direction in order to preserve the collective race, but without that external interference....our choice and vote is predictable just by observing party manifestoes and agendas.

PDP does not have a manifesto to campaign on and sway SW to Atiku. Even the recent policy document that Atiku published is all fanciful and flashy but is not inclusive of Yoruba agenda.


Have you seen Yoruba agenda? Get a copy and read, then visit PDP website, then visit APC website and compare. After you read it you will get my point.

youngalex:
. ou just narrated the negative impact in a monopoly driven market,imagine if 4 investors acquire stakes in our 4 Refineries,there will be competition and invariably the price will come down in line with demand forces...Nigeria spends app over #100 Billion annually subsidizing fuel and this is highly unacceptable for the future growth plan

My brother, Telecomms is neck to neck with oil revenues in Nigeria. Are you aware? There is competition in Telecomms and it is expensive and poor quality.

Where is Oritsejafor? I expect to see him at occasions like this.

The price of fuel is affordable now and the quality is not compromised because of FG subsidies. If we sell them off to private investors FG will no longer subsidize it. It is a high demand commodity, therefore pricing will be at cut-throat level and affordability will be out of reach of most people. Resellers of fuel will begin diluting and compromising quality to maximize profits. Price of public transportation will go up, price of market produce will go up due to input cost. Many will return to bicycle...but fuel marketers will invade and monopolize that market as well and bicycle will go up in price. Productivity will decrease nationwide which will have consequences in IGR and GDP at state level and thus impact budget.


I am surprised economists are not speaking up against the idea.

mekaboy:
We all know how hard Tinubu worked to bring APC into power, however APC did not show him the required gratitude. According to his wife, her husband was treated badly.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/259450-husband-treated-poorly-helping-apc-win-2015-elections-remi-tinubu.html

Now they have come up with the Next Level for 2019 campaign. If they treated Tinubu like this in the first tenure, knowing they will need a second tenure, how will they treat him after they win and Buhari has nothing to loose?

Will they be taking the humiliation to the Next Level?

Well Tinubu is a smart Businessman and does not want Lagos to slip from his hands or repeat the mistake he made with Fashola. He does not want to be trading on one side and the governor will be on the other side.

He wanted to remove fashola during his second term, but Fashola already built his own structure. He then tried to cut down fashola's access at the federal level. Unfortunately, he was already late. Fashola and Amechi had gone directly and invested in Buharis campaign, so there was no way fashola won't get a return on his investment.

He does not want to take such chances with Ambode, hence the need to bring in a freshman with fresh loyalty, before 2019.

So that if after his calculations, he decides to sell to Atiku, the federal level won't use Ambode against him.

So you might see Tinubus body with APC, but you never can tell where his mind is.

Let's keep our fingers crossed. This is payback time for him.

Very poor analysis.

Bokoharam is not a conventional army and has huge advantage to its side in the cross-regional politics. For example, it can import mercenaries from as far as Mauritania, Libya, Lebanon, Somalia and other places. Consider how easy it is for Nigerians to cross from the coastal Southto North, then board a caravan of trucks and traverse the desert to the Mediterranean coast within days. Even possible to enter Europe from staging points in Libya, Tunisia. Imagine these people are going to North Africa and Europe for a Jihad war. The ease, the goal and allure of striking it rich doing in places where no one knows them or their name and hiding behind that dark identity to perpetrate all kind of vices and atrocities on the humanity in that foreign land.

Those who bokoharam recruit fit this profile, except that they are not Nigerians, these guys are usually young men with years of delinquency and behavioral problems, those who their home societies cannot re-integrate into mainstream. They are hopeless and and have nothing to loose. In the bokoharam war they find cause, a purpose...and so they leave their homelands and travel down here.

So while bokoharam is finding new recruits to keep its force dynamic and the spirit renewed, our soldiers are not getting relief from new enilstments and replacements. Their spirit is battered and broken. They need a new morale boost. NA should recruit professional psychologists and as well put a plan in place to aid the infantry men.

Nigeria has a total combatant force that comprise of Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force, Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Police Force, Mobile Police Force, Nigerian Customs, Nigerian Civil Defense Corps, and some others that are trained on gun battle and carry weapons and side armor. A contingent of Mobile Police Force, Customs, NCDS, should be given upgraded training and deployed to the war front. Why do they carry guns if they cannot use it to fight war? This is the call to justify their need for guns. Their deployment will enable those who have spent six straight months in battlefield to get reprieve and recover and rejuvenate for three months before they are redeployed with new spirit and vigour.

It's not just guns and ammo that win wars, spirit is just as important and when morale is high, spirit is high. This is what has kept bokoharam sustained and with courage to face bullets...and is why they are winning some pockets of the war. We need their recruitment pool to dry up so they are as de-spirited as the Nigerian soldiers and can at last be obliterated from the landscape.

Lordkush,
Don't make Dasuki into a hero in the midst of all these. Hausas are not asking this question, Yorubas are not asking, Tiv is not asking, Ijaw is not asking, Nupe is not asking, Kanuri is not asking. Why must Ibo stick its neck out unnecessarily to take ownership of controversial and high visibility political risks? Is this bravery or lack of wisdom? Let this thread die. Leave Dasuki alone and face front to 2019 and your support for Atiku.

PD18:
In as much as I will not want to join issues on this matter,I like to let everyone know that there's no state in this country that does not have her ugly side weather past or present.the issue raised is just a suggestion,which is not suppose to lead to mud slinging nor slandering.

Very well said! The OP has a legitimate claim with the title if we were to go by history, pre and post-colonialism. I believe the discussion should have been between the Edo and his brothers in SS.

Pre-colonialism there was nothing called Edo State or SS, the whole of that domain now known as SS, except Itsekiri, was under Benin Kingdom. The reason Oba Ovanramwen Nogbaisi was exiled to Calabar was because the British said his Kingdom extended to Calabar, because at the time all the coastal territories to East of Benin were under Oba throne. They were not same people or same culture but they were under the suzerainty of the Binin Oba. Post-colonialism when the amalgamation and provincial territories were created British tried to document and put people together by culture, by worship or by language. Hence those whose roots were proven to Benin were joined to Benin as could be conveniently and geographically made possible. What saved Onitsha was River Niger, otherwise it would be classified under Benin provincially. As much as we can gather, Onistha was separated from other Ibo provinces and was given a somewhat pseudo-autonomous existence. Where did the Colonialists get this information to know who belonged where? From the missionaries that were on ground and knew the history of the ancient people that populated those areas. When the regions were created, those with roots in Ife were made into Western region. Others that did not make it into Western region were put in Eastern regions for convenience of administration. Benin and the provinces under its administration were put into communality with their ancestral beginning in Ife and were known as Western region. Post-Independence, Western region was broken up and Midwestern created to put Benin back as a autonomous. COR was also scheduled to be created out of Eastern region, as well Middle Belt out of Northern region. The last two did not make it t that time, although COR eventually became autonomous out of Eastern region. Midwestern was further broken to become Bendel (BENin-DELta), which further broke to become Edo and Delta. The two together are now geo-zoned into the SS membership. In actuality, Midwest and COR is what has become SS. So their history is deep and cohesive, though they have gone through many political changes and modifications. There is nothing wrong in OP planting the idea of Edo as a capital. He would be right, just as an Asaba or Rivers, or Calabar, or Warri, can just as well make similar claim. I truly cannot understand how this simple exercise has degenerated inyo this chaos and slingshots across.

IloveToMess:
What are you blabbing about?? Igbos can comfortably beat yoruba to a stand still on a one in one basis and you know that. We manufactured our arms ourselves during the civil war, let that show you who we are when we are determined.

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Xda59:
That is the height of fear and desperation. The false foundation is shaking and they are trembling; they are beginning to smell the coffee that is brewing but the time is 11.59, just a little bit too late to steady the listing vessel. Come February 2019, atiku, the old silverback from otta and afenifere; SHALL BE DISGRACED!!!!!!!!

Sai Baba until 2023!!!!!

Abeg excuse my people, they are only cheerleading,nothing more. They know what time it is but they made noise to give moral supportto SE so they don't think they are alone. If Afenifere is serious about rejcting Buhari in SW why didn't they start by making sure PDP won every election in their region? They are nothing but cheerleaders, abeg don't even count that nonsense from Afenifere.

zlantanfan:
I almost doubted that was buhari, that guy could be adulraham.

Buhari is quite plumpy and fresh here than even the present state more confusion on his enemies

This cannot be Buhari in this picture. This is Khaleed. The real Buhari has no hair on his head.

Ohanaeze Ndigbo made a uturn last week after committing entire Igbo nation to Atiku and PDP the week before. Two recent outcomes are causing apprehension in SE and they are trying to back pedal from Atiku and PDP because they suddenly realize there is no way Atiku is going to win SW. They clenched to PDP in 2015 and sank with its defeat, they want to stay afloat in 2019 in case PDP looses. From look of things, there is no doubt PDP will loose.

1) Next to Atiku, Saraki is believed to be the strong anchor for PDP nationally. He is campaign Director for Atiku and his legislative influence is expected to bear weight in the election and outcomes. Well, the Director of Atiku campaign lost election in his own frontyard. APC cleared elections in NC, NW and NE. Saraki's effect in Senate has been hijacked from him. He is a sitting duck now. His prowess in Kwara has been humiliated when the winning Kwara legislator went all the way to Lagos to signal his allegiance to a new political order. That's symbolic!

In addition, Fayose is the Campaign Coordinator for SW. Fayose is not even in Atiku's faction of PDP, moreover, he is battling EFCC case and does not need the distraction, particularly risky for him that he is now going around without security details. So Fayose will not be a good campaigner, nor can he deliver SW effectively as expected. He has zero immunity and zero security, so he will be sober when he talks about Buhari, the central object that Atiku must remove to become President.


2) The bill to create a Financial Investigative Unit has been passed and is now law. In fact the unit is already at their duty desk as we speak. Election in Nigeria is expensive, the only return on investment is a win. Investors are skeptical of FIU, they fear it more than they do EFCC. EFCC jurisdiction is limited to Nigeria. FIU on the hand work with a network of other FIUs and have a global reach. They can investigate bank accounts on foreign soil using their counterparts in target countries as proxies. Therefore political investors are scaled back....no one wants to put his neck out there unnecessarily, even where the wealth is 100% legitimate, this is not business as usual anymore. President Buhari also issued a declaration recently that corrupt politicians will end up in jail eventually, and he warned Governors that they will account for bailout funds and Paris loan. This is code for if you spend people money on selfish interests don't let us catch you, if we do we will deal with you.


These two flags are visible miles away, and I believe SE is not blind.

odiks:
Southsouth is lobbying for Secretary to the Government of the Federation( SGF) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

With the development, the Southwest, which is demanding the SGF’s seat, may lose out if PDP and Atiku bow to the Southsouth pressure.

Atiku has promised to concede the position to the Southwest as re-echoed recently by ex-Governor Gbenga Daniel, who was the Director-General of the now disbanded Atiku Campaign Organisation.

Some Southsouth leaders and ex-militant leaders in the Niger Delta are behind the lobbying.

They believe no other post could assuage their marginalisation than the SGF slot, The Nation learnt.

The leaders, especially the former Niger Delta warlords, are said to be insisting that they will not play second fiddle if PDP returns to power in 2019.

Their position is said to be the outcome of a recent meeting between some South-South opinion leaders and ex-militant coordinators.

A source, who spoke in confidence, said: “We have a fresh challenge at hand because the Southsouth wants the SGF slot in a move which may alter pre-primaries negotiation with the Southwest.

“This demand from the Southsouth is part of the intrigues surrounding the ongoing horse-trading in PDP. Every geopolitical zone is interested in what PDP and Atiku will offer it.


“So far, neither the PDP nor Atiku has been forthcoming on the positions to concede to the South-South.

“What the South-South leaders are saying is that they will not wait till after the election before knowing PDP’s and Atiku’s plans for their zone. And it is more complex because ex-militant leaders are collaborating with respected leaders from the Niger Delta in this latest agitation.”

Atiku’s camp, however, said it is too early to jostle for positions when a big battle is ahead.

One of Atiku’s strategists, Mr. Phrank Shuaibu, said: “The party has already done its zoning and that was why it’s presidential candidate came from the north. The candidate does not intend to alter the decision of the party unless the party decides otherwise.

“We regard these remarks as permissible conjectures, allowable agitations or gambits that can be used for negotiations, particularly now that it is becoming obvious by the day that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the PDP is a clear favourite to win the 2019 presidential election.

“However, the truth of the matter remains that it is still early in the day to firmly allocate certain sensitive positions at the national level when the real battle ahead is to defeat and dismiss President Muhammadu Buhari and his APC Government at the centre.

“The discussions on the issue of power sharing and ethnic balancing are an evolving conversation and negotiation. Nothing is static or written in gold or even cast in stone.

“ Realistically, it is the party leadership that will have the final say on such matters and discussions are ongoing.”



http://thenationonlineng.net/2019-southwest-may-lose-southsouth-lobbies-pdp-atiku-sgf-slot/

You mean the SW which has REJECTED the SGF position.... If you like give it to a Chadian. Atiku is not getting any mileage in West.

I'm not sure, but I think Buhari was attending an event in Church here, possibly a funeral and they took off cap in respect. Does this guy look like a person that will Islamize Nigeria? Buhari killed Nigeria's membership as an observer in OIC back in 84. IBB took power and reinstated the observation status, and eventually we became full member of Organization of Islamic Conference. If anyone had intent of Islamizing Nigeria it was IBB.

Haters should leave Buhari alone. He is older than Atiku but more agile and a loving husband who does not believe in acquiring a harem, even though his religion allows him four. Very simple guy!

1946 Atiku was born to Garba Abubakar's second wife, Aisha. No surviving sibling
1954 Atiku enrolled in primary school
1957 Garba Abubakar died. He and Aisha were divorced before his death.
1960 Atiku enrolled in secondary school
1965 Completed secondary school
1965 Admitted into Nigerian Police College Kaduna
1965-66 Tax Officer, Min. of Finance, Northern Region Government
1966 Admitted into Kano School of Hygiene
1967 Received Diploma as a Sanitation Officer
1967 Admitted for Diploma in Law, ABU
1969 Received Diploma in Law.
1969 Enrolled in Nigerian Customs Service

1989 Retired from Customs as Deputy Director

Oshigun:
He is pained deep down. But for the likes of MC then OBJ , OGD, Fayose and other do-or-die politicians would still be having a field day in the SW today. They used to just snatch ballot sheets in full view of policemen and simply write new collated numbers in favour of the PDP .

Why is it that ACN, now APC, won several election appeals (Osun and Ekiti for example) if not for the gross rigging of election in the SW aided by PDP thuggery?

I don't plan to have high BP on Nairaland. When I see people like that I just flow along with them and inject sarcasm, no need fighting his mind. INEC will bend their brain and spirit when final result is announced. For the past 4years they continuously loose ground to APC victories in elections, but to them and in their mind they are winning. So who am I to tell them they are loosing?

IbrahimDamola:
Regain our brains?

Have you ever been with your brain since Agberoes and NURTW started calling the shots in yoruba politics? No!

Will you ever regain your brain? Unlikely.

Sai Oluomo!

Sai Agberoism!

Meanwhile let us pretend the agberoes will make yorubaland develop like America in a sophisticated manner.

Our Agberos have chasedout PDP and taken over all SW. They will soon take over Kwara. Tell Saraki to introduce bill against agberoism. Its urgent before agbero take over Kwara.

To the Igbos wailing on this thread, are you aware few weeks ago Sanwoolu was at Igbo day celebration and felicitated with some Ezes? Fulanis did not call him Igbo slave. Please stop embarrassing your tribe on internet, please. Are there no elders or some educated and sensible Igbos to intervene and shut down your noise? This is humiliating to the enter tribe, to see your people wailing about a simple visit of the Governor candidate to Northerners residing inside his State.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/11/photos-sanwo-olu-at-igbo-in-lagos/

IbrahimDamola:
Of course agberoes are here to stay in yorubaland. We yorubas can never do without the agbero system, it is intertwined with yoruba culture. We depend on unlettered agberoes to choose our leaders, while pretending to be 'sophistiscated' and better than other tribes.

No wonder since the advent of internet, other tribes have succesfully exposed yoruba hypocrisy and the fake charade called 'sophistication'.

Other nigerians now know that...

Agberoes like oluomo and co are responsible for the high rate of rituals, skull mining, human parts trading which are usually high in demand by yoruba politicians during elections and power tussles in yorubaland.

This fetish crime is known to be peculiar to yoruba people and accepted by yoruba culture. I'm sure human parts trading will yoruba region developed like America that they always want to travel to.

Use all the adjectives you can find to twist this issue, if you like sef call Yoruba Thug Nation...we accept it, there is nothing wrong with what Oluomo is doing. After 2019 election we will regain our brains, but for now we prefer the way it is ...LOST and in the controlling palm of Oluomo.

shukuokukobambi
Because as it is, considering Atiku's pedigree, he can loot identities too

docadams:
Atiku has identity problem, something OBJ pointed out in his book.

Atiku does not have identity problem, we Nigerians have identity problems. How do we know whos is Nigerian and qualified to rule us and who is unqualified to hold office? We don't. So we have a problem. Atiku is not Fulani. He used the Fulani to get quota advancement in Customs. It worked because no one ever challenge it...and so he stuck with the story. His background is shady.


He was born in 1946 from the second wife to his father. He claims his father died in youth and he is the only surviving child after his sister died in infancy. Where are the children from the first wife? Let's assume the first wife had no children. In the North and amongst the Fulani when a father dies his young children are absorbed into the paternal family for support. It is an aberration that a truly married woman in a family unit will be left with custody of a only surviving son for upbringing. The Fulanis didn't do it then, they don't do it now. So Atiku story of being Fulani, and that his father died in youth get K-Leg. Where are his father's kins? No one has ever heard of any next of kin on his father's side or even mother's side. Atiku does not have the look of Fulani, does not have the mannerisms of Fulanis, is unable to authenticate his pedigree to a known and validated background. He is likely one of the local tribes of the Adamawa mountains conquered by Fulanis and under the British Cameroons territory before they were joined with Nigeria in 1961....a year after our independence.

Atiku's shady background deserve thorough investigation, far moreso than whether Buhari is the real one or cloned copy...or whether or not he has a Senior Leaving Certificate.

OP,
How is Oluomo fighting on the street different from Senators that fight in the chamber, tear each other clothings, threaten to rape female member and use mace as weapon to cause bloody bodily injury? ....and they are all PDP Senators.

Bannylove13:
Buhari has done his best..

Forget articles..

Let's try another hand... 8 years is much..
Four years will create precedence and make any incoming sit up..

No time.

There is a Daily Times editorial from 1986 that I once read, Im looking for but cant find it online. This is when I need it to share the perception and feelings few months after Buhari was overthrown back in 1985. People were complaining of how politicians in Shagari's regime had ruined the treasury and political thuggery had become an everyday norm. You can be standing at the bus stop and loose an ear to matchette blade from a thug who felt you didnt fit the look of an NPN supporter. Just like that....and nothing would happen. Mobile police were the only law enforcement agency back then issued with assault rifles and they were in NPN pocket. Then Buhari came and people trooped to the streets and jubilated at the change. Within months he had implemented Operation War Against Indiscipline and Sanitation programs. People loved it because the acts of gross indiscipline and filthiness that preceded that period was insulting to their moralities and sense of dignity. Society was very disorderly and brutal, but Buhari instilled a new recovery in which no one was above law. Even mobile policemen who were the untouchables and can do and undo because people feared becoming victim of their accidental discharge, they too were sobered. If a soldier catch mobile policeman flouting law in public he will frog-jump him in front of everybody and humiliate him. The soldiers themselves behaved themselves and conducted themselves with restraint because their own leadership practiced discipline and integrity. People now queue when there is need for orderliness to enter bus, enter a building or get any service. No driver flout road regulations without some penalty if caught. Streets that would typically flood when it rained were no longer flooding because environmental sanitation cleared clogged gutters and rain water drained out easily. Buhari introduced austerity measures, meaning it is lean time, and we need to cut our coat to size. Gradually sanity and progress began to creep in....very slowly but people felt it. You were reassured when you enter a ministry that you would get what you want and not need to bribe. Civil servants, some of whom would not show up at work until 12noon, stay two hours and leave to go home.....that nonsense stopped! Civil servants reported to work and were forced to be punctual or there is a penalty. You did not cross the road anyhow you want, you must use zebra crossing or the overhead pedestrian bridge. If you are caught crossing the street you were frog-jumped.

People were not used to living in orderliness and clean and working environment. We desired to be left alone to do things anyway we want and when an authority tells us how to do things that is good for us we rebelled. People lived under the regime but the regime itself was short-lived. When Babangida coup happened, rather than revolt against the change, people again trooped to the streets and jubilated....glad to be freed. Not long after, Nigerians were complaining of Babangida and wanting Buhari back.

I will follow this thread and keep looking for that editorial and if i find it i will return and update. At times like this we need witnessing like that.

So it is programmed in us to always seek variation. We approach rulership the same attitude we have towards infrastructure - we lack habit and perseverance to bear, to endure, to sustain, to stretch....we quickly loose focus and attention, even when we are under a favorable condition that permits promising outcomes we are bored already and want to dispose it. It is for the same reason that we donot maintain infrastructures. We are delighted when it is new...but we soon loose pride in it and want to be pleased with another new infrastructure for bragging rights. The money that could have been spent maintaining the old one is now wasted constructing a new albatross,most often ugly and depleting to the environment.

If Buhari leaves and Atiku comes in, in less than 4years we will be tired of him and wishing he could go and be replaced by another one. How can we sustain long term goals and agendas by switching leaderships and agendas up and down?

More than looking for a new president, we need a new awakening...I believe that should lead the national consciousness as a priority and urgent call.

Our Mission

To provide the appropriate political leadership for:
· Building a strong, resilient and prosperous economy.
· Establishing a strong and effective democratic government that
secures our people and provides opportunities for them to realize
their full potentials, allows greater autonomy for our federating
units, and gives each region of the country a sense of belonging.
· Reinforcing Nigeria's Unity by promoting the spirit of cooperation
and consensus among its heterogeneous peoples.
These three critical elements are closely linked and influence one another in a
dynamic manner. For example, as has been universally demonstrated, the
spirit of co-operation and consensus in a nation of diverse ethnic groups,
cultures and religions, is required to establish, nurture and sustain a strong and
effective democratic government.


The structure of the country as it is, is not working properly as it should. This
indeed is the reality. If we are to grow into a strong, competitive and
prosperous economy, we must re-structure the economy and the polity. We
must adopt a new economic management model that will cure all the
federating units of this addiction to oil revenues. Through constitutional
means, we must strive to establish a new political structure that reinforces the
concept of 'true federalism' by conceding unfettered autonomy to the
subordinating units and ensuring government accountability at all levels.




I know it is going to be a lot of hard work, with no quick fixes. It needs a leader
that is resilient, disciplined and dedicated, and passionate about Nigeria to fight
for it, and consistent enough to guide the country through the rough times
ahead. I pledge to remain focused and make the tough decisions needed to
move the country forward.



The Covenant
1. We shall guarantee to the Nigerian people, a progressive and
focused government, with a vision and positive notion of
development, aided by professionalized and result-oriented
public service.
2. We shall reposition the public sector to become more accountable,
disciplined and performance-oriented. Service delivery shall be
more efficient and effective.
3. We shall build a dynamic and competitive economy. Nigeria's
economic growth shall be inclusive, equitable and humane: our
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dream economy shall create jobs for our youth.
4. Economic development will be people-centred and Nigeria's new
prosperity shall be for all. We shall enhance access to economic
opportunities and shall consciously make the basic needs of life,
including health, education, electricity, water and housing, readily
available and affordable for everyone: our dream economy shall lift
our people from poverty and narrow the income gaps.
5. We shall endeavor to achieve and maintain a balance between the
rural and urban sectors of the economy and between the various
federating units and geo-political zones.
6. We shall ensure increased public-private sector interface for the
financing of joint development projects.
7. We shall, through constitutional means, achieve a new political
structure that guarantees freedoms and ensure government
accountability at all levels. Our political reform shall reinforce the
country's concept of 'true federalism' by conceding unfettered
autonomy to the other two tiers of government (states and local
governments);
8. We shall promote the politics of inclusiveness that will reduce
citizens' frustration and alienation and that way, eliminate the
motivation to take up arms against the society or fellow
countrymen.
9. We shall restore the citizen's confidence in Nigeria as one
indivisible, indissoluble, ethnically diverse but strong country that
will protect and secure socio-economic benefits for all.
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10. We shall emphasize prevention, detection and certain, swift and
severe punishment of corruption. Consequently, we shall build
institutions and encourage a national culture of accountability,
efficiency and transparency.
11. We shall rigorously enforce judicious use of public resources, with
zero tolerance for nepotism, corruption and poor management.
12. We shall recognise the central place of the rule of law and ensure
the supremacy of law over all persons and authorities. The
Nigerian constitution will be the anchor on which the
independence of the judiciary, personal liberty and democratic
and other fundamental rights rest.



Responses to the above later. I am reviewing some chapters from Atiku's 2015 policy document in archive in reference to the above.