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Below is the article which the @OP refuse to post.

Why the Yoruba may lose out under Buhari

I should make two quick points before I proceed with this. One, I absolutely do not like the ethnic coloration that we give to politics in Nigeria. I think that as a country, the best way to attain the height of our potential is to move together as one, not allowing those things which divide us hold us back.The second thing, which is a corollary to the foregoing is that I am not in support of zoning. In truth, I think any government that wants to do Nigeria good should instantly kill the idea of zoning, start to see that every part of the country is fairly treated, gets its due and that people get appointed into offices not because of where they come from but on the strength of their abilities. Just give merit the lead and let’s see if the sky can hold Nigeria back.

Having said that, it would be playing to the ostrich to pretend that I do not understand that the situation with tribe, religion and ethnicity will not change in Nigeria overnight. It would not because whipping those sentiments is currently the most potent weapon in the hands of our political elite and a lot of Nigerians get carried away and follow the tide of politicians without question. This is why there have been a lot of permutations about what ethnic group will be influential and which will be redundant in the incoming administration.

One of the often repeated arguments is that the South-South and the South-East have done themselves in by not voting for the All Progressives Congress and jeopardising the opportunity to get any of the juicy political offices under the Buhari administration.

Most of those who champion this position are people of Yoruba extraction of the South-West and the arguments are usually based on the superior sense of political alertness that the sponsors feel.

A lot of people in the South-West are so proud of their political leaders and the role they played in the formation of the APC that they write off those who did not join the train as political nonstarters with little or no understanding of the times. Depending on who is pushing these arguments and the depth with which they push it, I go away with one or two or all of the following impressions about them. I think that they are either naïve or arrogant or are affected by a combination of both.

Of these tendencies, the one I find most unacceptable is arrogance. Unfortunately, it is the most likely in the circumstance even though it is also the most untraditional of the Yoruba. Even if the Yoruba political elite are smart as to be able to read the political barometer and align with the right people at the right time, the traditional Yoruba person does, ordinarily, not gloat over his achievements. After all, are they not the people who suggest cautious humility when they counsel that if your yam sprouts, you should not brag about it? So, why beat your own drums so loud especially in the spite of other ethnic groups?

In this loud vainglory, I think the Yoruba risk two things. One is that it may dig a deeper gulf between them and the two other zones in the South and two, it may get the North suspicious of the ambition of Yoruba politicians.

Now, we should get this clear, the major, in fact most prominent, factor that ensured a Buhari win in the March election is the long held determination of the northern part of the country that “power” must return to them in 2015. With due respect to the fact that the South-West delivered votes and more importantly, made it easy for the APC candidate to obtain the required percentage of votes in 25 states, Northern Nigeria spoke with eloquent unity with their votes during these last elections. The South-West cannot say the same. The zone failed to pull its weight in the measure that bookmakers predicted as total number of votes cast in the zone and those delivered to the APC candidate were incredibly unimpressive.

Ikwerreboy:
hmmm..

Expect disintegration in apc soon, as the south west,middle bet and south south apc together with the south east (igbos) who have no choice when it comes to politics than to support/follow there brothers in the south south who they have forcefully adopted even if they (south south) have no interest in there(igbo) brotherhood request..Example; Biafra republic proposal, before and even now...



The above regions will team up together to jettison power back to the south, propably south west, cos for igbo to be president is like a [size=15pt]night mear[/size].

But cnt really tell if this team up would be against 2019 or 2023 presidential election, but i think it would be that of 2023 presidential election...

Igbos are not your "night mear" your "night mear" should be spelling mistakes.

Seems Tony Blair has become a hustler.

MzJackBaueress:
when are you going to get over Jonathan's loss to GMB?

We are talking about banal topics regarding Fashola, wetin bring GEJ enta convo?

Trust aresa to post the most mundane task Fashola undertakes in the course of governing Lagos state.

Fashola At Citizens Relationship Magt And Command And Control Centre. PICTURES

What's the headline tomorrow? Is it: Fashola in toilet having a dump, with pictures.

Nice one @OP but our biggest cancer is not testicular or ovarian cancer, our biggest cancer is Tinubu. Stop the Tinubu cancer that is eating Nigeria and everything else would fall in place.

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cramjones:
Let us all give a round of applause to Mr. Ben Murray-Bruce, Senator-Elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria an founding Chairman of the Silverbird Group. I have read his tweets and watched his speech. I must say it was heart warming to begin to see Nigerian public figures speak out on the real issues plaguing the country. That being said, and while we agree and applaud Mr Murray-Bruce, we must be very weary, lest we take this messenger as an epitome of the message he preaches. Who is Mr. Bruce? Well, I have known Mr. Bruce for over 20 years now. I am not close to him, but I know him loosely.

-CramJones

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Provide proof to your allegation. You posted pictures of his son living the opulent lifestyle in L.A, I can as well post pictures of Buhari's children living it up in the UK.
Show empirical evidence.

Cramjones how much do you get paid now to publicise APC on Nairaland? Check the image below this.

He has his own Jet na.

atlwireles:
I have listened to lots of old Sonny Okosun music. Playing old tapes of Bishop Benson idahosa to bring peace to my soul. Our salvation from this hell call Nigeria is at hand.

So na Sonny Okosun you dey listen hehehe, abeg pass me chief Omoko-moko, when I was a child my auntie (Urhobo woman) would play chief Omoko-moko 24/7.

Urhobo wadooo!!

Litmus:
Just seen it on Aljeezera. It would be wonderful news, because this is what we want for all of Africa but......

There's something I fear about Chad and Niger, I can't pinpoint it exactly, but am not comfortable with those two countries.

Whynotthetruth:
BEFORE THE SPIRIT OF ORUBEBE DIES...

[size=15pt]The cries and shrills of Elder Godsday Orubebe in that INEC hall echoes in my heart...[/size]

Perpetually embedded in my subconscious, I've relived that moment in my mind a thousand times.

Where's your link to the story?

I don't like the illustration of Ibadan, seems he's turning shiitx to amala. Stoopid cartoon, didn't maake sense at all.

Wow, imagine the same governor who hasn't paid salaries for 7 months.

They waited till their counterparts from Niger routed boko haram before telling us who aided boko haram.

How about showing us proof?

Take this info to those up north.

According to the claim by the incoming government, some of the government-owned properties being stolen and vandalized are mainly the unregistered brand new cars assigned to different departments of current administration.

Imagine Alhaji Rotimi vandalising Rivers state property? He should just go to Abuja never to return again, he's made himself persona non grata.

These people should allow Fayose to govern abeg, they should stop distracting him and wait their turn in 2019 to contest again.

APC is making itself even more unpopular in Ekiti with these distraction. They haven't learnt any lesson from the elections when Fayose won all the seats.

Metuh who urged Lai Mohammed to learn to be truthful, honest and desist from fabricating lies that could be injurious to democracy and peaceful co-existence in the country, said, “but for the maturity of President Goodluck Jonathan and the head of the APC’s Transition Committee, Alhaji Ahmed Joda, who cleared the air, the country would have been thrown into crisis over the false alert by Lai Mohammed that the Presidency was frustrating the transition process.

Why would a father name his son liar? Liar Mohammed can't change, he was named Liar at birth for a reason, lying is in his blood.

socialmediaman:
I already tried to draw his attention to this issue but he hasn't really understood. Derivation is for the development of a region, not for the citizens to use to drink snapps and wine. Royalties paid to people who oil is developed on the lands is quite different from paying a single region half of the revenue. Furthermore, in most countries practicing resource control that I know, no one group of people lay claim to a land, there is equal rights among every citizen including not being referenced as visitor in any land. He seems not to realize that this whole resource control issue is a selfish ambition of some paymasters

Bros what are you trying to say? What's your point exactly?

mobaking:
U must look at the high level of illitracy and the misinformation that is carried among the masses of this country.This is not europe.Once the flag of seccesion(araba) is raised,its to ur tent o Isreal for us all.Ask the south sudanese after their independence they had to leave the north for fear of their lifes. [size=13pt][b]Ordinay national elections,people fled to their regions not to talk of secession[/b[/size]].May God's will be done.

At the last election my cousins and nieces all came back home, it happens in Nigeria too, being a northerner you may not know it.

fineguy11:
the same barcanister that called ojukwu a coward some months back?lol...plsssss..

And in the other thread I called your dad a .... for raising a mentally deranged ..... who announces his presence on any thread with his trade mark tomfoolery.

Don't bother replying, you can bet I won't honour your invitation to derail.

patrickmuf:
If you really want a thorough assessment of the points you've raised, quit sounding out to your praise singers, you should be looking out for folks who you engage you in a proper debate...

How about engaging the points raised?

Gabriel300:
Tnks for pointing that out, but sentiments aside, do you honestly believe this 'dream' will be actualised?

Its either a referendum or the destructive path of warfare, I know the one I prefer. For years Tinubu was at the forefront agitating for true federalism until it became clear GEJ was going to make the dream come true. Himself and his fellow journeymen scampered at the historic moment the confab was called, so much for someone who believes in true federalism.
But many in the SW believe in true federalism, e.g the OPC/Afenifere.

Gabriel300:
That article wasn't made today so why haven't they capitalised on it?

You should be asking past Nigerian govts, GEJ did his bit through confab with Tinubu urging his party not to attend.

Tinubu used to be champion of true federalism and devolution of power until power beckoned.

barcanista:
My brother, May God bless you! The future of Nigeria under this present political structure is in shambles. The call for a referendium is not only moral but it is also legitimate. Nigeria state need to be told the truth.

We all have the right to self-determination, it is enshrined in the UN charter.

[size=13pt]A. Article 1 (2) - Equal rights and self-determination of peoples[/size]

Article 1 (2) establishes that one of the main purposes of the United Nations, and thus the Security Council, is to develop friendly international relations based on respect for the “principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples”. The case studies in this section cover instances where the Security Council has discussed situations with a bearing on the principle of self-determination and the right of peoples to decide their own government, which may relate to the questions of independence, autonomy, referenda, elections, and the legitimacy of governments.

Gabriel300:
Biafra and their secession propandists again........

The right to self determination is guaranteed by an article of the United Nations. (Article 1 (2) - Equal rights and self-determination of peoples.)