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only cloned "chadian beaf" stand to defend the indefensible fi-d-fi who is known to have only won elections through ballot manipulations and election thuggery. I laughed when I heard the hypo-GEJ campaign claiming the glory for last saturday's election. For any curious obsever, last saturday's election was mainly free and fair in SW and Edo state. All the other states recorded several incidents of thuggery, ballot snatching and votes manipulation.

Shame on those who want to take Nigeria backwards and shame on that hypo GEJ.

Congrats to Chris Ngige of the ACN for fighting the APGA thugs in Anambra!

werepeLeri:
Another leaking butt hole spills sh it on the table and others take off to prevent the shi t from hitting the fan. What are you talking about? Jubilating because ACN did what? hahaha. Your brain cells needs to be rejuvenated by some Northern almajiris so you can think properly.

not your fault you can't join others dey laugh. Forget say u bb cloned "chadian malu malu".For crying out loud, SW has potential voting power and if ACN performs in the next four years like they are doing in the states they'r currently controling, then SW would be ACN's sure keep, making them a force to be reckoned with in other regions in subsequent elections.Remember the saying:"He who is trusted with little and delivers more will in future be given much without pains".PDP for all I care can be all over the place like scattered shaff - but they will always be blown away anytime the wind of change blows.

werepeLeri:
ACN did very well in the SW? Have you looked at the result table globally for the SW?

This one na mumu x10^1000. PDP is a dying party and if you know anything about political parties demise in Nigeria in the past you would join the millions of nigerians (in Edo, Osun,Lagos,Ogun,Oyo,Ondo and very likely Ekit)dey laughhhh.Just go back and check the magnitude of the differences in votes cast and you truly would know that PDP is on life support in SW.
By the way your table is pure falsehood.Those numbers are in correct. This one no be PDP wayo wayo ohhh, i still dey laugh!

Final result by INEC:Edo South Senatorial district -Sen. Uzamere - ACN is the winner.

me I dey laugh oh, this woman thought she could use her husband's ill gotten wealth to buy her way to Senate but the Okada men ate her "Bribe" and voted for ACN! 4

recoome:
I'm still waiting 4 aisha 2 come and tell us what happened o! After all of bakare's "PDP haram" saga in maiduguri, PDP still picked up borno central senatorial seat while the CPC was not even second but came in as a distant third.

nonesense rants.I for one was not expecting a  CPC rout in the North in NASS election for obvious reasons any good political observer would have noticed before the election.Like I said in one of my posts before last satursday's election, most people will vote ACN in NASS but CPC in Presidential. This was my curious findings at the polling station.I voted ACN for NASS but I will be voting CPC at the Presidential. One thing I noticed is that CPC got votes in most of the results declared even though they did not win that election which shows that peple are aware of the party's presence even in places like Edo state.

recoome:
I'm still waiting 4 aisha 2 come and tell us what happened o! After all of bakare's "PDP haram" saga in maiduguri, PDP still picked up borno central senatorial seat while the CPC was not even second but came in as a distant third.

nonesense rants.I for one was not expecting a CPC rout in the North in NASS election for obvious reasons any good political observer would have noticed before the election.Like I said in one of my posts before last satursday's election, most people will vote ACN in NASS but CPC in Presidential. This was my curious findings at the polling station.I voted ACN for NASS but I will be voting

Adanora:
Dis result is Fake. Dont get 2 excited

This results are results declared by INEC REC in Edo State and is as annouced (and currently being rebroadcasted) on all the Broadcast stations in Edo state namely :NTA-Benin, EBS-Benin, Stv-Benin, Independent Radio-Benin, EBS Radio -Benin, Stv/Rythm-Benin, FRCN-Benin.

P:S: This is not results released by agents/Voters, THIS RESULT WAS ANNOUCED BY INEC REC IN EDO STATE.

osaretin20:
pls if u have any result from edo state post here. from all indication acn is leading

see thread: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-643171.0.html

This results are results declared by INEC REC in Edo State and is as annouced on all the Broadcast stations in Edo state: NTA-Benin, EBS-Benin, Stv-Benin, Independent Radio-Benin, EBS Radio -Benin, Stv/Rythm-Benin, FRCN-Benin.

ACN is winning much of Edo state except in Edo Central where PDP still has a "still small Voice" - There is a hole in the umbrrela

Looks like TINUBU's influence will engulf much of Nigeria as ACN will most likely have more Reps and Senators in the National Assembly this time around.

I hope CPC delivers much of the North with ANPP! So Fi DIE FI (PDP) can smoke in hell!!

INEC DECLARED RESULTS (VERIFIED AND CONFIRMED)

HOUSE OF REPS:

Oredo Federal Consituency --------------------------------------Hon. Bello-Osagie -(ACN)
Esan - *** Federal    Constituency-------------------------------Hon. Patrick Ikhiariale - (PDP)   
Esan - ***Federal Constituency---------------------------------Hon. Fred Itula - (PDP)                           
Estoko Federal Constituency  -----------------------------------Hon. Abubakar Momoh - (ACN)
Owan Federal Constituency -------------------------------------Hon. Pally Iraise (ACN) - Outgoing SSG of EDO STATE (We will miss his raw service)
Uhunwonde/Orhionwon Federal  Constituency--------------Hon. Samson Osagie (ACN)
Ovia -*** Federal Constituency -Result being awaited but looking more like (ACN) will carry the day
Ikpoba-Okah Federal Constituency - Result being awaited

SENATE:
Akoko-Edo North --------------------------------------------------- Sen. Domingo Obende - (ACN)
Edo - Central  ------------------------------------------------------- Sen. A. Ugbesia - (PDP)
Edo -South : Awaited but Sen. Uzamere (ACN) is leading.

More results are being awaited but seems ACN will carry the day in EDO with PDP winning only in EDO CENTRAL as refelcted in the results above. Early results show T. Damjuma's wife (PDP) is loosing badly in EDO South Senatorial race.
I would post more results as I get and verify them from INEC.

Edo State

Ward 2 Unit 13 Oredo -

Hos Rep:
ACN -43
PDP - 15
LB -1

VOIDED : 2

SENATE:

ACN - 45
PDP - 12
LB -3

VOIDED : 3

More results to come as I get them

Thank you for the balanced write up. How I wish someone on the camp of GEJ can also give us a balanced write up for critique!

OH MY WORD! This is a classical case of kettle calling pot black! Granted Buhari cancelled a project but which is worst? PDP that has embazzled Billions and starve lagos of the much needed infrastructure renewal.

Now I am more than convinced that Jonathan is a fraud! A man who can not control his campaign organisatio, is it such a man that we will seek to govern Nigeria? No wonder all we have seen in the last 1year is all Vibration no acceleration by his crooked government. If not for the brains of the CBN governor, we would have been in a situation like Zimbabwe currently is!

God forbid I cast a vote for PDP! oh did Jonathan the deceiver not tell us we will get stable power by April 2011? How many people can confirm that is the case where they live 'cos its all generators blasting where I am currently!

Kudo to AdoAir, I hope other Nigeria based companies will see this as an encouragement. If you have the expertise nothing stops you from going beyond your country to compete for juicy contracts eslewhere.

Former Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili, on Thursday said her husband, Dr. Chike Akunyili, forced her to quit the Peoples Democratic Party.

Akunyili, who left the PDP last December to contest the Anambra Central Senatorial seat on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, said her husband could no longer accept the violent nature of the PDP in Anambra State.

She recalled how she called a stakeholders’ meeting of the PDP in Awka in 2010 after the party lost the governorship election, saying developments at the meeting shocked her husband, who gave a choice between her marriage and the PDP.
She said some PDP members organised hoodlums, who released teargas cannisters at the meeting venue and sent everyone scampering to safety.

“There and then, my husband asked me to choose between my marriage to him and attending PDP meetings,” she said.



Akunyili said in contrast with the situation in the PDP in Anambra State, APGA was fostering peace and unity, fostered by the Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi



On her campaign for the forthcoming National Assembly election, she lamented the high cost of electioneering in Nigeria, but said she had been able to sustain her campaigns because of the goodwill she enjoyed from people both in Nigeria and abroad.



She said, Akunyili said, “Politics is a rough and difficult terrain. It is crazy. It saps one emotionally. When you are dealing with agbero politicians, it becomes more stressful.



“My experience in the field is bad. There are all sorts of campaigns of calumny, but I am happy I have overcome all of them. I have to go to the market and dance like a crazy person.”






source:http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20110408523590

Printing ballot papers locally risky —Jega

THE Independent National Electoral Commission and the Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Corporation on Thursday disagreed on the involvement of the corporation in the printing of election materials for the April general elections.

While the electoral body in Kaduna State said election in the state might be delayed because the materials for the conduct of the polls were yet to be delivered by NSPMC, the printing corporation said it was not undertaking any job for INEC.

The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for the Kaduna State, Alhaji Halilu Tambuwal, had disclosed at a joint news conference between the commission and the Kaduna State Police Command that the ballot papers meant for the conduct of the polls in the state were still being printed by the NSPMC.

But the NSPMC denied printing election materials for INEC, saying that despite proposals made by the company to be involved in the process, the electoral umpire had not contacted it in the election process.



Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr. Ehi Okoyomon, while addressing journalists in Abuja also denied media reports that it had beefed up security in its offices because it was involved in the printing of election materials.



He said that the company submitted proposals and followed same with an expression of interest to INEC in September last year for the printing of ballot papers but never got any response from the commission.



He said, “The newspaper report that published that we have beefed up security because we are printing election materials is completely false and misleading. So, it becomes very important for us to say that as at today, the NSPMC is not printing any ballot paper for INEC and anybody that published this information is spreading the wrong information.



“We have not been approached by INEC to print its ballot papers. INEC has its statutory responsibility to organize elections for this country and we are not printing any ballot papers, not even for INEC or any politician.



“But if INEC desires that we should print its ballot papers or supply security documents at all given our expertise in the business, then we will be prepared to do that, but as at this moment, nothing has happened.



“We are a high security printing company and we have printed cheque books, share certificates, currencies and we have indeed printed ballot papers in the past but as it is, we are not doing it for them.”



On the proposal submitted to INEC for the printing of ballot papers, he said, “We submitted a proposal for the printing of ballot papers to INEC in September 2010, and we also did an expression of interest which was followed up with series of meetings with INEC; they promised to get back to us and up till this moment, we have not received any formal invitation from INEC to help them secure ballot papers but if they do, we will assist them. But it is only INEC that is in the best position to say why we are not selected.”

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday announced the postponement of National Assembly elections in 15 senatorial districts and 48 federal constituencies spread across 27 states of the federation.



INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, made the announcement while addressing journalists on the commission’s preparedness for tomorrow’s rescheduled polls.



Jega explained that the shift was imperative to enable the commission print additional ballot papers to cater for the shortfall that resulted from their being used in the botched April 2 polls.



He added that with the shift, logos of political parties that were missing in the ballot papers would now be inserted in the new ones that would be re-presented.



THE PUNCH had on Tuesday exclusively reported that INEC might shift polls in some senatorial and Federal constituencies following the use of ballot papers in areas where elections took place before they were suddenly stopped.



Some of the parties whose logos were omitted included the Congress for Progressive Change, the Labour Party, the Accord Party, the Progressive Peoples Alliance and the Congress for Democratic Change.



According to a list made available to the journalists, the states worst hit by the shift in senatorial elections are: Ekiti and Plateau where all three senatorial districts were affected.



For the House of Representative contest, polls will not hold in five federal constituencies in Ogun and Kaduna States each.



In Ekiti, Delta, Lagos, Kano, Gombe and Anambra states, election will not hold in three federal constituencies each.



Jega said, “For example, in some areas a good quantity of ballot papers had been used and it is not possible to reprint enough replacement ballot papers before the elections.



“Also in a few constituencies, party names and logos were missing on ballot papers.



“While some of these resulted from human errors in compiling the names of qualified candidates and parties for the elections, others are related to sudden changes emanating from judicial pronouncements on party nominations.



“These challenges dictate that fresh ballot papers be printed prior to conducting the elections.”



He said that INEC had made strenuous efforts to get these ballot papers printed within the available time.



Jega said, “Given the security requirements of the printing of ballot papers and the inability of domestic and international companies to deliver on time, it has become imperative that sufficient time be given for the printing of these ballot papers.



“Consequently, while elections will generally take place next Saturday, it has become inevitable to postpone the polls in a few affected constituencies, that is, 15 senatorial districts and 48 federal constituencies.”



He said the commission took stock and reviewed the lapses which led to the botched attempt to hold the elections and came up with measures to prevent a re-occurrence.



According to him, the commission has since last Saturday worked tirelessly to address the noticed lapses.



He said “Thus, result sheets have not only been delivered to the country, but have been received by states and local government areas nationwide.



“Similarly, other election materials needed at the state and Local Governments Areas have been supplied.



“Logistic challenges have been addressed and we have had further consultations with political parties, security services and other stakeholders to address other challenges that emerged last Saturday.



“Consequently, all is now set for the National Assembly elections to hold across the country on Saturday.”



Further, Jega noted that the commission observed that state governors ignored several appeals not to go round polling units with armed police escorts during the April 2 polls.



Consequently, he reiterated his appeal, adding that the Police high command had been duly informed and was prepared to act.



He also enjoined parents and community leaders to keep their under-age children away from polling centres because any minor who attempted to vote would be arrested and prosecuted.



The INEC boss implored political parties to be orderly and peaceful during the elections, adding that voters who chose to stay behind after voting must act with decorum.



He stressed that arrangements had been put in place to arrest those engaged in disorderly conduct be they political thugs or vigilantes.

If you think Jonnay the little boy without shoes is honest and upright then you must have your brains checked! A president that is the stool of the governors!

With what is happening in Akwa-Ibom, I would have expected that Jonathan would realise that it is his constitutional duty to make sure that every Nigerian is protected and that the Judiciary is abused as is currently being done in that state!

Sad AIT seems to be the nickname for fire these days! This year alone, Kano, Benin, Jos, Abuja and Now Lagos!

[quote author=Anti-scam link=topic=641012.msg8074126#msg8074126 date=1302192238]If u are really patriotic why call for a progressive like Ribadu with visible democratic credential
to step down for an old coupist with anti-democratic credentials!
Afterall,we ve candidates like shekarau,okotie etc still in d race!& u can call for dier COLLABO
but definately not dis OLD MAN who spent his productive years fighting against democracy
& turns around in his UNPRODUCTIVE age hoping to be our president,Again NEVER,EVER,NEVER![/quote]I never said that Buhari was the only choice or that the CPC was the only platform upon which CHANGE in Nigeria can be achieved. Rather, I based my submission on the reality on ground! The facts still remain that CPC has a very bright chance of making PDP a history in Nigeria.

Shekarau would have been another option but He choose the wrong platform and from my research he is even more extreme than Buhari. But let this be clear, the CHANGE we clamour for is the CHANGE that will rid Nigeria of corruption so that development can begin! If both the government and her citizenry are anti-corruption,then serious business men can see Nigeria as heaven for investment. But the currently what we are witnessing is the opposite.

omanzo02:
Cancelling that project was a flawed decision, I can't understand why some delusional people on here support Buhari's gravious mistake that have taken Lagos 25 years backward in developement.

seanet02:
What baffles me about this Dumb and deaf Buhari supporters is their inability to reason along the Righteous route. Buhari deliberately cancelled the Project because he has Nil IQ!! Apologize or get lost!!

So your daft reasoning would suggest that during recession, more so when your economy is very weak, you can go on and borrow despite not knowing how much debt you already had and how much was coming into your purse! Can I remind you that His made it clear that He based his decision on a committed findings, hence your effort should be geared towards knowing what the recommendations of the committee was and the reasons behind it. The fact that He did not UNILATERALLY take that decision to cancell the project says alot.

If I submitt to your reasoning (albit bereft) that Buhari cancelled it on ethnic grounds, why then did Obasanjo in his 8-years militocracy not see it right to revamp the project? Why did Obasanjo's successors (Yardua & Jonathan) not see it fit as a laudable project what embarking upon? After all they were and are in power at a time the price of oil is sky-mile. Goes to show that your puppet PDP led government is bereft of ideas and can not fathom what Nigeria truly needs to move the nation forward!

Beaf:
There is no greater show of shame and utter visionlessness! Buhari wasn't equipped to deal with economics and the modern World, decades ago in 1985's analogue environment. How will he fare in todays fast paced digital and highly sophisticated environment?

For all your silly rants, I only asked you a question: Of the 30trn Naira your rogue PDP has embazzled/wasted in Nigeria since 1999, would 250bn of that sum not have had Lagos running effectively with a metroline?

For heaven sake! Name 5 major projects PDP at FG level has excuted in lagos since 1999! Otherwise go and hole up in the mountains of calabar at eat your stinky PDP bribe - blind folded & folly at the highest level.

FYI, am not a CPC supported and I am voting ACN at all elections except at Presidential where I will thumb print for BB2011! May trip from UK to Nigeria was not to vote for a rogue element to continue to loot the treasury without creating any value in the system!

What do you expect? Fire bridge approach never delivers! This is a serious lesson we as a nation would pay dearly for. Had the national assembly amended the electoral act in time, this whole issue of "lack of time" would not have arisen!

Please do not blame JEGA, there is a grand conspiracy to have this election in the usual Obj 101-"selection" module approach but this time ALMIGHTY GOD AND THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE HAS FRUSTRATED THEM. WE THE PEOPLE WILL PREVAIL!

Jarus:
You beat me to this. Since yesterday, I had been thinking of opening a thread: 'To Ribadu fans, a passionate plea'.
Although I have few things I would ahve mentioned more, but your analysis up there is ok enough.

Well I had some much to put into the analysis for reasons why I think Ribadu stand no chance but I wanted to make it a quick read for ALL Ribadu fans! It's really a wake up call on them. ACN presidential bid is already a flop so I guess it would make sense for them to concentrate on the remaining elective positions. I became more convinced when I watched Adams Oshomoleh of Edo giving a speech asking the people of the state to vote for ACN candidates. I was awestruck that in the entire speech no mention was made of the Ribadu presidency and not even a call was made for the people to vote for ACN at the presidency! So that says it all.

Another AIT station is on Fire sadly this time it is AIT Main studio in Lagos at ALAGBADO !

Watch out for pictures and details,

efisher:
The letter should be addressed to Buhari. Buhari should be the one stepping down for Ribadu. Ribadu has the sharper sword. Buhari has a blunt dagger. Buhari cannot be effective in modern day Nigeria as the president. He should join people like Wole Soyinka to prop up Ribadu. Then we will know he is sincere. Ribadu/ Adeola is a better team than BB anyday anytime.

Sentiments a apart, I have carefully observed each of the four forerunners in the presidential race and I found one thing unique in the BB2011 team.Before I go further let me say that I was previously in support of Jonathan during the PDP presidential primary saga with Atiku. However down the line I noticed with great care that Jonathan was not a man of His words and does not command independence required of a true leader in his decision making. But the stinky part of it is that He is surrounded by crooks and criminals, yet He is pretending to Nigerians that He means well for us all. Same goes for Ribadu. This I believe makes the BB2011 team unique as you can think of any godfather figure in their mist. Shekarau would ave been another option but His party is a swindlers party which I can never trust! Put it squarely Ribadu with His current momentum can not win any state in the North,East maybe south west is his best option but that would not even give him a chance for a run-up in this election. So why can't we that want CHANGE put our energy together to oust the despotic PDP from power at the FG level with much ease rather thn this factionalization which would not help our cause!

Dear Mallam Nuhu Ribadu,

I am a true Nigerian, who has waited this long for a time yet ripe when Nigerians from all walks of life  will collectively clamour for CHANGE in our political landscape and you will agree with me that the time for it is NOW!

While I admire your doggedness, commitment, zeal and passion to bring about CHANGE in our dear country Nigeria, however the realities on ground today would suggest that during the course of the election campaign and even now, it has become obvious (even to the political novice like humble self) that the initial momentum of the Mallam Nuhu Ribadu presidential bid has dwindled like the harmmattan rains; hence making your candidacy a difficult sell even to the layman (like myself) with no party affiliation on the streets of Nigeria.

On the contrary, as we approach the general elections, the momentum and political figure of the candidacy of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has grown by the day with ever increasing acceptance (from not just the “uneducated political class” but more interestingly from even the “educated political class”) as a “true agent” of CHANGE with clear achievable and realizable visions and mission statements which the ‘common’ Nigerian can identify with.

Interestingly, but curiously, your party, the ACN and the CPC are two opposition parties which pride themselves as the alternative government Nigerians can trust to deliver true governance and accountability which the PDP has hitherto made Nigerians to believe cannot be achieved in modern Nigeria with her multifaceted problems. The facts as it is today reveal that the ACN is a very strong, popular and purposeful party in the South-West Nigeria. The CPC on the other hand is an emerging and powerful opposition force in virtually all the Northern part of Nigeria. Since both parties stand to achieve a common goal, and are very popular in zones with potential election deciding votes, I believe the interest of the “true” Nigerian currently yearning for CHANGE would be serve if the ACN work in tandem with the CPC in the South-West for the Presidential elections, while the CPC in her wisdom works with the ACN to deliver all elective positions from the state house of assembly to the National assembly, given as facts on ground may suggest that the CPC  did not field candidates in these positions for much of the South-West. This I believe would pave way for the “CHANGE” to truly come alive.

However such can only be possible if in your wisdom you agree to drop your bid for the Presidency and work in tandem with Gen. Muhammad Buhari. An action (in my candid opinion) would further oil the engine of “CHANGE” with greater propulsion and efficiency. This action I believe will not diminish your figure rather it would further entrench you to the dear hearts of “true” Nigerians like myself and you will forever be remembered as a hero who sacrificed his personal ambition for the good of the common Nigerian.

Taking a cue from Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, who (as far as I know) is a PDP card carrying member but has on the vanguard of “CHANGE”, “strong and purposeful representation/leadership” opted to work in tandem with Gen. Buhari because for him as He deduced during the CPC presidential campaign rally in Lagos held on the 6th of April 2011,(which I monitored on television) He believes and is convinced that the presidential candidate of the CPC can at this time bring about the CHANGE he has longed for in Nigeria. This submission by Mallam El-Rufai further demonstrates that the CHANGE about to happen in Nigeria cuts across political parties and seeks to bring together men and women whose  political quest is to see to the delivery of basic but life essentials to the citizenry through good governance, accountability and zero tolerance for corruption.

Finally, having in mind the picture of the unprecedented poverty and insecurity the PDP led government has unleashed on Nigerians and Nigeria in the last 12years, I strongly believe that you still have a big role to play in reshaping Nigeria and Nigerians in the very near future. Tall, honest, truthful and uncompromising figures like yourself would be highly required when the CPC led CHANGE government finally assumes power come May 2009.

My love and prayers for you and your likes who seek for a better and purposeful Nigeria will always remain.
Yours Faithful

Eziachi:
Have you heard about going out to buy a new furniture when your house roofing is leaking?
Talking about economy,which is money without addressing corruption first and last of tthe agenda, is like selling and putting your money in an open pocket.

What is Nigerian economy anyway? Dig you pipe down at 11am put it in a barrel at 12pm sell it to the white man at 1pm and bank it at 2pm, that hardly requires a lot of thinking .

Gbam exactly what I had in mind! People wonder why there is no electricity despite the claim by this babaric PDP led government that she has spent well over $16bn on power? Answer = Corruption and Embazzlement.

This is what you get when you have an incompetent government at the helm of affairs! The shoddy arrangement by INEC would have been avoided if the bereft PDP government had passed the electoral act 2years ago or even 10months ago! Rather they played selfish and despotic politics with the lives of millions of Nigerians.

I feel sorry that some people are even contemplating voting PDP in this election!

Show me your friends and I would tell you who you are! This saying is ever so true and how I wish Johnny the deceiver would remember it.

A MAN OF HONOUR SITS AT THE KINGS TABLE.

While I may not believe everything the press writes about GEJ and His PDP crooks, his antics with the SNG leaves me with a sour taste when articles like these are written about him.

Ozin:
You all see why this Dictator must not be voted in? A leader who does not know how much Nigeria was owing would of course still operate in his dumb and clueless state by just cancelling projects started by others just because of his ignorance

Your comment suggest your level of reasoning is very low! How do you expect a government who just assume assme office to have the true picture of the debt profile of Nigeria when the previous government was a wasteful "spenderholic"! Your reasoning that there is nothing wrong in borrowing money even in the face of recession and economic downturn shows you can not even manage a sweet shop! Maybe you should ask yourself why is the UK and US cutting massively off their national budgets in this present recession/recovery.

Your understanding of the effect of the devaluation of naira would have had then (and even now) on Nigerians and Nigeria  is truly laughable. I will give you a quick assignment.Go and research about Ghana who devalued their currency two years ago and tell me how it has improved their economy. Early analysis is beginning to reveal that it was probably a very wrong move which Ghanaians will pay for in the next 10 to 15years!- leave this dicussion for another thread.

Beaf:
The metroline was about the industrialisation of Lagos, urban regeneration, opening up new areas for development and taking weight of the roads and bridges that lead across the lagoon.
In lean times, forward looking govts look to such projects, because of the massive economic benefits to be ripped. The perfect example, is the Marshall Plan for the rebuilding of Europe after the destruction and impoverishment caused by WWII. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_plan

Your stupidity has reached an alarming level! In the circumstances that prevailed at the time, Buhari was probably right to have cancelled that project. For crying out loud, with the over 30trillion PDP has wasted, of that waste would 500billion naira not have provide lagos with the much needed Metro?
In fact, maybe you need to go get a copy of the report of the two committees that Buhari based his decision on so the public can rightly conclude.

The bolded part of your suggest you have very little understanding of what Metrolines are met for!