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*ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE SIGNING OF ELECTORAL BILL 2022 INTO LAW*

STATE HOUSE, ABUJA

FRIDAY 24TH FEBRUARY, 2022

The Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2022, passed by the National Assembly forwarded for Presidential Assent, via a letter dated 31st January, 2022. In line with established tradition, I received inputs from relevant ministries, departments and agencies of government after careful and thorough reviews of the Bill and its implications to democratic processes in our country.

2. It is gratifying to note that the current Bill comes with a great deal of improvement from the previous Electoral Bill 2021. There are salient and praiseworthy provisions that could positively revolutionize elections in Nigeria through the introduction of new technological innovations. These innovations would guarantee the constitutional rights of citizens to vote and to do so effectively.

3. The Bill would also improve and engender clarity, effectiveness and transparency of the election process, as well as reduce to the barest minimum incidences of acrimony arising from dissatisfied candidates and political parties.

4. These commendable efforts are in line with our policy to bequeath posterity and landmark legal framework that paves the way for credible and sound electoral process that we would all be proud of.

5. Distinguished Senators and Honourable Members of the National Assembly, from the review it is my perspective that the substance of the Bill is both reformative and progressive. I am making this bold declaration because I foresee the great potentials of the Bill. Worthy of note include the democratic efficacy of the Bill with particular reference to sections 3, 9(2), 34, 41, 47, 84(9), (10) and (11) among others.

6. This however, cannot be said about one provision as contained in the proposed Bill, which provision constitutes fundamental defect, as it is in conflict with extant constitutional provisions.

7. Section 84 (12) constitutes a disenfranchisement of serving political office holders from voting or being voted for at Conventions or Congresses of any political party, for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election in cases where it holds earlier than 30 days to the National Election. The section provides as follows:-
"No political appointee at any level shall be voting delegate or be voted for at the Convention or Congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election".

8. This provision has introduced qualification and disqualification criteria that ultra vires the Constitution by way of importing blanket restriction and disqualification to serving political office holders of which they are constitutionally accorded protection.

9. The practical application of section 84(12) of the Electoral Bill, 2022 will, if assented to, by operation of law, subject serving political office holders to inhibitions and restrictions referred to under section 40 and 42 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

10. It is imperative to note that the only constitutional expectation placed on serving political office holders that qualify, by extension as public officers within the context of the constitution is resignation, withdrawal or retirement at least 30 days before the date of the election.

11. Hence, it will be stretching things beyond the constitutional limit to import extraneous restriction into the constitution on account of practical application of section 84(12) of the bill where political parties’ conventions and congresses were to hold earlier than 30 days to the election.

12. Arising from the foregoing, with particular regards to the benefits of the Bill, industry, time, resources and energy committed in its passage, I hereby assent to the Bill and request the Nationally Assembly to consider immediate amendments that will bring the Bill in tune with constitutionality by way of deleting section 84(12) accordingly.

Thank you may God bless our country.

The same country with over half it's population living in poverty.

The same country where states can't pay minimum wage for it's workers.
Two million naira as a bonus for lawbreakers,i mean lawmakers!

One day go be one day!!

So I was going through some articles and found this from a Nigerian.

Another Perspective on Xenophobia :


Another perspective:

NIGERIANS LIVING IN S.A. HAVE SYSTEMATICALLY DESTROYED THE VERY FABRIC OF THAT COUNTRY..... MORALLY, CULTURALLY, ECONOMICALLY AND SOCIALLY!

Let us take stock:

1. It was Nigerians that immigrated to South Africa and turned it to one of the major capital city of drugs in the world!

The drug cartels began with the Yorubas and increasingly overtaken by the IGBOS in S.A.! In fact, right this moment, the IGBOS in the drug business have effectively run the Yorubas out of S.A. to other southern African countries like Mozambique etc.

2. The Nigerians in S.A. have presently turned the country into a drug-war zone!....killings galore.....Igbos killing Igbos!

Do you know that every day in S.A., a Nigerian.....precisely an Igbo man is killed in a drug-related case?? .....I said every day not once a week!....or once in 3 days!..... EVERYDAY! In fact the Igbo boys running the shows in S. A. have dominated areas they control and all these to the chagrin of the law enforcement agencies!

Let me tell you a secret that is not so secret.....do you know that every week at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport here in Enugu, corpses of IGBOS.....slain in "drug battles" in different streets of S.A. are flown into the country??

I have personally witnessed the receiving of 7 corpses in 3 weeks in one instance! In fact at one of those occasions.....(normally the corpses arrive on the Thursday cargo flights of Ethiopian Airlines)....I was present when 3 different families were in the manager's office to receive their slain sons......two of those families were represented by the aged biological fathers to the dead boys!....the third family, represented by a younger man in age...an uncle to the third corpse!

They were making small talks between themselves as they waited for the cargo (the coffins) to be disembarked.....(to be "off-loaded"!

One of them asked the other elder which city his son was in? He answered Jo'burg!....on further enquiry as to whether his own son was married, he retorted... No!....to which the first man commented that his own son has a son from a white South African.....and that the lady simply packaged some of the personal documents/items of his son and informed him of the date of the arrival of the son's corpse to Enugu but that she has blatantly refused all entreaties to accompany the corpse home!.....That they are certain that that son of his son (his grandson) would never return home to Nigeria!

The other silent man (the uncle to one of the dead) remarked that "his own family were indeed lucky in that their slain son had been coerced to come home and marry a Nigerian girl and has 2 kids (girls) already". Then told of his own story of seeking greener pastures in S. A. and how he couldn't fit into the street hustling..... According to him.......basically all IGBOS in S.A. are on the streets......from Hillbrow... Jo'burg to Capetown!....from Pretoria....to Durban!

He said he never bargained for such a life and quickly left his host....a maternal cousin and took his return ticket back home! That he has since engaged in his petty trading and is doing well enough and has 4 kids!

As this conversation was going on, I was quietly musing to myself:

How on earth could these gentlemen.....soft-spoken elderly men take all these agony......for surely it must be agony for them to be the ones burying their scions!....how could they sit in those swivel chairs in front of the manager and stoically be discussing the end of their eras??......do they have other sons and daughters probably??.... Maybe they did their best to counsel and chide their sons to desist from the fast lane and have accepted their sons' fates??

I wondered about their wives/mothers to those sons they would never behold again....not because they died from ailment or accident but simply because they sought wealth......this fleeting wealth the wrong way!

I wondered if they would heal or forgive their sons or they would look upon the wealth and groan in satisfaction that all was not lost after all??

I imagined myself in the shoes of their grief and I swore to myself that I would sooner let go such a son from my heart who refused to heed my counsel than be forced to mourn his untimely death in pursuit of meaningless riches!

I watched them file out of the office one after the other and shuddered unconsciously again!!

3. This will shock you...... Are you aware that Nigerians living in S. A. have literally turned little/young South African girls into strings of well-oiled prostitution rings?? .....I am talking of girls between the ages of 10-14 years old! These young South African girls are introduced.....scratch that!....these girls are immersed in drugs and turned to addicts and then they are set on the streets to be prostituted and their lives are effectively and totally wrecked! .....

Now put yourself in the shoes of these South Africans!

Would we all as Nigerians stomach a situation whereby in Lagos State or Anambra State or Bauchi State or Enugu State or Yobe State or a combination of those states, Kenyans or Zimbabweans or South Africans or people from neighboring Ghana would populate our cities....legitly or illegally and begin to sell drugs to our young men...turn our school girls into prostitutes....and litter our streets with dead bodies of their gang wars?

Would Lagosians allow their children to be used as pimps and prostitutes by FOREIGNERS who desecrate daily our value systems??

Would Enugu inhabitants allow Ghanaians to run our streets into crime zones.....such that we can't sleep at night and worry if our kids sent to schools are really at school or in a drug hotel somewhere sniffing white powders....and our girls violated daily sexually??

Wouldn't we someday just scream enough is enough and take up arms to rid our city of such devilish foreigners??

Are you aware that Indians populate a city in S.A. called Durban?? Do you know that Indians at one time recently, carried out systematic killings of Nigerians living in Durban??

What was the cause??....there was some Indian youths that were sold a harsh substance by the drug cartel which would literally liquefy the innards of the person leading to instant death!

These drug pushers know that this substance is adulterated and causes death (not addiction) yet they push it out there to their peddlers!

The Indians decided to help themselves and their community and embarked on a killing spree of Nigerians in Durban engaged in the drug business and left their calling cards in their victims!

Ask yourself this:

Did the South Africans begin to hate us all of a sudden or they had always hated us all these while??

How come we all used to migrate to South Africa easily and many of us married their girls (I know some friends who did and are still living happily with their wives) but now they hate us all??

OR

Would you close your eyes to the evil we Nigerians have unleashed in South Africa simply because we saved them from apartheid era?? So because we assisted them that now gives us the gumption to destroy their society like we've persistently done ours??

Some home grown truths will serve us in good stead here than this pontificating all over the place I plead!

Picture those attackers on our people....beating and burning them up as mothers or fathers or brothers or cousins who have lost a son or daughter or sibling to the cold hands of death by drug intake or whose virginity has been brutally lost and who is a human wreck to her society!

Before you cast your stone.....imagine that you lost your own dear child to crime...and not just any crime but one perpetrated by your own visitors!

My take on all these: NIGERIANS SHOULD FIRSTLY DEMAND THE CLEANUP OF SOUTH AFRICA and that includes the incaceration and/or deportation of these miscreants giving us all bad reputation in S.A.!

The drug war raging in that country engineered by our countrymen must be stopped!

Then the two countries should rapport to safeguard the lives and businesses of the many genuine Nigerians living and contributing to the economy of South Africa!

PS: Pls after reading this post, but before you start the deluge of insults upon me, kindly call up your own brother doing legitimate business in S.A. and he will confirm these facts to you as the absolute TRUTH!

by *Chinedum Agwara

Just for selfish and evil desires, you ended a life you cannot give!
God rest her soul !

In Mr bones voice : The great one we thank you!

Naija is a goallll....

I hardly hear about the works of this man in Niger state,
Well,your choice your life. Enjoy!

Some pains people go through are better left than imagined!

One day I hope we embrace humanity, than what keeps us at difference.

Jaqenhghar:
YOu worked there too

yea, have been implementing fsl project for a while

My position is been advertised!

The funny thing about this stuff is that, even to secure a job as a driver in maiduguri you need connections.
Young guys are trooping from all over the country to try their chances in this dreaded place.

The impression on social media can be misleading though

youngest85:
See strategy

Atiku can never when buhari is still alive

Strategy or the TRUTH! Let's be sincere atleast to our conscience

I can relate bro, I thought was a guru not until brachialis medialis digitis minimi made me reminisce..

hypertension:
This was how i smashed Waec and Jamb, Almost had a perfect score in year 1 medical school until everything changed in second year Anatomy class.

Oboy, 2 weeks i was still trying to comprehend "the Axilla"...LOL It was like lecture every 30 minutes. No night rest for years.

With all my smashing, still could not get a distinction.

Medical school humbles brilliant student. You will just keep learning new thing you've never heard before.


Wish u all the best..be focused, stay away from women (they will come around spontaneously when you're a doctor ) and keep good friends.

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So on March 5th, I was officially inaugurated with 44 other vibrant youths into the northeast social innovation fellowship held at the American University of Nigeria, Yola. At first I thought it was just a normal procedure. But from the calibre of people present at the noble event, was wowed and excited. had some wisdom to relinquish.
I knew it was going to be the best deal to ever happen to me and opportunity to build my career. It was my first moment having to fly multiple times a week and feeling like a made man.
The North East Social innovation fellowship was a clarion call for the best of youths with ideas to create their own reality in a bit to solve one of the deadliest disasters in the northeast Nigeria.violent extremism and negative religious ideologies and narratives.

So like every other fellow we were so curious to know what the real deal will be for us. As time goes by my curiosity became interesting to me. We have had capacity building training and workshops from best of the best professionals with proven track record.

First it was on social innovation ideas creation... Solving wicked problems as fondly called by Co creation hub Nigeria. It was an experience beyond adventure,and thought we’ve learnt alot.but then it was just the beginning. Then comes the students for liberty Africa, guess everything was new to me from my medical background studies..
The principles of free market economics, capitalism and socialism, African values with trade, tolerance and much more. By then I felt like an economist. Another masterpiece was critical thinking “tafakkur" ,the circles, Socratic methods, Islamic philosophy and civilization by quilliam international.this particular training has revolutionized my thinking. I began to use imagination, ponder on why things were the way they are, the reasons for existence and finding my own truth.

I became more liberal and universal because it has made me to always ask “what if” and no more prejudice and judging others too quickly. The trainings by center for social justice on activism and activist policy making network was another eye opener into what legislation, judiciary and governance means to me as a Nigerian and a global citizen.

Learnt more about speaking truth and ways to stand for a just course. The summary of the trainings was on gender and social inclusion in policy and mainstreaming peace and conflict resolution. As the saying goes any society that is not engendered is endangered is true and coupled with the issues in a typical African setting, it has improved my knowledge on gender roles, equity and respect for humanity.

Of course to crown my efforts into being an active reader is the book club meetings, this is where we share into people’s world, fiction,reality and experiences that conforms with our essence of being fellows. I must say the book club facilitator is superb, and this has already earned her some accolades and even becoming a Mandela Washington fellow.

The opportunity to be mentored by influencers weekly by people of high reputation and experience is one thing I can’t forget so easily. It always has a unique and promising outcome of knowledge and inspiration. I have had a great privileged to dine and wine with ambassadors, head of missions and people with great values to humanity. So can I say am still the same?, oh definitely not..
My manners has changed, attitude improved, social status upgraded, thinking more liberal and universal and of course knowledge gained is overwhelming.

To cap it all, it was a great pleasure and rare opportunity to be considered a fellow of the northeast social innovation fellowship. My dreams isn’t ending now, as I keep on making impacts on the resources bestowed on me and make a difference anywhere I find myself. The journey may end as a fellow but a greater chance to embrace humanity with love, compassion, dignity and Co inhabitant and carrier of peace has began in me..
I will always cherish this moment in my lifetime.
#NotAnotherNigerian
#Counteringviolentextremism
#Thepowerofyou.

My Name is Nehemiah Y.

Twitter :@neheholmes
Instagram :Nehemiahemmanuels
Facebook :Nehemiah bravo
Medium :Nehemiah Emmanuel.

So on March 5th, I was officially inaugurated with 44 other vibrant youths into the northeast social innovation fellowship held at the American University of Nigeria, Yola. At first I thought it was just a normal procedure. But from the calibre of people present at the noble event, was wowed and excited. had some wisdom to relinquish.
I knew it was going to be the best deal to ever happen to me and opportunity to build my career. It was my first moment having to fly multiple times a week and feeling like a made man.
The North East Social innovation fellowship was a clarion call for the best of youths with ideas to create their own reality in a bit to solve one of the deadliest disasters in the northeast Nigeria.violent extremism and negative religious ideologies and narratives.

So like every other fellow we were so curious to know what the real deal will be for us. As time goes by my curiosity became interesting to me. We have had capacity building training and workshops from best of the best professionals with proven track record.

First it was on social innovation ideas creation... Solving wicked problems as fondly called by Co creation hub Nigeria. It was an experience beyond adventure,and thought we’ve learnt alot.but then it was just the beginning. Then comes the students for liberty Africa, guess everything was new to me from my medical background studies..
The principles of free market economics, capitalism and socialism, African values with trade, tolerance and much more. By then I felt like an economist. Another masterpiece was critical thinking “tafakkur" ,the circles, Socratic methods, Islamic philosophy and civilization by quilliam international.this particular training has revolutionized my thinking. I began to use imagination, ponder on why things were the way they are, the reasons for existence and finding my own truth.

I became more liberal and universal because it has made me to always ask “what if” and no more prejudice and judging others too quickly. The trainings by center for social justice on activism and activist policy making network was another eye opener into what legislation, judiciary and governance means to me as a Nigerian and a global citizen.

Learnt more about speaking truth and ways to stand for a just course. The summary of the trainings was on gender and social inclusion in policy and mainstreaming peace and conflict resolution. As the saying goes any society that is not engendered is endangered is true and coupled with the issues in a typical African setting, it has improved my knowledge on gender roles, equity and respect for humanity.

Of course to crown my efforts into being an active reader is the book club meetings, this is where we share into people’s world, fiction,reality and experiences that conforms with our essence of being fellows. I must say the book club facilitator is superb, and this has already earned her some accolades and even becoming a Mandela Washington fellow.

The opportunity to be mentored by influencers weekly by people of high reputation and experience is one thing I can’t forget so easily. It always has a unique and promising outcome of knowledge and inspiration. I have had a great privileged to dine and wine with ambassadors, head of missions and people with great values to humanity. So can I say am still the same?, oh definitely not..
My manners has changed, attitude improved, social status upgraded, thinking more liberal and universal and of course knowledge gained is overwhelming.

To cap it all, it was a great pleasure and rare opportunity to be considered a fellow of the northeast social innovation fellowship. My dreams isn’t ending now, as I keep on making impacts on the resources bestowed on me and make a difference anywhere I find myself. The journey may end as a fellow but a greater chance to embrace humanity with love, compassion, dignity and Co inhabitant and carrier of peace has began in me..
I will always cherish this moment in my lifetime.
#NotAnotherNigerian
#Counteringviolentextremism
#Thepowerofyou.

My Name is Nehemiah Y.

Twitter :@neheholmes
Instagram :Nehemiahemmanuels
Facebook :Nehemiah bravo
Medium :Nehemiah Emmanuel.

peptones:
I applied and got to the stage that says completed and they said u have successfully released ur profile but I didn't undastand what that meant and no email from them telling me ur application is successful

After doing that successfully, go back to the initial page, at the top you will see job applications .i was able to submit successfully

lilreese:
does it pay well ?

it does, but think about values first, your growth, and building relationships cos they are priceless

darexkey:
please, what are the benefits of joining?

Capacity Building, career development, experience too

peptones:
Am not able to access the site..is not opening at all

I have corrected the link error, you may try now

Kingzy4pep:
Thanks Man. That link you sent me, they require 5years experience in that field.

If you have any proficient experience, just apply.
It's just for the workshop

donestk:
Inboxed you on LinkedIn

Got you

peptones:
I entered the site but no current openings for now

Applications will begin on the 15th of may, 2018.
Stay calm

donestk:
I'm in. Can we chat privately

Connect with any of my handles

The African Union youth volunteer corps has opened it's recruitment process for the 9th batch 2018.
Kindly find attached the links for the application process and criteria. Good luck to everyone

www.africa-youth.org/auyvc


Check my LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/nehemiah-yadlima-18a758161

Take this opportunity too

,https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KB0CqcA12XDlypVDlpOyROT-dCkNJafDYafOdMNIX2g/edit?usp=drivesdk

(For this, am currently a fellow and it's a privilege). Don't miss out

Follow me on twitter @neheholmes
If you're passionate for humanitarian, public health, Fellowships NGOs. Let's share ideas

Kingzy4pep:
This crazy people..

Kingzy4pep:
This crazy people..

never say never, don't quit

Let our true essence be of love, maybe we can change the negative ideologies in our society.
We should consider humanity first.
I'm a NESIF-FELLOW
#NotAnotherNigerian
I advocate for peace and promote#Counteringviolentextremism
Check me on twitter @neheholmes. Let's take it to another level

Throwback:
I don't have a problem if Muslims choose to kill themselves so they can enter paradise.

The problem only arises when they forcefully make the same decision for those who do not adhere to their beliefs and do not desire such exit from this world.

The Northern elites brewed this drink. It is just if they suffer the consequences of their own irresponsibility, religious intolerance, and hatred.

Montez90:
thats too low bro

well,if you have something better of.

Montez90:
I went for a graduate intern job interview today, I scaled through the question phase, the interviewer asked me do I know the amount they pay to intern, I said no, he said they 15k, I said okay, he said I should go and wait for a practical test, I didn't bother to wait, I left immediately.
Was it proper that way?, the office looks rough and unkempt

Sounds funny, but honestly you should have given it a try, last year this time, I was paid 10k for 8 to 5 job. Try to build relationship cos it's priceless and build urself too . I can relate with ur situation though .today am working with an international organization and my salary is too fantastic.infact by weekend I will be in Abuja with a returning ticket just to attend workshop and training .we all need to start somewhere!