₦airaland Forum

PassingShot:
For all it's worth, PMB knew the situation on ground six months ago when he was sworn in. He must have realized he will have to need supplementary budget to pay marketers their subsidy long before now. So, why did he wait till just about 2 wks ago to send a bill to that effect? Also, why has he failed to address the nation about the situation when it's clear there was no immediate solution?

I don't think six months is too short to nip a potential catastrophe in the bud. The president failed to act early enough to prevent this current crisis and I don't think anyone can explain this convincingly.

I hope he gets his acts right though at the end of the day.

It is even more annoying that Buhari having previously been a Minister for Petroleum and also a former President cannot be said to be Clueless like GEJ. Ensuring that fuel is available is not exactly rocket science, especially for a commodity in decline. If there's a Cabal and they won't playball either circumvent them e.g. by bringing in your own guys, he was elected to make sure these problems do not occur.

TonyeBarcanista:
You don't conduct a fresh primaries or shoot up a non member of the party ticket as the party candidate in the middle of an election except when the whole exercise is cancelled-which however is not and can't be the case. So what is your argument? As long as this election continues, James Faleke is the APC candidate and not any runner-up in the primaries. In fact, had it been both Faleke and Audu died while election is ongoing, that means total cancellation of election and a fresh process will be kick-started. So whichever way, Hon James Faleke is the Governor-in-waiting

Exactly - if APC wants to substitute Faleke then INEC has to conduct a fresh election. You cannot have it both ways.
Anything else will amount to subverting the will of the people, for those that say that APC got the votes, then let them conduct a fresh primary and INEC a fresh election and see if their new candidates will get same votes from the people of Kogi with Audu now gone.

Add failure to downsize the Presidential Airfleet to the list, I don't understand why we have one anyway when we are broke and Buhari is trumpeting Change. I vote to sell the whole fleet and go flying Commercial; Malawi''s President did that in 2012, instead we have presidential advisers arguing that we have only spent $10 Million on maintaining the fleet in 6 month. Only few months ago Buhari was had no problem flying commercial, so he should be just fine - maybe this will reduce the inclinations of our Presidents to junket around the globe for both necessary and non necessary functions.