₦airaland Forum

Genbuhari3:
i agree with Ribadu on that one.

Papabrowne,

Where is Clueless Jonathan. Even Buhari is not doing so well, he had courage to show his face!

Seun:
What did SHerakau say about power?  I missed it.

Genbuhari3:
sharap! papa browne

is what he has said different from what Shekarau just said?

go and look for GEJ, we want him here. lazy bunch

Solomon227:
So you they enjoy now? Spending 4 hours between VI and Mainland?
I thought that is the Almighty Fashola's responsibility!

So you they enjoy now? You work hard Reps get millions/day?
Seperation of power! Legislature is different from the executive!!

So you they enjoy now? You dont have constant power supply your President has 133 assistants?
It would take forever to solve Nigeria's power problem except the private sector takes over!! Jonathan has started on that one! Buhari wants the Government to fix power-impossible!!

So you they enjoy now? PDP councillor can slap you and keep u in his own cell at home, nothing happen?
Buhari CPC supporters are unleashing violence across the north! Sad news is that they don't care if you are a Buahri supporter, they would beat you up if you aint a muslim!!

So you they enjoy now? U are the only one checked 100 times whenever u are on another soil out of Naija?
I travel alot across board and I can tell you categorically that this has reduced trememdously!!

U beta throwey that umblellla and vote for the future of your children
Our Children need Fresh Air! We don't want our Children to live in fear of the Sharia police that would hound them for not covering their hair!

[size=28pt]Vote Buhari-Bakare 2011[/size] for the future of your children with Sharia as their constitution!!

Wadeoye:
Sambo knows he is not worth toilet paper in the north.

I don't even know how someone will think GEJ will get more than 40% of the SE votes with Akwa Nbom PDP decamping to ACN. You be mumu, you think Oshiomole will support GEJ's ambition? Based on what? Yes GEJ will get some votes in Edo but will be less than 30%.

You will be surprised when votes start rolling in - PDP will not get 40% of SE votes except if they rig.

Wadeoye:
You guys are deceiving yourself. How on earth will somebody think Buhari will not get 25% of Plateau state? It is on record that Buhari won the presidential election in Ogun state in 2007. Those that voted for him the are still there and will still vote him even Bakare is not his running.

Tell me a state in South West were Buhari will not get 25% percent. You guys should even be thinking of how Buhari will not lead in South West.

I can assure whoever cares to listen, Buhari will likely lead in all Northern states - 19 states and he will win in some South Western states. Nothing can change that except rigging. I am from the South West and I can tell whoever cares to listen that Buhari is the candidate to beat here - Ribadu is only popular in Lagos because of ACN.

Delta007:
Dazangel has a point. These folks are pulling a blinder and some of you folks are applauding.SMH. None of these candidates have been able to articulate a plan to move Nigeria forward. Every one of them have either used the opportunity to criticise PDP or to promise to get milk and honey flowing for free. Any Tom in Timbuktu can do just that - blab empty promises to get into office. The main question is "how". But guess what? Alot of Nigerians (as exhibited on this forum) are applauding a group of individuals because they criticised a PDP led govt and promised to give Nigerians a better life. This is what any reasonable politician would do; lies, promises, etc. For instance, everyone of them will tell you "we will solve the electricity crisis and provide jobs for people". Ask them how they intend to do it  and how long it would take their plan to mature and watch them fibble (and lie even more). The fact is that these parties have very little (or no) difference in ideologies. PDP has been wise to back out of these "debates" because it would probably be a debate of attacks rather than a debate of who's plan is better. I'm not saying PDP is a better party or have better candidates but from a standpoint of being in the pole position, they do not have to stoop to exchange words. Most of you (and even candidates like Bakare) throwing tantrums at Sambo for not showing up will be less inclined to do so if you had such an advantage. This is politics in Nigeria. I'm sure some of you watched the Lagos "debate". How many plans were carefully articulated there? Can anyone tell me any difference in idealogies between the parties? Everyone had the usual promises but no depth in implementation. Can you imagine a gubernatorial candidate saying he'd build houses without cement?   Most of the time, the other candidates verbally attacked Fashola. Fashola on the other hand, I thought was woeful, but with shallow candidates by his sides, he was a star. I'm glad the "debate" held to show Nigerians how shallow some of these politicians are; they are the same ones trying to pull a blinder for the Presidential elections.

Some of you yakking here lack basic understanding of how the Nigerian electorial process works. When PDP wins, most would say the election was rigged. However, with only a few weeks to a presidential election, if you do a simple research, you'd find out that PDP have done better overall "leg work" than any other party in the country. They have gone into so many rural areas to drum up votes; yes, people live in rural areas and are eligible to vote, not just Lagos and Abuja. Other parties think they can win the Nigerian election on the internet or on TV (I laugh in Hausa). A significant number of people in Nigeria do not even have electricity to watch TV or go online. If these parties cannot go to rural areas to even lie to them to get their votes, how are they going to cater for these folks when they get into office? People like Bakare are just making noise about not trusting Jega. The fact is, every party will try to rig the election in their favour (that's Nigeria for you); however, parties are only able to rig elections where they are strong; that's simple common sense. PDP will not be successful in rigging an election in Lagos just as ACN will not be successful in rigging the polls in Kaduna.

People should open their eyes and start asking these folks about their so-called mandates are and how they plan to accomplish them. I've gone through most campaign sites (where one would think the candidates would have a more detailed plan) and nothing suggests that they'd be any different from the current administration. Methinks that some of them are a disaster waiting to happen, if they ever get into office. As my Warri people would say, shine your eye well well and do not let anyone confuse you with grammer.

Quite frankly, there's no party (or candidate) I can recommend. What I know for sure is that if this current govt is voted out, the new govt (no matter how genuine their intentions are) will not be effective enough to do anything till around their third year in office and then they'd have to restart their campaign for a second term. Can Nigerians sustain another three years of inactivity? Dunno but do not blame a new government  for being ineffective in its early years. GEJ and his people have not been able to do anything  substantial and he has been in power for less than a year. This is the Nigerian way of doing things; you get into power, clear house and you have to pay hommage to the several pockets of power houses in the country (there's nothing you can do about it). Like I usually say, with the way our failed system is set up, even Moses will have big problems leading Nigerians to the promised land (wherever that is).

10cirenoh:
@PapaBrowne

Now you are beginning to see why some of US can and won't vote for GEJ? excuses here and there, is he trying to say he just heard of the debate? so the useless campaigns they say virtually the same things on is more important than a debate that's going to be aired worldwide?

qblaze:
http://www.lagostimes.com/2011/03/08/acn-plane-in-forced-landing-fola-adeola-escapes-death/

The Vice Presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Fola Adeola, and other party chieftains narrowly escaped death yesterday at the Bauchi Airport in Bauchi.
The accident occurred when the chartered airplane conveying Mr. Adeola and chieftains of the ACN including the Deputy National Chairman of the party, Boss Mustapha; and Yusuf Alli, former National Chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party; crash landed due to non clearance of the airport runway by airport authorities.
The runway which had been taken over by rams and goats, was not cleared which caused the pilot of the aircraft with number 5BN-BNR to do a forced-landing, damaging the aircraft in the process. The accident occurred at about 12.00noon
The plane conveying the ACN presidential candidate, Nuhu Ribadu, and other leader leaders of the party had to hover in the air for about an hour before the runway to be cleared.
The party chieftains were attending the ACN presidential rally scheduled for Bauchi today.
The Director of Media and publicity of the Nuhu Ribadu Campaign Organisation, Ibrahim Modibbo who confirmed the report condemned said his orgainsation suspected sabotage.
“We suspect sabotage and as a matter of urgency we call for an investigation into the immediate and remote cause of the runway invasion,” Modibbo stated.
“If not for the expertise of the pilot, we would probably not be saying what we are saying today.
“Is it possible for President Jonathan who is also the Presidential candidate of the PDP to be involved in such a situation where the runway he is to land on will be filled by rams, which could have been controlled?” Modibbo said
Mr. Modibbo said the Nuhu Ribadu Campaign Organisation was not asking the PDP government to do it a special favour by guaranteeing safety and security in our airports. “What we are saying is that no life is more important than the other. Before the present PDP government is booted out by the people, they should at least ensure that our airports, our roads , and our towns and villages are safe enough for everyone including our candidates and particularly during this electioneering period,” he said.