₦airaland Forum

JudismphD:
Pipe dream. Apc winning in their imagination with unsellable presidential candidate. A serial loser for that matter'

in your dream...nothing you can do about this,Buhari is our next president

codedguy1:
If education is expensive, try ignorance!

That's the part the Buharist want to follow.

Its a shame! Why can't we replace the Phd holder with another Phd holder or its equivalent, are we saying because one Phd holder has supposedly failed us we should replace him with someone without a FSLC.

With people like Fashola, Fayemi, Osinbajo in APC it is a disgrace that a Prof will be pitched as an assistant to a certficateless Buhari when Naija is not a private company.

Buhari is simply not qualified to contest the election if he refuses to produce or does not have a FSLC according to the constitution.

If we bend the constitution for him then we have set a very dangerous precedence.

Nigeria is a funny country, minimum requirement for the highest office in the land FSLC while to be the CBN gov, or minister or head of a parastatal you will need to have a proper higher education with some experience to go with it and all these people will now answer to someone who cannot even produce a FSLC. So we don't know if he has or if he failed all his papers and is ashamed of it.

That part of the constitution we all know is just to accommodate the likes of Buhari who see education as Haram.

One Nigeria indeed! God help us!

Please look around and see beyond your nose. Mind you,believing in PHD holder without clear and positive justification can be sum up to sitting on a keg of gun powder

doctokwus:
Now am convinced that GMB wud win this election. For d PDP campaign team to want GMB disqualified on this cert issue coupled with the personal insults gej has bn throwing at him shows they have all got feelers that GMB wud win!

Dont mind Fanikayode,he is a spoilt brat.Remember,Fanikayode goes for the highest bider.he is corrupt and broke.he desperately need GEJ money to survive

omolami:
i pray that northern elders see beyond their nose. If buhari gets power and died bec of ill health (God forbid) Osinbajo from SW must be president as prescribed by d constitution. If this happens within 2 yrs of buhari regime, it means till 2023 or 2025 before north get power. This will be result of God's punishment for north's attrocities. Too bad, vote wisely

A mere propaganda!..even the younger one can die before the older ones,stop being childish because you are not God.more so Buhari is not the oldest man to contest for president.

JudismphD:
Jk is ok, enough of errand boy

omo ibo,you want to impoverish lagos by voting for JK which is remotely controlled by ex convict and/Thug!..anyway you are on your own..it cant work.Ambode is peoples choice

elipheleh:
THE THOUGHTS OF THE WISE MAN....MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT


ATROCITIES OF BUHARI

1. He Is A Hypocrite And Sanctimonious: Buhari is a self-acclaimed anti-corruption Czar, yet he served under late Sani Abacha without complaining of corruption. In the same period Buhari served as PTF Chairman under Abacha, Nigeria was named the 2nd most corrupt country in the world in 1996 by Transparency International; the most corrupt country in 1997 and 3rdmost country in 1998. Buhari didn’t resign or protest. He dismissed the TI Report with a wave of the hand. Can he do the same if such report says Nigeria is the most corrupt country in 2014? I know that Buhari would protest and call President Jonathan names.

Buhari as a man of integrity as he claims should have done what Tai Solarin, Duro Onabule and Ebitu Ukiwe did under IBB’s regime. IBB’s attempt to take Nigeria into the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) made his Chief of General Staff, Ebitu Ukiwe to resign. Ukiwe maintained that Nigeria, as a country, should not be a member of a religious organisation. Individual organisation can take up membership of religious organisations, but not the country. IBB made Tai Solarin the chairman of Peoples Bank with no fund and power to run it; he resigned and tendered his apology to Nigerians.
Buhari has not apologized to Nigerians for working for the most corrupt govt in the world then, but he still maintains that Abacha didn’t loot Nigeria dry even as Abacah loots are still being sent back to Nigeria.

When he took over power by the gun, he supported rigging because it favoured him. But now, he is shouting of rigging. Hear him:
“The last general election was anything but free and fair. The only political parties that could complain of election rigging are those parties that lacked the resources to rig.” – M. Buhari (First Speech after Military Coup, 31 December, 1983)

2. He Is A Religious Fanatic And Extremist: Buhari believes that his religion is superior to other religions and that Koran supersedes our constitution. In 2001, he gave his total support for Sharia with this statement:

“I will continue to show openly and inside me the total commitment to the Sharia movement that is sweeping all over Nigeria. God willing, we will not stop the agitation for the total implementation of the Sharia in the country.”- M. Buhari (August 27, 2001)

He made the above statement after he had gone to BBC Hausa Service to condemn the then Vice President, Atiku Abubakar for urging Muslims states who adopted Sharia to return to the status quo.

If you think that these statements mean nothing, then envision what would happen if a notable Christian political leader from the south make the same statement about spreading Christianity across Nigeria.

Prior to the 2003 elections, he made another shocking statement:
“Muslims should only vote those who will promote Islam. We are more than the Christians if you add our Muslim brothers in the West.”- M. Buhari (2003)

3. He Introduced Kidnapping And Smuggling Into The Nigeria System:The story of Umaru Dikko is already well known that repeating it here amounts to tautology. However, Buhari and his ADC Col. Mustapha Jokolosupervised the smuggling of 53 suitcases filled with cash against the protests of Tunde Idiagbon and ironically, Abubakar Atiku (an APC bigwig), was the former DG of Customs. Do you still need to know why Buhari has never accused Atiku of being corrupt?

4. He Is Not A Man of His Words: Buhari cried in public and said he won’t contest elections again, yet couldn’t keep his words:
“This campaign is the third and last one for me; since, after it, I will not present myself again for election into office of the president.” – M. Buhari (April, 2011 at the Int’l Conference Centre, Abuja)

Then again in 2014, he swallowed his words with this:

“I humbly present myself to all Nigerians and to God, seeking to be elected as APC’s presidential candidate.” – M. Buhari (Oct., 15, 2014 Eagle Square Abuja)
5. He Is An Ethnic Bigot Who Thinks That Vendetta Is Fighting Corruption: After Buhari and his boys overthrew the govt of Shagari with the sole reason that the govt was highly corrupt, he locked up Dr. Alex Ekwueme – the then VP in Kirikiri maximum prison but left Shagari – the president and Head of govt in his mansion. Ekwueme was tried by the tribunal set-up by Buhari and the tribunal declared that he was even poorer than he was before he came into office. Yet, Buhari jailed him and allowed Shagari to relax in his mansion.

He gave Dede Sam Mbakwe 100-year jail term for stealing nothing and also went after his wife. Ambrose Ali was tried for an undeveloped plot of land and he was jailed for 75 years with heavy torture that led to blindness and later death. Jim Nwobodo and Lateef Jakande were jailed for 100 years for stealing nothing. Adekunle Ajasin was tried by a military tribunal and found innocent. Buhari ordered a fresh trial, he was found innocent again. Buhari changed the tribunal and tried him again. He was still found innocent. Buhari still jailed him. But, Buhari left his personal friend – Awwal Ibrahim – the then highly corrupt governor of Niger State who was arrested at Heathrow airport with £14 million. Awwal was never jailed. He was placed under house arrest in his mansion like Shagari for just two weeks and indeed released.

6. He Is A Coupist: Buhari has no moral ground to stand for an election in Nigeria because he’s a destroyer of democracy and can never benefit from it. He overthrew a duly elected govt and ruled illegitimately until he was kicked out. For those that claim he was invited, go read the recent interview by Chief Ebenezer Babatope on why Chief Solomon Lar was imprisoned by Buhari.

7. He Doesn’t Talk or Act Like An Elder-statesman: He makes provocative statements that are capable of putting the country in crisis. This attitude caused the death of over 800 innocent lives including about 10 Corp members after he lost the 2011 elections. A man who considers himself as an elder-statesman and wants to rule Nigeria again should not be talking this way:

“God willing, by 2015, something will happen. They either conduct a free and fair election or they go a very disgraceful way. If what happened in 2011 should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and baboon would all be soaked in blood.” – M. Buhari

“2015 will be bloody…” – M. Buhari

Buhari snubbed the same Nigerians he now wants their votes by refusing to appear before Justice Oputa Truth and Reconciliation Panel. Buhari knew how important reconciliation is to the stability of democracy, yet he refused to appear before the panel.

8. He Cannot Formulate A Good Economic Policy: True to that, Buhari is the only former Head of State without a legacy. Not even one, despite ruling with iron-fist for 2 years. Someone said, Environmental sanitation is his legacy LOL and I ask, how has that improved our economy? Or is Nigeria now the cleanest country in the world with a booming tourism industry? And again, those that attended his declaration were disappointed as he couldn’t present a manifesto on how he can solve the numerous problems confronting Nigeria. We keep hearing from the Buharists: “I will fight corruption; I will stop corruption; I will end corruption.” How? By mouth? Recall what BBC said about Buhari’s economic policy: “Buhari’s attempts to re-balance public finances by curbing imports led to many job losses and the closure of businesses. These losses were accompanied by a rise in prices and a decline in living standards.” His economic policy started the devaluation of naira. During Shagari/Ekweme’s regime, $1 = N0.550 but before the end of his tenure in 1985, $1 = N0.894.

9. He Clamped Down On The Press: With the infamous Decree 4, he closed down Newspapers, arrested and jailed many journalists such as Ndukar Irabor and Tunde Thompson of the Guardian Newspaper on stories that were factual. He told the Nigerian journalists then that it did not matter whether the story reported was true or not, if his regime did not like it, the writer would go to jail.
At a point Tai Solarin became the only voice who could speak as he stood at the road corner and was distributing leaflets detailing the various atrocities of Buhari. He arrested and jailed him. In prison, he was denied his asthmatic drug. He was released by IBB and later died of complication from the torture he suffered in prison.

10. He Is Not A Man of Principle And Integrity: Since 2003, Buhari has been jumping from one party to another in his desperate and endless quest to rule Nigeria. He started with ANPP in 2003 to CPC in 2011 and, now in APC. He might abandon APC for another party if they deny him ticket.

11. He Has No Regard For Human Rights: Mrs. Vera Ifudu, who was an NTA reporter then, was sacked for reporting what Dr. Olusola Saraki had told her in an interview about how the missing money was traced to Buhari’s account at Midland Bank London branch. Vera eventually won her case of wrongful dismissal in court against the NTA and was financially compensated.

Dim Emeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, who returned from 13 years exile, just a little over a year then, was as well locked up in Kirikiri Prison by Buhari. Up till today we were not told what his offence was. Busari Adelakun died of ulcer because Buhari refused him to be taken out of prison for medical attention. The then Gov. of Ogun State, Bisi Onabanjo suffered similar fate which we were told led to his untimely death.

For using the US$2.8bn to sing, Buhari jailed Fela Anikulapo -Kuti on trumped up charges under emergency law which prompted the sentencing judge to confess that he was ordered to do so and apologised to Fela. It was Buhari’s administration that said it has “decided to deal with this Fela problem once and for all.”

Buhari used retrogressive law to execute three Nigerians: Lawal Ojuolape (30), Bernard Ogedengbe (29) and Bartholomew Owoh (26). One of those three – Ogedengbe – was executed for a crime that did not carry capital punishment at the time it was committed.

12. He Is Corrupt: That a blind man doesn’t see the sun don’t mean the sun is not up in the sky. That Buhari has not been jailed for corrupt practises doesn’t mean he is not corrupt, after-all, nobody has jailed IBB, OBJ etc., yet people say they’re corrupt. Buhari has never been able to account to Nigerians what he did with the N25 billion missing in PTF of which he was the chairman. Shagari incurred Buhari’s wrath when he decided to investigate the US$2.8 billion that disappeared from NNPC account and traced to the Midland Bank, London. Justice Ayo Irikefe panel was set-up and Saraki headed the Senate committee. The following were unequivocally discovered:

Firstly, a judicial panel was set up to trace the $2.8billion (Justice Ayo Irikefe panel).

Secondly, a senate committee was also set up to trace the $2.8billion (headed by the elder Saraki).

The findings of the senate committee were reported live on NTA by Vera Ifudu.
Buhari overthrew the govt to burn and shred the evidence.
Buhari got Vera Ifudu sacked.
Vera Ifudu and the NTA went to court.
Vera Ifudu won her case, got reinstated and was paid compensation
A man that procured a loan of N27.5million to purchase his presidential form using man-know-man approach is definitely corrupt. Buhari ought to live by example.

13. He Is A Pretender And Deceiver: Buhari claims that he has no foreign bank account, no booming business, no house in Lagos or Abuja. He has 2 houses: one in Katsina and the other in Kaduna. Yet he has been contesting elections since 2003 and pursuing it up to the Supreme Court with his team of SANs. The minimum appearance fee for a SAN at the Presidential election case at the Supreme Court is N25 million. Where did he get this money? Can he tell us his sponsors? He borrowed N27.5 million to buy a form, yet he moves around in Chattered aircraft each time he wants to fly which is costlier than owing one. Buhari is definitely a pretender.

14. He Is A Tribalist: Since his days as a Head of State, he only appointed his people in important positions. As the chairman of PTF, he employed an overwhelming number of Fulani/Hausa/Moslem at the detriment of other groups and concentrated PTF projects in the North. He used the company of his in-law – (Salihijo Ahmad), Afri-Projects Consortium in executed all the projects. He shamelessly executed about 74% of the projects in the north and 26% in the entire south according to PTF Situation Report (Vol 2, 98).

15. He Has Soft-spot For Boko Haram: Buhari made the following statements which support Boko Haram:

“The declaration of state of emergency in three Northern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe is a grave injustice against the North.” – M. Buhari (Liberty Radio, June 2, 2013)

“…when the Niger Delta militants started their activities in the South-South, they were invited by the late President Umaru Yar’adua. An aircraft was sent to them and their leaders met with the late President in Aso Rock and discussed issues. They were given money and a training scheme was introduced for their members. But when the Boko Haram emerged in the north, members of the sect were killed”. – M. Buhari (Liberty Radio, Kaduna May 14 2012)

But on Ombatse, his tone changed because they killed Fulanis:
“…But those that killed the 56 security men must be hunted and prosecuted no matter how long it will take because this is the bottom line about law and order, and security in the country. They can’t be forgiven, they can’t override the constitution, Nigerians are being hurt and killed in their duties and those that killed them must be brought before the law.” – M. Buhari

16. He Is Anti-development: Buhari stopped the Lagos metro rail even when the military Administrator for Lagos State, alerted him that on the clause in the contract ($60 million metro rail project) agreement that would yoke the state into debt, if the contract was cancelled unilaterally. He replied: “Mudashiru, I don’t care”. Although the fund for the execution of the project which would have given Lagosians an intra-city light train transport system would not have come from Buhari’s Supreme Military Council, Buhari, cancelled this project of the state government, with ethnicity on his mind. Till date no Nigerian city has metro rail. Buhari out of jealousy of the leadership acumen of Dede Sam Mbakwe, he stopped all the wonderful projects initiated by him in Imo State when he overthrew the Shagari’s govt. Yet, Buhari left the govt without a legacy. What a man!

17. He Hates Education: Just like Boko Haram, Buhari is a supporter of the almajir system. No wonder President Goodluck Jonathan is the person that established the first and only federal university in Katsina State – Buhari’s State and 100s almaijiri’s model schools across the northern region. People like Buhari are against the almajiri schools.

18. He Is Weak: It is a fact that Tunde Idiagbo was the brain and pillar behind the govt of Buhari. No wonder Buhari was thrown out in what was regarded as a Palace Coup when Idiagbo went to Mecca. If Buhari that ruled with absolute power and iron-fist couldn’t protect his govt from being overthrown by junior officers, how could he safeguard and protect Nigeria in this turbulent time.

19. He Is A Product of Corruption And Nepotism: The manner and swiftness Buhari rise in the army can only be possible in a system where nepotism reign supreme. At 21, Buhari was cadet trainee; at 23 he was promoted as Commander 2nd Infantry Battalion; at 25 he was appointed Brigade Major, 2 Sector 1st Infantry Division; at 28, he was promoted Brigade Major and Commander, 31st Infantry Brigade; at 29 he was promoted Assistant Adjutant-General 1st Infantry Division Headquarters; at 34 he was appointed the military governor of North-Eastern State; at 39 he was appointed Chairman NNPC and GOC, 3rd Armoured Division, Jos, 1981-83; at 42, he shot his way to Dodan Barracks as Head of State. Most of these promotions were with no further education/training.

Buhari’s kids and people still use Quota system education (to enable them go to school) and federal character for them to get jobs. Imagine when a kid from Ebonyi State needs to score minimum of 112 in Common Entrance exams and another kid from Sokoto (a state that is older than Nigeria), Yobe etc., need only 9 and 2 respectively in the same exam. Remember that these kids wrote the same exam, in the same country, at the same time and answered the same questions. What corruption is worse than this? Yet Buhari has never condemned it.

20. Buhari Is Just Perpetually Unelectable: To those that still think Buhari would one day rule Nigeria again, ask Nasir El-rufai, he has the answer

I am very sure you are well paid for you to write this fake epistle.at any rate,your epistle is meant for your personal consumption and your clique

[quote author=harrysterol post=29435354][size=30pt]Buhari ur certificate

or....


U never went to school [/size][/quote then BUHARI IS A GREAT MAN!

listica:
APC F9, PDP A1

Joseph the dreamer

Billyonaire:
The warning came after the governor’s remarks justifying the decision of some soldiers to protest their lack of equipment in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists.

Amaechi knows nothing about military by-laws, a criminal civilian that cant fire a gun, but believes he can justify mutiny, a prelude to formation of rebel armies via insubordination, a precursor to internal rivalry and war. Why are the APC goons acting my ragtag desperadoes ? I have not read about APC manifestos because they have none, except ofcourse the mantra of CHANGE which they do not actually know that change can be to the worse. Change does not always mean positive. Change is not welcomed if negative.

Jonathan Goodluck is the complete change, because Buhari belongs to the old school junta of military coup plotters that actually ruined Nigeria. We can not go back to the era of kidnapping, nepotism, suppression of freedom of speech etc.

Anyone that votes for Buhari, is voting for the demise of all social networking political engineering. I am sure Nairaland will be extinct if Buhari wins any election (Gods Forbid).

i am sure that you are benefiting from Jonathan's corrupt government.Corruption is a cankerworm which has eating deep into your bonemarrow.No wonder you now find it difficult to propagate the truth...at any rates,if lies continues for 20years or more,it is only one day that the truth will meet it...please stop your day dreaming

Monimatic:
Ameachi's political career is over, APC in rivers state should stop looking for relevance.
PDP will recover her stolen mandate back.

in your dream.stop day dreaming

Daguccizgreat:
There is no way a squirrel can challenge a lion to a fight. Pdp is just too strong for Apc. No sentiment, it's a FACT

you are dreaming

LRNZH:
Again, Who is Peter Obi?

The man that abandoned APGA when it most needed his leadership to join PDP for personal angradizement as a nobody? This one? If not for his myopia, APGA would have been a formidable part of APC (maybe APGC) challenging the woeful status quo in Nigeria.

I'm assuming he has not heard about Mandela and Ronald Reagan who became great presidents at 76 and 72 years respectively.

Peter Obi: An economist without a sense of history. Failed.

[size=15pt]HAPPY NEW YEAR PEOPLE.[/size]

you are right..Peter Obi is nobody.he is just scrambling for his own share of ill gotten wealth from PDP. Obi peter,go and sit down,you can not deceive other nigerian like how you deceive your people in anambra for your selfish gain

MuguliciousMUGU:
They ran away because they know that APC is an Agbero people's congress, they don't want trouble, that is why they came to a peaceful party PDP

PDP= peace draws progress

Long Live PDP!
Long Live Jonathan!!

Gej till 2019

You mean ex convict bode george party?...You mean Rabble rouser party?...you mean thugs and stomach infratructure party?..please dont be deceived PDP is a failed party. I believe action speaks louder than words

tit:
Buhari is gone!
No woman will vote for him!
Even that his wife will not vote for him again!
Who no like better thing?

Buhari carry your wahalla go back to daura.
go meet your boko haram boys for there.

Enemies of progress!booth licker!sycophant.

Blakjewelry:
The way this osibanjo of a guy begin dey run em mouth and sample office just made hate the guy. Two people I don't trust in Nigeria are 1 politicians, 2 pastors. 80% of them are con men.

OYO LO WA

laplace12:
Agbaje is the man

you mean Agbaje ,the Bode George Stooge that i know! but dont u you realise that we know that Bode George is an epitome of thuggery and other antisocial vices...some one attending church for thanks given after release from prison.is that kind of people you want to be the Godfather of your governor to be?capital NO

laplace12:
Agbaje is the man

you mean Bode George stooge?..have you forgotten that Bode George epitomises tuggery and anti social vices?

KwoiZabo:
Ambode its too late we can't endure another of Tinubu's slave at Alausa for another 4 Yrs. we need change. we need Agbaje, LP, NCP or any other thing but not Tiifnubu's boyboy with head like potato. Fashola has a reputation to protect sef but this Ambode will milk us dry. We are really in trouble in Lagos.

you are the only one in trouble!

sojjy:
An intelligent HEAD BOY of a secondary school is better than GEJ as Nigeria president. President Jonathan has shown and demostrated to the world how CLUELESS he is when it comes to governing. Nigeria can be great again if we vote wisely comes 2015.
Change is possible
Vote BUHARI for a GREAT Nigeria.

stop blaming GEJ! He is just trying to be a patriotic Nigeria by telling everybody who cares to know that he (GEJ) is not fit to be Nigeria president.Must you abuse him by telling us indirectly that he is not competent ,lack decision making skills.please wise up

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party and the main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, recently held their primaries. While the PDP recast its destiny with its current torchbearer, President Goodluck Jonathan, the APC chose a renowned former military general, Muhammadu Buhari, as its candidate.

From all indications, the February 2015 election would be the most watched and most hotly contested in the history of Nigeria. Every election is important, every single one of them! But a few, very few can be considered epoch-making. This is one of such elections, one of such events. The future of Nigeria will be determined by the action or inaction of the electorate in whom they vote for to become the next President of this Republic. The last epochal election was in 1979. Nigerians missed the boat and the country hasn’t been the same since.

When you think of the talents, resources and the promises and possibilities of this nation, you cannot but wonder how we got to this messy state. When you think of where this country was, you cannot but wonder how things got this bad. In spite of the dark years, 1967-1970, this was the doyen of the Black World – respected within and outside of the African continent. At the very least, Nigeria was in the company of Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong – all marching towards economic prosperity.

In other words, Nigeria was part of the emerging nations many had hoped would, within five decades of independence, rub shoulders with the industrialised nations of the world. Two-and-half decades after the emergence of the Asian Tigers, Nigeria is nowhere to be found. A decade-and-half after the emergence of the Tiger Cub Economies (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand), Nigeria is still groping in the dark. Instead, the country is today characterised by all that is offensive about human nature.

Even as Nigerians troop to countries like the United Arab Emirates – especially Dubai, we forget that Dubai was nowhere near Nigeria during the country’s heyday. Five decades after independence, millions of us still go in search of what sane governments provide their people. In many parts of the world, our government is seen as foolish, inhumane, and incapable of good governance. The mindless drift must be abated!

Put aside your emotion and tell me what you think of Goodluck Jonathan in terms of being able to resolve many of the issues that plague this country. Again, put aside your emotion and tell me what you think of Muhammadu Buhari (also) in terms of our myriad national problems. Of the two, who do you suppose is capable of righting many of our wrongs? Your duty is to determine who is better suited for navigating a raging ocean with this chaotic ship called Nigeria. Promises, I must remind you, are not performance.

And so I must ask you this: In what ways have your life and the lives of your friends and family improved since 2010 when Jonathan assumed control of the Presidency? Is our fatherland better, or worse off in 2014 when compared to 2010?

Unemployment and underemploy-ment rate amongst higher education graduates is more than 35 per cent. Millions of Nigerians provide their own electricity, water, security and other goods and services the government should otherwise provide the people. For more than two years now, Boko Haram has made life difficult and unbearable in many parts of our beloved country. And where there is no Boko Haram, we have the Fulani herdsmen. Otherwise, it is armed robbers, kidnappers, assassins and political violence. If this Jonathan government is rejected at the polls come 2015, we the people will not miss it. Why miss something you didn’t have in the first place.

Put your emotion aside. Put ethnicity aside. Put religion aside. Put regional sentiments aside. Don’t pay attention to propaganda; but instead, be kind and be true to yourself and your children and future generations. Be true to our motherland, and be honest with yourself: Are you better off today? Can we do better? Shouldn’t we be doing better? Why would you want to continue living in a politically and economically filthy and debasing environment? Why?

Many of the problems we are faced with predate President Jonathan. But the fact is that many problems predate sitting presidents. But here is the problem: when a president is this indecisive and vacillates and panders to every powerhouse in the country, whatever problems he inherits, are likely to double or triple. What Jonathan should have done, he has not done; and the things he is doing are emboldening Boko Haram – and is also emboldening corrupt politicians, oil thieves, and all internal and external elements who are harming our national interest.

Jonathan is not a terrible human being, but he is not a good leader. He is not the right leader for this nation. Not now, not in 2015 and beyond! You don’t have to be the most intelligent person to make a good leader, but you must be smart and curious and steady and have a good sense of self. And you must surround yourself with intelligent people with an abundance of courage and vision. Under Jonathan, our institutions are collapsing at a faster rate. The elite continue to steal knowing there would be no penalties but national honour for them; and the country continues to drift. Is this the kind of country you want to grow old in?

And so as you think about the 2015 elections, may you be guided by the love of country; may your actions be guided by the love of your brothers and sisters and their children. As we get closer and closer to Election Day 2015, may you take the lives of your children and grandchildren into consideration; and may you know that it is your responsibility to bequeath them a better country and a better world.

And know this, too: Across civilisations, “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” In this instance, voting is planting a tree! You would be helping to build a great society if you vote in ways that protect, not only your interest, but the interest and well-being of generations yet unborn. A vote for the status quo would be akin to chopping down trees. Therefore, as you think about the 2015 elections, do not think about inducements or what they call “stomach infrastructure”; instead, think about what should have been and what should be. Think about your legacy. Do the right thing: Vote performance, not promises!


Source: http://www.punchng.com/opinion/viewpoint/who-would-you-vote-for-in-2015-buhari-or-jonathan/

NewNigeriaMind:
This is perhaps the reason APC will forever rule Lagos:

"stickler for high performance and my decisions are never
based on race, gender or religion"

wouldn't it be nice if the same can be said of the clueless one in Aso rock.

you can call Tinubu names but one thing he has that you cannot find in another is his ability to identity the smartest and finest amongst his people. He has built a reputation for APC as the party for the sound mind and technocrats, while the technocrats do the governing he handles the politicking.

Sai Tinubu.

Sai APC.

Eko o ni baje o!!!

well said

Alphaoscar:
if he is not clueless will he be killing the same people he swore to protect? Instead of him to behave like a statesman he choose to be a Nebuchadnezzar , pharaoh, Hitler, idi-amin instead and you said he is not clueless?

Nothing compares to Gej!! .why? because he is in the world of his own...he kills to satisfy his whimp and caprices at a slightest provocation. He liken blood to a tonic.therefore,he is far more dangerous than Hitler or any living being.he has gentle face and serpent heart

Eliot must know that we can not be deceived all in the name of his opportunistic sudden desire to add olusola to his name.he should go to his original state where he belong

Billygee2u:
yes,are you surprised ?

Jonathan has the support of few Yoruba' s that benefit from his government.they can best be described as people who can sell their age and parents in exchange for a plate of porridge.They are Judas of our time

M4gunners:
No you regret not we,because i don't regret having him as my president and will still want him back if APC can't provides a better candidate.

GEJ must explain to Nigerian and the whole world why he prefer associating with criminals,thug,militants ,fugitive,fraudsters...he must tell us why he prefer political alliance with people of questionable character.he must explain why he prefer to use tribal and religion sentiment as his capaign strategy.he must explain why he has been scheming Yoruba out of his administration.he must explain why he turned Yoruba into fuddle and fiddle...as if we are alien.he should explain why he pretends as if he is nice where as he is not....[font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font]

M4gunners:
No you regret not we,because i don't regret having him as my president and will still want him back if APC can't provides a better candidate.

GEJ must explain to Nigerian and the whole world why he prefer associating with criminals,tug,militants ,fugitive,fraudsters...he must tell us why he prefer political alliance with people of questionable character.he must explain why he prefer to use tribal and religion sentiment as his capaign strategy.he must explain why he has been scheming Yoruba out of his administration.he must explain why he turned Yoruba into fuddle and fiddle...as if we are alien.he should explain why he pretends as he is nice where as he is not....

I need the account number to contribute my own qouter.please anybody with these useful information...we need to wrestle Nigeria from the Lions den before it is finally devowed

Sequel to recent happenings in Ekiti State and based on what is real rather than simulating,i beleive that the best slogan for Ekiti Now is "STATE OF STOMACH INFRATRUCTURE" ( my opinion though)....my people,what is your take on these

I dont know what TAN is transforming,is it success to failure?...from the just concluded match between Nigeria and South Africa,it is note worthy that TAN is a failure and has failed abinitio.The lessons from these is that anybody associated with TAN is associated with failure.i beleive
our team could have perform better if not sponsored by TAN.MY PEOPLE PLEASE PONDER IT OVER. As for me,i am not and will never be a party to failure

Ngwakwe:
GEJ and PEJ is a family name and don't have anything to do with Nigerian Government.

If you have issues with President Jonathan and his Administration then address him as such. Patience Jonathan's problems are her husband's headache as she wasn't elected or is she seeking re-election.


What baffles me most is that the same people shouting Jonathan failed policies and PDP's sixteen years of bad governance are beginning to praise Obasanjo and have gone further to start repackaging him as a great revolutionary and a patriot.

The same people have gone to seek a failed PDP Administrator's approval and consent to support their attempt to grab power.

If you are not conversant with Nigerian Politics and just depended on social and electronic media for the past six months, you may think Goodluck is PDP and PDP is Jonathan since 1998.

What can I say more than to behold an unprecedented double standard in Nigeria politics.


I will always plead with and remind all open minded and independent Nigerians to avoid all those people trying to repackage a Coup plotter, Sharia Advocate, Human Right abuser, a despot and an embodiment of zero experience in Democratic governance as a substitute and a messiah.

Goodluck Jonathan has his fault but not a failure rather he encourages Democracy, build institution and civil liberties, he doesn't favour one region at the expense of another in any shape or form. He believes in one Nigeria and the right of all to share from the national cake which Buhari in his life and next reincarnation won't adopt.

Nigerians deserve better than Goodluck Jonathan's presidency but won't be intimidated to settle for less.

i disagree with you.buhari is not a silent like your candidate.he is a discipline man that meant well for Nigerians.he doesnot favour a particular tribe at the expense of the other ones like your candidate.he is not a pretender.Jonathan encourage corruption and he is not hidding it for people to know.Jonathan is delibetately treating boko haram issue with levity so as to reduce votes coming out of that region.Jonathan is a religion bigot because he believes nigeria muslims are not to be trusted

[[sup][/sup]quote author=TIDDOLL post=27614819]Well, its quite funny how Nigerians insults nd curse Mr President...»»swearing not to vote for him come 2015..like there is a WORTHY ND CAPABLE opponent)....I say we hang on to our better option come 2015..EBELE JONATHAN...»» for BUHARI»»,d general got more grey hairs than vision for this country,the guy is just too old..ATIKU»»Got to much flair for business...bin filling his fat tummy since OBJ's era...[/quote]Your JEG is worse than Sanni Abacha.he has turned nigeria to a country where crime is more rewarded than hard work.To believe that JEG is better than Buhari is a fallacy.imagine Tompolo threatning Festus Keyamo because he feels that Nigeria is now in his backyard.JEG has turned himself into a silent despot.JEG has polarized nigeria because of his selfish interest.He is an advocate of ethnic chauvinism.please stop comparing light with darkness.Buhari is a man of his word.he is competent and capable of taking nigeria into greater height. Buhari is not a Religion or ethnic bigot.go and read more about his previous activities.

TIDDOLL:
Well, its quite funny how Nigerians insults nd curse Mr President...»»swearing not to vote for him come 2015..like there is a WORTHY ND CAPABLE opponent)....I say we hang on to our better option come 2015..EBELE JONATHAN...»» for BUHARI»»,d general got more grey hairs than vision for this country,the guy is just too old..ATIKU»»Got to much flair for business...bin filling his fat tummy since OBJ's era...

Your JEG is worse than Sanni Abacha.he has turned nigeria to a country where crime is more rewarded than hard work.To believe that JEG is better than Buhari is a fallacy.imagine Tompolo threatning Festus Keyamo because he feels that Nigeria is now in his backyard.JEG has turned himself into a silent despot.JEG has polarized nigeria because of his selfish interest.He is an advocate of ethnic chauvinism.please stop comparing light with darkness.Buhari is a man of his word.he is competent and capable of taking nigeria into greater height. Buhari is not a Religion or ethnic bigot.go and read more about his previous activities.