₦airaland Forum

slap1:
Too bad this is happening. Some of these Hausas are just pathetic vampires. They'd rather kill a man than kill a flea on their camel.

Please be educated about the different ethnic groups in the NORTH as Hausas are not the only the only ethnic group in the NORTH. Least you go down the line of NORTH vs SOUTH - I AM A SOUTHERNER AND I DO NOT SUPPORT UNGUIDED COMMENTS LIKE YOU DID IN YOUR POST.

TO ALL WHO ARE HAVING A LAUGH REMEMBER TWO EVILS CAN NEVER MAKE GOOD.

IF YOU GRACEFULLY REJOICE OVER WHAT HAPPENED IN SOUTH EAST AND MUCH OF SOUTH-SOUTH (EXCEPT EDO) REMEMBER NEMESIS IS THE "MORNING DEW OF TOMORROW" JUST LIKE MADAM DORA IS BEGINNING TO FIND OUT!

AS A SOUTHERNER I AM ASHAMED WE IN THE SOUTH ARE REJOICING OVER A SPOIL THAT WILL FURTHER KEEP US IN BONDAGE. JONATHAN STILL WOULD HAVE WON MOST AND IF ALL PARTS OF THE SOUTH (SW + SE) WITHOUT THE LANDSLIDE RIGGING WITNESS IN THESE REGIONS.

AS FOUR BUHARI, WHATEVER THE OUTCOME THE SHOULD GO AHEAD TO KEEP TO HIS WORDS CONCERNING WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD DO AFTER RESULTS OF THE ELECTION IS ANNOUNCED.

FOR ALL I KNOW : "THEY THAT COME TOGETHER TO KEEP A LOOT SHALL SCATTER BECAUSE OF THE SPOIL!"

A SHAME OF A NATION! IN AS MUCH AS WE SOUTHERNERS WANT OUR PERSON TO BE PRESIDENT (EVEN THOUGH SOME OF US THINK OTHERWISE) IT IS PAINFUL TO KNOW THAT WE SOUTHERNERS HAVE BY THIS MASSIVELY RIGGED ELECTION STAINED OUR REPUTATION AS FAR THE HISTORY OF NIGERIA IS CONCERNED.
IT IS MORE PAINFUL TO READ ON HERE THE COMMENTS OF FELLOW SOUTHERNERS WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT EVIL DONE TODAY DOES NOT GO UNRWARDED TOMMORROW.

I FOR ONE WANTED THE BEST CANDIDATE TO WIN THROUGH A FREE, FAIR AND CREDIBLE ELECTIONS BUT AS THINGS STAND IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE HEADING FOR ANOTHER "YA'DUAR APOLOGY"

WHATEVER THE CASE, MAY GOD NOT ALLOW ME (IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE) TO REQUIRE A VISA TO ENTER KANO, KADUNA OR ABUJA!

[quote author=Dav.e link=topic=648167.msg8143993#msg8143993 date=1302994256]Once again, alot of funny results on NL. I think it's best to wait for the official result!
I don't think we should start making conclusions.[/quote]Sorry 'm not really herd to argue with anybody 'cos i know ur an ardent GEJ supporter but you would agree with me that same way results were posted last weekend after people voted and had thier votes counted and the picture we got on nairaland was not different from what INEC announcec. So more likely thesd results from NORTH are correct meaning a run-off is most likely as GEJ has to win at least 7 states in the North including all of SW + SS +SE in order to avoid a run-off.
You would agree with me that by these ethnic/religious line results coming out fro the NORTH, GEJ is "UNLIKELY" going to pull it off in one go, hope I am proven wrong by the end of sunday.

i guess what played out JAN 6th DELTA re-run that largely overlooked by all is currently happening in SE & SS.

As a southerner myself I am ashamed of those overzealous "ethnic bigot" who probably will ruin the party for GEJ 'cos all those results will be exposed and INEC will cancel them!

For all I care, with results coming from the north, we are heading for a run off!

SAD THAT THIS ELECTION IS GOING TO BE NORTH vs. SOUTH AND THE REALITY IS
SW + SS + SE < NW + NE + NC VOTES COMBINED.
IF THIS ELECTION GOES FOR A RUN OFF (WHICH GOING BY RESULTS FROM NORTH SO FAR, IT SEEMS MORE LIKELY WE WILL)THEN EXPECT THE PDP TO GET  NEXT TO NOTHING IN VIRTUALLY ALL THE NORTHERN STATES AND IN PLACES WHERE HAUSA ARE RESIDENT IN THE SOUTH AND SAME WILL HAPPEN TO CPC IN SOUTH.

I WANTED THE BEST CANDIDATE TO WIN BASED ON ABILITY TO TACKLE THE GLARING NATIONAL PROBLEMS BUT I THINK ONE OF THE CANDIDATES OVER PLAYED HIS ETHNIC CARD BASED ON RESULTS WE ARE GETTING FROM THE SOUTH EAST!

GOD BLESS NIGERIA.

Rossikk:
ekt bear said

That's because you're a naive goat.

I'm sure the people in Iraq, Afghanistan (and now Libya) know better.

Why wont you bark like a maddog when your lord rigger has thrown you a bone? Freaky Rag tag  PDP thug election rigger.

If david mark en co had respected the rule of law in the past concerning election and electorial process would there be need for EU to send any obsever to nigeria? Oh let me remind you, the EU is one of the top donor agency to nigeria and has supported the rooting of democracy in nigeria in several ways and therefore has a moral standing to observe and pass comments the way they saw things and the way they are -- if that is what your lord mark calls interferance, then he should go suck those rotten oranges wasting in benue state.

As much as we all like to hate the whites, let us remember that standing for the truth at all times irrespective of colour or race is the right and moral thing to do and if we act rightly and do just,then others would find no fault to pass negative comments not even the so called whites.

OH HOW TIME CAN TRULY DISGRACE HUMANS! I guess most of you who commented on this issue based on ignorance would hindesight have better kept thier mouth shut.
Go now to EDO State and see what this man has done in just two years in office with very slim purse. And he is still doing more. For once Edo state is beginning to work again with good roads,standard schools, public transport, good stadium, 3rd generation hospital being built at central hospital in benin and this i learnt would be replicated in the 3 senatorial districts. He has agreed to pay the new minimum wage without any excuses as some of his other governors are doing e.g Delta, water works are on going in Edo north and Central - these places have been told by successive governments that it is not possible for them to have clean water yet this government has proven that to be a lie!'

To sum it all, I am not an ACN member neither do i know oshiomhole but when i see good things, i appreciate and pray God to enlarge the coast of the doer and that is my prayer for Oshiomhole.

recoome:
yes o! Akala has done well in oyo, his achievements remain unparalled in oyo, check google, it's just that he's not from ibadan and ibadan people believe that only ibadan indigene can occupy agodi govt house when there are other towns, that's the more reason 'ibadan state' should be formed, people are just villifying akala for nothing~~~o yato si ra joorr o!

You need to see a docotor! cant believe you typed that we all your senses functioning rightly. Alao is the worst governor after the order of Adedibu the voters machine and ballot box snatcher.

Am I surprized this is coming from a man who once told us telephone is for the rich only? Or a man whom we saw INEC officials, minors and corps members thumb printing in his favour during the last NASS election?

His days are numbered!He will be disgraced like thier grandmaster Obj was last saturday.

TCD:
LOL. Is it a coincidence that the so called 'non-performing govt officials' are all from Edo central where ACN lost elections?

It is either you know little about those in Oshiomhole's government ir you'r trying to castigate the man for cheap political point. A look at the list will show that those He sacked cuts across EDO NORTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH.

Again of what use is a traitor and/or are traitors during the time od war? Good riddance i dare say! Now I am sure others in his cabinate would know for real thier position is not safe and thd only thing that keeps safe is when they work for the people and not any godfather!

mekaboy:


I JUST IMAGING THE NEWS AFTER THE ELECTION.

NTA NEWS:==>> THE LONG AWAITED 2011 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS HAS JUST BEEN CONCLUDED AND THE RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS.

PDD: 12,000

CPC : 700

ACN:200

OTHERS.

THE PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY, HAS EMERGED WINNER WITH 12000 VOTES. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND MILITARY COMMANDER OF THE NIGERIAN ARMY WARNS THAT THEY WILL NOT SPARE ANYONE CAUGHT TRYING TO DISTURB THE PEACE OF THIS COUNTRY.

THE ADVISED OPPOSITION PARTIES WHO HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW TO THIS RESULT TO FOLLOW DUE PROCESS AND MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER.

70 MILLION POLICE MEN AND SOLDIERS , HAVE BEEN SENT ALL OVER NIGERIA TO ENSURE PEACE AND SAFETY OF ITS CITIZENS.

TUNDE, EMEKA, MOHAMED, REPORTING FOR NTA NEWS.

SHOWS THE POSTER IS STILL LIVING IN THE PAST!
PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS WILL AND SHALL BE ANNOUCED LIVE ON AIR BY INEC CHAIRMAN AND NOT ANY FREAKY NTA OLDIES NEWSCASTER!

[b][/b][quote author=paddy_lo link=topic=646416.msg8130984#msg8130984 date=1302850450][b]What is important in Finance is the trajectory of the reserves. . in other-words if u put a chart up its rising steadily from left to right

The steady rise has to do with high oil prices due to the war in Libya which started in january 2011. . so theres nothing political about the timing

also if u cared to know the accountant general always released the figures for the ECA at the end of every FAAC meeting. . u should have looked for the numbers yourself

I am aware of internal or local debt at $32Billion which is actually a very good thing and needs to rise. . because those are Naira denominated bonds

creation of a Local Sovereign Bond market and yield curve for Nigeria means we are joining the developed countries in deepening our financial system

sorry but the business community is solidly behind GEJ. . .and there are no other stable west African countries

Nigeria is the big dawg. . .$35 Billion in External reserves and $7 Billion in ECA is larger than Ghanas economy(2nd largest in WA) at $18 Billion dollars

While our $216 Billion dollars Nominal GDP Economy is number 41 in the whole world and 31 if u use PPP

Finally GEJ will set up a SWF to replace the ECA. . .This alone should earn him your vote if u were not so partisan

If this was set up during buharis days in 1983( something he cold have done by fiat. . instead he concentrated on OIC membership), we would not be where we are today. . .

Nigeria, Iraq and Ecuador are the only OPEC members without a SWF. .

Jonathan looks set to change that. . .he is the man lol. . .[/b][/quote]The bolded part of your statement shows you have no clue as to why counteries keep and maintain foriegn reserves and why countries like china, brazil and russia despite earning more than nigeria in oil and gas revenues do not allow thier reserves to grow astronomically like you projected (moving from left to right).
Your comparison of Nigeria and Ghana's economy is laughable. Have you ever heard or read the USA comparing her economy with that of Mexico or Canada?
Creating SWF you think is the answer to growing Nigeria's economy? Of what benefit is SWF to the average nigerian if this  corrupt PDP led govetnment as she often do end up using the fund to pay for contracts awarded yo thier peeps at the rate x2 of actual cost?

I find it strange you consider the $32bn internal debt as healthy and even suggest it needs to grow! I think you need to go back and re-take EC-101! May remind you that bond is a financial instrument which commands interest at an agreed rate when it yields.
Maybe you need to go read the honest opinion Nigerian born World bank VP concerning the run away internal debt profile especially that of FG.

As for the ECA, sorry this info has been hidden from nigerians and if you are honest with yourself you would agree that the decision to release this information is an attempt by the government to cool the nerves following several criticism on the way the ECA was mismanaged! Don't worry these electioneering tactics are mot new, Bush did it in 2008 to try favour the rebulicans, Brown tried it in 2010 to try to favour labour but you know what, they all lost thier elections.

Utomi chickened out of the race because Nigerians do not believe in him nor his message. Politics is about two things viz - THE MESSAGE & THE MESSENGER. To be successful in politics and to win elections especially at the presidential level, you must have a good messenger with a clear message. Utomi was neither a good messenger nor did he have any vivid message for the country rather like a rutu talkative, he just blah blah in circles without coherency and balance of thoughts.

190:
[color=deeppink]Story!!
The schemer @ his best
haters kiss my as[i]s[/i]
more updates on the thief here
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-643252.0.html[/color]

Osunbor and PDP must be your immediiate family members for you to make such comments.

Edolites have seen the man oshiomoleh in action and they have overwhemingly backed him and sorry PDP is a dead corpse in Edo State.

Good Oshiomhole has the political WILL to sack non-performing govt. officials. This I believe will make others to sit up and work hard for the state.

How do explain a commissioner of health who awarded hospital renovation to a contractor, failed to deliver the project and the commissioner kept telling lies at ECO meetings to the governor and other members of the cabinate

What will you make of a commissioner of agriculture who was asked to gonround the state and verify the real farmers/farmer group that should be given the 1bn agric loan only for him to ignore the farmers on ground and went tp meet PDP godfathers in the state asking them to send names that he could use to manipulate the loan to favour them!

I do not support all of Oshiomhole's actions but this sacking is long over due. If you are sincere with yourself, ask questions about these people he has sacked and what they have been doing in his government and you would be shocked by the responses.

why should anyone listen to a man who went into a race and forgot his sprint shoes at home?

The question yo be asked is:If Pat Utomi was acceptable to many why did he chicken out from the presidential race? Abeg make we forget all these seasonal politrickian that only come when the storm of election is far near like Christ Okotie would do!

To every Nigerian, do not let what i say or what pat utomi said sway you to vote for any body. You have your own innate reasoning ability to x-ray each candidate and vote the one you think will help you achieve the Nigeria of your dream to make it a reality.

Nsiman:
@ bluetooth, even if the election is done the way the pdp primaries was done, gej will not lost out because pdp is a household name today, more over majority of the electorates dn't even knw most other political parties' names except pdp. Gej will win. Watchout!

did you actually think before you typed and posted this?

[quote author=paddy_lo link=topic=646416.msg8127826#msg8127826 date=1302806237]Nigeria's Foreign reserves managed by the CBN contains $34.5 Billion dollars as of this week
pls check CBN website its public information. . .www.cenbank.org

Nigeria's Excess crude account(separate from the external reserves) right now contains $6.9 Billion dollars

Pls see Article from this week business-day and reported in other major newspapers

ppl need to make informed statements when they speak. . and stop being so ignorant. . .[/quote]you that claim to be smart can you compare $22bn with mere $6.9bn? How come no body gave us figures of monies in this account for more than 6months only for it to make a cheap political point scoring headline few days to the presidential election? The truth must be told: GEJ is finanicially reckless and this was evident during his stay as Bayelsa governor. If you are not aware, our internal debt is well over $32bn and if this reckless spending continues, watchout for the mass movement of coporate nigeria to other stable west africe countries.

9jaganja:
So BB team doesn't have think tanks too? Nigeria is a nation of nations.  Doing what he is saying will cause so much grief. Nigeria is not culturally a colonial entity and people still have their native land. Dual loyalty is dual betrayal.  The best way to integrate nigeria is to give each tribe breathing space and protect tribal identity under ONE diverse national picture. Buhari's proposal will be detrimental to States doing well because anyone can come claim to be from Enugu and enjoy what Enugu's tax payers for years have been funding just for residing in Enugu for 6months. I'm not supporting anyone in this election they all suck and Ribadu has been just too quiet in the race (Attribute of someone depending on think tanks but also of a clueless person).

Buhari's proposal is a bad one.  You can not impose unity at all.  Leave Nigeria's socio cultural entity alone. it will naturally change. Just make Nigeria safe for every Nigerian on the map and ignorance will commit suicide.  Many used to think Yorubas poo in same bowl they eat with in until they move to Yoruba land and those kinds of stereotype tended to have died away. I know tons of bi tribal couples here and in Nigeria.  The thing is they all met in Lagos or Port Harcourt. Lagos created the avenue for Nigerians to mix same as Port Harcourt and Abuja.  That is what Nigerian government should be working towards; creating an avenue that promotes unity not impose it,

My conclusion is Unity can only be promoted not imposed.  Leave Yoruba land to Yorubas and people willing to live with Yorubas, Igbo land to Igbo and people willing to live with Igbos.  If you are born Igbo, you have a native land and that can't change no matter where u reside,  Nigeria is a native land ran by the natives so trying to impose colonial states' laws on US won't work.  the USA can call Racial slurs a crime due to its cultural make up,  i still call Hausas Aboki not to belittle them but because I know the meaning of the word,  Should Nigeria now call Aboki or Omo Nna a tribal slur or what? It won't work. Many ideologies put into practice here can only work here we shouldn't copy them instead we should find what works for US as a people,

Arrant nonesense! gosh you wasted that long a time typing this up? no wonder you come accross like you live with cage men with stone age reasoning.

THIS MESSAGE IS DIRECTED AT vivian SA.

The reason yokoos (You Own Cosmos) was developed was because twitter and facebook told pastor chris his followers can and will be limited to 3million and if it goes over, they will trim it to that amount. Also,they could not believe how Pastor chris could attract over a million followership in less than 3 months and they questioned how could that be? Pastor explained all this during the 2011 new year service.
Well as is our NATURE not to be limited by any man made barriers, Pastor Chris decided that we could have a platform like twitter, facebook where unlimited number could join in without any man made barrier.

The reason Pastor Chris ask members to leave his facebook and twitter page/account to join yokoos is for them to continue to get updated feeds like prayer, prophecy,ministry outlooks, etc from Pastor Chris. Mind you Pastor is not asking you to abandon twitter or facebook, rather you should leave his page on there as He will seldomly be using it to get ministry info accross since yokoos is now Pastor Chris main platform.

To those who feel otherwise, I can recall these things being said now were also said about Rhapsody of realities and thank God that by his grace, that book has and continue to be an "instrument" of hope that God by his spirit is using to change lives.

No doubt, yokoos will be a life changing tool that millions all over the world will continue to use to enrich thier spiritual lives.

REMEMBER THE WORLD MUST TALK 'COS IT IS CONFIGURE TO, BUT WE ARE NOT PERTURBED BECAUSE: "GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN US THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD"

Let each go thier own and if ACN can get 60% of vote cast in SW then a run off is sure. But Tinubu bein VP or nominating someone as VP is a no no! Most people hated PDP cos of what Tinubu is currently doing in ACN - imposition.

It is better that Bakare did not sign such a letter that has intent of criminality all over it. If anything, as one poster has already said-Ribadu should be the one leading the talks with  team ACN as his backroom staff not this  ole of tinubu.

This is the first I would come across in nairaland of a poster being ignorant about her post!
For crying out loud, the reserves as it stands is still well below the sum total internal (Local)debt of the nation and can only finance imports for less than 14months!- imagine (God and I forbid it)if we have a devastating natural event that would mean we have to resort to importation for much of our esentials, the reserves as it stands would be wiped off in just 12months and we will begin to borrow to live by as a nation!

When obj left, external reserves was well over $50bn and ever since oil has been relatively on the high except for roughly six months when it hovered below projection.

If anything, for any sane, fiscally responsible government,the excess crude account with over $22bn would have been enough to keep the economy afloat during the period crude oil was selling below budget projection. But since we have had a daft leadership, who knows nothing other than dole out money for anything and everthing,the result is what you see today in nigeria.

Now to clear the air on the depletion of the foriegn reserves and why some posters may not see any physical infrastructure despite - The FG with GEJ and co in the driving seat failed to sustain and grow the "REAL" economy from where obj left it,resulting in the naira being weak against the major world trading currencies which does not help with importation - less buying power! To prevent this, the CBN who manages the account (with the backing of the law)keeps deeping her hands into the raw dollar account to help keep the naira relatively stable for imports since we are vastly a major importing country - another effect of the failure of the PDP led government to "create wealth" and "sustain growth" in the economy in the past 12years.
To sum it up, this government has been so wasteful and clueless when it boils down to "growing" and "sustainig" the "REAL" economy. The only good thing is we Nigerians has never depended on the government to give us daily ration for living else we would have been twice of somalia, hence the reason I always praise our resolve and hand- to-do attitude as a people.

babaearly:
this state of origin breeds tribalism and it never supports true federalism.

exactly my thoughts. This issue is long over due for the FG to address but the despotic PDP govt never thought it wise to raise even a debt on the national scene whereas in Lagos state people are using this to thier advantage afterall is ex-convict BODE GEORGE from Lagos?

sorry i cant vote for a deceiver else my children would also scream "I HAVE NO SHOES TO WEAR!" or "I NEVER DREAMT ONE DAY I WOULD BE WHERE I AM" - A sorry tale of the visionless who ride on the wing of deceit and opportunity.

my vote goes to the team of integrith = BB2011 - clear visions and achievable plans. Mind you i was formally a supporter of GEJ but abandon his ship when i realize he is same with the old with lots of promises very few deliverables, surrounded by same crooks who have being miking Nigeria dry and all i get to hear is "I HAD NO SHOES TO WEAR" blah blah,

BB answers to some of the issues pro-GEJ fans have distorted to curry sympathy!

Source: http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/apr/13/national-13-04-2011-020.htm

Adanora:
If theres a problem with the result, then like there b a re-run simple. Or is anybody afraid of re-run. whoever win, is d winner

Ehmmm i thought INEC said that any polling unit where the votes/results are manipulated will be cancelled and results will only be tallied in areas wher election held peacefully. So why then the need for a re-run and how much will this re-run cost INEC and who is paying for it? If Chris won based on results from areas where there was no vote manipulation so be it. INEC should not make herself a laughing stock after all the praise heaped on her after last elections.

Are you all not tired of this PDP government patch work? Benin-Ore road was awarded by Obasanjo via then minister of work Mr. tony Anenih for a whooping 30bn naira for expansion and complete dualization. This contract never saw the light of the day and to date no one know the where about of that money. Following the massive out cry, this same despotic PDP government re-awarded the contract to Reynolds Construction Company, RCC but RCC failed to deliver citing security as the main reason. The PDP led government thereafter decided to resurface only the failed portions of that road.
If this is what pro-GEJ are celebrating, then NNigeria has a long way to go! That road is a major economic road that any sensible government would give priority attention to hence the reason Oshiomhole is expanding the new lagos road-uselu-ugbowo axis to two main lanes with an adjoining.

To say the obvious, that road resurfacing by RCC would last only a year and lo en behold some portions betweeb Okada and Ugbogui has already began to tear up. To the casual motorist this may not be so obvious especially if your privious experience on that road has been a nightmare.

For all I care, partisan politics apart, this patch work is nothing to glory in instead the government should be pressurized to fully dualized that road with four lanes on both sides.

Confirmed sources have it that INEC has refuted the results announced by the returning officer yesterday and insist that the re-run election is still going ahead as announced. FRCN Nigeria is also reporting the information. I shall keep all posted.

like a already mention in my open letter to Ribadu to step down last week, it is now more evident that a CPC/ACN alliance is the cure to the PDP 12 years disease. If ACN aligns with PDP, then ACN might end up licking her wounds.PDP is a cancer and any alliance with PDP is retrogressive in every form.
I find it difficult to believe that Ribadu thinks he has chance of winning when arrow heads in ACN like BRF, 1M1V(Oshiomhole)are not evening campaigning for him in their respective states.I watched oshiomhole's broadcast last night on election appraisals and hardly did I hear him once ask edolites to vote for Ribadu.

Looking at it critically, it would be better for ACN if they align with CPC as ACN has technically in the recent past agreed in principle to align with CPC and I am sure tinubu would trashed out issues such as key positions and policy frame-work with Buhari. An alliance with PDP now will mean ACN will have to start from ground zero.If anything, ACN should remember how ANPP was used and dumped by the uncut and despotic PDP hypo-GEJ government which still have same crminal hawks (who ocastrated the death of ANNP) still in her fold.

as much as i hate pdp and the hypo-gej, this story is nonesense.just beer palour discussion --- i hear say blah blah tori.