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OK, So we have waited for almost 50days and no president, now the wisest thing to do is for those who do not want the truth out to forge his signature.

Please see link from BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8445776.stm


Where is Mr Presido?

Real joke this, how come they didnt give Mr President Ultimatum to turn up or hand over to his vice. This is how we start making real fools of ourselves.

@Ayinba1,

Well done. Some people have now started asking the questions all Nigerians should be asking. See link to saharareporters, also there is a facebook group asking the same question. Infact the guy running the facebook group has asked that sms messages be sent around till we get answers.

http://saharareporters.com/reports/press-releases/4727-declare-president-yaradua-missing-huriwa.html

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=228946613945

We must all do our little bit, this is what make the west and even SA different from us, but we now have a genuine opportunity to ask those questions, and really test our democracy.


One of the biggest questions we should be asking is what does our constitution say?

Well done ayinba. This is not a protests or demonstration in any form. Nigerians are entitled to ask the simple question "Where is our President", funny enough I have just seen a facebook post asking the same question.

When you are part of a leader less country, this is what happens? Has our president said anything about this shameful act? I have always said it that until we are prepared to change things in our country people will see it fit to treat us anyhow. Charity as they say begins at home.

Nigeria can not remain the way it is. And yes we pray desperately for God's intervention, but we all know that Faith with no deeds is no faith at all. Why must we use recycled leaders, I do not accept that in a country of 150m people, we cannot pick a leader, if that is the case we are dooms as a people. I have come accross decent credible Nigerians.

Would it be said that the people of US or UK or any developed country would go 1 week without knowing or hearing from thier leader, let alone 38 days. We have been treated like this because the people that rule us think they can get away with it as they have done in the past.

My brother, I am a firm believer that God helps those who try to help themselves. We talk a lot but do nothing. OK our country has no leader so what do we as citizens do? as always fold our hands, come to sites like this and talk till the cows come home. Our desire for change in my opinion is not real, we all display the typical Nigerian attitude, talk plenty and do nothing? We should be asking ourselves what our plans for the next election is, must we allow Nigeria to continue like this? Our children are going to suffer the consequences of doing nothing. Nigerians have practically just over 1yr to start thinking in the right direction, are you going to vote or are we all going to sit at home and do nothing and the complain when whoever comes in, and let people stop saying that is it not possible, You only have to look at Obama to know that everything is possible 40yrs after the stopped lynching black people in the US. Speak to some of those who helped make that change, and the commin response they all have is that they believed it could happen.

Our primary goal should be to pick a credible leader, issues such as race and trible,at this very critical point must be suspended till Nigeria as a country is stared clear of our current problems It is an important point, but not for now.

Good point, but not an excuse we must always call on for not moving forward. North, South, East and West, there is one common factor, all sides want a better Nigeria, what ever shape that takes. We should be thinking of alternative, and although I sympathise with those who seek separate countries, in my humble opinion, the time is not right. We should collectively be seeking to get a good leader, then we can all sit down and decide what form of Nigeria is best for everyone, maybe we can borrow a leaf from the United Kingdom.

This is not about signing budget, but a deeper lying problem. If anyone actually sits down and does the maths to work out how long it will take us to reverse the current trend, some of you might be shocked to find that generations might pass before things change for the better. so the quicker we get our act together and start moving forward the better for everyone, including us armchair politicians.

Maybe, but I think Nigerians are missing the opportunity to change things in our country.

What I always get on sites like this is complaints from all of us, but people not prepared to do anything to change the situation. Someone once commented that some of us have missed the oppotunity to enjoy a good Nigeria, but we must not prevent our children fron enjoying a fully functional and progressive Nigeria by not acting. Nigeria is probably the way it is today, because either our parents or the generation before us did nothing to change things.

I hear a lot of talk about about God coming to save Nigeria, even when her people are not ready to help save the country, we must show commitment and a true desire for change, and put in the effort before we get the blessing we so desperately seek.

Dont we see what is happening in Iran? change will definitely come you wait. Our collective will is so weak that I doubt it will ever change anything. Let us start by stopping all this unproductive finger pointing and start asking very serious questions i.e what can we do as a people to change things? if you are not happy with the current setup, how can you create an alternative? is it possible to host a credible opposition (a question I once posted on here, but no one was interested in answering), Will 2011 come and go with no change? how did we arrive at our current position? did I play a part in under-developing Nigeria? what are the consequencies of doing nothing? as a nation of 150m people, is it true that we can not find 100 good people to lead us, or does that challenge of change scare us? what is it as a people that excites us about remaining in our present position? The questions are plenty my people and we have got to start answering them

My People, minus joke where is the president of Nigeria.

How can he be gone for 38 days with no word to his subjects. Which kind ruler be that. This one don pass joke, if e no well, make e come out come tell us, make someone else take over. It is never heard of that a president will be gone for so long without a single word, let him speak from his sick hospital reassure Nigerians that he is ok. If not make he hand over power to Jonathan make we hear word.


This is the problem with Nigeria, we are very good at doing nothing and not challenging our leaders when they err.

Let the man forget this presidency thing and go and rest. Nigeria has too many problems for a sick man

Very well said my friend. But my concern is that there are so many people even on the site saying that things need to change, and the truth is that things will never change until we all get involved.


Evil thrives when good me do nothing. I really do fear for a violent outcome or solution. It will be far worse than the civil war, and not a path we should seek.

I still feel that, getting a credible opposition remains a good option. What I cannot understand is why in a country of 150m people, were probably 149.9 are complaining that we cannot get our act together to form a viable option for our people and our children. We must and this is the time to start acting. If not come 2011, either the country is finished or we are stuck with the same jokers.

Ok, so we have all been feeling let down by our country in general


1: No president to show leadership

2: Country's image at an all time low (not quite sure how low it can go)

3: Country with no justice

4: No jobs

5: No security

6: No health care or welfare.


The list is endless.
Is it not time we all seek a very credible oppositon, or is it going to be business as usual after 2011. Until we as a people actively seek change, change will never come.

Hmm, Ol Boy you never come football for 4 weeks now. Wetin dey happen? I beg email me.

maybe, did we discuss politics?

We Nigerians are very good at doing one thing, sitting from afar and condemming others, especially those who dont deserve it. During the last election, I spent countless hours on sites like this telling people why it was important for us to see things differently for once and vote for change.

I had a lot of well educated people fight me over the fact that I suggested that Pat Utomi might be the guy. The usual slogan, "He cant win, so I wont vote for him", I even heard even more absurd excuses. My point at that time and still remains so "please look at the US", was that Nigeria was well overdue change from the norm, which we all know are the same old same old.

I think we need to all go back to basics, forget all this fancy stuff and look for someone progressive, and when I mean progressive will get the basics right, Light, Water, Road, Security, Health, then we can start talking about the sexy stuff. Someone who has vision to assemble a complete and reliable team, someone Good people will be prepared to work for. Someone that you and I will be prepared to serve as a leader.

We have some good people, but we are not ready to give them a chance. I really find it short sighted when people come on here and run a potentially good candidate down, maybe this is were collectively as Nigerians we are failing ourselves.

I think we should start with house prices in Lagos. They need to correct themselves, the current property and land prices are not real. There is no way that a piece of land should cost 1.6Bn.

The ugly shit does not know what he is doing. Evidently Odogu has eaten from the bushy plate

Stop Cussing the man and focus on his message. This is what Nigerian's have doen for so long, we never like facing up to the truth.

sheer stupidity. How has he earned that? Imoke just opening his mouth and letting shit drop out. I really wonder the cess-pit all these stupid politicians come out from, They should go and fix the country.

Na wha. Wonders shall never cease

Put your foot down and lead. You must be the leader @ home, and set clear rules. Marriage is not about pussy-footing about.

@ Nosa-Henry,

are your comments really necessary? and by the way I fail to see the error in the posters English. This is not a forum to criticize people for asking simple humble questions.

real joke, hwo did the minister work that out? This is our problem, people ill informed making such big statements

The filth that surrounds us has not been cleaned up yet, until then we should not even think of re-branding anything. True to who we are we spend so much time on nonsence and avoid dealing with the real issues.

The day the Nigerian government starts treating its people well, others will follow. dont blame the man, he says it as he see's it, well that is if the email is true.

If we do not have respect for ourselves, we should not expect anyone to. This is not new, you only need to travel outside to see what others think of us as a country, so the sooner we get our act together and start moving forward the better, but my guess is that we are not @ that point yet.

samparian,

the problem we have always had in Nigeria is that people are not used to facing up to the truth even when facts are so glaring. The fact that a few business people can afford to buy land and property does not represent growth. I will wait to see who they sell it to. What will happen is that people who think they have money will buy high and be forced to sell low.

dont get carried away with the artificial boom, it will have to correct itself at some point just as stocks and shares are doing right now in Nigeria. You know there were probably people like you who felt that the nigerian stock market would continue as it did, but there you have it.

There is simple mathematics to this whole thing, "No money = price crash". Just as the stock market in Nigeria, which was based ona alot of speculation crashed, so will the housing market, especially in Lagos need to correct itself. Let us forget that there is not true measure on how house prices rise in Nigeria.

We are a single income economy, oil price is down to a 3rd of what it was about same time last year, and I honestly do not see it rising fast in the near future, Nigerias economy is not doing well at all, so I fail to see were the interest to start paying high prices will come from.

We have a habit in our country of not facing up to the truth. The current property position is not sustainable, it must correct.

You know the poster has a very good point. Lets all step back and do away with sentiment and put on our thinking cap. We have 2 choices in my opinion

1: We sit down and agree that we can not fuction properly as a country and go our separate ways. This is after a national referandum.

2: We all agree that the way the country is currently being run is not right, and we all go out there and vote for people that will make a difference, and defend democracy (Green revolution).

The latter in my opinion is more constructive and would be far easier to work through. The former should be left as last resort.


Nigerians are feeling this way because things are not working. The system is dead. If all was well, I doubt anyone would take notice where thier neighbour comes from or if the Northerners have more say than the southerners. The change we all seek is in our hands, and it is only when Nigerians decide that they want that change so badly would it come. For now we can all sit there and moans as we are very good at doing.


Happy Christmas everyone

Hi Chris,

I know you might feel that your situation different, but believe me, there are couples like you living and enjoying Nigeria. However, just like in the UK, certain parts of the country are a lot more elighthened that others (Lagos, Abuja, Port-Harcourt), to name but a few. So from start you guys got to choose well.

It is good to know that you are both somehow well off, so you may not struggle as other, and I am sure her family will do all they can to make you guys settle quickly, just be open minded (which I can tell you are), and have tons of patience, cos it can be very frustrating at times. In my opinion Lagos would probably suit you guys more, cos there is the large expatriate community there , which I am sure you will need from time to time, and besides that is wehere all the bigs companies are.

Now work, I would advice you start looking from the UK. There are a lot of big multi-national companies in Nigeria (Shell, Schlumberger, Total, Chevron, Microsoft, Oracle), to name a few, and I am aware loads are looking to move into Nigeria as well. So I will advice you do your research well in the UK, before you leave. I know these big companies do a lot of global recruitment drives, so look out. You can also look at SA companies that are setting up shop in Nigeria. Dimension Data is one of them. You also have the big consultancy firms (Accenture, etc), So the options are there, but you have to look well. I think the Times or Observer advertise jobs in Nigeria, so that might be a good place to start.

I hope this encourages you, that it is possible, but you have to plan well.