₦airaland Forum

Ngige: to the professor. You say you are the most educated because you have a PhD, I don't know whether it's in music or what. You did a course that's 4 years, while I did medicine, which takes a longer time. How can you say that you are more educated than I am?

Ngige asks Obiano: when you were up here you mentioned jack. That's local government fund. Are you going to continue like your godfather and use LG funds as state funds?

You mentioned minimum wage and you spoke about the lowest civil servant and ignored other levels. Does that mean that you don't know the civil service structure?

Question to Obiano:

Is it true that you are being funded by the current government (via bonds).

Obiano: If you know about financial instruments, you'll know that it's impossible to use bonds to fund campaign.

Willie Obiano asks Ngige:

Is it true, some say you are not qualified to be governor because you don't have a family, you went to a shrine and you've not sponsored any bill for your constituents.

Ngige: maybe they don't have tv or they are blind, but I came to church with my wife. She is a professional woman. She's a medical doctor. She's very busy. Right now she's representing Nigeria in South Africa. One of my sons is affected by ASUU strike, the other is a medical doctor.

Regarding the shrine issue. Jesus Christ was taken to the mountain top by the devil and the devil said that Jesus should worship him and Jesus said NO.

Candidates will pose questions to each other.

Moderator reads a document from his ipad. The document states that Willie Obiano will pay a certain amount of money to the APGA Chairman.

Does it mean that you've signed away Anambra State.


Answer: it is my detractors. We are selling our manifestos here. Someone who doesn't have any policies to sell has produced that document.

My signature is known to the public. It's been published in newspapers.

Question: Ngige what have you done as senator.

Answer: a senator's job is to make laws for the country.

I have sponsored 10 amendment bills. It's in this document and the document is online.

Now, with regards to money bills. I've done constituency projects.

Moderator: I'm sure the audience will want to know these projects and where they are located.

Ngige: reads from the document and lists blocks of classroom and other projects.

Wow! Ngige is using the minimum wage issue to shine. Explaining how you ensure that the increase reflects on the salary of all civil servants, not only the lowest civil servant.

Wow! Clash between Willie Obiano and a member of the audience on the subject of minimum wage.

Obiano says Anambra pays minimum wage, the lady says she's an employee of Anambra State and she's not paid minimum wage.

It shows that Ngige was once a governor. He knows what to say, knows the issues and is talking with ease (no stuttering and stammering).

Question: Candidates have said what they are going to do, the question is, how are you going to get funds to do these things.

Ngige: I apologise for coming late. I thought that the roads were as good as they were, but it is unfortunate that the roads are very bad. Took me *** time to get here from Onitsha. The roads in Anambra are terrible (audience: ah!). It's true. When I was governor I did *** road. A federal road.

Now when I was governor my predecessor left *** in the account. How did I do it? I (didn't get the rest). I did it before and I'll do it again.

Prof Ben: I will encourage investors to come into the state. This will give me the funds I need.

Willie Obiano: Chris Ngige was wrong when he said that Anambra's IGR is ***. If you google, you'll see it's ***.

I've done it for my bank and I can do it for Anambra. I raised *** for my bank and I can raise funds for Anambra.

Professor Ben, you are an accomplished academician, but don't you think that you are in a strange terrain, especially as you are competing against seasoned politician like the doctor.

Answer: I was involved in the formation of APGA. Therefore I have ten years experience in politics.

Chris Ngige just arrived.

Woman from the audience: I'm surprised that none of you have a woman as deputy. What do you plan to do for women?

Question time:

Uzonna asks the Professor: You said so many things you are going to do, but you didn't say how you will do these things.

Answer: Job creation. I will create an enabling environment for investors. I will have a job call for NYSC leavers. I will invest in agriculture.

Uzonna asks Willie Obiano: you didn't say anything about security. You will encourage oil and gas, but the people that will operate in these facilities will most likely be foreigners. How will you ensure that they are not kidnapped.

Answer: fund the navy and police. Encourage the community to provide information and support vigilante groups.

He will mechanise agriculture and provide improved seedlings.

This will lead to agro-industries (food packaging and processing).

He will encourage oil and gas companies.

These will provide jobs for the people.

He is giving his cv.

Chartered accountant, Lagos Mainland District.

Worked in an oil company.

Willie Obiano about to give his speech.

The debate is being shown on STV right now.

0monnakoda: But he is not Nigerian

Cameroonian/Nigerian. Cameroonian father, Nigerian mother. He often moved across the border and lived in both countries.

We can't talk about evergreen songs without talking about the song that will never die.

Prince Nico Mbarga - "Sweet Mother"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mecNrIaWOA

zenopee: Hey pal! Abeg if U stl get the bag, I go hep U carry am. We go find ow we go convert am 2 mp3. My hobby I̶̲̥̅̊s̶̲̥̅̊ gathering old skool songs. I got a huge stash of them though, but am never satisfied. Still lukin for some pleasant and appealing tunes I heard way back in the early 90s during naming ceremonies, parties and so many events. Man! Old skool songs I̶̲̥̅̊s̶̲̥̅̊ the real deal. I feel so happy nd fulfilled listening to all dose gud tunes.

You've motivated me. I'll start searching for them.

Kris Okotie - "I Need Someone"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdaJwKkC7xE


Kris Okotie - "Carolina"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr3dVRg6HE0

He also sang ABC

^^^

Listen to "Confusion Break Bone".

Man! His songs capture every mood.

Lots of download links, but it's not on youtube.

Who remembers the song that was used for the Gold De Kanterbrau advert?

It's

Kris Okotie - "Fine Mama".

"Your Willing Willie" Willie Egbe, "Captain ZM" Zachary Mohammed, "JAJ" Joseph Akinyemi Johnson, Sunny Irabor, Aloma Nwogbe, Momoh Kubanje, Manny Onumonu, Ihria Enakhimo, "Boni With The Face" (geez! I can't remember his real name!),

Martin Street Special, Radioscope.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaa

I knew that there was something wrong with me (or my ears at least).

Here's the song.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_gG1A_7M6U

Gosh! I wish I could tell you what this song means to me.

King Sunny Ade - Gbeyo Gbeyo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O1Dv6BwZsQ

I'm probably going to type rubbish now, but hopefully somebody will understand it.

Does anybody remember the song that went -

"Bonny bonny adetiti" ?

Can anybody remember the title of the song that was used for the commercial service of Radio Lagos in the early 1980s? It had this wonderful saxophone player.

My driver played this song every single day.

Orlando Owoh - Alagbon.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2E2Pbr8_T0

0monnakoda:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er4kP2WtGTQ

OMG! WOW!