The governors are not alone in the legal war with Buhari over the old currency notes.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over “the unlawful directive banning the use of old N500 and N1,000 banknotes, contrary to the interim injunction granted by the Supreme Court that the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes remain legal tender.”
Joined in the suit as defendants are the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The PUNCH reports that the Supreme Court in a case initially brought by 10 states recently held that the old banknotes remain legal tender pending the determination of a motion on notice fixed for February 22. The deadline for the swap of the old notes expired February 10.
However, Buhari in a national broadcast on Thursday directed the CBN to recirculate only the old N200 banknotes, banning the use of old N500 and N1,000 notes in the country.
While I agree with most of the submissions, to say that nothing has changed in SW is not correct. Tinubu was not on the ballot in 2019. So, expect to see unprecedented turnout of voters in SW for Asiwaju. Tell me, who is campaigning for Atiku in SW after his traditional presidential campaign rallies? I haven't seen any gathering or a group campaigning for him here. He won't get up to 20% of the votes in SW.
ALMUSTAQIM: OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI ON NAIRA REDESIGNING AND FUEL SCARCITY, BY AREWA YOUTHS SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT (Copied)
Your Excellency, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
We regret to write this letter to you to express our anger and disappointment over the way you have been handling state matters, particularly your contrived fuel scarcity and naira redesigning policies, in recent times. We intentionally used the words "your contrived policies" in this context because we are sure that you conceived these policies in cahoots with a select cohorts of the people that live on you without the knowledge of your party's leadership. Unfortunately, these policies are capable of burning the nation down and innocent Nigerians suffer while your party is held responsible for your conduct and harsh policies that the party knows nothing about in your attempt at the contrived Northernisation of the Nigerian Presidency, which we ordinary Northerners condemn in strongest terms.
We are particularly pained because we young people from Northern Nigeria once saw you as a pride and role model, almost as a god, particularly considering the discipline that you brought to bear as Nigerian Army General well trained in the best tradition of the military that sees the unity of our great country as a primary responsibility of the Nigerian Armed Forces. You demonstrated this as a young Nigerian officer while pursuing a career in the military. You also brought this discipline to bear as military Head of State. The respect and honour in which we held you was responsible for our supports during the times you contested for President on many occasions without success until the unthinkable happened in alliance with some patriotic Nigerians from the South West who shared same vision with us to see you emerge as the democratically elected President to preside over our affairs in Nigeria.
However, events in the last few months have demonstrated clearly that you have betrayed our trust in the manner you have handled very sensitive state matters that ought to be of an utmost importance to you to enable you live up to your image as a disciplined military officer with an eye to preserve the unity of the country where all Nigerians see themselves as brothers and sisters.
Your Excellency, some of us in the North had never had the opportunity of travelling to Lagos all our lives until your primary election at the Teslim Balogun Stadium where you emerged as the presidential candidate of the APC. Even though many of us at that time did not belong to any political party, we struggled to save money to make the journey to Lagos just because we love you. Some of us travelled in the night in trailers struggling to share space with rams and goats to witness your emergence in Lagos. We slept on bare floors in solidarity with you. We listened to our leaders and elders about the laudable roles played by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ensure your emergence as the APC candidate after discovering that you were a better candidate than Atiku Abubakar, who we learnt had political relationship with Tinubu in the past.
We cannot claim ignorance of the gentleman agreement that power will be rotating between North and South as recommended by the National Constitutional Conference and adopted by both PDP and APC. We Northern Youths believe and have faith in that arrangement that will preserve the unity and peace of our dear country.
We believe in the power rotation between North and South. Your party is in power today, the other parties will also have their turns tomorrow but we believe in the sanctity of power rotation for the unity and peace of the country.
We are therefore shocked to observe in the last few weeks that you have changed completely from what we knew you to be as a man of his words and a disciplined elderly statesman that won't compromise his integrity for whatever pressure to now constitute a threat to the unity of Nigeria.
We never knew you to be a selfish man, but latest developments have convinced us that you are so, with due respect, Your Excellency.
Your Excellency, you will wonder at the extremity of our outbursts; we have no choice but to come out forcefully to express our disappointment and anger on how you are deliberately creating problems for young elements in the North on how to relate faithfully with their Southern counterparts in politics in future. With the way you are handling State matters of recent, you are creating distrust among Northern and Southern Nigerians.
When you were at our age, you spent that youthful age to preserve the unity of Nigeria by fighting in a brutal civil war to hold the country together, the dividends of which we are all enjoying today, and which enabled you to be elected President by the cooperation and support of our Southern brothers and sisters. We are therefore shocked that at your old age, you are now promoting circumstances that can provoke a war that will destroy the relationship between the North and South.
We have listened to some decent elders in the North, notably Alhaji Tanko Yakassai and Governor Nasir El-Rufai, among several others, on how they ventilated their anger over your outrageous clandestine support for the breach of agreement reached at the National Conference and adopted by PDP and APC in the nation's power rotation between North and South, by hiding behind some economic policies supposedly for the benefit of all Nigerians. In any case, we appreciate all Northern Progressives governors for standing firm in their support for power rotation to the South.
While your recent policies may appear good, we are wise enough to note that such economic policies no matter how good in the long run are not undertaken and should not be undertaken during election year. But for the reasons best known to you and those who forced the ideas down your throat, you agreed to be part of the script to put the party that helped you to power in jeopardy, shame and defeat. Unfortunately, all these hawks pushing you to create problems for your party are elements that are working with the opposition and they are people that can't win councillorship election in their constituencies. No politician that is prepared for election victory will attempt what you are doing in election year, not even in the Banana republics where anything can happen.
Unfortunately for the Arewa young politicians, other sections of the country have now seen your action as a deliberate act orchestrated by the entire Northern people to retain power in the North at all costs, which has potential for hostility towards us Northern young elements in politics. We young people in the North are not with you on this sir.
Your Excellency, you are not being fair to us young elements in the North. How can you serve out your terms peacefully with Southern Nigerians and all you have for us in the North is to have the hostile Southern counterparts to contend with after your departure? We wonder why you are pretending or behaving as if you don't understand the voting behaviours of Nigerian voters after the presidential election victory. If those pushing you won't tell you the truth, the truth is that whichever party wins the Presidency takes victory in other elections in a winner-takes-all election behaviour among Nigerian voters. If the anger you are stoking against your party manifests in this kind of a scenario, you are not only putting the chances of your party at risk as the ruling party, you are also putting the political fortunes of thousands of APC's Northern candidates at the governorship, National Assembly and State House of Assembly at greater risks as a bandwagon effect of forced victory you seem to be plotting against your party. Yet, these people you want to make victims of this conspiracy are the people who toiled day and night to ensure your victory working with our compatriots in the South to make your victory happen.
We are aware of the activities of those who lost in your party's primaries and how they have held you prisoner in Aso Rock, taking critical decisions for you. Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, a bosom friend of PDP vice presidential candidate, Ifeanyi Okowa, from the same Agbor in Delta, has been widely reported working for PDP through General Ibrahim Babangida who sold the policies on naira swap and dislocation in fuel supply chain, which you are faithfully implementing, and which they know will have negative effects on the chances of your party in the general election. Babangida is a member of the opposition. He has a willing tool in Emefiele after losing the opportunity to contest in your party. This is a fact known to all Nigerians. These people are selfish. They are working to ensure the downfall of your party to their advantage. They don't mean well for young Nigerians who have over the years formed alliances on the nation-building through students union activities, among other relationships. That you defer to the Cabals in the Aso Rock is not in the best interest of the young people in the North. The totality of how you have handled the fuel and naira redesigning policies points to a deliberate action to make Nigerians develop hatred towards your party so that Nigerians will vote against your party that many of our young people all defected to because of you as a shining light in the North. They all left their former political parties to join you in APC where they had hoped to pursue their political careers to support your welfarist policies for Nigerians. The reason why you are joining those that are plotting the downfall of your party beats our imagination. You are basically not fighting for the interest of the North; you are creating a threat to the political survival of young people in the North.
People will query our interest in having your party to continue to govern Nigeria. The reason is that for now, APC is a party predominant in the North. This is the party our people hope to use to achieve their political aims to serve the people in the North. There is no conference where it was decided that the North must hold on to power against the agreement on power rotation. The APC Northern governors had spoken the minds of Northerners on power rotation to the South. That position has not changed. In the next eight years, we will be talking about power coming back to the North. Whichever party, APC or PDP, that has a better candidate will be supported to represent the North at the Federal level.
Your Excellency, we feel so sad that after we risked our lives fighting to ensure your victory to be President, at your departure in Aso Rock, you embarked on actions that will force Nigerians to hate your party and our current APC leaders that you will leave behind in the party to be stranded politically. This is not fair, to say the least.
We had thought that you would do everything possible to endear Nigerians to your party and not creating conditions that will make Nigerians despise the party. We note in particular the sacrifices made by your Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in ensuring your victory after unsuccessful presidential contests in the past, more so his role as a father figure to a vast population of Northern young people in Nigerian politics.
Today, Nigerians and other decent people of the world are outraged by your blatant disregard for the ruling of the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court, which ordered a suspension of the naira policy until the issue is disposed of in court. Unfortunately, fellow Nigerians in the South have interpreted your conduct as a deliberate action to stoke anger against your party so that a Northern candidate in the opposition party can win the election as a Northern agenda. This is dangerous for the unity of Nigeria. We don't want a Northern Agenda that will endanger the political careers of young men and women of Northern extraction. The signals already coming from the Eastern Nigeria are dangerous and ominous for the nation's unity. In these trying times, the South West is the only stabilising force that is responsible for the little unity we are enjoying in the country. We wonder what will become of that fragile unity with your behaviour suggesting that you are prepared to show ingratitude for their support that ensured that you succeeded to be elected the President of the Federsl Republic of Nigeria.
Can you fault Nigerians down South thinking that way? Never! With due respect sir, you are the first President in the history of human race that will support and promote acts that can set voters against your party in an election year. We are the more bothered because at the end of the day, Northern young politicians will find it impossible to extract trust from their Southern counterparts in any future political alliances.
Your Excellency, in a nutshell, you have not only betrayed the trust of all Nigerians who worked for your victory, you have also endangered the political future of young Northern elements in Nigerian politics. When exactly are we in the North going to be free from the accusation by other Nigerians that Northern leaders love to create crisis situations anytime power is going South but a smooth transition when power moves from South to the North.
But we want to place it on record that we shall hold you personally responsible for whatever fate befalls Nigeria as tension over fuel and naira redesigning chokes Nigerians ahead of the February 25 presidential election. We shall also hold you responsible for whatever becomes the fate of young Northerners in Nigerian politics over your divisive conduct in cahoots with the hawks that have no political reckoning in their constituencies.
We want to assure all Nigerians that the young people in the North have no hand in President Muhammadu Buhari's policy implementation that has potential to divide Nigeria. We believe in the policies and morals of Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, Alhaji Tafawa Balewa and Mallam Aminu Kano in driving Nigeria's unity through honesty, discipline and integrity. We never believe in the desecration of the law by disobeying the Supreme Court in pursuit of our political goals.
May Allah bless Nigeria.
(1) Bello Abdullahi (North West) (2) Sani Yusuf (North West) (3) Suleiman Mohammed (North Central) (4) Hassan Sango ( North Central) (5) Ahmed Tukur (North East) (6) Abdulkareem Sadiq (North East)
voiceoftheupcom: Obi’s candidacy tainted by ethnic chauvinism, he’s not democratic – Tambuwal
Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto, says Peter Obi, standard-bearer of the Labour Party (LP), is not “democratic enough” to be president.
Tambuwal, who is the director-general of the PDP presidential campaign council, spoke at the party’s campaign rally in Yola, the capital of Adamawa.
Makesense Media report that, The Sokoto state governor said among the candidates contesting to be president, Abubakar alone has the capacity to “lead Nigeria to the promised land”.
Tambuwal said Nigeria “cannot afford” to vote for presidential candidates who have not gathered the required “experience at the federal level”.
“The argument has been made, issues have been joined and it is clear that only Atiku and Okowa are prepared to lead this country in a united manner. Atiku is competent, he has the capacity that we require today. We must not make the mistake of voting for APC again,” he said.
“I will not talk about Labour because their candidate was the governor of Anambra state, he was not able to conduct one single local government election.
“I challenge the Labour people to bring that record where Peter Obi was able to conduct a local government election, so how can he now be attempting to be president of Nigeria when as governor he could not organise local government elections? He is not democratic enough. In any case, his candidature is tainted by ethnic chauvinism and we know what that will portend for Nigeria.
“In any case, his party has not been able to even field enough candidates for national assembly elections. And in any case, they have not been able to muster agents over the 170, 000 polling units”.
Tambuwal asked the youths at the campaign ground to “ensure that they mobilise” their parents to vote for Atiku Abubakar in the presidential election.
Isn't it ridiculous and a waste of others' time along with his own convening a council of state meeting you knew their advice wouldnt be taken? What was Buhari thinking? That the council of state would hail him and tell him not to buckle?
Zombidients and the irredeemably corrupt supporters of Atiku want to tell you the north will betray Tinubu. This is the narrative that makes it possible for them to sleep at night. So, they want to keep saying it and selling it to others. Today, the governors leading the fight for Tinubu in the face of machinations and betrayal from the crooked Aso Rock cabal are northern governors. The most vocal voices on Tinubu's side today are from the north. This should send a message to zombidients even before the election.
Isn't it an irony that a man who was giving billions out as conditional cash transfer is now talking about limiting the use of cash. Does he plan to continue with his cash transfer policy? What informed the use of cash for the conditional transfer? Are those factors no longer there? Buhari will lose this war and will be rendered a nonentity for the rest of his life after leaving office
The ongoing subtle fight between Buhari (call it cabal if you like) and the party that created the platform for him to be president has brought an interesting dimension to our politics. This has never happened in the history of democracy in Nigeria and therefore Buhari will be making history if he succeeds in his ongoing struggle with his party by either putting in place an interim government or ensuring the opposition party wins. It will be history making for Buhari.
Why did Buhari turn against Tinubu (the only formidable force within the APC)? Why is Buhari willing to do whatever it takes to ensure the APC loses including disobeying the supreme court? Why does Buhari believe more in the few people around him than the governors of his party? Why is Buhari elevating his cabal even above his party?
Dont mind zombidients... to them, money has been the factor making the difference between the lackluster campaigns of Peter Obi and Tinubu's well attended and carnival-like campaigns.
Buhari... fear this man. How can Buhari who was distributing trader moni few days to his relection be talking about reducing the effect of vote buying in election?
adefitim: Obi’s mega rally is in Lagos Obi’s mega residence is in Lagos Obi’s mega business is in Lagos Obi’s Fidelity Bank is headquartered in Lagos Obi’s billions are in Panama, according to Pandora Papers
Yet, Obi and Obidients claim Peter Obi transformed Anambra. Then why does he not reside, rally and invest in Anambra?
Look at Tinubu. My only issue is that he is a known drug lord. Besides that, he built ports, railways, roads, bridges and industries. Most importantly, he also built individuals, who went on to be leaders in their own right. The man even built a whole new city from the scratch, from land reclaimed from the Ocean. Meanwhile, Peter Obi could not even reclaim land that was taken over by erosion in Anambra. And what does Obi even boast of as his signature achievement in Anambra? A failing beer brewery? Tufiakwa!
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If Tinubu's drug makes him do good things for the people, then I will join him in taking the drug
garfield1: The apc led by the guber candidate senator bassey otu,speaker of the state assembly hon eteng Williams campaigning for tinubu in yakurr lga,cross river.the lga has 84,000 voters.
Benoxvals: I now know why they are against educating our people up north.APC must be laughing their ass off..making mockery of Nigerians.These guys are into some dark diabolical shit to have succeeded in casting so many under their spell.How can a sane Nigerian attend this rally whereas we are still suffering from the mess they made and they are campaigning with a straight face? My heart hurts as my soul bleeds.
Are you sure northerners are not more educated than igbos who are mostly traders?
[quote author= post=120821985]Peter Obi campaign rally in TBS watch through Channels TV https://fb.watch/iDpG_gZ_d_/ Nlpfmod[/quote]These guys are scammers. Why is it that your pictures and videos are either not clear or cropped?
Rebelutionary: Lol...I watched d closed cropped video...by now I was expecting to see a massive 360 view from you folks...please no vex put up a video!
For where? All you will see are videos of about 100 people shouting and disturbing the peace. I'm sure someone is scamming some gullible Nigerians with this Obi noise. Obi can't get 25% in Lagos
Again, the filth in the Nigerian banking sector has been exposed by the scarcity of the new naira notes. To Nigerian bankers (especially at the top hierarchies), it is all about outsmarting the system and corruptly enriching themselves. Today, $1 dollar exchanges for over N750. Who brought us to this point? Majorly the banks. It was the currency round-tripping by the bank executives that partly made the foreign exchange rates what they are today. What we are witnessing with the naira today is an extension of the currency exchange fraud usually perpetrated by bankers. It is like saying if we can do it with the dollar, why can't we do the same with the new naira notes? After all, it is all about demand. People need the new naira notes and if we can hoard them, we can sell them at higher rates while starving the everyday person of access to the notes.
Now back to the topic; why a CBN governor shouldn't come from among the bankers.
I read an article on this issue when Emefiele started messing up our economy. First, most of these educated criminals called bankers are not economists. All they know and are trained to do is to collect money from people and trade with the money through loans. How does this simplistic work qualifies a person for the more rigorous work of creating and managing sound economic policies for a country? How can someone like Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, who studied Islamic religion in the university be made the governor of our central bank simply because he became a banker? Do we even have standard requirements (educational qualifications, course studied, work experience, etc) for this important position? If yes, how did Emefiele make it through the screening and interviews to become our CBN governor?
Furthermore, Nigerian bankers have proved to be the worst set of people when it comes to integrity. We have seen videos of bankers hoarding the new naira notes and shamelessly hiding the notes in locations only a criminally minded person can think of. We have seen many banks in Nigeria wrecked by these same set of people called bankers. We have seen how the banks turned foreign exchange rates into what they are today. We have seen how bankers collaborated with politicians to launder our wealth. What have we not seen in this filthy sector that has been taken over by the worst of us... conscienceless humans.
Why then should we be appointing the CBN governor from this same set of hopelessly corrupt Nigerians?
Politics › Supreme Court Directive: SERAP Sues Buhari Over Ban On Old N500, N1,000 Notes by OsunOriginal(op): 12:32pm On Feb 19, 2023
