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PhockPhockMan:
Why the change in your signature? After Buhari duped you of your hard earned money to manage his miserable life after losing scandalously next year.

Mugu fall, guy man chop.

U dey mind this obiageli of a person. Why the sudden swap in loyalty? I thought you said he built all the refineries in Nigeria...javascript:void(0);

agabaI23:
We all know him to be sectional, imprisoning Ekwueme and pardoning his principal. 53 suitcases...etc. PTF in the North was different from the South ...

You just said my mind! PTF projects in the north were quite different from the South. I was perplexed the very first time i traveled to the North, i was marveled at the good nature of their roads, you can drive from Zuba (abuja) to Kano with your eyes closed. But the reverse is the case when you travel from Abuja to Ondo, Ekiti, Kwara, Enugu, the roads are death traps. I wonder why APC chose such ethnocentric as their flag bearer. Well, i dey watch.

I heard of this rubbish perpetrated by the General since my Secondary school days, we all laughed at it.... GMB is a sentimental folk who does not joke with his people, especially the "cattle rearers"

Honestly, they look good and happy together.....wish them luck

ok

Stale news!

OP but no bridesmaid around her to help her pick the money that was why!

docadams:
Read the post again:
Under his watch NNPC was formed, the Kaduna and Warri refineries were built, 3200km of pipelines were laid, and massive fuel deports were constructed.

DId you just mentioned under him? So not under the then president. In as much as I dislike GEJ's administration, GMB is not the man Nigeria need now.

Obiagelli:
Who was petroleum minister in 1977?

well i wont say am disappointed at your comment may be i should make u understand that it is the sole responsibility of FG to build a refinery.
As at when the decision was taken, buhari was still a governor in your erosion ravaged states. l mean eastern states. he contributed to under developed your states

Obiagelli:
Post a link to back that up.

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.
Based on the feasibility studies carried out, which took into
consideration the consumption of the various petroleum
products within the Northern Zone, and adequate means of
disposal for the surplus products, a Refinery with crude oil
capacity of 42,000 barrels per stream day (BPSD) could be
easily justified. Hence, the refinery was designed for a
capacity of 60,000 BPSD. It was much later that the Federal
Government decided that the capacity for any refinery in
Nigeria should not be below 100,000 BPSD. However, this
would have led to the production of large quantity of heavy
ends. And one practical and viable solution is reprocessing
the heavy fuel oils.
In order to do this, the whole project plans had to be
modified so that what initially was planned to be simply a
hydro skimming type refinery, developed into an integrated
refinery. The refinery would now be able to produce a wider
variety of petroleum products, some of which should be
lubricating base oils. Hence, it became necessary to import
suitable paraffinic based crude oil from Venezuela, Kuwait
or Saudi Arabia.
Products from the Refinery include; Fuels for use as
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Premium Motor Spirit
(PMS), Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) or Diesel oil, Kerosene,
Fuel Oil, Sulphur and those from the lubricating oils complex
are Base Oils, Asphalt (Bitumen) and Waxes.
The lubricating oil complex of Kaduna Refinery is the first of
its kind in West Africa and one of the largest in Africa. The
consulting firm, KING WILKINSON of Hague, Holland, in
conjunction with NNPC engineers, developed the plan for the
refinery. The contract for construction was awarded to
CHIYODA CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY OF YOKOHAMA, Japan in 1977.
The Refinery project was completed and the Fuels Plant was
commissioned in 1980. However the Lubes Plant was
commissioned in 1983 and Petrochemical Plant much later
in 1988. The initial operation and maintenance was carried
out by Nigerian Staff and expatriate personnel as technical
back up. By 1985, Nigerian staff had virtually taken over all
the maintenance and operations.

www.nnpcgroup.com/nnpcbusiness/subsidiaries/krpc.asp

@op point of correction, buhari did not build refineries. This issue was clarified recently by NNPC through thier website. please take note not to mislead people

double08:
Ur question funny. Seems u re not going to study. Anyways u can get a visa without payment of skool fees but thhe skool will give you a deadline for which u have to pay ur fees so de can hold a sit for you.

Am actually going for study. Anyway thanks.

Hello Fam, can I get a VISA without paying school fees to your intending? Also, if am given admission and VISA how long can I stay in Canada without paying my school fees?

Waiting for your response.

Thanks

The list is damn to long! The best thing is to Zone it to a particular geopolitical area, then the Zone can come up with the candidate of their choice.
Well I hope this will not bring rancor to the party.

tana4gud:
*smiles* muawe sir!

Oh my Gosh! You be Okpella? Onogbe?

No wonder he went bankrupt!

Ferdybaba:
Sweet soup!!! and it gets sweeter as the days go by

You can say that again! in fact na the one wey don spend days for pot I dey like. U be Etsako?

MumZ:
yes o, my hubby's best soup, just made it 2nite sef. its a very common soup where I hail 4rm, Edo north 2 b precise.

@Mumz! that is my favourite soup especially when serve with Pounded yam or Eba...The sweetest part is when it stays for days...lol
I am an Etsako Man Okpella to be precise.

GMB not a sale able candidate. He looks so ambitious for the presidential race!

We are expecting too much from GMB, I just hope we wouldn't be disappointed in the end...

major466:
The time has come for PDP to liberate Lagosians from the mighty grip of Tinubu.
Wai

major466 post=28786634:
The time has come for PDP to liberate Lagosians from the mighty grip of Tinubu.
Wait a minute... How did this excellent article end up in Sahara Reporters website?

t a minute... How did this excellent article end up in Sahara Reporters website?

I think sahara reporters are coming to their senses! very bias set of people!

In his acceptance speech, Ambode linked his emergence to his mass appeal. I find that naive at best, laughable at the worst. Pray, in a genuine democratic environment, what mass appeal would someone with no political experience have over a popular serving senator in Ganiyu Solomon, over a long-term serving speaker of the state Assembly in Adeyemi Ikuforiji or over other politicians in the state like Leke Pitan and Tola Kasali?

As predicted in the first part of this article, “King Tinebuchadnezzar’s” anointed candidate Akin Ambode won in the APC's selection called primaries organised in Lagos state on Thursday. I say selection because that’s exactly what it was despite the charade of trying to make it look like a fair primary election. The list of delegates to the election were not made known to other contestants except Ambode, neither was it a direct primary like was held in the old Alliance for Democracy (AD) in 1999 when Bola “Tinebuchadnezzar” Tinubu narrowly defeated in controversial circumstances the late Funsho Williams. In 1999, the primaries were held across the different wards in the 20 Local Governments (LGAs) in the state, while in this indirect primaries held on Thursday delegates were selected across the 20 LGAs and instructed on who the favoured candidate was hence the obvious selection of Ambode.
Akinwunmi Ambode It makes it easier for godfather Tinubu and his favourite Ambode, as the delegates were mostly APC LGA and state party executives drawn from the 20 LGAs and 37 LCDAs, state House of Assembly and National Assembly members representing the state and thus could not freely vote their choice as they could easily be dealt with politically if they do.
Furthermore on Wednesday, when the contestants met at the Airport Hotel in Ikeja with the APC Lagos state primary organising chairman Peter Obadan, Ambode made a Freudian slip to the rest of the candidates that they should accept the indirect primary option as they all know who the winner would be in any case. Ganiyu Solomon (GOS), a serving senator in the state and one of the contestants, insisted he explain to them all what he meant by such boastful statement, but Ambode denied right away he said so. It shows a bit of the character of the APC gubernatorial candidate Ambode, as someone who lacks tact, is proud, insensitive, sly and downright cheeky. If he wins in 2015, my judgement of his character tells me Lagosians would have a pro-elitist government, as someone who would be pro-masses would at least be more sensitive and tactful to his fellow contestants despite the undue leg-up he’s been given by his godfather ahead of other candidates.
The travesty and tragedy in the comical race for the APC gubernatorial ticket in Lagos state is not the victory of Ambode, but the defeat for democracy and true progressive values in the state. The fact that the political space has been shut against many qualified and valuable politicians is the alarming danger in it all. There is no genuine politics going on in Lagos state except an empire built for the purpose of one king alone which is Tinubu. Here is how it works, if you are a politician with genuine mass appeal or grass-root following you would never get the godfather’s approval. The scam is to talk about electing a technocrat as governor who would not focus on politics while in office, ensuring you have no political structure or machinery to deploy for your political ambition. By the third year in office, should you have performed and begin to have any political following, the godfather instigates the state House of Assembly against you with the threat of impeachment which makes you reach out to him to save you.
The agreement put forward to you is that you don’t build any political structure or machinery in the state and must use only the political machinery of the godfather, which ensures that while you may be popular for your performance in the state you have no true political structure on ground. This ensures that Tinubu emasculates the governor and the one person to be the major political force in the state thereby ensuring the continuity of his enterprise and slavery of Lagosians socio-politically.
In his acceptance speech, Ambode linked his emergence to his mass appeal. I find that naive at best, laughable at the worst. Pray, in a genuine democratic environment, what mass appeal would someone with no political experience have over a popular serving senator in GOS, over a long-term serving speaker of the state Assembly in Adeyemi Ikuforiji or over other politicians in the state like Leke Pitan and Tola Kasali?
He maybe happy now to use his godfather’s political machinery, resources and supposed clout but the same cycle would repeat itself first in three years’ time and later on in eight years’ time should he become governor of the state as long as the godfather is still alive. The political contraction goes all the way down to the House of Assembly nomination where for example in Ikeja Constituency 2 a seasoned female politician who has been with the party since 1999 and held various positions in the party and in the Local Government, was restricted in favour of Tinubu’s nephew Damola Kasumu who has no political experience.
It was the same with the outgoing state legislator for that constituency Lola Akande (younger sister of Tinubu’s wife) who with no political engagement became a legislator for eight years. In Oshodi-Isolo constituency 2 Omowunmi-Edet was imposed in 2007 by Tinubu on the constituents and thus leaving out people with grass-root appeal.
The whole scheme is run in such a way that you go away sequestered in Alausa in your legislative quarters and no engagement with your constituents (since you not from the grass-roots anyway), your only engagement would be with your godfather whose birthday, political rallies, daughters’ coronation as Iyaloja (Market-women leader) etc. you keep showing up for to keep you in his memory - should the direct imposition continue - but when the chips are down and it comes to primaries like it was done this time you can’t woo enough of your constituents to vote for you and its easy for Henry Ajomale’s (APC state chairman) son to defeat such returning legislator as they would be using the godfather’s machinery and the cycle gets repeated. Its like a never ending replicating virus Tinubu has planted in the political system in Lagos state that would ensure he alone determines everyone’s ambition and it’s only given to people with no political structure or machinery.
Muiz Banire, a man not given to frivolous statements, some weeks back maintained that the APC may lose Lagos State and he openly criticised the role Tinubu is playing within the party. He was heavily criticised by some writers who stood in defence of their Emperor Nero, but they failed to see the ominous dangers. First it started with the Badagry division, who have always rejected the Tinubu imposition schemes since 2003 and opened the barn door for them to mostly vote for PDP, it crept to Ikorodu division through the likes of Adeseye Ogunlewe, then came the turn of Epe division with the Ibeju-Lekki axis opening their doors for PDP. Lagos division particularly Eti-Osa followed suit where Babajide Obanikoro won a council election on the opposition party’s platform but was denied at the tribunal. Ebute-Metta also under Lagos division had violent protest there when the incumbent legislator lost to a fresher.
Now the danger has moved inland to the Ikeja division (the division of Lagos that produces the most votes). Ikeja constituency 1 and 2 have two freshers in sons and nephews of party chieftains thereby screening out old party faithfuls who are the vote canvassers for the party. Mushin (another high-voting population area) has Banire and Ganiyu Solomon, two dissatisfied party influencers and you know APC has left its barn door open for the PDP. If you go back to Obanikoro son’s issue, you wonder why Lai Mohammed or Tinubu’s sons and nephews are good enough to be voted for under the so called banner of progressives but Obanikoro’s son would be demonised because public opinion has been turned against his father or he is not a “progressive.”
Those crying for a break-up of Nigeria (God forbid) should think carefully, say we have a Yoruba Nation is this the kind of politics we would be playing? A politics of servitude and glass-ceiling, where if you studied in the UK or US and your father is well known or you have a godfather then you can be allowed to get into public office. What about those who studied in Unilag, LASU, etc. or those who studied abroad and whose father are not known? It means in Tinubu’s republic you can’t contribute. When the likes of Obanikoro and Fayose fight for their independence and freedom we call them thugs and anti-progressives, but what exactly is progressive under Tinubu’s rule? When the people of Ekiti perform backward feats in their voting choice would it not be because they are fighting for independence and don’t want a Tinubu et al. style of politics were only the children of the rich and mighty, the elites get into public position especially in a state like Ekiti where though educated, lots of its indigenes are from humble/poor backgrounds.
Compare the APC in Ondo State to that of Lagos, reports indicate that celebration broke out amongst youths in the state when primary results were announced with police having a hectic time curtailing the peaceful celebrations. Would that not be because Mimiko has delivered the state from Tinubu’s clutches and made it impossible for him to dictate candidates for the party in that state because that would have spelt doom for APC’s chances in the state? The youths were celebrating against Mimiko and PDP, but I tell you they should be thanking God instead for making it possible to elect their popular candidates unlike in Tinubu’s fiefdom in Lagos state.
In Lagos State, PDP would need in the first instance to elect the right candidate. I would go for Jimi Agbaje for his level-headed and matured style almost similar to Fashola, but if Obanikoro gets the nod and removes violence from his campaign (with his thugs killing people indiscriminately at campaigns like it happened in 2007) then even he can defeat Ambode (Tinubu’s choice) come 2015.
There is no Tinubu myth in Lagos or South-West its just the forces aligning in his favour in the past. The major bed-rock of APC in Lagos are the foot soldiers (both low-level, medium and high-level) once you deny the middle and high-level foot soldiers a chance to be part of the success they’ve all worked for in the state or at least give them a level-playing field to play politics and pursue their ambitions, then whilst they may not decamp from the party having being there since 1999, they are not be compelled to work for the party at the polls. They can either adopt passive resistance “siddon look” approach or an active resistance (which I prefer) and watch Tinubu, his nephews, family members, sons of his cronies and friends do the voters mobilisation and canvassing themselves and see how they win the state. PDP needs a candidate that would not run a campaign based on scaremongering, rumours, calumny, character assassination or violence but one based on facts, figures and evidences.
This article would conclude in its final part on what PDP may capitalise on and needs to do to likely win the state in 2015.
Ola’ Idowu is a management consultant and researcher and writes in from the UK. Contact him at frenchcoast2@gmail.com.

Can some explain what this ops has just said in lesser words













What explanation do you need? read for yourself joor!

2015 Elections: Why APC And Tinubu May Lose Lagos State (1) By Ola’ Idowu
The cracks may look papered and the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Lagos after its primaries across the state would believe the party is still united and should coast to victory in the elections in 2015, but they may wake up and find the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Alausa and to be candid I wouldn’t be surprised one bit.
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The cracks may look papered and the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Lagos after its primaries across the state would believe the party is still united and should coast to victory in the elections in 2015, but they may wake up and find the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Alausa and to be candid I wouldn’t be surprised one bit.

Let me admit that some of the candidates in APC whose political ambitions were stonewalled are known to me in one form or the other, but my analysis and opinion here are totally rigorous and devoid of sentiments or malice. Wole Soyinka just described President Goodluck Jonathan as the biblical Nebuchadnezzar, and while I certainly agree with him, I would like to say we have a Nebuchadnezzar and Emperor Nero rolled into one in Lagos state and that man unfortunately is APC chieftain Bola Tinubu.

Nebuchadnezzar in the sense that he has allowed the spirit of grand delusion take over him completely which like the biblical Aramean (present day Syria) King saw him become delusional and began to boast of all his achievements and conquests to the extent of turning himself into a god to be worshipped by the people. God Almighty made him fully insane, losing all of his sanity, dethroned him for seven years before restoring him back to the throne and he then learnt to praise the true God. Emperor Nero on his part is more associated with the term “fiddling while Rome was burning”, but his major problem was his tyranny and arrogance towards the people he ruled which led to disobedience and wars against him. The same arrogance you can find on the part of Tinubu and those within his inner circle still enjoying his political clout.

Like Nebuchadnezzar, I wouldn’t be shocked if PDP takes over Lagos state at least for the next eight years starting from 2015 so as to humble Tinubu, and make him realise whatever he has become in Lagos and to the Yoruba people is not by any act of perfection of his but just by the mercies of God. Tomorrow APC would all things being equal “select” its gubernatorial candidate and pointers are that the anointed candidate by godfather Tinubu, Akinwunmi Ambode would be selected. I say selected because judging from the outcome of the primaries for the state House of Assembly, preferred candidates from the Tinubu camp scored over 95% of the votes in their constituencies in some cases 100% in what was supposed to be open and fair primaries, thus its clear Ambode would be selected on Thursday December 4th with a large proportion of the votes at the primaries.

The situation report from all the different constituencies where the House of Assembly primaries were held, was that party delegates were instructed to vote in full for any candidate anointed by Tinubu. They were simply told at the election venues that the godfather had asked them all to vote for just one person. It’s the same procedure to be adopted for Ambode’s victory and some candidates vying, may have zero votes put behind their names if they don’t step down before Thursday.

You wonder why should Lagos state with all the talk of progressivism be run that way? What is the essence of attending the US Democratic party’s convention and not bringing back any ideas from there? Did Tinubu just attend to have a photo-op and boost his own political status or was he there to learn one or two new things to help move his own party forward? You had the better part of a year for succession planning even if you wanted to have some level of control in the party as a leader in it, together with ‘Tunde Fashola why didn’t you take the most part of the year to plan the race for his successor? Why all the last minute rush and deception that smacks of the archaic politics still being played in Lagos state?

The APC (all through its metamorphosis in Lagos state) has become a victim of its own success in the last 16 years and you shouldn’t be shocked so many people want to share in that success, after-all they all worked for it too. For one man to believe he alone is the architect of the whole success would be stretching it to the level of grand delusion and just like Nebuchadnezzar he would soon be dethroned by God just so he can learn who is the Almighty. In 2007 when Action Congress was not even yet as successful as this, we had lots of candidates who wanted to succeed Tinubu, and luckily I’m sure through divine guidance a man foretold in Fashola was given the ticket and he hasn’t disappointed.
His performance over the last eight years (with plenty of work yet to be done in mass populated areas) has further made the party now called APC a victim of its own success and so many more candidates want to succeed him. In an age where even in the United Kingdom, century old parties like the Conservatives are seeing members crying out for open primaries rather than the age long style of selection of candidates that only ensures the elites and private school tutored boys get into government, Lagos state under Tinubu is preserving the Conservative style where only his own cronies. family members, relatives and children whose fathers are known get into position in the state yet we call ourselves progressives, democrats or forward thinking.

What does it cost Tinubu and APC in Lagos state to organise a proper primary and state convention like its done in countries where he has visited and been seen photographed in their own democratic conventions?
Its even worse when you perceive that the same Tinubu looks to be a misogynist and finds it hard to give women opportunities except they are his close family members and relatives. In 1999, he found it hard to work with Kofo Akerele-Bucknor and they parted ways in 2002. Maybe you did blame it on the lady and excuse Tinubu, but he went on to have the same problem with another deputy this time a male. Compare it with Fashola who had Sarah Sosan as his deputy from 2007 and they had a brilliant working relationship. The powers that be which of course is Tinubu decided without explanation that Sosan had to be dropped in 2011 and brought another female in Orelope-Adefulire and yet Fashola had a no issues working with her till date. It leaves one wondering if truly Tinubu isn’t the problem considering he couldn’t work with a female deputy and if he isn’t a misogynist - someone who finds it hard to trust women and their abilities except in his case they are his family members or relations.

Take a look at the House of Assembly primaries and you find lots of women either not returning as candidates for the party or they were not given a chance at all. In Oshodi-Isolo 2 constituency the female candidate there a current state legislator was routed by a fresher Ladi Ajomale, son of the APC state chairman Henry Ajomale. In Amuwo-Odofin 2 constituency, the female candidate a state legislator was also defeated by a Tinubu favoured candidate. In Ikeja 1 constituency Kenny Saint Brown (KSB, popular musician and younger sister to Kenny Ogungbe) was not even given much of a chance as she lost by a wide margin to another fresher just like her Jimi Mohammed, son of Lai Mohammed the APC National Publicity secretary.

Though KSB is quite new to the political scene one would have thought been a woman (a sector of our society and politics that can be classed as vulnerable people) she should have been given more support and help to achieve her dreams. You may say its politics and the majority wins but compare it with another popular face Nollywood actor, Desmond Elliot totally new to politics but defeating an incumbent Kabiru Lawal to win in Surulere Constituency 1 and then you now the APC is possibly a party led by misogynists. Take a look also at Ikeja Constituency 2, the only female candidate in that constituency out of several male contenders was first disqualified by the APC state screening committee citing the fact that she has no political experience. A candidate who has been with the party since 1999 under Alliance for Democracy (AD) attended several meetings of Bola Ahmed Tinubu Campaign Organisation (BATCO) those days when its head office was at Aromirein Ikeja.
A candidate who has held political positions within the Local Government (Ikeja LG/Ojodu LCDA) and you say such person has no political experience. In any case even when the folly was rectified and they went to primaries, the godfather brought a certain Damola Kasumu with zero political experience, who is a nephew to Tinubu to be declared the winner. The female candidate was given no chance, the rest of the candidates too no chance in hell just because the godfather wants to compensate his nephew.

The Kasumu according to reports widely written about him in the Nigerian press is said to be the surviving child of the late Abibatu Mogaji (a woman Tinubu related to as his mother) but his known to be a drunkard with slurred speech who mismanaged the businesses he inherited from his late mother and had ran into hard times. While all that is none of my business really, but the emerging trend is that in Lagos state there is now a glass-ceiling on people’s political ambitions and only Tinubu can decide what you become in the state. I heard Fashola some months back talking about if having to choose between freedom and development he did choose freedom any day.

The likes of Musiliu Obanikoro who defected from the AD to PDP despite the help he got from Tinubu, as well as Jimi Agbaje who has never teamed up with the so called progressives may be right after all. What's the point calling yourself a progressive and you have to be under one man’s group thinking? You not allowed to make your own decisions, pursue your own dreams whether you fail or win, neither are you able to stand out and criticise the the man if he is failing.

Ola’ Idowu is a management consultant and researcher, who writes in from the UK. Email: frenchcoast2@gmail.com
http://saharareporters.com/2014/12/03/2015-elections-why-apc-and-tinubu-may-lose-lagos-state-1-ola%E2%80%99-idowu
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Until then!

It's obvious that GMB will emerge winner!.

The weeping General himself!!! reserve some tears for the general election oh!

I am afraid the weeping General may not pull through because he has never participated in any primaries.
In the three elections he contested he was simply given the tickets. He did not go through any primaries. I believe that is not going to be helpful to him in this very case.
Anyway, I wish him luck...

Keneking:
No NYSC?

Lol! was about asking that too! Anyway nice CV but how come the guy never served outside Lagos state?