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nairalanda1:
It is the cold hard truth.

You just do not want toaccept it.

Plus shouting up and down that something is a lie without offering evidence is not refutation, it is you just being rhetorical.

nairalanda1:
That N187 was made possible by massive printing of naira and borrowing.

Fact is, we did not remove subsidy in 2012, when we should have. The result was that government was forced to borrow to maintain the subsidy. And that created a massive debt, and also forced the Buhari government to raid the forex reserves...just to pay for the subsidy.

The result was the subsidy being removed to at least allow the government have some spending money, otherwise things would have really been bad.

Most African countries charge as high as NIgeria, most even higher. Only five african countries have some form of subsidy on fuel, and even those, (apart from Libya that can pay for subsides and refinery upkeep without breaking a sweat because they have a very small population)...maintain it at the expense of debt. If all African countries subsidsied fuel like we do, even the oil producers, they would have collapsed economically ages ago.

Choose your wickedness...removal of subsidy with harsh price increases but the chance of improved domestic refining and more jobs, and no more borrowing to fund subsidy, or maintianing subsidy with the borrowing it entails.

Parachoko:
If Obi likes, he should keep on liking his Fulani oga bombom, he will never become the President of Nigeria.

Parachoko:
He should stop going for interviews

Nah when he talk say e go spend sallah with the sultan of Sokoto in Sokoto make me laugh pass 😂

I com dey imagine if nah one Yoruba man talk that kin thing

Obi brothers go don open numerous threads dey wail about how Yorubaz are Fulani slatves

Tinubu 2027: Muhammad Musa Rejects Appointment To APC Campaign Committee, Says He’ll Back Petrol Subsidy Restoration

A man whose name appeared on the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2027 presidential campaign list has rejected his appointment as a member of the campaign’s New Media Committee.

Muhammad Murtala Musa D Provost announced his rejection in a statement dated September 7, 2026, addressed to the APC.

Musa said his attention was drawn to a published list containing his name as a member of the New Media Committee of the APC Presidential Campaign Committee for the 2027 election.

He said the committee is under the leadership of Dada Olusegun, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on New Media.

“I hereby categorically and emphatically reject this so-called appointment for this reason,” Musa stated.

He said he would instead use his energy to promote any candidate who promises to restore the petrol subsidy if elected president in 2027.

“I will use my energy to marketing (sic) who promises to restore the petrol subsidy if he wins the 2027 presidency even President Bola Tinubu,” he said.

Musa also said he was unwilling to defend politicians whom he blamed for the hardship being experienced by Nigerians.

“I am not among the citizens defend the people who created their suffering,” he added.

His rejection comes as political parties and politicians begin preparations for the 2027 general elections, with campaigns and realignments expected to intensify ahead of the polls.

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, has said the successful deployment of Artificial Intelligence, AI, in electoral administration will depend more on strong institutions, governance structures and safeguards than on the sophistication of the technology.

Amupitan stated this on Thursday, September 10, 2026, in Ottawa, Canada, while addressing the Global Conference on Responsible AI and Elections, where he presented Nigeria’s experience and lessons in institutionalising responsible AI for electoral administration.

He was accompanied by the Director of Information and Communication Technology, ICT, Dr Lawrence Bayode.

The INEC chairman said the growing influence of algorithms and data architectures on democratic processes had made responsible technological innovation an important consideration for election management bodies.

He said Nigeria had progressively deployed technology to strengthen the credibility and efficiency of its electoral processes, citing the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS; INEC Result Viewing Portal, IReV; and Automated Biometrics Identification System, ABIS, as innovations adopted to reduce human error and manual interference.

According to him, the scale of Nigeria’s electoral operations makes technology essential to modern election administration, noting that the country has more than 93 million registered voters, approximately 180,000 polling units and about 185,000 BVAS devices, with elections conducted simultaneously across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

He, however, cautioned that AI adoption should not be driven by technology for its own sake, but by demonstrable improvements in electoral administration, public service and public confidence.

“AI must strengthen electoral integrity, improve public service, and always remain under human control,” Amupitan said.

He also outlined the legal framework underpinning the deployment of technology in Nigeria’s electoral process, citing the Constitution, Electoral Act 2026, INEC Regulations, Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 and Cybercrimes Act 2024.

He particularly highlighted provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 relating to the voters’ register, electronic voting devices, biometric accreditation, electronic transmission of results and the use of accreditation and transmitted results in the collation and declaration of election results.

The INEC chairman disclosed that the Commission had commenced institutional preparations for the responsible adoption of AI, rather than treating it solely as an ICT project.

He said the Commission had established a dedicated Artificial Intelligence Division within its ICT Department, developed an AI Roadmap for phased adoption and an AI Governance Framework currently undergoing internal approval.

He added that INEC had commenced AI literacy and technical capacity building among staff, while adopting a multidisciplinary approach involving ICT, Operations, Legal, Voter Education, Risk Management and other departments.

“Responsible AI begins with institutional readiness — not technology,” he said.

Amupitan identified five principles guiding INEC’s AI initiatives as human oversight; transparency and accountability; data protection and privacy; cybersecurity and risk management; and operational value and public trust.

He stressed that AI would serve as an aid to election officials and would not replace human responsibility for electoral decision-making.

Giving an insight into one of the Commission’s AI initiatives, Amupitan disclosed that INEC had introduced an intelligent Results Management process designed to assist in identifying discrepancies in election result records.

stuffs2002:
Your hypocrisy stinks.


Those who are supporting the pandora criminal and liar called Obi are also speaking on behalf of Igbos but you lost your voice on that

ratcock:
Hmmm
Christian associations should refrain or abstain from any endorsement or partisan politics.


Has it reached the level of you insulting yourself cause I am not the one you are insulting.

Elder statesman, Chief Dan Ulasi, has said Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) remains the only hope of the South-East ahead of the 2027 presidential election, alleging that the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government has done nothing for the region.

Ulasi made the assertion on AIT’s Kakaaki programme on Tuesday, arguing that Obi would secure overwhelming support across the South-East because of what he described as the region’s feeling of exclusion from the current administration.

According to him, Obi could secure at least 90 per cent of the votes in the region in 2027, as many voters believe the Federal Government has failed to address the South-East’s developmental concerns.


“In this election coming, Peter Obi will make not less than 90% of the votes in the Southeast for personal reasons. They believe they are not part of the system. There is nothing this government has done in the South-East,” Ulasi said.

He criticised the Federal Government’s infrastructure projects in the region, saying the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, frequently cited by the administration as a major infrastructure project, has no significant impact on the five South-East states.

“All we hear is the Lagos-Calabar highway that has no effect on the five components of the South-East,” he said.

Ulasi, however, acknowledged the performance of governors in the region, saying they had made efforts to develop their respective states despite some of them being members of the APC.

The elder statesman further claimed that the region had not benefited sufficiently from the Federal Government in terms of infrastructure and political appointments.

Ulasi further stated that the South-East would use the 2027 election to express its dissatisfaction with the Federal Government and reaffirm its demand for greater inclusion.

“The South is going to enormously vote for Peter. We have to make a point that we are part and parcel of this country,” Ulasi said.

He added: “We are saying we have a right through politics to also air our own view. This is what we believe in. If he doesn’t remember, let us remain where we are.”

HacheNoire:
Can you share a list of those northern leaders?

Benue State Commissioner for Information, Solomon Iorpev, has stated that the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, is courting trouble with the State Government.

Iorpev, who was reacting to the blockage of Obi by some youths on Tuesday, said this was not the first time Obi had ignored protocol by failing to officially inform the state government about his visit to the state, considering his status.

The commissioner described Obi as a high-profile person and a former Governor whose security should be provided by the host state.

He said, “A high-profile person who has been a former governor of a state is coming into the state; he should have written a letter to the State Government.

“We are supposed to guarantee his safety and protection, but in an instance where no letter was written, we could not guarantee his safety.

“This is not the first time he is doing this. He is just looking for our trouble. We are peace loving and hospitable people.”

The commissioner, who said he did not know those behind the attack on Obi, however, said that Obi’s visit regrettably coincided with the meeting of youths from the 23 local government areas of the state.

“So, if they were coming from either Tarka, Gboko, Buruku, Ushongo, Konshisha or Vandeikya at the same time of his visit and blocked the road, it is unfortunate. I do not know the youths who did that,” the commissioner said.

seunmsg:
Kwakwanso has been demystified. Nobody could have tried this four years ago. Kwakwanso is finished.

simpleseyi:
So there are now 28 states in Nigeria. Look at people that wants to win general election