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Very exciting piece. Virtually everything encapsulated by Femi Aribisala is evidently clear to Nigerians except the ever unrealistic APC supporters. But in addition to Femi's assertions, only poor students of Nigeria's political evolution would think APC/ Buhari stands a chance of ruling Nigeria (no matter the outcome of the forthcoming elections). For the benefit of hindsight, let's cast our minds back to the fates of late Obafemi Awolowo and MKO Abiola. The former was alleged to have lost his chance to rule Nigeria when he boasted during his campaigns that corrupt politicians would be probed if he won the election. Abiola in the same vein was said to have lost face with the West (the US in particular) when he consistently canvassed for REPARATION, a stance seen as an affront by world powers. No wonder his incarceration and eventual elimination was conviniently executed through local and international conspiracy. In the light of this, instead of learning from history, APC seemed to have taken its own recklessness too far by denigrating every Nigerian institution i.e the police, Army, DSS, Judiciary, etc through barefaced propaganda, falsehood, blackmail, intimidation, ridicule, unguided utterances all geared towards uncivilised push for power grab. So with enmity created with all apparatus of governance, it beats one's imagination for APC to nurture the idea of having a smooth sail to power by swiming against the tide. Those who live in glass house must desist from throwing stones.

Flets:
No sane patriotic Nigerian should be caught even remotely supporting this evil called APC

These demons have succeeded in heating up our polity with evil propaganda, lies and terrorism.

Friend, have you forgotten that satan has his ardent followers too? Those who are habitual liars, deceits, thieves, rumour mongers, haters, cerificate forgers, age cheaters...would always associate with APC, a party infested with those vices.

SafecozzyTeam:
http://leadership.ng/news/413584/pdp-blasts-apc-over-location-of-buharis-interview

http://www.safecozzy.com/news/pdp-lambast-apc-over-location-of-buharis-interview/

But how far can APC push their propaganda luck?

Firefire:
I keep wondering all the fake news and comments credited to him and other notable people in Nigeria, who is behind all this evil act ?

By the time Nigerians realise the magnitude of damage APC had done to our collective goodwill through sophisticated propaganda and foulery, no one will want to associate with any of its leaders. The US firm they contracted to do their dirty job is really on the loose.

SLIDEwaxie:
you don't know the meaning of cloning abi? Did he tell he has a twitter account before?

Blockhead. You cannot comprehend a common article of less than 300 words. Didn't you see the part that says his previous twitter and facebook accounts had been blocked? Talking before thinking!

praxisnetworks:
he is talking about your fada like that and you're applauding him...smdh

If your parents and entire generation behave irresponsibly like OBJ, I wish all of you a resounding bad luck.

kolonigga:
LAGOS — PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that he would inherit a huge debt profile and empty treasury if elected president, expressing confidence that his wealth of experience would assist in turning the situation around.
He also stated that his party’s economic policies are conceived to be people-centred, adding that the country would for the first time in over three decades experience a truly pro-people Federal Government if elected.
Buhari said this in a statement by the Director of Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation, APCPCO, Malam Garba Shehu.
His words: “It is crystal clear that our revenues are dwindling by the day and if we must survive, we cannot continue on this path of near absence of accountability, mismanagement, outright waste and jamboree that has characterised the management of public resources under the Jonathan-led PDP government.
“We can assure the mass of Nigerian people that help is on the way. We know that an APC controlled Federal Government will obviously inherit a huge debt profile and an empty treasury from this PDP Federal Government. We are confident of turning the situation around.
“It is apparent that the Federal Government has suddenly found itself in a bind with plummeting crude oil prices in the international market, but typical of a team that lacks capacity for anticipatory actions, the Federal Government has been running from pillar to post in a vain bid to stabilize the economy.
Buhari-london“Unfortunately, all conceived palliatives applied to save the nation’s declining economic indicators have merely scrapped the surface of the problems leaving the mass of Nigerians desperate, confused and hungrier.
“With external debt standing at more than $10 billion and our internal debts at more than $50 billion, it is without doubt that President Jonathan is driving Nigeria into economic wilderness. This should be a cause for concern for all well-meaning Nigerians, more so when the Federal Government responses to these rising economic challenges have, at best, been casual.
“Emblematic of this casual, non profound approach to the management of the national economy is the Central Bank of Nigeria’s devaluation of the national currency in November 2014 while retaining the Retail Dutch Auction System (RDAS).\
“Dramatically, just under three months after that devaluation, the CBN, obviously buffeted by unanticipated dynamics in the foreign exchange market, announced the closure of the RDAS and the Wholesale Dutch Auction System (WDAS). This shows clearly an uncoordinated template in the management of the national economy.”
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/ill-inherit-huge-debt-profile-empty-treasury-buhari/#sthash.wLpoBiL0.dpuf

Bunch of fools speaking to their deluded members. A Nigerian adage says if anybody promises to provide cloths for you, the first thing you should do is to assess what such person is wearing. What am I bringing across here? Nigerians should ask APC how prudent and efficient they are in administering the states controlled by them. Lagos state that prides itself as APC's bragging right is currently indebted to the tune of N160 billion with virtually nothing on ground to justify such huge debt profile, is that the template or manifesto Buhari is bringing to Federal administration? Ogun state govt constructed a pedestrian bridge installed with air conditioner and the APC is brainwashing Nigerians with plan of blocking wastages, what wastage is more condemnable than installing AC in a pedestrian bridge? Tinubu corners approximately N2billion Lagos state money into his pocket on monthly basis through Alpha Beta in the name of tax collection thereby impoverishing the state Inland Revenue Service which is statutorily responsible for such task, what corruption is greater than that? One can go on and on exposing APC and Buhari's hypocrisy but a word is enough for the wise. Nobody should be fooled by Buhari's rhetoric, it's mere fallacy.

sunshine1974:
OBJ lost his own sanity long time ago........see sentiment ooooo, wen an elder statesman behaved like a tout in public by tearing into shrewd a party memebership card its alright as long as its anti jonathan or wen an elder statesman writes an open letter making false acusations and insulting the president in newspapers, its alright as long as its anti jonathan........may sentiment not eat up the whole of ur brain leaving it empty.

Nice points.

electropiz:
Him fayose in PDP = Amechi in APC, wonder why no one complains when amaechi launches such vicious verbal attack on GEJ, maybe its because GEJ is currupt n OBJ is a saint, shehu shagari, Gowon, babangida, abdusalam are all past n responsible ex presidents, there's nothing that OBJ knws that these ex presidents don't know yet they act responsibly.

Well said.

pacesetter939:
GEJ certainly deserve a re-election for using the military (Brig. Gen. Momoh & and his boys) to rig him (Fayose) back to office.

His party will apologise to Baba on this advert because Peter Ayodele Fayose has for sure, lost his sanity.

You must be out of your sense to spew this rubbish. Endeavour to tell Nairalanders how the military was used to force Ekiti people to thumbprint their ballot papers for PDP. Why can't you people face the reality and move on? As regards Fayose's advert, only unreasonable elements would cast aspersion on him. If OBJ could jettison every decorum to publicly tear his party's membership card, Fayose's advert was just the beginning of his humiliation and ridicule. OBJ is grossly irresponsible.

sandrapower:
Charles Victor Uchenna Ilo, is among the gallant solider fight for us to combat Bokoham attack in the north.

It was quite unfortunate that he didn't make in recapturing of monguno‬ Army base. He was killed in the attack.

below is his last words on facebook

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Rest in Peace bro, you were a gallant solider .

You died for the the protection of your countrymen and women, may your soul rest in perfect peace. And for the soldier who deserted because of jollof rice, you are the greatest coward in existence.

LordCenturion:
Crazy dude,do u have light in ur area?, u are still a maga and fool of 21st century, they keep commissioning without any effect,at least the money is not from him pocket but Nigeria money,so y are u praising him.he just remember to commission those abandoned projects wen election is near ....the one he commissioned yesterday is OBJ project

Your parents were crazier, maybe yours is mild.

nkowaputa:
Buhari is a man full of contradictions.
- He will fight corruption but Tinubu is his
friend.
- He will give us security but he was pushed out
of office like a chicken by his subordinates.
- He is honest but lies about his qualification.
- He has no N 27 million to buy presidential
nomination form but the wife has N 135 million
worth of drugs to donate.
- He is poor but all his children schools abroad.
- He will fight terrorism but sees others fight
against terrorism as anti-north.
- He will help the youth but is never known to
have helped a single almajiri even in Daura.
- He will fix the economy but can only boast of less than 1m in his account after all these years.
- He will fix education but is unschooled
himself.
- He wants to benefit from democracy but
overthrew a democratic government.
- He obtained school certificate but cannot
produce "the certificate".
May God protect us from this hypocrite.

God bless you and your family. Thanks for choosing not to join the madding crowd.

Thank you Odumakin for dissociating yourself from the madding crowd. Contrary to the views of our brethren in APC camp, our support for Mr. President is tied entirely to his truthfulness, uprightness, decency, civility and respect for the basic tenets of democracy. In the other vein, we would not fall for the antics of corrupt, deceitful, propagandist, divisive, pretentious, violent, murderous and lawbreakers in APC who parade themselves as agents of change. Agreed that Jonathan as president has his shortcomings as a mortal, however, our history as a nation shows he's the best in the script of our political existence. APC is nothing but gambolling fraud.

Adminisher:
Please stop lying. Jonathan did not expand any freaking capacity to 1320MW

Pls for God sake and that of your family, tell us what Jonathan did to Egbin thermal station Unit 6.

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Skseries:
GEJ has done alot in just two weeks oooooo, his army retook almost 4towns from bokoharam, in just a week he comission two power plants, in the same two weeks navy acquired 4 ships in the same 2weeks army rescued several kidnap girls in the north. Now the big question is if GED could achieve all this in just 2weeks or so, then why didnt he, for the past 5yrs plus sum weeks in office? so 9ja army is this strong to take on bokoharam and they didnt all this whille were they sleeping, so becus of election he is now taking tins serious, lolzzzz government must take nigerians as fools oooooo.anyways be it GED or MGB they are all the same talk about green snake under green grass u r refering to GED talk abt despirado then that will GMB.

Try to be objective in your reasoning. The success been recorded over Boko haram lately was partly due to the support of Chadian, Nigerien and Camerounian authorties who had hitherto been reluctant to key into Nigerian Army operations. Don't forget also that our attempts to acquire arms were frustrated by US and SA until we approached other more friendly nations.

azeezengr:
I decided to comment on this largely to educate those who are williny on the subject matter. Egbin power plant is located at Egbin/Ijede end of Ikorodu axis. It is among the power plant sold to investors in 2013. Its present owner is SAHARA who is in joint venture with KEPCO. The plant has 6 units of 220MW each since inceptuon in early 80*s, thus installed capacity is 1320 MW. But out of this only unit 1 to 4 have been operating at about 60% of installed capacity and average of 500 ~ 700 MW is what Egbin haa been cpntributing to Grid aince about 2 years ago till now due tp aging. Unit 5 and 6 have been out for yeara but unit 5 was revived about a month ago and during test running it is given about 50-100MW(less than 50%) due to aging. This unit 5 that was rehabilitate is what our President came to commission. Prof Nebo was at Egbin few weeks back for same. I left the rest for people to discern what is happening. Am ready to clarify any question devoid of abuse or fowl lang. Thanks.

It was Unit 6 the president commissioned today. A recommissoning of the entire thermal station was equally carried out sequel to the facilitys all around rehabilitation. Ok?

omonnakoda:
No that was done by its new private sector owners NOT GOVERNMENT but it is yet to translate to "LIGHT"

You amused me. The privatisation scheme was to GEJ's credit.

alguenyaMIST:
Oga. Someon raises a valid point, all you can do is pour expletives on him. EGBIN Thermal Power station was taught to me in social studies classes in primary school over 25 years ago. For anyone to lie shamelessly on national TV that the plant is being commissioned NEWLY as this thread implies is sickening.


Again this is not the 18th Century. Lie with some sense. Argue logically. Else you will pass as the bigger idio.t

Desperation and lies to deceive us over an election will not save your principal. Save your insults O.


If you must engage me, argue with facts.


Oh by the way. I saw your "I have delivered on Power" speech burning diesel at home.

Bunch of lying and shameless loons parading as leaders. Your waterloo has come

There's nothing like lie here. Agreed the plant was first commissioned in 1986 but it has been working below optimum capacity. This prompted GEJ to expand its capacity to 1320MW through all around rehabilitation and turnaround, hence the need for the recommissioning. Ok?

ceejay80s:
Which obj ? The obj wey all of dem wan go beg

That's just Sule Lamido's cup of tea. OBJ had lost his relevance in PDP and Nigerian politics.

Firefire2:
I'm firefire. Stop calling me a copycat. I don't like it. I'm still the same firefire.

But this moniker says Firefire2.

Adminisher:
BIG LIES.
Egbin was always Nigeria's most sophisticated plant. No government has ever neglected it, not even Abachas's which was Nigeria's worst government. Please if you are too young, read. read and read. Egbin has always been strategic because.of Lagos which was federal capital and economic power house.
The plant has had three explosions in its life that were all front page news.
Because of its importance it was the only plant that was well monitored by NEPA.
The whole point here is the deception of rash commissioning of plants to deceive the public when actual power generation is still 5000MW same level Yaradua left and $8.2bn spent.

Chief, take the pain to find out if Egbin had ever operated at expected optimum capacity. You just mentioned that series of explosions had taken place there in recent times. But do us a favour by stating the operating capacity of the thermal plant in the last two decades.

taharqa:
OP, this is the commissioning of just a single unit, out of 6, of the 1320MW plant.

The unit been commissioned is about 220MW, and has just been built after many years by the new private owners of the plant who have invested about #50billion in totally rehabilitating it, thereby functionally raising the entire plant to its 1320MW capacity for the 1st time, all under gej power reform program

Yes, it's the commissioning of Unit 6 of the thermal plant and re-commissioning of the entire structure as a result of rehabilitations.

Firefire2:
Good but that won't stop me firefire from voting for Buhari.Sai Buhari.

Copycat and fake like your Daura mentor. If you're not FireFire, you're not the same as Firefire.

Adminisher:
Egbin has been sold so we dont know what Jonathan is still doing commissioning somebody's private expansion to his property.
Profit motive should be driving the business so the power plants should be expanding on their own to grow their business.

The Federal Govt still exercise some regulatory powers over the GENCOs and DISCOs just as the NCC does in the telecommunication industry.

Adminisher:
Which achievement?. Egbin is more than 27 years old. I did excursion there during Buharis regime and NEPA Nigerian engineers were taking control.of a very sophisticated plant. Everything went to dregs with IBB regime

This is a RE COMMISSIONING. That is they are commissioning again an already commissioned expansion of just one additional unit of a 30 year old plant.

When Buhari enters office again, the quality of education will improve and you guys will learn to reason critically and stop falling for LIES from politicians who are less intelligent than you.

For now please enjoy your RE-COMMISSIONING of one of the units of a 30 year old power plant by a lame duck president watching himself leaving office.

Egbin Power plant was first commissioned in 1986 but due to neglect by successive regimes, it has never worked at optimum capacity. Agreed only a unit was newly added by GEJ's adminstration but the plant's entire rehabilitation and turnaround was equally Jonathan Govt's initiative.

mrmetoo1:
This is commendable. I hope this commission with immediate effect on our power supply. Let's not hear it'll take another couple of years before we feel the effect. Commissioning means ready to use meaning right now Nigeria can confidently boast of an additional 1320MW. If we add yesterday's commissioning Nigeria has an additional 2000mw electricity production. This is what this means right?

Yes, that's what it means. However, there's a caveat here, all hands must be on deck to fight against agents of backwardness who have been vandalising gas pipelines thereby preventing constant supply of gas to power the plants. The Minister of Power was almost in tears while narrating the destructive tendencies of the vandals in his presentations penultimate week. Going by his words, some disgruntled elements had always gone on prowl to sabotage improved supply of electricity by blocking gas supply maybe, to serve as a campaign tool for those who wants to hijack power by all means. The cheering news is that, according to the minister, the days of the vandals and their sponsors are numbered..

omonnakoda:
Let us commission "LIGHT" in our homes

Yes, God was the first Commissioner of Light when He said "Let there be Light and there was Light". Agents of darkness will not take us back to the dark ages.

halimaabi:
I told people don't judge a man until you have seen the end of that man GEJs achievement would dwarf that of any other past leader we ever had in Nigeria

That's one of the reasons OBJ wants to pull him down by all means but God will not allow him.

RicKyRichards:
Lol...you already know that's your portion; not mine.

You think say you get craze for head? You no fit.

Yesterday, a quantum leap was recorded in our quest for stable power supply with the commissioning of 750MW Olorunsogo Power generation station in Ogun State. Today, still in the spirit of confining power outage to perpetual obscurity, the President and Commander In Chief of Nigerian Armed Forces, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is presently commissioning another power station in Ikorodu, Lagos State. The project which came to fruition as a result of Mr.President's commitment to effectively lighten up Nigeria is the largest in West Africa and will add about 1320 MW of power supply to the national grid. Let's celebrate an achiever.